and what he calls quote , unquoe fake news. and sarah sanders holding a press briefing yesterday defend ing the president s response and saying, look, he was forceful in coming out, and playing the initial role of consoler in chief. but he is also someone who is not going to hold the punches when it comes to coming under attack, and punching back. i have been speaking to a number of white house official, andrea who have told me behind the scenes, yes, he is taking all of this seriously, and that is why he wants to visit pittsburgh. he does want to be the consoler in chief at the same time, and i am told based on the conversations here, that look, he is a week out of the midterms and when he is on the campaign trail, he pivots quickly back into campaign mode. he tells the base essentially what he thinks that he wants to hear to fire them up to get them to the polls, and that is why you are hearing the fiery rhetoric from the president when he is behind the podium at these event, andrea.