stake with information. and there s been democrat presidents and republican presidents who have decided at times not to print things. there are times that journalists have to use their dbest dischr s discreti discretion. when you re talking about our national security, you better get it right. speaking of leaks, this is just amazing. one of the reasons why the west wing has been renovated, why they moved people out for a couple weeks, is because of a leak in the ceiling, where the president s staying during the west wing renovations? we ll talk about it right after this.
out on the cause way, we would check with instagram what the president was up to out on the golf course. when he is having his summer and winter kind of events at his properties, if they really are off campus white house s hopefully they will accept our coverage as such. margaret, please come back frequently, we re going to talk more about your year ahead as president of the united states. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. no vacations here, sign up for our nightly news all right delivered to your inbox every evening, we write it six days a week for you, and you can sign up at reliablesources.com. up next, a new lawsuit filed this week, the white house
either for the donald trump r re-election campaign. in the seem of things, that doesn t strike me as a particularly bothersome problem. but the president s relegation to fake news, he would rather make his own newscast. that s in the long tradition of political campaign propaganda, i think we have much bigger issues facing us. if that were being done by the government, it would be enormously troubling, if it was done by a political campaign, as jeff says it s pretty much politics as usual. one other development in the past hour, vice president mike pence reacting to a new york times story. you all saw this front page times story that said maybe pence is making some quiet preparations for a 2020 run just in case president trump doesn t run for re-election. what was your reaction to
anti-leaks press event, announcing a tripling of leak investigating and promising to prosecute leakers and leaving the door open to possible prosecutions of journalists, although the organization is saying it s focused on the leakers. sessions walked out of the event without answering a single question. reporter: mr. attorney general do you plan to prosecute journalists? hmm. there are many different kinds of leaks, some are just about palace intrigue and infighting, but others are national security related. these are 18 stories based on anonymous stories and leaks just from the past week, there was a torrent of them. including two full transcripts of president trump s early conversations with the leaders of mexico and australia. that leak to the washington post was extraordinary and concerned a lot of people. some say it crossed a line others say we need a lot more of those leaks not less.
his signature campaign promises to have mexico pay for the wall was a complete fraud. and people are arguing that this is damaging to national security. but there is if you read the transcripts, there s literally nothing in there that s even remotely sensitive. and the broader point here is that trump is claiming that scoop after scoop by the new york times, the washington post is fake news. and these reporters have the right and almost the obligation when information comes their way, to publish it, to refute those lies. and i think that we have seen incredible work by these newspapers. and you have to remember you remember yet the president tweeted a favorable washington post story about isis, it was favorable to him so he shared that so-called fake news story. we have a 200-year history where administrations have been able to talk to reporters when our national security is at