i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. julian assange and, of course, the media and punching back on twitter, let s get back to my interview with sean spicer, i spoke to him from trump tower. sean spicer, welcome. thank you, howie. donald trump tweeted, i m asking the chairs of the house and senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with nbc prior to me seeing it. i can understand his concern, but does that signal as president he will be ordering leak investigations to find out reporter sources? well, it s not the reporter sources, it s trying to figure out where it came from. there s a big difference between reportest doing their job and
sourcing thicks and people in the government improperly giving classified information to people or potentially doing that. i think there s a big difference whether you re targeting the source or recipient. right. trump s twitter feed paralyzes and some seem say, hey, we shouldn t cover tweets which is ridiculous, why
dramatic story about an alleged sexual relationship with moore in 1992 that led to an abortion when she was 15 years old. during the interview she repeatedly pressed post reporters to give their opinions on the effects her claims could have on the moore candidacy if she went public. the post never reported the unsubstantiated story. instead they researched the woman trying to push the story. they found a website with someone with the same name, jamie phillips, for her to work in the conservative media movement to combat the lies and deceit of liberal mainstream media. closed quote. according to washington post, they followed her to her home and saw her going to the new york office of project seritas. it sets up sting operations, such as acorn. the trump foundation donated $10,000 to the group in 2015. last wednesday phillips met with a post reporter at a restaurant in alexandria, virginia. phillips had arrived early and
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michael flynn. end the investigation. i m joined noud by ken dilanian with nbc news it, natasha bertrand who covers is the russia probe with the atlantic and jill wine-banks, all three of you, i want to know what you make of these two witnesses being called, comey already and sessions very soon. and then the president. chris, what i think this shows is mueller is accelerating sat ob struskz justice aspect of the probe. the three pillars of this investigation, it looks like the obstruction case is going down the track further and faster than the collusion and money laundering. there s a lot we don t see but the obstruction witnesses we know who they are and what stories they have to tell. it s not a surprise that comey is a key witness. what s surprising to me is it s happening now and seems like it s speeding up. natasha, explain how you see what kind of a case mueller is going to make here with these hot witnesses now. it seems like ken said he s moving more quickly along the
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letting him ask about obstruction but doing so in written answers and limiting in-person questions to questions that dealt with things that events that happened before president trump was inaugurated, focus on the potential collusion questions and nothing about obstruction of justice. all of these debates over whether they will sit down are going on while giuliani is saying president trump does want to sit down with him, he is expressing interest. it s the legal team that has the reservations about that. this is happening while the president is continuing to lash out at the special counsel. that s because the president believes he can sway public opinion to agree with him that this is a witch hunt and be on board this investigation has gone on too long, that it s a witch hunt. whether or not that pans out is up to the president s twitter feed and whether he can convince his supporters. stand by to stand by. great to see you.
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the smoking gun against donald trump. watch your fake news media and action from earlier today. child a one from trump s former campaign manager paul manafort. he s facing a slew of charges and this is also the first high-profile test of special counsel robert mueller. for for example mr. mena ford is found guilty, that makes it a real problem for the president of the united states. paul manafort. paul manafort. paul manafort. the campaign is accused of hiding at least $30 million. we will learn the nitty-gritty details about paul manafort s financial situation. did you see what color type paul manafort was wearing? he did not either because he sat with his back to us. there is your media obsessing over a 2005 tax case.
up aggressive prosecution from a special counsel who is supposed to be investigating russia, is one more clear example. in the united states of america today, sadly we have a two-tiered system