moment for the president. we talked about anthony scaramucci, obviously one thing that looking forward we might see is and this, is you know, always determined dpeepending o donald trump himself and desires there could be an opportunity for press reboot over the issues that press corps is arguing with the president about, access to the president, press conferences, on camera briefings. there is a new white house correspondence association president who is coming in as it happens at exactly the same time that we have a new communications director and head of the communications shop. so will the president allow there to be kind of reboot on these issues? we ll see. we shall see. time will tell. the naacp meeting next week on starting monday in baltimore. really beginning the most important stretch of their annual conference. the question there, how does this very old, the old efest ci
the white house it s no wonder reporters are feeling frustrated. the stats from june, seven on camera briefings, twelve off camera and on weekdays without any briefings at all. let s keep in mind the president had his first rnc fund-raiser earlier this week. the press was not allowed inside. however the audio leaked pretty quickly. olivi olivia, what s the big fuss here is this normal this idea that the briefings are only going to be held on camera when the white house thinks it s an advantage to? well, that seems to be the case, right? this week one of the only on camera briefings was when sarah huckabee sanders used it to attack cnn, and specifically russia reporting. i think there was a reason why we were all assembled there and why the cameras were there. it was very transparent at the time. and you re right, we were not allowed to watch donald trump s fund-raiser at his hotel this week. had to assemble with a bunch of
supporters i have spoken to are frustrated that the press secretary and the press office aren t getting the message out. jon: he s been getting big ratings for those on camera briefings. we will have that briefing when it begins. heather: in the meantime, this fox news alerts. on a lockdown prompted by a possible active shooter at the redstone arsenal near huntsville, alabama. the army base warning on its twitter and facebook account to run, hide, fight. fbi is on the scene, they cannot at this point confirmed there is an active shooter. we have no reports of any injuries but we are also hearing that terrorism is not suspected. the report of a possible shooter and one of the buildings is a real event, not part of a drill that was planned for tomorrow. more than 30,000 people work there, we are following the
television it is somewhat nonsensical. many of the reporters use anonymous sources and right of things, and yet i can make an equal argument that that does not sound like news to me. we report very robustly. the briefing is one small part of what the extensive staff doe does. jon: well, it is a question. he used to get big ratings for his on camera briefings, white house press secretary sean spicer there. now they are being cut back, the televised versions at least. he will hold an on camera briefing and a couple of hours, it is audio only. we might not be allowed to take it live. and it might be the future. while the media might not like it, how much impact will it actually have? let s bring in the media panel. emily scheier, guy benson. welcome to both of you. emily, to you first. although live on camera
they believe to be true when in fact it is not. that is why, just to stress the point that you make, that the f.b.i. briefing at 5:00 o clock is essential to this story at the moment. it s the information life line. it is the way that you get the facts as they know them. yes, are we working to get information behind the scenes every minute, every hour? yes. are we talking to officials off camera? of course. but really, those on camera briefings, that s the way that we get the information as well. bill: indeed. quickly on the risin investigation, what did you pick up today on that story? how much more is there to learn? where is that going? well, had it not been for the boston bombings, this would be a huge, huge story because risin, as you were talking about with your previous guest, is an incredibly dangerous poison and you have a letter sent to the president and a letter sent to a republican senator.