no place. >> reporter: but officials tell cnn, the president does not believe he's complicit in contributing to the red-hot political atmosphere. where an apparent supporter allegedly sent package bombs to more than a dozen trump critics. and cnn has learned, the president is telling allies and advisers that he doesn't believe it's fair to link his rhetoric to the attempted violence. despite the political leanings plastered in stickers on the suspect's van. the president made that point clear, when moments after saying he would do everything in his power to change the tone, he repeated what he's been saying all along. and painted himself as the victim. >> i call them fake. i can do the greatest thing for our country, and on the networks and on different -- it will show bad. they will take it back -- yes, fake news. >> reporter: this morning, even as authorities in new york discovered another package bomb and were closing in on the 56-year-old suspect in south florida, the president diminished the threat. suggesting the serial bombing