to portray an act of kindness like that and that gesture and trying to make it into something that it isn't. >> melisa: joining us is howard kurtz. i feel like this story has sunk to a new low when i read about the press calling gold star families to check in on who was called and who wasn't. is that really going on? >> apparently it is. the whole episode is so sad. everyone is caught in this media crossfire. everything has become politicized and what has gotten overshadowed is the deaths of these brave american soldiers. i have to say, though, the president trump inadvertently opened the door to this after the answer he gave at the monday news conference. >> melisa: very few people are looking good in the story now. frederica wilson who herself is a reality star and someone who i found the real housewives of