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David, go ahead. jim, i'm finished. >> reporter: the president's tone toward the press obviously is not helpful at time. i think that's plain to see. >> is she talking about herself there? i want to talk about this now with cnn's senior media correspondent brian stelter, april ryan, and political analyst brian karam from the sentinel newspapers. it was stunning to me when she talked about a tone that wasn't necessary because i thought, april, she was talking about herself. you're in that briefing room every day. do you think this administration supports freedom of the press? >> don, don. i'm j...

Let's discuss now. mark lamont hill is the author of "beats rhymes and classroom life hip-hop." pedagogy -- say that. >> pedagogy. that's an old book, man. >> i can't see with my new glasses on. politics of identity. also with me, paris dennard and david swerdley. he shared about his twitter love, he said he loves donald trump. >> yeah. >> and then he visited him during the 2016 transition. why does he love donald trump? >> he was at a concert tour in san jose and said, if i would have voted, i would have voted for donald trump. he's been shouting out donald trump for a long time. i think it's...

The president -- >> i'm not finished. i think a number of people in this room do that every day and do their best to provide fair and accurate information. i support that, that's one of the reasons i'm taking your questions and a lot of times taking your questions in a tone that's completely unnecessary, unneeded, and frankly doesn't help further the conversation or help the american people get any more information in a better way which is your job and my job and that's what i'm trying to do. i'm going to move on. david, go ahead. jim, i'm finished. >> reporter: the president's tone toward the...

Indicators that make me concerned about kanye, the blurting out, he was checked into a hospital. >> david, quickly because i've got to get to the break. >> two things, first of all kanye, people are rallying around him. and i think part of what paris is saying is there's this defense that black people should be concerned. black people can be conservative. there are plenty of reasons for black people to be conservative and/or republican. but one of them is not that everybody who's a democrat is just simply, you know, following along like lemmings behind the democratic party. >> i got to go. all...

Well, today kanye west has a lot of people wondering if he cares about black people. rapper kanye west tweeting today, you don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. we are both dragon energy. he is my brother. i love everyone. i don't agree with everything anyone does. that's what makes us individuals. and we have the right to independent thought. the president's response was a simple, thank you, kanye, very cool. mark lamont hill is the author of "beats rhymes and classroom life hip-hop." pedagogy -- say that. >> pedestriagogy. >> i can't see with my new glasses o...