Ahead this hour on reliable sources, Jeffrey Goldberg sharing how Trump's former Secretary

of Defense James Mattis really feels about President Trump.

Plus, another White House reporter heads to court fighting Trump's

Plus another White House reporter heads to court fighting Trump's decision to

suspend his press pass. We will get the latest on that lawsuit coming up and later

recognizing the limits of journalism when it comes to cases like Jeffrey Epstein.

Dahlia Lithwick will join me live with her insights.

But first, the most complicated relationship in Washington,

one that affects all of us.

It is Trump and Fox, Fox and Trump. The president gets his briefings from Fox.

He gets led by Fox, often gets misled by Fox. He hires people from Fox. He fires people

based on what he hears on Fox, and he firms up his base

through the network. But he has also been complaining about the network. In fact, more than 20 times

this year by my count. This week he claimed that Fox has changed so much

that the network quote isn't working for us anymore. What an incredible admission.

Trump really thinks Fox belongs to him and his supporters.

It's unlike we've anything we've ever seen in modern media.

Forget how Fox's critics view the network.

Trump is saying that he views the network as an arm of the White House and the GOP. Now I think his bursts

of anti-media messages lately against Fox and Axios, the Post and CNN, reflect

insecurity. With the re-election campaign on his mind, he doesn't want voters to know about the messy reality of life in the Trump White House.

He hates the leaks and he really hates when people, especially on Fox, cover his Democratic rivals.

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