sure that that kind of freedom of asking of questions by a white house press corp can carry on? sure. as you say, fred, our colleague kaitlin collins was doing her job as a reporter, trying to get answers to important questions in an opportunity with the president of the united states. for viewers, it is worth reminding she was there as a pool reporter, as a representative of all the broadcast networks. there s also print pool reporters there at the same time, and she s doing there what reporters do, asking tough questions. to your question, fred, about whether or not there s someone that can make sure the president and white house respect the first amendment and freedom of the press, the answer ultimately i have to say is the voters and at least until we get to an election congress. but there has to be a trust between the press corp and white house communication shop, and president trump i think has to understand better than he has in the past that unlike his past
here in an interview with lester. and these are two law enforcement intelligence officials who really feel they have to stand up for their agencies. andrea, this may call for an opinion on your part but it was lost on none of us who could see you on live television that the white house communication shop, sarah huckabee sanders, tweeted out the invitation to putin while you re sitting there with the director of national intelligence whose word the president seemed to go against. last we saw in helsinki. accident, quirk of history or not? i m not in a position especially at this distance to know. i don t have the sourcing to know exactly what was going through your minds? there s a lot of lack of communication in that shop or has been. so i don t really know that, but i do know that a senior intelligence official tonight is there s a lot of lack of communication in that shop or has been. so i don t really know that, but i do know that a senior intelligence official tonight is pushin
you know, he wants to keep politics out of intelligence. and he is putting it all on the line. and i have to say he replicated what criss ray did last night here in an interview with lester. and these are two law enforcement intelligence officials who really feel they have to stand up for their agencies. andrea, this may call for an opinion on your part but it was lost on none of us who could see you on live television that the white house communication shop, sarah huckabee sanders, tweeted out the invitation to putin while you re sitting there with the director of national intelligence whose word the president seemed to go against. last we saw in helsinki. accident, quirk of history or not? i m not in a position especially at this distance to know. i don t have the sourcing to know exactly what was going through your minds? there s a lot of lack of communication in that shop or
force one reasserting that consensus agreement, which he said today had been assessed and reassessed in the last 18 months and is still valid. that it was not just the russians but it was vladimir putin s russians, that all things are decided by the former kgb spymaster at the head of that country. so he was very clear, and he feels that that is his job, as he said, to stand up for the intelligence that he is not you know, he wants to keep politics out of the intelligence. and he is putting it all on the line. and i have to say he replicated what chris wray did last night here in an interview with lester. and these are two law enforcement and intelligence officials who really feel they have to stand up for their agencies. andrea, this may call for an opinion on your part but it was lost on none of us who could see you on live television that the white house communication shop, sarah huckabee sanders, tweeted
kristen solstice anderson, a communication strategy. bill shine knew in the communication shop formerly of fox news and seems they got in a room together and decided here s how we ll explain this one after 24 hours saying nothing. it s going to be that you ve misspoke on one word and that you were misunderstood, that you didn t conjugate a verb the way you meant to conjugate a verb. is that the best they can do and really what the white house thought would convince the american public that, yes, the president of the united states does believe that putin is a bad guy who meddled in our election? there s a slice of trump s base that no matter what the explanation had been would have agreed with it. wom have bought it, said, great. he s put this matter to bed. i think there is another slice of people they were trying to speak to, which are those who believe that trump is prone to misspeaking. that s not a hard thing to believe. right? so in a way, they re trying to lean into a belief