that s the group that this guy was rantding about. joining us is matt hatfield, president and ceo of hias. mark, you found out about the massacre at a bar mitsvah service on saturday. you had no idea why your phone was businessinzzing. tell us what your organization is doing. how you re reacting. well, we re all in a state of shock. we had a first all-star meeting. it was very strange going to work today. we represent asylum seekers, resettled refugees in new york city and in the washington, d.c. area. and we went into work and there s just a line of new york city police officers outside of our building. we have an armed guard now. outside of our office. it s a different world. it is horrifying. it is our job to provide a welcoming, comforting environment to people and now to make them feel safe we have to have armed guards and policemen outside of our office.
irving younger, 69, was a regular greeter at saturday services. a former tree of life president said he wouldn t be surprised if the first thought was can i help this stranger? finally, bernice and sylvan simon, mid-80s, married. they died in the same place they were married. more than 60 years ago. a wedding announce. shows they married in 1956 in a candlelit ceremony there saying she wore a gown, a neighbor remembers them as sweet, kind couple who always held hands. joining us now, jeffrey solomon, an old friend of mine. a former tree of life congregant who knew several of the victims. jeff, thank you so much. you grew up in squirrel hill. you had your bar mitsvah there. yeah. on saturday morning, your mother called you. your daughter called you. walk us through the last few days and the people who you knew
cabinets, there are no locks on the doors. it would be impossible. larry: now, is it true she was dogged for years by drug abuse rumors? what happened was there was a blind item issued by one of these idiots saying the day after she fired a manager saying that one hollywood starlet had gone to a bar mitsvah and had performed fellacio on a water at the bar mitzvah. and the newspaper reported it was brittany murphy. larry: performing fellacio on a waiter? yes. oh, my gosh. larry: were you married to her at the time? no. it was a couple years before, they used her name and then they
co-dependent way, she was one of the strongest, most beautiful women i ve ever met, but she was a little monkey. she didn t have any secrets. there are no locks on any of our cabinets, there are no locks on the doors. it would be impossible. larry: now, is it true she was dogged for years by drug abuse rumors? what happened was there was a blind item issued by one of these idiots saying the day after she fired a manager saying that one hollywood starlet had gone to a bar mitsvah and had performed fellacio on a water at the bar mitzvah. and the newspaper reported it was brittany murphy.