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violence. lets go straight to more, tracking so much of what has done said on line. death threats have been out there, some general like social media posts urging people to kill all feds. but there have also been very specific threats, in particular aimed at the attorney general, merrick garland, and the florida judge who signed and then unsealed that search warrant. how concerned are federal officials about -- about this going from online threats to actual violence? >> reporter: yeah....

No. >> i wouldnt be surprised also if they planted bugs. they did bug the campaign. they fraudulently doctored evidence to get a warrant to wiretap the campaign. id sweep that whole estate with a bug sweeper. >> under garlands watch, the doj resembles the gestapo more than a justice-seeking agency, and he must be impeached. >> comparing the fbi to nazis. cnn media analyst david zerwick joins me. reporter for "the baltimore sun." when watching the right-wing media reaction, they came out pouncing...

And it was on display. we should be -- we really need to learn from this because this could be -- >> yeah. they should know better. they should know that words have an impact, and this is potentially playing with fire. david, thank you so much, sir. weve got to leave it there. appreciate your time. >> thank you. coming up this hour, how the cdc is loosening covid restrictions and how that impacts kids who are returning to school. also coming up, debating the pros and cons of lockdown drills ...

But it looks like news, it smells like news, his fans think its news. they trust tucker more than real reporters. why isnt fox following up? why isnt the newsroom digging into his claims? why isnt the news lroom tryingo prove tuckers theory? those are my questions. let me check my e-mail to see if theres been -- no, still no response from fox news pr to those basic questions about journalism, about basic news gathering. what do you think? are there any answers? with me now is david zerwick, medi...

Of the biggest stories for years. obviously we know, david, why they dont reply, they know why fox doesnt comment. because tucker is his own guy, he does what he wants. david? >> brian, i think its worse than that. i have said that fox news is crooked and rotten from top to bottom, and sometimes people push back and say, oh, no, those opinion shows, what about brooke blair, blah, blah, blah. no, it is a propaganda operation. it is not a journalistic enter surprise. we know roger founded it as a ...

Costco 300 miles away does not necessarily tell you all that much about the united states of america. >> or anything. david, thank you so much. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. up next, a very serious story. a newsroom becoming a crime scene with editors now behind bars. is this the end of a free press in hong kong? two special guests join me next. i win again, patrick. thats siiir patrick. oooooow. sir. >> jess: at safelite, we have service the way you need it. when you have a c...

Class that is totally folk outside that negative partisanship that is driving this nationalization of outrage, because theyre so thirsty for that fuel, for the fire of their own anger. >> im really glad you coined this term. im giving you credit here and now. it helps me process all these media battles i see happen every day. and then the other layer obama added to it in his recent interview was about news coverage. there was an article that shows the less news content there is in a newspaper, t...

Attention to the media you consume. if you feel like your adrenaline is coursing through your body, if you feel on edge, if you feel anxious when youre watching the news, then that news is designed to make you feel anxious, and thats a problem. i think its also important when we talk to our friends and family members who do watch this kind of media, we can be more empathetic to them and realize its not a natural response. they may actually have ptsd where their body is set on high alert so often...

Week? they were rooting for putin. >> i did on fox. let me correct that. i was actually surprised, even for fox, i was surprised to see it, brian. and i thought, well, they have to say -- it was interesting because it was projection. they were angry that people said trump was an embarrassment when he was next to putin, so now theyre going to say it was an embarrassment, but biden san embarrassment because he wasnt next to putin. it makes my head ache. jennifer, david, thank you so much. up nex...

President trump criticized shep. he would tweet against shep. the president seems always to promote the opinion shows on fox and attack the news division. for example, he attacked that fox poll this week that showed impeachment getting a majority support among americans. david, your reaction? >> well, one of the things is, you know, with trump doing that, it really can wear you down. i mean, some of your reporting, you talked about him, about shep just wanting to move on. maybe being tired of th...