killed. >> in an unusual move, donald trump came to his defense on twitter saying that ben carson was speaking in general terms as to what he would do if confronted with a gunman, and he was not criticizing the victims. not fair! carson has accused the media also of being unfair. i want to bring in brian stelter who knows a thing or two about the media, and our senior media director and also the director of "brian stelter" right here on c nshgs nsh cnn. and there is parsing, but is in in case fair? >> well -- donald trump's comments were rare, and to come out to his defense. and so it seemed like victim blaming, but there were so many