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Just really looking forward to the courts actually just, you know, ruling on the facts of the case now setting setting things straight and kelley, i mean, it seems to me that joe has been damaged by this. i mean, without a doubt will he get any monetary satisfaction by the time this is all wrapped up? >> will or he, he didnt want to ask for any money.he he didnt want anybody to d ever say that this was about money. so he didnt seek monetaryy damages. he just wants the right.s, and if he wins, wh...

Credibility of the reporters is undermined when they wave their opinions around in public? >> i think it is important to report the facts of the news and to stay neutral. >> tucker: you would encouragehe your members not to reveal their political biases in public? >> its not the correspondents associations job to tell her -- tell our members how to do their jobs. its not. we stand up for the values of truth, the values of reporting the facts and values of the first amendment, which is to have ac...

Threat, i talked about the rhetoric that has come -- >> did you ever make that comment under the obama administration that the first amendment was under threat, jeff? >> im the president of the white house correspondents association now. >> tucker: let me ask you guys really quick -- >> did you ever ask about that? >> tucker: do you think if tomorrow, the graduating class of byu, brigham young university, came to washington and got jobs in the white house press corps, 80% of the reporters workin...

James rosen. they designated him as a flight. risk so they wouldnt have to tell them about their surveillance. they secretly seized associated press phone records. they rejected a record number of foia request, freedom of information requests. those are threats to the first amendment. jeff mason should have been speaking out about that at other white house correspondents dinners. parties should have beent canceled, boycotts should have happened under the obama administration. actions, obama, wor...

Basically an extended middle finger to the president, an expression of dislike. the press shouldnt like or dislike politicians. >> i totally disagree with you. >> tucker: were you there? >> you just played my clip. >> tucker: you are sober and watching? >> i was there participating, what you didnt do was play the clip in which i said access under the trump administration has been good. it has. i would disagree with the way you introduced this by saying we complained about the trump administratio...

For "the hill." he was there on saturday at the correspondents dinner and he joins us. what do you think? >> what did i think of the white house correspondents dinner? >> tucker: yeah. >> first, i would like to comment on jeff masons interview. he spoke there that night. i am utterly curious andt confused here. he admitted to you that under the trump administration,us tucker, that there has never been better access. all i know is when i watch the daily press briefings, sean spicer takes more que...

Papers cant print what they want. speakers are shouted down. i havent heard the white house press association say anything about that. i havent seen that journalists who make their living under the protections of the first amendment say anything about the actual threats to the first amendment that are unfolding on campus. why is that? >> sean: i havent seen journalists saying anything about the threats to the first amendment. why isfo that? >> i cant speak for all journalists. >> tucker: you kin...

>> he did a great job. >> tucker: you really thought that was great? >> i think he did a really great job. if you look at the broad picture of that dinner beyond just having a comedian, which we traditionally have, you had bob woodward, carl bernstein, a video, h the scholarship winners, the award winners showing what the white house correspondents association is and about the importance of good journalism. >> tucker: how did you feel --ss >> did you listen to bob woodward? >> tucker: i thought ...