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This is when we see the president coming after the press, is that the diversion to this real headline. >> the outlets that were banned did aggressive reporting on these russian ties to trump associates and possibly trump campaign officials. suddenly theyre banned. there might be a correlation, and it seems to be that way. >> and were also looking at, of course, says two individuals that were asked according to this report to reach out to the press to try to quash some of the discussion of the ru...

In the briefing room. theres press decedence for tha. you can hold a briefing without it being on camera. thats not the decision that they made so we told them again afterwards that would be preferable and better in the future. there is some precedent or occasionally holding gaggles, but what happened yesterday was basically substituting that for the broader news of the day briefing. >> this was premeditated. >> including major organizations like cnn and thats why we objected to it. >> i think w...

Accessible than probably any prior administration. so i think you can take that to the bank. >> so, jill, if you think that this is a pattern that develops and say when they have the pool going in, and we know the pool -- thats like if youre sick. >> right, ive been in the pool. >> you come out and you help all the colleagues from the white house press corps with the information. for folks at home, like if youre sick at school one day, the other kid will bring home your homework and the informat...

T -- set the stage for any future stories saying that the people reporting them are just fake? >> i think thats exactly it, in undermining the credibility of the media that dislikes, or in trumps view, dislikes trump or is criticizing trump, and therefore, the president keeps on saying, dont pay attention to, dont believe these media. they are propagating so-called fake news. and so, as the "new york times" and cnn and a couple other outlets p outlets presumably some, maybe, maybe, some russian ...

Referred to not only anonymously but requested reporters cite something he said as the product of multiple sources. in other words, adding a, yes, fake source. and these complaints come as a new controversy hit the white house press area when sean spicer held a type of pool briefing for some reporters while excluding several specific outlets including "the l.a. times," politico, cnn and "the new york times." that decision drew strong rebukes from top names in the news. take "the new york times" ...

Continue to play out but steve bannon doubled down on this on cpac. he warned he said it will only get worse. pete: they have to keep fighting because as he calls it keep fighting. of course the press is going to support the press they should reciprocate that. if they are yelling about free and independent, the trump administration is not preventing anyone from reporting. they are merely reporting if you are going to report falsehoods literally print articles that are untrue, fake news we have t...

White house didnt approve of as opposed to people limiting it to, you know, the largest outlets or whatever. >> i want to try and squeeze this in, either one of you can jump in or both if we have time. what do we expect the president to address on tuesday? amie? >> i think he will talk about his big initiatives, tax reform. he needs to lay out a roadmap, he hasnt done that for members of congress and they felt a little bit excluded, some members ive spoken to say they need a better idea whats in...

Issue, the president taking his private conversations are different from the press secretary gaggle which traditionally include a wide range of outlets. obviously, it comes after the president labeled enemy of the people, it looks like retribution, rather than criticism. and clearly, theyre trying to put pressure on certain organizations, you know, because they dont like what theyre seeing. theyre very right to criticize the press. theres no violation of the first amendment to criticize them. bu...

Would he use it in the united states? theres simply no way for us to know. >> clarissa ward, cnn, london. >> well isis fighters are we understand setting stores on fire this morning as iraqi forces close in on the terror groups last major stronghold in that country. >> federal police announced overnight theyve recaptured an agricultural area more mosul and are inching further and further into the city. this comes just days after they regained control of the citys airport. joining those iraqi for...

♪ >> martha: media conflict tonight. earlier today president trump attempted to clarify his ongoing clash with the media when he was at cpac. heres what he said. [applause] >> a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people. and they are. they are the enemy of the people. [applause] in fact, in covering my comments, the dishonest media did not explain that i called the fake news the enemy of the people, the fake news. they dropped off the word fake. and all of a sudden the story ...