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States encourages violence against reporters but the white house standing by its boss. >> this is just going way too far. the president of the united states is inciting violence against the free press. >> i think that no one would perceive that as a threat, i hope they dont. i do think hes beaten up in a way on cable platforms and has a right to respond to. >> cnn reporter jim acosta also step intoed the ring responding to the video tweeting, isnt prowrestling fake, acosta quickly schooled by tw...

Which of course has been fierce. its been called unseemly, beneath the dig my ti nity of t office, juvenile, incitement to violence, all of which im sure the white house would say is over the top in terms of reaction. this broke yesterday during the sunday talk shows, interestingly, and up with of the presidents advisers, the homeland security adviser was on, and was asked about the video and had to respond in real time. heres what he had to say. >> i want to ask you, is that the kind of communi...

President that weve seen in my lifetime and hes demonstrated whatever the content of that particular tweet is or any tweet hes demonstrated a genuine ability to communicate to the people. >> i want to ask you is that the kind of communication you want that hes beating up on somebody. hes beating up on the media. youre in charge of homeland security there. that seems like a threat. >> certainly not, though. i think no one would perceive that as a threat. i think hes beaten up on a way on cable pl...

I dont think anyone would perceive that as a threat, i hope they dont. he is beaten up in a way on cable platforms he has a right to respond to. >> joining us now is allen jacobs, political reporter and columnist and a columnist with business insider. the president himself tweeting out that video a few days after sarah huckabee sanders saying he never incites or condones violence in any way. >> which was statement which was inaccurate then as we all remember from the campaign trail. it was very ...

Way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> so sam stein this is on the cover of just beforery newspaper including the "financial times". its being broadcast around the world. did you perceive that tweet as a threat of violence against the press? >> its just so weird that every day we get to psycho analyze what trump means by his tweets. i lose the capacity to really care that much. i think its damaging. its problematic. i dont know if its a direct attack on the press but it can...

President of threatening their journalists" is a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. clearly sarah huckabee sanders lied when she said the president had never done so. but the white house insists there was no threat of physical harm. >> certainly not, i think anyone would proceed that is it that. i hope they do not. but i think he was beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond and he does that regularly. >> the way the ...

>> reporter: well, theyre larey hasnt been one. the white house communications team did not get to cnn this morning whether they stand by the statement the president has not encouraged violence in any way, shape or form. however, the president is choosing to tweet about this while here instead of his upcoming foreign trip, his health care bill. his -- for his first meeting with russian president vladimir putin and whether he will confront him over russian hacking in the election. the only admini...

Im pretty proud of the president for developing a twitter and social media platform where he can talk directly with the american people. >> youre in charge of homeland security there. that seems like a threat. >> yeah, certainly not though. i think that no one would perceive that as a threat, i hope they dont. i think hes beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> white house homeland security adviser thomas bossert defending a controversial video of the presiden...

#fnn which i laughed is fox news network, is fraud news network. here is tomorrow as boss earth on this week responding to that tweet showing trump in his mind beating up cnn. take a look. >> is that the kind of communication you want, that hes beating up on somebody? that hes beating up on the media? youre in charge of homeland security there. that seems like a threat. >> certainly not, i think no one would perceive it as a threat, i hope they dont. i think he is beaten up in a way on cable pla...

Security there. >> yes. >> that seems like a threat. >> certainly not though. i think that no one would perceive that as a threat. i hope they dont. i do think hes beaten up in a way on cable platforms. he has a right to reto. >> so in a statement cnn says its a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. clearly sarah huckabee sanders lied when she said the president had never done so, instead of preparing for his overseas trip, his first meeting with ...