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Charco caps: put less boom in the room. well, in what was supposed to be the first day of better, it was certainly a remarkable day at the white house as the president took a lot of questions from a lot of reporters. almost an hour and a half. so according to the white house, the president actually took 68 questions from 35 reporters. again, thats big. and some of them were combative. but there was one that stood out. i want you to listen to this exchange with yamiche alcindor of pbs news hour...

They will be incredibly disappointed, and they will be giving their white neighbors the hairy eyeball tomorrow. >> tucker: in other words, abc is telling us, andrew gillumke lost because of his skin color, and he lost because of the behavior of people of a certain skin color. abc knows that. you hear things like this all the time. every day. and yet curiously, nobody ever bothers to prove any of it. or even try. why? because it is unprovable. and that is the appeal. racism is now anything you do...

Enough. >> you are a rude, terrible person, you shouldnt be working for cnn. >> why are you putting americans against one another? >> why do i like oprah? >> just curious. >> a racist question. such a hostile media. when you get bored would you please tell me? >> the trump administration suspended jim acostas pass for accessing the white house pointing specifically to a moment they fail white house intern tried to take a mike from acosta. sarah sanders says in a statement donald trump believe in...

What she wanted to discuss. this is so different from what we have seen in the past, the president said i havent called on you, not your turn, you dont just get to stand up. >> that has happened in the past, sometimes division defense of april ryan, he actually responded something and then called on me. this happens frequently in the press briefing room and in press conferences with the president. i simply wait until the situation resolves itself and i will jump in when i am needed. >> talk abou...

About white nationalism posed by "pbs newshour" reporter as a racist question." all true, except cnns summary leaves out important context. april ryan repeatedly yelled out her questions without being called on. watch. >> president trump: sit down please i didnt call you. >> she then appeared too intimate to the president had tried to message white supremacists. >> on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist, some people thought that was emboldening white nationalist spirit of >> pre...

Past. some kind to the to the events of april ryan, she was actually responding. this happens frequently in the press briefing room i simply just wait until the situation resolves itself and then i will jump right in whenever i am needed. >> shannon: he talked about the midterms but we got some other things. there was another clip that i wanted to play from another reporter. this is a subject of using the word nationalist. >> on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. some people t...

You shouldnt be working for cnn. >> are you putting americans against one another? >> kind of question is that? he is a comedian here. it is a racist question. it is such a hostile media. it is so sad. when you get bored, would you please tell me. >> shannon: the trump administration has suspended jim acosta for access to the white house until further notic notice. specifically a moment they say a white house intern tried to take the microphone from him. white house press secretary sarah sanders...

Lessrationallization of politics. the democrats write them off all together. how do you build a political movement by hating on, basically half of theal american people. rather than grapple with why this tactic fell flat last night, the media continued the race to the bottom during todays white house news conference.me >> on the campaign trail you called yoursrs a nationalist. some saw it as emboldening white nationalist. >> it is such a racist question. >> now some say now the republican party ...

African-americans? i mean, why do i have my highest poll numbers -- thats such a racist question. honestly, i know you have it written down and youre going to tell me -- let me tell you,th s thats a racist question. >> yamish, that was a pretty fraught moment there. tell me your reaction to him. >> reporter: really the president was frustrated because reporters were doing what we do best which was ask questions and really demand answers. sis president as youve said has talked about any birthrigh...

Itself having you work for them. you after rude, terrible person. you shouldnt be working for cnn. >> in jims defense i traveled with him in washington. >> im not a great fan of yours either. >> you called him uncle tom. whats your response. >> i dont know who littlejohn is. >> hes on "the apprentice". >> i see. >> quiet. quiet. >> just 8%. single digits. >> when you talk about division, its people like this that cause division. >> you called yourself a nationalist. somebody people see that as e...