it'it's -- jim acosta says the president is whipping up violence against him. john kelly is still alive and walking around howie: anyone following the media coverage of john kelly would have been convinced the white house chief of staff was toast, he was history. i am told the president asked kelly what they were going to do about the stories and asked if he would stay on for the rest of the first term and he said yes. what does that say about this media drum beat based on named sources. the a.p., it's leading trump staffers to believe kelly is work on borrowed time. abc, the president has once again started contemplating his possible replacements. >> a source telling cnn the president is talking to friends about possible replacements for john kelly. >> white house chief of staff john kelly may be ready to leave his job very soon. >> it could come this week or the mid-july trip to europe. >> the reports he was likely to leave by july 31. and that he repeatedly referred to trump as an idiot. >> he'll be leaving by his own choice or by president trump deciding he

made and why it's made and i understand the bottom line here but it is dividing the country i mean jim acosta i mean what a disgrace to journalism ok i mean and they probably think he's doing a great job rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry it's all right go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate

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acosta and by the way i've been around the white house and have seen jim acosta he loves this attention don't let him fool you he loves being center stage he was actually quite disappointed last year larry when they they took those press briefings off camera for a while because he wasn't going to be on camera as the chief ad over there c.n.n. well larry. may i call me as i can number one jim acosta is a god good reporter he does his job he was not frustrated be personally because the briefings were not on camera he was frustrated because the american people have a right to see our government in action they've got a right to see the briefings and in the beginning understand spicer and i have publicly credited sarah huckabee sanders for bring in the back on camera shawn's face or shut them down that that was not jim acosta personally that was the entire white house press corps which i.

and sean, jim acosta thinks it's his briefing room. he really thinks it's the jim acosta show. and it's not. it's the white house briefing room. he's got it backwards. two metrics, just two metrics for both of you and for the viewers. go back 20 years. go back 40 years and find for me when the white house press corps salivated over a republican president. you won't find it. you won't find it. >> sean: we will take it a step further and i said this and i will go back and pull the tape, many, many times when barack obama was president. we must keep our politicians safe and i'm telling -- we are the highest rated show in cable thanks this audience. if i am there, i will be the first person to defend anybody in the press if anyone would dare to lay a hand on them but chanting "you suck" is not the same as violence. people have a right to speak in this country. >> it's not just the press, it's any american. no american should feel threatened to share their voicel and their opinion, no american. >> but republican politicians have never said harass the other party, get in their faces,

and told jim acosta the real enablers in in country in this beat down. take a look. >> the media attacked me personally including your own network saying i should be attacked and personal information shared on the internet. when i was hosted by the correspondent's conversation you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and called me a traitor to my own gender. i am the first press secretary in the history of the united states who required secret service protection. the media is ratcheting up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration. the medias has a role to play for the discourse in this country. >> sean: checkmate sarah sanders. harassment happens every day. there are a lot of nuts out. there i know personally. i have had numerous death threats and white powered mailed to my office. everybody has a right to freedom of speech but saying you are a liar and calling out fake news is only words. nobody is supporting any violence. don't make accusations that are untrue. many in the media they are too happy to play do

jim acosta, you are not the only one. the president of the united states not that long ago telling somebody to first get in people's faces and then you will send somebody to tear me up. did president trump ever say this about you? >> i will put mr. burgess up against sean hannity. he will tear him up. i need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. i want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are republican. i want you to argue with them and get in their face >> sean: get in their face. worse than chanting face news? tear up sean hannity? what about maxine waters says, follow him into the grocery store, wherever she said to follow people, or cory booker. joining us now, fox news national security strategist dr. sebastian gorka. author of the brand-new book, a best seller, the briefing. a former white house press secretary of the worst job in america, now sarah sanders sadly has it. why anybody wants that job to deal with these people every day is beyond me. congrats on

acosta and by the way i've been around the white house and have seen jim acosta he loves this attention don't let him fool you he loves being center stage he was actually quite disappointed last year larry when they they took those press briefings off camera for a while because he wasn't going to be on camera as the chief ad over there c.n.n. well larry. may i call me as i can number one jim acosta is a god good reporter he does his job he was not frustrated be personally because the briefings were not on camera he was frustrated because the american people have a right to see our government in action they've got a right to see the briefings and in the beginning understand spicer and i have publicly credited sarah huckabee sanders for bring in the back on camera shawn's face or shut them down that that was not jim acosta personally that was the entire white house press corps which i am a member number two this this file and start we're talking about violence at the relish you take you take me back to two thousand and seven two thousand and eight this never happened to hillary clinton ra

please welcome the chief white house correspondent for cnn, jim acosta! ( applause ) ♪ ♪ >> all right. >> stephen: can i see your socks? >> yes, there you go. >> stephen: red, white, and blue. can we get a shot of those, red, white, and blue socks there? >> from the enemy of the people collection. >> stephen: of course, of course. well, may long may your ankles waves. as i said in your introduction, you're the chief white house correspondent for cnn. at the last press briefing-- i think this was the last one before they went on vacation-- you asked this of sarah huckabee sanders: >> all the people around the world are watching what you're saying, sarah, and the white house of the united states of america, should not refer to us as the enemy of the people. all i'm asking is for you to acknowledge that right now and right here. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: people seem to-- >> it's not a big deal, right? just say, we're not the enemy of the people. >> stephen: what did she eventually say to you? did she ever say, "yeah, you're right, you're not."

[shouting] liz: was cnn jim acosta at recent rally for president trump. trump supporters heckled him at the rally in tampa, florida. now today, jim acosta asking white house press secretary sarah sanders to say that the press is not the enemy of the people. here is the press secretary's response. >> the media has attacked me personally on a number about occasions including your own network. said i should be harassed as a life sentence. that i should be choked. i.c.e. officials are not welcome in their place of worship and personal information is shared on internet. when i was hosted by the correspondents' association, which almost all of you are members of you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and called me a traitor to my own genders as far as i know i'm it first press secretary in the history of the united states that required secret service protection. the media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration and certainly we have a role to play but the media has a role to play for the di

thatot did not stop the king of lies, the king of fake news, jim acosta come from trying to seize the moral high ground at today's press briefing. by the way, he didn't win this round. take a look. >> i think it would be a good thing if you were to say right here at this briefing that the press, the people who are gathered in this room right now, are doing their jobs every day,s asking questions of officials like the ones you brought forward earlier, are not the enemy of the people. i think we deserve a. >> i think the president has made his position known. i also think it's ironic -- i'm trying to answer your question. i politely waited and called on you despite the fact that you interrupted me while i was calling on your colleague. >> if you would not mind letting me having a follow-up, that would be fine.e. >> is ironic, jim, that not only you and the media attacked the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country, repeatedly, repeatedly the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite, i can cite ange

acosta and by the way i've been around the white house and have seen jim acosta he loves this attention don't let him fool you he loves being center stage he was actually quite disappointed last year larry when they they took those press briefings off camera for a while because he wasn't going to be on camera as the chief ad here or there c.n.n. well larry. may i call me as i can number one jim acosta is a god good reporter he does his job he was not frustrated be personally because the briefings were not on camera he was frustrated because the american people have a right to see our government in action they've got a right to see the briefings and in the beginning understand spicer and i have publicly credited sarah huckabee sanders for bring in the back on camera sean spicer shut them down that was not jim cost cost a person that was the entire white house press corps of which i am a member number two this this file and start we're talking about violence at the relish you take you take me back to two thousand and seven two thousand and eight this never happened to hillary clinton rall

bottom line here but it is dividing the country i mean jim acosta i mean what a disgrace to journalism ok i mean and they probably think he's doing a great job rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry it's all right go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have president people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to w

jim acosta is outrage like this is something brand-new. this has been going back 100 years where this antagonistic relationship exists there are people in the media that tell lies about what is going on inside the beltway and those who try to stick to the truth. it has always been so and always will be so and there is and probably should, i think, be an antagonistic relationship between the media and the folks that serve us. >> sandra: it was important that we show the exchange that we're talking about here. watch. >> i also think it's ironic -- i'm trying to answer your question. i called on you despite the fact that you interrupted me. i said it is ironic. i'm trying. >> if you would not mind letting me have a follow-up that would be fine. >> it's eye raonic jim that you and the media not only attack the president when they lower the level of conservation in this country. >> sandra: shelby. >> it is awkward watching that. you hope for a joke or some moment of levity because it's so contentious. not the first time it's happened and won't

no, it was about jim acosta, that is his failure. stuart: at the press briefing top of the line people looking after america's security. they appeared. there were no, from acosta at least, no questions of them about real substance there. >> right. stuart: oh, no, it had to be about him and media. >> they have abandoned their charge. they have abandoned their charge, which is important to this republic, for the american people to get actual information that affects their lives and whether or not jim acosta is happy is not of our concern. we do not care if he is upset, if somebody appreciates him. we want information. and that particular network is failing because they do not provide it. this network survives and does well because americans of all stripes know they're going to the get information they need to live their day and to know what tomorrow will look like. that is our job. stuart: you're hired! >> thank you. it was easy. stuart: i have got more for you. hold on. >> all right. stuart: "the new york times" defends hiring of thei

acosta i mean what a disgrace to journalism ok i mean and they probably think he's doing a great job rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry it's all right go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have pressed people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think i will say that trump is a jerk and that

jim acosta was aware this was a friendly chance, if you will. if he aware, he it wouldn't have gone down and taking pictures with the protesters. this is a big difference between a chant that is meant to get get people excited as opposed to bringing harm to an individual. >> greg: i like it when there is levity and positivity. if we tape. this was where rose was. this is a dinosaur and a shark. i want to ask. i think this is beautiful. it's a shark and a dinosaur. i think rosie was articulate and could be a match. >> jesse: i know what you are saying. there's such a vacuum in the democratic party. people like rosie or porn star lawyers or congress men. she has had trump derangement syndrome for a decade. it does go both ways. >> geraldo: he called her a disgusting, fat slob. >> jesse: trump used rosie to enact that debate and he can use rosie to enact them in terms. if she's the face of the resistance coming he is blessed with great enemies. the media, rose, maxine waters. he is blessed and he's going to use it to his advantage. >> greg: a lot o

acosta and by the way i've been around the white house and have seen jim acosta he loves this attention don't let him fool you he loves being center stage he was actually quite disappointed last year larry when they they took those press briefings off camera for a while because he wasn't going to be on camera as the chief ad over there c.n.n. well larry. may i call me as i can number one jim acosta is a god good reporter he does his job he was not frustrated be personally because the briefings were not on camera he was frustrated because the american people have a right to see our government in action they've got a right to see the briefings and in the beginning understand spicer and i have publicly credited sarah huckabee sanders for bring in the back on camera sean spicer shut them down that was not jim cars cost a person that was the entire white house press corps of which i am a member number two this this file and start we're talking about violence at the relish you take you take me back to two thousand and seven two thousand and eight this never happened at a hillary clinton rally

the president retweeted a video of fans booing jim acosta. the rally gets ugly. what does the president do? retweet a video in support of the hecklers. that's why when asked a second time whether she supports what happened to jim acosta. >> no one was violent and no broadcaster was broadcasting state secrets, they were trying to do standups at a public rally. you had people yelling over them, and yelling that their network sucks on live tv. do you support that or not. >> we support freedom of the press and freedom of speech, we think that those things go hand in hand. >> april ryan is here, cnn political analyst. boy oh, boy. lowest common denominator. and then to have it defended from the podium. the most esteemed podium in the world. what do you think -- why would she go back to a story that's been debunked, years and years ago about the satellite phone? >> because she's trying to justi justify. trying to justify the irrational. trying to justify foolishness. there was no cause for that. and she's playing to this base that listens to the president. they need th

the president retweeted a video of fans booing jim acosta. the rally gets ugly. what does the president do? retweet a video in support of the hecklers. that's why when asked a second time whether she supports what happened to jim acosta. >> no one was violent and no broadcaster was broadcasting state secrets, they were trying to do standups at a public rally. you had people yelling over them, and yelling that their network sucks on live tv. do you support that or not. >> we support freedom of the press and freedom of speech, we think that those things go hand in hand. >> april ryan is here, cnn political analyst. boy oh, boy. lowest common denominator. and then to have it defended from the podium. the most esteemed podium in the world. what do you think -- why would she go back to a story that's been debunked, years and years ago about the satellite phone? >> because she's trying to justify. trying to justify the irrational. trying to justify foolishness. there was no cause for that. and she's playing to this base that listens to the president. they need this to

i'm not crazy about cnn or jim acosta. he's a tube of brillo cream to learn to pout. the jeering at the rallies is not a good luck. when i drink too much i think i look great but in reality i should not be in the park wearing nothing but crocs. [laughter] they never believe me when i say i'm walking a dog. when i see all the yelling at jim acosta i get the anger from a cynicism about a press that under obama have their spines removed to make it easier to bend over. [crowd boos] is clean. it's clean. now that trump is here you see the media working overtime and it's the contract that bugs you and me. when you are winning and you are, you don't need to scream. in fact, that's a piling on. my suggestion, stop. instead, do it my mom always >> i can never tell, there is no middle ground. let's stick with kindness. let's take the high road and be nicer. you will look better and it will drive the media nuts. they will be so confused that they will probably think it is the end of the world, again. >> let's welcome tonight's gue guest, that is not a truck backing up, we are ju

things got tense when his supporters fiercely heckled cnn's jim acosta. [ crowd chanting ] >> president trump did nothing to calm the crowd or stop it. the president's son, eric, retweeted the video, which was then retweeted by the president. jim acosta has more for us in tampa. >> reporter: dave and laura, at a rally here in florida, the president steered clear of the subject of the russia investigation, instead returning to one of his favorite topics on the campaign trail, immigration, telling his supporters here that there should be voter i.d. laws across the country. at one point remarking that you need an i.d. to buy groceries. here's what he had to say. >> only american citizens should vote in american elections, which is why the time has come for voter i.d., like everything else. you know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card. you need i.d. you go out and you want to buy anything, you need i.d. and you need your picture. >> reporter: the president also lashed out at the news media, referring to reporters in the back of the room as fake news, e

s jim acosta who's in the you know press pool at the white house he gets his lipstick smeared one day and starts crying uncontrollably on primetime t.v. and wants a bailout from the government i mean think of all the reporters during the vietnam war who are puking when they see a jim acosta in the white house press and then all of behaving like a like a little you know and then finally i want to i want to quickly say the stock market is shrinking that's a problem for everyone the american stock market has been shrinking it's been happening in slow motion so slow may not even have noticed that by now the change is a mistake a bull market is half the size of its mid one nine hundred ninety s. peak and twenty five percent smaller than it was in one thousand nine hundred seventy six we've lost now isn't of company doing reporting on it yet americans being taken private with all that sick money so this is a problem because this is the wealth of the nation what i'm saying is like there are fewer ways to even participate and it's only the top two hundred companies by the way of the s. and p.

todd: jim acosta tweeting that he walked out of the briefing room in protest. mark live in slamming the press corps. >> the dc press corps today is the least professional press corps of my lifetime. they think that their job is to make it impossible for the president to function. as long as they keep putting clowns like jim acosta out there who is a drama queen of sorts, the reaction of the american people. todd: live-in says the press needs to take a look at itself but it won't. as anti-trump rhetoric rams up eric trump is shining a light on how his family has been a target. >> i have been threatened, we have had white power show up in our house. there is no moral outrage about that but when it happens to them, when they are offended by a message. todd: vanessa trump was hospitalized after opening a suspicious letter with a white powdery substance addressed to her ex-husband donald trump junior. jillian: hundreds of protesters fed up with gun violence take to the streets of chicago. the march shutting down a major highway during rush hour, demonstrators sendin

the problem is, if you listen to all of jim acosta's reports and i'll be the first to defend him, he doesn't deserve to get heckled at any of these things and i am a big believer in diversity of thought. having the intellectual diversity and people can have different opinions but the problem with cnn over the problem with jim acosta is if they are trying to present this as straight unbiased news and that's not fair. at least call it what it is. >> lisa: i also think the mainstream media is not used to being held accountable and i think president trump takes it too far but the media has culpability in driving some of the frenzy. a look at some of the false reporting on ferguson which led to changes with policing in the ferguson effect, look at some of the fake news in the way that the separation of families has been presented. it never happened before or under the obama administration but i think the media is culpable here as well. >> harris: i'm going to jump in. and i'm sure this topic will come up again and we will cover it as it does. new developers in the battle of a president tr

let's begin with jim acosta covering the president in new jersey. the president still hasn't made up his mind apparently about talking to mueller. what is the latest? >> reporter: that's right. it doesn't sound like it. he just wrapped up a round table discussion on the issue of prison reform over at his golf club in new jersey. he didn't take questions from reporters about subjects like the mueller investigation. so what we have now here is the latest reality tv cliff hanger from president trump. the president is keeping the country in response. will he or won't he sit down with robert mueller in the russia investigation? it's the question of the moment for president trump. the president isn't signaling to reporters which way he is leaning on whether to tell what he knows about the russia probe to special counsel robert mueller. instead he is letting the response build tweeting this is an illegally brought rigged witch hunt. stay tuned. >> i think the tweets are ad nauseam. he obviously likes to suck all the oxygen out of the room. >> reporter: rud

you heard the reporting from jim acosta at the top of the show. i have two lawyers next to me, a prosecutor in the southern district of new york and the former head prosecutor and chief law enforcement office of morris county, new jersey. gentlemen, on to what jim is reporting about some -- let me read this quote to you, which sums up feeling in the white house from "the washington post" today. winter is coming. ""game of thrones"." winter is coming. we believe it is a strong likelihood. the white house will be under siege but it's like tumble weeds rolling down the hall there. nobody is prepared for war. you have a potential war of two fronts, impeachment and democratic controlled house committees, subpoenas, wrangling with the hill. how do you prepare for impeachment proceedings? >> this is an epic storm that is brewing around the president. you have investigations coming from the federal level, mueller and southern district ag, county d.a., possibility of impeachment and endless subpoenas and investigations if the house flips. what you need is

i'm jim acosta. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news on president trump at war with prominent critics who are defying his efforts t

. >>> so this is from a rally tonight of trump supporters screaming to jim acosta, calling him a liar and trader. the president and his son retweeting a video of chanting cnn sucks. what is going on at the rallies and why would the president and his son want to be part of that. there was eve an baby that had a button with a baby that said cnn sucks and they were holding it up smiling. what -- >> it appeals to his base. all those people get riled up because there is this sort of phony conspiracy out there that the elites are out to get them and the media is part of the elites. it's not true. and really, it's un-american. i mean, we have -- mark will, i'm sure agree with this. every president thinks the press is out to get them. no president thinks they get a fair shake. but no one has ever done this. even richard nixon wasn't this bad, and something terrible is going to happen, and it's going to be trump's fault, because he is the one spoking this up -- stoking this up. >> jim acosta said even after that people come up to him and say can i get my picture with you? >> a lot of it is all

make it out and sign it, 'jim acosta, lying sack of crap.'" thanks so much. it's for my grandmother." so they're kind of-- they're kind of play-acting-- it seems like they're play-acting their anger for the cameras. in fact, many journalists said that the crowd booing at trump's enemies was like a wrestling bout. so, jim acosta, you should just embrace your new role as a wrestling villain like this: "listen up and listen good, baby! it's me, jimbo the accoster, enemy of the people, comin' to you live from the trump rally! wooo! and i'm ready to take on the golden goon himself with my two biggest weapons: facts! and sources! can i get a "hell, yeah"? ( cheers and applause ) "so, look out, donnie-boy, because i'm challenging you to a press conference, no questions barred! the reporter versus the distorter! i'm gonna spank you harder than stormy daniels with a rolled-up 'forbes, baby.' so get ready, trumpy, because the pain train is coming, and you're going down. wooo-wooo! and this time, it's gonna be on the record." woooo!" we've got a great show for you tonig

what i saw in a clip is a video jim acosta talking to members of the press. i just feel that trump -- i don't know why my phone is doing that. >> they are telling you you are wrong. >> trump is the one inciting this with his rhetoric and language. he needs to stop his pulpit bullying from the podium and he needs to quiet the noise of some of these, i'm calling these thugs at his rallies. >> a lot of blame to go around, trump is trying to stimulate reaction from the press when he goes after them but when you see jim our cost the in front of the crowd of trump supporters and try to drum up as much hatred as possible to show on the news and come into the white house briefing room and claim to be the victim i don't think americans are buying that. >> it used to be true, what the news was, they are self electing, and that is something used effectively in 2016. and in pennsylvania he was giving those remarks, friends and family at the rally, looking at all kinds of news sources so it is no longer true that jim acosta is the only one who says what the news is, they

rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry it's all right go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have pressed people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think i will say that trump is a jerk and that he's disorganized and he doesn't do anything really because the evidence going on that he needed co

let me just glance down because i was handed reporting from jim acosta from all things on mcgahn. he did not have a good relationship with the president for more than a year. what do you know? >> reporter: brooke, i think that sums it up. look, i was just watching your intro there, and it really does capture the complications, like a lot of the president's relationships with a lot of the people that work for him. don mcgahn with him, they were definite definitely -- they had rocky times. don mcgahn had his bags packed and boxes packed in his office ready to go because he was ready to quit. so there was definitely a very tense relationship at times between don mcgahn and the president. but here's the deal. for the purposes of the investigation, the russia investigation, don mcgahn has been a very, very important witness. the fact is, he's the white house counsel who had very important conversations with the president over, for example, the recusal of jeff session, which you know is something that donald trump has been very, very exercised about for more than a year. and he also had

let's go to jim acosta today. we heard mr. trump slamming sessions and assaul sessions. >> that's not the only big news today. sarah sanders told reporters there had not been any discussions pardoning paul manafort and now the washington post is reporting yes, the president did bring it up with his legal team in recent weeks and he was advised to wait until after the investigation of the russia conclusion. i have been told the president had been advised against pardon for months including manafort. the most surprising moment came when the president found one republican in washington is willing to push back, jeff sessions. >> reporter: president trump and his favorite cabinet punching bag, jeff sessions, punch back. it started of him attacking sessions again for recusiing himself. >> he should not have done and should have told himme. he took the job and said i am going to recuse myself. what kind of man of this. >> reporter: sessions said in a attorney, the actions of department of justice will not be partly influenced by the

our coverage now continues with jim acosta in for wolf in "the situation room." have a great weekend. see you sunday morning. >>> happening now, breaking news. supporting manafort even with the jury undecided, president trump declares the case against paul manafort very sad and manafort's lawyers say they really appreciate the support as the president once again crossed a line? >>> bruce or dare. 15 former intelligence chiefs sign a letter slamming the president. but the president says he's up to the challenge suggesting to soon strip justice department official bruce ohr of the clearance. >>> assailing robert mueller. president trump attacks the special counsel calling him very conflicting and telling him to write his report. is he ruling out an interview? >>> passing the parade by. admitting it's too pricey the president canceled the plan for a fancy french-style military parade through the nation's capital as the american legion said the money is better spent taking care of wounded veterans. wolf is off today. i'm jim acosta and you're in "the situation room."

>> and jim acosta has been a frequent target. he is the white house correspondent, of course, for cnn. cnn and nbc and others have also been targets. but jim acosta posted a video, we've cleaned this up a little bit, we've had to bleep out all the profanity, the trump supporters at that rally, egged on by the president, going after jim acosta. [ yelling ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> so that's the view from one correspondent, one network correspondent, ruth, of what it's like to cover a trump rally last night. >> so it was bad enough, and honestly it was scary enough at times, when president trump was just candidate trump. but for a president of the united states to be repeatedly not just elevating this fake news argument but to be talking about reporters as the enemy of the people, to be egging this on, to be egging it on in particular in the aftermath of the murders in annapolis, it's somewhere between appalling and heartbreaking. we are becoming too much inured to it. meanwhile we're becoming inured to the absence of pres

we continue with jim acosta. thanks for watching. i'll see you sunday morning. >>> happening now, breaking news. stone associates, woman known as the mantd madame facing a grand jury. long time associate of roger stone choosing to appear and others defy court orders. now radio host identified as the back channel to wikileaks is called to testify. is the special counsel closing in? >>> hush money. aide claiming in the new book offered hush money after being fired. omarosa newton who once defended the president of charges of racism is making own claims in a tell-all book. should she be believed? >>> marching again. the white supreme cysts acists marching again. how will the president respond this time? >>> citizen-in-laws. the president said he wants to stop what he called chain migration and now his own in-laws, the parents of the first lady, sworn in using the same process. is the height of hypocrisy? wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta and you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, series of fast-moving developments in

it is dividing the country i mean jim acosta i mean what a disgrace to journalism ok i mean and they probably think he's doing a great job rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry it's all right go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her comms team the comms team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate that information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have presently people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think

his son eric even posted the jim acosta video, then trump retweeted it. a retweet is the closest eric trump get to a hug from his father. the truth is on the endangered list. president trump in his second year as president, he has almost doubled the number of lies he told in the first year. in june and july, the president was averaging 16 lies a day. that doesn't even count the one he tells his wife. [ laughter ] but the press, and here's the thing about the press, they never say lie. they never say he lies. they keep using words like falsehood, misleading. there's another term for those words, it's called lying. he's not misleading, he's lying. you know how you can tell he's lying? because he's always telling us it's true. >> that president is one of the dumbest human beings on earth. it's true. trump is one of the only people ever that actually accomplished more than he promised, and it's true. hillary clinton couldn't be elected dog catcher, i mean that, it's true. the safest place on earth is at a trump rally, and you know that, it's true. i said, doc

rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry. go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have pressed people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think i will say that trump is a jerk and that he's disorganized and he doesn't do anything that he needed because the evidence going on that he needed comes to mean.

acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry. go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her comms team the comms team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate that information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have pressed people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think i was. that trump is a jerk and that he's disorganized and he doesn't do anything only because that's what's going on that doesn't need it comes to me has twitter ok that's why it's added dear let me go to

let's begin with jim acosta. jim, the white house counsel don mcgahn will leave his job soon after cooperating with the mueller probe. what is the latest? >> that's right. president trump confirmed reporting including one that began oig don mcgahn is on his way out. he is critical to the russia investigation. and as the president told us, he is not worried about mcgahn told robert mueller insisting that he has done, quote, everything by the book. president trump put an end to the speculation, confirming that his long time aide and white house counsel will leave his post in the coming weeks. >> he's been here almost two years. and a lot of affection for don. >> reporter: mcgahn is one of the central figures in robert mueller's russia investigation in wore ways than one. when the president has toyed with the idea of firing mueller in the past, mcgahn was one who stood in the way. but more critically mcgahn spent 30 hours answering questions. >> was it a mistake to have you speak without limits? >> reporter: still t

rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that i'm sorry i'm sorry. go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes hope picks the way used to run and not i was. your trainer president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who is a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have presently people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think i'll say that trump is a jerk and that he's disorganized and he doesn't do anything or read because that's what's going on that doesn't need it comes to me has twitter ok

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acosta i mean what a disgrace to journalism ok i mean and they probably think he's doing a great job rob if you were nodding your head go ahead he's not he's not defied ok ok go ahead go ahead rob jim acosta is not dividing that ok i'm sorry i'm sorry it's all right let's go ahead rob lionel consider this ok i'm going to start at the top with our esteemed president donald j. trump when you have a white house press pool they usually normally interact with the white house communications director who for quite a while was hopes his hope picks the way it used to run and i was not a huge fan of president obama only voted for him once jen psaki who was a communications director disseminate that information to her columns team the columns team then interacted with various people in the press pool and disseminate information to them so they could write about it i don't think that's ever been done under trump so you have pressed people that sit around twiddling their thumbs sitting and fuming going what am i going to do what am i going to write about i think i will say that trump is a jerk an