reporter: that warning on the same day sanders insisted the white house supports a free press. are you trying to say this administration is a champion of a free press. we certainly think that as i stated a moment ago, we support a free press. but we also support a fair press. and i think those things slud should go hand in hand and there is a certain responsibility by the press to report accurate information. reporter: now the issue of the free press came up in response to a group of reporters without borders which ranked the u.s. 45th in the world 45th when it comes to press freedom and the group said the u.s. has dropped in rankings due to the rhetoric coming from the president and, wolf, get getting back to ronny jackson, he spoke to reporters outside of the west wing and said he s continuing on with his nomination fight. we ll see what happens on that front. jim acosta. thank you. new allegations against dr.