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rare it is for a president to step aside and not attend that it comes after a number of stepping up of the attacks on the media. president trump has described some outlets as they can use and says that fake news is the enemy of the american people and then on friday at a white house breathing briefing certain selected members of the media were not allowed in. cnn and the new york times and bbc are among others. our editor is still asking for an explanation as to why we were not allowed in and we are not sure whether this will continue. what this message that president trump has put out on a tweet is clear is that his animosity and his relationship with the press is not going to get any better. meanwhile democrats have elected a new national chairman. tom perez is a former member of barack obama s cabinet. the role is seen as key when it comes to driving the party s message and criticising president trump. here s what mr perez had to say after his election. some day t ....
by the sitting president. the white house has been asked to explain why it barred reporters from several news organisations, including the bbc, from a briefing on friday. from washington, laura bicker reports. this seems to be a further deterioration of the president s relationship with the press. this dinner is usually an annual, star studded event and a chance for the press and president to sit down together and put any animosity aside. and president donald trump has decided that this year he will not attend. 15 presidents have been to this dinner. it has only been skipped on three occasions. that was president richard nixon in 1972, president carter and president ronald reagan. it comes after a number of stepping up of the attacks on the media. president donald trump has described some outlets as fake news , and he says that fake news is an enemy of the american people. and then, on friday, at a white house briefing, certain selected members of the media were not al ....
on friday, several media outlets, including the bbc, were excluded from a white house press briefing with no reason given. laura bicker reports from washington. this seems to be a further deterioration of his relationship with the press. this event is a star studded, glittering event. a chance for the president to put any animosity aside and president trump has decided this year, he will not attend. 15 presidents have been to this dinner and it s only been skipped on three occasions. president nixon in ‘72, president carter in ‘78 and ronald reagan in ‘81 and ronald reagan couldn t go because of an assassination attempt and he even phoned in. that is how rare it is for a president to step aside and not attend that it comes after a number of stepping up of the attacks on the media. president trump has described some outlets as they can use and says that fake news is the enemy of the american people and then on friday at a white house briefing, certain selected memb ....
1930 s. by some estimates, 60% of those deported u.s. citizens. what was an injustice they ve done to us, being an american citizen, for them to send us to mexico when we were not mexicans. amy: we will speak with professor francisco balderrama, co-author of the landmark book decade of betrayal: mexican repatriation in the 1930 s. and we will be joined by and ex-wife.s son when they recently flew back into the country from jamaica, immigration authorities asked them if they were muslim. when muhammad ali, jr., said yes, authorities detained and questioned him and his mother for two hours. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president trump is heading to capitol hill tonight for his first presidential address to congress, where he s expected to lay out part of his budget plan. on monday, trump proposed increasing the military budget to just over $600 billion, a $54 billion increase, while ....
we will look back at a largely forgotten period in u.s. history when more than one million possibly 2 million people were deported to mexico in the 1930 s. by somome estimates, 60% of thoe deported u.s. citizens. what was an injustice they ve done to us, being an americanan citizen, for them to send us to mexico when we were not mexicans. amy: we will speak with professor francisco balderrama, co-author of the landmark book decade of betrayal: mexican repatriation in the 1930 s. and we will be joined by and ex-wife.s son when they recently flew back into the country from jamaica, immigration authorities asked them if they were muslim. when muhammad ali, jr., said yes, authorities detained anand questioned him and his mother for two hours. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president trump is heading to capitol hill tonight for his first presidential address to congress, where he s expepe ....