president with a mandate for clang and a supermajority in congress. we saw them organize locally and convince their own members of congress to reject president obama s agenda. their ideas were wrong, cruel, and tinged with racism and they won. so the reason i m talking about this tonight and the reason we re going to talk about one of the authors of this guide in just a moment is because this has not been cooking openly in the beltway media and cable tv news and places we usually look for news about politics. it has really been looking online where it has taken off. it s already led to hundreds of local groups being registered online around this idea and springing up all over the country. i think that s in part because this is very practical. it makes the whole idea very easy. this is a sample call script for what you should say how you should expect it to go when you call your member of congress to
the new york times. you weren t in the meetings. you get to speak freely on this. what do you see developing here between trump and the media? i do think the first where you were going to have a detente. donald trump has a complicated relationship with the media. he loves the media. he loves the new york times. he loves watching cable tv news. he loved doing u ining the inte d he did. you were a former white house correspondent. helene, you as well. being a white house reporter, you see yourself as an institution. it s a different job than being a congressional reporter. it s different than being a political reporter. when you get in the oval office, you are at the podium, it s a different ball game. and a tougher game. do you feel like you can share? the meeting at the times was definitely a different donald trump than you have seen if you
between trump and the media? i do think the first where you were going to have a detente. donald trump has a complicated relationship with the media. he loves the media. he loves the new york times. he loves watching cable tv news. he loved doing the interviews he did. you were a former white house correspondent. helene, you as well. being a white house reporter, you see yourself as an institution. always going at the presidency and very different than a congressional reporter ore political reporter and when you get into the oval office and it is a differentle ball game and much tougher game. and a tougher game. do you feel like you can share? the meeting at the times was definitely a different donald trump than you have seen if you
shootout that left nine people dead and nearly 200 in jail. good afternoon everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. kicking off this thursday with our politics lead calling marco rubio s big night spiked the ball but the big questions can rubio turn what he s got into money into a top poll ranking into institutional support, into a real ground game in early states into an actual thriving and viable presidential campaign that is in gear even when he s not out there charming a cable tv news camera. right to cnn sunlen serfaty following the candidates in colorado. fascinating, all eyes on jeb bush and yet it was rubio who brought the jujitsu using the
najibullacarnage as possible. we live in a world where there is evil. i work in both talk radio and cable tv news and i realize that an event like this results in going nonstop with the story whether there is anything new to report or not. repetition and speculation drive the coverage because when there is nothing new to tell, the options are repeat what we he know, our bring on people who speculate what happened and why it happened. truth it we simply don t know why any person would reach deep enough you into the forces of darkness to decide to kill innocent people simply watching a movie. we just don t know. are but because it is so very out of the ordinary we turn a hot spot light and then we bring it to you you around the clock. here is whey do know. i though that i won t mention the shooter s name on radio or on television because i have got no interest in helping him become a celebrity. i know that he is a coward. he is mentally deranged and his