NEW DETAILS: Zacharia's last moments as press secretary revealed

[0:00] I AM SO HONORED TO WORK FOR [0:04] PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN [0:05] PEOPLE AS THE NEW WHITE HOUSE [0:08] PRESS SECRETARY. [0:09] I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP [0:14] FOR HIS TRUST THAT HE HAS PLACED [0:15] IN ME. [0:16] I SAID TO HER, HONESTLY, IF I [0:19] WERE YOU, I WOULD RECONSIDER. [0:20] YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD [0:22] RECONSIDER. [0:22] I JUST WANT HER TO BE HAPPY. [0:26] KATIE ZACHARIAH, NO LONGER THE [0:28] WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY. [0:29] THE WALL STREET JOURNAL DETAILING [0:31] THE FINAL MOMENTS OF HER SHORT [0:33] TENURE. [0:33] OUR NEXT GUEST WROTE THIS. [0:35] THE NEW WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY [0:37] WAS TELLING THE WALL STREET [0:39] JOURNAL ABOUT HER PLANS FOR THE [0:40] ROLE, THEN JASON MILLER, A SENIOR [0:41] ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT, KNOCKED [0:43] ON HER DOOR. [0:44] J.D. WANTED TO CHAT WITH US REAL [0:46] QUICK, MILLER SAID REFERRING TO [0:47] THE VICE PRESIDENT. [0:48] ZACHARIAH NEVER RETURNED TO THE [0:50] INTERVIEW OR THE JOB. [0:51] FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN SOMEBODY [0:53] WHO WAS IN THE ROOM AT THAT [0:55] MOMENT, THE JOURNAL'S WHITE HOUSE [0:57] REPORTER, PHIL WEGMANN. [0:58] PHIL, J.D. VANCE COMES TO GET THE [1:01] PRESS SECRETARY AND HE TOOK HER [1:04] AWAY AND YOU'RE JUST SITTING [1:05] THERE? [1:06] FOR HOW LONG? [1:07] THEY TOOK US BACK TO THE [1:08] WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM [1:10] WHERE WE HUNG OUT FOR A LITTLE [1:11] WHILE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF [1:12] THE INTERVIEW WAS GOING TO [1:13] CONTINUE. [1:14] IT NEVER DID. [1:15] AND THIS IS THE GOAL WITH THIS [1:16] JOB. [1:17] YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE. [1:18] YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT [1:19] WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED [1:20] DOORS. [1:21] YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT [1:22] ACTUALLY HAPPENED. [1:23] IN THIS CASE WE WERE SITTING [1:24] THERE WITH THE NEW PRESS [1:25] SECRETARY. [1:26] SHE WAS TELLING US ALL OF THE [1:27] PLANS THAT SHE HAD FOR THE [1:28] JOB. [1:29] AND THE TAKEAWAY WAS VERY MUCH [1:30] THAT SHE WOULD, SHE PLANNED TO [1:32] STAY IN THAT JOB. [1:33] MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT, HE'S [1:34] OUT THERE ON HIS WAY TO MARINE [1:36] ONE TELLING REPORTERS THAT HE [1:38] ASKED HER TO RECONSIDER. [1:39] THEN THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR [1:40] COMES. [1:41] DID YOU HAVE A SENSE FROM HER THAT [1:43] SHE THOUGHT THAT HER JOB WAS IN [1:45] IMMEDIATE DANGER? [1:47] ZACHARIADN KNEW THAT SHE WAS IN [1:50] HOT WATER AND THAT SHE HAD TO [1:51] RIGHT THE SHIP. [1:52] I DON'T KNOW IF SHE KNEW HOW [1:54] IMMEDIATE THE THREAT WAS. [1:55] CERTAINLY MY COLLEAGUE CARA VOTE [1:56] AND I, WE THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED [1:58] TO MOVE QUICKLY. [1:59] BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMEONE WHO [2:00] THE PRESIDENT HANDPICKED. [2:01] AND THEN ONLY A FEW DAYS LATER [2:03] SHE'S PUSHED IN FRONT OF THE [2:04] CAMERAS BEFORE SHE'S EVEN READY. [2:05] SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A STAFF I.D. [2:07] BADGE WHEN SHE COMES OUT TO [2:08] MEET ALL OF US. [2:09] SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BRIEFING [2:10] BOOK UNTIL MORNING OF. [2:12] THEN AFTERWARDS THE STORY BECOMES [2:14] HOW SHE DIDN'T PASS THE BAR BUT [2:16] REFERRED TO HERSELF AS AN [2:17] ATTORNEY. [2:18] BY THE END IT WAS A SITUATION [2:19] WHERE SHE HAD BECOME THE STORY [2:21] AND WAS NO LONGER DEFENDING [2:22] THE PRESIDENT. [2:23] WHEN YOU WERE IN THERE TALKING [2:25] TO HER AND JASON MILLER CAME IN [2:27] TO SAY THAT THE VICE [2:28] PRESIDENT NEEDED TO TALK. [2:29] DO YOU THINK THE VICE [2:31] PRESIDENT REALLY NEEDED TO [2:32] TALK TO HER? [2:33] THAT'S A MILLION-DOLLAR [2:34] QUESTION. [2:35] WE KNOW THAT ZACHARIAS SPOKE [2:37] DIRECTLY WITH THE PRESIDENT. [2:38] HE WAS THE ONE WHO HAD THAT [2:40] CONVERSATION WITH HER. [2:41] AND OUR SOURCES SAY THAT WHAT [2:43] THE PRESIDENT SAID TO [2:44] REPORTERS AS HE WAS OUT THERE [2:45] ON THE SOUTH LAWN IS PRETTY [2:47] CLOSE TO WHAT ACTUALLY [2:48] HAPPENED. [2:49] I KNOW THAT LATER ON IN THE [2:50] EVENING SHE HAD A MEETING WITH [2:52] THE VICE PRESIDENT. [2:53] BUT I THINK THE TAKEWAY HERE IS [2:54] THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB [2:56] IN ALL OF POLITICS. [2:57] MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY PEOPLE [2:58] LIKE YOU, BY THE WAY, ASKING [2:59] QUESTIONS, RIGHT? [3:00] THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR. [3:01] THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE [3:02] FOR. [3:03] AND IN THIS CASE, ZACHARIAS, [3:04] I THINK THAT SHE WANTED TO DO [3:09] THE JOB, BUT THERE WAS A [3:10] DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HER AND HER [3:11] PAST PREDECESSOR, CAROLINE [3:12] LEVITT, SOMEONE WHO WAS [3:13] NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE [3:14] TRUMP CAMPAIGN, WHO HAD MONTHS [3:15] TO PREPARE, AND WHO FRANKLY [3:16] WAS FLUENT NOT JUST IN THE [3:17] IDEOLOGY OF MAGA, BUT ALSO [3:18] THE LANGUAGE. [3:19] AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT [3:21] WAS TOUGH FOR KATIE ZACHARIAS, [3:22] TO YOUR POINT, SHE DIDN'T [3:23] REALLY KNOW ANYBODY IN THE [3:24] ROOM WHEN SHE WALKED IN THERE. [3:26] BUT IT'S A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE [3:29] WHO LISTENED TO DONALD TRUMP [3:30] AND THE PRESS SECRETARY SO [3:31] MUCH THAT YOU ASK A QUESTION [3:35] AND YOU PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT [3:37] 80% OF THE ANSWER IS GOING TO [3:39] SOUND LIKE. [3:40] YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE EXTRA [3:41] 20%, THE NEWS, THE NEWEST PART, [3:43] THE DIFFERENT PART. [3:44] AND IT SEEMS LIKE IF MY READ [3:47] ON IT, AND I'M CURIOUS IF [3:49] YOUR READ IS THE SAME, THAT [3:51] WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST [3:52] PROBLEMS FOR HER. [3:53] RIGHT. [3:54] WE WOULD PERHAPS BE IN A [3:57] COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCENARIO [3:58] IF SHE HAD BRIEFED THE PRESS, [4:00] NOT, YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS [4:02] AFTER HER ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT [4:03] IF INSTEAD SHE TOOK A COUPLE [4:04] WEEKS TO PREPARE. [4:05] AND THIS IS A JOB THAT, YOU [4:07] KNOW, EVEN THE MOST [4:08] IMPRESSIVE SEASONED VETERANS [4:09] IN ALL OF WASHINGTON, D.C., [4:10] THEY DO NEED TO PREPARE FOR. [4:12] WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING ON [4:13] BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT OF [4:14] THE UNITED STATES, YOU CAN [4:15] MOVE MARKETS. [4:16] YOU COULD EVEN START WARS, [4:17] FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. [4:18] AND IN THIS CASE, SHE WAS [4:19] PUSHED OUT IN FRONT OF THE [4:20] CAMERAS. [4:21] SHE MET THE PRESS, I THINK, [4:23] BEFORE SHE WAS READY. [4:24] THE QUESTION IS, WAS THAT [4:26] BECAUSE SHE JUST WAS NOT [4:29] PREPARED, THE CIRCUMSTANCES [4:30] WEREN'T THE SAME? [4:31] OR, YOU KNOW, DID SHE HAVE [4:32] SOME FOLKS IN THE [4:33] ADMINISTRATION WHO WERE [4:34] HAPPY TO SEE HER NOT SUCCEED? [4:36] WHEN YOU REALIZED WHAT [4:37] WAS HAPPENING, THAT YOU WERE [4:39] IN THERE AND SHE WAS BEING [4:40] FIRED, WHAT DID THAT FEEL [4:43] LIKE TO YOU? [4:44] LOOK, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, [4:46] THERE'S ANOTHER HUMAN BEING [4:47] ACROSS THE TABLE FROM YOU. [4:49] AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL [4:51] FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. [4:52] THIS WAS HER DREAM JOB. [4:53] SHE SAID AS MUCH. [4:54] BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, [4:56] THE ROLE HERE IS TO BRING [4:58] WHAT'S DONE IN THE DARK OUT [4:59] INTO THE LIGHT. [5:00] YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS NOT TO [5:01] BE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE WHO [5:02] ARE IN THE HALLS OF POWER. [5:03] SO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. [5:04] AND IN THIS CASE, WE WROTE [5:06] THE STORY. [5:07] AND IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH FOR [5:09] KATIE ZACHARIA. [5:10] BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, [5:12] MORE THAN ANYTHING, SHE [5:13] WAS A GOOD SPORT. [5:14] AND I WANT TO PUT THIS UP. [5:15] I'M SURE THAT YOU SAW THIS [5:16] THIS WEEK. [5:17] THERE IS A GREAT PHOTO. [5:19] THIS IS WHEN KATIE ZACHARIA. [5:22] OKAY, HERE IT IS. [5:23] IF YOU LOOK CLOSE, THIS IS [5:25] KATIE ZACHARIA'S ONE AND ONLY [5:26] BRIEFING. [5:27] YOU ARE RIGHT THERE OVER MY [5:29] SHOULDER IN THE SECOND ROW. [5:31] BIG SMILE. [5:32] THE BIGGEST SMILE I HAVE EVER [5:33] SEEN IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. [5:34] WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN [5:35] THIS MOMENT? [5:36] WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS [5:37] TO ME, PETER? [5:38] IT'S A GREAT PHOTO. [5:39] THIS IS HISTORY. [5:40] THERE WAS ONE BRIEFING. [5:41] WHEN THEY DO THE ZACHARIA ERA, [5:43] THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW THAT [5:44] PICTURE. [5:45] I'M A FRIENDLY GUY. [5:46] I'M A FRIENDLY GUY. [5:48] WELL, YOU HAD THE BIG SCOOP [5:50] ABOUT THE BIG STORY AT THE [5:51] WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK. [5:52] SO THANKS FOR SHARING. [5:53] THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. [5:54] ALL RIGHT. [5:55] BE SURE TO LIKE AND