insular, that there would be no transparency which is one of the sole purposes of the press in the white house of being an extension of the american people, being able to have questions answered for the voting public. >> yeah, you can't cut the press off. the press is essential to our democracy. and more important, the president should remember in this day and age even by canceling the press conference, you don't cancel the press and they will find ways to find out what is happening. and there is more than enough avenues to obtain information always we're seeing already. and this will be doubling damaging to the white house rather than protecting them. >> all right. julian, rebecca, thanks so much. jake tapper will talk about all of this with james clapper and senator chuck schumer tomorrow morning at 9:00 on "state of the union." be sure to watch. straight ahead, trump voters on what they want out of this president. >> i want him to be a good