of internal critics, people that admire sarah huckabee standers but think that she made a hugely i can believe both of those things, we have seen the effect of the president s words and actions on his own white house, we heard bob corker today say there have been times that folks in the white house have called him to try and intervene, when the president was about to do or say something that was off the rails, so we have seen that happen consistently. sarah huckabee sanders is the spokesperson for the president and we have seen the president say and do things that we know are not true. and so it in a sense, perhaps she sees her job as carrying out that same thing. but i think when it came to that spat, especially the spat over sergeant johnson, it just seemed to unseemly, it was surprising
globe. these attempts to lessen then enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. that moment, that remarkable moment in which a representative of the president, the press secretary himself yelled false statements that everyone knew to be lies set the tone for this white house. the president who has vilified journalists decried unflattering stories as fake news and lied over and over again but the trump administration repeated attacks on the rights of american citizens to know the truth about their government did not have its intended affect. press was not cowed. it was invigorated. throughout this hour we ll talk to the journalists that brought about the most remarkable years of reporting in memory, covering one of the most hostile administrations in american history. we begin with michael schmidt, correspondent fran chessa chambers. let me start with you. i see you almost every day in that briefing room, first with schaub spicer and now with sarah