President Trump's abrupt ending of a '60 Minutes' interview and criticism of Lesley Stahl reflect escalating campaign against reporters, moderators.

President Donald Trump called Fox News host Chris Wallace "nasty" and "obnoxious" after his interview with White House Minority Whip Steve Scalise.

Former Vice President Joe Biden may be President Donald Trump's ballot opponent, but in the days before the election, the president increasingly is ramping up his campaign against the news media. .

"60 Minutes" and its correspondent, Lesley Stahl, are the latest targets of presidential ire, as Trump walked out early from a Tuesday interview and followed up with tweets trying to shame a maskless Stahl, and then threatened to post his video of the interview ahead of the CBS news magazine's broadcast Sunday (7:30 EDT/7 PDT). .

• NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker, who is getting ripped by the president even before Thursday's final presidential debate.

• Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason, who got pushback from the president Monday on the campaign trail in Arizona.

The president was speaking to Stahl for a piece scheduled to run on Sunday's "60 Minutes Election Edition." CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell is interviewing Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the special

Some time after the interview session with Stahl, the president tweeted a six-second video snippet of a maskless Stahl, apparently in the White House, talking to two men wearing masks in an apparent attempt to shame the CBS correspondent

"Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me

Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me

Correspondent Ed O'Keefe quoted the news magazine: " '60 Minutes' says the White House agreed to shoot that video only for its archives and that the (news magazine) has a history of interviewing presidential candidates and asking important questions in the run-up to elections."