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Be willing to go along with that kind of let's say advice, you know, don't believe what you see with your own eyes. >> some people want to believe what they want to believe. and in this day and age all the different information avenues out there people find what they want to find often times. and this is a white house that really wants to control the message, control the narrative, david. in fact new white house communications chief bill shine tried to defend banning cnn kaitlan collins from an open press event saying it wasn't technically a ban. listen. >> this was the most laughable. >> list...

Reporters out. the president is often interested in answering the questions. yesterday he was not. but clearly the topic of michael cohen was something that set him off, so they tried to ban her from this. i asked the same questions of the president at the rose garden event. he didn't answer either. the thought of banning someone has backfired on this white house. >> a credentialed media person. >> bill shine, the deputy chief of staff, former fox news executive, he was asked about this earlier today. watch this. >> did you ask her if we ever used the word ban? i've seen it on lower thirds. >>...

Used the word "ban"? i've seen it on lower thirds. >> what word would you use. >> you ask her if we ever used the word "ban" and i will ask her that question. >> as you heard from bill shine right now, the issue was did they ever use the word "ban." the white house in its own statement said our staff informed the cnn reporter she was not welcome to participate in the next event. you can call it a ban, call it whatever you like, but she hasn't allowed in. joining me is white house correspondent kristen welker, my colleague on the north lawn right now. kristen, you were there at the white house ...

Stakes for him. we know from our reporting that president trump sees that summit as his great man moment. this is going to be tough to top so people are worried about what he might give away or what the concessions would be. but the stage was set with mike pompeo who until yesterday was the cia director. then yesterday confirmed to the secretary of state, hopped on a plane at andrews air force base now in brussels but he got to a senate vote with seven votes to spare. this was supposed to be very tight and we're told they ran it just like a political campaign so you have a warm room that was w...

Restraints that have been put on him and putting into place people he feels for one way or another are loyalists and certainly if pruitt were to be put into place or if he were to propose pruitt be put into this position, there would be hair on fire on capitol hill. there would be very, very contentious confirmation hearings so i think just the firing of sessions period would create a firestorm by let alone have scott pruitt to be nominated in that position. >> so jeff sessions' firing is the most problematic, steve. but let me ask you generally, i saw a lot of lower thirds on cable news chann...