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I know you giggle but its also serious stuff. how did this -- i was in your apartment when you got the call that you got the interview. >> thats right. first off, is it bianna or brianna. which dont get confused with people that often but we do get confused with each other. >> its just a letter. the letter "r". >> but it rhymes. >> its an occupational hazard. >> so the book talks about how hillary clinton had expressed an interest in her interviewer being bianna and as that transmitted to the pr...

He and the white house press team and the white house in general, currently, has not built up, they havent built up a lot of good will with the media. when theres a moment you screw up, every press secretary screws up, everybody who has had seans job -- there are times -- never at this level to be fair. there isnt a lot of good will. therefore, there isnt a lot of bandwidth for people to give you a break. >> beyond the hitler comparison, he sometimes mispronounces assads name and theres sloppine...

Aware of the meetings because the ambassador was under is your vail lens. late saturday, sessions went to meet with his boss in florida. the president is angry that sessions problems upstage mr. trumps address to congress. >> reporter: we can tell that you president trump was very frustrated with his senior staff and communications team on friday morning just before he departed to mar-a-lago according to one source. nobody has seen him that upset, end quote, the feeling being inside the oval off...

Showcased that at the dinner. that doesnt mean -- this comes in the context of very, very negative rhetoric coming from the president of the united states. but its important, i think, for viewers to know that despite that rhetoric, we have worked well with the trump white house. we have had many opportunities for journalists to ask questions of the president and of his press team. and those things count and those things are also things we would have and will celebrate at this dinner. >> your rea...

Thats good thing, the white house association will continue working on that and relationship with the press team. theres tension. theres tension between press and the white house. but the press is doing its job thats what were continue to do. >> the white house has been critical of the unanimous sources. are people making comments to the press and refusing to be identified? >> yes. its i have said this before, journalist will almost always prefer to have a name source in your story. i would. but...

Th work as hard as anybody at the white house and complain as less as anybody at the white house. [ applause ] applause is appropriate at that point. i think the only team that may contend with them might be the research department here at the white house led by alex plotkin and kristen bartaloni. i hope you get a chance to thank the stenographers for their work. they make your life easier. others stretched as thin and at least as effective as any team of press wranglers weve ever had at the whi...

Young, and their tireless leader, peggy, they work as hard as anybody in the white house and complain about it less than anybody in the white house. [applauding] i think the only team that may contend might be the research team at the white house led by alex and kristin. but i hope you will get a chance over the course of the next week test thank the stenographers for their important week work, because i know they make your lives easier, too. the same go for heater bells, brian gabriel, and sara...

Take another hit. with that the term administration is considering moving the white house press corps out of the west wing. jeff mason, president of the white house correspondents association met with sean spicer, the press secretary. and expressed concerns about any move saying that excess in the west wing to senior administration old is critical to the journals ability to do their jobs. describing the nearly two hour meeting as constructive. he is also the white house correspondent. he joins u...

Answering any questions about that. right? i dont think theres any problem with trying to communicate to the american people. president obama has been very aggressive about doing that over the last eight years. but at some point he has to answer questions about his policy and take some questions about it. i think were on day 160 of that so far without him doing it. >> i think weve been told now that he has a press secretary and his press team put together that we can anticipate and early-year ne...

Where the presidentsed hes at because your ability to faithfully represent his point of view is critically important. the second is just a principle for life which is be honest. honesty and credibility and trustworthiness is the most important part of this job. >> isnt part of your job evading peoples questions, trying not to fully answer when you dont have full answers? >> i think peek can understand theres a give and take and argument wes make and that there are certain situations where im ask...