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
Me to donald trump and what happened today. To say theres no connection between what trump has said about Hillary Clinton, barack obama, eric holder, john brennan and cnn and the thinking of the person who sent those bombs are fool hearty. Were about to mark halloween. Its all about saying boo. Giving someone a little fright so they can enjoy the moment of relief. Sending pipe bombs isnt saying boo. Its political terrorism. Saying that people are evil isnt saying you disagree with them, its saying we would better off. The means dont just if the ends if its stirring up pipe bombings. Nbc news is reporting the devices were sent to five public figures. The similarity of the pipe bombings as well as the packaging containing them indicate carefully planned but, fortunately, unsuccessful endevour. Its the nation of the intended recipients that suggest this is an act of political terrorism. Thats because the targets are a whose who of President Trumps enemies list. The first bomb was fund at