>> THE DISHONEST MEDIA. YOU PEOPLE DEAL WITH IT AS WELL
AS I DO.
AS I DO. AND IT IS A DISGRACE.
>> THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT LATE
TODAY.
TODAY. THE OPINION PIECE.
JOINING ME WITH THE LATEST IS
NBC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT HALLIE JACKSON.
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN THAT.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
LATEST.
LATEST. >> IS THE WHITE HOUSE GOING TO
HAVE AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION?
THEY MUST BE WONDERING.
>>
>> >>.
>>. >> Reporter: WHO IS IT?
>> YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
YOUR THOUGHTS. >> Reporter: SO LET ME TELL YOU
TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WHAT DO
WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE
PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE
TELLING US, MYSELF, MY
COLLEAGUES THE PRESIDENT’S MOOD
IS VOLCANIC TO USE THEIR
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORD.
EXPLODING AT THIS.
AND FURIOUS.
AND FURIOUS. THAT IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED IN
THE "NEW YORK TIMES," A PAPER HE
BOTH DESPISES AND AT TIMES
YEARNS TO BE IN WHEN HE CALLS
REPORTERS.
REPORTERS. THAT IT WAS PUBLISHED
ANONYMOUSLY.
ANONYMOUSLY. ANONYMOUS TO US, BUT NOT TO THE
HEAD OF THE OP-ED PAGES OF THE
TIMES.
TIMES. IT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THIS
PERSON’S JOB IF KNOWN.
AS TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR
QUESTION, THE IDEA OF THE
SPECULATION, BOY, THAT IS THE
GAME OF THE MOMENT HERE, CHRIS.
WALKING UP THE DRIVEWAY AND
SOMEBODY SHOUTED WHO DO YOU
THINK IT IS.
THAT IS THE QUESTION OF THE
MOMENT.
MOMENT. THERE IS A LOT OF LINKING THIS
WORD, THIS PERSON.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION WHERE
OFFICIALS INSIDE THIS WEST WING
AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION, HAVE
ROUTINELY TRIED TO THROW PEOPLE
OFF THE SET TO COVER THEIR
TRACKS BY PLANTING DIFFERENT
WORDS OR PHRASES OR IDEAS IN
ORDER TO MISDIRECT ESSENTIALLY.
SO IT IS FULL OF INTRIGUE.
>> YOU KNOW THE TRADE CRAFT OF
YOUR BUSINESS.
YOUR BUSINESS. THE TERM SENIOR ADMINISTRATION
IS NOT A BS FIRM, IT IS NOT A
GUARD AT THE GATE.
NOT SOMEBODY WHO REPORTS TO, WHO
REPORTS TO.
REPORTS TO. PROBABLY SOMEBODY PRETTY HIGH
UP.
UP. >> >> Reporter: THAT IS A KEY
WORD.
WORD. PROBABLY.
PROBABLY. WE HAVE ASKED THE NORK -- NEW
YORK TIMES.
YORK TIMES. THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THAT
QUESTION TO US.
THEY ARE DESCRIBING THIS PERSON
IN THEIR WORDS SENIOR.
>> IT WILL COME OUT AT SOME
POINT.
POINT. I THINK THEY WOULD CALL SOMEBODY
A SENIOR OFFICIAL.
SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS HOW TO WRITE
AN OP-ED PIECE.
KNOWS HOW TO DO WITHOUT THE HELP
OF THE SECRETARY OR STAFFER.
IT IS SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO IT BY
THEMSELVES WHO WOULD RISK
BRINGING IN A POSSE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING THAT I
WAS SAYING EARLIER WHICH IS
WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF INTRIGUE
ABOUT WHO DID THIS, THERE IS A
LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE ACTUAL
CONTENTS MUCH
CONTENTS MUCH CONTENTS OF THIS REPORTING THAT
BACKS UP BOB WOODWARD’S
REPORTING.
REPORTING. STEERING THIS PRESIDENT AWAY
FROM SOME OF HIS WORST IMPULSES.
WE HAVE CONNECTED IT TO TELEGRAM
WHICH IS ABOUT CONTAINMENT.