Reporters, former communication chiefs and republican strategists all here to weigh in. First, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway. I said before had that the president s war against the media is harming the country, like a slow acting poison. Today conway and i had a blunt conversation about that. But, first, i asked her about scaramuccis arrival. Kellyanne, good morning, thanks for being here. Good morning, brian. Thank you. I know you and Anthony Scaramucci had a chance to talk off camera. What was your conversation about . What is going to change at the white house now that he is running communications . Here we are at cnn studio were very happy to come and take questions from, i think, an outlet that has been incredibly unfair against this president. I guess you made a business decision to do so and were here to connect the American People with the president s message and answer your questions as respectfully as i can. I think sean spicer should be and the president invited sean to stay on. Sean made a different decision and i stand with everyone in the white house including scaramucci and the president and Vice President to thank sean for his service. Well do what we can to push back. Theres defense, trz theres offense and really my main grievance and my Main Objective as somebody who does not work directly but as counselor to the president tries to support what theyre doing in the white house. My Main Objective is can we get complete coverage . I know were never going to get unbias coverage, but can we connect americans through shows like yours and elsewise on cnn and else where with the information they need . They need to know that there have been over 800,000 jobs created. They need to know that there are 25 record highs for the dow jones since donald trump became the president. A 24 7 hotline waiting for them at the white house as you and i speak here that they have better protections through the veterans choice act. If they cant access timely quality care through the va which most veterans say they can, they have the option of going into the private system like you and i could and getting that quality care. People need to know that the regulatory roll back has meant that Property Owners and taxpayers and parent of Public School students that they have more freedom now than they had a short while ago. They need to watch the commissioning of the uss gerald ford yesterday and know that the thousands of patriots who will be on that vessel going through our worlds waters. They will know when they see that vessel coming that military might for america is back. So, in your first answer, you made several points about the administrations accomplishments. But you started by attacking cnn. Why does attacking cnn make America Great again . No, im sure you want that to go viral. Im not attacking cnn. I am wondering cnn spends made a business decision to be unfair to the president. What were trying to do is cover an unusual president and explain what the heck is going on at a white house that seems dysfunctional. First of all, thats not fair. I constantly hear this coming out of the mouths of people that never worked in any white house, yet alone this white house. If you want a candid, clear look at the white house, come inside. A twoway street. We dont see that. Im a very accessible person youll find with Anthony Scaramucci and others in humble. We dont get the calls to come in. We turn on the tv and oneway, nonconversation using words that are meant to deny the president his do. Im here to ask you youre welcome here any time presidency. Thank you for the platform. I want america to hear what has been done for them. The forgotten man and woman are not forgotten to us. Its not your i was just going to say, not our job to do your pr. Its your job. The white house has admitted there was a lot of failures because the press secretary resigned and left his job. Thats seans decision. And sean was up against incredible odds. As the president said in a tweet about sean, he thanks him for his service and he thinks he took a lot of unnecessary abuse. Let me get back to whether were attacking or not attacking cnn. I dont feel sorry for cnn or you or me. We are fine. You and i have Health Care Benefits that are given by our employers. You and i have great jobs and were safe in our jobs. You and i have disposable income. God bless you and your wife, jamie, and your new daughter. We are people who are not struggling paycheck to paycheck and not worried about paying the rent or the mortgage or the student loan voucher or the payment this very month. Were not deciding between groceries and Health Care Benefits. Im there for those people. Brian, if we can rely on your help at cnn not to do our pr. Thats silly. Thats nonsense. To connect america with the information they need. If youre going to cover russia, russia, russia while were talking about america, america, america, were always going to be like this. If you actually look at the polls this great polling analysis where they said 6 of americans. 6 said russia was the most important issue to them and main stream media given it 75 of coverage. 35 in the bloomberg study. Thats right. 11 for immigration. But that same bloomberg poll found only o440 of americans support this president. Is it only to play to the base or try to reach 100 of americans, not just 40 . I thank you for putting the poll up. I want your viewers to see. 35 health care. The only coverage cnn gives health care is whether or not it will pass and whether or not it has the votes. A stunning failure. One of the stories of the year. There you go, using those words. If you want it to be a stunning failure or youre going to insist it is a stunning failure, you are denying literally the millions and millions of americans who were lied to by the last president. You like your plan, keep your plan. If you like your doctor, keep your doctor. They dont have Health Care Benefits through their employer like you and i do. That was 2009, its 2017. Lets look forward and not backwards all the time. Lets look forward and look at all the people who did not benefit from obamacare. You cant sit here, brian, and deny the fact that 19 of the 23 coops have failed. Pulling out the exchanges with dozens more promising to do so this year and next year. If obamacare is not repealed by 2018, we will have over 1,300 counties where there is one choice which means there is no choice. Right now 40 bear counties with no choice. Medicaid is unsustainable. Were trying to save it for the future and try to give flexibility to the governors. Help change the accounts. I appreciate that. But theres plenty of time to cover both. Theres plenty of time to cover both. Were on a 24hour channel with an infinite website. Russia is a big story because journalists love america and america was attacked last year. And americas probably going to be attacked again next year around the midterms when you call it a hoax. I managed the winning campaign. It has what to do with that campaign. That may be because by the time you became campaign manager, the deal was already in. The conversations were already had. We dont know, kellyanne, but shouldnt we find out . Are you alleging there was active conversations with russians trying to change the Election Results . Because very few people are saying that. Are you saying that or just trying to put it out there because you guys are so invested . What is there . What constitutional crisis are we facing right now . I tell you what, i tell you what we do know ill leave that to Jeffrey Toobin and the law expert. Many people are afraid if this president fires Robert Mueller we will be in a constitutional crisis. Why doesnt the president want mueller to prove that trump was right and isnt mr. Mueller and his band of democratic donors doing that . Brian, lets back up. Im asking you to please cover the issues that america are telling pollsters, including cnns pollsters. You are not being honest to your own poll figure you look at the issues that people say are most important to them. Youre not covering them. You just went right back to russia. I think people can care about multiple issues at the same time. Certainly, folks that i talk to care about a lot of issues. Thats america and donald trump. He is making good on those promises with or without the help of a number of cable stations. But, lets be honest here. You cannot with a straight face tell me that most you have this disproportionate, out of whack, unequal coverage on russia with nothing there. Theres nobody even Chuck Schumer this weekend gave an interview, suggesting that Hillary Clinton should look in the mirror. Id say that right back to you. Heres what is true. Millions of people dont have health care and they think they would. The Unemployment Rate way down. The job creation way up. The stock market way up. The Regulatory Reform americans know that. Americans feel it. Still 50 of americans strongly disapprove of the president. Youre a pollster, will that ever change . Are you trying to convince the 60 or according to gallup well show the headline that has a record low Approval Rating as of this weekend. 36 . Almost twothirds of americans dont support the president right now. Are you trying to persuade them or just to appeal to the base from now on . Again, you want that to say the president said on november 9th, as he was elected and Hillary Clinton called my cell phone and congratulated and important word, conceded. I know that they cant let go of these Election Results. Were talking about Hillary Clinton, again . Honestly. I dont have time for that. If youre going to talk about russia and talk about emails and talk about investigations, youre going to always be talking about Hillary Clinton. I didnt bring up russia. Your network is obsessed with that. Youre vested in it. All the chyrons say it constantly and the reason i raised her doesnt mean its not a big story. Its not a big story. What makes it big, you cant tell me this is about the campaign and not talk about Hillary Clinton. The reason i just raised her is because when she called to concede the election to donald trump, he immediately went up to the podium and said something that remains true at this moment. I will be the president of all americans, even those who do not support me. Hes not appealing to the base. Making good to his promises. When i go around this country and you ever want to come, come and join me. Youre in new york right now and i agree with you. The Opioid Crisis is undercovered by the crisis. I agree with you. Youre welcome. I dont want it to be a media skeptical. Why doesnt the president talk about it . He talks about it plenty. As a White House Commission there is 45 million committed to it in his health care bill. Hes tweeting about pardons not about the Opioid Crisis. He tweets about many things and put together a White House Commission on this, a Bipartisan Commission and hes sending secretary of hhs tom price and i out to meet with people. I want to tell you something, when i meet with those people who are suffering from the Opioid Crisis. No Democratic Group untouched i never touched a single one nor would i ever . Did you support the president . How would you vote . Are you a democrat . Were here to help everyone and we would like your help, at least being honest enough to say people aren arent as privileged as you and me, brian, are suffering. When you talk about the Approval Ratings and talk about look at the approval on the economy. Look at the numbers that matter to people. Look at all the job creation. Look at the 70 billion they project will be saved. The 14 congressional review acts that this president has put forth. Look at how hes building the wall. Look at the illegal border crossings and everything. Look at isis in recrutreat. Retreat before november 8th or 9th. A lot of these things were already happening. I appreciate your point about the president s momentum. This is a white house in crisis whether you recognize it or not. I work there. Where do you get that . Its a white house in crisis back it up. Misleading and false statements on a regular basis. To well, to most of the country even if you stick with that 36 that approve no matter what. Youre not looking at part of the disapproval are the independents who voted for him and want him to ignore all the nonsense and all the noise and all the russian nonsense. Thats part of it. Part of it is people upset with congress. The president s Approval Rating is far higher than the Approval Rating of the media or the congress and theres a reason for that. Americans are looking at the media. Theyre looking at congress and saying, do your job. Your job is not to russia, russia, russia all day long. And hoping that something will drop from heaven and this will be real and not phony. The job in the congress, the job in the Congress Figure out what is going on through investigations. Why dont you cover what you do know is real. Which is that millions of americans dont have health care. Lots of reporters that are covering a lot of things. What you see on one hour youre acting like what you see on one hour of cnn equates to the entire National News media and tens of thousands of hardworking journalists who love america and want to make sure that the president is doing his job. Sure. You look at his job through the lens of russia. I look at his job through the lens of america. On that, were always going to disagree. Number two and most importantly, this president is out there all the time. I mean, youve got cnn reporters with him. If you just stopped and talked to those people and asked them why theyre there, how did these, how do the veterans feel now that theyve got an ability to access care. How do the coal miners feel that their Health Care Benefits were protected and the Regulatory Burden that was placed on them by the last president was lifted in the first couple of months . How do the pro lifers feel . Signs like you should be an assignment editor, kellyanne. Im sure you can get a job in the newsroom. Why would i want that . Im counsel to the president. They dont get enough attention. Big scandals going on. Since its a show about the media, since i want to hear about. No, you cant get away with that. What are the big scandals going on. Please, name them for me. When you look at this president s rhetoric, his behavior when it comes to the media its rhetoric. Or what happened before you dont think that his words against the media are poisoned, kellyanne. His rhetoric is a scandal . When he calls real news outlets fake news he poisons our public discourse. Makes it harder for us to communicate as a country. Makes it it harder for us to it doesnt stop, it doesnt stop people at cnn on personally attacking each of us and running these ridiculous intrigue stories basically since the day weve been there where the only people that got fired so far. Shouldnt be personal attacks. But a lot, kellyanne. Dont work in the west wing in the inner circle. Youre complimenting cnn, youre complimenting cnn for taking action and holding journalists accountable for not following editorial practices. Why hasnt the white house held aides accountable for false statements . Brian, that is ridiculous. Are you telling me the fact that three of your colleagues were forced to resign or got fired here because they were slandering my new white house colleague Anthony Scaramucci and accept their apology because he has class and grace. That reflects on cnn that youre going to go out and end up being slanderous, hit jobs on a great man. This is a twoway street. Youre looking at everything through the lens of the media. You said that hold on. This morning Anthony Scaramucci said go ahead. I just wanted to say you said there are big scandals when i asked you what these big scandals are. I cant let these incendiary words float out there without i wont do that. But if you can tell me what these big scandals are, you came back with rhetoric and made it about the media. But you made it about the media. The president s lies and voter fraud and about wiretapping, his repeated lies about those issues. He doesnt think hes lying about those issues and he knows it. He has gone forth and he has talked about surveillance. Doesnt mean youre not lying. Are you back to the clintons now . What are you talking about . What kind of analogy is that . I mean, look, brian i appreciate the clinton pivot. I respect what you do and how you do it. You and i are going to disagree. Scaramucci said there could be leaks coming from the white house communication shop. Lets play the clip for those that didnt see it. Tomorrow, ill have a meeting with incommunication staff and say, hey, i dont like these leaks. Well stop the leaks. If we dont stop the leaks, im going to stop you. Its just really that simple. Bravo. Do you think thats true that there have been leaks from inside . Heres what im going to tell you. I think our job at the white house is fwhaut not about to si read about ourselves. I would get much better press coverage if i was good at that. Folks working overtime for them and not the president. Whether theyre inside or outside the white house. I am interested in getting timely information out to america. I think the medias job is to be skeptical, but not cynical. The medias job is to be probing or pugnacious and if youre going to tell me that this has not been a contentious relationship sin