>> THE WHITE HOUSE TODAYOUTLINIU
>> THE WHITE HOUSE TODAYOUTLINIE
>> THE WHITE HOUSE TODAYOUTLINIS
>> THE WHITE HOUSE TODAYOUTLINIF
>> THE WHITE HOUSE TODAYOUTLINIR
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DROPPED THE
EFFORT TO REMOVE THE HARD PASS
OF CNN REPORTER, JIM ACOSTA.
IT INCLUDES LIMITING JOURNALISTS
TO ONE QUESTION MEACHAM
FOLLOW-UPS AT THE DISCRETION OF
THE PRESIDENT.
SHOULD YOU REFUSE TO FOLLOW
THESE WE WILL TAKE ACTION.
JOINING ME NOW THE FIGHT OVER
THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
MORE HARVEY DILLON, WITH
CALIFORNIA.
GREGG JARRETT, GOOD TO HAVE YOU
ALL WITH US.
LET ME BEGIN, THESE RULES
TONIGHT IF WE CAN PUT THOSE UP
FULL-SCREEN, THESE LOOK SIMPLE
AND STRAIGHTFORWARD DOES IT MEET
THE TEST OF DUE PROCESS THAT
JUDGE KELLY ASSERTED.
>> AT STEP ONE.
FIRST YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RULES
ANNOUNCED IN ADVANCE AND THEN
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WARNING TO BE
HEARD IN RESPONSE.
I THINK IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
WHETHER ACOSTA IS GOING TO CARRY
OUT HIS PART WHICH IS EITHER
BEHAVING OR JUSTIFYING HIS
ACTION.
IF HE CHOSE THE LINE THAT
EVERYBODY WILL BE BETTER OFF.
IF HE DOESN'T THEN YES, THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS THE RIGHT TO
LOOK AT PROCEEDINGS IN RESPONSE.
>> THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN RULES
OF DECENCY AND DECORUM THAT
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS HAVE
PRACTICED WHEN I WAS THERE
TEMPORARILY.
I KNEW THE RULES AND I ABIDED BY
THE RULES.
AND THEN COMES JIM ACOSTA.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE
RIGHT TO BE RUDE, ABRASIVE AND
COMMANDEER THE NEWS CONFERENCE
AND ARGUE WITH THE PRESIDENT.
>> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THEY ARE
LITTLE UPSET, THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CORPS THAT HE HAS MESSED
IT UP.
>> IF I WERE PRESS SECRETARY THE
NEXT TIME ACOSTA PULLS THAT I
WOULD SAY THAT'S THE END NOT
ONLY TODAY BUT FOR THE REST OF
THE WEEK.
AND HIS COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE
SURROUNDED HIM AND THREATENED TO
TAR AND FEATHER HIM AND KICK HIM
OUT.
>> THEY WOULD HAD A BALL WITH
THAT.
LET'S BE HONEST.
ISN'T THERE A TIME WHERE YOU
HAVE TO TELL A DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE TO GO TO HELL.
THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW
THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE AND
CREATE RULES AND CANNOT RUN THE
WHITE HOUSE THE WAY IT HAS BEEN.
>> TO BE FAIR TO THE JUDGE, IF
YOU LOOK AT HIS RULING FROM THE
BENCH HE FELT LIKE HE WAS
CONSTRAINED BY A PRIVATE
DECISION.
THAT IS IDIOTIC IN MY OPINION.
THIS JUDGE TOOK A CASE IN WHICH
YOU DEALING WITH THE NATION
REPORTER.
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
CONDUCT AND DECORUM.
AND DISRUPTED A PRESIDENTIAL
PRESS CONFERENCE.
YOU GUYS ARE THE LAWYERS.
>> YOUR QUESTION WAS SHOULD WE
TELL THE JUDGE TO GO TO HELL.
THAT'S GENERALLY NOT A GOOD
IDEA.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S OBVIOUS YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE TO
BEHAVE LIKE ADULTS.
>> LOU: YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
TELL THE JUDGE TO GET BACK
EITHER.
>> THERE IS NO FREEDOM TO BE
OBNOXIOUS AND RUDE.
THERE IS NO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
TO QUESTION THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THERE ARE RULES AND NORMS THAT
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOLLOWED.
NOW YOU HAVE A JUDGE WHO HAS
DECIDED TO EXPAND TO PROCESS
BEYOND ANY RESEMBLANCE.
>> I WOULD TELL THE JUDGE GO TO
HELL AND WILL LET THE SUPREME
COURT DECIDED IF NECESSARY.
>> THE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO
GIVE HIS WRITTEN ANSWER ANSWERS
TO ROBERT MULLER.
LET'S TAKE HIS COMMENTS TO CHRIS
WALLACE YESTERDAY IF WE COULD
PLEASE.
>> THE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND
ANSWERED, THEY MAKE IT LIKE I
HAD MEETINGS FOR MANY HOURS.
I GOT THE QUESTION, I RESPONDED
I READ THEM ONCE AND READ THEM A
SECOND TIME.
I THINK THAT SHOULD SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
IF IT DOESN'T, I'LL BE TOLD THEM
WILL MAKE A DECISION AT THAT
TIME.
PROBABLY THIS IS THE END.
>> IS THIS THE END IN YOUR BEST
JUDGMENT?
>> IT SHOULD BE THE END FOR THE
PRESIDENT SIDE.
THIS IS THE EXTENT OF HIS
INVOLVEMENT.
WHO KNOWS WHAT MULLER WILL DO
WITH IT.
IT COULD ATTEMPT TO GO ON
FOREVER.
>> WITH OBSTRUCTION OFF THE
TABLE IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN FIVE
MINUTES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
COLLUSION AND I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY WHO COLLUDED WITH
RUSSIA, END OF STORY.
YOU CAN DISMISS ALLEGATIONS OF
THE TRUMP TOWER MEETING DID HE
KNOW IN ADVANCE, I DID NOT HE
SAID THAT REPEATEDLY.
DID YOU MISLEAD ANYONE IN YOUR
DICTATED STATEMENT.
IT WAS ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF
MY KNOWLEDGE.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN QUESTIONS AND
SHOULD BE EASY TO ANSWER.
>> AFTER TWO YEARS OF
INVESTIGATING THIS PRESIDENT AND