killings. and i m not saying that s a good thing. it s down right disturbing. there s such a script or a formula that you can see in the coverage. but there are aspects of the news media coverage of a massacre like the one in santa fe that i think we should assess and maybe rethink. so to do that, let et me bring in the author of the book columbine. dave, good to et see you. although i know that you re always on television after these killings. it s a strange thing. and you told me in the past it s very emotional for you. when you see something break and know you re going to have to be on tv for days talking about another one of these. i sort of feel it through their eyes and text a couple kids on friday ask he was shaken up. i know they are retraumatized and it s horrible for them.
president has been told he wasn t a target. so i m answering your question in many different ways. absolutely. i didn t take it in a different jurisdiction. the president s own justice department took it another direction. because they got information they felt was important enough, and that a judge felt was important enough to raid his personal attorney s office. dana, all of this, of course, diverts attention and focus away from all the great things this president is doing. and i hope cnn will start to cover that a little bit more. because the american people certainly do like what s going on, including this president, making huge strides in short order, toward denuclearizing and we are going to talk about that. it s a huge issue. in great detail later. you talk about diversions. the president is to blame for some of those diversions with his twitter feed. and one example, i mentioned this, he talked about news media coverage of michael cohen, and in that part of that twe
start to cover that a little bit more because the american people do like what is going on including this president making huge strides in short order towards denuclearizing the korean peninsula. we will talk about that in great detail later. you talk about diversions. the president is to blame for some with his twitter feed. one example i mention this he talked about news media coverage of michael cohen. in part of that tweet they say they used nonexistent sources and drugged up loser, who is he talking about? i don t know who he is talking about there. i m very proud that this president has led the charge to try to bend the curve in the right direction on the crisis next door of opiates and other drug use. he just secured $6 billion in the budget. we have a whole of government
the grid iron dinner last night, we have transcriptions of one-liners of those attended. this is really the first time we saw president trump cracking jokes. he s not known for an easy sense of humor. what do you make of the jokes he made last night? it was interesting. i spent most of my time watching him and seeing how he would react. there were a number of skits and song and dance numbers that journalists performed on stage, making fun of him and democrats, of course, but he was in good spirits, seemed to be laughing and smiling and when it came time for him to deliver his remarks, he was pretty funny. he had ups and downs, of course, as anybody in a comedy routine would, but took a light hearted approach, which i was surprised by because he s been so angry and private with the news media coverage and feeling like those who are in the room, the actual journalists like me who cover him, are not treating him fairly and there s just a lot of
failures whether it s the impending failure to pass the repeal of obamacare or his embarrassing war of words with the north korean dictator which is also dangerous. this thing has gotten way out of hand so, yes, we need everybody to calm down, but we need to stand up for the right of free speech which is what most of the players and their coaches and even owners who supported donald trump have done now. arthel: well, you re right, the president is very smart when it comes to driving the news media coverage and taking it to where he wants it to go. meanwhile, i want to ask you how do you think white house chief of staff general kelly will discuss this war of words between the president and the players happening, you know, so publicly? look, i think that john kelly, general kelly is responsible for bringing order out of the chaos that was the