origin and with that the president failed with the comments yesterday and today. it's incumbent upon the president to bring us together and that's the responsibility that i think he should take very seriously. >> chuck schumer is calling the tweets racist. would you agree with chuck schumer on that point? >> i think senator tim scott indicated that he believed that the comments were racially offensive. i think that's an appropriate characterization. >> and we may hear from mitch mcconnell tomorrow so there is that. here with more the political reaction to all of it, phillip r rutker, politzer prize winner and lonnie khan is with us, former presidential campaigned a advisor to both. phil, i'd like to begin with you. why these four as they say in the airline business, the president has his choice in targets every day. he's got scores of millions of followers on social media.