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>> bill: so are you saying that the national press feels impotent in the face of the -- >> no. but the pattern of presidents limiting the access to the national press and the case of bill clinton, he pioneered the thing about going to the local press has gotten far worse under president obama. he promised to be the most transparent president ever. and he hasn't. >> bill: he doesn't like us. rosen, is there anything sinister about any of this or just the obama administration trying to protect itself? >> there is two further points to be made and neither of them require reference to liberal bias...

Just the obama administration trying to protect itself? >> there is two further points to be made and neither of them require reference to liberal bias on the part of the white house press corp. which exists today and always has in modern times. the first thing is when carl says that the white house keeps the press away from the president, this is measurable. george w. bush and his first term after meeting with foreign dignitaries in the oval office, for example, for a photo op, would have the press ask questions. that happens 355 times in the first bush term. it happened only 107 times in the...

People. this is why i'm saying, this is our fault. go ahead. >> here is the thing. cuomo is doing a good job on a lot of other things. i don't think that necessarily reflects people's opinions on this. though they probably will end up being fine with it because i actually blame the media on this. if you read the "new york times" story about cuomo doing this, nowhere in the story does it describe a, what a late term abortion is, how it's done. or -- >> bill: but they're reproductive rights zealots -- they do the same thing. their mindset is the same way. the baby, the baby, 48 hours to be birth...

And society will not hold you accountable. by the way, toxicology reports showed the infant had cocaine in his system when he was born. now, this there is absolutely no excuse for that ruling. again, it was unanimous. the judges do not believe that american law should protect unborn children from harm. let me be blunt. a civilized fair society does not allow a pregnant woman to take illegal drugs hours before giving birth, period. on the political front, so much is bad. new york governor cuomo proposed a new law it would allow late term abortions for pretty much any reason. and those abortions...

Mother, which no one can ever really define -- >> bill: we did define it with the guy who was assassinated in kansas, killer. we did define it there. very, very clearly. it was anything. >> right. >> bill: other doctor who was rubber stamping the late term abortions for tiller lost her license in kansas because it was anything. >> yeah. >> bill: let me get to kate for a minute. so you have these situations, and these are facts, what happened in jersey, what's happening in new york are facts. 59% of new yorkers think cuomo is doing a good job. what's wrong with them! >> right. i know. when you ...