April Ryan Calls Fake Brian Ross Report on Flynn a Mere ‘Faux Pas’

STELTER: To your point about the president -- to your point about the stock market, the president weighed in this morning on Twitter. Let's put his tweet on screen. He says: People who lost money when the stock market went down 350 points based on the false and dishonest reporting of Brian Ross, he's been suspended, should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC for the damages his bad reporting has caused. Many millions of dollars. 

April, you cover the president every day. Your reaction? 

APRIL RYAN, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, AMERICAN URBAN RADIO NETWORKS: Well, the president has said things about hiring lawyers before, when it comes to those who are accusing him of sexual misconduct. He hasn't done that yet. 

But this is -- this is a serious issue. And the stakes are very high. You know, we as reporters, we will make mistakes. We have. We continue to. And we will in the future. 

But the stakes are so high, Brian. And right now, what's happening, I think, about how this administration pounces on one moment that is -- that's a faux pas. I think about early on in the administration when Sean Spicer was press secretary, just something that was small, but it blew up so big. 

You remember the controversy about the Martin Luther King Jr. bust possibly not being in the office. People went berserk over it. And now, this has gone to another level. 

Stakes are so high. The stakes are so high, and we have to really make sure all the I's are dotted and all of the T's are crossed, because this is a very serious situation. This Russia investigation issue has tentacles that reach far beyond this moment, and into the future. The president has been set, as it relates to Russia being involved in our election process. 

But how does this play out in the future? We have to get it right. There's no room for error.