Guys who wear bow ties, something youth and fun, a word that definitely embodied my uncle. Also among the dead, cecil and david rosenthal, members of a center in pittsburgh for the disabled which put out this statement, saying in part, quote, cecils laugh was infectious. Most of all they were kind, good people with a strong faith and respect for everyone around. Then there was 97yearold rose mallinger, the oldest victim. Despite her age, a friend said, she was spry and vibrant, someone who had a lot of years left. Then daniel stein, 71. His son posting online, quote, my mom, sister and i are absolutely devastated and crushed. Our lives now were going to take a different path, one we thought would not happen for a long time. So many stories tonight. As we learn more about the paths of those who lost their lives, tributes are pouring in. So lets go right to cnn sarah side ner there in pittsburgh where those people gathered this evening to support one another in this attack. Who were kill
Public safety in mind when it implored the president not to come. They write in a letter, President Trump, you are not welcome in pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism. But donald trump did not heed either their requests. In fact, he made abundantly clear in remarks last night hes going to keep hitting the same divisive notes he always hits, no matter what. I was in the headline when they got him, they didnt say bomber found. They talked about trump in the headline. Now, they didnt do that with Bernie Sanders when he they didnt do that with the democrats when other people came out. They didnt do that with president obama with the church, the horrible situation with the church. They didnt do that. They put my name in the headlines. Its when i say enemy of the people, im talking about the fake news, and it is fake. A moment of national tragedy, thats all that matters, Donald Trumps clips. At least eight elected officials refused to accompany the president to pittsburgh to
Controversial border policies, today Border Patrol posted some images of u. S. Troops installing barbed wire in texas. This has voters across the u. S. Just swarming their early vote locations. More than 27 million early ballots cast as of yesterday evening. That number has eclipsed early votes for a president ial election in some cases, in some states, let alone a midterm year. Well talk more about these remarkable numbers in a moment. First lets go to our cnn senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny who is at President Trumps rally in belgrade, montana. Jeff, what is the president s argument today . Reporter ana, the president is making a direct argument about why Montana Voters in his view should vote against jon tester. You can see behind me here, he is speaking in big sky country with air force one as a backdrop. From the beginning, President Trump making clear this race is indeed personal. He said, one of the many reasons ive been here four times is because of a personal veng
Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with breaking news. The lion air passenger jet crashing overnight during a short flight from the capital of jakarta to the island of pangkal. Lion airs confirmed it lost contact with the aircraft 13 minutes after takeoff. We have will ripley with more from hong kong. Will, what do we know . Reporter if you look at this on the surface, there are no clues to understand what caused the plane to go down. The plane made a sharp descent before it disappeared from the screen. Just 35 nautical miles off the shore of jakarta. We learned the identity of the captain. There are conflicting reports if he called air Traffic Control and asked to turn the plane around. The airline disputes that. What we know is there were thunderstorms in the air. Nothing dangerous in terms of weather in the vicinity where the plane went down. It was a safe distance from the lightning. There are so many questions for the family members waiting
Semiautomatic weapon. At that time, i instructions my congregates to drop to the floor. Do not utter a sound and do not move. Our pews are thick old oak. I thought perhaps theres some protection there. The people that were in the front of my sanctuary, i quickly tried to usher them up to the front, out some doors in the front towards exits or towards a closet, some place they could hide, some place safe. I turned back to see if i could help the remaining eight people in the back of my congregation. At that time, i could hear the gunfire getting louder. It was no longer safe for me to be there and i had to leave them. One of the eight was shot. And shes survived her wounds. The other seven of my congregates were gunned down in my sanctuary. There was nothing i could do. A short time frau now, the First Court Appearance for the man accused of killing 11 people. Robert bowers will hear the formal reading of the 29 charges against him. He could face the Death Penalty for the deadliest anti