TRISH: THE WHITE HOUSE JUST
REVOKED CNN'S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT'S PRESS
CREDENTIALS AFTER HIS DESPICABLE
BEHAVIOR AT TODAY'S NEWS
CONFERENCE.
ALSO ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF
SESSIONS SUBMITTED HIS LEVER --H
SESSIONS SUBMITTED HIS LEVER --S
LETTER OF RESIGNATION.
MY FIRST QUESTION TO KELLYANNE
CONWAY IS DOES JEFF SESSIONS
RESIGNATION MEAN THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION IS NEARING AN END?
>> ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE OTHER.
THE PRESIDENT MADE CLEAR THAT WE
HAVE BEEN VERY COMPLIANT WITH
THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION.
ONE MILLION PIECES OF PAPER HAVE
BEEN PRODUCED.
OVER 30 TRUMP-ASSOCIATED
INDIVIDUALS HAVE COMPLIED WITH
REQUESTS TO TESTIFY AND PRODUCE
DOCUMENTS AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
AND AT A COST TO THE TAXPAYERS.
TRISH: THE PROBLEM WAS WITH JEFF
SESSIONS, HE HAD TO RECUSE
HIMSELF.
HE NEEDS TO BE OVERSEEING IT.
NOW YOU WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMEONE IN,
WE HAVE AN UNDER RIM GENTLEMAN
THERE, MR. WHITAKER.
BUT YOU WILL HAVE SOMEONE A AT
SOME POINT WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SAY TO MUELLER AT SOME POINT
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
>> UNDER MR. WHITAKER'S
LEADERSHIP, WE'LL SEE.
THIS ALL NEW AND EARLY.
TRISH: WHY DID IT TAKE UNTIL
TODAY FOR THAT RESIGNATION
LETTER TO BE SUBMITTED AND
ACCEPTED.
>> IT'S TYPICAL TO HAVE PERSONAL
CHANGES AFTER THE MID-TERM.
TRISH: WHO IS ON THE SHORT LIST?
>> FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL?
I WON'T GET AHEAD OF THE
PRESIDENT ON THAT.
I HAVE SEEN SOME RUMORS AND
SPECULATION.
BUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID IN
HIS PRESS CONFERENCE IS VERY
TRUE.
MANY PEOPLE WANT TO WORK IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION WHETHER IT'S HIS
STAFF OR A CABINET OFFICIAL.
WE HAVE A TON OF RESUMES.
A LOT OF GREAT TALENT OUT THERE.
IT WILL BE SOMEBODY WHO CAN
CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK OF THIS
PRESIDENT'S DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND NOT HAVE RECUSED
FROM THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
TRISH: YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT
WENT DOWN THERE LAST NIGHT?
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DEMOCRATS
WITH THE HOUSE MAJORITY.
YOU GUYS WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL ON
THE SENATE FRONT.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
>> THE PRESIDENT MADE HISTORY
WITH THE SENATE BECAUSE ONLY 8
TIMES IN THE LAST 80 YEARS HAS
THE PARTY IN POWER PICKED UP A
SENATE SEAT, AND THIS PRESIDENT
AND HIS PARTY PICKED UP THREE
SENATE SEATS.
HE SETS TRENDS INSTEAD OF
FOLLOWING TREND.
THIS COUNTRY RESPONDED TO THE
KAVANAUGH HEARINGS AND THE
DISGRACEFUL, DISGUSTING
TREATMENT OF AN HONORABLE MAN.
YOU SAW FOUR SWING STATE
DEMOCRATS VOTED OUT BY THEIR
CONSTITUENTS.
THEY VOTED AGAINST KAVANAUGH.
JOE MANCHIN, THE SINGLE DEMOCRAT
WHO VOTED FOR BRETT KAVANAUGH
PROBABLY SAVED HIS SENATE SEAT.
TRISH: WHAT ABOUT THE CARAVAN OF
MIGRANTS.
HOW MUCH DID IMMIGRATION PLAY
INTO THIS?
>> IMMIGRATION IS A HUGE ISSUE.
BORDER SECURITY AND ECONOMIC
SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE BOOMING TRUMP ECONOMY, THE
FACT HE'S TOUGH ABOUT
IMMIGRATION.
HE SAYS IMMIGRATE LEGALLY.
YOU CAN GO THROUGH ONE OF THE 2
PORTS OF ENTRY AND IMMIGRATE
LEGALLY TO THIS COUNTRY.
TRISH: HE HAS A DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION WITH JIM ACOSTA ON THAT.
I WANT TO GET TO THAT INFAMOUS
MOMENT IN TODAY'S PRESS
CONFERENCE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SHOW THE
VIEWER THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY THE SOUND.
I WANT THEM TO SEE AND HEAR THE
ACTIONS OF JIM ACOSTA WITH THAT
FEMALE AIDE.
>> YOU DON'T PUT YOUR HAND ON A
YOUNG WOMAN, AND HE DID.
TRISH: AS I WATCHED IT, I
WORRIED FOR HER.
I WORRIED, IS THE PRESIDENT
GOING TO HAVE TO COME DOWN AND
INTERVENE AND BREAK THIS UP.
ASIDE FROM BEING EXTRAORDINARILY
UNPROFESSIONAL, MY CONCERN WAS
FOR HER AND HER SAFETY.
AND WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO.
IT'S VERY CLEAR HE HAS HIS ON
HER.
>> LOOK AT HER FACE, SHE IS
SHOCKED.
THIS IS A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN WHO
IS JUST THERE TO DO HER JOB.
I DON'T WANT HER TO BECOME A
HOUSEHOLD NAME.
TRISH: I DEFENDED JIM ACOULD A
WHEN HE'S THERE TO DO HIS JOB
AND HE GETS TACKLED IN THE
CROWD.
BUT WHAT HE DID TODAY TRUCK ME
AS CROSSING A LINE.
>> HE ALSO TAKES SELFIES WITH
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD.
IT CROSSES A LINE.
YOU DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS ON A
WOMAN.
WE HAD TO HEAR THAT RECENTLY IN.
>> OTHER CONTEXT.