But he knew he was in the bathroom and he was able to get out of the building, again, because these exit doors were working well. I cant tell you how thankful i am just to do that one task Homeland Security told us to do. Because in the past you couldnt push through the exit doors . They werent easily opened. They had safeties on them so they couldnt open either way. But now he was able to get out. I mean, he could be alive because of this. Where were you when you found out this had occurred . I was heading up to the service. Im there every i was there last night for service. I go up there around 10 00 and in the morning and one of the Vice President s that i work with on facilities now that i stepped down, he called. He worked for city emergency management. And he said he just got word theres an active shooter at
tree of life. Go up there and see if this is true. I tried to get up. I only live a block away from the synagogue. I tried to get up shady avenue and was police cars everywhe
the president ignored the mayor s plea not to come. the president didn t care that his security requirements would put further strain on the city that was also going to require massive security arrangements today for the four victims of that mass murder whose furnnera took place today. dr. jerry rabinowitz, the brothers, and daniel stein. his nephew, steven hallie told nbc news peter alexander today that he felt it was a stab in the back when donald trump said that the mass murder could have been completely prevented if the tree of life synagogue had just one armed guard somewhere on the premises. this is a case where they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. donald trump should have just said, you know, our hearts and prayers go out for the people of pittsburgh and everybody
that the mass murder could have been completely prevented if the tree of life synagogue had just one armed guard somewhere on the premises. this is a case where they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. donald trump should have just said, you know, our hearts and prayers go out for the people of pittsburgh and everybody involved and kept his mouth shut. you felt like he was blaming the community? that s exactly what it felt like. steven hallie said his family refused a condolence visit from the president today. air force one was on the ground for over three hours in pittsburgh today. but the president spent only 13 minutes in the tree of life synagogue where they were welcomed by rabbi jeffrey meyers who didn t invited the president but had always said he would welcome the president to visit the synagogue if the president did decide to come to pittsburgh. thousands of people filled the
thank you for being with us this morning. the immediacomedians are ta president trump to task after his response to the hate attacks. here somehow are late night laughs. immediately after the shooting trump told reporters how the attack in pittsburgh could have been spoiler alert, it s more guns. this is a case where if they had an armed guard inside, they would have been able to stop him immediately. why didn t the jewish people have an armed guard for the last 5,000 years? moses could have saved a lot of time walking through the desert if pharaoh knew he was packing. you know what i mean? yeah. if you guys stop saying mean things about me, i ll stop inciting angry lunatics to shoot you. it is like when a bully punches
that we heard from the president shortly after this this horrific massacre took place was that perhaps things could have been a little bit differently if there had be security inside. let s quickly take a listen to what he said. this is case where if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. maybe there would have been nobody killed except for him, frankly. so it s a very, very very difficult situation. now, we now know that rob bowers used an ar-15 assault-style weapon. in the past after mass shootings like this we ve heard cries for renewed debate over gun control. the president there presumably not leaving any room for that debate. how do you respond to this notion that we should have more armed officers inside places like synagogues and in the past