Synagogue in pittsburgh during saturday services. The gunman walked inside and started shooting. City officials have not yet announced an exact death toll. They only said there are multiple fatalities and the scene inside the temple is very bad. The man who opened fire on that synagogue has been identified, robert bowers, 46 years old, he is alive and has been detained by the police. One of the many threats that Law Enforcement is now looking at is his online history. Which now includes a list, a growing list of antijewish posts. President trump spoke to reporters about the shooting a short time ago. Lets take a listen. They didnt have any protection. They had a maniac walk in. And they didnt have any protection. And that is just so sad to see. So sad to see. The results could have been much better. It is a very, very, it is a very difficult thing, for me to stand as president , to watch any of this go. Cnns nick valencia has been on this story all day. Bring us up to speed on the late
Days. Yeah, susan and i on saturday were driving up to New Hampshire to go spend some time with her mom and listening to the news radio the whole time up there. And both of us just weeping the whole time that were driving. And we arrived and its like, boy, its really great to be with family and really great to see you all, but you do it with this hole in your heart knowing youre appreciating it all the more because of the loss that youre having those feelings about. Another day in the mass murder history of america. Thanks my friend. Welcome back. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society was established in society was established in 1881 50 blocks from her, on the Lower East Side of manhattan. This photo shows immigrants arriving at ellis island in 1951 under the guidance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, hias. And after 137 years of Service First to jewish immigrants and then to refugees from around the World Without regard to their religious affiliation a 46yearold man from western pennsy
Friends in pittsburgh including a lifelong friend of mine who lives right in the neighborhood where the shooting took place. A jewish family. I was very worried that he or his wife or children could possibly have been there. And luckily they werent. And this is this is what happens on a mass murder day in america. Theres those worried phone calls, those emails, those texts, the waiting. Waiting for a reply, to find out are your friends or are your loved ones involved. It was another one of those days. Yeah, susan and i on saturday were driving up to New Hampshire to go spend some time with her mom and listening to the news radio the whole time up there. And both of us just weeping the whole time that were driving. And we arrived and its like, boy, its really great to be with family and really great to see you all, but you do it with this hole in your heart knowing youre appreciating it all the more because of the loss that youre having those feelings about. Another day in the mass murd
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i know it sounds cheesy in this day and age in our society, but that s what needs to happen. in fact, tomorrow at the city council meeting i will be taking a pledge to eradicate hate from my words and actions, and we need other leers to do the same. if we can t look to the president to do that, let s look to other elected leaders to do that. so that s a start. we can all take action ourselves to do that. and next, you know, sensible gun control. i know that we re not talking about that yet at the local level, on the national level, but it s far pastime that we actually make some action here at least in the state of pennsylvania similar to what other states have done after terrible tragedies like this. those are two things that i can think of. the pittsburgh city council member erika straussburger thank you very much for your time and joining us. thank you. and when we come back the