Family to pay their respects. Devastating. Lives shattered. Later today, President Trump will be visiting pittsburgh as a community really divided. Wrestles with whether he should visit now or at all. I do believe that it would be best to put the attention on the families this week. And if he were to visit, choose a different time to be able to do it. Our focus is the city. Well be on the families and the outreach that theyll need this week and the support that theyll need to get through it. Once we get past that, then i think theres the opportunity for president ial visits. Also this morning, word of a growing list of elected officials who have now declined the white houses invitation to join the president in his visit today. But to be clear, that one issue is the farthest thing from the minds of those who matter most right now, the families laying their loved ones to rest. Lets go to the ground right now. Cnns jean casarez is outside the tree of life synagogue. Shes joining me now. T
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The bs. This is early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. The president heads to pittsburgh. He will be joined by the first lady and daughter ivanka and Jared Kushner. Both or tthodox jews. I will go to the hospital to visit some of the people badly hurt. I would have done it sooner, but i did not want to disrupt anymore than they had disruption. The rabbi at the tree of life says the president is welcome, but some in the community are not ready. A group of pittsburgh jewish leaders writing in an open letter that mr. Trump is not welcome until he fully denounces white nationalism. The pittsburgh mayor urging the president to hold off for now. I do believe it would be best to put attention on the families this week. If he were to visit, choose a different time to be able to do it. Our focus on the families this week and the support they need to get through it. The president showing no signs of becoming the unifier in chief most americans expect in t
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
And three handguns and just blast away at people. To the victims families and friends, were here as a community of one for you. We will be here to help you through this horrific episode. Well get through this darkest day of pittsburghs history by working together. Sandra David Lee Miller is live in pittsburgh. What more do we know about this alleged killer . For the most part 46yearold Robert Bowers flew under police radar. Over the weekend authorities searched his home and car but didnt reveal what if anything they found. He has a history of posting antisemitic messages on the internet and during the murder spree at the tree of life synagogue he shouted i want to kill jews. He entered the synagogue heavily armed and he used all of his weapons during the attack. Bowers was armed with multiple weapons. He had three glock 357 handguns, an ar15 assault rifle. Inside the synagogue bowers shot and killed 11 individuals. He is charged with a hate crime, obstructing the exercise of religious