eyebrows yesterday with the president s answer to this question. watch this. my desire to increase the u.s. manufacturing and jobs in america is not about china. i m not concerned about china. martha: can that, we break in kayleigh mcenany , co host of outnumbered and marc thiessen is with us, fox news contributor and juan williams, senior political analyst for fox news. we start with kayleigh mcenany . great to have you with us. from the press perspective, one thing that got attention about this particular answer is the president had a card in his hand with a picture of the reporter and the question essentially, more or less, that she was going to ask and a list with all of the numbers. we ve gone so far from this sort of open back and forth with the president. is this normal, to lay these questions out this way? not that level of detail. look, i had a reporter from a wire service and good reporter
talking to donald trump. so far doesn t seem like a like. shepard: there was a time like a month ago or a little longer than that where the white house had a structure. it always had. you knew who was in charge of everything, knew where to go to get answers or get stalled. you knew where to go. is that still the case? i don t think so. it s a team of rivals. there s a breakdown in terms of who is running the show, the power players, senior levels. from the press perspective, you don t have a communications director. you ve had sean spicer that had opinion adversarial. you have donald trump that s been shunting the media and saying they re the opposition party. so certainly as far as where does the information flow happen, how is it happening with some of his cabinet members that are finally in place. it appears to be a messy situation. shepard: people deserve answers for russia, sanctions, business connections with
mayors are going to have a big role going forward, like de blasio in putting up their hands and warping trump if he should go in a certain direction they will throw up roadblocks to prevent people who aren t criminals from being deported. just talked to the santa fe, new mexico, mayor, he would be in that camp. looking at yo two, it s interesting from a press perspective, i know people at home may think why do you care if there s media following along with the president-elect. i remember at the washington corresponde correspondents association in washington when the press wasn t allowed in the motorcade when the president-elect met with the president in the oval office but then last night at the 21 club you had this fancy restaurant in midtown manhattan and trump and his family rolled in without the press. is that how this is going to be? that has yet to be seen but there s not the institutional respect for the role of the press in balancing power. this is the fourth estate.
that s not what fall of 2016 will be about. wait a second. you say it s pathetic. your side is loving this. liberal commentators love that we re in the summer of trump and in fact are trying to cast donald trump as the face of the republican party saying he may be more blunt and brash but he i m not buying that. that he represents what republicans stand for. there s no question whatsoever the democrats are loving this. there s no question the clinton campaign is loving this because it takes attention away from other issues. i will say that from a press perspective, the press again continues to believe this is a serious enterprise and they don t understand what s become of the american public, which is that they have now started treating this campaign like a reality program and in fact that s a sad statement as to what politics as devolved into in our country in 2015. why would it be sad if in fact he is the republican front runner and he s making all kinds of news and a lot of
is. i don t think that s what the summer of 2016 will be about. or the fall of 2016 will be about. wait a second. you say it s pathetic. your side is loving this. liberal commentators love it we re in the summer of trump. they are trying to cast donald trump as the face of the republican party saying he may be blunt and brass. but that he really represents what republicans stand for. there s no question whatsoever the democrats are loving this. no questions the clinton campaign is loving this because it takes attention away from other issues. i will say from a press perspective the press again continues to believe that this is a serious enterprise and they don t understand what s become of the american public which is that they have now started treating this campaign like a reality program and in fact that s sad and a sad statement as to what politics has devolved into in our country in 2015. why would it be sad, bob, if in fact he s the republican front-runner, he s making all k