we re talking to arianne zucker who spoke to then citizen trump and billy bush after the now-infamous access hollywood tape. the one that he s now reportedly casting doubt on according to the new york times. i want to play something the president said last week when asked what his message is to women in this moment in u.s. history. let s listen. women are very special. i think it s a very special time, because a lot of things are coming out and i think that s good for our society. and i think it s very, very good for women. and i m very happy a lot of these things are coming out. and i m very happy do you believe the accusers that it s being exposed. back with arianne. i m wondering what your reaction to those comments are when now less than a week later, according to the new york times, over the course of some time, the president has been sowing doubt about the tape that you are on, that access hollywood tape, saying that
positions or higher positions? and that s where i think this is important, you know, we re standing together as men and women, who believe that we should be respecting each other. need to take a stand. and i think this is a perfect time to do it. and be passionate about it. and find the progress and move forward instead of moving backwards. arianne, i want to play something for you the president recently said, but i need to take a quick break and pick up the conversation in a few minutes, if that s okay with you. and we ll get the panel s take as well. and later, that moment that s getting so much attention, a ceremony to honor navajo war heros and the remark about the senator he calls pocahontas. that can trace yor origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. save 40% at ancestrydna.com. ends monday.
need to take a stand. and i think this is a perfect time to do it. and be passionate about it. and find the progress and move forward instead of moving backwards. arianne, i want to play something for you the president recently said, i need to take a quick break and pick up the conversation in a few minutes, if that s okay with you. and we ll get the panel s take as well. and later, that moment that s getting so much attention, a ceremony to honor navajo war heros and the remark about the senator the president calls pocahontas.
arianna zucker. but first, cnn s boris sanchez with the latest from the white house. sarah sanders was asked about this, and talk about what she said. sort of open to interpretation. reporter: it is, anderson. sarah sanders said that the president had already addressed this. she was asked if the president has any doubts about the authenticity of the tape. she says that he has made his position on it clear, dating back to last year when it leaked in october. she was asked if perhaps his position on it had changed and she said no. she said that if anything, what the president questions is the media s reporting around the tape, but we dug deeper, trying to find out specifically what she meant by that and she said that the president questioned current reports. we followed up with her to find out if she was talking about this new york times reporting that the president has suggested, dating back to early this year, to one senator. that this tape may not be authentic.
just locker room talk, including the first lady, melania trump actually told you this was just locker room talk. there s never really been a denial from the white house as to whether or not this tape is authentic, whether or not this is the president s voice on there. one other note that we should mention, billy bush who lost his job and has suffered significantly, his career because of this tape, has never denied that the tape wasn t real so there s really an interesting imbalance between what was said last year and apparently what the president is suggesting in private or in public. joining me now is arianne zucker who was in the tape doing the interview with citizen trump ands also billy bush. so the president questioning the authenticity of the access hollywood tape. you were there. is there any possible way it is not authentic? well, obviously, i wasn t there during the bus ride. i mean, i had just to reiterate, i had no idea what was going on before they