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Terror and evacuations. this jewish community center in birmingham got its second bomb threat in a month. parents and staff again forced to evacuate small children from day care. this year alone, at least 70 jccs have been targeted. thats not all. at a jewish cemetery near st. louis this week, grave sites desecrated in a scene reminiscent of the nazis. more than 100 headstones toppled over or damage. this morning hillary clinton tweeted directly to the president "jcc threats, cemetery desecratio...

Different united states of america over the next three, four, or eight years. >> theres been a report out that 48 bomb threats have been made against jewish centers all across the country in the last couple of weeks. there are people who are committing anti-semitic acts or threatening to -- >> you see, he said he was going to ask a very simple, easy question. and its not. its not. not a simple question. not a fair question. okay. sit down. i understand the rest of your question. so heres the sto...

>> i wonder if theres a way for the trump folks to have some sort of definitive way of talking about this. so we have these blanket denials, there are a lot of denials that have been made that seem hard to credit because at least theres contradicting evidence on the other side. like how could they demonstrate theyre telling the truth? >> im not really sure. i spoke to the trump campaign for that story today and i said, look, why deny whats not unusual and i got this response back, a phone call b...

Convictions. now those arent regular illegals. they arent regular people in our neighbor -- these are, a lot of them, very serious criminals. theyve been convicted, not charged, convicted on these crimes. >> so sheriff, when secretary reich says -- >> i just want to ask the sheriff one, simple question. that is obviously, everybody in the united states is concerned about avoiding criminality and making sure that criminals are punished. thats not the issue. the real question -- >> it is the issue...

But there is this very disturbing rise of anti-semitism, and its important to condemn the part of it that is coming out of middle eastern communities, but there is another part of it which, you know, does have this association with having supported trump. and people are looking to him to say i do not want your support if youre an anti-semite. and thats the -- >> because hes the leader of the free world. and theres a disconnect here because when you ask him about -- or some of his people about no...

Republican lawmakers across the country who chose to hold town meetings instead of avoid them with met with similar passion. subjects were ride ranging. heres congressman steve womack of arkansas at the end of a rambling answer in a question to investigating russian interference in the election. >> you guys just want to investigate everybody. [ audience reacts ] >> how about benghazi? >> you guys spent a lot of mey on benghazi. waste a little on trump. >> joining me now, the "washington post" po...

But this kind of deny, deny, deny and when we cant deny anymore well kind of shift a little bit more, obfuscate some more and somebody has to get fired. it doesnt make sense. and that -- when you have reports of other contacts, when you have this russian hacking thats been going on and a campaign that was more than just cyber hacks where youve got information being put out, going out through wikileaks into the u.s., where you had other activities and that just raises a ton of suspicion. >> i won...

>> reporter: switching the subject and berating the reporter for asking the question. >> quiet, quiet, quiet. see, he lied about -- he was going to get up and ask a very straight, simple question. so, you know, welcome to the world of the media. >> reporter: rather than issuing a swift condemnation of the threat -- >> well, we are concerned about it and what we havent really heard being addressed is an uptick in anti-semitism. >> reporter: trump referenced his own views. >> i am the least anti-s...

As a republican. quiet, quiet, quiet. see, he lied about getting up to ask a very straight, simple question. so welcome to the world of the media. >> responding to the threats against the jewish committee, sean spicer leased a same last night saying, hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom. the president has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable. but the ceo of the anti-defamation league wants m...

♪ only at&t offers you all your live channels and dvr on your devices. data-free. entertainment. your way. only from at&t. welcome back. during a news conference this week at the white house, president trump had a testy exchange with a jewish reporter who questioned the president over the rise of antisemitic attacks. >> there are people who are committing acts or threatening to. >> i am the least antisemitic person that youve ever seen in your entire life. number two, racism. the least racis...