here's what we found in all of 2016, there were 243 news reports on this shooting of officer jesse hartnett. in january of 2016 alone, there were 166, in fact, station archives show in the week following the shooting, stories, ran around the clock. >> officer hartnett shooting dominated the news for a whole week and then we reported on 243 times last year, and that might not exactly be true natalie media? >> unaudible. >> trump administration made a case for explaining why the list was released. >> many of them have not gotten the attention we deserve. it is too often we are seeing these attacks not get spectacular attention that they deserve. >> reporter: now to reaction to politicians, senator toomey was silent on this, spokeswoman said he would not be commenting. senator casey sent this statement and i quote it is a bizarre statement by the president, and instead of being the nation's media critic in chief, president trump should focus on keeping america safe. spokesmen for mayor kenney telling me lack of truth in trump's statement is self-evident to anybody who was in philadelphia. as f

shooting of jesse hartnett was among biggest stories of 2016. i spoke to officer hartnett about this last night and he said that he wasn't aware of the list, he said he could not comment because it is case that is still pending trial. the radio calls go out, a philadelphia police officer is down. officer jesse hartnett is shot three times in the front seat of his squad car. and the act prosecutors say was committed by edward archer in the name of islam. it was labeled terrorism. >> new tea tails about the gun man. >> reporter: headlines, and banners flashed across the news. "cbs evening news" ran story of the officer ambush. >> police say shooter confessed to the crime. >> reporter: coverage here at cbs-3 dominated news cycles for days a