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Grade system here to stay, these attacks were covered adequately, these attacks were not. most puzzling of all, inside this list, you see mentions of the paris attacks, where 129 people died, the san bernardino terrorist attack, the niece truck attack and so on, and as you know, anderson, these are all terrorist attacks that we covered days on end, not only here at cnn, but other international news outlets around the world, this appears to be a talking point that is in search of a set of facts t...

Terms of a comment coming from the president tonight. >> thank you. mo brooks, member of the house foreign affairs committee and armed services committee. thank you for being with me tonight, you know, we are just trying to understand what the president means, i mean, whats your response to donald trump. he says the media isnt covering these events, and then he said, you know what i mean. is he alleging a cover-up? the media is sympathetic with the terrorists? do you have any idea? >> well, i ...

Judges when they issue rulings he simply doesnt like. last year he said judge cure yell shouldnt preside over his trump university fraud case because of his mexican heritage. he was born in indiana, u.s. federal judge, and just this past weekend president trump said the federal judge who put his travel ban on hold would be to blame if any terrorist attacks happened here in the united states. he called him a so-called judge. is that appropriate behavior for a president? >> wolf, let me just say t...

Which attacks he was referring to in the remarks. here is what he had to say. >> you have seen what happened in paris and nice. all over europe. its happening. its gotten to a point where it is not reported. in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesnt want to report it. they have their reasons and you understand that. >> reporter: as for an explanation of the comments, the white house produced a list of 78 terrorist attacks since 2014. the white house claims most of the attacks did not ...

There are 78 attacks listed on this list. and i have to tell you, erin, its a head scratcher, several of these, we here at cnn and other international news outlets, covered these extensively, mentioned on this list, the november 15 terror attacks in paris. yes, the paris attacks were 129 people were killed, the san bernardino terrorist attack. the brussels/belgium terrorist attack that happened last year, istanbul. even the nice truck attack, erin, all of these, youll recall, we covered these ex...

What it was that wasnt reported. what did they say? >> reporter: they provided a list of 78 terrorist attacks in europe. and if you look into it, the vast majority of them were reported by big media outlets, including by nbc news, more than 50 of them. but take a listen to what press secretary sean spicer had to say yesterday on air force i. >> he felt as though members of the media doesnt discover though events as much as others will. a protest will get blown out of water yet an attack doesnt g...

What was stated by hillary clinton, secretary clinton, her convention speech, these are determined enemies, is a really light way of referring to radical islamic terrorism. hes willing to name it. it was a big piece of his campaign. and frankly, jake, if you look at the polls including cnns polls, national security and terrorism were important issues to many americans. he made it a point to show real distinction there and he wants to show a point as president in the real distinction because ther...

One way or the other. if the supreme court splits down the middle as it has eight justices, whatever the ninth circuit rules is the law. it under scores the decision. >> absolutely. when do we expect, laura, a ruling from the ninth circuit? >> reporter: given how things are going, pretty fast. we weill hear the oral argument at 6:00. a decision later tonight or tomorrow morning first thing. >> laura, we look forward to it. thank you. is the media ignoring or downplaying terror attacks around t...

America. i can imagine a lot of middle -- sort of middle america folks out there, working class white americans out there who are saying, why -- you know, why should syrians come to america. and god forbid if there is an attack down the road. that judge -- they will poib the to that judge. >> the media does cover terrorist attacks, i remember the week of the pulse nightclub shooting, the entirety of the week, from from my recollection, they do cover terrorist attacks, the better argument the tru...

All have given on these terrorist attacks and the motivations behind them. i understand where you folks are in the media. you have a short news cycle so many things are happening, you have to shift focus from one topic to another. if youre asking me to extrapolate any more than i can, im afraid im going to disappoint you. >> i think youve answered it as best you can, i will say, for the record, i think we cover terror exhaustively, and one of the biggest criticisms we get is that we cover those ...