president's message" said if you don't hear the president's voice, that's why the briefing, particularly an on-camera briefing is so important. and we're not hearing the president's voice. as jim has said over and over again. we've had one solo press conference. that was february. what is this, june. >> brian, what do you say, though, to folks who are listening at home who think this is reporters complaining about their jobs being difficult or complaining about not being respected? >> i think april makes a great point. it's not about us. it's about what this president is doing. look, i separate from the president from his white house press staff because sometimes they've shown promise for doing some things. i credit them for bringing in people from the cabinet to talk to us in some of the briefings. i give them credit for all that. but this president has undermined us from the very beginning. he's called us enemies of the people. he has told us we are fake media, and he is trying to undermine and drive a wedge between the electorate and us and we are the public. we are the republic.