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Surprising a lot of people. >> reporter: the white house is trying to keep the focus on the economy in general but a number of other stories are muddying the messaging waters and making it a little difficult from new questions about the 2016 meeting at trump tower and the president's former lawyer to the decision to bar a cnn reporter from an open press event after the reporter tried to ask the questions mostly about cohen in the oval office. i asked about the decision. >> is that going to be a standard moving forward? i know i'm a newbie. i continue to shout questions after the same pool repo...

And we think we are going to bring them over the like. so i really believe because we are doing so well as a country and so well with the economy, i think we are going to be surprising a lot of people. reporter: there are a lot of stories surrounding the white house and a lot of them are not particularly great. they are arguably overshadowing the economic message the white house wants to focus on right now. one issue, allegations from the former lawyer michael cohen about the trump tower meeting with russian officials in 2016. another, the press shops decision to bar a cnn reporter from an ope...

Disparaging comments from the president aimed at news media aren't new. after all, he's been calling us fake, dishonest and enemies of the people since the days of the campaign. but his comments today came a day after cnn reporter caitlin collins was banished from an open press event because she was told she asked questions in the oval office that were deemed inappropriate earlier yesterday. here's a reminder of what happened. >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. >> did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you very much. >> thank you everybody. >> thank you, everybody. >> mr. president,...

Disparaging comments from the president aimed at news media aren't new. after all, he's been calling us fake, dishonest and enemies of the people since the days of the campaign. but his comments today came a day after cnn reporter caitlin collins was banished from an open press event because she was told she asked questions in the oval office that were deemed inappropriate earlier yesterday. here's a reminder of what happened. >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. >> did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you very much. >> thank you everybody. >> thank you, everybody. >> mr. president,...

Did he say something positive about russia? i think he loves russia. >> just thought we needed to see that again. president on the road today disparaging comments from the president aimed at news media aren't new. after all, he's been calling us fake, dishonest and enemies of the people since the days of the campaign. but his comments today came a day after cnn reporter caitlin collins was banished from an open press event because she was told she asked questions in the oval office that were deemed inappropriate earlier yesterday. here's a reminder of what happened. >> thank you very much. tha...