Birthright citizenship. Under current interpretations of american law, anyone born on our soil automatically becomes a u. S. Citizen. Context is irrelevant. It doesnt matter if your parents were tourists or illegal aliens or foreign saboteurs, if their plane was forced down to refuel and you emerged. It doesnt matter. If you were born on our property you are a citizen. In a recent interview with axios President Trump suggested this is not a great deal for america. He pledged to change it with an executive order. It seems likely that would abolish birth tourism, thats where people travel to the unit state solely for the purpose of having kids and winning citizenship as long as the many benefits that follow from that. Nobody else in washington is waiting for details. If they hate already. The very same people who spent decades trying to got the got the bill of rights are now lecturing the rest of us that the idea is, brace herself, unconstitutional. Paul ryan for example, the outgoing sp
The vigil is formally getting under way right now in pittsburgh. Even though people have been out in very large numbers all day long, theyre sharing their sadness, their support, their unity and resolve near the place where this hateful thing happened. These are the names released by city officials this morning. The eight men and three women killed. One of them, 97 years old. Victims of one mans hate. A man who reportedly told Police Officer and im quoting him now, i just want to kill jews. Cnns sara sidner is in pittsburgh for us. First of all, tell us how people there are honoring the 11 victims and theyre dealing with this horror. Through music, through prayers. People have been hugging one another. They have been welcoming anyone who wants to come and bring their words to this ceremony. It is an interfaith ceremony. You have people from churches, from synagogues, people coming in who are muslim, who are jewish, who are christian. It doesnt matter your background, your creed, your c
Two funerals were held today, one for dr. Jerry rabinowitz and then the brothers cecil and david rosenenthal. Also today President Trumps visit and the protest that met him here. It was unprecedented for a president of the United States not to be welcomed by everybody at a moment like this. And although it will be a focus tonight, it will neither be the sole focus nor the thing that we look at first. Which is why we begin tonight and its really our privilege to with a closer look at how friends and neighbors, celebrities, even total strangers expressed their love and their appreciation for two very special individuals. Ga ga gary tuchman joins us now. You went to the funerals for david and cecil. Its amazing the outpouring of people that went. I mean filling up the synagogue for them. David and cecil were loved. Cecil 59, david 54, belonged to the synagogue. Loved going here. A mile from here, more than 1,000 seats, every seat full. And more than 150 people standing in the back and sta
The media. Refusing to take any responsibility for stirring up any rage in america. Is it fair to ascribe the president any role in tearing apart the nation . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. Minutes ago, the White House Press secretary defended President Trumps response to a series of major traumatic events gripping and in some cases terrifying the nation. Sarah sanders claiming that President Trump has brought the nation together. She says he bears no responsibility for tensions, and despite the president directly blaming the media for tensions, Sarah Sanders claimed he had not blamed anyone. She said a lot of things that were difficult to believe, and in some cases, some things that were just plain false. As just an example of how upside down this afternoons press conference was, at times, she made the assertion that President Trump was elected by, quote, an overwhelming majority of 63 million americans. Now, obviously, the president won the elec
One another. At times literally so. Outside tree of life synagogue people linked arms today. They sang songs of faith and healing and did what they could to fill up the space where otherwise only pain would dwell. And that space is vast. The pain is still fresh tonight. And fierce and is felt by so many people. Two funerals were held today, one for dr. Jerry rabinowitz and another for the rosenthal brothers, cecil and david. In the coming days the stories of eight more lives will be told and the absence of eight more souls will be felt. Also today President Trumps visit and the protest that met him here. It was, best we can remember, unprecedented for a president of the United States not on welcomed by everybody at a moment like this. And although it will be a focus tonight, it will neither be the sole focus nor the thing that we look at first. Which is why we begin tonight and its really our privilege to with a closer look at how friends and neighbors, celebrities, even total stranger