00:00You just mentioned that the president is going to attend the dignified transfer for these families.
00:05Given what Secretary Hegseth said this morning, is it the position of this administration that the press should not prominently
00:11cover the deaths of U.S. service members?
00:13No, it's the position of this administration that the press in this room and the press across the country should
00:19accurately report on the success of Operation Epic Fury
00:23and the damage it is doing to the rogue Iranian regime that has threatened the lives of every single American
00:29in this room.
00:29If the Iranian regime had their choice, they would kill every single person in this room.
00:34And so we can all be very grateful that we have an administration and that we have men and women
00:38in our armed forces
00:39who are willing to sacrifice their own lives for the rest of us in this room and for every American
00:44across the country
00:45and for every troop that is based in the Middle East.
00:48The Secretary Hegseth was complaining that it was front page news about these six service members who were killed.
00:53That's not what the secretary said, Caitlin, and that's not what the secretary meant.
00:57And you know it. You know you are being disingenuous.
00:59There is not. We've never had a secretary of defense who cares more.
01:03These drones get through or tragic things happen. It's front page news. I get it.
01:06The press only wants to make the president look bad.
01:08Yeah, the press does.
01:08Because you know we cover the deaths of U.S. service members under every president.
01:11The press does only want to make the president look bad.
01:14That's a fact.
01:15Especially you. No, listen to me.
01:18Especially you and especially CNN.
01:20And the secretary of defense cares deeply about our warfighters and our men and women in uniform.
01:25He travels all across this country to meet with them, to connect with them.
01:30And your network has hardly ever probably reported on that.
01:33You also have the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Chairman Cain, who's a brave patriot,
01:38standing alongside the secretary at the Pentagon this morning, again expressing his condolences to these families.
01:43And I just told you that the president of the United States will be attending their dignified transfer.
01:48So please.
01:49We're not making the dignified transfer.
01:49That's not making the president look bad.
01:51That's showcasing that.
01:52And we expect you to cover that as you should.
01:55We expect you to cover that as you should, Caitlin.
01:57But you and your network know that you take every single thing this administration says
02:02and tries to use it to make the president look bad.
02:05That is an objectable fact.
02:07I don't think covering troop deaths is trying to make the president look bad.
02:10If you're trying to argue right now that CNN's overwhelming coverage is not negative of President Donald Trump,
02:16I think the American people would tend to agree.
02:18And your ratings would tend to disagree with that as well.
02:22Go ahead.
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