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Acosta, really. it's about the american people's ability to get information about its government, and one of the big arguments we make in our case is that the d.c. circuit, the highest court of appeals in washington, has held many years ago, regarding press credentials at the white house, there needs to be a process. you can't just take them away because you get mad at what a reporter is asking, because you don't like the content of the news. so it's a very important principle that goes far beyond this particular dispute. >> now, look, the president loves this sort of thing, okay? and he has i...

About jim acosta play into this suit, ted? >> they -- the prior comments that president trump has made, including in the press conference on november 7th, and many before and about cnn are also important parts of our suit, because the supreme court said many times that courts and government officials, no one in government can discriminate or punish people based on their viewpoint and based on what their reporting if they're journalists and that's a core part of our suit, and we argue that it's clear, the reason jim acosta's press credentials were taken away is because president trump doesn't l...

Was my boss at the time. or me when i was at the podium. that's part of the job. you can't get the kind of answers that the american people deserve without being tough on the person who's answering the questions. and froonkly, were it not for them to be so tough with us, they wouldn't have the credibility now to be in that pressroom and say, no, this is the standard, this is how we are with all presidents. and you can't kick them out, as the courts have already ruled. i do think cnn has a strong case. and this white house is in trouble for yet another wherein. >> it's interesting the people wh...

Joining me is bill newborn and bill burton. we requested republican press secretaries, none of them took us up on our offers. let's talk about this, burt. i want to go to you first, you were part of a lawsuit that cited in this cnn complaint as precedent in this case. federal judge granted cnn a hearing foam in the lawsuit against president trump over jim acosta's press credentials, this comes down to press freedom and process. >> this is an important case, this is not just something for trump to beat up on the press and the press to beat up on trump. there's a very important principle at stak...

Lots was triggered by a botched israeli operation in the hamas controlled territory on sunday. authorities in colombia's capital bogota have opened a camp for venezuelan migrants as more and more flee their country's economic and humanitarian crisis officials transported venezuelans who have been camped outside a bus terminal to a soccer field with yellow tents the camp sparked protests from local residents. u.s. television network c.n.n. is suing the trump and ministration over the revoked press credentials of one of its reporters the white house barred jim acosta from press briefings after a...