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To add in the extra layer for this president. the fact that the -- the his store irk pitch th sto -- historic nature. they knew they had to control the narrative for better or for worse for us, for communication to the nation. >> does it mean he was trying to protect himself more? >> yes, i believe they worked to protect him. >> i think that -- and i know from talking to this white house adviser, the president has a bit of an elitist view -- not a bit, an elitist view that the media is silly. >>...

Larger arc that goes back to race relations in this country. i have read nothing in charles work that says he doesnt understand -- >> if i conveyed that my apologies apologies. it is often difficult for media could cover stories in multiple layers. and there was a lot of criticism as you know when the media descended on baltimore because suddenly baltimore was in flames and whats happening in the meantime. what im wondering about and somewhat concerned about here is that can we do -- can the med...

Fighting on too many fronts, women one of them being against the media writ large? >> its not usual that weve seen the chief of staff at the podium, weve never heard john kelly speak as chief of staff. but the president clearly felt things were getting out of control in the narrative and he needed to step forward and assert some order. the presentation he gave made him very much the trump antidote, if you will. he was different in every way from donald trump, not only in some cases in the substa...

Historically attempted to spread this information through the u.s. media? you mentioned theyve been there over decades trying to interfere. they use media as a resource? >> we see them use media writ large as a resource to disseminate information, false information. >> and is that been pretty much regardless of whos in the white house? >> it doesnt seem to tie to a particular political party, that tactic, if you will. >> thank you. mr. comey, have you ever formed -- this is going back to the art...

Their expertise to bear. that really is one of the key things you want to focus on. one of the other things i think you want to focus on is the use of social media and the media writ large. the citizens in the community are going to be the ones who are going to alert law enforcement very likely. somebodys going to see somebody they dont know, somebody unusual. theyre going to recognize some anomalous behavior and make a phone call in. the use of technology to get the word out, particularly of th...