least ten suspicious packages and devices addressed to eight people who have all been targets of president trump. cnn has on it and images of six of the packages that are quite similar in the markings, you can see for yourself. just today we are learning two packages were addressed to former vice president joe biden and another was sent to actor robert de niro. the other targets include the clintons, the obamas, former attorney general eric holder, california congresswoman maxine waters, two packages were addressed to her and liberal billionaire george soros and ex-cia director john brennan, which was the package that was sent to us here at cnn in new york. as investigators frantically search for the person and motive behind these pipe bombs, the president is blaming the media for stoking anger. next hour authorities in new york will provide an update on their investigation. we ll take that live as soon as we see the nypd.
about stoking violence, stoking anger, that contributed to the death of people like heather higher, contributes to a toxic culture, going from breitbart, up to the present. it s a huge problem and the fact that mainstream republicans have capitulated to it is a moral calamity we deal with every day. second, we have to deal with the fact that as a culture we are creating there s a deeper phenomenon in which an individual pulling a reason for whatever broken mental problem that person is dealing with, whatever narcissistic evil violent idiocy. they pull up that reason and we take the reason and make it sacrosanct. we re telling people again and again if you want to do something violent, you can have tomorrow. right. look, i just think that we are in a time where the president has been cruising rhetoric that has been incredibly divisive, has demonized every single one of the targets that received the threats today. doing it since he was electioneering in 2016.
about stoking violence, stoking anger, that contributed to the death of people like heather higher, contributes to a toxic culture, going from breitbart, up to the present. it s a huge problem and the fact that mainstream republicans have capitulated to it is a moral calamity we deal with every day. second, we have to deal with the fact that as a culture we are creating there s a deeper phenomenon in which an individual pulling a reason for whatever broken mental problem that person is dealing with, whatever narcissistic evil violent idiocy. they pull up that reason and we take the reason and make it sacrosanct. we re telling people again and again if you want to do something violent, you can have tomorrow. right. look, i just think that we are in a time where the president has been cruising rhetoric that has been incredibly divisive, has demonized every single one of the targets that received the
trying to blame on others including the media for stoking anger. i m going to speak next to tony schwartz, the coauthor of the art of the deal who says trump s actions reveals a and last night he singled out who should be blamed, the press. as part of a larger national effort to bridge our divides and bring people together the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. have to do it. they ve got to stop. bring people together. you know this man. what is he doing there, and how do you combat it? well, i can answer the first. i m not certain about the second. that s pure projection. that s putting on other people
flag. and we have many men and women wound as a result of fighting for our freedom. stepping on the flag is uncool, don t do it. jesse: do you think maxine waters has a responsibility to come out and say something? i do, but she won t do that. she ll play to that base. here is what these guys have done. they know that stoking anger and getting people riled up, they will show up at the polls. one of the things president trump said before the election. he said they have waited for me for 8 hours in the rain to hear me speak in an arena. don t you think they are going to show up to vote for me? there was a lot of passion. jesse: it s a passion based on