every indication is this is clearly terrorism so we have to understand why these people on our base and are they vetted and clearly we have to change what we are doing. i m going to have a meeting hopefully next week with secretary esper and secretary pompeo to understandings and pay what we need to change to make sure americans are safe. laura: we understand that three others saudis who are on the base were filming this attack. that s the late report tonight as it was taking place and i believe, unless this report is wrong, six were arrested? so there is something if they are just question, i think there were arrested. i mean why i don t understand why people are saying this isn t terrorism. i don t know why the fbi yeah. ionian stomach think there s any question there is terrorism and i don t think there s any question we have to change whate
attempt that we have never seen on this scale with this many people in a single day. and i think it s worth noting, and the fact that the president didn t understand the magnitude of the crime here, the magnitude of the domestic terrorism, and it is domestic terrorism, is somewhat concerning. and that s because of course for trump it really is. for trump terrorism isn t terrorism unless there s an arab he can blame for it. so he doesn t recognize right wing domestic terrorism as terrorism. but in fact i went back and read the definition of domestic terrorism, which is defined. and this does meet that definition. so i think we at least in the media should be very clear in
the mail. i think we should call this what it was, a coordinated attempt at mass assassination. they were meant to kill people. a whole set of public officials and former public officials for most likely their political views and ideas. and that is an assassination attempt that we have never seen on this scale with this many people in a single day. and i think it s worth noting, and the fact that the president didn t understand the magnitude of the crime here, the magnitude of the domestic terrorism, and it is domestic terrorism, is somewhat concerning. and that s because of course for trump it really is. for trump terrorism isn t terrorism unless there s an arab he can blame for it. so he doesn t recognize right wing domestic terrorism as terrorism. but in fact i went back and read the definition of domestic terrorism, which is defined. and this does meet that definition. so i think we at least in the media should be very clear in
white house and completely reject the president s notion that everything is terrific and it s running like a finely tuned machine. we know that s not true. this person wrote about it, and they can help confirm that by disclosing who they are. that argument is clearly also backed up by the new bob woodward book, which will officially be out on tuesday. so much of it already out there. congressman cicilline, thanks for joining us. my pleasure. moments ago, the first lady of the united states, melania trump, slamming the author of this op-ed, saying he or she is sabotaging the country. her statement, you ll hear it, when we come back. also, as the fallout from the op-ed ripples around the world, a stunning headline out of germany right now where a majority of people now say, according to this poll, what scares them most isn t terrorism, it s president trump. shop at bass pro shops and cabela s stores and online for great deals on great gear. and save thousands on america s favorite
this morning. that is all they know about. a clear message from governor cuomo of new york saying we will not be defeated and telling new yorkers let s go back to work. an important message saying their attempt is to disrupt us. we will not let terrorism do this. all right. joining us now, performer new york city police commissioner joe jacklone, former sar gebts and law enforcement trainer and our reporter britain begingrass to understand what s going on. i want to start with you. the headline, a terror related attack, attempted terror related attack here in the heart of new york city in the transportation system. a pipe bomb that went off. your reaction to what you just heard? well, my reaction, we did not learn a lot of new information other than the name in this press conference, but the fact is that we know that there are radical people who are going to the trying to commit these acts. we are very lucky here that it was a minor explosion and,