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For more than 20 years. it is what i do. when you do a background briefing and reporters agree to that, there is absolutely an explicit agreement that you are not to put any name on the table because it is on background. that is what background briefings mean. >> let her finish. >> when you go back on your word, that means that journalism sengs is in a bad place. now we are in a bad place with journalism because of this president, because this president has a governing philosophy of lying every time he opens his mouth. >> let's remember -- >> hold on. hold on. can we, first, stipulate -- jack,...

Controversy is kind of exploding this morning. presidential tweet saying the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesn't exist saying even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on june 12 would be impossible. wrong again. audio was leaked to at journalist showing the person her who trump said didn't exist is a senior white house official conducting a background briefing. but i think it's a fair question. what about the president saying the person doesn't exist. and what about somebody who agreed to abide by the rules of the background briefing leaking it. sar...

Substantially, and even some democrats now question the legitimacy of it. >> to impeach or not impeach. i'd like to welcome my panel to talk more about this. white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason. associate editor and columnist for real clear politics amy today art. former deputy secretary of defense msnbc analyst evelyn. and former congresswoman of maryland, donna edwards. thank you for coming in on this memorial day weekend which has not -- the pace is not what we're used to in the trump administration despite the holiday. jeff, i want to start with you because as i understand it,...

Claim was one of two demonstrable falsehoods he made that morning when his own aide gave those comments in a background briefing. let's bring in john callaway and conservative columnist, kristen tate. good morning. ladies first. this "new york times" article says it's not clear whether the president was simply unaware of the actions of his own staff of ignores the truth. >> it seems clear and trump was unware, but this highlights a major problem in this white house. trump supporters love his unconventional style, however, it seems clear this administration needs a good dose of coordination and...

Not phony sources. here's what's so troubling. the president of the united states did not even know that the white house held an off-the-record background briefing with a member of his administration who gave that information to reporters and the "new york times" and other media outlets based on that so the president seems he's unaware of what other members of his administration are officially doing in an official capacity. >> well, and that's one. issues with him tweeting at all. is he getting the information? is he being briefed and that's disconcerting when you hear tweets that unfortunatel...