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Out stating its still happening and continues in the 2018 midterm elections. so why would president trump, if reporting is president trump sent them out to do that only to undercut that a couple hours later? obviously, its a mystery in some ways, but what ive sensed since the helsinki summit is that -- in the public, i know dan coats in his famous interview with andrea mitchell, he was stuned by what he didnt know, but he just, you know, told the truth. question after question. secretary mattis,...

He was there to campaign for somebody -- a large chunk of that speech railing against the media calling it the fake, fake, disgusting news was the term he used. on and won this obsession hes not treated fairly hes not given the credit he deserves for his achievements. >> its a toxic situation. i think the president knows exactly what hes doing in his populism, media is the symbol of the elite that he wants to encourage the country to denounce. pretty soon well be getting the lock them up, the wa...

Welcome back to "morning joe". its a few minutes before the top of the hour here. weve been talking about ivanka trump calling her fathers family separation policy a low point for her and the white house. ivanka told mike allen that the press is not the enemy of the people as her father had said repeatedly. >> do you think that were the enemy of the people? >> sorry? [ laughter ] >> were the enemy of the people? >> no, i do not. >> she says no i do not think the press is the enemy of the people....

Coming after a dignified presentation by the senior member of his cabinet, i have to say my esteem for dan coats is somebody who is prepared to speak out and say what he thinks and for secretary kirstjen nielsen who says it absolutely right, our democracy is in the cross-hairs, looks in the camera and says the words. theyve gone up in my estimation and we have to hope that they are the continuity of government that the country needs, not this show we get when the president is on the road. >> so ...

>> its ironic, jim, that not only you and the media attacked the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country. repeatedly, repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. the media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration and certainly we have a role to play but the media has a role to play for the discourse in this country as well. >> th...

If we dont -- if we didnt have watergate. but that to me, just on a personal level, when trump gets up and says the press is the enemy of the people, i think of all the things hes ever said is the most frightening because thats the direct, direct line to a fascist. thats it. >> also you have to look at what happens as you just mentioned as it trickles down. ive been involved in politics and government for almost 30 years. theres no trust left between reporters and politicians and their represent...

But i think for context for your viewers, it is important to know there is some precedence to do briefings just if to a pool on air force one for example, by white house officials and sometimes even the president and then its shared to the rest of america, in this case because its at the white house and on a working day where many people in the working press are available, we encourage them to make any briefing they have whether we call it a gaggle or televised briefing to be open to the full-co...

Bear his aides wore "the bear is back" buttons. >> in dedicating these new facilities let me just say that i hope this room is always filled with as much integrity and good humor as jim brady has brought to it. >> the briefing room stands as the culmination of decades of increased press presence at the white house, that could be changing as donald trumps aides are suggesting moving the press to workplaces across the street, the briefings across the street or outside of the white house complex. j...

Determined, chuck. >> that hasnt been determined. right, that hasnt been determined, chuck. meanwhile, david, youve had the addition. he said its about having more reporters being able to be in. weve seen that donald trump has tapped something called lifezette and oann to build a variety of brands to verify his false statements. david, hes -- and we saw it in this press conference, hes adding to the press corps these very partisan blogs that are extremely pro-trump and mixing them in with the re...

private sector added 110,000 jobs in october. and president obama makes a new push for money to fix the nations roads and bridges in a speech this hour. hell call on congress to pass the transportation component of his jobs bill. which includes money for infrastructure. the president will use a bridge in washingtons georgetown area as a backdrop and well take you there live. the speech is set for 11:25 eastern time. and we have new pictures today of a jetliners dramatic emergency l...