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>> sean: fox news alert, just just income of the senate now expected to vote on the skinny repeal of obamacare after midnight tonight. we will have updates for you throughout the evening. also, we have to go explosive breaking news reports. circa news, sara carter reporting that fbi lawmaker james a baker, a close confidant to the fired fbi director james comey is now under investigation by the justice department. why? allegedly leaking national security information to the mainstream press. the ...

Briefing room and adding new voices, which might be okay, but some of them being highly partisan? >> quite apart from the possibility of being highly partisan, i actually welcome new voices, and the "new york times," if you read the paper this morning, the executive editor and publisher have both decided that they want the "new york times" to reach out to red america. i think thats the phrase. they even hired a conservative columnist to join the left-leaning op-ed writers. i believe that the "ti...

>> did you leak the name of mike flynn? >> i leaked nothing to nobody, t never have, never would. >> tucker: the best sign that this is in fact a big story is at the establishment press has almost uniformly moved to her defense. we will have more on rice and the media in just a minute. but first, congress meant has spent years as a champion of civil liberties. he voted against the patriot act and wiretapping it against boca data collection. to far he has not commented on rices behavior. he joins...

An institution. theyre not entitled to deference by political leaders. theyre entitled to say what they want to say. the notion that the press is specially protected by the first amendment, that they have a special status is ridiculous. the opposition he faces is overwhelming. from the establishment press. and i think hes entitled to disagree with them. hes not threatening them. >> so the president isnt threatening to take anything away from the press. but he might be motivating them. i would as...

How ashley parker and philip rutger write. he seems more kwumertable with a little body. his mega phone and scheegz allowing him to flowed out a message undiluted. >> i think theres a risk every time donald trump gelts gets in front of a microphone. you cant know what to expect. and i think were seeing the death of a press conference as we know it. thats been a sacred bid in american history. i think donald trumps going to add more people to the conferences but perhaps move them to the side and ...

The 20th and 21st century. i think donald trump add people to the conference, movement to the side and try to beat up on the establishment press and use twit are and retweets to get message across. >> to richards point, didnt see it as press conference but him beating up on the press. so aggressive with people. says he says it like he means it but he wont take a tough question. gets upset with a tough question. >> i dont know the origins of it but he may have been -- he uses press when it works ...

The number two, though, is the republicans changed their rules so they didnt have their stuff going on. it turned out what they did was later in -- i mean early on, these are not winner take all states anymore. if you have one of these folks being a front-runner and they get in a divided field, 35% of the vote, theyre going to get every single delegate from that state. so that militates in favor of trump or fiorina or carson. what we dont know is where is their organization? i want the establish...

He exists in conservative radio and media channels that didnt exist in 2008. and maybe even in 2012. that explains his support. so which is it? is it the establishment press has disproportional control over the nomination process? or it doesnt at all. you have two examples at one and two that are almost usually exclusive. >> all im asking for a substantive article telling me what their chances really are. we cant know unless we know what their organization looks like. >> what do we know about th...

I question whether the establishment press -- donald trump seems to be a bellwether for the accomplishment of the press. ben carson is a rejoinder to that. he exists in conservative radio and media channels that didnt exist in 2008. and maybe even in 2012. that explains his support. so which is it? is it the establishment press has disproportional control over the nomination process? or it doesnt at all. you have two examples at one and two that are almost usually exclusive. >> all im asking for...

Mature enough to deal with the largely unfair media and a changing electorate. the harsh truth is that anyone seeking power in america will be brutalized. the social media sewer, overflowing with personal attacks and false information. the establishment press also a problem. it has agendas all day long, race, gender, ideology, personal animus, all of those can lead to unfair attacks. these days those who would be president have to be able to turn those attacks around. heres a great example. duri...