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
Taking zero responsibility. The president backed by his white house staff, showing no signs of changing his combative to tone, in the wake of how ugly it is out there, from pittsburgh, in florida and in kentucky. Sarah sanders in a familiar move, pointed the finger back at reporters. The very first thing that the president did was condemn the attacks both in pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs. The very first thing the media did was blame the president and make him responsible for these ridiculous acts. That is outrageous that would be the first response. The individuals who carried them out are the ones responsible. Its not the president , any more than it was Bernie Sanders fault who shot up a baseball field full of republican congressmen. You cannot put the responsibility on anyone other than the person who commits the crime. Only the alleged shooter and the alleged bomb maker are responsible for their actions. Its also true that President Trump despite occasional efforts to unite the
Fire. Police say he was armed with a semi automatic assault style rifle. He also had three handguns with him. After a gunfight, he then surrendered to police. David is on duty for us outside the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. David, whats the latest at this hour and how is that community doing . Reporter you mentioned the suspected gunman being released from the hospital. Well be watching to see what happens this afternoon. Theres uncertainly about where this is going to take place. He had been hospitalized a after the shooting took place. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Underwent surgery. 1 30 p. M. Eastern time is when we expect him to face the judge here in the Western District of pennsylvania. You asked about the community. This is a Community Still very much in mourning. If you can look behind me here, this is where the attack took place in this building. It has been cordoned off. No cars are passing in front of it. Police officers allowing two or three mourners to cr
To his critics. Hes calling for unity while criticizing the security at the synagogue. This is a place where they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. Certainly the results might have been far better. And all of this with just eight days to go. A week and one day away from the Midterm Elections today. A focus on getting out the vote, especially amongst suburban women. How many of you never were politically active before donald trump was elected president . Do you really think you can flip this district . We must begin this morning with what feels like a relentless stream of a tacks and threats. A deadly shooting at a Grocery Store in kentucky. A man arrested in florida for allegedly sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of the president. On saturday morning, a massacre at a synagogue in pennsylvania. Our team is here to take us through all of the angles of this story. But we have to start with how a quiet saturday morning in pittsburghs Squirr
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