Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. Julian assange and, of course, the media and punching back on twitter, lets get back to my interview with sean spicer, i spoke to him from trump tower. Sean spicer, welcome. Thank you, howie. Donald trump tweeted, im asking the chairs of the house and Senate Committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with nbc prior to me seeing it. I can understand his concern, but does that signal as president he will be ordering Leak Investigations to find out Reporter Sources . Well, its not the Reporter Sources, its trying to figure out where it came from. Theres a big difference between reportest doing their job and
sourcing thicks and people in the government improperly giving Classified Information to people or potentially doing that. I think theres a big difference whether youre targeting the source or recipient. Right. Trumps twitter Feed Paralyzes and some seem say, hey, we shouldnt cover tweets which is ridiculous, why do you think the sho
Robbie mook calling on the fbi to give donald trump the same treatment it gave to Hillary Clinton. All that were asking, so that reporting can be fair, is that the information get released. Release whatever information they have, and then if youre in the business of releasing information about investigations on president ial candidates, release everything you have on donald trump. Release the information on his connections to the russians. Maybe there are investigations now into his taxes. Trumps taxes may not have been legal. Reports of the Maneuver Trump used conferred enormous tax benefits on him losing vast amounts of other peoples money by exploiting a loophole. Today clinton sought to remind voters of trumps treatment of women. She appeared with Alicia Machado who trump shamed over two decades ago. Even instructing his twitter
celebrity, who wouldnt let you into one of his hotels unless you were cleaning the room, wouldnt let you on one of his golf courses unless you were mowing
Tonight, and he is coming off a summit with some of the people who were his strongest detractors during the campaign. Senior National Correspondent john roberts is outside trump tower again tonight. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. It was the highest Profile Summit yet at trump tower, which is directly behind this bus behind me, and also the highest dollars. Donald trump played host to hightech billionaires, most of whom actively campaigned against him in the election. Well, i just want to thank everybody. Reporter it was a crowd that just weeks ago had been openly hostile to donald trump. Amazon founder jeff bezos who during the campaign claimed trump was eroding the democratic process. Apple ceo tim cook who raised millions for Hillary Clinton. Facebook coo Sheryl Sandberg also backed Hillary Clinton, as did tesla and spacex founder, elon musk. Today trump urged them all to put political differences aside and focus on growing the economy, Point Out Tech Stocks have been
Give you last word. Antiwar candidate he criticized iraq and afghanistan war. He was reluctant to get into another war. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for all of his efforts. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for watching. Hard ball starts right now, chris matthews. The coming of trump. Lets play hard ball. Back in washington the start of a busy month. In 18 days donald trump will be
sworn in like it or not as the 45th president of the United States. Today President Obama returned from vacation in hawaii with the goal of trying to protect his legacy which is an Endangered Political Spe sees. Address last week interest chicago. President elect trump returned from his vacation. He tweeted. 2,762 this past year. He criticized what he called Media Outlets for suggesting he himself thought he was going to lose the election. Well talk to newly appointed kellyanne conway. What is donald trump know that we dont what does donald trump know that President Obama and
focus media attention. To we know
Disparaging Intelligence Community. He clowned democrats lead by head clown Chuck Schumer. He called people enemies. Happy new years to all including enemies who have fought me so bad they dont know what to do. Former Deputy Campaign manager, stephanie cutter. Clad to have you back. I have to ask about the behavior of the new president. He calling me who disagree his
enemy, enemies. He is come piling a list. Intel community, reporters. He is aking as if he running a campaign, theres a big different between being a candidate and being the President Elect and ultimately the president of the United States. We heard Intelligence Community of foreign entities voicing concern of what theyre hearing from the President Elect. We rely on other communities to work with our intelligence communities to protect us. Same thing with Check Schumer who does he thinks he going to work with. Hes going to need Chuck Schumer. Yes. He is not a clown nor should he
be called a clown. You haveeat with him man