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Were back. president donald trump and his press secretary lashing out at the news media about the relationship to the intelligence community and over reports about the size of the crowds at inauguration. bring in senior correspondent jim acosta. jeffrey lord. sarina zito. and brian stelter and mr. jim sciutto. here is donald trump at cia headquarters earlier today. >> the reason youre my first stop is that as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human ...

I know maybe sometimes you havent gotten the backing that youve wanted. and youre going to get so much backing. maybe youre going to say, please dont give us so much backing. as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. and they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. and i just want to let you know, the reason youre number one, its exactly the opposite. >> that was donald trump today in langley, virgi...

To delegitimize the media. when trump says he has a running war with the media, were seeing that now play out. >> it doesnt help to use the language war. >> this is a president who now is in charge of real wars, real combat and hes talking about having a war with the media. >> yeah. its interesting, even if this mornings tweet from donald trump hes talking about a fixture, a hallmark of democracy, the right to protest. this was a response to what we saw yesterday in the nations capital. but the ...

Sign his first executive order. >> small group of reporters. same way obama and bush and the rest used to. >> we had a lot of conversation about the importance of a pool. they told us they will respect that and they did on friday night. were pleased that happen as well. >> how would you describe your approach right now? as the head of the white house correspondent association, you had 100 of your journalists at a town hall. theres clearly some anxiety here. what are you telling the white house c...

Be reporting on. it speaks to what seems to be an already toxic relationship. you heard the president talk about this running war with the press. it is disheartening to be starting out in this way. you have to wonder, what is the long-term strategic communications plan. pa part of running the government is going to involve the press, getting your message out. this seems to be a difficult way to start if you are going to try to get that done. one point spicer made, he said there has been a lot of...

I know sometimes you havent gotten the back end you wanted. youre going to get so much back and say please dont give us so much back in. as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. and they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. and i just want to let you know, the reason your number one stop is exactly the opposite. >> welcome back to requested hardball." today president trump -- get used to that, g...

Minutes to be exact, talking about issues other than the intelligence community. standing in front of a wall honoring 117 fallen cia officers he took swipes at the news media and blaming his feud with the intelligence community on the media. >> as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. they made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. the reason youre number one stop is exactly the opposite. they understand that...

>> roosting the oval office, president tremper in 1000% support while once again claiming that he says is the dishonest media. kristin fisher is at the white house the white house or the tribe administration prepares for day two. >> hey guys, good morning. president trump has two games on the schedule. and tonight hes holding a reception for law enforcement and first responders. yesterday was mr. comes first full day in office and he spent it visiting the cia headquarters or theres a standing ov...

Glenn carl spent 20 years as a spy in the field and retired as the deputy national intelligence off officer. what do you make of the citizen politician, does that give him latitude? >> thats called obfuscatation. as you know, president trump denied that there was any contact between him and the intel community during his speech. >> i am with you 1,000% and the reason youre my first stop is that as you know, i have a running war with the media. they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with th...

Has their back. >> i am with you 1,000%. i know maybe sometimes you havent gotten the backing that you have wanted. and youre going to get so much backing. maybe you are going to say, please dont give us so much backing. >> during the visit, trump paid respects to the cia wall of stars. thats where he was standing in front of, the memorial that honors the lives of fallen agents and he also aired his personal grievances. take a listen. >> i have a running war with the media. they are among the mo...