yeah. he doesn t care. he doesn t care about history, he doesn t care about words, and he simply doesn t care for the constitution. so i think we ve seen who trump is in this moment. he is somebody who peddles in hate. if this were four white women and the spat they had was with a speaker who was, say, a black woman, we wouldn t be having this conversation. i wouldn t be sitting here today because the president of the united states wouldn t have tweeted the words he did by using the phrase go back to your country, he couldn t say that to white women. he can say that because these are women of color. i think this goes beyond intent. i think it s despicable that the vice president chief of staff would try to defend this. i think this goes beyond birthplace as congressman jim hines put it. these are congresswomen, people who have been elected to office, they are challenging his power, that can check his power. and that s what he feels threatened by. reena, you re a republican and
asking people to sort of go and see that sort of blind faith that they had and that may be it was wrong, this is a more flawed man than you bargained for, people don t like making that admission, hence the angry e-mails that folks like jonah get. we all make mistakes every day. we will see if more conservatives admit to that. cresten anderson, thank you so much. we appreciate you being here. we re going to get rick and gene s views on these columns and much more coming up. and we re also going to be talking about day five of the government shutdown and president trump digging in, saying the government will not be reopened until he gets his border wall. or slats. the washington post phillip rucker joins us with his latest reporting. phillip rucker joins us with his latest reporting.
stop blaming the media, which is what he does all the time. stop using divisive language and let s get down to the bottom of what s happening and stop what is happening and let s catch this person and focus on that, which is the real congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. outfront next, president trump says it s time to put our differences aside. then he attacks the media. is the president capable of unifying the nation? stay with us. your company is constantly evolving. and the decisions you make have far reaching implications. the right relationship with a corporate bank who understands your industry and your world can help you make well informed choices and stay ahead of opportunities. pnc brings you the resources of one of the nation s largest banks, and a local approach with a focus on customized insights. so you and your company are ready for today.
trump. when he gets attacked, he attacks back. he feels, and i think there s a lot of justification for this, that he s treated extremely unfairly by the media, and he goes after them. just as an example this morning, maggie h maggie haberman from the new york times, who s not an editorial writer, she covers the white house and she was on cnn and just trashed the president. and i think trump gets sick of that. what did she say that was factually inaccurate. she said what a horrible character he is and repeated all these allegations about how, oh, he tries to instigate violence and things like that. and it s just i just i don t know what she said but a lot of times, people say things about president trump that are just factually true and people consider that to be editorializing. i watch cnn every night, you know, and look, every night, donald trump is a racist, he s a misogynist, he s a xenophobe, mentally unstable. all these things, and look, that s just an unfair thing
headquarters, former attorney general eric holder, and in addition, today, authorities also intercepting or retrieving three packages, two meant for vice president joe biden at two separate locations in delaware, and one for actor robert de niro received at his production company s office in new york city. all those i mentioned have been frequent targets of president trump on twitter and on the campaign trail through rhetoric and while the devices sent to those individuals did not detonate, the fbi made it clear today they believe the threat is real. they warned there still could be devices out there and those devices should be considered dangerous. the president speaking just moments ago, he did not address the matter, and so far he s declined to call these bombs an act of domestic terrorism. instead, he s doubled down on twitter, blaming the media for the nation s incivility. he wrote, a very big part in the anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposefully false and i