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No president should fear public scrutiny of his program. without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed, and no republic can survive. and that is why our press was protected by the first amendment. the only business in america specifically protected by the constitution. >> john f. kennedy spoke those words on this date 57 years ago. he gave the address titled "the president and the press" before the american newspaper publishers association at the waldorf astoria...

Here. why is that both important and so relevant 57 years later to where we are right now? >> well, if candidate came back, hed see a president in president trump whos screaming about the press all the time and talking about fake news and running press conferences like today that are very different from jfk. you know, when kennedy said that in 1961, he and we had just been through the bay of pigs, that failed invasion of cuba, and what he was saying in that speech was, i wont like it, but you sh...

Running press conferences like today that are very different from jfk. you know, when kennedy said that in 1961, he and we had just been through the bay of pigs, that failed invasion of cuba, and what he was saying in that speech was, i wont like it, but you should report even more about the flaws in my programs because you might prevent them. >> i was amazed to hear from one of our producers that in a phone call today, you said there were broader lessons from what we just witnessed this week, t...

No country can succeed, and no republic can survive. and that is why our press was protected by the first amendment. the only business in america specifically protected by the constitution. >> john f. kennedy spoke those words on this date 57 years ago. he gave the address titled "the president and the press" before the american newspaper publishers association at the waldorf astoria hotel blocks from here in new york city. with us tonight, the man who reminded us of the anniversary of that even...

Authority or what authority. >> back now with our panel, joining us at the table, carrie cordero, jen sauk ki, and mike shields. mike, for this white house, i mean hope hicks as weve been saying was about as close to the president as anybody. >> yeah, she goes back -- pre-dates everyone on the campaign and worked for the trump family before she got involved in this. sort of a unique person in that regard because she wasnt political. my guess is she will continue to be close to the president. i t...

>> back now with our panel, joining us at the table, carrie cordero, jen psaki, and mike shields. mike, for this white house, i mean hope hicks as weve been saying was about as close to the president as anybody. >> yeah, she goes back -- pre-dates everyone on the campaign and worked for the trump family before she got involved in this. sort of a unique person in that regard because she wasnt political. my guess is she will continue to be close to the president. i think this is like a family memb...

Mccurry came out today on twitter with identical statements. saying we support no live tv coverage. embargo it and let it be used. better for the public, the white house, and the press. so, abbey, ari is arguing here that having no live coverage would make things less combative. what do you think about that? >> yeah, ive talked to both ari and mike about this very issue at length, and i think both of them are coming from the perspective of people who were running press briefings at a time when t...

That did not materialize. and this is a health care bill, don, that is -- if you look at the various polls that came out today, is somewhere between 12% and 25%. that is just not going to get the job done. when you talk to gop sources -- i talked to a number of them tonight -- one gop source said, you are just not going to get 50 senators to support that kind of legislation. and by the way, this war on the media is also a useful distraction when you have this fund-raiser taking place down the st...

Megaphone. he does need the press, too, particularly because he doesnt have a message thats getting out there and penetrating. >> abby, i have to ask you, two former presidential press secretaries, ari fleischer, mike mccurry, they came out today on twitter with identical statements to say this, "we support no live tv coverage. better for the public, the white house and the press." so, abby, ari is arguing here that having no live coverage would make things less combative. what do you think abou...

The rnc. and by the way, just so you know, presidents obama and bush, george w., allowed reporte erer into their first fund-raising events. lets get right to cnn political director, david chalian, cnns jim acosta, cnn white house correspondent. kaitlyn collin, senior white house reporter. cnn political analyst, abby phillip. with us, abby barnes for the hill and co-author of "shattered: inside hillary clintons doomed campaign." jim, were going to start with you. the administration facing a major...