condemn the attempted acts of violence against president obama, the clinton family, cnn and others. ivanka trump wrote on twitter, there is no excuse. america is better than this. and then she went on to thank the secret service who played a large role in intercepting some of these packages that were sent to people like barack obama and like hillary clinton. then the president, people were waiting on his tweet. his response. sarah sanders had put out a statement, and of course, she speaks for the president, she's his paid press secretary. and quoted mike pence who issued a strong statement condemning these acts, as well, including labelling cnn and people specifically in his statement. we saw the president quote him, saying he wholeheartedly agreed. and we heard from the president in person at 2:00 p.m. of course, you just played that clip there, wolf, of the president saying he strongly condemns these acts, denounces them and called for unity. some pretty strong words from the president about these acts. one thing that people who watch