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David, go ahead. jim, im finished. >> reporter: the presidents tone toward the press obviously is not helpful at time. i think thats plain to see. >> is she talking about herself there? i want to talk about this now with cnns senior media correspondent brian stelter, april ryan, and political analyst brian karam from the sentinel newspapers. it was stunning to me when she talked about a tone that wasnt necessary because i thought, april, she was talking about herself. youre in that briefing room...

Lets discuss now. mark lamont hill is the author of "beats rhymes and classroom life hip-hop." pedagogy -- say that. >> pedagogy. thats an old book, man. >> i cant see with my new glasses on. politics of identity. also with me, paris dennard and david swerdley. he shared about his twitter love, he said he loves donald trump. >> yeah. >> and then he visited him during the 2016 transition. why does he love donald trump? >> he was at a concert tour in san jose and said, if i would have voted, i wou...

The president -- >> im not finished. i think a number of people in this room do that every day and do their best to provide fair and accurate information. i support that, thats one of the reasons im taking your questions and a lot of times taking your questions in a tone thats completely unnecessary, unneeded, and frankly doesnt help further the conversation or help the american people get any more information in a better way which is your job and my job and thats what im trying to do. im going ...

Indicators that make me concerned about kanye, the blurting out, he was checked into a hospital. >> david, quickly because ive got to get to the break. >> two things, first of all kanye, people are rallying around him. and i think part of what paris is saying is theres this defense that black people should be concerned. black people can be conservative. there are plenty of reasons for black people to be conservative and/or republican. but one of them is not that everybody whos a democrat is just...

Well, today kanye west has a lot of people wondering if he cares about black people. rapper kanye west tweeting today, you dont have to agree with trump but the mob cant make me not love him. we are both dragon energy. he is my brother. i love everyone. i dont agree with everything anyone does. thats what makes us individuals. and we have the right to independent thought. the presidents response was a simple, thank you, kanye, very cool. mark lamont hill is the author of "beats rhymes and classr...

>> i said the opposite. >> how about this -- let me get five seconds to speak. im saying youre not crazy for voting for donald trump because if that were true all the 50 million americans who did were crazy. im saying the opposite. im saying theyre not crazy. my point is there are other indicators that make me concerned about kanye, the blurting out, he was checked into a hospital. i worry about kanye. not because he voted for. because of other issues. >> >> david, quickly because ive got to get...