reporter but can he select it, then what is freedom of the press in the president does not understand a lot of things about our constitution, but i expect and i believe the courts will instruct him. >> sam, stay with me, if you can. i want to open this up to a couple other guests, but first let me tell the viewers at home the latest on what's going on. we can show you the video from wednesday night when acosta arrived at the white house, when he was told his secret service credential was being taken away he got out his iphone and recorded it so there was a roared of wh record of what happened. that was on wednesday night. yes, jim is reporting in paris, he's still getting scoops. you don't have to be at the white house physically in order to get scoops about the white house. but he remains on the blacklist which means he's not able to attend official white house events, he's not in a position to ask questions of the trump administration. all of cnn's other reporters and producers they still have access but not acosta. so let's get to two other