>>> GOOD DAY, EVERYONE, WE’RE COMING ON AIR TO YOU FROM
PITTSBURGH WHERE THE PRESIDENT
IS PAYING HIS RESPECTS AT THE
TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE, SCENE OF
SATURDAY’S HORRIBLE MASSACRE.
11 PEOPLE KILLED DURING
SATURDAY’S RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
MELANIA, ALONG WITH IVANKA AND
HER HUSBAND, JARED KUSHNER.
WE’RE TOLD THEY’RE WALKING OUT
IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH.
>>
>> WE’RE TOLD THE PRESIDENT AND
FIRST LADY IN JEWISH TRADITION
WILL BE PLACING STONES AT EVERY
NAME.
NAME. AND WILL BE LED IN A PRAYER BY
THE RABBI.
THE RABBI. PETER ALEXANDER IS STANDING BY
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT AND
FIRST LADY, WE’RE TOLD ARE
LAYING STONES FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, AS WELL AS WHITE ROSES AT
EACH OF THOSE 11 STARS OF DAVID
THAT HONOR THE LIVES OF THE 11
VICTIMS WHO DIED ON SATURDAY
HERE.
HERE. VICTIMS OF AN AWFUL MASSACRE,
THE WORST IN THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES
HISTORY SO FAR.
LET’S TAKE A LISTEN AND A LOOK.
>> IT DOESN’T APPEAR WE CAN
HEAR.
HEAR. LET ME APOLOGIZE, I THINK I SAID
CHURCH A MOMENT AGO, OBVIOUSLY,
SYNAGOGUE.
SYNAGOGUE. THERE IS IVANKA TRUMP WITH
FLOWERS IN HER HAND.
THERE IS DONALD TRUMP PLACING
THE STONES.
THE STONES. THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION OF THE
PRESIDENT MAKING THIS PARTICULAR
VISIT, BUT THE RABBI, JEFFREY
MYERS SAYS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS ALWAYS WELCOME
IN THIS SYNAGOGUE.
OF COURSE, IT’S THE SCENE OF
THAT HORRIBLE KILLING ON
SATURDAY DURING THOSE SERVICES.
MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE
ELDERLY.
ELDERLY. >> Reporter: THAT IS THE FIRST
LADY AND THE PRESIDENT JOINED BY
THE RABBI OF THIS CONGREGATION,
RABBI JEFFREY MYERS.
IT’S BEEN A SOMBER DAY OF THIS
COMMUNITY, LAYING TO REST THREE
MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION AND
A NEIGHBORING CONGCONGREGATION.
THEY HAD TO BORROW ANOTHER
SYNAGOGUE FOR THE FUNERAL
SERVICES THAT TOOK PLACE TODAY,
GIVEN THE FACT THIS SANCTUARY
REMAINS A CRIME SCENE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS GREETED UPON
HIS ARRIVAL BY THE ISRAELI
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.
ALSO, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, HIS
DAUGHTER, IVANKA TRUMP, WHO
CONVERTED TO JUDAISM ALONGSIDE
HER JEWISH HUSBAND WEARING A
JEWISH CAP, CALLED A YAMAKA.
THEY’RE EXPECTED TO HAVE A SHORT
VISIT IN PITTSBURGH TODAY.
I SPOKE EARLIER WITH ONE FAMILY
WHOSE LOVED ONE WAS KILLED, A
VICTIM OF THIS AWFUL MURDEROUS
SPREE.
SPREE. DANIEL STINE WAS 71 WHEN HE LOST
HIS LIFE.
HIS LIFE. HIS NEPHEW TELLING ME HE WAS
OUTRAGED BY THE PRESIDENT’S
COMMENTS, PRESIDENT TRUMP
SUGGESTING IN FACT, HAD THERE
BEEN AN ARMED GUARD THIS
MASSACRE WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN
PLACE.
PLACE. WE HEARD FROM THE NEPHEW OF
DANIEL STEIN SAYING THAT WAS A
STAB IN THE BACK OF THE
COMMUNITY HERE.
COMMUNITY HERE. OTHER CONG REREGCONGREGANTS ARE
THE PRESIDENT AS A STRONG SHOW
OF LEADERSHIP.
OF LEADERSHIP. >> THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST
FAMILY SPENT 15 MINUTES INSIDE
THE SYNAGOGUE ITSELF.
AND WE’RE TOLD THE PRESIDENT
INSIDE LIT A CANDLE, A MEMORIAL
OF THE DEAD.
THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE
WE BELIEVE FOUR PEOPLE STILL
HOSPITALIZED WHO WERE AMONG THE
SIX INJURED.
SIX INJURED. IF YOU’LL RECALL THERE WERE FOUR
POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE WOUNDED
IN THIS ATTACK, ALONG WITH TWO
CIVILIANS.
CIVILIANS. THE LAST WE HAD HEARD THERE WERE
STILL FOUR TSTILL BEING TREATED
FOR THEIR WOUNDS.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
WON’T CONFIRM WHAT THE
PRESIDENT’S PLANS ARE DURING THE
REMAINDER OF HIS VISIT HAS DONE.
AS HE’S DONE IN PAST
CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SHOOTING
SPREES OF THIS KIND, HE OFTEN
DOES GO TO THE AREA HOSPITALS TO
VISIT WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
IT’S LIKELY HE WOULD DO THAT
AGAIN TODAY BEFORE DEPARTING
BACK FOR WASHINGTON.
AS WE LOOK AT THESE PICTURES
HERE, THERE WAS A LONG LINEUP OF
PEOPLE GREETING THE PRESIDENT.
ONLY BLOCKS AWAY, LOAD PROTESTS
AS WELL, PEOPLE FRUSTRATED BY
HIS VISIT, BY HIS LANGUAGE.
THERE’S A SIGN ONE WOMAN IS
HOLDING UP THAT SAYS ALL ARE
WELCOME.
WELCOME. CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO
DENOUNCE WHITE NATIONALISM.
YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT STANDING
BESIDE THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY, STEVE MNUCHIN, WHO
ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A JEWISH
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. AND IVANKA TRUMP AND HER HUSBAND
A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY.
>> THIS IS THE ROLE OF CONSOLER
IN CHIEF WE HAVE SEEN EVERY
PRESIDENT PLAY IN TIMES OF
NATIONAL TRAGEDY.
NATIONAL TRAGEDY. THIS PRESIDENT CERTAINLY HAS
BEEN UNDER ANOTHER KIND OF
MICROSCOPE, AS PETER POINTED OUT
WITH THAT DEMONSTRATION, THAT
RALLY TAKING PLACE DOWN THE
STREET.
STREET. NEVER AN EASY ROLE.
THIS IS A CITY THAT HAS FOUND
ITS STRENGTH IN ITS UNITY AND
ITS SOLIDARITY IN THE WAKE OF
THIS TRAGEDY.
THIS TRAGEDY. I WAS THERE A FEW DAYS AGO
SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE FIRST
RESPONDERS, ALONG WITH THE
POLICE CHIEF, THE PUBLIC SAFETY
DIRECTOR.
DIRECTOR. ALL NOTING HOW THE CITY CAME
TOGETHER, NOT ONLY IN ITS MORAL
SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER, BUT
LITERALLY PULLING TOGETHER AS
THOSE SHOTS WERE RINGING OUT.
THE STORIES OF BRAVERY HAVE BEEN
JUST REMARKABLE.
JUST REMARKABLE. FIRST RESPONDERS, NOT ONLY
POLICE, BUT PHYSICIANS AND
PARAMEDICS.
PARAMEDICS. EVEN AS THE GUNFIRE WAS STILL
RINGING OUT, TREATING THE
WOUNDED AND RESCUING THE WOUNDED
IN SOME CASES FROM THE LINE OF
BULLETS.
BULLETS. THIS PART OF THE SYNAGOGUE THAT
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST FAMILY
ARE VISITING WAS NOT, WE
BELIEVE, AFFECTED.
BELIEVE, AFFECTED. I’VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DOWN THAT
BLOCK WHERE YOU COULD, HOWEVER,
SEE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND PILES
OF GLASS WHERE THE SHOTS WERE
FIRED.
FIRED. SOME OF THE SHOTS ACTUALLY, NOT
ONLY FIRED INSIDE THE SYNAGOGUE,
BUT ALSO AT THE RESPONDING
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. THAT AREA IS STILL VERY MUCH A
CRIME SCENE.
CRIME SCENE. WE’RE TOLD THE PORTION THE
PRESIDENT SAW A WHILE AGO WAS
NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED.
THE FBI IS THE LEAD AGENCY IN
THIS INVESTIGATION.
THIS INVESTIGATION. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NOW 29
FEDERAL CHARGES PENDING AGAINST
ROBERT BAUER, THE SUSPECT WHO
REPORTEDLY DURING AND AFTER THE
ATTACK SAID HIS MISSION WAS TO
KILL JEWS.
KILL JEWS. THAT’S THE QUOTE THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE
OFFERED.
OFFERED. TO BE CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT,
AFTER THIS VISIT, WE MIGHT
EXPECT HIM TO MAKE ANOTHER STOP?
>> WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S GOING
TO DO NEXT.
IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY HE WOULD
STOP BY THE MEDICAL CENTER ONLY
A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY WHERE SOME
OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE
WOUNDED AND SHOT ARE BEING
TREATED RIGHT NOW.
WE SAW THE FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP GETTING INTO THE
PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE, THE
BEAST AS IT’S CALLED.
THE PRESIDENT IS STILL THERE
VISITING WITH RABBI MYERS, THE
CONGREGATION’S RABBI WHO SAYS
HE’S RECEIVED A LOT OF CRITICISM
FOR HIS COMMENTS.
IN FACT, WELCOMING PRESIDENT
TRUMP HERE.
TRUMP HERE. MANY PEOPLE SAY THIS WAS AN
ATTACK THAT WASN’T JUST
ANTI-SEMITIC, BUT ALSO
ANTI-IMMIGRANT.
ANTI-IMMIGRANT. THE GUNMAN HAD RANTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ABOUT HIS DESIRE TO TARGET
IMMIGRANTS AS WELL.
AND IT COMES ON A DAY THE
PRESIDENT HAS MADE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT HE WANTS TO SIGN AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD DENY
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, THAT
WOULD DENY CITIZENSHIP TO THOSE
BABIES BORN TO NON-CITIZENS ON
U.S. SOIL.
U.S. SOIL. >> WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
PRESIDENT’S ACTIVITIES THERE IN
PITTSBURGH AFTER THIS VERY
EMOTIONAL STOP AT THE TREE OF
LIFE SYNAGOGUE.
LIFE SYNAGOGUE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FAMILY IS
NOW BACK IN THE LIMOUSINE,
INSIDE THE BEAST.
WHERE THEY GO, WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WATCH AND MONITOR.
WE’LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE WHEN WE
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