Does the press underplay the blue wave . Well talk about that. Plus, a major scandal in the news world. Houston chronicle forced to retract multiple stories from a reporter who is believed to have been making up source ofs. Ha did the chronicle do about it . Well talk to the papers top d editor. And well talk to tucker about what happened at i had home and why police are now investigating. Lots to get to, but first President Trumps attempts to distract from various negative stories in the news. Not the least of which were the results of the midterms and the gops losses in the house. What did he do the next day . He fired his attorney general and he kicked jim acosta out of the white house. Im sure youve heard by now that on wednesday night cn,s chief White House Correspondent tried to show up for his 8 00 p. M. Live shot waends told was n and he was told he was not allowed in the white house property. His press pass has been suspend until further notice. This is not about jim acosta. This is about the white house trying to control News Coverage by blacklisting certain reporters. Ultimately, its about freedom the press. The question now is whose credentials could be revoked next . As far as im concerned, i havent made that decision. But it could be others also. So, look, cnns in the thick of this story and trumps insulting acosta, insutting alty phillips on friday and others, theyre on record saying trumps attacks against the media are disturbingly unamerican. Thats the official word from cnn. But i want to try to approach this as dispassionately as we can. Right now its about cnn but nbc or the New York Times or other outlets could be next. So i want to ask if theres a legal case here, could cnn end up suing in order to get acostas press pass reinstated . Will the white house take away other press passes . And whats going to happen next here . Theres a lot to talk about. But let me start with the run, the only, sam dondalsaldson. You know him sometimes shouting questions at the white house. Thanks for joining me. Glad to be here, brian. Your view first and foremost of what the white house did this week to punish jim acosta. Well, the president s order to revoke his credentials is not only wrong and you fair, its dangerous for the press as a whole. We all saw what happened at the news conference. Theres a group of people moving through mexico toward our border described by people on the scene, observers who are neutral as made up of men, women, and children seeking asylum from persecution and from hardship. Well, the president has character rides them as a caravan composed of many terrorists wanting to invated United States. He sent thousand of troops to the board we are orders to repel them by force if necessary. So acosta asked him why he called it a caravan at the news conference. The president replied, thats my opinion. And acosta tried to press him on what basis, what evidence he used to form that opinion. And instead of answering, President Trump lashed out with a vicious personal attack on acosta. And then ordered his press credentials revoked. Now, if that order isnt reversed by the courts, what reporter, what News Organization would risk the retaliation of the white house by asking questions or publishing stories that the president doesnt like . The courts must reverse that order and im sure they will. Sam, i know that youve fwhp tou been in touch with jim over the years. He looks up to you as a White House Correspondent. Have you all spoken this week . No, we havent spoken but i emailed him and said keep it up, dont worry about the vicious attacks on you by anybody and the threats and all of this. Youre performing in the best appearance of a reporter, youre doing your job properly. And its a badge of merit. The white house says this credential was revoked because he placed his hands on a white house intern. The video shows that acosta did not mistreat the intern but thats the white house spin, thats the excuse to revoke the prix credential. Do you think theyll come up with other excuse to revoke other credentials and this will become a deepening crisis . They better tripe because the constitution f constitution forbids the presss right to freedom of speech. And what President Trump has done having no law, as the amendment for bids to fall back on, hes done it through the backdoor. If he refuses to allow a reporter to report, if he refuses to allow an organization like cnn to sbrekt e seleelect 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 whats 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, hes still getting scoops. You dont 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 hes not able to attend official white house events, hes not in a position to ask questions of the trump administration. All of cnns other reporters and producers they still have access but not acosta. So lets get to two other guests, frank and floyd. Floyd, i want to ask you about the legal consequences in a moment. Frank, there are a lot of Trump Supporters who look at accost and his grandstanding. They say hes a showboat, a loud mouth they say he should have his press pass revoked. Whats your response to that . Absolutely not. Theyre absolutely wrong. Sam donaldson, i was there when sam was at the white house, he was all those things and with all due respect he didnt have his press pass revoked. What i would say to Trump Supporters and anyone who even suggests this, imagine now its some years from now and theres a very liberal president. And the very liberal president doesnt like being berated by the personal news because theyre inconvenient and disrespectful. Thats not how this works. President of the United States refer to the white house as the peoples houses. The press corps, as rowdy did i and imperfect it as it have represent the people. And anybody who runs for the United States should know that and welcome that. As unpleasant and imperfect as it is all. But a lot of conservative commentators say he crosses a line by expressing his own point of view or by trying to challenge the president in inappropriate ways. Do you think thats a fair critique at all . I think its a critique if you want to critique different styles of coverage, fair enough. Its not a critique to determine who should have a pass or not. Thats not how its been done, its not how it will be done. Jim in the exchange the other dade mat day made a flat out statement saying this isnt an invasion. There are many reporters who say your job is not to make a declarative statement, its to ask questions of the president to the me and anybody whos thoughtful about this, thats stylistics and where do drey the line on that . Im sure youll be talk about this with floyd. There are from says for revoke someones secret service pass, and it is not the whim or the idea or the opinion of the president. I was speaking to someone whos knowledgeable about this just yesterday who basically said i want acosta gone. Right. The fact that the president of the United States wants acosta gone is not enough and its not grounded on anything and it does not recognize process for what would be a very serious move to withdraw someones press pass. So with all that in mind, floyd, does cnn have grounds to sue over this . I think its a really strong lawsuit. I mean, there was a case in washington of robert chersherren the 70s where his pass was revoked. He went to court and the court of of appeals for the District Of Columbia said before that happens you have to have notice, you have to have a chance to respond, and you have to have a written opinion by the white house as to what its doing and why so the courts can kpam exami examine it. Weve had none of those things. But should cnn sue . Because that would be quite an escalation. I can understand cnn being reluctant to sue because the president keeps saying cnn is the enemy of me and cnn might have some reluctance to have a lawsuit titled cnn versus donald trump. That said, yes, i think they should sue. And if its not about acosta, this is going to happen again. I mean, i think thats my belief. Frank setting forth the dangers as a introductory way of saying its likely to happen again. So whether its cnn suing or the next company suing, someones going to have to bring a lawsuit and whoever does is going to win unless theres some sort of reason. I mean, if the White House Position is he choked or touched this woman, thats a very good reason. It seems to be untrue. But thats the sort of reason that can be sustained in the courts. Sam, back you to in a second. Frank, remind us about a previous lawsuit that cnn was involved in with the white house. Cnn had to sue its way into the White House Press pool, right . Once upon a time when cnn was a startup cable operation. Yeah. The white house didnt want to recognize if the sam remembers this because we were there together. It was just before i went there. And cnn sued its way into the socalled press pool, that small group of people who are on air force one traveling with the president or in the oval office where there is a single representative from each, you know, print, magazines at the time, broadcasts at the time and cnn was excluded from that. So it resorted to the courts. And the courts said the you are a legitimate News Organization, you have a legitimate right in. Cnn may have to do this again. But they may not be alone. Yo you heard the president say i make kick some other people out there. Every other News Organization, including fox news, by the way, which has been on the news side rather supportive of this is going to see where it is. The president is in an untenable position here, and unfortunately for him, as weve heard so many other times on so many other things, there are so many other things to be talking about. Right. He chooses to focus on this and bring this, you know, firestorm down upon himself. Thats my last question. Sam, back to you on that. On one level doesnt the president want this fight . He wants a media fight, especially in the wake of his losses in the midterms . I think it was notable cnn did not cover this a lot on tv this week. We didnt try to play into it and take the bait, but we do have to be sensitive to this issue of distraction, dont we . We do. I hope im not mistaken but its my understanding that cnn and acosta have sued, that there will be a Court Hearing on tuesday on this very not that i know. That weve been discussing. Not that i know of. Ive been told that because ive been asked to give an affidavit which i prepared to be submitted to the court. You know, harry truman had it right. He had advice for all sorts of public officials, anda that is when they heard things they didnt like, uncomfortable questions, remember this, he said. If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. It sometimes is that simple, isnt it . For any president , for any politician. Well, the president the president seems to believe that if he wants to doing some, it should be done. Constitution aside, congress aside, certainly other than his base the American People aside. And it doesnt work that way. And hes not going to get away with it. Sam, how is this going to end . How do you see this period in history ending . I think it ends with a change in i hope the president s attitude. I believe in forgiveness and redemption of sin. But, its going to change because he and people who enable him to do what hes trying to do and has done so far are not going to be able to prevail. His small base, and i think theyre a minority, who believe if the nazis and protesters are on both sides, there are good people on both sides, his small base is not going to run this country. They dont now and they never will. Thanks for being here. Floyd, thank you to you as well. Great to see you. Frank, stick around. 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His supporters say hes an equal opportunity offend are, but thats not quite true. His exchanges with women and people of color take on a different tone. Hes prone to questioning the intelligence of women and African Americans. We saw that all week long. One venrecent exchange between president and a reporter illustrates just how nasty the interactions have been. On the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. Some people saw that as emboldening White Nationalist. Now other people are saying i dont know why you say that. Thats such a racist question. There are some people that say the Republican Party is supporting White Nationalist party because of your rhetoric. What do you make of that . Thats such a racist question. It wasnt a racist question, it was a question about racism. Lets talk to april ryan, shes a cnn analyst and the white house worpt for american urban radio networks. I dont want to play the sound, but the president called you a very nasty loser this week. Do you think he was just having a bad day or do you think theres a racial component to this . Its personal. The president made a personal attack. And, you know, theres not a coincidence that three African American women within a span of two or three days were singled out and targeted so harshly. You know, the president has got after other reporters, thats true, and hes gone after others. But when it comes to black women, its very personal. I mean, i think back about how he went after Frederica Wilson when Sergeant La David Johnson died along other valeant soldiers. I think about how he continues to go after congresswoman Maxine Waters saying low iq and other things. And then the words he used against me to place the target on her head by saying her question was racist, no, it wasnt, it was a legitimate question. And 2011 to say ththen to say t lipped asked a stupid question trying to say shes stupid, which shes not, its very personal. He goes in on personal attacks and, yes, i do believe black women. I will say its racial. I will say that. Let me take a look at that exchange from abby. We wanted to take a look at it from a different angle. Heres how it went down. Did you ask Matthew Whitaker to be involved in the russia probe. Thats up to him. Do you want him to rein in Robert Mueller . What a stupid question that is. What a stupid question. But you ask a lot of stupid questions. You know, just a very uncomfortable situation for any reporter when you watch that happen. And finger in the face. The context here is Newsroom Diversity is a problem across the press corps. Theres not enough female correspondents or especially African American or other correspondents. When he focuses his ire on people like you, it really stands out and theres no more denying this is a problem he has. Yeah, its a problem. And i want to go back to a tweet that i received yesterday from former White House Press secretary mike mccurry. He was there, he was my first press secretary ive ever covered under bill clinton in 1997. And he said, you know, i tangled with april ryan quite a bit. But one thing i did learn from her questions is more about issues of race and poverty. And those questions, when we ask questions, its real, its legitimate, its about peopl