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Montage of him fleeing aevensnsg questions. that vignette about him answering the questions among the bushes and insisting the lights turned out this whole trend of insisting on off camera briefings, it makes the press team and the communications operation look like theyre scared to defend the president. its a bad look. and nobodys going to be successful in defending the president if you look scared to do so in a public setting. and that is one thing i thought was effective about anthonys perfor...

Hes set a system up where there were four people, steve bannon, reince priebus, jared kushner and -- kellyanne conway who were going to clash with one another. who had different views. he placed them off of one another. thats what he does. the fact they dont necessarily -- havent always gotten along is less disqualifying in this way than others. can i make one other very quick point? >> well be back for more and jeff has to run to get to the briefing, outgoing president of the white house corres...

Tweeting or speaking about things being mean, for example, or any number of other things you could say could undermine their efforts. they know they have to remain in contact with him and considering what his pow sir aer and yet ke at arms length when it comes to the nitty-gritty. >> and how this might effect the rest of the press shop. the press team is not just sean spicer and sarah huckabee sanders. entire group of spokespeople very loyal to sean and sarah is also very loyal to sean. what tha...

Deals is under question, after the failure of health care reform. the president did not embark on any major tourist to sell the plan. he gave very few interviews touting its virtue and talking about the details and the white house press team has mostly stayed off camera. yesterday he told the press he was disappointed at the outcome and republicans who were poised to vote no. >> im sitting in the oval office right next door, pen in hand, waiting to sign something, and ill be waiting and eventual...

Making the rounds on tv is sebastian gorka. you are 13th place in national ratings behind "nick at night." >> you used that line monday. but i think its funny you have enough time in the white house you are able to sit around reading nielsen numbers. >> i get press briefings from my team. >> its like the hungarian don rickles. howie: does it make sense for white house officials to do that and attack the ratings of the network hes on? gillian: i think it makes sense from a political object for so...

Sebastian gorka. you are 13th place in national ratings behind "nick at night." >> you used that line monday. but i think its funny you have enough time in the white house you are able to sit around reading nielsen numbers. >> i get press briefings from my team. >> its like the hungarian don rickles. howie: does it make sense for white house officials to do that and attack the ratings of the network hes on? gillian: i think it makes sense from a political object for somebody who works on politic...

The white house correspondents association is working every day to try to change that and will continue to do that. weve worked to build a strong relationship with the trump press team and well continue to work on that. but it is challenging. and it is frustrating. >> things boiled over this week with sarah huckabee sanders. instead of sort of using the example of a news organization holding some of its journalists accountable and actually firing them, she used that as an opportunity to attack t...

Association is working every day to try to change that and will continue to do that. weve worked to build a strong relationship with the trump press team and well continue to work on that. but it is challenging. and it is frustrating. >> things boiled over this week with sarah huckabee sanders, instead of sort of using the example of a news organization, holding some of its journalists accountable and actually firing them, she used that as an opportunity to attack the entire room and tensions bo...

President trump did not hold a press conference, despite making a lot of news in many different countries. we also have now the issue with the briefings not being televised regularly. its frustrated. the white house correspondents association is working every day to try to change that and will ton to continue to do that. weve worked to build a strong relationship with the trump press team and well continue to work on that. but it is challenging. and it is frustrating. >> things boiled over this ...

Game in town. it was played in the aftermath of the shooting of republican teams practice. we want to take a moment to let you know the congressman steve scalise condition has improved again. rel good news. hes been upgraded from serious to fair. that doesnt sound great but thats good news now. the democrats played against the republicans. theres actually a game where democrats and republicans will be taking the field together as in on the same team. tonight is the annual congressional womens so...