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>> harris: this president has had so much press availability. go for it, scott. >> i think every journalist should always encourage public officials, i think there is something to be said for the institution of a year-round formal press conference. i understand this president is different and doesn't think differently. i wonder if part of the strategy by not doing it, might have been if he gets into a long, protracted exchange with reporters, they are going to bring up all sorts of things. it could get feisty, he might say something. all of the attention currently being paid on this monumental...

It's not the end of the year yet, we don't know what he'll d do. today he gave press availability, i hope they were ready inside that room because he did take some shouted questions. there has been some victories that many of the mainstream media have not covered. you mentioned the va accountability act -- you didn't with the president did. there's a list. >> that reminds me of wednesday on the couch, how important the va bill has been for veterans like himself, that speaks to his approval and braiding amongst that computer and community. when i read the list, my staff checks several sources. ...

This -- he did do a press availability on the hill last week or the week before. this is going to be the most extensive we believe remarks that he has made. again, if he decides to resign it will be a farewell address. if he decides he is going to stay it would be a surprise to a lot of people here. his democratic colleagues say they expect he will resign, they think he will resign. they all want him to resign, more than 30 of them. but nobody knows for sure what is coming and what kind of detail we'll get here, john. >> jon: 36 of his fellow democrats in the senate say it's time for him to go...

>> exactly. because you have something more to hide. almost everyone so far has lied having something to do with russia. put a name on a table that's associated with donald trump, they have lied about their contacts with russia. you have to ask why. if they are willing to lie to the fbi or commit perjury, as we've seen others doing from in front of congressional committees, they are hiding something big. last point. use the clip earlier in the show from february 16th when donald trump was at a press availability denying he instructed michael flynn to make those calls to kislyak. this comes dow...

The right place to hash that out is in the courts, which is where it is now. it shouldn't be decided by name calling and tweets and insults. it should be decided by people presenting their argument and a judge thinking over this judge obviously is looking at it overnight so recognizes it's a serious issue. and it will ultimately be resolved. if the trial courts' decision is something one party or another disagrees with, it will go to the court of appeals. that's a very ordinarily process that's appropriate. >> that is an orderly process that you described. it's not what is happening, though, b...