Of several jewish grandchildren. His daughter is a Jewish American and his soninlaw is a descendant of holocaust survivors. Tomorrow, the president and first lady will travel toll pennsylvania to express the support of the American People and grieve with the pittsburgh communit community. Well, just minutes later, sanders defended the president against accusations that hes enflaming anger and Division Within the nation as it faces the death of 11 members of the synagogue. Plus, a man accused of a racially charged double murder in kentucky and a suspect accused of sending more than a dozen mail bombs to critics of President Trump. Here was sanders, moments ago. And then this morning, suggesting that the news media is responsible for the anger in the country. How does he do that, when, in the case of the pipe bomber, this was somebody who went to trump rallies, this is somebody who had a van covered with attacks on the media and praise for the president. The shooter in pittsburgh is some
Pruitt before he left office as the epas administrator. This inquiry was also opened up after referral from the epa Inspector General regarding whether pruitt took any action to benefit an Energy Lobbyist that he rented a condo from for under market value on capitol hill. Youll recall that reporting several months ago that for six months at least that pruitt had rented this condo on capitol hill for undermarket value. So this lobbyist benefited. But we are told from our sources that investigation seems to have stalled ever since pruitt left office over the summer, brooke. Thank you so much. Now we continue on. Welcome. Im Anderson Cooper. Welcome to pittsburgh. The first funerals taking place for those killed in the deadliest attack on jewish people in the United States of america. David and Cecil Rosenthal buried today. They lived together in life and they are together in death. And for dr. Jerry rabinowitz as well, an extraordinary physician. The city of pittsburgh has been divided a
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
Why not . Because hes the purveyor of hate speech. The president of the United States is always welcome. Im a citizen and hes my president. Hes certainly welcome. The city of pittsburgh mourning after that mass shooting at a local synagogue. The deadliest attack. He killed 11 people and wounded six more. The victims included a married couple and beloved physician and two brothers and two brothers with special needs. They range from 54 to 97. Rabbi Jeffrey Meyers said it was a typical saturday where three congregations meet every saturday morning. He just started Shabbat Services and he respected several escape and ran out of time. I turned back to see if i can 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. One of the eight was shot and she survived her wounds. The other seven were gunned down in my sanctuary. There was nothing i could do. I do live with re
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