health care individuals. last saturday, did one to veterans to bring attention to this issue. you are right, people can argue about process. certainly, the process is not illuminating the choices for the american people. that s a problem. certainly, the process that the affordable care act went through, as a member of finance, i can tell you, it was an open process. the issue is put front and center so we have a lively debate whether it s a good dwroz cut and cap medicaid. to me, that s the key. appreciate you coming on. appreciate it. thank you. thanks, senator. is this the least transparent white house in decades, dropping on camera briefings, not releasing visitor logs and now, the president is reportedly looking to replace his press secretary. details on that, ahead. way to say this. s no or it s over. i ve found a permanent escape from monotony.
unhappy? the idea behind you are on camera briefings. just to help make sense of what s going on. okay. when i will tell you, multiple times when taking the job in december and january, explainedo do what we can to communicate our message. we have a tremendous respect for the first amendment. our ability and your ability to do your job. to report and seek out ideas. we are going to work with you. i think the briefing is one aspect of what we do. we are here really early in the morning and late at night, available to all of your questions whether it is email or in person. this is one avenue to do that. as you noted, we have opened up skype questions to bring in more people. we have done multiple more opportunities for people to interact with the president according to several folks that have been here for several administrations. we ve looked at a lot of data
outside of the office i wanted to know if you would sort of unpack the idea behind fewer on camera briefings, to sort of help make sense of what s going on? sure. what i ll tell you is, i ve said it look, multiple times prior to actually taking the job in december and january, i explained that we re going to do what we can to communicate our message. we will we have a tremendous respect for the first amendment, your ability to do your job, and report. and seek out ideas. and we re going to work with you, i think the briefing is one aspect of what we do. we re here really early in the morning and really late at night, available to all of your questions, whether it s e-mail or in person, this is one avenue to do that. we ve as you noted, opened up skype questions to bring more people into the briefing room. we have done multiple more opportunities for people to interact with the president, according to several folks who have been here for several administrations, we ve looked a
information from someone. so somebody is giving information about a shakeup. when it comes to sean spicer, i m always curious why journalists would be on his way out in a sense he goes out to the podium every day and acts the way president trump would act. he s speaking on behalf of the president and his contentious attitude with the press seems to be exactly what the president would do and want. this idea that he s somehow making the office look bad, making the president look bad, he actually speaks on behalf of the president, and i think he s doing what the president would do and therefore why would he be fired? . cnn made a big deal this week about one of the briefings was off arm. there was audio only, which cable networks ended up taking some of that live and cnn liberal commentator van jones saying sean is incredibly shrinking man. first of all, it s not unusual to have off camera briefings. every administration has done it. and probably do it
he s like a dead man walking in d.c. it looks like he ll be a zombie character. they won t take him out of the job. they won t let him do his job. he has to stand out there and be a pinata for a press. van added they hope they put him out of his misery. his day-to-day role seems to be diminishing. press briefings are shorter and fewer of them. no longer daily press beefgs. no longer on camera. jeanne moos gives us her take on the incredible shrinking spicer. reporter: now you see him. you re shaking your head here, it s true, you did. reporter: now you don t. you re free to use the audio. reporter: sean spicer is a little like the incredible shrinking man in the 1957 movie. not in a doll house but in the white house, playing cat and mouse with the press, briefings have been rare. friday, spicer resurfaced,