People at a synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend and wounding half a dozen others made his 1st court appearance today even as federal prosecutors are vowing to seek the death penalty in the case 46 year old Robert Bowers appeared in a wheelchair and accepted a court appointed defender Scott Brady's the u.s. Attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania describes what's next in the case our investigation of these hate crimes continues under the law we must present this case to a federal grand jury within 30 days of today. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the victim's families and with the community and rest assured we have a team of prosecutors working hard to ensure that justice is done President Donald Trump travels to Pittsburgh tomorrow to show his support however some leaders of Jewish groups in the city have an open letter said Trump is not welcome until he denounced as white nationalism Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the recent shootings at the synagogue in Pittsburgh and a grocery store in Louisville Kentucky should be considered a hate crimes and is advocating for the death penalty in both cases Kentucky Public Radio's Ron Barton says McConnell also says the events underscore the need to ratchet down political rhetoric at the Kentucky capital McConnell said the political rhetoric is always pretty hot before an election but this is different the whole tone of the country right now and needs to be ratcheted down and these horrible criminal acts only underscore the need for all of us to go to dollars to get into a better more respectful when asked of President Trump's rhetoric need to be toned down McConnell walked away federal prosecutors are already pursuing the Pittsburgh shooting as a hate crime but are still deciding whether to do so in the wool incident police say the accused gunman shot 2 black shoppers after trying to break into a predominantly black church for n.p.r. 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Incredibly tight security about ours was wheeled in in a wheelchair really surrounded by federal marshals he was injured of course in that gunfight with police Saturday before he surrendered so he came into the court wearing a blue sweatshirt he's kind of a beefy guy he had handcuffs on and just sort of a blank expression and I know the judge read a summary of those $29.00 charges against him then what happened after that it was over pretty quick but ours answered Yes serve a couple of time to the judge's questions he was then assigned a public defender and he'll be back in court on Thursday the federal prosecutor who is handling this case u.s. Attorney Scott Brady spoke after today's session and said he's confident they have a strong case against Bowers at that time we will have the opportunity to present evidence demonstrating that Robert Powers murdered 11 people who are exercising their religious beliefs and rest assured we have a team of prosecutors working hard to ensure that justice is done Ok that Scott braided a federal prosecutor at that court appearance today and Brian I know you've also been looking into who is you were at his neighborhood talking with people who knew him What have you learned it's kind of a mix of industrial shops plumbers and electricians and then these low rent apartments and I talked to a lot of people who lived right next door or Also who ran gun stores nearby and actually all of them say they have no memory of ever meeting Bowers or seeing him 46 years old this guy isn't left very little trail that we can find except for these anti semitic hate filled rants online I will say though Ari The police say his motives aren't mysterious in the criminal complaint they filed against him they say he told officers point blank. These are his words that Jews are committing genocide to my people and he told them the Jewish people need to die the attorney general also talked about this attack today Jeff Sessions was at a meeting of the Federalist Society which is a conservative legal group what did he say this meeting in Boston. Sessions described this as a murderous rampage and he said it's an attack on American values this was not just an attack on the Jewish faith it was an attack on all people of faith it wasn't an attack on America's values are protecting those of faith it cannot and will not be tolerated is a direct threat. And remember our 8 sessions will have to sign off ephedra prosecutors here in Pittsburgh to pursue the death penalty against Bowers and they have signaled already that they intend to do that and meanwhile the city of Pittsburgh is in mourning I understand the 1st funerals are set to begin there tomorrow that's right the 2 brothers who died Saturday David and Cecil Rosenthal they'll be laid to rest on Tuesday after that there are funerals now scheduled for the 11 victims each day Wednesday Thursday and then on Friday 97 year old Rose malingerer will be laid to rest and as this period of mourning continues there's another vigil tonight at Carnegie Mellon University also we learned this afternoon that President Trump on the 1st lady will visit Pittsburgh tomorrow what have you heard in the way of reaction to that planned visit Well the reaction from those I've spoken to here has actually been pretty critical some local Jewish community leaders wrote a letter to the president asking him to condemn white nationalism more bluntly before coming to Pittsburgh we've spoken to a lot of people here and heard from local leaders who say they've been troubled by the president's rhetoric just this week you know his campaign speeches attacking the press talking about immigrants and undocumented workers in the past but he plans to arrive tomorrow with the 1st lady I should say that White House press secretary Sarah Sanders oak really emotionally about this today at the press briefing she said we all. All have a duty to confront anti semitism in all its forms That's N.P.R.'s Brian Mann in Pittsburgh thank you thank you Ari the shooting in Pittsburgh is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in American history and it falls at a moment when anti-Semitic incidents in the u.s. Appear to be on the rise for some perspective on this we turn now to Deborah Lipstadt she teaches modern Jewish and Holocaust history at Emory University professor Lipstadt Welcome thanks so much for joining us thank you for having me are anti-Semitic and students increasing in frequency in the u.s. Yes the Anti-Defamation League the a.d.l. Has come out with a study arguing that in the past I think 2 years they've gone up over 50 percent. So I think part of the this rise in these anti-Semitic acts particularly from white supremacist white nationalist groups begins probably during the Obama administration with the hostility towards Barack Obama and his being of African-American heritage but I never say that President Trump and those around him created this they didn't but they they lit a fire under it so walk me through the range of incidents that you have seen emerge over the last several years well during the presidential campaign a number of reporters who posted slightly critical things of Donald Trump or even of Malani a Trump were bombarded with anti-Semitic comments on Twitter Facebook Instagram etc etc So I know harassment online harassment but now we're seen that the online harassment can move further over to real danger and that's I think has left even people who have been somewhat worried about this feeling much much more concerned about it anti semitism also appears to be on. Risin in other countries if you look at incidents being reported in the u.k. And France for example which have nothing to do with the political right here in the Us Well I think what we're seeing certainly in certain countries we see it in Hungary we see it to a certain degree in Poland we've seen it with the a.f.p. The alternative for Deitsch Lan Party in Germany in Austria is a certain populism anti-democratic in a liberal democratic as one leader called it a populism which plane paints Jews in traditional anti-Semitic stereotypes they control the media they control the finances they are foreign to our country etc. Some Jewish families are drawing parallels in light of this past weekend's event parallels to Germany in the 1930 s. And I want to put that to you for some historical perspective on this I mentioned you're a professor of holocaust studies do you see parallels or nowhere near the point you know I see certain parallels and I see certain ways in which the analogy does not apply at all in Nazi Germany this was the government doing this what we're seeing in this country in terms of anti-Semitism is maybe a willingness on part of certain a certain segments of the government and certain people in government to look the other way but this is not government sponsored However there are parallels there parallels in the attacks on democratic institutions or institutions which are at the bedrock of our democracy the judiciary aleck to members of Congress you can disagree with them but when you begin to engage in ad hominem attacks attacks on the media people respond to that especially your followers who are looking for an easy explanation and that I find very disturbing and there is a parallel. If you see parallels do you also see lessons ways for civilization to advance and do things in a very different way than the way they have folded in the 20th century I think so I think 1st of all not to see it just on one side what we're talking about today is anti-Semitism coming from the right but there certainly is anti-Semitism on the left Number 2 not to tolerate anti-Semitic comments you know Thanksgiving is coming up and we all have a Christmas in uncle who may make some comments and people around the table you know say oh that's Uncle John and they let it pass we can't do that we may not get you know Uncle John to change his views. But silence in the face of bigotry is acquiescence there's no neutrality when someone expresses bigotry whether they're just saying it's or whether they're going into a synagogue and shooting up 11 people Professor Lipstadt thank you thank you very much Mary Louise Deborah Lipstadt she is a professor of modern Jewish and Holocaust history at Emory University in Atlanta Pittsburghers of all faiths gathered to remember the dead last night at the soldiers and sailors Memorial Hall the 1st speaker was Jeff Finkelstein president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh the traditional Jewish way to respond to news about the death of an individual is to say. Less it is the judge of truth or in Hebrew borrows a on high eminence and when 11 people are slaughtered we say 11 times are rough day on how I am at a rough day on high and that are rough and I am it or wrote a on that and it are rude on them it borrowed him it are Ok on them that are Ok on it are Ok I have met. Them and. They are. Thousands of people attended the vigil they filled the hall crowds outside listened on speakers faith leaders from across the region spoke including Libbey Barlow pastor for the United Church of Christ 1st to the Jewish community. When violence came to Christian sanctuaries and mother Emmanuel in Charleston at Sutherland springs in Texas you stood with us and today with our whole hearts we stand with you. We will cry with you we will resist anti-Semitism and all hatred with you and we will work with you to end violence we will do that because you are neighbors but more because you are our friends and still more because you are our family we love you and we are so sorry that's Pastor Libby Barlow speaking last night at an interfaith vigil in Pittsburgh. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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This is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Ari Shapiro and I'm Mary Louise Kelly now to Brazil which yesterday elected a new president who is from the far right messages of congratulations from world leaders are pouring into your year both snarl including one from President Trump there are concerns though about what both Sonora will do once he assumes office N.P.R.'s Philip Reeves reports from Rio de Janeiro. As his supporters celebrate a stunning victory. Appears before the cameras a good decision was enormous. First for prez led by an evangelist pastor and then for a promise that's intended to allay the fears of his opponents in Brazil and his critics approach 5 of you with a mirror of the boy is. My witness both an out of it tells the audience my government will defend the constitution and democracy and liberty. A retired Army captain and Congressman will take over as presumes president on the 1st of January his admiration for his nation's past military dictatorship has led to concerns of whether democracy is safe in his hands. To supporters celebrating outside his beachside house in Rio I have no such worries cloudy Amanda is a lawyer now I'm I'm not afraid about that I had read that there sometimes he doesn't have their eye towards the earth but I don't think that they that they date or plan to hope Sposato will end the massive corruption that some broiled many Brazilian politicians his record from a such an ist racist and homophobic remarks doesn't bother her she thinks that taken out of context and that there is a completely different meaning thought I don't that I'm not afraid about that other Brazilians are warring on many fronts will both scenarios plans to loosen the environmental laws threaten the Amazon rain forest others civil rights secure this is Rio's launches for that. A low income mostly Afro Brazilian neighborhood sprawled across the hillside it's a battleground in the war between security forces and criminal organizations in the narcotics trade residents caught in the middle sometimes injured or killed both Sonata wants to get the police even more leeway to use lethal force to the alarm of Luis Fernando to power who was born here I think they will be terrible seriously terrible So it's not good to poor people that live here opinions among political analysts are divided about what the future holds for doing their country to help them institutional weren't sure it's stronger than many people in the east specially many people outside of jungle gender go