That is the u. S. Senate, where he works. In fact, if washington were whoville, many would cast him as the grinch. Here is dana bash. Wow reporter ted cruz has a new prediction making Establishment Republicans shudder. I think it could easily end up being a twoman race. Between donald trump and me. Reporter its no secret that many mainstream republicans recoil at the thought of trump at the top of the ticket. But some republicans also cant stand the idea of cruz as their nominee. Mostly because they cant stand cruz in general. To me, hes just a guy with a big mouth and no results. Reporter many of cruzs own republican Congressional Colleagues still havent forgiven him for leading an unwinnable fight to defund obama care two years ago. It wont work. Which led to a Government Shutdown. Former House Speaker john boehner called him a jackass. He got pummeled by colleagues in private meetings but cruz didnt seem to care. You are a human being. You are sitting with people around you who, i w
In kentucky, 15 mail bombs and 1 very toxic, fearful and bleak political environment now just eight days before the midterm elections. Amidthe tragedy, theres signs of hope and healing, but there are also signs of more by the. Er ness and more anger. Some of the most inspiring messages have come from those moment impacted by this weekends horrific events in pittsburgh. Spouting conspiracy theories about immigrant invade ersz killed 11 con degree gants at a synagogue. An unspeakable tragedy, this was the message from community leaders. My texts, my emails, my Facebook Overflow with love from strangers, people i have never met, people who are not from the United States, but from all around the world. Jewish, christian, muslim, all with the same message. We are here for you. My cup overflows with love. Thats how you defeat hate. We saw people coming together last night standing in the rain, hugging each other, crying together, being together. Bigotry will not win. Hatred will not win. We
Hostility and negative attacks. Should he turn down his harsh rhetoric . Well talk to one of the bombers targets, tom stieer and the former Communications Director. Anthony scaramucci. Consumed by violence, a week of horrible hatefueled attacks as the country approaches a critical election. Can the nations political leaders help us heal . Well, im jake tapper in washington with the state of our union is frankly devastated. 11 innocent people brutally murdered saturday when an antisemitic turning a place into a crime scene of death and destruction. The gunman armed with an assault weapon and at least three hand guns stormed the sanctuary shouting antisemitic slurs. Two Police Officers and two s. W. A. T. Officers were wounded in the confrontation. One fbi official calls it, quote, the most horrific crime scene hes ever seen. Today the alleged gunman is in custody and facing 29 federal charges, including hate crimes. On saturday, President Trump denounced antisemitism and called for the
You too, ali. See you later. Good afternoon, everybody, im ali velshi. Keep your stories close to your heart. Thats a reminder from Diane Rosenthal as she sent her last goodbyes to her brothers today. 59yearold Cecil Rosenthal 5rks 4yearold David Rosenthal, two victims killed in the senseless massacre targeting jewish people at the try of life synagogue in pittsburgh. Today mourners lined up to pay their respects to both. Cecil and David Rosenthal as well as a doctor who was shot and killed trying to help others during saturdays attack. These three people are the first of 11 victims who will be buried in the aftermath of what is said to be the deadliest antisemitic attack in american history. President trump is on his way to pittsburgh this hour, despite more than 74,000 people signing a petition by jewish leaders in pittsburgh stating the president was not welcome in the city unless he outright denounced White Nationalism and the targeting of minorities. Despite the mayors pleas to th
Im christine romans. A lot going on. Im dave briggs. I was recently in europe. People were talking about Angela Merkel as the leader of the free world. This is a Seismic Shift. It is tuesday, october 30th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. We are one week away from the midterms midterms. President trump is heading to pittsburgh. He will be joined by the first lady and daughter ivanka and her husband jared kushner. Both orthodox jews. Im going to pay my respects and go to the hospital to see the officers and the people that were badly hurt. I look forward to going. I would have done it sooner, but i did not want to disrupt anymore. The rabbi at the tree of life says the president is welcome. Some in the community are not ready. A group of pittsburgh jewish leaders writing that mr. Trump is not welcome until he fully denounces White Nationalism and the pittsburgh mayor urges the president to hold off until later. I believe it would be best to put the attention on the families this week. If he were