sarah huckabee sanders said he laid hands on her. what do you make of all of this? first of all, tweeting out video that appears to have been altered. right. certainly this president has vilified the media to a degree that none of his predecessors have. every president has complaints about the press coverage. no one has made press part of the story like donald trump has, as candidate and now the commander in chief. that s for sure. he has used the phrase enemy of the people and so on. there are many people who fear he s going to incite violence against members of the press. this moment here, it was a fast confrontation in the room obviously. there was some contact. the video here seems altered or doctored and that is obviously, of course, inappropriate. more than anything, the white house correspondents association, the associated press believe any attempt to curtail press freedom is wrong. we oppose that. we urge that the white house return jim accosta his card pass. all we
fellow member of the press board, jim accosta from cnn. cnn has tried not to give this shiny object status beyond what it already has, but his hard pass was pulled. he can t get back on the white house grounds because of what happened during the news conference, an intern was trying to wrestle the mic away from him. the press office put out a video that appears to be originally produced by an acolyte of info wars. the alex jones folks. the new york times and politico have done a slow-motion forensic study of this video that came out with the i impromatur of the press secretary. here s the washington post version. on the left is real life as it happened, on the right for sharp-eyed viewers there are said to be a few frames that have been alter today make it more of a downward karate chop motion on this intern.
fellow member of the press board, jim accosta from cnn. cnn has tried not to give this shiny object status beyond what it already has, but his hard pass was pulled. he can t get back on the white house grounds because of what happened during the news conference, an intern was trying to wrestle the mic away from him. the press office put out a video that appears to be originally produced by an acolyte of info wars. the alex jones folks. the new york times and politico have done a slow-motion forensic study of this video that came out with the impromatur of the press secretary. here s the washington post version. on the left is real life as it happened, on the right for sharp-eyed viewers there are said to be a few frames that have been alter today make it more of a downward karate chop motion on this intern. sarah huckabee sanders said he laid hands on her. what do you make of all of this? first of all, tweeting out video that appears to have been altered.
we urge that the white house return jim accosta his card pass. all we say is other news organizations have done their forensic study of this video and have come to that conclusion. our thanks to fellow member of the white house press, jonathan lemire, associated press. coming up, the tragedy in thousand oaks, a dozen lives lost, a tragic pathetic sameness settles in across our land. that angle of this story when we come back. i m alex trebek here to tell you
right. certainly this president has vilified the media to a degree that none of his predecessors have. every president has complaints about the press coverage. no one has made press part of the story like donald trump has, as candidate and now the commander in chief. that s for sure. he has used the phrase enemy of the people and so on. there are many people who fear he s going to incite violence against members of the press. this moment here, it was a fast confrontation in the room obviously. there was some contact. the video here seems altered or doctored and that is obviously, of course, inappropriate. more than anything, the white house correspondents association, the associated press believe any attempt to curtail press freedom is wrong. we oppose that. we urge that the white house return jim accosta his card pass. all we say is other news