WEBVTT 00:00:03.300 --> 00:00:05.999 >> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN FROM OUR HEADQUARTERS HERE IN NEW 00:00:06.133 --> 00:00:08.965 YORK ON THIS DAY, 137 FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 00:00:09.100 --> 00:00:12.365 IT'S AGAIN WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY NIGHT, 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:16.832 AND THEN EARLY IN THE MORNING THAT OVERWHELMS ANYTHING THE 00:00:16.966 --> 00:00:18.898 ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS TO DO BY DAY. 00:00:19.033 --> 00:00:21.832 TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND 00:00:21.966 --> 00:00:26.332 THE NEED FOR A NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM. 00:00:26.466 --> 00:00:29.665 IT IS INSTEAD TONIGHT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT POPPING OFF ON HIS 00:00:29.799 --> 00:00:31.565 PHONE. THIS MORNING, A TWITTER STORM 00:00:31.699 --> 00:00:35.732 WHICH READ IN PART "I AM CALLING IT A TRAVEL BAN. 00:00:35.866 --> 00:00:39.398 THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH THE ORIGINAL 00:00:39.533 --> 00:00:42.165 TRAVEL BAN". WE ARE EXTREME INVESTIGATE 00:00:42.299 --> 00:00:45.465 PEOPLE. THE COURTS ARE SLOW AND 00:00:45.599 --> 00:00:47.332 POLITICAL". THEN JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, 00:00:47.466 --> 00:00:50.998 THIS AGAIN TONIGHT ON TWITTER. THAT'S RIGHT, WE NEED A TRAVEL 00:00:51.166 --> 00:00:53.765 BAN FOR CERTAIN DANGEROUS COUNTRIES. 00:00:53.899 --> 00:00:56.332 NOT SOME POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM THAT WON'T HELP US PROTECT 00:00:56.466 --> 00:01:01.098 OUR PEOPLE. AND THIS WAS INTERESTING, 00:01:01.233 --> 00:01:03.765 KELLYANNE CONWAY'S HUSBAND A WASHINGTON LAWYER, ACTUALLY SAID 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:07.565 ON TWITTER THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S 00:01:07.699 --> 00:01:11.465 FIRST COMMENTS QUOTE, THESE TWEETS MAY MAKE SOME PEOPLE FEEL 00:01:11.566 --> 00:01:17.332 BETTER BUT THEY CERTAINLY WON'T HELP OFFICE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL 00:01:17.466 --> 00:01:23.132 GET FIVE VOTES IN THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES WHICH IS 00:01:23.266 --> 00:01:26.598 ACTUALLY WHAT MATTERS. SAD, HE ENDED. 00:01:26.733 --> 00:01:29.332 THERE WAS ALSO DISAGREEMENT AMONG WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS 00:01:29.466 --> 00:01:31.932 TODAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS ON 00:01:32.066 --> 00:01:35.332 TWITTER. HERE NOW COMMENTS FROM BOTH 00:01:35.466 --> 00:01:38.098 KELLYANNE CONWAY AND SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS. 00:01:38.233 --> 00:01:41.465 >> THISSON OBSESSION OF COVERING EVERYTHING HE SAYS ON TWITTER 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:43.432 AND LITTLE OF WHAT HE DOES AS PRESIDENT. 00:01:43.566 --> 00:01:46.698 >> IT GIVES HIM THE ABILITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE 00:01:46.800 --> 00:01:50.465 WITHOUT THE BIAS OF THE MEDIA. >> YOU ARE COVERING TWEETS. 00:01:50.600 --> 00:01:52.632 >> I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE PRESIDENT IS EXTRAEMLY 00:01:52.766 --> 00:01:55.665 IMPORTANT. >> THAT'S HIS PREFERRED METHOD 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.432 OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 00:01:57.566 --> 00:01:59.732 >> THAT'S NOT T TRUE. >> I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 00:01:59.866 --> 00:02:02.299 TOOL FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE. 00:02:02.433 --> 00:02:05.299 >> THIS WEEKEND, MEANWHILE, IT WASN'T EXACTLY AMERICA FIRST, 00:02:05.433 --> 00:02:08.799 BUT IT WAS AN AMERICAN FIRST WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 00:02:08.933 --> 00:02:12.065 STATES ATTACKED THE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT HAD JUST SUFFERED A 00:02:12.200 --> 00:02:15.432 TERRORIST ATTACK. IT STARTED WITH THIS, "THE MAYOR 00:02:15.566 --> 00:02:22.098 OF LONDON, A MAN WHO WE POINT OUT BECAUSE IT'S GERMANE IS A 00:02:22.233 --> 00:02:26.132 MUSLIM TO WHO TODAY SPOKE OUT AGAINST ANY ACT OF VIOLENCE IN 00:02:26.266 --> 00:02:31.398 THE NAME OF HIS RELIGION, THIS WEEKEND LONDON MAYOR IS A DEFECT 00:02:31.533 --> 00:02:36.365 KHAN WARNED THE PEOPLE OF LONDON THEY ARE ABOUT TO SEE WAY MORE 00:02:36.499 --> 00:02:39.065 POLICE PRESENCE ". HERE'S HOW HE PUT IT. 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:43.432 >> LIKE TERRORISTS ARE TRYING TO FIND NEW WAYS TO DESTRUCT US AND 00:02:43.566 --> 00:02:47.965 ATTACK US AND HARM US, THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR 00:02:48.099 --> 00:02:52.865 NEW WAYS TO KEEP US SAME LISTEN DERERS WILL SEE INCREASED POLICE 00:02:52.999 --> 00:02:55.732 PRESENCE TODAY AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 00:02:55.866 --> 00:02:58.299 NO REASON TO BE ALARMED. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK THAT 00:02:58.433 --> 00:03:03.032 LAST BIT OUT OF CONTEXT PLAPLY AND REPEATEDLY ATTACKED THE 00:03:03.166 --> 00:03:06.098 MAYOR ON TWITTER. AT LEAST 7 DEAD AND 48 WOUNDED 00:03:06.233 --> 00:03:09.532 IN TERROR ATTACK AND MAYOR SAYS THERE IS NO REASON TO BE 00:03:09.666 --> 00:03:11.199 ALARMED. THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST RESPONSE 00:03:11.333 --> 00:03:15.298 AFTER THE LONDON ATTACK WAS TO RETWEET THE INITIAL BULLETIN ON 00:03:15.433 --> 00:03:18.265 THE BRUJ REPORT. AND FINALLY, IT MAY BE GENERATED 00:03:18.399 --> 00:03:21.699 BY AN AUTOMATIC BOT BUT A NEW TOOL ON SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERTS 00:03:21.833 --> 00:03:26.565 THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETS TO THE FORMAT OF OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE 00:03:26.700 --> 00:03:29.932 STATEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT. WHILE NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR 00:03:30.066 --> 00:03:34.165 HIS AIDES WANT TO PREENT TEND THAT WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS LATE 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:38.765 MIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TWITTER RANTS IS BY ANY MEANS OFFICIAL 00:03:38.899 --> 00:03:42.132 POLICY, WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO TAKE IT AS SUCH, 00:03:42.266 --> 00:03:44.132 ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THEY ARE WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE 00:03:44.266 --> 00:03:47.465 PRESIDENT HAS LARGELY STOPPED TALKING TO THE NEWS MEDIA. 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:53.132 IT'S BEEN 109 DAYS SINCE HIS FIRST AND ONLY OFFICIAL SOLO 00:03:53.266 --> 00:03:55.365 NEWS CONFERENCE OF HIS PRESIDENCY. 00:03:55.466 --> 00:03:59.165 LET'S BRING IN OUR STARTING PANEL FOR TONIGHT. 00:03:59.299 --> 00:04:01.732 ANCHOR OF BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA. 00:04:01.866 --> 00:04:05.765 WE WELCOME CADDY KAY TO OUR BROADCAST FOR THE FIRST TIME 00:04:05.899 --> 00:04:07.598 TONIGHT. CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT 00:04:07.733 --> 00:04:10.765 UPON THE "NEW YORK TIMES," PETER BAKER. 00:04:10.899 --> 00:04:14.265 WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR REUTERS. 00:04:14.399 --> 00:04:18.065 AND TO ROUND OUT OUR SIB SUBCOMMITTEE OF WHITE HOUSE 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:22.165 PRESS CORPS, WHITE HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE "WASHINGTON POST," 00:04:22.299 --> 00:04:23.965 PHILIP RUCKER. WELCOME TO YOU ALL. 00:04:24.099 --> 00:04:27.132 PETER I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH YOU, YOU WERE THE LAST TO FILE 00:04:27.266 --> 00:04:29.565 OF THIS GROUP. YOU FILED A STORY TONIGHT THAT 00:04:29.699 --> 00:04:32.098 SAYS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S 00:04:32.233 --> 00:04:37.332 SIMMERING ANGER A LOT OF IT GOES BACK TO ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF 00:04:37.466 --> 00:04:39.632 SESSION. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT IS. 00:04:39.766 --> 00:04:44.465 >> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT TODAY'S TWITTER STORM, THERE ARE LOTS OF 00:04:44.599 --> 00:04:47.465 THINGS YOU CAN TAKE OUT OF IT. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE 00:04:47.599 --> 00:04:52.232 PRESIDENT'S SEEMING DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS OWN 00:04:52.366 --> 00:04:55.865 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. IT ACTS AS IF IT IS ANOTHER 00:04:55.999 --> 00:04:59.165 BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT NOT UNDER HIS CONTROL, THE JUSTICE 00:04:59.299 --> 00:05:01.165 DEPARTMENT SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS, SHOULD DO THIS. 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:05.065 WHAT THAT REFLECTS IS THIS RESENTMENT, THIS UNHAPPINESS HE 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:08.565 HAS WITH JEFF SESSION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO HAD BEEN 00:05:08.700 --> 00:05:11.999 ONE OF HIS EARLIEST SUPPORTERS. THAT GOES BACK TO THE DECISION 00:05:12.133 --> 00:05:16.532 JEFF SESSIONS MADE TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE RUSSIA PROBE. 00:05:16.666 --> 00:05:20.298 PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDN'T LIKE THAT DECISION, WASN'T INFORMED BEFORE 00:05:20.433 --> 00:05:23.465 IT WAS MADE, THOUGHT IT WAS UNNECESSARY AND BLAMES IT 00:05:23.599 --> 00:05:26.432 ACCORDING TO PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM FOR A LOT OF THINGS THAT 00:05:26.566 --> 00:05:29.832 HAPPENED SINCE THEN, INCLUDING NOW THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL 00:05:29.966 --> 00:05:31.598 COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER. 00:05:31.733 --> 00:05:35.965 >> CADDY KAY, ANOTHER DAY, SOME ARGUE ANOTHER WEEK LOST TO 00:05:36.099 --> 00:05:38.698 RUSSIA DESPITE ANY AND ALL PLANS THE ADMINISTRATION MAY HAVE TO 00:05:38.833 --> 00:05:41.098 THE CONTRARY. >> YEAH. 00:05:41.233 --> 00:05:43.832 I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM THE FACES RIGHT? 00:05:43.966 --> 00:05:47.132 HOWEVER HE MIGHT TRY TO DISTRACT -- I DON'T KNOW WHY HE 00:05:47.266 --> 00:05:50.398 TOOK ON THE MAYOR OF LONDON. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S REPEATING 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:54.498 HIS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MAYOR OF LONDON AND THE TRAVEL BAN BUT I 00:05:54.633 --> 00:05:56.865 THINK THERE IS A FEELING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANY DAY WHERE THEY 00:05:56.999 --> 00:05:59.465 ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA IS A GOOD DAY. 00:05:59.566 --> 00:06:01.798 AND YET HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE EVEN AND RUSSIA HAS COME 00:06:01.933 --> 00:06:03.865 BACK TO THEM. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK IN 00:06:03.999 --> 00:06:06.132 SPADES BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY. 00:06:06.266 --> 00:06:10.998 THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY ISSUE THIS WEEKS AND THE ONLY 00:06:11.133 --> 00:06:15.265 ISSUE THE NEXT FEW WEEKS UNTIL WE GET HOW MANY MEETINGS THERE 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.332 WERE, WHO SAID WHAT, LET'S GET IT OUT ON THE I BELIEVE AT THAT. 00:06:18.466 --> 00:06:20.598 UNTIL THEY CAN LEVEL ON ALL THE RUSSIA ISSUES IT'S GOING TO 00:06:20.766 --> 00:06:24.732 CARRY ON BEING AN ISSUE. >> AEESH AUDIO WRASSE COYOU WERE 00:06:24.866 --> 00:06:27.598 BRIEFED BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR PLANS FOR THEIR 00:06:27.733 --> 00:06:30.798 ONGOING AGENDA, WHICH OF COURSE REBOUND AS STRONG AS THE 00:06:30.899 --> 00:06:33.465 PRESIDENT'S WEAKEST TWEET GOING INTO THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. 00:06:33.599 --> 00:06:37.032 >> YES, THAT'S -- THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE TRYING 00:06:37.166 --> 00:06:39.365 TO GET A FOCUS ON THEIR LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 00:06:39.499 --> 00:06:41.732 THEY ARE COMPLAINING THAT NO ONE IS FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY ARE 00:06:41.866 --> 00:06:45.365 TRYING TO GET DONE. NOW, OF COURSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD 00:06:45.499 --> 00:06:50.032 ANY REALLY MAJOR LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OTHER THAN 00:06:50.166 --> 00:06:51.798 PASSING HEALTH CARE REFORM THROUGH THE HOUSE. 00:06:51.933 --> 00:06:54.498 BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW. 00:06:54.633 --> 00:06:57.032 SO THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. 00:06:57.166 --> 00:06:58.198 THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:00.632 TO DO HEALTH CARE OVER THE SUMMER, BEFORE THE AUGUST 00:07:00.766 --> 00:07:03.332 RECESS. AND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO START 00:07:03.433 --> 00:07:09.632 ON TAX REFORM AFTER LABOR DAY. >> PHILIP, YOUR COLLEAGUE AND 00:07:09.766 --> 00:07:13.365 OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, ROBERT COSTA, IS REPORTING FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER, 00:07:13.533 --> 00:07:18.165 I'LL READ THE HEADLINE "AS TRUMP LASHES OUT, REPUBLICANS GROW 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:20.799 UNEASY". THAT MAY BE THE UNDERSTATEMENT 00:07:20.933 --> 00:07:21.965 OF THE CENTURY. IS IT NOT? 00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:24.765 >> YEAH. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU 00:07:24.900 --> 00:07:26.699 COULD HAVE HAD THAT HEADLINE EVERY WEEK THIS PRESIDENT 00:07:26.833 --> 00:07:31.365 SOOECHL IT IS A AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 00:07:31.533 --> 00:07:33.132 DEALING WITH THIS CONGRESS ON CAPITOL HILL. 00:07:33.266 --> 00:07:34.832 THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THE MAJORITY THERE. 00:07:34.966 --> 00:07:38.832 THERE IS A SUBSTANTIVE AGENDA OF LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT THE 00:07:38.966 --> 00:07:42.265 REPUBLICAN WOULD LIKE TO ADVANCE IN THIS MAJORITY. 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.765 IT'S SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD LIKE TO DO, TOO, AND 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:47.798 NOTHING IS GETTING DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTROVERSY AFTER 00:07:47.933 --> 00:07:50.132 CONTROVERSY AFTER CONTROVERSY. TRUMP WANTS TO MOVE ON TAXES. 00:07:50.266 --> 00:07:55.232 HE WANTS TO MOVE ON HEALTH CARE. NOW WANTS TO MOVE ON 00:07:55.366 --> 00:07:56.932 INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS WEEK AS WE WERE JUST 00:07:57.066 --> 00:07:58.965 TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT RUSSIA AND COMEY AND