Page 9 - Media Issue News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Or those private with foreign leaders. he's said there's triple leaks with trump. there are either more leaks or complaints. he says he may create harsher policies to threaten with jail time if they don't give up their sources. the keyword is subpoena which is enforced with jail time. >> one of the things we're doing is reviewing policies affecting media issue knees. we respect the important role that the press plays and we'll give them respect. it's not unlimited. they cannot place lives at risk with impunity. we must balance the press's role with protecting our national security.

Leaking damaging nsk about him. hopefully jonathan kelly about able to smoke out the disloyal employees. but it's an immediate problem. >> he's six months into -- this is not the first day. >> i hear this a lot from trump supporters, oh look trump is a novelist, he's not a lawyer he didn't know. he's really smart, that kind of stuff, so when does that excuse end that he was just some kind of naive and political fool and didn't know twhafs going on. >> what has that got to do with telling the truth? >> he's a november visit that won the republican nomination. won the general and special electio...

I think ann coulter spoke out against him, but this is the first big fight over a big personality. rush limbaugh and people like him, influential radio hosts see jeff sessions as the one guy on team trump who's actually delivering on all of the campaign promises and it's a controversial agenda. but for the people that voted for trump they see sessions as the one who's delivering on immigration, on the other law and order issues. i mean, the president's entire convention speech was really about the basket of issues over which sessions could -- you know, could wield full control. >> absolutely. ...

>> the power of that. the campaign's chief pollster told the washington post yesterday the more the media attacks him the more it is a self-fulfilling prophecy for the trump supporters who believe the media treat him unfairly. is this just a win for the president when it comes to the public feud, the media issue? >> i think if your goal is to make sure your base of about 30% of americans sticks with you it's clear to this point they are going to stick with him. let's be clear. we knew who donald trump was when he was elected. the "access hollywood" tape for me was a moment in which people coul...

Tired of being misled. they're tired of vote aring base -- voting based on what candidates have told them they're going to do and nothing ever changes. trump has a wide berth here, chris. the media did not make donald trump, and they can't destroy him. but the media thinks, and when i say "media," let me define, abc, cbs,, this bc, new york times, washington post, l.a. times, the cadre. they have a formula, a blueprint for destroying republican political officials they don't like. it's not going to work on trump. he doesn't fit that mold. they're trying to every day. it's kind of comical to wa...