don t want to change your life for somebody who is sick and evil and i don t think we shoul- [cheering and applause] judge jeanine: that was president trump this evening in illinois addressing the horrific shooting. let s get the latest on the investigation. from fox news reporter garrett tenney live in pittsburgh. the tree of life synagogue is the focal point and this is tightknit jewish community and three congregations were there and several dozen people were there this morning and the beginning of this morning shabbat services. it was a baby naming cerny getting away at 9:53 when a man walked in with an assault title rifle and reportedly all jews must die before he opened fire. it only took a couple minutes to respond but by the time the police got there the gunmen had
don t want to change your life for somebody who is sick and evil and i don t think we shoul- [cheering and applause] judge jeanine: that was president trump this evening in illinois addressing the horrific shooting. let s get the latest on the investigation. from fox news reporter garrett tenney live in pittsburgh. the tree of life synagogue is the focal point and this is tightknit jewish community and three congregations were there and several dozen people were there this morning and the beginning of this morning shabbat services. it was a baby naming cerny getting away at 9:53 when a man walked in with an assault title rifle and reportedly all jews must die before he opened fire. it only took a couple minutes to respond but by the time the police got there the gunmen had
shabbat, it is saturday, there was a baby naming, which is a wonderful family experience, so my expectation is that there were a lot of people in there, young kids, and other family member, as you go through this wonderful experience of naming your child, and that the likelihood that the congregation was fuller than it might ordinarily be, at 9:45 in the morning, congregants are sort of strag ling in. it is not until the toah service that the synagogues gets a little bit more full. but with a baby naming, you might have a much more full congregation with a lot more family members, which is why when the officer gave that statement, this was a horrific crime scene, may be talking about lots of families with young kids there, being slaughtered. you said it is a horrific crime scene. one of of the worst i ve seen. that is coming from the public safety director, josh campbell. we re learning more about this suspect, 46-year-old robert bowers, you actually have a photograph of him now.
gr grow congregation and a few people who were there studying with the third congregation, ran down to see what was going on and i know one was in surgery today and the other, we haven t heard from. there have been reports there was a baby naming about to take place during the service today? yeah, i don t know for sure. i have to tell you, i ve heard that, but probably the same as you. jews tend to come to services late and that was, i guess, a blessing in disguise for many people today. during the holidays, there s heightened security at synagogues over the united
the 1996 law that clinton signed that made it a crime to interfere with people s exercise of religious freedom and then in 2009, the act that obama signed, enhancing the earlier act by clinton, makes these cases much more simply prosecuted. you have to prove that the person engaged in using a force or the threat of force, directed at people, who are exercising their religious rights, it seems to me pretty clear, from what we know at this early stage of the investigation, that that case should be easily made by the federal prosecutors, working with state and local law enforcement, to supplement their evidence gathering processes. but i wanted to add something, fred, if i may. yes. with respect to what we know or don t know about what was in the synagogue at that time. what we have heard is that there was a baby naming, so it is