referred to not only anonymously but requested reporters cite something he said as the product of multiple sources. in other words, adding a, yes, fake source. and these complaints come as a new controversy hit the white house press area when sean spicer held a type of pool briefing for some reporters while excluding several specific outlets including the l.a. times, politico, cnn and the new york times. that decision drew strong rebukes from top names in the news. take the new york times executive editor. nothing like this has ever happened at the white house, he said, in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties. he went on to say we strongly protest the exclusion of the times and other news organizations. free media access to a transparent government is of crucial national interest, end quote. while it should be clear it was not totally unprecedented in history to restrict access to a
american democracy is set up to protect white women. yes. so i think this is she s problematic on a host of levels. i wonder how long she ll last. we ve given her a lot of air time in the news so we ve heard from her and we ve played her and now we ve played some responses and that s how it works. stay with us. up next, a republican congressman worrying the protests are impacting the courage of the republican caucus. worrying about your big. about the client dinner. you gonna wear? hannah.
i want you all to know that we are fighting the fake news. it s fake. phony. fake. a few days ago i called the fake news the enemy of the people. and they are. they are the enemy of the people. donald trump speaking to supporters at cpac today, the country s top conference which is so politically important steve bannon appeared on stage. that s a role he rarely takes willingly. trump has so recently co-opted this term fake news it is hard to believe that it began with pro trump phony articles that ran during the campaign and were some of the most shared items on facebook if you count true and false items. that s the context for trump s rhetorical aerobics. a candidate who benefited from fake news now playing national ombudsman and lamenting
lot of technical issues that were brought up by the court and those will be addressed. mr. miller must be new at this because by admitting that they re bringing out basically the same policy he makes it more likely judges will just block the new ban just like they blocked the old one. challengers barely need the aclu when they have steven miller speaking off the cuff on live tv. and that whole fight is about whether the ban is blocked while it s ultimately tested in court. let s be clear. the supreme court could uphold the ban. but legal or not, the big news tonight is about this white house reaction which does suggest something more troubling for national security, an administration that appears at this hour uninterested in the facts even when gathered by their own national security experts at dhs. joining me now on this important story, washington columnist for the boston globe, nicholas khristof pulitzer prize winner from the new york times and
they know better than their constit wens and others that say if you send me forward, even if it s not possibly the best thing for you maybe i should do it because that s what the group wants. explain to them what s going on. the theatrics. as kellyanne conway would say, preach, sisters. and thank you for being here. i really enjoyed this. i want to thank all of you. we also have some msnbc programming news here for you. full disclosure. it does involve me. this sunday msnbc is launching the point, a two-hour show on sundays at 5:00 p.m. eastern. it s part of our coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration. the wrap reported on this noting it would air throughout the first 100 days of the trump presidency. it adds that i m known for slipping random hip-hop references into my coverage. you kn, i don t really consider them random. they re always supposed to be on