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Citizens. >> reporter: those words so far are just words, not followed by action. >> we must never allow political violence to take root in america. cannot let it happen, and i'm committed to doing everything in my power as president to stoop it and to stop it now. stop it. >> reporter: that's teleprompter trump with a carefully scripted message 11 days before the midterm elections. >> these terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country. no place. >> reporter: but officials tell cnn the president does not believe he's complicit in contributing to the red-hot political atmosp...

>> reporter: on the bombs, wolf, they were not ha hoa hoax becau according to the fbi they contained most if not all of the components of a bomb. it is unclear at this point if they could have detonated or were designed to detonate. the suspect in custody now. he did cooperate initially with authorities, telling them he had no intentions of harming anyone. he now has a lawyer and questioning has ended. tonight authorities have a suspect in custody they say is responsible for at least a dozen package bombs discovered across the u.s. >> each device consisted of roughly six inches of pvc pipe, a ...

At a gas station, wherever. how is that taken out of context? >> because normally, you are -- >> i'll answer that, angela, and then i have to go. >> she said to confront them, because we have every right to understand why they are making life more difficult for the most vulnerable populations among us. >> no, no. >> i appreciate it, this is an ongoing discussion and we'll always be able to have it here. i believe in it, i know it's got to be part of the right way to discuss the things that matter, thanks to both of you. what do we know about the investigation? the package bombs that were sen...

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...

And as you noted, as we've noted over the last couple of days, everybody on the target list is somebody donald trump has singled out in a rally or a tweet or what have you as a political target. it is impossible to ignore the nexus and donald trump is doing just that, ignoring the nexus. he is not to blame for what this guy did, but it would be refreshing leadership if he could have an introspective moment. i don't anticipate it. it is not his style and i don't think we should wait for it. >> dan, i want you to look at this video. this guy posted video of himself at various trump rallies. you ...