of separate afternoon so it wasn't until sundown, around 6:45, that we went to our iphones and turned on the tv and saw what had happened. we have relatives who live in squirrel hill so the immediate -- there were some text messages on the iphone telling us that they were okay, so we were relieved but we were also heartbroken and infuriated. >> how do you process what happened there and how do you process this moment in our nation's history? >> it's a shocking moment. i mean, we view it all through our own experience. i have had a life, as a jewish american, which has been not only free of anti-semitism, but i've had this opportunity to be elected senator from a state of tkz where the jewish population is 2% and then al gore gives me a chance to run for vice president, first jewish american on a national ticket.