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Trinkets. >> douglas mills made an interesting discovery back here during his early days at the white house. >> noticed there was a hatch. issa i had to a couple of the other camera men, hey, what's up here? there was a switch, i hit the light, oh, my gosh, this is a swimming pool. >> you heard him correctly. there wasn't a briefing room here in 1969. when president richard nixon moved into the white house, this space was a swimming pool. >> there was no briefing room. you had a white house press pass, you were allowed to go to the west wing. >> before he anchored the evening news, dan rather ...

And his press corps attend regularly. >> and you get people all whipped up. you do not know what's going to happen next. >> they're saying things like "cnn sucks," "go home" and "fake news." >> three months later the white house pulled acosta's press pass, barring him indefinitely from the briefing room. >> i am now getting my hard pass to the secret service. >> it came hours after this. >> i think you should let me run the country. you run cnn. and if you did it well your ratings would be much higher -- >> let me ask you one -- mr. president, if i may ask one other question -- >> that's enoug...

The building. >> reporter: the suspect was arrested and so were the two other men who phoned in threats to news rooms. instead of lowering the temperature, trump amped it up with events like this. >> sit down, please. sit down. i didn't call you. i didn't call you. that's such a racist question. that's enough. that's enough. that's enough. that's enough. >> that's enough. >> after that press conference the white house yanked jim acosta's press pass. cnn went to court with the support of dozens of news outlets. a judge sided with cnn and acosta went back to work, but the challenges persist. rep...

>> that's enough. that's enough. that's enough. >> pardon me, ma'am. >> after the conference, the president yanked jim acosta's press pass. a judge sided with cnn and acosta went back to work but the challenges persist. reporters are standing up for their values, supporting the free press with hundreds of papers coming to the to say we are not the enemy. will the white house ever get the message? stay tuned. >> brian, thank you so much. dana bash picks up right after this. merry christmas. geico and got more! more savings on car insurance!? they helped with homeowners, too! ok! plus motorcycle...

After it had temporary lost his press pass. acosta, she had a back and forth with him. >> it went fine. i personally think and my advice to the president and the press secretary would be invite reporters from all over the country to come in and do these briefings. why always these same cast of characters? >> sandra: that's the way it's been done. >> exactly. donald trump has done everything differently than it's ever been done before. this is a great opportunity to do the press room differently. thousands of journalists across the country. most would love the opportunity to sit in the room and...