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And we begin with the attacks that have shaken two u. S. Communities during the holiday season. In texas, a man opened fire killing two people during a Church Service before he was shot by armed parishioners. We will have details in just a moment. And then also in monsey, new york, the suspect accused of stabbing five people during a hanukkah celebration inside a rabbis home, that suspect has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and first degree burglary. The attorney for Grafton Thomas says that he has a long history of Mental Illness. And we must warn you the video youre about to see may be disturbing. These are photos from inside the rabbis home right after that attack. You can see blood on the floor and chairs overturned. Despite the attack, the Jewish Community ....
I saw him walking in by the door. I asked who is coming in in the middle of the night with an umbrella. While i was saying that, he pulled it out from the thing. And he started to run into the big room, which is on the left side. And i throw tables and chairs that he should get out of here. I ran into the other room because i tried to save my life. I saw him running this way. So, i ran out. And two came along with me. Theyre hysterical. The stabbings capped off weeks of violence against jews in the city, including an attack at a Jersey City Kosher market earlier this month. Andrew cuomo says theres been 13 antisemitic attacks in new york this month alone. We have to change the laws to call this what it is. This is terrorism. It is domestic terrorism. There is an american cancer. But what is terrorism . It is a hatemotivated act to instill fear, based on race, color, creed, with the intent of murder. Thats what this was. The su ....
Were going to show you that individual in moments. Here in new york investigators searching for a motive now after a man wielding a knife barged into a rabbis home during a Hanukkah Party and went on to stab five people. The suspect was captured an hour after the violent attack. This, the latest in a strong of antisemitic attacks in new york state. At least 13 in the past three weeks. First lets get to cnns lucy kafanov in white settlement, texas where the Church Shooting took place. Tell us what were learning this morning . Jim, this morning there are famili families grieving in this corner of texas and demanning answers, not about what happened, this entire senseless act of violence was caught on camera, but why. We know the gunman entered the church before 11 00 a. M. Yesterday, sat with the congregation, listened to the sermon before getting up seeming to have an interac ....
Aid from ukraine. What that means for the president s impeachment trial. But first the last weekend of 2019 ends in violence and bloodshed as people at worship are attacked in new york and texas, less than 24 hours apart, in what are being described as acts of pure evil and downright hate. In new york were following breaking news. They have filed hate charges against a man for stabbing five people that were at a hanukkah celebration inside a rabbis house. There were antisemitic statements inside the antisemitics home. I grabbed the coffee table on the floor, hit him in the face, and thats when he came back outside after me. He told me, hey, you, ill get you. And he started walking towards me, and i was going before him like a few feet screaming, hes coming, hes coming. Then in texas, a gunman opens fire at the west Freeway Church of christ, killing two parisioners as they prayed. However, police say it reallyul. A congregant who w ....