The woman assaulted Acosta. The jokes are interesting, but, the woman (name ?) went to take the microphone out of Acosta's hand. He did not hand it to her to have the next person use it. She assaulted him and tried to grab the microphone out of his hand when he was not prepared to give it up. She did not stand there waiting for the microphone to be handed to her. She wanted to forcefully remove the microphone from his hand. That is not allowed. There was no mutual consent in handing the microphone to her and the next person.

The definition of assault (click here) varies by jurisdiction but is generally defined as intentionally putting another person in reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. Physical injury is not required.

This is supposed to be a room of professionals. There is no protocol in passing the microphone? Grabbing a microphone or attempting to grab a microphone from the hand of a journalist will cause an alarm reaction. That is assault.

When am I going to hear how the Russian missile ship is leaving the Mediterranean Sea? When am I going to hear about the new President of Cuba? When am I going to hear how Russia plans to arm Cuba and quite possibly plant missiles aimed at the USA in Cuba? When is the USA going to be alarmed about the inaction of the Trump administration that compromises the country? What are Americans going to do, sit around like morons and watch the bombs fall?