>> Announcer: THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
HERE’S JOSE DIAZ-BALART.
>> GOOD DAY.
WE’RE FOLLOWING A DEVELOPING
STORY IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA.
PENNSYLVANIA. A MASS SHOOTING IN THAT CITY.
WE SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> FOLLOWING CLOSELY THE EVENTS
OF SQUIRREL HILL.
SPEAKING AND MAKING A STATEMENT
AT THE FARMERS OF AMERICA.
YOU SEE WHAT WE’RE DOING, THE
FUTURE FARMERS.
FUTURE FARMERS. THEY HAVE THE BIG CONCONFERENCE.
WE’LL BE GOING THERE, AND SOME
OF YOU WILL BE GOING WITH ME.
WE’LL BE MAKING A MAJOR
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. IT IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
THING, WHAT’S GOING ON WITH HATE
IN OUR COUNTRY, FRANKLY, AND ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESULTS ARE
COMING IN, AND THEY’RE FAR MORE
DEVASTATING THAN ANYBODY
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IN THE
MORNING.
MORNING. IN THE MORNING, THEY THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS A SHOOTER, BUT THEY
HAD THE SHOOTER.
THE RESULTS ARE VERY
DEVASTATING.
DEVASTATING. YOU’RE SEEING THE NUMBERS COME
IN.
IN. WE’LL BE SPEAKING TO YOU AT THE
CONFERENCE, THE FUTURE FARMERS
OF AMERICA CONFERENCE.
IT’S JUST A SHAME.
TO WATCH THIS AND TO SEE THIS
FOR SO MANY YEARS, SO MUCH OF
IT, IT’S ABSOLUTELY A SHAME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU THINK
YOU NEED TO REVISIT GUN LAWS?
>> TALK UP, PLEASE.
>> GUN LAWS.
>> WELL, AGAIN, THIS HAS LITTLE
TO DO WITH IT, IF YOU TAKE A
LOOK.
LOOK. IF THEY HAD PROTECTION INSIDE,
THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR
BETTER.
BETTER. THIS IS A DISPUTE THAT WILL
ALWAYS EXIST, I SUSPECT.
IF THEY HAD SOME KIND OF A
PROTECTION INSIDE THE TEMPLE,
MAYBE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY
MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION.
THEY DIDN’T.
THEY DIDN’T. HE WAS ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT,
UNFORTUNATELY, HE SHOULDN’T HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO DO.
I HEAR THE POLICE WERE
OUTSTANDING.
OUTSTANDING. I HEAR THE POLICE DID AN
INCREDIBLE JOB.
INCREDIBLE JOB. AS YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS POLICE
WERE BADLY INJURED.
AGAIN, LAW ENFORCEMENT DID A
FANTASTIC JOB.
FANTASTIC JOB. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY
COMPLETE STATEMENT FOR YOU.
THE RESULTS ARE COMING IN OF
WHAT TOOK PLACE, HOW IT TOOK
PLACE.
PLACE. AGAIN, LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS
OUTSTANDING, AS ALWAYS.
I MEAN, AS USUAL AND AS ALWAYS,
LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS REALLY
OUTSTANDING.
OUTSTANDING. THEY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
PITTSBURGH, GREAT COMMUNITY.
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. I SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR.
I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR.
TO SEE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN IS JUST A SHAME.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAY IT
HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
HOW DO WE END THE VIOLENCE?
>> IT IS A VIOLENCE THAT’S --
YOU LOOK AT THE VIOLENCE ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
I MEAN, THE WORLD HAS VIOLENCE.
THE WORLD IS A VIOLENT WORLD.
YOU THINK WHEN YOU’RE OVER IT,
IT JUST SORT OF GOES AWAY, BUT
THEN IT COMES BACK IN THE FORM
OF A MADMAN, A WACKO.
I THINK ONE THING WE SHOULD DO
IS WE SHOULD STIFFEN UP OUR
LAUGHS IN TERMS OF THE DEATH
PENALTY.
PENALTY. WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS, THEY SHOULD
BET THE DEATH PENALTY.
THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO WAIT
YEARS AND YEARS.
THE LAWYERS WILL GET INVOLVED,
AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. WE’LL BE TEN YEARS DOWN THE
LINE.
LINE. I THINK THEY SHOULD STIFFEN UP
LAWS.
LAWS. I THINK THEY SHOULD VERY MUCH
BRING THE DEATH PENALTY IN.
ANYONE WHO DOES THIS TO INNOCENT
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TEMPLE OR IN
CHURCH, WE HAD SO MANY INCIDENTS
WITH CHURCHES, THEY SHOULD BE --
THEY SHOULD REALLY SUFFER THE
ULTIMATE PRICE.
ULTIMATE PRICE. THEY SHOULD PAY THE ULTIMATE
PRICE.
PRICE. I FELT THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME.
SOME PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ME.
I CAN’T IMAGINE WHY.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A STATEMENT
AT OUR STOP WITH THE YOUNG
FARMERS.
FARMERS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, TOWARD THE
BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESIDENCY,
YOU MET WITH THE NRA.
YOU SAID MAYBE YOU ARE THE
PRESIDENT WHO COULD HELP SOLVE
THIS.
THIS. DO YOU SEE THAT NOW AS A
POSSIBILITY?
POSSIBILITY? >> IT’S A CASE WHERE -- AND,
AGAIN, NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT
TOOK PLACE YET, IT’S TOO SOON --
BUT THIS IS A CASE WHERE THEY
HAD AN ARMED GUARD INSIDE, THEY
MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP HIM
IMMEDIATELY
IMMEDIATELY IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. THIS WOULD BE A CASE FOR IF
THERE WAS AN ARMED GUARD INSIDE
THE TEMPLE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO STOP HIM.
MAYBE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
NOBODY KILLED, EXCEPT FOR HIM,
FRANKLY.
FRANKLY. SO IT IS A VERY, VERY -- VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
DIFFICULT SITUATION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE CAN LOOK
AT IT TWO WAYS.
AGAIN, IF THEY HAD SOMEBODY TO
PROTECT PEOPLE -- NOW, ISN’T IT
A SHAME YOU HAVE TO SPEAK THAT
WAY?
WAY? ISN’T IT A SHAME WE HAVE TO
THINK OF THAT, INSIDE OF A
TEMPLE OR INSIDE OF A CHURCH?
CERTAINLY, THE RESULTS MIGHT
HAVE BEEN FAR BETTER.
>> DO YOU THINK ALL CHURCHES AND
SYNAGOGUES SHOULD HAVE ARMED
GUARDS?
GUARDS? >> I HATE TO THINK OF IT THAT
WAY.
WAY. I WILL SAY THAT.
I HATE TO THINK OF IT THAT WAY.
WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE FARMERS.
>> IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE
SUGGESTING?
SUGGESTING? >> IT IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION.
I MEAN, THIS WORLD, THIS IS A
WORLD WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
IT HAS BEEN A WORLD WITH A LOT
OF PROBLEMS FOR MANY YEARS.
MANY, MANY YEARS.
YOU COULD SAY, FRANKLY, FOR MANY
CENTURIES.
CENTURIES. YOU LOOK AT WHAT GOES ON.
CERTAINLY, YOU WANT PROTECTION.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROTECTION.
THEY HAD A MANIAC WALK IN, AND
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROTECTION.
THAT IS JUST SO SAD TO SEE.
SO SAD TO SEE.
THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
BETTER.
BETTER. IT IS A VERY, VERY -- IT IS A
VERY DIFFICULT THING.
FOR ME TO STAND AS PRESIDENT, TO
WATCH ANY OF THIS GO, YOU KNOW.
BEFORE I RAN FOR OFFICE, I’D
WATCH INSTANCES LIKE THIS WITH
CHURCHES, AND OTHER THINGS.
I’D SAY, WHAT A SHAME.
WHAT A SHAME.
BUT IT IS EVEN TOUGHER WHEN
YOU’RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND YOU HAVE TO
WATCH THIS KIND OF A THING
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. IT IS SO SAD TO SEE.
WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE -- WITH THE
YOUNG FARMERS.
YOUNG FARMERS. A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE IS
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH THE
NRA?
NRA? >> WE’RE ALWAYS TALKING.
WE’RE ALWAYS TALKING TO THE NRA.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
INDIANAPOLIS, LEAVING FROM JOINT
BASE ANDREWS, WHERE HE SPOKE
ABOUT THIS MASS SHOOTING THAT
OCCURRED AT A SYNAGOGUE.
AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE
SHOT, AT LEAST EIGHT KILLED.
THREE OF THOSE SHOT WERE
APPARENTLY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT HAS
SURRENDERED.
SURRENDERED. HE IS IDENTIFIED AT 46-YEAR-OLD
ROB BOWERS OF PITTSBURGH.
WE GO NOW TO OUR JUSTICE
CORRESPONDENT, PETE WILLIAMS,
WITH THE VERY LATEST.
PETE?
PETE? >> APPARENTLY, THIS IS CLEARLY A
HATE CRIME.
HATE CRIME. HE MADE ANTISE-SEMITIC COMMENTS
ABOUT KILLING JEWS AS HE CAME
OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE, ACCORDING
TO EYEWITNESSS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. HIS SOCIAL MEDIA HAS
ANTE-SEMITIC COMMENTS, AND
COMMENTS SAYING HE NEEDED TO ACT
BEFORE A JEWISH ORGANIZATION
BROUGHT IN REFUGEES.
ACCORDING TO LAW PHONEENFORCEMEN
THE NUMBER OF DEAD IS SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN.
APPARENTLY, WHAT HAPPENED IS, HE
ENTERED THE SYNAGOGUE AT 10:30
THIS MORNING ARMED WITH WHAT
POLICE DESCRIBE AS AN ASSAULT
TYPE WEAPON, AN AR-15
SEMIAUTOMATIC TYPE RIFLE AND A
HANDGUN, POSSIBLY.
HANDGUN, POSSIBLY. OPENED FIRE, CAME OUT, EXCHANGED
GUNFIRE WITH POLICE, THEN WENT
BACK IN AND, ULTIMATELY, CAME
BACK OUT AND WAS ARRESTED AND
POSSIBLY WOUNDED WHEN HE WAS
ARRESTED.
ARRESTED. THE PRESIDENT MADE MENTION A
MOMENT AGO OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
PENNSYLVANIA IS A STATE WITH THE
DEATH PENALTY, ALTHOUGH THE LAST
EXECUTION THERE WAS SOMETHING
LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, JOSE.
>> PETE, SO MANY QUESTIONS STILL
UNANSWERED.
UNANSWERED. HE IS BEING INTERROGATED BY
POLICE AT THIS HOUR.
>> YES.
>> YES. THAT’S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I DON’T BELIEVE THAT HE HAS BEEN
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
IF HE WAS INJURED, I AM NOT
CERTAIN ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE HE
IS RIGHT NOW.
>> PETE, I MEAN, THIS HAPPENED
DURING SABBATH.
DURING SABBATH. THE PRESIDENT, AGAIN, SAYING
THAT IF THERE WERE ARMED GUARDS
INSIDE, THINGS WOULD BE
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. IT’S JUST NOT COMMON POLICY IN
PLACES OF WORSHIP, FOR THERE TO
BE AN ARMED GUARD.
>> WELL, SADLY, SOME CHURCHES DO
HAVE ARMED GUARDS, BUT
CERTAINLY, MOST HOUSES OF
WORSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES DO
NOT.
NOT. >> PETE WILLIAMS, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
MUCH. SO MANY QUESTIONS STILL TO BE
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. THIS TRAGEDY OCCURRING THIS
MORNING IN PITTSBURGH, AS PETE
WILLIAMS SAYS.
WILLIAMS SAYS. EIGHT, COULD BE AS HIGH AS TEN,
MAYBE MORE.
MAYBE MORE. RIGHT NOW, OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD
US THAT EIGHT, AT LEAST EIGHT
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
THIS MORNING IN THIS HORRIBLE
HAAS
HAAS MASSACRE THIS MORNING, IN A
PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE.
PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE. TREE OF LIFE CONGREGATION.
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