Conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice. We have to unify. We have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of Political Violence of any kind have no place in the United States of america. So far the devices have been what appear to be a pipe bomb. What we saw here today was an effort to terrorize. This clearly is an act of terror, attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this country through acts of violence. Through acts of violence. With me now with the latest nbc news investigations reporter tom winter. All right, tom, you and i have been together for the last two hours as we try to interpret what happened earlier today and were getting more news about maxine waters. Set the stage for us exactly
where things stand. I know im putting you in a tough spot because there are still so many unknown. And some things even not quite frankly were not in the position to share bec
unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. reporter: the president there talking about the need to unify after what has developed today, comments that struck his critics as off, frankly, given that the thread that links these people together have been that they have the targets of personal attacks by president trump, criticism of his or have been critical of the president. now, here s the thing, the president the white house came up fairly quickly with a statement condemning what they called terrorizing acts earlier this morning when all of this started to unfold. the president came out and addressed what happened immediately as he walked out into the east room for those remarks, a previously scheduled speech that was a bill signing for opioids legislation. here was the question, stephanie, as you know the president has been holding an the creasing number of rallies in the gear up to the mid-terms these