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That we would never dream of engaging the president afterall is the person who sets the national security priorities of the country, who identifies the priority intelligence, collection priorities for the intelligence community. and for the fbi to say this is such an extreme situation that we have to treat activity by the president of the united states as a potential threat to the security of the country. my question is precisely the opposite. what kind of a deg reigation of the presidency does it require to produce that kind of -- that kind of reaction from the bureau? >> if you will, i want ...

Collection priorities for the intelligence community. and for the fbi to say this is such an extreme situation that we have to treat activity by the president of the united states as a potential threat to the security of the country. my question is precisely the opposite. what kind of a deg reigation of the presidency does it require to produce that kind of -- that kind of reaction from the bureau? >> if you will, i want you to stay with me and i want to bring in an attorney and msnbc legal analyst, fofrmer watergate prosecutor. and go to you, jill. >> he said he wanted me to stay with him . >...

So let's bring in the former r pennsylvania congressman. congressman dent, no one here at cnn has said trump is responsible but there are discussions about whether the rhetoric the president uses has contributed to the tense political environment we're living in. what are your thoughts? >> i certainly say the incendiary and inflammatory comments over the last few years have led to a deg reigation of civil discourse. of course he's not responsible for the pipe bombs, just as bernie sanders wasn't responsible for the baseball. and he has made the comments