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At length about the media in general not being honest, a sentiment he's expressed personally to me combined with that question and i think he went off in that area because i think he's very sensitive about this. i think it makes him very angry. >> jonathan, what would you like to hear the president -- >> i find this startling. i can't think of a more convenient venue or easy venue than the east room, a question asked by a friendly journalist who's obviously jewish or an easier opportunity than holocaust remember perhaps day when the white house issued a statement that inexplicably omitted the ...

Anti-semite because he isn't, and neither is president trump. >> i have such respect for rabbi heyer at this work for so long and has done so much work for the jewish community and all marginalized people. the question is will president trump stand up as forcefully to anti-semitism as he does to the quote/unquote fake news or as he does to "saturday night live" or the morning shows. guys, there will be hard moments for this president. this one is easy and he should not knock it out of the park. the question is why doesn't he? >> jeffrey, last word. >> well, you know, he's been there three week...

Was just not tell the truth to mike pence. there is a real sort of effort at a mutually assured calm between the white house and flynn. i think they both want to maintain a peace as this goes forward. but you will be testifying under oath. this will be a very heavily watched scenario. and i think when you see what you were playing earlier with the president's tweet about the fake media and the enemy of the people, he does those things when there is something else that is going on and throws chum in the water. this is not a great story line for the white house. we don't know exactly what it is ...

Of the story and the conversation tonight. however, because he observes the sabbath we spoke to him before air time and before sundown. jake, never got a chance to finish your question to president trump. what is it you wanted to ask him? >> simply put, i'd hike clarification on what is it that his administration's position is that the executive branch of the federal government of the united states can and would be doing to try to curb anti-semitism and address that issue and work together with leaders of the community. >> you worked hard to craft the question and make it clear you were not as...

And his stance on anti-semitism. do you agree with that? >> of course the president should speak out against anti-semitism. but we shouldn't select the vep you for him. maybe we should say to the president at a time he's comfortable in the very near future he should address anti-semitism and bigotry. let's be clear, anti-semitism and bigotry preceded president trump. >> a cnn contributor and no fan of president trump wrote a piece in the atlantic arguing the best way to understand the president's answers to the questions about anti-semitism is quote as the product of narcissism so epic that it...