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How did you decide that this was the moment? this was the moment where you weren't going to play the game, you were going to hand it back to hally jackson and let her have your opportunity? >> well, thanks, lawrence. and, look, a lot of us in the white house press core have been talking for a long time about press core unity and sticking together and making sure, you know, all of us can do our jobs and get the questions that we're asking answered. i thought that was an opportunity to sort of step aside and let hally get her question answered because, you know, sara sanders was dodging a little...

The moment? this was the moment where you weren't going to play the game, you were going to hand it back to hally jackson and let her have your opportunity? >> well, thanks, lawrence. and, look, a lot of us in the white house press core have been talking for a long time about press core unity and sticking together and making sure, you know, all of us can do our jobs and get the questions that we're asking answered. i thought that was an opportunity to sort of step aside and let hally get her question answered because, you know, sara sanders was dodging a little bit and i thought that she deser...

Equivalent on the other side. >> the rest of the washington press core rounded up behind -- [ overlapping talking ]. >> the other interview donald trump granted the sun, rupert murdoch's paper. the one who won the apprentice also. >> john roberts was completely classless at that press conference. trump is attacking cnn on a televised stage. this wasn't a sideshow at the white house or something like that. british press was -- john roberts jumped in. he issued a feeble statement saying it was unfair. there has to be collective institutional response from the press. i've been saying this for two...

Because of this. >> all right. we're going to sneak in a break. we're going to watch how white house press core tries to keep this administration's feet to the flames in the briefing. that's on the other side of the break. i want sta thank jacob soboroff who has done some of the most important reporting during the trump administration. ashley parker, you, too, thank you for spending time with us. both of you come back if anything dramatic happens in this hour. you never know. we'll be right back. inds? or plan for tomorrow? at kpmg, we believe success requires both. with our broad range of ser...

Seen my gosh susan page, you were there during the clinton administration as was peter as was i. and in different positions. but you saw time and again the clinton administration. we all did. where they told lies. they told half truths. bill clinton shaded the truth with great regularity. but still, when you had mike mccurry go up behind that podium, mike mccurry was always careful to defend the president as much as he could but also to make sure that he maintained credibility with a very hostile and very skeptical white house press core. >> yeah. mike had a great phrase which was his job was ...