you are playing for laughs. >> greg: i haven't seen brian stelter that defensive since anderson cooper his toupee. koppel hit the artery and stelter couldn't stop the bleeding or the laughter. koppel knows the media operates on two lies they would rather forget. one that their effusive coverage of trump didn't help nominate the guy. oh, but you did, you blubbering favors. cnn lead that chart under the assumption that hillary had it won already. focus only on trump knowing their profitable obsession. two, that somehow trump had threatened to press freedom. hardly. he is buying those same executives their fourth and fifth homes. since trump, the press has been feverish. every day is the apocalypse and every critic a fearless hero. to cnn, especially to, trump is ebola and the kkk combined. it's why the c in cnn stands for cartoon. not a believer the point but we know how easy the press was under obama event has he actually targeted journalists. let's watch that clip again. >> cnn's ratings would be in the toilet without donald trump. >> you know that's not true. you are playing for laugh

brian stelter, he will stay with us. there is more to discuss this hour. >>> the senator with the crucial vote in the kavanaugh confirmation, senator susan collins sat down in a one-on-one interview with cnn's dana bash. she says she does not believe kavanaugh assaulted dr. christine blasey ford. watch. >> i found dr. ford's testimony to be heart wrenching, painful, compelling, and i believe that she believes what she testified to. i did not believe that brett kavanaugh was her assailant. so i do believe that she was assaulted. i don't know by whom. and i'm not certain when. >> see the full interview with dana and senator collins on "state of the union" this morning at 9:00 a.m. only on cnn. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo just finished up his fourth visit to north korea. how much are these meetings he is having helping to further the north korea denuclearization process? talk about that next. >>> officials in haiti preparing for more deaths after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake -- this is the wrong video -- hits overnight

brian stelter, very good point to make. much. >> thanks. >>> stay close, brian will be on later today at 11:00. >>> after the break, one man survived the synagogue attack because of skills he had learned, his son says, at an active shooter training session. he says that is what saved his life. you're going to hear from his son next. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. >>> i'm victor blackwell live in pittsburgh. as the country mourns the massacre that happened at this synagogue and the 11 people who were kille

brian stelter, smear campaign blaming the mainstream media. familiar line of attack. >> yes, it is.his take root on social platforms. it's sort of a free speech utopia. that's what they claim. in reality, it is a favorite website of hate groups and bigots. it's relatively small. hateful people, anti-semits are able to meet on this website, communicate with each other and get even angrier. we're seeing radicalization, on gab, other social networks. hateful people are able to exist on the internet, get even angrier, even more radicalized and some of them do crazy things. in the case of the suspect in pittsburgh, we can see from the social media footprint that hatred of jews is the root of his evil. he also hated immigrants. he was being radicalized by what he was hearing, seeing and reading on right-wing media. so much coverage of the migrant caravan, people coming from guatemala, honduras. the suspect in pittsburgh noticed they were being called invaders, afraid of invaders. according to his own social media post, that's why he went into the synagogue that was trying to help refugees

>> brian stelter, thank you very much for that. let's discuss now with max boot. he's the author of "the corrosion of conservatism." also here, mr. mike shields. gentlemen, good evening. so max, you wrote a column about the role of fox news in all of this. what is the impact the network is carrying this kind of message? >> it's very corrosive, don. it's very dangerous. this is a network that reaches millions of people, and it's spreading a message of hate. it's spreading a message of conspiracy mongering. i mean, even just today fox had a guest on their air saying that this caravan is bringing smallpox and leprosy. smallpox doesn't even exist anymore. okay? this is the classic kind of xenophobic slurs about how these immigrants are going to infect america and it's just crazy in 2018, a national news network is putting this kind of garbage on the air. it is radicalizing the right. it is turning sane conservatives into conspiracy mongers. and with a handful of people who may have already been unstable it helps to push them over the edge into violence. this is very d

here to give on you the media's report card, again host of "reliable sources" brian stelter.bvious question, was the media biased? >> shall individual journalists were, and there are many, many commentatoring lining up against him. i think the weight of that commentary made it seem like a big chunk of the media was out to get him. i don't think editors and bosses in newsrooms were trying to tank his nomination, but there were a lot of individual journalists disturbed by the allegations. >> just to name a few examples "the washington post" published an op-ed written by, quote, cafferty gnaw's ex-drinking buddies. "new york times" published a story about that that included kavanaugh being involved in a bar fight 33 years ago. "usa today" ran a column alleging his what a child predator. i mean that seems kind of like an effort. >> there was also sloppiness in some of the stories. "new york times" admitted they shouldn't have had an opinion writer go out and work on a story at yale. there were some admission being that. i do think journalists were trying to figure out what really

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. >>> i'm brian stelter. this is "reliable sources," our weekly look at the the story behind the story of how the media works, how the news get made and how all of us can make it better. this hour, breaking news, deeply disturbing from the middle east. reports of a well-known saudi journalist killed inside the consulate in istanbul. his editor will join me live with the latest. so will one of the reporters who exposed the trump family's sketchy tax schemes. that "new york times" bombshell, we will get into that. plus -- >> you didn't let me ask my question. >> you have been asking a question for ten minutes. >> you interrupted my question. >> please sit down. >> sit down he says. trump's negative tone toward women report seers is spurring backlash. a t brett kavanaugh is sworn in as an associate justice on the supreme court. for his opponents, it's frankly a terrible weekend. the country feels incredibly divided at this moment. whether you support kavanaugh, whether you oppose his nomination, let's recognize

senior media consultant host of "reliable sources," brian stelter has been following this all week.andpoint, it's a risky strategy. when they're worried about midterms, they sort of lay back. as we know, trump is not most presidents. is there such a thing as too much trump? >> when i see him giving all these interviews and taking all these questions, unfortunately, because he is so loose with the facts, it's like more pollution being added to the air. >> from like the consumer side. >> i wish it weren't so but more pollution because it means there's more spin and more misinformation out there but from a political perspective, it's working for the president. it reminds us, there is no star nearly as bright as he is. there's no democrat, no one on the left able to suck up the oxygen the way he does. >> not even close. >> not even o'rourke in texas. he is unique in his star power and using that to great effect. whether it's helping sarah sanders, ultimately, it's trump as his own best communications director. >> after turning down requests to do "60 minutes" for two years, finally agre

i want to go to our cnn chief media correspondent, brian stelter. 's at president trump's rally right now in charlotte, north carolina. brian, tonight, the president is claiming that he's toned down his rhetoric but these rallies are where he unleashes his strongest attacks on the news media and his opponents. what are you seeing so far? >> reporter: this is where he shares talking points with his most loyal supporters and aisle really struck here, wolf, by the reactions in the crowd to the reporters in the room. you know, as a media reporter talking to the folks in the crowd, the rally goers, a lot of them are in on it. they think it's theater. they think it's, like, pro wrestling. when they chant, cnn sucks, some of them, then come up to me afterwards and say, hey, brian, nothing personal. we're glad you're here. but not everybody here feels that way. not everybody here is joking around. some are very serious. and i wonder at the end of this week if trump is able to control the forces he has unleashed. is he able or willing to tamp down the fire th

. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter.hour, the saudi diplo t diplomatic crisis deepens, we will talk about it, and as you have seen, president trump is p parodying fo ining fox news. >>> and who better than karl burnstein to join us at the end of the hour to talk about how all of the stories connect. midterm misinformation, it was two years ago this month, i

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>>> hey, i'm brian stelter. on this hour, the saudi diplo t diplomatic crisis deepens, we will talk about it, and as you have seen, president trump is p parodying fo ining fox news. >>> and who better than karl burnstein to join us at the end of the hour to talk about how all of the stories connect. midterm misinformation, it was two years ago this month, i remember hillary clinton against donald trump and i tried to sound an alarm as fake news, i was talking about these made up stories, i was not the only one sounding the alarm, a lots of reporters were. there was so his misinformation and unreliable source books, but between the day he was won and inaugurated he seized the term fake news. let me give you a look at the problem. twitter trolled, spreading lies about jamal and his kidding, and making it look like the crowned brins was a hero. this voters have been making smears for the whats up app. facebook, twitter, and other sites are trying to stamp out fake stories but this is an uphill battle. on friday a r

few decades at another network and i want to -- i would like you to see a conversation between brian steltermean, i can't imagine, there it is, they have a talk, cnn didn't like the way it came out. >> no. >> that means what? >> that the ratings are up that means you can't do what with donald trump. cnn's ratings would be in the toilet without donald trump. [laughter] lou: well, they're in the toilet with him too but they would be deeper in the tub, in the toilet. >> admit it. the kid is supposed to be the media critic, and he's telling a lie so stupid that the audience laughs at him for telling it. look, the ratings are up because of trump. i'm not sure anything shameful. i worked at cnn when impeachment happened. the fact that he lies about it and expects us to believe tells you anything about dumbness. lou: i don't know if you happened to see a terrific feed, ted and old boss and friend ted turner. >> yes. lou: a moving, sad talk as ted said two old geesers in montana looking out in the sunset, it seems, it was a touching moment and nice to see. >> whatever you think of ted turner's polit

i would like you to see a conversation between brian stelter and -- i mean, i just can't imagine. ted koepell. cnn didn't like how it came out. >> no. >> the ratings are up, what does it mean? >> it means you can't do without trump. you would be lost without trump. >> you know that is not true. >> cnn's ratings would be in the toilet without donald trump. >> lou: they are in the toilet with him, too, but they would be deeper in the toilet. >> why not admit it. that kid is supposed to be the on-air ethnist of the channel and telling a lie so stupid that the audience laughs at him for telling it. the ratings are up about trump. i don't know if it's shameful about that. i worked at cnn when the impeachment happened. it was up in the impeachment. i don't think it's a bad thing. he lies about everything and they expect us to believe it so tells us everything about the tunnelness of the ruling class i think. >> lou: i don't know if you have seen it, a terrific piece. ted koppel our old boss and friend ted turner. >> yes. >> a moving, sad talk as ted koppel said two old geezers sitting o

. >>> i'm brian stelter. this is "reliable sources," our weekly look at the the story behind the story of how the media works, how the news get made and how all of us can make it better. this hour, breaking news, deeply disturbing from the middle east. reports of a well-known saudi journalist killed inside the consulate in istanbul. his editor will join me live with the latest. so will one of the reporters who exposed the trump family's sketchy tax schemes. that "new york times" bombshell, we will get into that. plus -- >> you didn't let me ask my question. >> you have been asking a question for ten

joining us is also brian stelter, chief media correspondent. a lot of these anti-semitic vitrvit vitreal was post odd a social media platform called gab, which, frankly, until today i had not heard of. just tell us overall what is gab? how do people use it? >> fringe website that's a version of twitter. think of it as a version of twitter, but it's popular among alt-right members and other kind of folks that don't feel welcome on sites like twitter or facebook. we don't they feel william, they enforce a lot of guidelines, a lot of rules of the road. this individual was using gab to share his anti-semitic views, and as paul murphy pointed out, he has been doing a lot of research in the social media platform, anti-semitism was a fuel. it fuelled other hate speech that the suspect was posting. it wasn't just anti-semitism. it was also hate about immigrants, hate about other individuals, but at the core was this deep anti-semitism that you see on the social media footprint. >> several of the messages that he was posting was against a jewish refugee

>> joining us is deputy managing editor of the weekly stand kelly jane torrance and brian stelter chiefspondent and host of "reliable sources." we are seeing all of this happening. how will the democrats respond to this? because president trump has shown to be successful with such message i messaging. >> well, yes, layla, that is true. i have to say, first of all, there are bad people on both sides as, you know, just last week, we had nancy pelosi who was facing some anti-communist protesters. >> let me jump in here. we have that video. >> great, great. perfect, perfect. >> right here. >> heckling of and heckling by -- hecklining is not reserve to one party. we saw this on both sides. >> there are bad people on both sides as i just said, but it is true that i do think we are seeing a bit more of this coming from the left. now can you blame democrats for it? in many cases theory are, obviously, people on their own making these statements but you have had a couple of people, not many, but a couple of people encouraging such behavior. maxine waters as president trump likes to remind people

for more we are joined by chief media correspondent brian stelter.di arabia denying, turkey saying that he was killed. what else do we know about the circumstances of his disappearance? >> it is a mystery and it's a disturbing mystery. what we know for sure according to his family members that she entered this consulate on tuesday and then never came back out. on saturday some reporters were allowed inside for a tour, but that leaves a window of more than 72 hours where many things could have happened. and both "the washington post" and reuters are saying turkish officials conclude he was killed inside. i hate to even say this, there was a suggestion that his body was removed from the consulate. here you see the facts on the screen, what we do know about this case. but there's a lot we don't know. it's been 24 hours since the officials suggested he had been murdered. there's been no proof of that, there's also been no proof of life in the 24 hours since. so it's a very disturbing situation. at this point also, an international incident, of course, be

. >> greg: i am more interested in the brian stelter angle.ber president obama mocking romney, saying russia was a threat and then the whisper on the hot mic. this was happening while russian journalists while being murdered in scores, dozens. i don't remember stelter blaming obama for that. and it bothers me because the saudis have done a lot of bad things and we have talked about it on "the five," their treatment of gays, the treatment of women. the way they treat jews, christians, myriad human rights abuses. these have been conveniently ignored but then they get outraged because it's one journalist. but what stelter did was he revealed why. he could leak it to trump. if he could not link it to trump, would he have actually brought it up? i don't think so. i'm more interested in someone else, the blogger who had a religious freedom website and he was imprisoned for that by the saudis. he's been sentenced to ten years and 1,000 lashes. in saudi arabia, they still do the lash. journalists are upset about this one guy but they've been doing thi

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. >>> we're going to go to brian stelter, who is standing by at the location of president trump's nextuth carolina. brian, we've been talking about this arrest and the rhetoric across the country. we saw the picture of this individual who was arrested at a trump rally healolding up a sig that was critical of cnn from just a year ago. this is where a lot of this rhetoric comes from. >> yes, and this is the first trump rally -- this one tonight will be the first trump rally since today's arrest and since we've learned some of the information about the suspect. brooke, this rally is in this arena here, the bojangles coliseum. it is nasty outside. it's just beginning to get crowded in here about three hours before president trump is scheduled to speak. i've been speaking to people here and they're not interested in the bombs and of course they want to talk about the news media. a man came up to me and held up a sign that said fake news and he turn around and came back and said we're al people, we all have a lot in common. there have be a lot of vitriol and invective but then they come and

little brian stelter over on cnn. >> sean: humpty dumpty.hat i call him. >> rush: he has actually been somewhat nice to me, there arere exceptions to it. but complaining that the president is talking too much, the president is in the media too much. demand access -- because he is polluting the air. he is lying, distorting, not giving us enough time to catch up with him and to correctto hi. just keep going, president trump. t he is dominating these people. he is frustrating them. they have g lost their monopoly. the elizabeth warren thing, the pocahontas, proves they cannot shape public opinion anymore via narrative, and they are frustrated as they can bee about that. >> sean: he doesn't need them. >> rush: no. part of what is going on here, i believe, all of this -- i do call it abnormality. we are up against psychological disorder, abnormality, that is disguised as political issues. >> sean: we talk about the media -- it has never been this abusively biased. >> rush: it is not even biased, we are so far beyonds biased.us these people are pa

. >>> hi, i'm brian stelter and this is special edition of reliable sources. right now america can hardly catch its breath. think about the past 72 hours as the headline here on cnn.com says three hate filled crimes, three hate filled suspects. and now a search for answers on a conversation of what inspires this hate, this violence, this disregard of for humanity, what role do our political leaders play, what role does the media play, and what about the big technology platforms? because in the u.s. today people are being radicalized by what they hear and see on social media. and it's pushing some people who are already prone to violence over the edge. before we go any further let me just say two things are true at the same time. criminals are the ones responsible for their crimes, but people in public life are responsible for the climate, for the tone that can sometimes inspire horrific events. crimes don't happen in a vacuum. so there's a lot to unpack, and we have an all-star line-up to do it today. as you know the incidents of domestic terror and hate crime

here with us now is chief cnn media business correspondent and host of "reliable sources" brian stelterurn from the white house to what's appeared to be very scripted statement from the president during that rally last night before he started to speak in his own voice with more jabs directed at the resz. >> right, scripted trump versus unscripted trump, sometimes two very different important. he did say some very important things in the wake of yesterday's bombs and yet he's reverted to form in recent hours by attacking the media at least three times on twitter today for various reasons. you know, i think it's notable that sanders is trying -- her comments are awful, to be talking this way. and acting like the trump white house is the real victim here. but she wants this fight with the media. i think she wants this fight with the media. she wants to play the victim and not deal with the real issue at hand, which is her boss is involved in fueling a fire. i don't think anybody on this network is saying that the president is responsible for what this perpetrator is doing, but we have to r

here, host of reliable sources, brian stelter.me conversation, first of all, the term, how long did it take after the moment yesterdayy we streamed out on the streets under police protection with a functioning explosive device in the building did the conversation from the president and his supporters turn to there goes the liberal media again. i they're playing the victim card, engaging in victimhood politics saying because people are talking about how trump's rhetoric is a problem, that somehow he's being blamed for these bombs, and as a result, he's the victim of this. look, it's nonsense. what i'm wondering is where is the president? where is the president today? because that guy on twitter, that's a fox news host. that guy rallying against the media, that's a fox news host. that's not the president. the president hasn't shown leadership in the last few hours. he did say some nice things yesterday, but then he turned around and went against the media again. >> we just have some sound from the white house that i want to get our

himself, that basically is cnn's poster boy, and pretty much the stenographer for jeff zucker, brian stelterover the weekend, he and a guest for "the washington post" tossed tossing around an idea that this "hannity," responsible for violent actions every deranged individual. now we are crossing into legal territory. take a look. >> you wrote about this this week with regards tord the bomb attack. the suspicious packages. you said, look at all the targets. it reads like a list of sean hannity's prebroadcast crib notes. the way you put it in your "washington post" columns. are you blaming the hand of thes of the world? >> they have a share of this revving up of hatred. >> sean: what you are hearing from jeff zucker, humpty dumpty, fake news cnn, other members of the media, this is crossing lines into splendor, this is libelous. by the way, with obvious malice. they refuse to tell the truth about what my load positions are about violence, all violence, purposely lying over and over again. go back to the kavanaugh hearings, it's been recalling for security of every american. constantly denounci

brian stelter on cnn. >> sean: humpty dumpty.call him. >> rush: he is actually been somewhat nice to me, there are exceptions to it. but complaining that the president is talking too much, the president is in the media too much. demand access -- because he is polluting the air. he is lying, distorting, not giving us enough time to catch up with him and to correct him. just keep going, president trump. he is dominating these people. he is frustrating them. they have lost their monopoly. the elizabeth moore and, the pocahontas, proves they cannot shape public opinion anymore via narrative, and they are frustrated as they can be about that. >> sean: he doesn't need that. >> rush: know. part of what is going on here, i believe, all of this -- i do call it abnormality. we are up against psychological disorder, abnormality, that is disguised as political issues. >> sean: we talk about the media -- it has never been this abusively biased. >> rush: it is not even biased, we are so far beyond biased. these people are part of the agenda. i

endless antitrust panels and not doing reporting here now famous journalist ted koppel, battling cnn brian stelterat cnn ratings would be quote - in the toilet without president trump. watch. >> the ratings are up, it means that you can't do without donald trump. you would be lost without donald trump. cnn 's ratings would be in the toilet without donald trump. >> you know that's not true. elizabeth: what is your take on this? you know, with ted koppel and also, the mounting criticism of cnn here? >> respectfully, as a former journalist, i have a lot of respect for ted koppel. but i will disagree with him he cnn ratings are already in the toilet even with president trump. i just look at some of the most recent ratings. they're getting beaten regularly by reruns of spongebob squarepants. they have a real issue. when ted turner also questioned their balance, you have got jeff greenfield and ted koppel, something has got to change that cnn or they will continue to bottom out. elizabeth: here's a question, two respected journalists, do they bashing journalists make a trend? >> ted turner, the founder

the other thing is, and i think brian stelter, our colleague, has pointed this out.trump, particularly on twitter, but generally speaking, acts a lot more like what we have come to associate with a conservative talk show host than president of the united states. so in some ways, i'm not terribly surprised. because to gloria's point, it's sort of a chicken and the egg. did donald trump come up with it, did he watch janine pirro, sean hannity? it's this constant, vicious circle that i think for the most part donald trump is doing, not necessarily because he believes it, but because he knows it works politically speaking. the problem is, there's lots and lots of people out there who are hearing this and are inspired, motivated, listening, who don't know that donald trump is doing this to rally his base. people come up to me all of the time and says donald trump really hates the media. i say, let me stop you right there. donald trump donesn't hate the media at all. he knows what we write. he knows stories, what we've written, good and bad about him. this is a schtick. he

. >> as our colleague brian stelter said in his newsletter, there's a little bit of data breach fatigue, but there shouldn't be. this is really important. not just your facebook account. think about the outside accounts you have linked to through facebook. hackers can get into those as well. this is a story, i'm so glad you led your newsletter with it. it's not getting enough attention with all the other news but it affects people. >> there's much going on in d.c., but this is a d.c. story as well because it involves potential regulation of facebook. so much scrutiny of the social media networks in the past few months. facebook executives and others have been testifying on capitol hill, and this is another bad, bad headline for the company. it is, as you said, the worst breach in the company's history, and facebook still doesn't know exactly what happened here. it's almost as if hackers were able to get into 50 million homes, snoop around, but we don't know what they did in the houses yet. they might have stolen stuff, they might have moved stuff around, or maybe not. ee don't know. fac

. >> brian stelter has just popped a microphone on, and so are you talking to "the washington post"? are they responding to this? >> i'm thinking about a conversation i had with the editor there yesterday who said, until there's any confirmation of a death, if there's 1% chance he's alive, we'll talk about jamal in the present tense. but obviously, every day, this outcome seemed more and more likely, as time has gone on. and frankly, i think it may give 1% of closure to some of his friends and family, to finally have some sort of a mission, some sort of confession from someone in the saudi government, but as y'all were just talking about, this is some sort of excuse that it was a rogue operation, it makes you wonder about why president trump was using the word "rogue killers" earlier today given that that's where this is heading. that's not going to be real closure, that's going to be the beginning of this story. and of course, jamal has so many friends and advocates and colleagues who are going to insist on getting to the actual truth here. and not just the truth that the saudi gove

presidents, david gergen, and cnn chief media kornet and host of reliable sources, brian stelter.or are they just more documented now because everyone has a cell phone? >> i do think we are seeing this explosion of anger and frustration on both sides because people don't feel represented. we're coming two years after an election where the person who won the most popular votes by a landslide was not elected president. there's a lot of rage on the left about the election of president trump. there's also a lot of frustration on the right bubbling up. some of the in the ballot box, but some of it in this concentrations. the more protests, the better. i felt that during the tea party, during occupy, i feel that now. but they have to be peaceful. it can't get to the point of violence. the problem recently is we've seen that line crossed with proud boys, antifa, where it's intimidation. >> now painting democrats as a mob. listen. >> the democrats don't like being called an angry mob, but really, that's what they've become. >> you can either vote for democrat mob rule, or you can vote for

i want to bring in now brian stelter, david gregory and philip mudd. good evening to all of you. i've been watching everyone all day. i appreciate all of your comments. david, i've got to say you have been so honest, so candid today, so spot-on. i was riveted watching you, and i thank you for your coverage. >> thank you. >> but i want to play this absolutely because the president refused to take any responsibility for his heated rhetoric he has been spreading. in fact he had the gall to attack the media. watch this. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. have to do it. have to do it. >> so blame the media, brian. i mean people could have been killed today, and this is part of what he says? this is his response? >> he may not know what the nation needs, but he knows what his fans want. and i think tonight at the rally he's speaking to his fans. he's speaking to that base that wants to hear him, yes, condemn political violence, but then turn around and say it's part

and brian stelter of cnn just looked at fox news and other right-wing outlets and s saying the levelf times they are talking about invaders just in the last few weeks has so escalated. and bowers himself said, i like the way they're changing the language of aliens, illegal aliens, to invaders. and it is this link of immigration, as president trump now, even as he goes to pittsburgh, tries to divert attention to the border saying he is sending me 5200 soldiers to the border post up soon on the border there will be more soldiers than in iraq and afghanistan. sending more than 5200 soldiers to the border and also saying he plans, through executive order, to end birthright citizenship. , you're pulling all of these incredibly troubling threads together, and it is really important to recognize that the attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh was an attack on jewish people and it is heart-wrenching. but in attack on jewewish people for supporting refugees, and attack specifically targeted at an organization that was helping have shabbat ceremonies in honor of supporting refugees

i want to bring in brian stelter. there was instant examination of what the president would say. the vice president went out first and the president following saying he agreed wholeheartedly. i believe one of the graces of this moment is it gives you a chance to realize how you approach things and how your tone is matters. >> yes. as you just said, there's no need, no reason to assume motives, to assume anything at this point. but we do know what all of these targets have in common. these are all targets that have been criticized mercilessly by right-wing outlets, by fringe groups on the internet and by some right-wing commentators. already there's an awful rush to claim it's a false flag operation, people like rush limbaugh, who have a lot of influence, a lot of fans are out there saying things. i think it is worth noting after five and a half hours, our colleagues are allowed back in the building here, the president of cnn, jeff zucker, just came out with a strong statement about presidential leadership and about the president's comments earlier this afternoon that may have lef

i'm brian stelter. and there are nuare stories tha under the radar and don't get any attention and i want to show you one of them and this is an example of what i think is president trump getting duped from fox news. this is "fox and friends" and steve doocy asking about the idea promoted from the right and the left wing protesters against now justice kavanaugh and they were paid protesters and this is how it was framed on fox. >> the president has referred to the people, some of them, as being paid. were they? >> well, on set, because people have sent me lots of messages that they are waiting for their check. >> okay. that is a joke. it is a bad attempt at a joke, and she was saying the real sincere protesters were now waiting for their checks. and less than an hour later the president tweeted about the quote paid d.c. protesters who are going to protest, pa because they have not gotten their checks, and they weren't paid. and he did not get the joke, and in fact, repeated it later in the day at the ra

let's get more from brian stelter. >> the pittsburgh shooting suspect's hatred of jews merged with hisf immigrants to deadly results. he called migrants invaders, using the same dehumanizing language that's been saturating right wing video and tv. >> this invading hoard. >> this is an invasion. >> this is an invasion. >> we may never know where the suspect heard these ideas, or why he believed them, but we do know that the hate crime coincided with a rise in hateful language from the info wars fringe to fox's prime time lineup. >> you have this invasion coming over every day. >> almost as soon as the migrant caravan formed in central america. >> it's a kind of invasion. >> fox news, talking heads and president trump made it out to be a major threat. >> you do not have the right to come here. we did not invite you here. you cannot stay here. >> republican leaders echoed this line. >> we have to treat this as an invasion. >> reporter: and look at the online reactions. >> this is an invasion. this is an act of attacking the united states sovereignty. >> reporter: scroll down on any of the