RUSH EXCERPT:
WHIPPLE: "And it makes no sense. In another way which is that obviously Donald Trump would love to run against her again. To use her as a foyle and makes no sense on any number of levels. Now in her defense, let me say, she said a few things in the piece I thought were right on. One is referring the total collapse of the Republican Party and reminded of when John Podesta said that the Republican caucus was a cult worthy of Jonestown. He had to apologize for that and now it's true of the entire Republican Party. The other thing she said was that the media needs to be tougher on Donald Trump and I actually agree with that. I mean, I think yesterday's fact free tirade --"
VELSHI: "Amazing."
WHIPPLE: "-- in which the president of the United States referred to 500 serious criminals in the caravan somebody should have interrupted and said, excuse me, Mr. President. What's your evidence for that? Did you just make that up? So I actually think that the White House press corps needs less decorum, not more."