the rnc. and by the way, just so you know, presidents obama and bush, george w., allowed reporte erer into their first fund-raising events. let's get right to cnn political director, david chalian, cnn's jim acosta, cnn white house correspondent. kaitlyn collin, senior white house reporter. cnn political analyst, abby phillip. with us, abby barnes for the hill and co-author of "shattered: inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign." jim, we're going to start with you. the administration facing a major hurdle on health care. the white house refused to hold a live on-camera press briefing hours after the president took to twitter to attack the media. calling out cnn, the "washington post," t"the new york times" among other news organizations as fake news. is a war on free press? is that the strategy of this white house? >> reporter: it's definitely far of the strategy over here at the white house, don, and here's why. the president does not have any major legislative achievements to speak of at this point.