Off Camera Briefing News Today

Its been 19 days since the last on camera white house briefing. the last time the white house addressed the american people so we could see them was june 29th. today the fox news chief correspondent john roberts left in the middle of todays off camera briefing. >> john roberts is bored today. he is headed out. >> if it were on camera, he might not. >> roberts took to twitter to say he left the room to appear on live cable television. and this takes a little bank shot to point out, but think of i...

Last thing before we go here tonight, its been 19 days since the last on camera white house briefing. the last time the white house addressed the american people so we could see them was june 29th. today, the fox news chief white house correspondent john roberts left in the middle of todays off camera briefing. >> john roberts is board today. hes headed out. >> if i were on camera, i might not. >> roberts took to twitter later to say he left the room to appear on live cable television. and this ...

The last on camera white house briefing. the last time the white house addressed the american people so we could see them was june 29th. today, the fox news chief white house correspondent john roberts left in the middle of todays off camera briefing. >> john roberts is bored today. hes headed out. >> if i were on camera, i might not. >> roberts took to twitter later to say he left the room to appear on live cable television. and this takes a little bank shot to point out but think of it this wa...

If this becomes skplau sarah huckabee sanders basically said during this so-called off camera briefing that she wasnt sure how the president felt about that and what kind of changes he would agree to. and so this is still very much a work in progress over here in the white house is trying to put its best face on what was a pretty awful day yesterday. >> all right. jim acosta with the assessment twofold. thank you, jim. were going to broaden out and let me just tell all of you, senate republicans...

Story. they have of course referred to it as a hoax. they are trying to turn the page on that narrative. the campaign branch even fund-raising off of it. of course, some frustration with mistakes that have been made and owned up to, so i think thats why you saw her lash out in that way. it is a strategy. the response from brian, he has given interviews in the wake of that and said hey, look, he felt as though the media was being bullied and at that point he had had enough. that was his breaking ...

House said to reporters that, well, he has to find out if schumer is serious about this and he went on to say, im not sure that he is. to which schumers office tweeted, he is serious. so well have to see how all this plays out. this is some of the bluffing that, of course, goesz on heren washington. but brooke, during the so-called off camera briefing that we just had with the deputy spokeswoman, sarah huckabee sanders, she said she continues to be optimistic about this, that he continues to mak...

Surveillance for that matter. it doesnt mean none of that happened. it simply means i havent seen that yet. >> the allegation, it is reported and this morning white house deputy spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders would not say if he believes the fbi on this matter. >> does the president accept that or not? >> the president wants the truth to come out to the american people. he is asking that it be done through the house intelligence committee and that that be the process that we go through. >> ...

>> hallie jackson pressed in todays off camera briefing. >> has the president spoken with the fbi director about the allegations he made saturday morning and does he have confidence in his fbi? >> to my knowledge i am almost 100% certain he has not. >> does he is confidence in his director? >> and then there is this, the former director of the nsa in this very studio on morning joe this very morning talking about the president and his possible motive. >> he is trying to distract attention from w...