Zeen suggests that the trump white house may move the press corps from the white house briefing room in the west wing across the street to the old executive office building. now, trump s team says if they make a move it would be to allow more reporters to attend the briefing. there are 49 seats in the current room. but members of the press are very concerned about this move and what it would all mean and that it would frankly be a first step in limiting media access. let s discuss it with reuters correspondent and president of the white house correspondents association jeff mason and director of the school of media and public affairs at george washington university frank sesno. let me begin with you, jeff, because you spent a long time over the weekend speaking with sean spicer about this. what did he say? i did indeed. my meeting with him was meant really just to get some more information from him about what their plans are. and he did repeat what he said in a written statement th
That happened in the past, just like we re not expecting the prime minister to make apologies today. this visited is more about moving forward. tammy leitner in honolulu. thank you. joining me from wash wash, director of the school of media and public affairs at georgia wash university. fdr s famous speech but the u.s. talk about how it s evolved from the rallying cry of never forget pearl harbor to a very close ally. that s the point. it s gone from a vicious enemy where the united states retaliated in a very long war, very costly war, dropping to atomic bombs to the point in the 1980s where japan that japan inc was seem to be buying up america in the rest belt of the united states, woke everybody up, to a 20-year recession in
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It just isn t. we ve looked for it. it s not there. let s talk to three expert who is can put this into proper context beginning out in phoenix this morning. the senior vice president of news and editorial director at mpr. in washington, director of the school of media and public affairs at the george washington university. thank you fg being here. let me start with frank in washington. let s get directly at this issue with donald trump. it s an example of an unreliable source. you were the washington bureau chief. is there any evidence to back him up? no. he talks about is this politically correct to talk about it. drop the word political. is it correct? he claims to have seen something that either happened or it didn t.
Any indication, you saturate the airwaves. president obama about to kick off his last-minute media blitz pushing his plan to strike syria. so let me take you back to saturday afternoon where more or less this started. you had our chief washington correspondent, jake tapper, he obtained these incredibly graphic videos showing the aftermath of an apparent chemical attack, and that horrifying video shown to a few select senators was in turn then given to us to show you, the public. dplash forward to today, the president will be giving interviews to six major news networks. by the way, his interview with wolf blitzer will be airing at 6:00 p.m. here on cnn. tomorrow night, the president will take to the airwaves again, making a national address from the white house. the president clearly hoping a lot of face time with the media will turn public opinion on the strike in his favor. so joining me now is frank, director of the school of media and public affairs at george