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You have this parroted on fox news. and so, look, youre not going to draw a straight line between, a. and b. here. phil, you know more about this than anybody. but you take a look at everything. you take a look at the general conversation and the shooter is like, ive noticed a change. and, you know, i like this. well, suddenly theyre invaders. suddenly the military is going to be there. suddenly, their hordes as jean pirro has said. and it goes on and on. and its a bad game of telephone. and ver...

Going on right now, for example, of people communicating with him on social media or if he had friends talking to him. there is a secondary question. regardless of whether they supported this particular act, is there a group of people out there who share his views and may themselves generate another plot. so getting that second order, are there people around him, i think is a lot of tougher than this first question of what motivated this guy. >> you know, gloria, the white house is strongly push...

Directly -- their congregations directly affected, but by people from every faith, tradition in the pittsburgh area offering support. it was an emotional night, but it was an inspiring night. and the rabbi that said it the best from tree of life synagogue is that hate has no place in pittsburgh. >> some jewish -- >> were going to get through it. >> yeah, im sure you will. and you have a terrific jewish community. some jewish leaders are openly saying now in pittsburgh that they dont want a presi...

My sanctuary. there is nothing i could do. >> reporter: now rabbi myers says president trump, who plans to go to pittsburgh tomorrow, is always welcome there, but the presidents visit has caused a split among leaders of the tree of life synagogue. a former president of that synagogue, lynnette leaderman, says the president is not welcome in pittsburgh. she calls him, quote, a pur various of hate speech which white house press secretary sarah sanders has vehemently denied. >> also appearing for t...

Gunman robert bowers also seized on the caravan, writing in a social media post, i have noticed a change in people saying illegals now saying invaders. i like this. >> theres no question that the toxic environment that were now in of hate speech has not been helped by the presidents words. absolutely not. about the caravan, about refugees, about muslims. this has to come to an end. >> reporter: the president has also gone back to blaming the media, tweeting, the fake news media, the true enemy o...

With a community that is divided over his mere presence. after the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue. >> the american people reject hatred, bigotry, prejudice and violence. >> reporter: white house press secretary, sarah sanders, angrily pushed back on it had anything to do with pittsburgh or the pipe bomb sent to cnn in the last week. the latest package discovered today. >> the very first thing the president did was condemn the attacks, both in pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs. the ve...

The people, must stop the open and obvious hostility. to whom? that would be to him. and report the news accurately and fairly. that will do much to put out the flame. well, lets talk about the flame. and where the flame comes from. you know, this is donald trump once again, just setting up a bogeyman over there, and saying, this is the thing that i have got to punch at. and im president, so i can do it. >> chris, doesnt he understand that this can inflame, that this will, you know, endanger jou...

>> would that include my outlet, which received a bomb last week? >> i dont think its necessarily specific to a broad generalization of a full outlet. at times i think theres individuals that the president would be referencing. >> reporter: even after sanders defended the presidents use of the terms, enemy of the people and fake news, she falsely stated mr. trumps margin in the 2016 election. >> and he got elected by an overwhelming majority of 63 million americans who came out and supported him...

Donald trump believes from june 2015 until today, his anti media rhetoric has always been out there. the other point to make, wolf, every president prior to donald trump, many of them failed in this attempt. but they had, i think, a fundamental belief that the white house and the presidency is a position of moral leadership. that it is incumbent upon you to try to take the high road. now, you know, nixon, bill clinton -- i understand people on twitter that they dont always meet that. but there w...

A long time. and thats the service ill be attending tomorrow to pay my respects and to give her a hug and tell her how sorry i am that this has happened in her family. >> please pass along our deepest, deepest condolences to the family, congressman. may they rest in peace. that is so, so sad. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. up next, new information emerging about the extremist website described as a cesspool where the accused synagogue shooter signaled his intentions. and ...