an anti-semitic gunman latched on to before murdering 11 people in pittsburgh, a gunman obsessed about people invade thing country. and this is a president who said today is averaging 8.3 false or misleading claims a day. more than 5,000 so far. so consider that as you consider this. >> some people call it an invasion. it's like an invasion. they have violently overrun the mexican border. you saw that two days ago. these are tough people in many cases. a lot of young men. strong men. a lot of men that maybe we don't want in our country. >> that's part of the president's address today, at which we were told to expect new policy on asylum seekers. instead, the president promised to issue an executive order next week, and when asked for what it would contain, he said, it's going to be talking about everything, which is kind of what the president did today. here he is talking about the number of undocumented immigrants in this country. >> and the overall number could be 10 million people, could be 12 million people, could be 20 million people. the recordkeeping from past administrati

people in a synagogue a week ago. the pittsburgh gazette reads magnified and sankified be your name. pittsburgh's marry joins us shortly to talk about that. first we want to take a closer look at what is essentially the president's closing argument before the mid terms. an ad from his own campaign that the president promoted on twitter. earlier today in west virginia, the president defended the ad. >> then they gave me a hard time because i put it up on twitter. and they gave me a hard time. they said you shouldn't be doing that. that's not nice. and i say all i am doing is just telling the truth. what can i tell you. >> just telling the truth. keeping him honest, the ad which focuses on a true lee deranged mexican man a convicted cop killer who entered the country illegally is not telling the truth. it claims democrats let him in and democrats let him stay. he first entered the country illegally during the clinton administration. that doesn't mean he was let in. he entered illegally and after he was caught he was jailed and deported after his served his sentence, deported by the cl

the pittsburgh synagogue, suggesting both had slowed down republicans' tremendous momentum. >> it's a little careless this far into the season. >> for someone to say something like that in such a tragically and sad moment is careless. >> it doesn't change my vote, but i think sometimes people get too hung up on the way trump delivers his message instead of what he's actually trying to say. >> it was disappointing that that was the reaction. >> reporter: >> that doesn't change your vote? that doesn't weigh into your vote what he's been saying? >> no, it doesn't weigh on my vote. >> reporter: six independent voters and five have their minds made up. three will vote democrat, two, republican, and one likely split in key races. randi kaye, cnn, tampa. >> we'll talk to the panel about what these women said and what could say about races in the country. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? now when you go out, you cash in. with advil liqui-gels, what stiff

, funerals were being held in pittsburgh for three of the 11 jewish americans slaughtered by a gunman who was driven by anti-semitism and hate and anger over those very same migrants the president has been focusing on. joyce fienberg was buried, her funeral today, this morning. irving younger and melvin wax this afternoon. the president did tweet about pittsburgh today, but not about those three individuals, just mentioning the other eight killed. but instead about how warmly he was received. melania and i were treated very nicely yesterday in pittsburgh. the office of the president was shown great respect on a very sad and solemn day. we were treated so warmly. small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. the fake news stories were just the opposite. disgraceful. in a subsequent tweet he spoke highly of a local republican congressman and told people to vote for him. again, no mention of the victims by name or otherwise or even acknowledgement of their funerals. instead he made news by ratcheting up the caravan scare talk and the troop numbers he believes are needed to meet this

the president called for unity after the horrific shooting massacre in pittsburgh. in a different context, he called for the very same just last night. speaking to abc news. >> i'm looking to unify. i always like to unify. we will certainly try. >> to unify. well, this is the opposite of that. a campaign video sent out by the president to his millions of twitter followers. it could be the most racially charged and divisive campaign video in decades, painting immigrants as violent criminals. >> i'll kill more. >> the intent, he's clearly trying to divide. the intent, he's clearly trying to scare. is it going to work? that's what remains to be seen. let's go to abby phillip at the white house with much more on this. abby, the president puts out that video, but also just has announced he's going to be speaking about immigration this afternoon. what are you hearing from there? what's going to happen? >> that's right. day by day, the white house is pushing this message on immigration, and today, the president is going to deliver remarks at the white house around 4:00 on immigration. th

democrats and also that massacre at a synagogue in pittsburgh, had slowed republicans' momentum going into the midterms. >> we did have two maniacs stop a momentum that was incredible, because for seven days, nobody talked about the elections. it stopped a tremendous momentum. more importantly, we have to take care of our people, and we don't care about momentum when it comes to a disgrace like just happened to our country. but it did nevertheless stop a certain momentum. >> and so it seems in order to regain that momentum, the president is pivoting back hard to his base. making sure that he's talking constantly about a major issue for them, which is immigration and border security. he will also be hitting the campaign trail twice today, heading to west virginia and indiana, trying to rally supporters in two key senate races in both of those states. so i'm sure that we will be hearing much more about this immigration issue, but we'll also wait to see how much he also refocuses on the economy, which frankly, a lot of republicans in swing districts, particularly suburban districts, woul

continue killing. but we're seeing a shift here. we saw it in pittsburgh at the synagogue. we're seeing it here. i think it's really dangerous and law enforcement has to be really careful now in responding to these active shooter situations. >> that's the last thing you want law enforcement to have to do, to second guess their training and second guess what their innate response tells them they should be doing. >> again, these are dynamic situations but they're heroes every day, sitting in your car, talking to your wife, putting your phone down and going into battle. we lost a hero. >> just disgusting. art, the gun that the sheriff identified, a glock 21 .45 caliber handgun. what does that mean? >> it's a devastating round. the .45 was developed around 1911, 1910. made for stopping power. it only travels around 900 feet per second, compared to like a 223 round which travels at 3,000 feet per second. it's a very large caliber round and it's made to stop individuals. now, when you look at the type of handgun he used, a glock 21, generally, the glock 21 with a standard magazine will hold 1

shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. and thousands of people from around the world are coming together to honor and mourn the victims lost. >> they are part of the show up for s shabbat campaign. there will be a vigil in a couple hours in israel near tel aviv. former pittsburgh residents are expected to attend. >>> and in london, the mayor says that he will be standing shoulder to shoulder with jews in the united kingdom. at one service in the u.s. state of georgia here on friday, 11 chairs were on display there, the chairs empty except for the plour flowers there and the names of those killed. >> and in pittsburgh, the last funeral for the victims was held. it was for rose mallinger, she was 97, remembered as being vibrant and full of life. >>> on to london now. police there are looking into allegations that labour party members committed anti-semitic hate crimes. >> britain's opposition party has been plagued with allegations of anti-semitism for several years. we get no amore from phil black. >> reporter: a radio station had labour party documents detailing 45 ca

pittsburgh, pennsylvania. jewish communities around the world came together for services this weekend remembering and honoring the 11 victims. in a sermon on saturday, a pittsburgh rabbi blamed politicians for a rise in divisive rhetoric he says that he told donald trump last week that hate speech leads to hateful actions. our alisyn cammarata spoke with him. >> are you scared when you see this building? >> no, no. i'm not scared. i'm angry. how dare you defile our holy space? i'm a witness. i'm a victim. i'm a survivor. and i'm also a pastor. i'm also a human. i stand here and i'm in pain. >> from pittsburgh and now to israel, a vigil held there, a show of solidarity for the victims. cnn's ian lee spoke with mourners there, many who had ties to pittsburgh. >> reporter: pittsburgh strong tonight, despite the steel city being thousands of miles away, couldn't be closer to their hearts. avi lost his uncle at the tree of life synagogue. when shots were heard, instead of hiding or trying to escape, uncle jerry ran toward the inferno, to assist the wounded, his nephew says. >> this is the

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here too. because we saw after what happened in pittsburgh, you know, he really made the situation worse. he's tended to do that. but i also, this is about not our political views or beliefs of who the president is, it's the fire victims. and if he can deliver aid and work with governor brown and incoming governor newsome, then that's the best thing for the state. as long as he doebts make it worse and does no harm, we welcome his leadership. >> let me ask you about another leader. president trump said this morning that he will back nancy pelosi. listen. >> i'll help nancy pelosi. she may need some votes. i'll perform a wonderful service for her. i like her. can you believe it i like her. she's tough and smart. but she's deserves to be speaker. and now they are playing games with her. >> i know you agree with the president. but what do you make of his comments? in this case is he trying to hand pick his own opponent? >> who is this guy yesterday tweeting stacy abrams is great competitor after all the ways he tried to saba talking her can daisy. and gillum today. and now he's nancy

murderer in pittsburgh, and the trump people just decided, that never happened. there's no reason for him to change his rhetoric and no reason for his surrogates to change their rhetoric because words have no consequences for donald trump and too many of his supporters. i don't think he's doing the republicans any good, honestly. i think the late wave is clearly democratic, i think democratic. we'll see. we'll see. obviously there's a lot of voters still to vote. there's some movement among voters, it looks like, in some states. i do not think americans will be terrified by a couple of thousand people, a lot of them women and children, a thousand miles away, walking towards america to ask for asylum. >> do you think it could work, keith, the president's message? >> again, it's very effective at reaching a particular group of people. that particular group of people are republican trump supporters. but you can't win national elections by just appealing to your base. when donald trump took the oath of office last year he said he was going to be the president for the forgotten man and wom

than a week after 11 people were gunned down in pittsburgh at a synagogue, a man has been charged and arrested with hate crimes with an anti-semitic message found in a brooklyn synagogue. the graffiti was found on four floors of the union temple thursday night. these messages were written in black marker, including violent threats and hitler references. mare de blasio condemned this attack. >> we do not accept hate in any form. we will never accept anti-semitism in new york city, and we stand shoulder to shoulder with our jewish brothers and sisters in this hour of real need. >> cnn jason carol is joining us now from brooklyn. jason, what more do we know about this incident and the suspect? >> well, anna, actually, we know a great deal about the suspect. james blight, is he 26 years old. part of that is because the "new york times" just last year, last december did a profile on this young man talking about how he was in and out of homelessness, in the foster care system. also, according to the "new york time times", he was very close to former city council speaker christine quinn. in

were gunned down in an anti-semitic shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. this morning, a week after that horrific massacre, the tree of life community last night more than 1,200 people of various faiths came together for a public service to show solidarity and support. also yesterday a visitation and funeral service was held for 97-year-old rose malliger, the last of the 11 victims from the shooting to be buried. allis allis allison camerata spoke to some about the fear they're feeling. >> we didn't put them here. they just showed up. >> just showed up. the names of the victims. >> all the names of the victims and it just showed up. it's an outpouring of love. >> oh, my gosh. >> from countless people. i'm floored by the love. i don't know where the tents came from. these weren't here yesterday. >> is that right? >> this is -- the rain is coming in. somebody brought in tents. this is amazing. >> to shelter all of these stars. >> this was not done by the synagogue. we didn't do this. the community did this. i'm just amazed. amazed. >> and so what is it like for you to wa

and i saw that. i think about him going to pittsburgh to pay his respects and then being so disrespectful, but there's the other side of me, the political analyst side of me, the former operative side of me and i would say, look, this is completely consistent. donald trump basically thinks the only unpardonable sin is to lose. winning is everything and everything you do in service of winning is okay. and he's very focused on that. i think one of the things that we should pay attention to is that he's very transparent about his feelings on things like this, and he believes that he lost momentum and he needs to make up for lost time. i think that's one of the reasons we've seen him so frantically pushing these race buttons in the final four days and these buttons on immigration because he feels like maybe he can regain some of the momentum he lost. i think the risk he runs, brooke, is that he actually drives some people away who are on the bubble right now, particularly in these suburban areas. >> i read a column earlier this week, i'm sure you read it as well, patty davis, ro

pittsburgh. >> contact! shots fired, shots fired! >> reporter: savagely interrupted by gunfire. >> he's got an automatic weapon. he's firing right in front of the synagogue. >> reporter: anti-semitism had blasted its way back into america's consciousness. >> we have four down in the atrium, doa at this time. >> barry warber was playing inside the tree of life synagogue when bullets started flying. he hid in a closet as a gunman mowed down 11 of his fellow worshippers. what is it like being a survivor? >> sometimes i just feel dead inside. no feeling at all. and i hate that feeling. but it's there. >> how many of your friends have you had to bury? >> too many to count. >> reporter: it was the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. the personification of a rising state of hate in this country. the anti-defamation league says anti-semitism in america was already exploding, from neo-nazi marches to more subtle propaganda. in 2017, the adl logged nearly 2,000 anti-semitic incidents, a 57% spike in just one year. that's the signal largest surge we've ever seen since we've

whitfield. it's been a kadark and gloomy d in pittsburgh. the hearts of the people as they remember the lives of those honored inside the tree of life synagogue one week ago today. congregations from boston to philadelphia and los angeles holding show up for shabbat services last night, paying respects for the 11 lives tragically taken in a hate-filled massacre and this morning, hundreds more gathered again to honor the victims in pittsburgh. cnn's allison camarata joining me right now. what was it like? >> reporter: we just come out. fred, it was really powerful, emotional, it was packed. they're going to need a place of worship like the synagogue is closed. it was intense. at 9:52 a.m., which was the exact moment rabbi myers made the first phone call, they held a moment of silence for a minute and 11 seconds to honor the 11 lives lost and it was the first time that we saw rabbi myers broke down. he has been such a pillar of strength for this community. he has been their rock and during that moment of silence, he audibly wept. he held his, hung his head and he cried and he wasn't alone

remains in shock one week after 11 innocent lives were tragically taken inside a pittsburgh synagogue. this morning the squirrel hill community of pittsburgh came together to honor those victims with a pair of services. a private service for the congregation and another for all whoa are rallying around them. many are making the same trip their late friends and family made last saturday, entering the tree of life synagogue to pray. communities across the country also showing strength in numbers. last night congregations from coast to coast held special show up for shabbat services to honor the 11 victims. let's begin with cnn's alisyn camerota. alisyn was inside today for the service. it's been an emotional morning and people have shared their personal experiences with you. >> reporter: fred, it's so true. no cameras were allowed inside beth shalom behind me. so i will just tell you what it was like when a thousand people filled the temple. we saw people of all denominations in there. this is the first service since the massacre in the tree of life synagogue. at 9:52 a.m. on the dot th

synagogue in pittsburgh. congregations from boston to philadelphia and los angeles held show up for shabbat services last night, paying respects to the 11 lives tragically taken in a hate filled massacre one week ago today. and this morning, hundreds more are gathered again to honor the victims in pittsburgh. the former crime scene is now covered with flowers, letters, tributes to those lost. cnn jean casarez joins us live from pittsburgh. what are you hearing, jean? >> reporter: we are right here. this is where it happened one week ago today just as you said at the tree of life. it is still an active crime scene because federal investigators, the fbi, continue to process it. but outside, it just ended minutes ago. it was an outside shabbat service by former rabbi of tree of life, chuck diamond. there were so many things he said to people all over the community that came for this outdoor shabbat setting. it was raining very hard at the time, but it went on. he said the survivors of all of this should not feel guilty because they were given life. then he focused directly on tree of l

lives were tragically taken inside a pittsburgh synagogue. this morning, the squirrel hill community of pittsburgh came together to honor those victims for the pair of services. a private service for the congregation and another for all who are rallying around them. many of them making the same trip their friends and family made just last saturday, entering the tree of life synagogue to pray. communities across the country are also showing strength in numbers. last night, congregations from coast to coast held special show-up for shabbat services to honor the 11 victims. earlier this morning, cnn's elson emrata spoke. >> you've been so stoical on national tv and to love and tone down the hate. do you have moments where you break down or are you still on adrenaline? >> to give a perfect example, the funeral today, it was the last one. i appreciate the fact that it's a side there with a contemplative garden. i just sat there and cried like a baby. i couldn't stop. i thought the procession was waiting for me. i couldn't stop. it just came out. couldn't stop. because i haven't

shooting in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. you can imagine the jewish community is coming together. new york's mayor attending services here on friday, calling for unity and very strong condemn nation about some of this recent anti-semitic vandalism. >> thanks so much. keep us posted. >> eight-term congressman steve king locked in a tight race and lashing out about his past racially charged remarks. what he has to say in a new ad, next. ould happen every five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object damages your car, you can snap a photo and get your claim processed in hours, not days. plus, allstate can pay your claim in minutes. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? a moment of joy. a source of inspiration. an act of kindness. an old friend. a new beginning. some welcome relief... or a cause for celebration. ♪ what's inside? ♪ [laughter] possibilities. what we deliver by delivering. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second,

could impact voters, especially in pittsburgh, where the community is still reeling from a tragic hate crime one week ago. all the tools you need for every step of the way. make it, squarespace >>> we're now learning the man charged with writing an anti-semitic messages inside a synagogue once worked to fight hate crimes. he's facing four hate crime charges, including arson, for allegedly setting a fire at a jewish study school just miles from the synagogue. he reportedly worked on anti-hate crime initiatives about a decade ago as an intern. his life included years in and out of the foster care system and was profiled in a "new york times" piece last year. polo sandoval is live for us at the union temple in brooklyn this afternoon. what else are we learning? >> reporter: fred, the nypd posted outside of this temple for much of the day here. police saying they suspect james polite was not only responsible for the vandalism here but also at at least six other locations here in the area. exactly who this person is, you can dig up an article from 2017 in the "new york times," essentia

mail bombs, the shooting in pittsburgh, are there any polls that give you an indication as to whether the american public approves of his response, or is that just unknowable at this point? >> there is some initial polls that suggest splitting along partisan lines. if you look at the horse race polls that have been coming up, they have been shifting tremendously. so it does seem like it's having an impact on the midterms, at least. obviously, there are policy implications otherwise. >> let's bring back the panel. so, i mean, this is fascinating when you think about what the numbers show us and what harry just said about all of that reaction. what do you make, a.b., of what we are seeing in arizona and nevada, that these races have gotten tighter and they don't want the president there? >> well, there are just places where republicans have a really good shot of winning and they need to run up their vote. and the president is going to go to those places. i think the mcsalary campaign and the heller campaigns realized that this was likely to have a boomerang effect in the urbar a

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synagogue in pittsburgh will be laid to rest today. 97-year-old rose mallinger was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. she will be remembered as a vibrant woman who loved her family. her visitation is set to begin a few minutes from now followed by a funeral service. meanwhile, a new campaign is asking americans of all faiths to visit synagogues for the shabbat, the sabbath services tonight, or tomorrow. organizers of the show up for shabbat say it's meant to be a show of strength and love against hate. i would say we need that. >> we certainly do. thank you all for being with us all week. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. with four days to go until the midterm elections, president trump could be trying to sell success. instead, he's selling fear. the president would rather paint a bleak dooms day scenario, not based in fact, of the country being invaded by immigrants instead of selling strong jobs numbers and economic

of the pittsburgh synagogue massacre. >> i'm not just concerned about the rise of anti-semitism, but the rise of hate. >> reporter: a quiet friday at a synagogue in pittsburgh. savage with automatic gunfire. anti-semitism had blasted its way into american consciousness. >> we have four down. >> reporter: barry was praying inside the tree of life synagogue when bullets started flying. he hid in a closet as a gunman mowed down 11 of his fellow worshippers. what it like being a survivor? >> sometimes, i just feel dead inside. no feeling at all. i hate that feeling, but it's there. >> how many of your friends have you had to bury? >> too many to count. ♪ >> reporter: it was the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history, the personification of the rising state of hate in this country. the anti-defamation league says anti-semitism in america was already exploding from neo-nazi marches to more subtle propaganda. in 2017, the adl logged more than 2,000 anti-semitic inincidents a 57% spike. >> that's the singest largest surge we've ever seen since we started tracking this data.

just recently in pittsburgh underscores the importance for control of assault weapons and to have universal background checks. we also believe we have to invest in education. post-secondary education is too expensive in america. we need to do something about that. so democrats have a very positive message of what we want to get done for the american people, but clearly, the focus the president does every day by his tweets causes questions as to what we stand for as a nation and whether america's leadership has been just badly damaged by this administration. >> senator, let me get your take on something that pertains to your current role on the foreign relations committee. that is the way that the president answered a series of questions in this interview with axios on hbo last night as they pertain to yemen. listen to this exchange. >> i think it's a terrible situation. i hated seeing what happened with the bus and the children because that's pure -- that's a horror show when you see a thing like that. you saw the bus. >> but does that bother you when they use an american -- >> bo

weeks after 11 worshiper were gunned down in a pittsburgh synagogue. what will stop this? listen to this. just moments ago, we heard from a grieving mother of a young man killed in the california mass shooting. >> my son was in las vegas with a lot of his friends, and he came home. he didn't come home last night. and i don't want prayers. i don't want thoughts. i want gun control. and i hope to god nobody else sends me any more prayers. i want gun control. no more guns. >> you know, there are lawmakers in both parties who have been pushing legislation to try to curb the violence. actually getting it passed, signed into law, that's another story. joining me is republican pennsylvania state representative todd stevens, a former federal firearms prosecutor, the prime sponsor of hb-227, legislation in pennsylvania that would allow family members and law enforcement to ask a judge to temporarily take someone's gun away from them if they are believed to be a risk to themselves or others. thank you for being here. >> thanks so much for having me. fwl we know that mental health was likely a

states, and most recently in pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on american jews in u.s. history. so i'm encouraged by results from this election because in this most recent election there were 15 a-rated candidates that were -- >> nra. >> yeah, nra. and beaten by 15 f rated candidates, so that's progress. >> rated by the nra. >> we need to do better. >> you started this and you said you wanted congress, you wanted the nra to take action. have you ever spoken to anybody at the nra? anybody ever reached out? >> in the course of testifying in various state legislatures i have spoken to them. i have spoken to members and to and in one instance i spoke to somebody that was from the national nra in virginia, and they express their condolences. i talked to them to some extent. one of the things i hear after situations like happened in california is that strong gun laws don't work. and that's not a good argument. i think about that. today we have far fewer commercial airline crashes than in the past. why is that? it is because we have done things to make flying safer. yet airliners still cr

elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. i don't think it is a hoax, i think there's probably a difference but i don't know that it is man-made. i will say this. i don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars, i don't want to lose millions and millions of jobs, i don't want to be put at a disadvantage. i have a strong opinion. i want great climate. >> president trump hasn't responded to the assessment yet of the newest report, but some members of congress have. one tweeted we are staring a threat in the face. now is not the time for denials, excuses or equivocation, now is the time for action. democratic strategist with us and political commentator. thank you for being here. scott, i want to ask you, how do people reconcile this report by all of these scientists who are in the trump administration with the president who continually denies the existence of it? >> well, i think the president is grappling with a serious issue here and that is how to deal with what is clearly a real thing. i mean, i don't think climate change is a hoax. climate is changing. on th

. exactly a week ago this hour 11 people were shot and killed in pittsburgh as they prayed. and last night two people were murdered in florida. the same state where the parkland shooting happened earlier this year. kron correspondent diane gallagher has the latest. >> this was at a yoga studio, a class practicing hot yoga in tallahassee, florida. a gunman came in and shot five people and pistol whipped another before police say they believe he turned the gun on himself. two of the women he shot died. 61-year-old and a 21-year-old. authorities have identified the shooter as a 40-year-old, scott beerley. they don't know the connection to the yoga studio at all. they know he went in and began shooting and that the women inside, students of yoga tried to fight back. again, he did pistol whip one of the students as well. according to authorities three of the victims have been released from the hospital, the other two remain in stable condition. at the time, andrew gillum on the campaign trail, democratic candidate for governor in florida, had been on the campaign trail with former preside

pittsburgh is still burying victims of the worst anti-semitic attack in this nation's history. and as investigators are building their case against the trump supporter charged with mailing pipe bombs to this network and prominent democrats across the country. this is what he said tonight. >> we did have two maniacs stop the momentum that was incredible, because for seven days, nobody talked about the elections. it stopped the tremendous momentum. >> so, let me ask you to do a little thought experiment with me, okay? are you ready? if the man who sent 15 bombs in the mail was a deranged hillary clinton supporter, what would the president be saying? if the man who shot and killed elderly jewish people praying in the synagogue had been an illegal immigrant or a muslim, imagine what we would be hearing from donald trump. and imagine what we would be hearing from right wing media. oh, my gosh, the world is ending! heads would be popping off everywhere. he wants americans to hear the caravan more than the four white supremacists in southern california indicted just today for carrying out vi

victims of the pittsburgh synagogue massacre. >>> one of the black boxes has been recovered from the downed lion air jet off atmosphere -- of

sayoc who allegedly september the pie bombs and robert bowers with the massacre in pittsburgh. in both cases, those men spent enormous time online and what they were doing online was finding communities of people who believed in the same dark things they did, who reinforced those beliefs who colored them darker still. we have to ask some really serious questions whether people who are already prone to hate are actually being pushed to violence by the encouragement and reinforcement they get online. >> have we reached a point -- look, even here, i'll speak for myself. the folks at the network will present factual information, back it up with examples, concrete empirical evidence and people say that's not true or it's fake news. it's like what, are you talking about? i'm often shocked by the amount of propaganda that people believe. have we reached a point where propaganda can pass as truth and lies? here's why this is happens. i was thinking about this much watching cnn earlier this evening. anderson was going through all the lies in the president's speech for lack of a better word on i

know, when you had the horrible shooting, the massacre in pittsburgh, you had the mail bombs being sent around to various places including cnn and donald trump's chief concern was that this was going to stop his political momentum. he has very little feeling for people who are suffering here. and even if what he said was true it wosh wholly inappropriate to say it in this situation. but it's not true because this has nothing to do with forest management. these are not even forest fires. and oh, by the way, it's the federal government that owns 57% of the forests in california. it's not the state. so this is utterly divorced from reality. and it's utterly divorced from anything that we would recognize as normal human emotion. >> so is he blaming himself m. >> no, he is definitely not blaming himself. one thing you can be sure of, don, is he is not blaming himself. always somebody else's fault. >> you're right when you talk about this. he said -- remember what happened at the synagogue. sadly it stopped the momentum, they stopped talking about it. the whole caravan, scaravan thing an

. 7175 hate crimes last year up from 6121 in 2016. just getting the data just weeks after pittsburgh. these anti-semitic attacks. the shootings. all of this stuff. what is going on? is it the political climate? >> i definitely think the political climate has a ton to do with it, don, but i was thinking right before i came on air about it about a 2010 piece i wrote called "words matter." and it was about barack obama's second term and the fact that even in west virginia at that time there was a white man, a felon who ran against him in the democratic primary and almost won. it was amazing to me in that moment how much racism had really trickled into the political process. and of course we know that at that point donald trump had started and was the spokesperson at least of the birther movement. so we know exactly what wetric does and how dangerous that rhetoric can become. and we're seeing -- we're eyewitnesses to that every single day. >> i want to bring in scott jennings now. scott, anti-semitic hate crimes went up 37% last year. do you think it's a coincidence that we saw a spike i

at a service last weekend that 11 members of the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh were shot and killed. now a social media campaign is show up for survive is calling on americans of all faiths to join jews at service all weekend. people are responding in solidarity. a long line formed early tonight outside one synagogue in washington, d.c. in boston, over 1,000 people packed into a service. in boca raton, florida, over 2,000 jammed into a synagogue. right here in new york, a group of muslim women holding signs and white roses greeted worshippers and visitors outside one synagogue. i want to bring you now mark hetfield, the president and ceo of hias, founds as a hebrew immigrant aid society and helps rescues around the world. hias was targeted by the alleged gunman. mark, thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you, don. >> you know, it's ban week since the massacre in pittsburgh. you haven't heard anything from the president or jared kushner or ivanka kushner. that's extra surprising considering the connection jared has to your organization. tell us about the

: a quiet saturday morning of prayer and reflection at rabbi jeffrey meyers' synagogue in pittsburgh. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> reporter: savagely interrupted by gunfire. >> he's got an automatic weapon. he's firing in the synagogue. >> reporter: anti-semitism had blasted its way back into america's consciousness. >> we have four down in the atrium. d.o.a. at this time. >> reporter: barry warber was praying inside the tree of life synagogue when bullets started flying. he hid in a closet as a gunman mowed down 11 of his fellow worshippers. what is it like being a survivor? >> sometimes i just feel dead inside. no feeling at all. i hate that feeling. but it's there. >> reporter: how many of your friends have you had to bury? >> too many to count. >> reporter: it was the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. the personification of a rising state of hate in this country. >> jews cannot replace us! >> reporter: the anti-defamation league says anti-semitism in america was already exploding. from neo-nazi marches to more subtle propaganda. in 2017 the adl logged nearly 2

question anti-semitic massacre in pittsburgh in terms of stopping momentum. what impact do you think that will have? >> he says the quiet part out loud. that's one of his things. oh, i wouldn't think that would happen. great song writers can write songs in a lot of different keys, keys, but they usually return to the one key they're familiar with for one reason. this is donald trump's key. this is what he -- you can hate it, but this is what he does. this is just like the 2016, end of the 2016 election. i don't think we paid enough attention. i'll speak for myself. you guys sure paid enough. i didn't pay enough because it looked like based on polling, message, money, with the states, the cake was baked for hillary clinton. but i'm paying attention this time because it's 100% understanding that anger and fear are hugely powerful motivators. he could, in truth, be talking about they're fighting about the economy, everybody has numbers, but it's a worthy argument to have and donald trump has a very strong economic case to be made. you can say it started under obama. fine. he can say, i'm the

pittsburgh in terms of stopping republican momentum. what impact do you think, if any, that will have. >> not much. he says the quiet part out loud a lot. that's one of his things, you're like, oh, well, i wouldn't think that would happen but great songwriters, they can write songs in a lot of different keys but they usually return to the one key they're most familiar with for whatever reason. this is donald trump's key. this is what he -- you can hate it but this is what he does. this is just like the 2016 -- end of the 2016 election and i don't think we played enough attention -- i speak for myself. i didn't pay enough attention because it looked like based on polling, message, money, this that the cake was baked for hillary clinton. this time i'm paying attention because it's 100% understanding that anger and fear are hugely powerful motivators. he could in truth be talking about -- mike and bakari were fighting about the economy. everybody's got numbers but it's a worthy argument to have and donald trump has a very strong economic case to be made. you can say it started under

pittsburgh, i think people sort of said, enough. what do you stand for? you know, you came out with this rhetoric, this hysterical rhetoric, and some guy went in and shot 11 people in a synagogue. and i think this final week on the caravan and the birthright, i think it's only compounded the problem. so it's not just that his instincts are wrong but i think they backfired on him politically. >> he said softer tone, but then he ends his closing argument is this -- >> it funny how he says i'd like to be, like someone else is responsible for what he's doing. i think what he's talking about is this what he has to do. two things about that. i think it's who he is to david's point. but i also think he does justify it by thinking this. i interviewed him right before he got the nomination, and he said -- and i said, why can't you just talk about the issues and drop the, you know, making fun of your, you know, whatever, low energy jeb and all this kind of stuff? he said, well, if i had done that, i wouldn't be sitting here talking to you. so it was this idea that, like, i have to do this. it's th

didn't kill 11 people in that pittsburgh synagogue. i want to you hear me here. the caravan is not the problem. hasn't been the problem. home-grown killers are the problem. home-grown killers are the problem. the question is when are we going to do something about it? >>> we could talk more, but i have some breaking news we need to get to. we'll talk more about that later on. but let's get to the races in florida and arizona, the senate races. he is here with more. i want to ask you about both the senate and governors races could be heading to a race. good evening to you. >> good evening. they're headed for different types of recounts. florida law, if the margin between the two top vote geters is less than .5 percentage points, you have a machine recount. if it's less than .25 percentage points, you'll look at the hand votes and under votes. the .25 marquee, bill nelson continues to close the gap. he's down by 15,000 votes. i should point out that's a fairly significant margin. go back to 2000, for example, the margin was .3 percentage points. right now it's six times that. but sti