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violence. let's go straight to more, tracking so much of what has done said on line. death threats have been out there, some general like social media posts urging people to kill all feds. but there have also been very specific threats, in particular aimed at the attorney general, merrick garland, and the florida judge who signed and then unsealed that search warrant. how concerned are federal officials about -- about this going from online threats to actual violence? >> reporter: yeah. well, sources told our colleague josh campbell that the fbi's investigating an unprecedented numbe...

No. >> i wouldn't be surprised also if they planted bugs. they did bug the campaign. they fraudulently doctored evidence to get a warrant to wiretap the campaign. i'd sweep that whole estate with a bug sweeper. >> under garland's watch, the doj resembles the gestapo more than a justice-seeking agency, and he must be impeached. >> comparing the fbi to nazis. cnn media analyst david zerwick joins me. reporter for "the baltimore sun." when watching the right-wing media reaction, they came out pouncing on this and decrying it. they didn't wait for any kind of answers or explanation. what stood out...

And it was on display. we should be -- we really need to learn from this because this could be -- >> yeah. they should know better. they should know that words have an impact, and this is potentially playing with fire. david, thank you so much, sir. we've got to leave it there. appreciate your time. >> thank you. coming up this hour, how the cdc is loosening covid restrictions and how that impacts kids who are returning to school. also coming up, debating the pros and cons of lockdown drills in schools and whether they really save lives. and it's been a year since the u.s. and nato allie...

But it looks like news, it smells like news, his fans think it's news. they trust tucker more than real reporters. why isn't fox following up? why isn't the newsroom digging into his claims? why isn't the news lroom tryingo prove tucker's theory? those are my questions. let me check my e-mail to see if there's been -- no, still no response from fox news' pr to those basic questions about journalism, about basic news gathering. what do you think? are there any answers? with me now is david zerwick, media with the "boston sun." and author of "demagogue for president." i know you both have a lot ...

Of the biggest stories for years. obviously we know, david, why they don't reply, they know why fox doesn't comment. because tucker is his own guy, he does what he wants. david? >> brian, i think it's worse than that. i have said that fox news is crooked and rotten from top to bottom, and sometimes people push back and say, oh, no, those opinion shows, what about brooke blair, blah, blah, blah. no, it is a propaganda operation. it is not a journalistic enter surprise. we know roger founded it as a political operation, not a journalistic enterprise, but he was smart enough to brand it as if it ...