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Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. White House Press Secretary sean spicer just wrapped up his press briefing where he spoke more indepth about President Trumps decision to withdraw federal protection for transgender students. Cnns sara murray is at the white house for us. Sara, spicer was pressed on whether this decision was in any way a civil rights issue. Reporter thats right, jake. Its a question that the white House Press Secretary repeatedly dodged. He was asked...

Attendant handed me a handwritten note on a napkin thanking me and thanking other members of congress for standing up and fighting on behalf of immigrants. This woman was from the caribbean. And she was very appreciative. She didnt want to jeopardize her job. She didnt each want to leave her name but as a Flight Attendant she thought it was important enough for her to give me a handwritten note which i posted on my facebook page. Do you hear there are a lot of people out there who support this t...

You say the president believes there was voter fraud. I wonder if you believe that. You were at the rnc. Do you believe there was widespread voter fraud . How can he be comfortable with his win if he feels there were hes very comfortable with his win. He got 306 electoral votes. Ive asked and answered this question twice. He believes what he believes based on the information hes been provided. Yes, maam. What about democracy, sean, if he does believe that, what does that mean for democracy . Ive...

He signed five executive order to boost energy production. Two of the orders reopened the door for the controversial keystone excel and dakota pipelines. And final two executive orders, expedite the permitting and environmental approval process for both manufacturing and infrastructure projects. Yesterday White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said these orders will pave the way for economic boom in america. Theres an Energy Revolution thats going to happen in this country and in in spite of bu...

Chuck wasnt done there. He also compared trump tos richard nixon. Lets watch this. A lot of this pressur conference had to do with the president airing grievances about the press, and weve got to remember what this is. It is a political tactic. One that is a familiar one. But he is going at it in a way we havent seen a president do since nixon in the early 70s. I sean chuck todd is probably upset but one of the biggest purveyors of all this fake news. Now it wasntur that long ago wn he falsely c...

Entering the United States. President trump today defended the action. Tweeting this morning now look what is happening all over europe and indeed the world. A horrible mess meanwhile new york senator Chuck Schumer is demanding the president overturn his awful, quote, awful order. We should not have religious tests in america, and my view is the courts will throw this out. It will just take aways to get up to the top. We already had three or four courts not just here in new york but other places...

France and australia. We find are always energetic responder. Another big day another executive order coming in an hour. Any guidance on what we will see. This executive order will be about restructuring the National Security council. He said that they were too big and too bloated and he wanted to trim the fat and whittle it down. Its poised to do just that. But something that they are really trying to draw attention to. This administration has hit the ground running. You will never stop fightin...

Mr. Trump took office. Its a big deal with if the president of the United States says things that arent true. We think words and facts matter. Its also a big deal when a new president signs a dozen executive actions in six days. As we have each night, tonight well cover all those stories. We begin with mr. Trumps call for a federal investigation into voter fraud. New comments to david muir on abc newss world news tonight. When you say in your opinion, millions of illegal votes, that is something...

Come to me. Ill talk about all of this with President Trumps chief of staff Reince Priebus live this morning. Also, how should the democrats respond to the president . Get along when they can or all opposition all the time . Ill ask the man who was Hillary Clintons running mate senator time kaine of virginia and the presidency and the press. President trump calls the media the Opposition Party. The dishonesty, the total deceit and deception. And his chief strategist says the media should just ke...

Them out yesterday. Lets run through some of the examples, over at nbc, chuck todd was so incensed by the press conference, he tweeted, this is not a laughing matter. Delegitimizing the press is unamerican. No, you did it to yourself, chuck paid the president is defending himself from what is an outofcontrol media bias. Somehow he is calling that unamerican . Chuck wasnt done there. He also compared trump to richard nixon. Lets watch this. A lot of this press conference had to do with the presid...