"outfront" now we're going to talk to democratic senator jeff merkley. senator, thanks so much for joining us. there have been threats in recent days to senators jeff flake and susan collins. obviously, last year, republican members of congress were shot during baseball practice almost -- we almost lost house leader steve scalise. now we have these bombs sent to all these prominent democrats as well as john brennan, care of cnn. are you concerned about any threats against you or your colleagues right now? do you feel safe? >> well, i'm absolutely concerned. most of us received threats of various kinds along the way, but in this case, where you have the president saying that eric holder better be careful, calling maxine waters corrupt and saying she better be careful, saying that cnn has to be taken out of business, those are the sorts of words that may resonate with an individual who takes them in a manner that the