reporter: one of the things that caught our attention amid all of this discussion about the attorney general is today the president as you pointed out criticized him for not going after hillary clinton effectively. and what s notable about that is that as the president-elect back in november, mr. trump said that he had no intentions of trying to open up an investigation into hillary clinton. so potentially, a little bit of mixed messaging on that point there. the question will hold the president will hold a joint news conference later on today. as you know, this afternoon, with the prime minister of lebanon. we will get to hopefully ask him about all of this. kristen, it s a busy day at the white house. thank you very much for that. watching too some of the reaction on the hill from this with senator lindsey graham
your [ bleep ] problem? you want to sit here and say i m a [ bleep ] [ bleep ] russian? you piece of [ bleep ], you [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. listen, kid, you [ bleep ] crossed the line. get that through your [ bleep ] [ bleep ] head. so when alex jones unleashed that tirade of bleep ty bleep bleep bleep, the first challenge was how to make it playable on basic cable there was some talk at the time that jones might have broken the law with threatening members of congress with that rant. while it can be a challenge to take jones seriously, in the trump era you have almost have to. he does have some access to the white house. the same loud who said the sandy hook massacre was staged with actors playing the victims, the same bomb thrower who pushed the phony pizzagate story that led to a real gunman shooting up pizza place in washington, that alex jones scored a coveted interview with the president-elect back in december.
actors playing the victims, the same bomb thrower who pushed the phony pizzagate story that led to a real gunman shooting up pizza place in washington, that alex jones scored a coveted interview with the president-elect back in december. and while it s still hard to take him seriously, we at least have to take serious the fact that someone who is basically an internet troll has access to the white house. and now there is this. jury selection began today in travis county, texas to decide a child custody suit being brought by the ex-wife of alex jones. she says, quote, i m concerned that he is engaged in felonious behavior, threatening a member of congress. he broadcasts from home. the children are there watching him broadcast. the defense put up by alex jones attorneys, the same one jones himself has made on air. quote, he is a playing a character. he is a performance artist. and maybe it is just the political equivalent of pro wrestling where performers put on the leotards, ramp up th
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any indication that that is happening? some individual cases, the media will keep doing what they do. the left is not making a pivot whatsoever and they will keep sitting around saying it is fake news the cost of the election, russian hacking. if you want to create a bubble world for yourself that is one way of arranging a coping mechanism. that won t make you see the facts as they truly exist which is donald trump won the election, there was no hacking of the vote totals and to say otherwise is simply false fake news. pete: it hasn t influenced people s lives the way we wanted. the president-elect back in new york where he is promising a major revelation about the so-called russian hacks. you will find out tuesday or