Unanswered. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Two men accused of historic crimes making their first court appearances. One is accused of the deadliest antisemitic attack ever in the United States, the other of sending more than a dozen pipe bombs in a mass assassination attempt targeting democratic critics of President Trump who rejects any tie between his divisive rhetoric and the violence of recent days. Ill talk about that and more with senator Richard Blumenthal and congressman ted deutch. Our correspondents, analysts and specialists are also standing by. First, lets go to our National Correspondent miguel marques. Hes in mitts burg, a city reeling from the massacre. We are learning more about the shooter, miguel. Reporter we are indeed. We have spoken to several people who know Robert Bowers and know him well. What is most terrifying about this situation, wolf, is that this is a man who barely ca
To tell. The one polling place gets moved literally out of town. Yeah. I mean, in kansas on average, a polling place serves about 1,200 voters. In dodge city, its one polling place for 13,000 voters, and they took it out of town. Its like in trying to get the local officials there, the clerk whos made these decisions is a republican clerk whos been in close communication with the republican secretary of state whos running for governor. Trying to get answers is a saga. Cant wait. Tomorrow night . Yeah. Thank you, rachel. The president went to pittsburgh today you with the on invitation and with no one waiting to welcome him when he arrived at the airport. Usually when air force one lands anywhere in this country, the local mayor, no matter what the mayors party is, is there to greet the president. The governor is usually there, the United States senators, local members of congress often fly on air force one with the president. None of that happened today. No one in american politics, re
Accusations of Sexual Misconduct against him, turned over to federal investigators. Were women offered money to make false claims . The deadly Helicopter Crash. The chopper slamming into a home and erupting into flames. And just as we come on the air tonight, word of another crash. The images coming in now. And america strong tonight. Our amy robach, five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer, climbing mt. Kilimanjaro. How do you feel, amy . Im okay. The grueling trip at High Altitude and darkness, and her message tonight to all of the women she climbed for. Go evening. Great to have you us here on a tuesday night. And we begin tonight with the somber day in pittsburgh. The deeply painful task of burying their loved ones. Late today, the president arrived, and he was greeted by protest protesters. Today, the first three victims were laid to rest. Two brothers and a doctor who ran back in to help. There were long lines of mourners, including members of the pittsburgh steelers.
Bowers is facing 29 federal counts including 11 counts of cruising a firearm to commit murder. After the judge asked if he understood the charges against him, bowers answered in a clear voice, yes, sir. Last hour Sarah Huckabee sanders announced the president and first lady will travel to pittsburgh to express support for the community. She went onto defend the president and his tone ahead of the midterms. Is he incapable of in words, toning it down and toning down the rhetoric . I think the president has had a number of moments of bringing the country together. Once again, ill remind you that the very first thing the president did was condemn the attacker. And the very first thing the media did was blame the president. More to that later. Lets start with the latest in the investigation. Joining me from pittsburgh is ron mott. Robert bowers appeared in court today. What do we know . Reporter it was a quick Court Appearance, ali. We had a lot of anticipation at the start of the day that
Of several jewish grandchildren. His daughter is a Jewish American and his soninlaw is a descendant of holocaust survivors. Tomorrow, the president and first lady will travel toll pennsylvania to express the support of the American People and grieve with the pittsburgh communit community. Well, just minutes later, sanders defended the president against accusations that hes enflaming anger and Division Within the nation as it faces the death of 11 members of the synagogue. Plus, a man accused of a racially charged double murder in kentucky and a suspect accused of sending more than a dozen mail bombs to critics of President Trump. Here was sanders, moments ago. And then this morning, suggesting that the news media is responsible for the anger in the country. How does he do that, when, in the case of the pipe bomber, this was somebody who went to trump rallies, this is somebody who had a van covered with attacks on the media and praise for the president. The shooter in pittsburgh is some