course the media used that to blame trump for creating a climate of the anti-semitism. jesse: in the summer of 2016, the media is already starting to foment the beginning of the trump hate crime era. but it was a black journalist, not a trump supporter calling in these threats. then november 2016 right after the election. they really start to percolate. the shade crime hoaxes. south philly neighborhood vandalwise pro trump, anti-black rest imagines. trump rules, black bitch spray paints on to cars and homes. what happened there? it was a black man who was responsible for that. that particular incident highlights not only are these hoaxes amoral, they are not good liars.
you get the successful prosecution you saw here. sean this attack and by many others by tamerlan and dzokhar, that is the first time we picked our heads up and thought about lone wolf terrorist attacks here on american soil and thought about what we could do to protect the public from that possibility. what has the fbi learned from this case how to better prevent another boston marathon bombing or another similar event? the fbi and the intelligence community has been worried about lone wolves for quite a long time. i think this incident highlights for the american public what the challenges are for law enforcement to identify people who are not necessarily affiliated with a larger broader organization and working amongst themselves and what do we do going forward and how do we gather intelligence and utilize it to identify and deter the attacks before they occur.
this incident highlights what the republican party confirmed last night would be part of their national platform, opposing abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest. that s churned up waters in massachusetts, where republican congressman scott brown is calling for change in the party platform, saying i believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro-choice republicans like myself. finally, there could be one other high pressure system looking to rain on the republican party. vice president joe biden indicated he will be down in florida during the convention. perhaps unsurprisingly, the tampa mayor said this morning that he s prepared to cancel the rnc if necessary but at this point, it s unclear what s more threatening, the meteorological chaos or the storm brewing over the republican convention. that was a lot of weather, maggie haberman. lot of storm systems. setting aside the practical implications of a hurricane hitting tampa, and throwin