President to talk to fox and friends. In many cases the president is his own best spokesperson. Howie the president s pick to run the va bows out after a flood of accusations to the press. Dr. Ronny jackson is desperately in need of the credibility he threw to the wind since the day he praised the cheeseburger lifestyle of the president. Anybody you nominate, if you think about taking a job in this administration, well wreck your life. Well wreck your life with very specific allegations from unnamed sources. Howie have news outlets been unfair to the doctor by pushing these allegations . A former nbc correspondent accuses tom brokaw of Sexual Misconduct. Im linda vester. For a decade i worked at nbc news and an anchor and correspondent. I was groped and assaulted by tom brokaw. Howie brokaw denies the allegations and calls it a drive driveby shootings. This is mediabuzz. Im howard kurtz. There has been an avalanche of negative headlines after Ronny Jackson pulled the plug on his run for the va secretary. Less than 40 hours after the president suggests he might want to bow out. President trump i told admiral jackson just a little while ago. I said what do you need this for . This is a vicious group of people. I dont want to put a man through a process like this. Its too ugly and too disgusting. What does he need it for . To be abused by a bunch of politicians who arent thinking nicely about our country . Howie he decided he didnt need it. These are all false accusations. They are trying to destroy a man. Joining us to analyze the coverage. Mollie hemingway. And shelby holliday, and juan williams. The larger media is donald trump employs people and possibly they arent properly vetted. Mollie we dont have a cabinet secretary at the veterans administration. This is a very Important Agency that serves the health of our veterans. Thats an important story how hes nominating people. But that larger narrative misses the point. A lot of americans voted for trump because he does things differently than people in washington. Howie shaking things up has positive and negative effects. The media take was how can jackson be named to run the va, no Management Experience. Trump likes him because he praised his health. And the media pounced. Juan i wouldnt say the media pounced. Initially it was the basis of reports to the senate. What are these allegations . Then subsequently the reporting comes out based on leaks coming out of the senate that military people have gone to senator tester and the allegations, the glad started. Howie it turns out some of these allegations about wrecking a car or being so drunk he couldnt be roused arent true. Juan we dont know. How report secret service said that. Juan jr. The secret service came back on he was banging on a door. The white house said these reports of drunken behavior and handing out pills lik like a candy man arent true. Howie there were a whole bunch of nominees put up. But there is a New York Times story that says for many life on the trump team end in a crash. That working for the president isnt good for your reputation. Its not that its not true in every case, but is it overstated . Shelby i dont think its overstated. Does Ronny Jackson stay on as white house doctor . I think hell. A lot of people feel when they leave their reputation has been burned. Or they left on their own accord. Something they disagreed with in the administration. Its a tough place to work. There are still questions about this doctor. Dose hand out pills like candy . Is he drinking on the job . This is the whole problem here. Senator john tesser went out with anonymous allegations that in some cases have been disputed and not verified. The media are talking about it acting like its no big deal to destroy a mans reputation. Journalistic norms are being thrown out the window. You dont say this could be true and that could be true. You make sure something is true. A report based on Anonymous Sources. In the same way credence was given to harry reid when he made up information about mitt romneys tax returns. Howie are republicans leaking on committees. Its not only democrats. The president calling for tester to resign. The thing about tester, the republican chairman johnny iverson says he has no problem with what tester did. Juan i think there is a lot of concern about the issue you raised at the beginning of the show. Qualifications. Does he have the Management Experience to run the second Biggest Agency in washington. Howie thats now moot. What about the media running with allegations, many of which were not confirmed. Juan to me thats not the issue. Howie devin nunes . Juan jr. Devin nunes has been all over the papers. Somebody put their face and name who is an elected american official, u. S. Senator putting his name to it and says here is what is coming. Howie initially some of this was leaked and he went public. The spectacle of the leaders of north and south korea and possibly moving ahead with the denuclearization process. Donald trump was criticized for taunting little rocket man. Do you think the press is giving him some credit for the apparent progress on north korea. Mollihem. Mollie i saw on cnn they wrote the story. We were talking about how the media said donald trump was bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. I think its important to give the same kind of coverage over what appears to be a success so far. Howie last night for the white house Correspondents Dinner the president went to washington, michigan and had unfavorable things to say about the press. President trump they dont have sources. The sources dont exist in some cases. I could be up there smiling. They are hitting you shot after shot. These people hate your guts. Howie comedian Michelle Wolf was cursing with bombs on television. Personally cruel to Sarah Huckabee sanders and Kellyanne Conway who was there. Juan i thought the level of acerbic commentary directed at Sarah Huckabee sanders, she is sitting there as a representative of that organization. And i think she honored us with her presence. It was a difficult relationship. And she decided to make herself available and present. And i think it was rude, just as a human being if i started speaking about howard kurtz in that way. Howie riesd an understatement. The president tweeting it was a big boring bomb. He wants greg gutfeld to be the comedian next year. This came to define what would have been a nice bunch of award for journalists. Shelby she took it too far, some of her attacks, especially with Sarah Huckabee sanders. Journalists were most of critical of this standup routine if we want to tal ife want to call it that. But there were good parts of the dinner, students were honored. Those things were overshadowed by crude jokes that didnt need to be involved. Mollie i feel about the white house Correspondents Dinner with utter disdain. It was uneven comedy. Attacks on one group of people and light attacks on the media. It needs to be more heavy hitting against itself. Howie let me get a break here. I am getting new online feedback for mothers day. Media madness, the press and the war over the truth. Later, a former reporters Sexual Misconduct allegations against tom brokaw and how nbc is struggling to address it. [car accelerating] you can switch and save worry. You can switch and save hassle. [vacuuming sound] and when you switch to esurance, you can save time, worry, hassle and yup, money. In fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved hundreds. 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He leaked classified information in order to try and get a special counsel. You said it he said it wasnt classified. Howie the president said hes staying out of justice for now. Shelby he keeps playing the idea he might do something. Hence, meddle in the investigation. You have control over this, mr. President. What people were surprised by were not so much the words, but his tone. You can hear how amped up he is. Some people described it as hysterical. Howie it wasnt hysterical. It was amped up, and he was ticked off. The federalist dug up some information about the whole dossier affair that had to do with James Clapper who was the director of intelligence Mollie Hemingway he said in that memo the House Select Committee on intel members had information showing he had been talking to jake tapper in early january. He lied by the and gave conflicting information. We are starting to see pieces of the puzzle put together that there was highlevel contact between journalists and top officials during the obama administration. Howie you are not saying cnn shouldnt have reported it, by the was done to push the story out. Mollie when you have Anonymous Sources wanting you to push things out. You have to have why they are doing that and whether your coverage reflects the whole story. Howie it was a big story for cnn to report. But its pretty damning about clapper if he didnt initially tell the truth about cnn. Juan when you are a reporter in washington and trying to get sources, if you can get to clapper or jim comey as fbi director or andrew mccabe, mccabe was found to have lied about contacts with reporters apparently unauthorized. But the idea that Anderson Cooper or whoever is going at the sources, and the sources calculate about the impact of Media Exposure for information that was so explosive. Its not crazy. We know the man who wrote the dossier was briefing cnn. According to this report and getting it to cnn raises a whole set of questions. Shelby holliday, Mollie Hemingway, juan williams, thank you for coming out this sunday. The president blows off the white house Correspondents Dinner. Tom brokaw is angry and hurt over allegations he sexually harassed a former nbc reporter. But linda vester says she was scared and traumatized. Ngle dad. And back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. Then i found aleve pm. The only one to combine a safe sleep aid. Plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. Aleve pm for a better am. Feet go here. You know what goes here. And your approval rating. Goes here. Test drive the ztrak z540r at your john deere dealer and learn why its not how fast you mow, its how well you mow fast. Nothing runs like a deere. Save 250 dollars when you test drive and buy a john deere residential z540r ztrak mower. Troubling allegations. A former nbc correspondent accuses tom brokaw of making unwanted advances towards her two decade ago. Howie linda vester is making gripping allegations against brokaw, allegations he strongly denies. He said in two separate cities he got physical with her. I grabbed the pillow to show with all the body language i can muster. Im terrified, i dont want him here, im not underred. He reached behind my head and tried to force me to kiss him. I pulled up with all the strength i can muster and stood up. I said, tom, i dont want to do this with you. Howie joining me, marisa guthrie. When you look at that emotional it view with linda vester who formerly hosted a show on fox news. Its very detailed, graphic and specific. And the allegations were substantiated by friends and journal entries. She paints a troubling picture, absolutely. Howie i want to be fair to tom brokaw. You obtained a letter that he wrote to friend and colleagues at 4 00 in the morning. She unleashed a torrent of unsubstantiated attacks on me. Not really any conciliatory language in that note. He tore her down in that letter. Hes entitled to defend himself. This an allegation from more than 20 years ago. There is a second anonymous allegation from the same time period in the Washington Post story. A woman who is not named. What the letter represents is somebody desperately trying to afraid they are going to lose their legacy. It represents a 20yearold correspondent. I think thats what a lot of people are grappling with. I was deeply trauma tighted by being groped and assaulted by tom brokaw. I was silent. There was nothing i could have done to seek recourse. To have done so at nbc would have been the end of my career, full stop. Howie nbc doesnt have an outside investigation. They are using inhouse. Against matt lauer. I think that a lot of this is the man inintroverting it different than the woman. 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Howie last nights white house course cents dinner turned into a travesty when a median trashed Sarah Huckabee sanders and Kellyanne Conway. If a tree falls in the woods. How do we get kelly under that tree. Im not suggesting she gets hurt. Just stuck. Howie joining me, a past president of the White House Correspondents Association. She was dropping live fbombs. Ed she was joking about abortion. I understand its a tough job. You are up there, you pick the comedian, and there is a First Amendment in this country whether you like it or not. However, i think its long past time for the association to put out a simple one statement sentence saying we do not agree with this. These personal vile attacks on Sarah Huckabee sanders who is a good person. If Hillary Clinton had been elected and Jennifer Palmieri had been up there, its ridiculous. The association should apologize period stop. Howie you know who else agrees with you is andrea you mitchell. She said Sarah Huckabee sanders was personally insulted. Ed by the way, im hearing this on social media. Im not letting the president off the hook. When the president said the press is the enemy of the American People months ago that was not right. He should not have said that. Im not letting him the hook about that. But we should show respect to the president. I shouldnt even have some to say that. Thats elementary. And people are not doing that. She is a professional woman. Attack her for what she says about syria, attack her on substance. But not personally. Howie Michelle Wolf is not apologizing. She went on twitter and said i was complimenting Sarah Huckabee sanderss eye makeup. Ed the White House Correspondents Association can be and should be better than a gutter comedian. Howie let me move to the president s fox and friends interview. One thing that drew a lot of attention is what he had to say about his personal lawyer. President trump michael would represent me on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal. Howie now hes saying Michael Cohen did represent him. Ed i dont think its a shock Michael Cohen represented him. Where the president continues to misstep is from a media perspective, i have never seen any public figure comment on a legal matter and have it go well for them. Your lawyers tell you let that play out in the courts. I think he pours gasoline on a fire. He told me, i was on fox and friends for a halfhour and every other network played the whole thing. He said everybody was talking about everything i had to say, and he told me hes going to do more of it. Howie it was object all the cable networks. Lets put up the banner from the don lemon show. President trumps unhinged interview. Ed im not giving him a pass, i think his comments on cohen didnt help him. But you see this with banners, crazy, unhinged.