Off indonesia. Will it help determine what brought down the plane . And the decision to let durkin stay after the player died on his watch. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. It is thursday, november 1st. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Hope you are happy with your halloween candy. If not, reeses put out a candy converter. If you dont like your kit kat or skittles, trade them in. Baby ruth. Im a reeses guy. We have so much candy at my house. Ill secretly take it away. Never enough. Lets get to politics. One rally down. Ten to go. President trump in florida for the first event in the weeklong push to the midterms. It is the web ad he tweeted out which is called out for portraying hispanics as criminals. He says he wants to apply for a pardon for the felony he committed. Attempted murder. The ad echos the 1988 campaign ad for bush 41 targeting Michael Dukakis over Willie Horton bragging about his crimes. Kill more. [ bleep ] kill more. The cop killer had been deported twice. Once under clinton
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
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
What is the president doing with his platform, with his voice this morning . Launching fresh attacks against the media. Cnn correspondent joining us live from pittsburgh, jean casarez. You spent a lot of time there. It is a sad, heartbroken time in that community. Tell us whats happening this morning. Reporter as the morning continues and this entire community, the reality is that this is a federal court case. We are right here in front of the federal court in pittsburgh. The initial appearance of this defendant is at 1 30 today. Should be a very short appearance, but extremely important because it is of a constitutional nature. The charges will be read. He will be asked if he understands the charges. He can be represented. And then the case will go on from there. Now, this is being prosecuted as a hate crime. There are 29 charges. And what makes this a potential Death Penalty case is the following charge. The intentional obstruction by force in the free exercise of religious beliefs r
American history. A radical shift in brazil. Election of the far right p populist. He has been called the donald trump with his rhetoric. Back at the wall. Hes got another. How about steve pearce. For the firourth time in 15 years, the Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions and a 35yearold journeyman is the mvp. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. I love it when the under dog team doesnt have a big budget win. Oh, wait. This is the red sox. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In of the east. The lion air passenger jet crashing overnight during a short flight from the capital of jakarta to the island of banka. I want to bring in will ripley. He is monitoring the breaking news live from hong kong. What do we know . Do they think there were any survivors . Reporter it doesnt look good, christine. The images we have of the family members waiting at the airport in pangkal, it was supposed to be an hour flight, think nothing of it. Obviously it never arrived. They have