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Taxes, threatened to sue nbc for the "access hollywood" tape release, but didnt follow through. still, the medias not blameless in the relationship. >> i think that there were a lot of mistakes along the way by the media. i think the media failed to treat donald trump seriously, even as they covered him intensely and gave him an extraordinary amount of air time during the primary campaigns. >> reporter: and, analysts say, trumps public disdain for reporters may have helped him at his polls. now ...

>> reporter: media watchers say its an open question whether donald trump will be more receptive to the media and allow them more access as president, but for now a trumps spokesperson tells cnn they expect to operate a traditional pool for reporters and theyre asking for patience as they navigate the transition process. wolf, well see what happens. >> yeah, very, very important that they honor those long standing traditions and allow at least even a small pool of reporters, camera crews, to go ...

Now, they would have been gettable if the trump campaign had been working in michigan three months ago. this is a momentum play. the hope is the bank shot that the momentum will carry them into enough support to get them over the top. the other factor is how large is that disaffected black vote? is hillary clintons base in the african-american community diminished so much? is the interest diminished so much that trump has a pathway in michigan. thats the open question. >> shes added the stop in ...

Campaign. you can feed off other peoples polls. news media polls. you can feed off of getting free tv. but when it comes -- new hampshire is unique. new hampshire is different. its a very involved state. a small state. you have to have a field office operation to target and get them to vote. >> thats my point. in the primary, he didnt. the party leaders in new hampshire still cant believe that he won the way he won going away because he broke every rule. you always hear the rule. new hampshire p...

A sort of smothering type of attack. theyre trying to slow down the ability of all of these companies to connect with their customers online. a different goal here. who is doing it and why is really the open question. ive been talking to folks at the department of homeland security today and also at u.s. intelligence agencies. u.s. government officials here are not really willing as of now to say who this is and what theyre up to here. its annoying for anybody up and down the east coast and late...

>> well it will concern some people hes going after speaker ryan and also concerns some that ryan is abandoning trump. only 1 out of 10 republicans are saying donald trump shouldnt be our nominee. if you go back to 2012 and "new york times" exit polls. one out of ten republicans didnt vote for mitt romney. and same with obama. so the voters are lined up behind trump. and i think someone like trump whos in texas today raising money for the whole republican party: i think the question has to go ba...

Trump tower just fold the piece on just that question. your reporting is always spot on and really really good. >> thank you. >> so what is the strategy? what is the trump strategy? >> well it was clear everybody got the part that he is firing up his base. he has gone back to the person he was during the primary. >> says hes unshackled. >> unshackled. im unshackled. i dont care about these leading republicans. never liked me anyway. i think the big reveal is the second part of his comeback strat...

Differently. but i do think hes sorry and embarrassed about it. no question many my mind. i was there when he found about it. and there is no question hes embarrassed by it. but i think he should have been much more direct and focused on just saying im sorry and only im sorry. >> and ben carson also trying to downplay the scandal. >> as i was growing up people were always trying to talk about their sexual conquests. >> and rudy giuliani made light of the tape in knocking hillary clinton. >> boy ...

Whos in texas today raising money for the whole republican party: i think the question has to go back to paul ryan and say arent you causing the problem yourself. >> errol does going after ryan and other rrp, you could also make the argument that fires up his base and emboldens them to come out. >> the fighting against the establishment. democratic or republican has been part of the trump rant from day one. for him to now say ive got the shack lsz off that is what his base wants to hear. we shou...

But ryan is staying above the fray. spokesman for the house speaker saying in a statement paul ryan is focusing in the next month on defeating democrats and all republicans running for office should probably do the same. for now trump is holding his core group of advisors. new jersey governor chris christy who skipped the debate, finally meerjed after the the fire storm ignited by trumps tape gate. >> automatically attracted to beautiful -- i just start kissing them. like a magnet. >> to concede...