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Of the empire of japan. no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the american people and their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. >> we dont know who sent the pipe bombs or what their motive is, what their political leanings are. we dont know. but the fbi calls them potentially destructive devices. meaning they could have harmed, maimed, or killed. it is time for president trump to follow in the esteemed tradition of his predecessors, not just ...

Serious moment. two predecessors having assassination attempts on them, bombs coming to hair homes and the president acts like its not that big a deal. the media is exaggerating it. i thought he was at times through this crisis starting to track a little but there was the tweet blaming the fake news, blaming the media and trying to flip this 180. i know michael as a biographer knows thats what he does. once in awhile you keep thinking in a true crisis like this he will turn a kind of corner that...

Civil rights and people become unhinged, wed say, wait a minute. we denounce that. that doesnt represent us. when the congressman was shot when they were doing the congressional baseball game. >> congressman scalise. >> all of us came out and said, this is wrong. we denounce it. he has not even denounced someone who identified with his politics, less known given law enforcement the credit that they should have or even picked up the phone and called any of those that were targeted with these pipe...

Donald trumps twitter feed in the last few days. in fact, trumps social media conduct is a far cry from the strategies past presidents have used in times like these, where trump attacked the media for negative stories and attacked twitter for his follower count today. listen to how his predecessors handled moments of crisis. >> when our citizens are abused or attacked anywhere in the world, on the direct orders of a hostile regime, we will respond so long as im in this oval office. >> it was an ...

>> not sleeping well. >> apparently not. 3:14 a.m. suggesting that he wasnt being presidential. then we have this morning tweeting, not only did he put bomb in quotes, which seemed like a nod perhaps toward some of these people propagating these hoaxes. but also something like, hey, this national crisis is taking up too much media attention. it should be focused on my accomplishments, the republican accomplishments. weve got momentum going into the midterms. even today at the white house when he...

Really amounts to a fairly unprecedented coordinated would be attack. you know, sending these bombs to a wide array, two former presidents of the united states. i just cant think of another public official in any context in our public life who would have acted in such a brazen manner today. i noted that he never even mentioned the names of the targets who were sent these packages today. and i thought that was very notable at his rally. you know, he was told to tone it down. he didnt attack hilla...

A wide array, two former presidents of the united states. i just cant think of another public official in any context in our public life who would have acted in such a brazen manner today. i noted that he never even mentioned the names of the targets who were sent these packages today. and i thought that was very notable at his rally. you know, he was told to tone it down. he didnt attack hillary clinton. he also never mentioned that two of his predecessors in this office of the president of the...

The terrorists or terrorists and reassure them that the government was doing everything possible to find these suspects? >> he did not and we have been checking in on them repeatedly. the president reached out to any of those offices and i am told by several officials on all sides. the president and the white house did not as well. they are receiving their information through the secret service detail. it is surprising and i checked with someone from the bush administration to get a read on this...

Best we can determine at this point. do not look for any change in the short-term in his strategy and reaching out to his pr predecessors serving in the oval office. he believes he is unfairly linked to all of this. what impact will this have on the mid-terms? we dont know the answer to that. the president is keeping an eye on the investigation and he believes that this person or a suspect will be brought to justice. as of now, john, he is digging in his heels and we know what he is saying publi...

The president and he has been sharply critical of them. many say its obvious domestic terrorism. one person who has not said that is the president of the united states. should he? >> the two predecessors have been the subject of you could call it an assassination attempt. we are lucky these did not work. if they had, we would be in a different space right now. one thing we are not getting from the white house is a sense of immediacy and gravity. two former presidents and a first lady and a forme...