james rosen. they designated him as a flight. risk so they wouldn t have to tell them about their surveillance. they secretly seized associated press phone records. they rejected a record number of foia request, freedom of information requests. those are threats to the first amendment. jeff mason should have been speaking out about that at other white house correspondents dinners. parties should have beent canceled, boycotts should have happened under the obama administration. actions, obama, words, trump.ed that is a difference here. tucker: we actually have jeff mason still in our studio. jeff, would you like to respond to any of the things that joe just said? the first thing i would respond to, joe, sort of like at the top clip of the show, you cherry picked my words and you guys are critical of how reporters report. you are leaving out a good chunk of what i said. i talked about access. i said that. i said you said there was good access. what you did not say, when i talked
not like everyone else? would it affect the coverage? the problem is, tucker, i don t think they would be hired. [laughter] they wouldn t get the chance to do it in the first place. tucker: gentlemen, thank you both. coming up, today is may day, the great state for labor protests around the world. instead of marching for workers, today, activists demanded open borders. we ll talk to a protest organizer about what that means exactly.is stay tuned. that s why there s biotene. and biotene also comes in a handy spray. so you can moisturize your mouth anytime, anywhere. biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. find fast relief behind the counter allergies with nasal congestion? with claritin-d. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes and contains the best oral decongestant. live claritin clear, with claritin-d.
talking about it is investigation and independent commissions that can get to the bottom of this potential tucker: there is an fbi investigation already going on. unless you think the fbi do you think the fbi has been penetrated by russian intelligence? i think we should treat this scandal like we would other scandals. there are multiple layers of investigation. we need investigations, we need independent commissions to get to the bottom of this. tucker: i am confused. if the fbi has not, as you alleged, been penetrated by vladimir putin s secret service, they are not a tool of the kremlin, too, that is an open question to you. wait. i am sorry. what is an open question for me? tucker: the fbi s completely on the level, then, we don t need a series of why does this scandal deserve less scrutiny than other scandals? the iran-contra scandal? why does this not deserve an independent commission?
basically an extended middle finger to the president, an expression of dislike. the press shouldn t like or dislike politicians. i totally disagree with you. tucker: were you there? you just played my clip. tucker: you are sober and watching? i was there participating, what you didn t do was play the clip in which i said access under the trump administration has been good. it has. i would disagree with the way you introduced this by saying we complained about the trump administration. what we did was we said this is what has gone well and what has gone well is we have had good access. that is important. tucker: not just good access, but overwhelming, maybe too much access. beyond talking what access, we also talked about the first amendment. the white house correspondents association stands up for the first amendment. it is a clear undermining of those rights when you hear some of the rhetoric that president trump said. tucker: really? the first amendment is being chall
the last election. somehow, political rhetoric keeps getting hotter anyway. last week, democratic congresswoman maxine waters of los angeles speculated that congressman jason chaffetz isco retiring because he fears exposure as a russian agent. this past weekend, she went further than that, believe it or not.nt she said it is already time to talk about impeachment for president trump. watch. this russia connection is a serious issue. i have been talking about it for a long time. each day, we learn more and more about it. the guardian article brings us even closer to the facts. l something took place, meetings have taken place, conversations have taken place. i have always said that i believe that there was collusion. p if we determine the facts, if s the dots are connected, that there has been collusion, then i really do think that this president could be impeached. tucker: we have asked congressman waters many times to come on the show, begged her staff and every time she has dec