this is not consistent with what donald trump ran on except i think it was the right thing to do. i don t think the administration is sure what it s going to do. sending a message to the whole world that we are not going to be walked over. howie: that s a half dozen issues or more. i said it was obsolete. it s no longer obsolete. howie: joining us is erin pike, amy holmes, and marie harf. erin, huffington post, whiplash. 180. exclamation point.
when you have sources going to reporters openly talking about this infighting, the president make up this story. i don t think i think it s overblown that he s going to be out of a job. i don t think he would be president without steve bannon. howie: bannon thinks this is overblown. the president acknowledged telling them to work it out because the infighting keeps stealing the media spotlight. but i can t get away from the notion the press does not like bannon. do you buy that? erin: i m sure that s the case. but you are forgetting the president did give a little bit after smackdown to steve bannon. because he s getting plenty of attention and he was also on the cover of a magazine.
howie: the white house announced it will not make public the visitor logs so people will know who goes in and out of the white house. isn t that something that mostly affects journalists? because that s one way we can get stories? marie: it affects journalists and the american public. they have a right to know who their government is meeting with. we get sent to washington as elected official or public servants to act on behalf of the american people. this is the latest in a long stream of trump administration decisions to keep information from the public. i m not sure what they are trying to hide. but it seems like an unforced error. in the grand scheme of things, bombing syria and afghanistan. this is not the top story. erin: i would say the context is
what did you mean by that? when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people in the way assad is doing. howie: he apologized in interviews and the next day at washington museum. i made a mistake. i got into a topic i shouldn t of and i screwed up. it s a holy week for the jewish people and the christian people. to make a gaffe like this is inexcusable and reprehensible. of all weeks, this compound that kind of mistake. howie: a gaffe by a spokesman led all three network newscasts. overplayed or not. erin: i think it s overplayed
what did you mean by that? when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people in the way assad is doing. howie: he apologized in interviews and the next day at washington museum. i made a mistake. i got into a topic i shouldn t of and i screwed up. it s a holy week for the jewish people and the christian people. to make a gaffe like this is inexcusable and reprehensible. of all weeks, this compound that kind of mistake. howie: a gaffe by a spokesman led all three network newscasts. overplayed or not. erin: i think it s overplayed