Degree that is one of the most outrageous, insulting ignorant and foolish things we have ever said to Brit Hume spent many years of the microphone in his hand, asking tough questions of politicians covered many administrations, and we are happy to have a montagnais thanks so much for coming on. I guess what im struck by is not just a partnership, but the lack of useful information. Lack of useful information coming out of those and reporters did not ask the experts on hand, questions about experts on hand, questions about the disease and where and when it was spreading and what could be done about it and what the data were showing on someone. Some of those experts- and I thought about all kinds of questions I would like to ask,

but none of them did I remember thinking at the time I dont know what story these reporters think they are covering, but it isnt the current virus outbreak that they have been covering what they are covering his Donald Trump and Donald Trump to them. As some when I think is reasonably clear, most reporters do not respect or admire and I think they hold him in contempt. Despite the years and years of aggressive behavior in the White House Briefing room. We have seen things with this president who go far beyond that president, who go far beyond that. That and and we didnt contradict

and and we didnt contradict, and you didnt argue and you didnt argue she was not held in high esteem. Nor by me I can say I think its fair to have contempt for I have contempt contempt, for I have contempt for most politicians, but if you are talking to one dont, you have an obligation and trying to get them something meaningful from the exchange, its not just a gotcha game, its to extract information and remember SAM Donaldson, who was as aggressive as any correspondent who ever cover the White House. He preceded me

there for ABC News and was there for twelve years and they rarely interrupted or argued. Even though the White House Briefing Room was nowhere near as cozy as the press briefing that you would have on Capitol Hill, where they bordered on the buddy buddy. I remember when I first went down to the White House, I was struck by what a different atmosphere at once. Even then, it was nothing like today, but what brought this on today, but what brought this on was Watergate and a couple of guys are working on the city desk of on the city desk of the Washington Post and the atmosphere got very aggressive, but it never got like this. What happens during the next administration?

Whatever that is? Does this continue? It doesnt revert to what it was. While my guess is. If the Democrats get the White House and Joe Biden becomes president, he will be treated vastly differently than this president has been because most reporters will, whether they admit it or not, be sympathetic to him and hope that he succeeds, so the atmosphere will be different. It certainly was different under Obama. Still relatively aggressive and reporters have asked pointed questions of President Obama, but it was nothing like what we saw today and I suspect it will revert back if the Democrat wings, if President Trump wins Heaven knows, is it worth having the briefings? Is it worth having the briefings

at this point and they dont have any real sources of getting the calls sources of getting the calls return, and it was also a chance to give these reporters the way to question the White House and get their questions answered. If I had a story that I was working on, the last thing in the world that I would do would be to raise it in the briefing room and thereby inform all of my competitors, of what I was doing. So I never did that, which is why you know you go to the briefing just to see what the White House was saying and see what they were putting out. I never thought they were worth

a lot and when they werent happening for a long period of time, come there before Kayleigh Mcenany came in. I.