and our hearts go out to all of you in pittsburgh. i know how awful this must be for all of you. thank you so much. thank you very much. i want to go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, right now, over at the white house. jim, this visit to pittsburgh is happening in the middle of a very significant and very controversial campaign effort under way by the president at the same time. update us on that. that s right, wolf. the white house says president trump is not on a political trip to pittsburgh, simply there to offer his condolences to a grieving community. as you saw over the last half hour, there is so much on display. t the president wants to come out on top in next week s midterm elections. mr. president, any message for the people of pittsburgh? with the first lady at his side, president trump traveled to pittsburgh, a city in mourning, after the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue. the city of pittsburgh is split over mr. trump s presence with some
not want president trump to come at this time. now, wolf, we know inside the white house they thought this was the most appropriate time for the president to come. he insisted on coming and paying his respects, something he said from saturday when there were reports of this shooting first happened. and something he s following through on here. now, of course, the backdrop of that is later on in the week, the president has several campaign rallies scheduled, and the white house aides didn t feel it would be appropriate for him to come here during a period of grieving and mourning and then later go on to one of those politically charged rallies. that is why they wanted the president to come to pittsburgh today, to pay his respects. and you can see the president and the first lady, they re going star of david by star of david, in memory of the 11 killed. and you saw the rabbi, rabbi jeffrey myers there, of the tree of life synagogue escorting the president and the first lady as they p
you re over there at the tree of life synagogue where the president and first lady the president s daughter, ivanka and jared kushner were paying their respects and were received by rabbi jeffrey myers who yesterday said of course he would welcome the president of the united states. even though this is a day where we saw the first three funerals of those who were mass murdered on saturday morning. reporter: that s right, wolf. and that was a lot of the reason that had to do with the mayor of pittsburgh who said he didn t feel this was appropriate for the president to come. logistically speaking, he thought it was going to be a headache. not only were they going to have to have officers here to handle the president s visit, but there are the funerals that started today and they ve got to guard those, as well. a theory was there would be protests, people protesting the president s visit. and, of course, as you just saw from miguel, there are some of
that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. a place for mom. you know your family we know senior living. together we ll make the right choice. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. live pictures from the university of pittsburgh medical center where president trump is meeting with three police officers wounded during last weekend s massacre at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. the massacre left 11 people dead. the president is meeting with three wounded police officers, one of whom is still in the intensive care unit. two have been discharged. earlier, the president visited the synagogue itself in the squirrel hill neighborhood of pittsburgh. joining us now, the pittsburgh
received in this way. wolf? yeah. so they re singing right now, protesting. only a block or so away from where the president and first lady were just moments ago at the tree of life synagogue. kaitlan, i want to go back to you. kaitlan, i understand you know now where the president s next stop in pittsburgh is taking place. reporter: that s right, wolf. they are at the upmc hospital nearby. the white house says that s because there s still one police officer who is in icu there, one of the police officers who was shot here on saturday that we were just talking about. and one other individual still in the hospital, as well. it s unclear who that individual is, if it s someone who is just simply inside the synagogue on saturday when this shooting occurred. but that is who the president is going to meet with now. he and the first lady, melania trump, who you just saw leave the synagogue, have arrived there. and the white house says it s going to update us later on about who exactly it