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
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
Many broadcasts tonight began by telling you the name of a murdererer who killed 11 people in the synagogue behind me. They may show you his pictures and repeat his name so much that it will become as well known as other mass murderers whose names you probably remember. We hope history does not remember this killers name and we wont be saying it or showing you his photo in the hour ahead. Instead we want to take a few moments on those who really matter, on the 11 people who lived good and decent lives, loved by family, friends and leave behind them broken hearts and happy memories. Daniel stein was killed saturday. He was retired and according to his son didnt require much. His son said he was a simple man. His nephew said he had a dry sense of humor. And he was deeply loved and will be deeply missed. Daniel stein, we will remember. Joyce fienberg was a former researcher at the university of pittsburgh, who treated her phd students like family, were told. Her late husband taught at cmu
Moments leading up to the attack. The city and nation are rallying around this heartbroken community with a unified message that hate will not win. We know that we as a society are better than this. We know that hatred will never win out. Those that try to divide us because of the way we pray or where our families are from around the world will lose. In pittsburgh, we are pragmatic. Find solutions to problems. We will not try to rationalize irrational behavior. We will not try to figure out ways in order to lessen the degree of crimes such as this. We will work to eradicate it. We will work to eradicate it from our city, from our nation, and our world. Hatred will not have a place anywhere. Cnn has reporters on the scene to bring us the very latest. Sarah sidener is where another vigil will be taking place. There was one last night. We have the latest on the investigation, but first let me begin with Victor Blackwell there in pittsburgh outside the synagogue where this mass shooting to