The White House attacks on CNN reporter Kristen Holmes have exploded into a wider controversy after the administration's communications team told the journalist that her own children would one day be 'sickened and embarrassed' by her questions.
The extraordinary attack followed a tense Oval Office briefing on Monday, August 17, where Donald Trump was hosting 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams, who had rescued 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai in Santa Cruz, California.
