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Well talk again, next hour, about this very topic. thank you. u.s. president donald trump is steering the story of the trump tower meeting in another direction. in a sweet sunday, mr. trump admits the june 26th meeting between his son, don jr., and a russian, was in fact to get information at an opponent. at the time, dr. trump was facing off against democratic rival, hillary clinton. he adds he knew nothing about the meeting. mr. trump writes it off as totally legal and something done all the...

Tweet, yes, the president wrote at the top, fake news hates me, theyre the enemy of the people, blah, blah, blah, they can cause war. but come on. i mean, he points to all the major news networks and major newspapers. >> its a very cynical strategy, trying to divide between good outlets and bad outlets. trump does this sometimes. its bs, and it should be called out. i think we look at these tweets. think about whats different this time. it is changing. trumps tone is changing. it is getting wors...

Seen this year, last ten years are the animated movies. >> guys, i think were about to crash into the sun. >> yeah, but its going to look cool. >> animated comedy couldnt be more popular than today. no question about it with the lego cartoon. >> the reason animation is a huge deal, because if you only made 30 episodes, you can rewatch the episodes 1,000 times. its only going to keep going and there are only going to be more big shows. >> you have a lot of animation now coming online, which is an...

Competition creates different products, different outlets and people respond to it and thats how we whats successful and whats not successful? >> yeah, its survival of the fittest, and in the end, everyone has a better life because of it. take for example, in 1850, the watch capital of the world was london. the majority of the pocket watches in the world were made in london. right around this same time, machine tools became a lot less expensive, precision machine tools. little watch companies st...

Products, different outlets and people respond to it and thats how we whats successful and whats not successful? >> yeah, its survival of the fittest, and in the end, everyone has a better life because of it. take for example, in 1850, the watch capital of the world was london. the majority of the pocket watches in the world were made in london. right around this same time, machine tools became a lot less expensive, precision machine tools. little watch companies start popping up in the united s...

Companies admit to being a media company? for so long its been about the open public square and having it a place to have freedom of speech. now they are starting to see some of those society divisions really coming to fruition here. a lot of these top tech ceos and the executives that surround them are telling me they are thinking twice about whats bei going on. >> alex jones may want to lump himself into conservative outlets. he is a conspiracy theorist who has lied repeatedly. thank you so mu...

And cnns don lemon via tweet. the president cedes over the media, constantly at war with cnn, yet apparently hes watching it. so what do you make of that and what do you make of his attacks here at lebron james and his wife, melania, being completely opposite of her husband on this? >> well, where do we start? i mean, partly it is a strategy. if donald trump has a strategy that is, look, hes going to make people support him or choose him over all these evil journalists at cnn, at other outlets a...

Attacks on the media are having an effect. threats against reporters are on the rise. but instead of me telling you that, i want you to hear it for yourself. on friday the said hes going to shoot me and don lemon if he sees us. let me preface this by saying im not asking for sympathy. i dont think im in extreme danger. some of my colleagues get much worse threats than i do. cnn has a great security team and we know how to handle this stuff. this problem is not confined to cnn. people at fox news...

He has said the media is as much an opponent of ours, meaning him and his base, as the democratic party or those oppose on policy grounds. which takes the role of a free press and puts it in really significant jeopardy think. >> jon you know this next question is coming. what if we need to say to the american people, no, this next portion of the story is getting consequential for our country, our presidency and our constitution and this isnt fake at all. in fact, it hasnt been more real? >> well...

Midterms, where is the sensibility, where is that comfort in the presidency right now? >> there hasnt been reporting from any other outlets ive seen that the president is going back to see steve bannon. its possible thats true but not something widely reported. the president is dealing with a significant amount of angst as a result of the mueller investigation. hes been angsting about it since the legislation, but he seems particularly concerned that mueller could be getting information on his s...