way writes about them? i don t know, i haven t asked him. we talked on the media show a lot about the revolving door between the press and politicians effect the prime minister zoo director of communications who also worked at the bbc, also work for a time here between 2012 in the bbc, also work for time here between 2012 and 2015 for time here between 2012 and 2015 for use bouquet, is there something on democratic or uncomfortably cosy about the relationship between the press and politicians? h0. about the relationship between the press and politicians? press and politicians? no, they are a source of press and politicians? no, they are a source of information press and politicians? no, they are a source of information to - a source of information to journalists which is valuable because ministers want to stay clear of things but to get the message out for advisors. that s useful. the director of communications, if they re good is also valuable. i don t think it s corrupting in an
days ago that essentially ronny jackson did not have the qualifications to be the va secretary despite the fact the secretary tried to say the president didn t say that. the president did raise questions about the experience level ronny jackson was going to bring to the va. in terms of white house staffers, do we know how they feel about all of this? they like him. he s a well liked guy around here, i can tell you among not only white house officials but member of press. they ve been on foreign trips with him and so on. and people do feel padbadly fore ordeal he s gone through, but at the same time i ve talked to sources this evening who said the white house didn t do proper vetting of ronny jackson and essentially sent him into battle. because any nomination fight is that, a battle here in washington and they felt they sent him in there unprepared and that the white house was not prepared to deal with these accusations when they came forward because a proper vet
administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. [ laughter ] and just to finish your question, we said nothing. all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television, i did not make an opinion. that was a statement made by a talented lawyer on fox so you should not be talking to me, you should be talking to fox. trump awkwardly referring to wikileaks surveillance during the president obama s administration and defending the secretary of press. that claim even yesterday could not be backed up by fox news