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Stanley, y -- obama administrat. they're saying the obama folks did the same thing to fox nuews that we're doing right now. you're shaking your head. we looked it up. you did at one point say, and i'm quoting you now, fox is not really news. but go ahead. >> well, yes, and there were times when i was troubled by some of the reporting they did, the stories that suggest, for example, that obama was educated in m adr asas, overseas, a story that, by the way, cnn quickly knocked down. those things did trouble me. here's what i didn't do, wolf. when i was working for the white house, i never refuse...

The report from sara murray on the white house blocking cnn and other news organizations from what has always been a routine press briefing, off-camera gaggle. what's your reaction? >> it's bad news. watching everything that's going on, you can't help but think that donald trump is trying as hard as he can to follow in richard nixon's footsteps, allegations of cover-up, allegations of hostile environment with the press. the worst it's gotten with the coverage, the more they're trying to control who can write the stories about the administration. that's what you've seen today. >> revelations th...

The story but the fact is the fbi is still investigating these communications as are both the senate and house intelligence committee. that investigation, wolf, as you know underway. >> jim sciutto reporting. thank you very much. we're also following breaking news, tension between the white house and the news media escalating tonight after the press secretary sean spicer blocked cnn, the "new york times," the "los angeles times," other major news organizations from an off-camera press briefing. our white house correspondent sara murray has more. you were kept out. >> standing in line ready to ...

Chinese are doing. it's just -- this has been one of the most disheartening things of the trump administration. the president of the united states has got to stop publicly attacking the patriotic men and women who put their lives at risk to keep this country safe. >> it makes no sense to go after the fbi like this. earlier he suggested the intelligence community was -- the cia was like nazi germany. you said this morning on cnn's new day and i'm quoting you now, you said there is no doubt in my mind that if this story broke in an alternative universe with a president clinton, articles of impea...

These leaks for the ongoing investigation, but in the process he seems to be confirming cnn's own excellent reporting. >> he sure seems to be, wolf. first of all, let me say i agree with what congressman himes just said, which is it's hard to understand how the story about the white house chief of staff calling the fbi to try and enlist them in quelling a story that discomfited the president is a national security matter or a classified matter. so, we should set that aside. that is no more true than when news organizations do some stories that he doesn't like, that that qualifies them as enemi...