the senate intel committee? yes or no? they seem to be doing a better job. they are going slowly and really sticking to the contextual facts. could take a year or two. former ambassador michael mcfaul, thank you so much. thank you. house leader nancy pelosi speaking out about congressman nunes and his ability to lead an independent investigation into russia and the trump campaign. here s what she had to say to msnbc s joy reid. do you think he has credibility? i don t think he s not only lost all credibility but he s tarnished the position that he holds. he s in a very serious position in the congress. we don t know what the conversation was with the speaker but if the guidance was go to the president and then go to the press, that was very wrong. joining me now is white house correspondent for the independent journal review and josh dossi, white house reporter
thank you, we re leaving. reporter: excuse me, mr. secretary, can you respond? we haven t had any time in here. i m sorry, you re going to have to lead. let s go, guys. reporter: do you think you ll have a deputy any time soon, sir? when do you think you might have a deputy? this way, this way. as you can see, our own andrea mitchell has been relentlessly trying to get simple answers out of secretary of state rex tillerson ever since he took office in january. tillerson has so far been the least transparent secretary of state in the modern era. under his tenure, the state department got rid of daily briefings for nearly seven weeks and he broke with decades of tradition this week not taking the usual pool of reporters with him on his first foreign trip to asia. there is one reporter who s been allowed to travel with the secretary. her name is erin mcpike, she s from a semiobscure conservative outlet called the independent
and he broke with decades of tradition this week not taking the usual pool of reporters with him on his first foreign trip to asia. there is one reporter who s been allowed to travel with the secretary. her name is erin mcpike, she s from a semiobscure conservative outlet called the independent journal review and she happened to have published a highly complimentary piece about the secretary earlier this month. joining me, anne-marie slaughter, president and ceo of the think tank new america. i ve been obsessed with this press aspect of the story because it s hard to communicate why it matters but it does matter that the secretary of state has briefings everyday they that they let reporters in. it s the way checks and balances works. the state department talks about what we re doing and reporters ask tough questions and citizens get to make up their minds but it s also important for the world. this is what leading or simply being an enormously important
a fairly low profile for the first month in office as secretary of state. it looks like he zbenintends top that. he s not traveling with a press pool. reporter: this has been a subject of some controversy notably with the state department press corp. that he s not bringing along jury roournalists on his plane. they were told originally there wasn t room. then it came out he was going to be bringing journalists from a website called the independent journal review which is supposed to have conservative leanings. when asked about this, the state department spokesman said, well, the effort was to try to broaden exposure to media outlets that haven t traditionally gotten
andy: it christina, you said it was amazing that the white house can finally keep a secret? was it really that much of a secret? the independent journal review and confirmed it was him in the afternoon. the congressman it didn t know like until like an hour b. that s showmanship, right? andy: i agree it was a showmanship, absolutely. did you know? maybe he called you, maybe you were the only person who knew. andy: i only knew what i was reading. me, too. andy: michael, did you know? i didn t know you, either, but i didn t know you are taking the kind of classes i was takin taking. andy: were they the kind where you had it to show? i was not kidding about it taking meet nine years to graduate. although to be fair, three of