Whats being done to stop it from happening again. And inside the texas serial bombing investigation. The bombings in austin are terrible. Local, state, and federal are working handinhand to get to the bottom of it. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Well, good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington. Welcome to mtp daily. Buckle up. Its been a wild day of headlines involving russia, the president , vulnerabilities in our election system, bob muellers probe, facebook, and the trump campaigns data operation. All of todays headlines, though, have one thing in common. They are seemingly alarm bells involving the integrity of our free elections and the foundations of our free democracy. So lets dive in. The president spoke with russian president Vladimir Putin today and he told reporters that he congratulated putin on his election, put that in quotes, victory. And that hes going to sit down with putin real soon. The president did not bring up russias election meddling. He did not
Overnight, a bomb intended for actor and trump critic Robert De Niro was found in new york. As of tonight, eight targets have been sent to a total of ten pipe bombs. All of the intended recipients of those packages have also been the targets of the president s attacks. And despite his remarks yesterday condemning violence and calling for unity, the president doesnt appear to be willing to practice what he is now preaching. At the risk of inspiring further attacks, in fact, trump today blamed the media for fueling the anger were seeing in this country. He tweeted, quote, a very big part of the anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that i refer to as fake news. It has gotten so bad and hateful that its beyond description. Mainstream media must clean up its act fast. Former cia director john brennan who was one of the targets of the attempted bombing responded to the president with a swift rebuke. Quote, stop bl
America's oldest death row inmate Walter Moody enjoyed a lavish 2,100-calorie dinner surrounded by friends before being administered a lethal injection and suffering an agonizing death