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>> abby: president trump taking aim as one of his favorite targets yesterday, the media. he slammed outlets for "fake news and a barrage of narrative coverage." take a look. >> there is no one i have more respect for -- maybe a little, then reporters, good reporters. especially in this position. it is very important. i dont mind bad stories. i can handle bad stories better than anybody. as long as it is true. i am not okay when it is fake. i watch cnn, it is so much anger and hatred and just the...

Victory. do you agree with that? >> youre the president. >> thank you. good answer, yes. >> jon karl with us live at the white house tonight, and jon, this press conference initially was going to be about the presidents new nominee for labor secretary, alexander acosta, but the president spent less than a minute making that announcement and then moved on. jon, you were in the room, and it became clear he had other things on his mind he wanted to get off his chest. >> reporter: 17 different repor...

Everybody got a question. once the most popular strategy in washington? since the beginning of time, attacking an unpopular institution. right now, among republicans, nine to one, they do not trust the media. okay, republicans, thats not something we should expect. 70% of independents dont trust the media right now. wikileaks, i cannot emphasize this enough, devastated the media before the election in terms of senior members from publications and outlets colluding with the clinton campaign -- th...

Six or eight months ago now it is -- >> everybody including jim mccost star, we complained because on friday, and on monday and wednesday he was calling on to american reporters and going through conservative outlets yesterday he changed course and called on everyone. kudos to him. >> he giving us ak sccess but i not sure if its transparent with these sort of tweets i dont see how thats helpful. >> the tweets are important, we know whats on the presidents mind. >> access.

Favorable to the white house. presidents in the white house try to manage their own story and manage the narrative. they do interviews with sympathetic outlets. in the conferences in the past, always, some of the major outlets have been called on. if you are not with one of the major outlet, it is on you. >> the questions that were asked and clearly ignored are the questions of the day. i think many analysts are saying listen, if the president wants this problem to have the chance of going away,...

Declarative fashion. today they turned to conservative news media, third in a row where they were called on to ask questions. highly unusual. going against tradition seen at white house for multiple administrations. typically wire services, networks -- and occasionally one called upon, but not three conferences in a row with conservative outlets only getting called on. >> thank you very much. bring in cnns octavia gondel, david -- and ryan -- >> what do you make of the president ignoring questio...

Has. hes employing women, african-americans, hispanics. at the left is going to hate it. i hope he goes through. which outlet will he take questions from? will it only be right wing, town hall, will he take any questions from the different outlets? >> harris: adam, i want to get your view on this. these leaks and accusations of previous campaign members having had relations with russia. i still havent seen the evidence on that, but they say its coming. with all of that context, president trump r...

Do a press conference. and yes the questions and the print coverage may not be good but you may be able to look like you have a little more command and control. and they need -- right now, he doesnt -- there are a lot of people in this town that doesnt think president trump has full control of this situation right now. so thats where this can help. and thats why this is i think politically and tactically a smart thing to do if he does take questions. and frankly, questions from all over the map ...

But puzder pulled out over a series of controversies that turned even quite a few republican senators against him. >> this will be the presidents second appearance before the white house press corps in two days. and it was announced just barely an hour or so ago. joining us now, cnns special live coverage, white house correspondent athena jones and political director david chalian. athenna, set the stage for us. the president will come out into the east room of the white house and make his annou...

Reporters from the traditional larger media outlets. at the conference with the israeli prime minister, he only called on reporters from organizations seen to be sympathetic to the president. cnn reporters tried to ask questions about the administrations ties to russia. more specifically the campaigns. the trump campaign ties to russia. the questions were ignored. >> mr. president, will you answer any questions about your contacts with the russians during the campaign? >> mr. president, will you...