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Tried to ask the question. but one thing i think is very notable and worth pointing out is that during that news conference, sean spicer said to me that if i were to continue to persist and try to ask a question that i would be thrown out of that news conference. now, erin, keep in mind, ive covered four presidential campaigns, covered president obama at the white house. i have never had a press secretary threaten to throw me out of a news conference. that is a first. it is not a good sign of th...

Dont be rude. >> can you give us a question? >> dont be rude. im not going to give you a question. you are fake news. >> can you state categorically -- mr. president-elect, thats not appropriate. >> and good for you, jim, standing up for yourself, for organization. has the transition team said anything to you about this exchange that we just heard? >> reporter: sean spicer, the incoming press secretary, came up to me after that news conference was over and said that i crossed a line and he thoug...

To his close links to russia as the ceo of exxon. and marco rubio shares those concerns. hes on the foreign relations committee. tillerson needs his vote. their exchanges today were very contentious. i want to play one of them for you. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> based on all this information, whats publicly in the record about whats happened in aleppo and the russian military, you are still not prepared to say that vladimir putin and his military have v...

The senator asks what standards? there is a definition of conflict of interest. there is a common understanding of what is a conflict of interest. i dont think donald trump would accept one of his executives having the same type of deal with other companies while working with him. he is right the core conflict of interest law doesnt apply to the president, but as the senator also said, previous presidents have applied it to themselves and have worked as if it applied to them to avoid the appeara...

President very well does end up pursuing. the question is how does he pursue that with the many issues of disagreement between the two countries right now. >> im going to go to jim acosta because he was at the press conference. i want to talk about an extremely contentious back and forth you had with the president-elect over cnns reporting. today the bottom line of what he seemed to be trying to say in light of all the allegations improper things that the russians may know about him, hes trying ...

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Campaign. and so i do think that is a measurable difference but perhaps the weight of the presidency is starting to bring him to the reality that vladimir putin may not actually be on his side. >> now that brings me to your heated exchange. you went to ask him a question after he had attacked cnn, because cnn, jim sciutto, that team reported trump was presented with documents that had allegations that russians, operatives had information, compromising information about donald trump. we reported ...