she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. despite the nature of the tweets, the president s backers lining up to defend him. chief among them, first lady melania trump who is said to be combating cyber-bullying. that s part of her white house platform. a statement from her office, as the first lady has stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back ten times harder. the president s strategy is unclear as the tweets pull focus off some very important issues central to his campaign. it also forces lawmakers to once again answer for the president s social media habits. we have more now from brian stelzer, eugene scott, and cnn contribute on, reporter for the washington examiner, columnist for the new york post. selena, we ll start with you. look, i mentioned this to brian in the last hour most trump supporters my social media feeds
as the tweets pull focus off his important issues and achievements actually yesterday, and force lawmakers to again answer for the president participates social media habits president s social media habits. i want to bring in sarah murray for more. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. well, if president trump is having any misgivings about his tweet storm yesterday in which he attacked a female msnbc anchor and said she was bleeding badly from a facelift, the white house is giving no indication of that, insisting the president has no regrets. i think the american people elected somebody who s tough, who s smart, and who s a fighter. that s donald trump. that it s a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. reporter: the president could be using the day to talk about health care. there is an important health care vote that s sure to come up soon in the senate. he could have been talking about his upcoming meeting with russian president vladimir putin on the sid
combating cyber-bullying. that s part of her white house platform. here is the statement from her office, as the first lady has state publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back ten times harder. the president s strategy is unclear as the tweets pull focus off of some important issues and force lawmakers to once again answer for the president s social media habits. let s break all of this down with senior media correspondent brian stelzer. senior politics reporter eugene scott, and politics reporter selena zito. good morning. good morning, guys. brian, we knew this would be coming, that there would be a washington post op-ed from mika brzezinski and joe scarborough. it just landed and says, donald trump is not well. and says, president trump launched personal attacks against us thursday. our concerns about his unmoored behavior go far behiyond the personal. america s leaders and allies are asking again pregnanter this man is fit to be president.