Among the worlds most dishonest people. The one thing we have done, we have exposed the credibility of the press. They have the lowest credibility. Given trumps reliance on free publicity and the access to plenty of news shows, including this one, it is worth remembering the joke someone cracked during the campaign. Donald trump complainingbo media is like an oil man complaining about the smell of crude. So this morning, we will take a close look at this love hate relationship between donald trump and the press. I will talk to the editors of the New York Times and the wall street journal. To a group of top media critics from around the country. But i will start with three people whose job it has been to work for a president and deal with him every day of the week as well as deal with the relationship between the president and the working press. Joe lockheart who was bill clintons press secretary in the second term. Nicolle wallace, Communications Director of george w. Bush and ari flei
I think he wants them like an addict craves their drug. The press corps is one of the least re the most reluctant institutions to change. Technology has changed. Everything is changing. The White House Press corps is still largely dominated and defined by the habits of people in the 90s. It hasnt changed much. Lets make some changes here. You could make changes. I have my own ideas. I will wait until you what are some changes in the relationship between the White House Press corps and some traditions you think deserve theres been talk of upending some of them. What would you like to make . Im most intrigued by the notion that trump doesnt think he needs or wants to have a protective pool. The protective pool exists so that on days like 9 11, a president can speak not just to his press or to this country but to the world. I think changes his mind about the need for protective pool and maybe getting the press to be more inventive and modern in what that protective pool is made of up. I w
Plus the fall of an equal opportunity offender. Milo yiannopoulos resigns as an editor at breitbart news. And you you know youve gone too far when youre too much for breitbart. But why was a man who spouted so much hate ever a darling of conservatives in the first place . Thats a good question. And well answer that for you this evening. Get right to cnn correspondent mr. Jeff zeleny with the breaking news of the evening. The newest thing that we have. Lets talk about the president now, signaling an expansion of deportations of undocumented immigrants in this country. What exactly is the white house saying . He is indeed. They sent two memorandums to the department of Homeland Security today basically saying theyre going to enforce existing u. S. Law. Anyone in country as an undocumented immigrant could be subject to being arrested. This is different from the obama administration. That was generally reserved for criminals, a violent criminal. They didnt have the bandwidth to go after ev
Vice president elect, mike pence, who you will remember as the governor of the great state of indiana, theyre scheduled to tour the carrier air conditioning plant in indiana but as trump and pence take a victory lap, taxpayers could lose out and critics including conservatives say trump may be setting a dangerous precedent. A source familiar with the negotiations tells cnn carrier will get 7 million in state incentives and tax breaks over the course of ten years in exchange for keeping those thousand jobs where they are. Meantime this carrier tour kicks off a day of celebration for trump. Later on he will begin what his team is calling a thank you tour starting with an event in cincinnati, ohio. First we begin in indiana. Se cnns Suzanne Malveaux is in indianapolis. Has his plane arrived. Reporter we know the plane is about to arrive, approximately 2 03. Hell go straight to the plant and hell be on the floor where ten months ago the bosses told their employees their jobs were going to
Praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an american citizen is both base and servile. To announce there should be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile but is morally treasonable to the american public. Nothing but the truth should be sfoeken about him or anyone else but its even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant about him than about anyone else. Tell the truth. Pleasant or unpleasant. Todays program is about this message. Later this hour, ill tell you which american president said this and why he said it. The words are especially important today decades and decades later because president elect donald trump does not respect dissent. He attacks truth telling journalists and bullies critics. He may think this is a Winning Strategy for him but the rest of us lose. Lets face it, these are challenging times for journalists, very challenging times and they are about to ge