discourse this fall. but as you just showed in those video clips the president s rhetorical targets have been very clear at rally after rally after rally and those very targets became the targets this week of these mailings, of these bombs, these explosive devices that were sent. there s no evidence from investigators connecting the shipments to any sort of political campaign or plot or any motivation that is directly related to trump. but again, there are a lot of questions being raised in the political world about the president s rhetoric. the president for his part has been saying that the rhetoric as a whole needs to come down a notch. he s been calling for unity. he s even blamed the media for playing a role in the rhetoric. but he has not accepted any personal responsibility for the way in which the tone of his speeches has contributed. and robert costa, as recently as our broadcast last night, we were surmising that fear was just going to be the closing argument as we approach
election day. the question tonight, what impact could today s events have on elections that will determine the control of congress. as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 643 of the trump administration is 13 days out now from the midterm elections. and the president has held as of tonight his latest rally in wisconsin. as the hunt is on for whoever sent explosive devices to his political opponents. the targets are all public figures, including president barack obama, hillary clinton, her husband the former president. and all are frequently attacked by donald trump at his rallies and on social media. tonight the president opened his event with this. i want to begin tonight s rally by addressing the suspicious devices and packages that were mailed to current and