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Acry combative press conference today for almost al hour and a half. at one point, branding a reporter's question as racist after she asked about his support for nationalist and whether that will support might embolden white nationalists. i want to bring in someone who had her own run oil in with the president today. april ryan, a white house correspondent and the author of "under fire, reporting from the frontlines of the trump white house." so it seemed like a perfectly legitimate question to most people it, april. good evening to you. i just want to get your response to this exchange betwee...

>> april's going to be here later on in this show. i want to hear from her. the president calling a question from pbs yamiche alcindor, who is african-american, falsely claiming her question racist. >> on the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. now people are also saying -- >> i don't know why you'd say that. that's such a racist question. >> there are some people -- >> there was nothing racist about that question, nothing at all. the president could have just answered, could have tried to explain his position. instead, wha...

Emboldening white nationalists. >> i don't know why you would say that. it's a racist question. >> are you offering a my way or highway scenario to the democrats. >> negotiation, not at all. >> if they start investigating you, that you can play that game and investigate them. >> better than them. i think i know more. i think know more than they know. >> can you compartmentalize that and still continue to work with them for the benefit of the country. >> no, if they do that then it's just all it is is a war-like posture. >> yeah. i said 26 minutes. an hour and 26 minutes. >> is he feeling the p...

Poll numbers? that's such a racist question. >> none of it makes any sense except the way yamiche alcindor handled that. she was a consummate pro asking a legit question that was handled horribly. boy did she stand strong in the face of power. that's not easy. don lemon is here. your take, my brother? >> it makes no sense. they're right. what do poll numbers have to do with anything? i'm not surprised. maybe that he said it publicly because it's been said, trust me, behind the scenes for reporters of color who have challenged him on issues, especially when it comes to birtherism. i don't want ...

In terms of the mueller probe. nobody believes, i don't think, that whitaker is going to come in and seriously constrain his investigation. >> you really don't? >> i think what he is going to say, what i hope he says is, it appears that we're in the fourth quarter or two minute warning, he's a football guy, the two minute warning of this game. wrap it up. this cannot go on indefinitely and i think that's totally fair to say, unless you can tell me reasons why, let's wrap this up in the coming weeks and months. >> we all hope that happens. >> good, look, agreement. "outfront" next, president ...