Sean Spicer says he regrets making assertions about Trump's inauguration crowd size during his first — Transcript

Full transcript

1. 0:00former White House press secretary Sean
2. 0:02Spicer said he regretted how he handled
3. 0:05his first briefing during which he made
4. 0:07assertions about the size of president
5. 0:09Donald Trump's inauguration crowd
6. 0:11earlier this year . during his
7. 0:13unofficial first press conference
8. 0:15Spicer did not take questions instead
9. 0:18saying the administration would hold the
10. 0:20press accountable and contending falsely
11. 0:23that the January inauguration was the
12. 0:25largest audience to ever witness an
13. 0:27inauguration period both in person and
14. 0:30around the globe in an interview with
15. 0:33the New York Times published on Monday
16. 0:35the former press secretary said he
17. 0:37regretted berating reporters who pressed
18. 0:39him about his assertions about the crowd
19. 0:42of course I do
20. 0:43absolutely speiser said dot the
21. 0:46interview came just a day after Spicer
22. 0:48joked about the crowd sighs onstage at
23. 0:51the Emmy Awards garnering some applause
24. 0:53from the audience and criticism for many
25. 0:56who pointed out that Spicer still has
26. 0:58not acknowledged that his crowd size
27. 1:00claims were inaccurate dot the former
28. 1:03press secretary has been on an image
29. 1:05rehabilitation tour sitting for
30. 1:07interviews with comedians like Jimmy
31. 1:09Kimmel and embarking on the speaker's
32. 1:11circuit dot Spicer told The Times that
33. 1:14his appearance at the Emmys was an
34. 1:16attempt to poke a little fun at myself
35. 1:17and add a little bit of levity to the
36. 1:19event