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>> arthel: new developments at the top of the hour. we are awaiting an fbi pittsburgh briefing there on the shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. the first one from the bureau since this horrific attack happening this morning. the suspect has been identified. his picture is on the right side of your screen. federal authorities are now treating this as a hate crime. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news quarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: i'm eric shawn. authorities say the man is 46-year-old robert bowers. that he opened fire at the tree of life synagogue, killing multiple people and wounding six
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others, including four police officers. bowers now in police custody. he has been apparently wounded after he took cover and barricaded himself inside the synagogue after opening fire, allegedly. he's in a local hospital. garrett tenney is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: i can tell you, fbi and local police are searching several locations now that robert bowers is associated with including an apartment where they believe he may have lived nearby in baldwin, 10 or 15 minutes from here, the synagogue. the bomb squad is there on-scene, going through that location first to make sure there are no types of explosives before more further investigation of those premises can be done. we can also report, they are digging into his social media activity, his background. we can say one account that had his same name, we don't know if it belonged to him but one account with his name has been taken down and on that account there were anti-semetic posts that were made as recently as an
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hour before this morning's shooting. more about what we know in terms of these victims. multiple fatalities. we are waiting to hear the exact number. but we're told multiple fatalities. local jewish church leaders have said there were between 45 to 100 people at the tree of life synagogue this morning when shooting took place. we know six people were injured including four police officers, three of them were shot. they have been at local hospitals undergoing surgery. we're told that two others have sustained critical and serious injuries and they are being treated as well. the gunman is believed to be at a local hospital as well, being treated. we're not told the extent of his injuries. we do know that he vo surrenderd to police after gun battles with police this morning. in the community, this is a predominantly jewish community here in pittsburgh and this is something that is affecting folks all across here.
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it just started raining. before this happened we had folks walking up and down the street, trying to get as close as they could to the synagogue to get a look. most people that we have spoken to have said they probably knew someone who was there this morning but at this point they're not clear who those victims are or if they did in fact know anyone and they're just trying to get answer as we all are, as this horrific scene continues to unfold. eric: garrett, thank you. we expect some of those answers, more information any moment now from the news conference by federal, state, local authorities at 4:00 p.m. eastern. we're waiting for that to begin in pittsburgh. we will bring that to you live when it does occur. garrett, thank you. >> arthel: the suspect in the shooting ha at the pittsburgh synagogue has been identified as robert bowers. federal authorities treating the shooting as a hate crime. natasha lindstrom is a reporter at the pittsburgh tribune review. she joins us by phone from outside the bowers home.
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if you could, set the scene for us. >> reporter: we are in the borough of baldwin, about 12 miles from the synagogue in squirrel hill and there are several police and fire units here as well as the allegheny county police bomb squad. they have closed off a section of the roadway to traffic, more and more news crews are continuing to arrive here, perplexing residents in what they say is usually a pretty sleepy, quiet, residential suburban community. the apartment complex that they are trying to enter is located pretty close to a volunteer fire department station out here. we're having a hard time getting a close view because they blocked off so much of it. but that's what the scene looks like here right now. earlier today police had started checking out another address linked to the suspect about maybe eight minutes away. that didn't turn out any leads. this apartment complex is believed to be where he was
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living. >> arthel: so you're saying it's an apartment complex. do we know if bowers lived there alone? do we know if he lived with someone, a friend? a relative? has anyone come in and out of the apartment complex there? have you gotten a chance to talk to neighbors who may know this guy? >> reporter: so police got here not too long ago, probably around 2:15 and closed off the area. by the time i got here, the only residents who live there are being allowed anywhere close. neighbors in the surrounding area have been very surprised. they haven't seen much police activity in this area at all. earlier i talked to neighbors at the other address linked to him nearby and some neighbors there, one in particular did confirm seeing him frequenting a home there, thinking he may have been a caregiver for a severely disabled young man and woman who live there, but she hadn't seen him there in a few months. we don't have a lot of
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information about his situation in this apartment complex at this time. >> arthel: i understand. is it a large -- i understand that details are sketchy and you're doing your best there. i want to ask you this, if you could -- we don't have pictures of the apartment complex that you're standing in front of. can you describe the complex to us. is it a large complex? does it seem to be smaller? are there townhomes? give us an idea of what kind of complex this is. >> reporter: i would say it's maybe mid-size. maybe two to three story apartment complex. there's an office building and some apartment units connected to it, surrounded by it are a lot of single family residential homes and well-manicured grassy lawns and sort of a nice suburban community out here, what's called pittsburgh south hill. as i said, at this point it's very hard to know who he was living with or what his situation was in the apartment itself. the police and the bomb squad have not yet emerged so they're
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going through at this point right now. we're waiting for further updates from them as well. >> arthel: and you said that they went to an earlier-authorities went to an earlier complex before this one and that turned out to be a bust. what brought them to this place where you're standing in front of now or nearby now. >> reporter: well, they determined this is where he is currently living. the last address had been linked to voter registration records and a few other things. when they interviewed neighbors around there for about 45 minutes, they found out he was not living there as of recently. they did have -- when i left the scene there, around 1:00 p.m., they did continue to have police helicopter circling the area as well, keeping an eye on things. but it appears at this point they're trying to investigate, so learn more about the suspect and what his living arrangement was, what might be inside his home as evidence, bringing the bomb squad as a precaution. we haven't heard of any imminent threats. they aren't evacuating anyone in
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the area. they closed the road to traffic beyond residents that don't live there. >> arthel: as far as you know, the investigators are still inside the apartment in the complex you're standing by. there must be something there keeping them inside. natasha lindstrom, thank you very much for that upday. we may come back to you later. thank you very much. >> thank you. eric: a baby naming service was taking place at the synagogue when the gunman entered and opened fire. the neighborhood where it happened considered the hub of pittsburgh's jewish community. joining us now, joe rubin, a member of the tree of life synagogue. he grew up there, as well as being a former deputy secretary of state under president obama. thank you for joining us. condolences and sympathies to your family and friends. your parents, you say they were worshiping there last night. this really strikes home for you. >> it really does. it's the center of the community. my parents were there last night for a friday night service, the shabbat service.
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it was packed. there are families, older people, younger people, celebrating, dancing, connecting, building community, building what we all want, which is a stronger, healthier society and this morning i spoke with my mother and thank god my parents were there this morning. that's a house of worship, not a house of murder. it's a tree of life. it's about life. it's not about death. and to have someone come in and commit such an act of terror -- and this is an act of terror. let's call it what it is. it's not just a hate crime. it was terrorism. this was intentional and it was done to the heart of the pittsburgh jewish community to send a message. we are not going to listen to that message or be deterred by that message but it was intentional and this killer, he knew what he was doing. eric: robert bowers from
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baldwin, where we see the news conference is beginning as the local officials there are going to brief us. so joel, i'm going to ask you just to stand by as we try to process this horrific event and get more information on what exactly happened as well as perhaps the names of some of the deceased and others, information that authorities have not yet begin to us. federal authorities are calling this a hate crime that bowers allegedly, 46 years old stormed in yelling, must kill the juice when he opened fire, this following anti-semetic rants apparently on his twitter page going back quite a long time. let's now listen to authorities filling us in on the very latest.
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>> good afternoon. my name is wendell hesrik, i'm public safety director tore ' fe city of pit pittsburgh. on behalf of the city, our hearts go out to all the victims that have been involved in today's tragedy. these incidents usually occur in other cities. today, the nightmare has hit home here in the city of pittsburgh. as you're well aware, the tree of life synagogue at 5898 wokeens avenue at 9:54 this morning calls were received at the allegheny county emergency operations center that an active shooter was inside the building. at 9:55, officers were dispatched. apparently initial confrontation between the subject and the officers occurred, injuring two of the officers. two additional officers were
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injured during the altercation. those were s.w.a.t. officers. multiple agencies responded to this incident this morning and without their courage, this tragedy would have been far worse. those include numerous state, county, and federal agency as well as neighboring. ms services along with the city of pittsburgh. additionally, the dispatchers, the physicians, nurses, that assisted in this incident should also be commended. there were 11 fatality as a result of the shooting incident. there were no children. there were additionally six injuries to include four of the police officers. that does not include the suspect. chief sh shuburt has visited
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several of the injured officers. he will update you, as well as the doctor will update on -- give you the current update on the victims that are currently being treated. personally, i would like to thank every agency that responded today as well as the dispatchers, the fbi, as you are aware this is a federal crime and both s.a.c. bob jones and u.s. attorney scott brady will discuss that. i would like to take a few minutes and allow scott shuburt to discuss the officers, what they encountered when they arrived at the scene this morning. chief? >> thank you, director. as the director said, first and foremost, our hearts and thoughts and prayers go to the victims of this and to our officers who responded.
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i can tell you by the time i got there, they were already starting to extract people from within and watching the officers run into the danger to remove people and get them to safety was unbelievable. and for the s.w.a.t. officers, our s.w.a.t. officers and s.w.a.t. teams from around the region who were there, who went into that active shooting and were able to apprehend that actor, i can't speak more for the courage that they have. two of the officers that were hit as the director said were the first responders to the scene and were engaged and they're both in stable condition and as the director said, two from our s.w.a.t. team during an engagement inside the building were struck as well. they are in stable condition. i was able to talk to two of the four and as soon as we get out
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of here we're going to go back and see them again and see their families and thank them for the job they did and for saving lives. but we can't not forget those victims inside the synagogue who lost their lives. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm bob jones, the special agent in charge of the pittsburgh office of the fbi. thank you, wendell, thanks, chief. certainly the actions this person took today were hateful. we're in the early stages of this investigation and over the next several days and weeks we will look at everything in the suspect's life, his home, his vehicle, his social media and his movements over the last several days. at this point, we have no knowledge that bowers was known to law enforcement before today. i want the people of pittsburgh to know that the fbi will work around the clock to get them the answers to why and how this
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happened. that said, we ask for the public's patience in the coming hours and days as we work through this investigation. this is the most horrific crime scene i've seen in 22 years with the federal bureau of investigation. members of the tree of life synagogue conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them because of their faith. the full motive is unknown but we believe he was acting alone. at this time, the fbi has significant resources in and deploying to pittsburgh from our laboratory division, our critical incident response group, office of victim assistance and operational technology division. i can't say enough about the actions of the pittsburgh police, the pittsburgh police s.w.a.t. team, and the allegheny county police. had it not been for the quick and heroic response, this would have been much worse. thank you very much. now i'll turn it over to
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governor wolfe. >> thank you. i'm governor tom wolfe, pennsylvania. today words simply -- i can't express the sadness of all pennsylvanians for what happened today. i want to give my condolences to the victims of the tragedy, the family and friends and the community. the shooting is being investigated by the fbi as a hate crime. my heart breaks for the members of the jewish community. today, all of pennsylvania mourns with you. anti-semitism has absolutely no place in our commonwealth. any attack on one community of faith in pen pennsylvania is an attack against every community of faith in pennsylvania. and i want the jewish community a across the commonwealth and across the country to know that we stand in support of you as we together mourn this senseless act of violence. the shabbat is a time for
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reflection, a time for finding peace. not for violence. pennsylvania's jewish community is strong, it's vibrant and resilient. now is the time more than ever to come together and to support each other. i have spent today with first responders, with local leaders and i am in awe of the bravery displayed by law enforcement, those folks who help to keep people safe, to aid victims and prevent further tragedy. federal, state and local law enforcement are working in concert to investigate this tragedy and to maintain public safety. at the state level, the pennsylvania emergency management agency and department of health are in contact with local officials to assist in any unmet needs. the pennsylvania state police have been on the scene already and are coordinating with federal and local law enforcement. pennsylvania state police's s.w.a.t. team, the helicopter, k-9 units and bomb technicians have all responded and are all
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assisting. my thoughts right now are focused on the victims, however. their families, their friends, and making sure that law enforcement has every resource that they need. in the aftermath of this tragedy, we must all come together. we must take action to prevent these tragedies in the future. we simply cannot accept this violence as a normal part of american life. these senseless acts of violence are not who we are aspens vein yas pennsylvanians, they're noo we are as americans. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm scott brady, the united states attorney for the western district of pennsylvania. today's a tragic day for pittsburgh. and it's a tragic day for our brothers and sisters in the jewish community. on behalf of the attorney general and the entire united states department of justice, we want to express our deepest and most heart-felt condolences to
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the victims and their loved ones, the jewish community and everyone who was affected by this terrible and unspeakable act of hate. spoke with general sessions today and he wanted me to also express his condolences and know that he stats stand he stands wh and the jewish community. the actions of robber bowers represent the worst of humanity. we are dedicating the entire resources of my office to the prosecution and investigation. we expect to file criminal charges shortly, perhaps as early as today. please know that justice in this case will be swift and it will be severe. i want to echo the comments of chief shuburt and bravery that was exhibited by the s.w.a.t. teams of pittsburgh police and allegheny county police. they ran toward gunfire to keep people safe. they exemplify all the best of law enforcement and pittsburgh
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police. know that we're working together with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners to gather the facts. the cooperation of law enforcement has been outstanding. i was at the scene today which as was stated by special agent jones was a horrible scene to witness and, yet, all of the federal, state and local partners stood together in concert and are working together to solve this. we deeply appreciate the response of the pittsburgh police, the fbi, allegheny county police and all of our law enforcement partners who are working so hard. know that we will work day and night for justice for the victims of this crime and please know that we'll continue to update you as we are able. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm dr. don neily, a professor of emergency medicine. i oversee emergency medicine for upmc and the university of pittsburgh.
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at about 10:00 this morning we became aware of the incident and very quickly we were able to put together the resources that we have available every day as a level one trauma center, including upmc presbyterian and upmc mercy and we notified allegheny general. we dispatched three physicians working with police officers and our outstanding ems providers to help assess the team and accomplish triage. we're blessed to have the finest ems providers in the country and we're blessed because people invested in people and resources over decades to make sure that we have that type of excellence. the patients were all transported to one of three facilities. four patients came to upmc presbyterian, one to upmc mercy and the final patient went to allegheny general hospital. i can give you a listing of what those patients were, obviously cannot give you personal information. first patient was a 61-year-old
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female who had streamly soft tissue injuries that required cleaning in the operative room. she is doing well and recovering. next was a 70-year-old male who had gunshot wounds in his torso involving major organs inside of his abdomen. he underwent what we call a damage control laparotomy, an operation to get the initial injury under control where we expect to have to do a second or third operation later. he's now having that second operation now. he's obviously in critical condition. a 55-year-old officer was seen with multiple extremity wounds, went to the o.r. for repair and cleaning of the wounds and then finally another officer had essentially soft tissue injuries and grazing and was having a complete evaluation, looks to be doing fine now. those are the four patients at upmc presbyterian. another officer went to upmc mercy, had an extremity injury that required intervention and evaluation in the operating
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room. that officer is doing fine. happy to answer any questions if you have those. >> did it seem like perhaps any sort of special type of bullets may have been used that would create any extra damage or something to that extent? >> i don't have any direct knowledge of about that but not from the injury pattern, it didn't appear that way. >> [ indiscernible ] >> there were some with multiple injuries and some with singular injuries. again, this is something that we're prepared to take care of every day. i'm very proud of the team. we had extra physicians available, nurses available to take care of whatever could happen. when we first heard of this, we knew there were a few patients injured, some dead. we did not know the size and magnitude of this. so we were prepared to take care of as many as were necessary. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i do not. >> do you have the age of the other two officers?
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>> the officer that went to mercy is 27. and the fourth one at presbyterian, i don't know his age. he's younger than me. >> are they all male officers? >> yes. >> can you give us a breakdown of the -- [ indiscernible ] >> i would describe two as in critical conditions. they're in the i.c.u. right now, one of whom returned to the operating room. the others are doing well. we would not -- they're obviously seriously injured. i would not describe them as critical. >> [ indiscernible ] >> the other, a 5-year-old a 55d officer. >> >> yes. >> a he question for th questiol agent. can you talk, sir, about the caliber of ammunition and perhaps the weapon that was involved? >> i don't know the calibers at this point. we think one was an assault rifle and we know the suspect had at least three handguns on
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him at the time. >> a what? >> an assault rifle and three handguns in the facility. >> [ indiscernible ] >> don't know at this time. >> [ indiscernible ] >> do not know that at this point. >> how old is the suspect? >> he is a pittsburgh resident. i don't know his age at this point. >> what sort of precautions are being taken entering the apartment. >> we would take all precautions as we would with any search warrants. w.we don't know if other wes are in there. we would proceed with caution. >> is the bomb squad part of that process? >> we would put the bomb squad in any scenario like this where we would anticipate devices but we have no information at this point that there are i.e.d.s present. >> how long was he in the synagogue -- [ indiscernible ] >> approximately 20 minutes. >> what sort of condition is the suspect in?
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>> i'll turn it over to wendell. >> i will not get into whether or not he's speaking with the authorities. however, my understanding was he was transported to the allegheny general. he's in fair condition with multiple gunshot wounds. >> have you found any body armor? >> i do not have that answer at this point. >> does anyone -- do any of the investigators have that information. >> >> don't know at this point. >> can you tell us more about the service going on inside when the gunman -- >> i don't -- a service was taking place. i'm not sure of exactly what kind. >> there were reports of a baby naming. >> we heard that as well. >> you can't -- >> i can't confirm that at this time. >> was the gunman shot by police or was it a self inflicted gunshot wound. >> we believe it was police. but definitive determination will have to be done with the investigation being conducted by the fbi. >> [ indiscernible ] >> we do not. we're hoping to have a follow-up
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press conference tomorrow and at that time a representative from the medical examiner's office will be there. >> [ indiscernible ] >> there are no children among the deceased. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i'm sorry? >> [ indiscernible ] >> i don't believe so. >> were they present? >> we are still talking to many witnesses at this point so -- >> did the gunman shout anything before he opened fire? >> we don't have that information at this point. >> are local synagogues in pittsburgh on lockdown at this time? >> i don't know about lockdown. we will certainly make sure the information is passed so they can take necessary he precautions. >> should people of the jewish faith in pittsburgh be worried or on alert or do we think the threat has been -- >> we think the threat has been eliminated. we don't think that anybody has been associated with this gunman. we'll continue to look at all angles in the conduct of the investigation. >> if i could follow up on that. pittsburgh bureau of police have been notified of numerous services that are being
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conducted including a vigil p tonight. we will have adequate police protection at those sites. >> there was no security at the synagogue. -- [ indiscernible ] >> not that we're aware of. >> last question. >> what can you tell us about the suspect's movement inside the synagogue and what he did when he went in there? >> after he entered the synagogue, looks like at that point he murdered the 11 11 members. he was in the process of entering the synagogue when a pittsburgh uniformed officer engaged him. that pittsburgh officer was subsequently wounded. he withdrew. as he withdrew, the suspect went back into the synagogue in order to hide from s.w.a.t. officers who were moving towards the scene and that's all we know at this point. >> what's his status medically? is he injured? >> he is. >> one clarification on the weapon. you mentioned assault rifle and three handguns.
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is there evidence he used all of those? >> i don't know at this point. we'll look at the crime scene and update you in the morning. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i don't know that at this point. >> thank you everyone. eric: we've been watching the news conference by authorities. imagine you're that pittsburgh police officer. you get a call of an active shooter and your training kicks in. you go toward the gunfire. you confront the suspect coming out of the synagogue after he murdered 11 people allegedly in cold blood. you're shot. more s.w.a.t. team members come as backup while bowers apparently hides and barricades himself inside the synagogue. these are the actions of the hero police officers. now authorities confirming 11 people have been killed in this horrific incident. bowers they say acted alone. they would not confirm that he shouted according to reports, all jews must die. they say he is in the hospital, that he suffered multiple gunshot wounds, probably in a
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firefight with police, so he is alive. jared rubin has remained with us. he was a member of the synagogue, his parents were there last night. your thoughts about what you heard? >> these law enforcement officers are heros. thank god they came in. it could have been worse. i have to say, we have control of this. it's not good enough to just prosecute a criminal after the fact. we should be preventing these and there are tools at our disposal and our leaders need to stand up. they can't just go to press conferences like this and look helpless and you can't help but feel for them. these are their colleagues that were hurt as well as the jewish community and members of the synagogue. there's a lot more that needs to be done related to hate speech in this country related to gun violence in this country, related frankly to tolerance in this country. it all starts at the top, starts
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with all of us. we have to do better. we need to prevent these incidents from happening. it's just too much. eric: specifically what would you suggest? >> i would suggest that between now and the election at a minimum that all of the people running for office stop labeling ethnic groups as enemies of the people. there's been a rise in bluntly anti-semetic imagery, right now in our politics, labeling certain jewish leaders as enemies of the people, as people trying to buy the congress. that has to stop now. if any of that shows up again, those people will be come play sencomplacentof the environmentg in right now. they need to put an end to that kind of language immediately. eric: do you think the tenor and the tone we've been witnessing lately may or may not have affected bowers allegedly
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but certainly he has a history apparently in his social media of anti-semetic rants and we've seen anti-semetic attacks increase recently. >> there's no doubt, there's empirical data that demonstrates in the last two years we've seen a doubling of anti-semetic incidents in this country, unprecedented level. the political environment has not sought to dampen that down. after charlotesville, the president said all sides have things to complain about. that's not accurate. white supremacy, anti-semetic activity, that's domestic terrorism. we need to shun it and frankly this political environment seems to be feeding off of it heading into the election and it's very dangerous and, no, as jonathan said earlier, we should not be surprised that this occurred. but that doesn't mean that we're without tools to stop it. eric: the president arriving in indianapolis for his rally this called it an anti-semetic act of hatred that should not have happened. he called it wicked. he called it evil. he denounced that in very strong
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terms. do you applaud that? i imagine you do and should he continue along that line? >> i'm very happy that he said that and i believe that he should extend that to all groups, all ethnic groups, african americans, latinos, asians, lgbtq individuals, all of them should be benefiting from that kind of don testimony nation -- condemnation. we shouldn't single out american brothers and sisters because of difference, we need to be incaylee clue sieve -- inclusive. eric: i have no knowledge rabbi jeffrey mayor, he wrote this on october 9th. he said -- this is after a flood in pittsburgh. he said there's a different kind of flood the world needs. the inhabitants of the planet must flood it with goodness and kindness to wash away evil that has arisen as was stated so eloquently, the opposite of love is not hate. it is indifference. what can we do as americans, as citizens of this proud republic that we love so much, what can
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we do in our daily lives to try and change what's been going on? >> it's fitting that the rabbi quoted eli weizel. he explained what the holocaust meant. we saw the greatest threat to the jewish community fryer the physical elimination of much of that community in europe was the indifference, the acceptance of anti-semitism and hate speech in the '20s and 30s, the allowing of that to become the norm. and that can't be the norm. this country is better than that. we know it is. we need to stop it in its tracks. we can't allow ourselves to slide into hate speech and think that's normal because it's not. eric: thank you. our thoughts are with your family and friends and congregants of the tree of life synagogue as we await the identity of the people that went to the baby naming ceremony this morning and were savagely murdered in cold blood as they
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stood there. >> arthel: for more on this right now we're going to talk to steve rogers who will give us more on the investigation aspect. he's a former member of the fbi joint terrorism task force and retired lieutenant detective in the nuttily, new jersey police department. i want to pick up on what special fbi agent bob jones said. he said that the investigators will be looking at the home, the vehicle, the movement over the last several days of mr. bowers and they're saying they have no knowledge at this point if bowers was known to law enforcement before today. what does all of that mean? where does this lead investigators? >> let's start from the beginning, who's involved. president trump has made it very clear that he is deploying the full weight of law enforcement, which means a lot of manpower. so that's going to save a lot of time. you're going to be looking at forensics experts that will come in, into the crime scene, and they will med od methodically go through the crime scene and pick
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up evidence that will tie this guy to the horrific killing. in addition to that, what is very important, hasn't been said much, is part of the law enforcement teams, there will be psychological criminal profilers that will look at this guy's social media platforms, websites, they'll be talking to him, they'll find out what his makeup's all about. what's very important here is as we said earlier, is motive and was there anyone else who knew that this was going to happen. very, very important. so that's the road they're going to be going down. >> arthel: it's already been deemed a hate crime. it's a federal crime. there have been 11 people killed this morning. does that compound the investigation and possible charges? >> it does. joel was right on one point. this is a terrorist attack. now that it's a hate crime, a federal crime, it compounds the charges. this guy will go away for a long, long time. >> arthel: in terms of weapons, the agent said he had an assault
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rifle and three handguns, not sure of the caliber at this time. are they going to be looking at where bowers got the weapons from? we had a report from natasha lindstrom of the pittsburgh tribune review saying authorities are at the apartment complex where they believe bowers lives. so what are they looking for in that apartment and in terms of those weapons? are they going to be looking at how he got them? where he got them? were they legally purchased or what? >> that's the other part of the federal component, the atf working in partnership with local law enforcement. where did he get the weapons? how did he get them? when did he get them? very, very important parts of this investigation. and the question is, did somebody else have those weapons and gibb those weapons to him. all of these are questions that have to be answered and believe me they're going to find the answers. >> arthel: i have a final question, i need a quick answer. it's very sensitive. you have what special agent jones described as the most horrific crime scene he has seen
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in 22 years. you have souls who have parished inside of the synagogue. they're are religious purposes as to you how soon they must be buried and so i ask you how much time does that give investigators to investigate thoroughly pour over that crime scene and how much time would they need on a situation like this? >> i believe they will respect the jewish community and they will do what they have to do within the time frame of those religious rules and regulations. that is so important to them and i believe we have sensitive law enforcement officers and that's exactly what's going to happen. >> arthel: i just got chills. it's horrible. >> i just said this. america should be wrapping their arms around every jewish person they know at this hour, let them know -- >> arthel: not just now, always. we are americans. we're not different because of where we go to church, who we love, what color skin. we keep saying this. we need to focus on this and
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mean it. >> we need to wrap our around around them, let them know we stand with them. eric: amen to that. right now, president trump is on his way to rally in illinois that's set to start in the next hour. this comes after he gave a speech in indianapolis. when he started that he addressed the horrific shooting at the synagogue, he called it an evil act and said of anti-semitism, quote, that it must be condemned and confronted anywhere and everywhere. allison barber is in illinois, waiting for the president. hello,a allison. >> reporter: at one point we were hearing that the white house was considering canceling the rally. president trump says he didn't want to come here but he decided that he thought he should and we're expecting him here in the next couple hours. take a listen to what he said. >> you go with a heavy heart but go. you don't want to change your life. you can't make them important. these are bad people.
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you can't allow them to dominate what we do. so i'll go. not that i want to go. but i think i actually in reverse have an obligation to go. >> reporter: president trump has spoken about the mass shooting in pittsburgh three different times most recently in indianapolis before making his way out west. the president told reporters this shooting did not have anything to do with gun laws. he suggested lives could have been saved if the synagogue had an armed security guard and perhaps it's time to stiffen the death penalty. >> you look at the violence all over the world. i mean, the world has violence. the world is a violent world. and you think when you're over it it just sort of goes away but then it comes back in the form of a mad man, a whacko. i think one thing we should do is we should stiffen up our laws
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in terms of the death pen pena. nobody knows exactly what took place. it's too soon. if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. so 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. >> reporter: sarah sanders says the president is receiving regular updates on the shooting and that he receives regular updates on the flight on his way to indianapolis from the senior director from counter terrorism, mike burnett. eric. eric: thanks so much. we'll bring you parts of the rally when the president appears. >> arthel: up next, we're going to speak to the israeli ambassador to the united nations, danny denan. his country no stranger to anti-semetic violence. how israel protects its people and what lessons we can learn from their success. jardiance asked- and now you know.
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eric: is rail i israel's prir said the people of israel stand with the people of pittsburgh. >> the entire people of israel grieve with the families of the dead. we stand together with the jewish community of pittsburgh we stand together with the american people in the face of this horrendous anti-semetic anh breakthrouganti-semetic brutality. eric: president trump calling the act a wicked act of anti-smitanti-semitism. the jewish people have suffered so long. it continues today in a synagogue in pittsburgh. >> it's a horrible hate crime for the jewish people. this attack was not only against the jewish community but against
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the american people, when you speak about freedom of religion, hundreds of thousands of jews every saturday go to pray in the us. that'-- pray in the us. we need to fight this. we need to do more. first, condemnation. president trump spoke very strongly, which was very important. the second thing, we need to put more protection in the synagogues. we need to put more people like we're doing unfortunately in europe. but we have anti-semitism in europe and also in the u.s. third, we have to deal with monetary -- monitoring the social media. look at what this heinous things he wrote before he committed the attack. when walked into the synagogue, he said i'm here to kill all jews. eric: when you go through the twitter page it's astounding. he uses slurs for jewish people and talks about infestation. hyou have the power, you don't have the first amendment but
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your authorities have the power to go through social media and you do that and you knock on the door someone who is a young man who is a militant and you talk to his parents. would you suggest in america we take other actions to go and investigate some of the social media posts. >> absolutely. there is monitoring. we are aware of the rights you have here. when you have a suspect that you know he's involved with certain groups, you should monitor in social media. and many times in israel we find out about people who are seeming to commit a crime and we prevent it. we speak with their parents. we prevent many cases by monitoring the social media over the potential terrorism. after what we saw today, you should do the same here in the u.s. eric: that is go through the social media and if you have these types of rantings and ravings, someone earlier suggested a welfare clerks not a police action, but knocking on the door and talking to person
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maybe that wouldn't be against the law. we don't need probable cause for that. >> we all admire freedom of speech. this is not freedom of speech. it's freedom of hatred. hate crimes in the us, the jews are the most attacked in the u.s. when you look at hate crimes. eric: would you say that again? >> when you speak about hate crimes in the united states, most of the crimes are against the jewish community. we know that the majority of americans are with us, standing with us today when you see these horrible pictures. this small minority, we should fight against those criminals. eric: it's horrible that it still exists. your thoughts to president trump and what the president should do. >> first of all, we thank him for his commitment. they are sending a clear message. this is a time for action against those radicals. i walked into a synagogue after a massacre in 2014 in israel.
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>> arthel: we want to get to congressman keith rossbus who represents the district where the shooting took place. he is joining us now by phone. congressman, i'd imagine you are joining us with a heavy heart today. i'd like to hear your reaction, sir, and your words for your people. >> a heavy heart for all of western pennsylvania, a point of clarification, the actual synagogue was not in my district. it was in the city of pittsburgh, in the neighborhood of squirrel hill. i represent the northern suburbs of pittsburgh. it's been a difficult day for the people of pittsburgh, the people of squirrel hill, the jewish community. as i said earlier today, we are all squirrel hill today. this is a tragedy. we just had a briefing with the local officials, 11 have been killed, six wounded and this is a very somber time, a time for everybody to pull together in
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pittsburgh. >> arthel: congressman, it is time for everyone to pull together as you just said. we heard from am bass do ambassn from israel. he said they have the freedom there to monitor social media and go and knock on the doors of people who are posting hateful things before they commit a crime. i need a short answer. do you think that is something that we should do here in america? >> well, if you see something, say something. that's what we should be aware of. again, i have not taken a look at this gentleman's posts. i understand there were things that were out there that police are taking a look at, the fbi is in charge of this investigation. but certainly this is something that raises a lot of issues. >> arthel: thank you very much. we'll be --
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don't drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. now i have less diabetic nerve pain. and i love helping the future generation step into our shoes. ask your doctor about lyrica. arthel: president trump holding a campaign rally in illinois. he is set to speak at the bottom of the hour. we will show that to you live as soon as it begins. you can also catch the president's remarks in their entirety streaming live on fox news.com. fox news alert on the continual horrible mass shooting in pittsburgh, murdered for their faith. 11 people gathered for a baby naming service were shot to death. four police officers wounded. after a gunman opened fire this morning inside a pittsburgh synagogue. that suspect you see there on the right. hello i'm eric shawn. this is a brand new hour of america's news headquarters.
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arthel: i'm arthel neville. the investigation now in full swing as the city and a nation mourns. president trump today in indianapolis speaking about the horrific shooting. >> this wicked act of mass murder is pure evil, hard to believe and frankly something that is unimaginable. our nation and the world are shocked and stunned by the grief. arthel: garrett tenney is live in pittsburgh with the very latest. garrett? >> well, arthel, we have heard several officials now describe this scene as horrific and one of the worst they have ever seen. we're starting to get a bit of an idea of why that is. this past hour in a press conference with the fbi, we learned that around 9:55 this morning, robert bowers walked into the synagogue and within minutes, he opened fire on all of those who were worshipping at the time.
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now, within minutes, he had killed 11 people, injured two others. officers arrived then just as he was starting to leave the building. he engaged in a gunfight with them. shot two of those officers. and then he went back inside, as swat officers started moving in. he continued to exchange gunfire with them, injuring two more swat officers before eventually he surrendered with several gunshot wounds of his own. in total, police say he was inside for 20 minutes. and the fact that he was in there that long, they say it is a miracle that this wasn't worse. >> this is the most horrific crime scene i have seen in 22 years at the federal bureau of investigation. had it not been for the quick and heroic response, this would have been much worse. >> there were no children killed in this shooting, which is significant, because what we had heard from local church leaders was that one of the services taking place this morning at the synagogue was for the naming of a baby. now, the other six who were
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injured, two remain in critical condition. the others are said to be in serious but stable condition. in terms of the investigation, the fbi said it has no knowledge that bowers was on law enforcement's radar before today. they have already begun digging into every aspect of his life, his residences, his vehicle, his connections, socially and familial. also looking into his social media presence as well, and his movements over the last few days. investigators as they continue to look into that, they say that this is being treated as a hate crime. and that is partly in -- that is in due part to reports that as he walked into the synagogue, that he yelled all jews must die. that is not being confirmed. they are looking into reports as this investigation continues. that as well into social media postings that are said to have been attributed to him are in part why they are treating this as a hate crime case at this point. the u.s. attorney said that he
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expects to file criminal charges shortly, perhaps as soon as today. tonight, meanwhile, here in this community, they are continuing to mourn the great loss of this incident. there are several vigils being planned at some local synagogues as well as some other churches. here in the area, to mourn that loss, and also to give thanks that as law enforcement officials said, that this wasn't worse when it very much could have been. they are hoping to release more details about the 11 people who lost their life in this attack tomorrow morning. arthel and eric? arthel: garrett, thank you very much. eric? eric: arthel, for more on this, let's bring in former atlanta police officer vince hill. the suspect, 46-year-old robert bowers. authorities said at the news conference he acted alone. can you tell us about what causes them to make that determination so quickly? >> well, right now, eric, that's the information they have that they are going on right now. of course they are searching his home. they are searching his car, his social media. i'm sure there are warrants out for his phone records, so right
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now they believe he's acting alone. that doesn't necessarily mean that in the days and weeks to come that could change eric. that's the information police have right now. eric: this is being treated as a hate crime. his twitter apparently full of anti-semitic rants. there's a report that as garrett just said he allegedly shot two of the officers who responded, not plain clothes but service officers who were not part of the s.w.a.t. team. then he goes back inside the synagogue and barricades himself, and the s.w.a.t. team comes, and there's some gunfire, also one report says there was some negotiations and talking for that 20 minutes. during that time, he apparently did talk about his hatred for the jewish people in such statements. how can authorities and the federal prosecutors use all that against him in making their case? >> well, i think it's quite clear here, eric, what happened here. if he did make those comments, that all jews must die and during that 20 minute time frame between the shooting and the time he was placed into custody, he was making those statements,
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it is going to be evidence in this case that this indeed was a hate crime, anti-semitic against these jews at that synagogue on today. eric: what do authorities look at in terms of his arsenal, his weapons and going through his communications? >> sure, eric. so of course they want to know where he got those guns, did he get those guns legally. i would assume he did. if you look at dylann roof, he obtained his gun legally. if you look at the shooter at the church in texas, he obtained it legally. but investigators still want to confirm that. they want to see where he got those. maybe he purchased them from someone else other than by legal means, so they definitely want to check that as well. eric: we saw this in the case with the mail bombs. is there and how do authorities find out if there is a triggering moment? he apparently on twitter said i'm tired of these -- [inaudible] -- i'm going in. as indication he was going to do something. he said he was tired of using a
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slur of jewish people and taking advantage of his people, doesn't make clear exactly what that means. why now? why this morning? what went into this guy's head allegedly to make him apparently do this? >> yeah, we don't know, but here's the fortunate piece of all this tragedy, eric. he is alive. so we can probably get those answers, but here's the thing about twitter, facebook, social media. there's a lot of -- thousands -- hundreds of thousands of people every day post stuff on twitter. the problem is, you don't have the manpower to look at each one of those accounts. and it's a timing issue. if someone says i'm going in right now, chances are law enforcement won't get that tip until it's well too late. there's a bigger issue here, eric. eric: we mentioned that before in other cases. in terms of social media, we just had israeli ambassador at the u.n. on just a moment ago, and in israel, as he points out, democracy and people have their rights, but in israel, authorities can scrub and go through social media posts, and if they see extremism, they go
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knock on the teenager's door and talk to the parents, or they can reach out. can american authorities do that without so called probable cause? can they do a welfare check? can they knock on the door of someone when they see these types of things on social media? is that a violation of the 1st amendment? >> that's just it, eric. that's the biggest obstacle; right? everyone has a right to say what they want, via social media, in public, however, that's a problem a lot of law enforcement agencies are faced with. 1st amendment right, how do you know if someone is saying something, if they are going to act out on it, if they are not going to act out on it, if they are being extreme on social media, we don't know. again, it goes back to a manpower issue. how do you have that many officials looking into the posts? eric: to make a case, do you need that? do you need more information that someone is going do something? you can't yell fire in a theater
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as they say. >> you need a lot of information to determine if someone is going to do it. what you could do is maybe start looking at their posts and see what kind of responses they are getting and see if those responses escalate. a lot of times someone will post something and then someone agrees to it or likes it and then they get more emboldeneded. if you see an escalation in the tweets, posts, that's something you can look at. eric: it can be dangerous. we have seen that. thanks, vince hill. arthel: we are learning more about the florida man accused of sending more than a dozen pipe bomb packages to prominent democrats including former president obama and former secretary of state hilary clinton. a single print led to investigators to the arrest of 56-year-old cesar sayoc. phil keating is live in miami with the latest on this story.
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phil? >> arthel, the politically charged postal pipe bomb suspect is spending this saturday up in that tall gray building behind me, locked up in a small cell behind bars. that building is downtown miami's federal detention center. 56-year-old cesar sayoc will likely remain behind bars for a long time. the bodybuilder, pizza delivery man, nightclub dj, sometime male stripper and passionate trump supporter, he has his appearance before a federal magistrate downtown miami on monday. he has a lengthy criminal history including a previous -- previous bomb threat in 02. his fingerprints were in the national database which became critical in his arrest. facing five federal counts for allegedly mailing 13 pipe bombs in nearly identical packages, all in manila envelopes and each sent to a prominent democrat. the doj indictment on him will also likely still grow.
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each device and 14 package bombs was the same according to investigators. a 6 inch pvc pipe, a clock, battery, wiring to detonate and broken glass for shrapnel. none of them exploded but the fbi says they were all active ied's. he was arrested in broward county parking lot friday morning, pounced on by fbi agents who had been trailing his cell phone pings. his white van absolutely covered in politically charged stickers, some glorifying the president and vice president, one with hilary clinton's face in crosshairs. the feds say they matched sayoc's fingerprint with one found on the package bomb that was sent to california democrat maxine waters. now sayoc has been living in that political billboard of a white van for quite a while, according to those with knowledge, parking it and sleeping in parking lots in broward county. investigators believe that van -- inside that van very likely is where sayoc assembled those pipe bombs, meaning, for
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the fbi which has possession of that ban inside his highly secured fbi division headquarters up in miramar florida, a trove, an absolute goldmine of forensic evidence. arthel? arthel: phil keating, thank you very much. eric? eric: president trump suggesting that the focus on the pipe bomb packages he says is slowing republicans momentum ahead of the critical midterm elections. doug mcelway in washington with more on that. >> the arrest of die-hard trump supporters cesar sayoc and the pipe bomb mailings has thrown a wrench into the midterms diverting attention from other october surprises such as the kavanaugh hearings, the caravan and yesterday's report of 3.5% economic growth. across the spectrum politicians are calling for lowering the temperature. but they are also doing it while trying to inspire their base just more than a week away from the most consequential midterm election in years. >> everyone will benefit if we can end the politics of personal
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destruction. we must unify as a nation in peace, love, and in harmony. the media has a major role to play. >> immediately after those boos, the crowd erupted in a chant of cnn sucks to which the president replied they do indeed. former vice president joe biden made a similar appeal for calm in another rally. >> this division that exists, the hatred, ugliness, it has to come to an end. >> former president obama who in an earlier campaign advised his supporters to bring -- [inaudible] -- >> they will say whatever it takes to keep their stuff, to maintain their privileges. it is a cynical kind of politics but frankly sometimes it works.
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>> alan dershowitz offered this advice to each party, saying quote: >> arthel, eric, back to you. eric: doug, thank you very much. arthel: as suspect cesar sayoc sits in a miami jail as reported by phil keating the pipe bomb investigation continues. and coming up, we will talk to a former fbi official about how this suspect was captured. and meanwhile, president trump is set to speak at a rally in illinois later this hour. we will expect the president will speak about the tragedy, the terrible tragedy in pittsburgh this morning. we will bring you those remarks when they begin. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain.
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investigation so i want to start by asking you what lessons were learned from that investigation that the fbi was able to apply to this case? any similarities? any differences? >> certainly, arthel. well, first of all, it is very important that all we talked about during the unabomber, is always remember the basics, no matter how many people are involved in the investigation, no matter how much emotion, keep your focus on facts and basis. that's what we saw happen here. we're founding out now and we talked all week long about the importance of mail devices, of getting a bomb that's intact, that's what was happening. they were able to take these devices to the fbi lab, and before you know it, they are lifting a fingerprint and they are able to check their references because this man had been arrested before. they were able to get a match there. they probably got dna outside of the envelope on some of the stamps that were on the
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envelope. and then the real other part that comes into play, and the cooperation of all these agencies. you also want to go back and try and find where did this crime originate? where were these bombs and these packages placed in the mail? that's where the postal inspection service is absolutely significant and works miracles. and all of this was coming together about the middle of the week. and, you know, it was pretty quiet. we weren't hearing much about the origin of these packages or anything, but it is obvious that they were already looking at that and looking to bring this together. i imagine by that time, they were surveilling this man. they were on top of him. and making plans to culminate this and then the arrest that happened. i mean, it makes me really feel great because as tragic as all of this week was for our country and what we went through, it shows that, you know, we place a great confidence in the fbi, for example, because it's responsible for leading these and getting it right. the fbi's been through a lot. but i think you saw the real men and women of the fbi and all the law enforcement agencies, federal state and local here,
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and that's exactly what happened with the unabomber. that's exactly what happened here. arthel: absolutely. the fbi is certainly to be commended. in terms of what is known about cesar sayoc, what elements are key to the fbi? >> what is important i think, arthel, is that if you look at cesar and you look at some of our past offenders, once again, he just fits right into this category of people who are absolutely affected -- it's a very small minority of our population, fortunately -- but they are affected by the polarization and divisiveness and they want to matter. they can't have a sense of belonging or membership or identity with an issue, but when they can grasp one-on-one of these issues, doesn't matter if they are on the left or right, they go for it. they want to belong and want to make a statement. and these people because they probably have -- most lone offenders we found do have either a diagnosed or
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undiagnosed mental illness, all those factors come together. they make their statement with bombs or knives or -- that's what we have here. you can tie all these in. go back to the congressional shooting. same symptoms were being seen. only that was an extremist on the left. we have to learn from this. one other very important factor we found in 2000 when we studied these kinds of people, former fbi agent, a clinical psychologist, did a major study on the lone offender in the form of these bombers. she found that they really do come to the attention probably first at the level of local law enforcement. it is vital to have communications always between local and state and federal levels. and again, we strive to do that every day, but we live in a free society where, you know, people can say a lot of things and we kind of have to just go on -- arthel: right, to your point,
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terry, what about mental health checks? when you see these warning signs that are there, we know we can't go knock on people's doors without a probable cause, what about a mental health check? >> that's certainly part of the weakness. we don't really have a big mechanism in law enforcement to take care of societal problems. so if someone is not manifesting their mental illness with anything violent and maybe they are just very angry, but we know that they could at some point in time then be triggered, and their anger then becomes a very violent act, and because we can't be everywhere at once, we just -- we have more of this happening. arthel: yeah, i understand, you have your hands tied for sure, lots of things going on in our society at the moment, that you guys are trying to keep on top of. we thank you for your hard work, you and your former colleagues at the fbi, terry, thank you very much. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: eric? eric: back to our top story of course the horrific mass murder in pittsburgh. officials confirm 11 people were
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killed, 6 were wounded, after police say a suspect robert bowers opened fire at the pittsburgh synagogue this morning. he was wounded and is now in police custody. we are live in pittsburgh with the latest on those developments. hello, matt. >> eric, right now we are just around the corner from the tree of life synagogue where that travesty happened just hours ago. you can see people already coming together to pay tribute to the people who were murdered in their own community. these folks right here tell us that they are singing because they want to counter hatred and tell people of this community that they don't have to live in fear. we're told that a vigil will take place at a presbyterian church here beginning around 6:00 eastern and then that vigil will spill out into the streets where there will be live music and more speakers. this is an intersection that any in this area would know of.
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that's why people are gathering here. they chose to gather here because they don't want to be too close to the synagogue out of respect for the families. i spoke to one gentleman who said despite all the goodwill so far, this neighborhood will never be the same. >> i've lived here any whole life. i walk around. i know everybody on this street. ena now -- and now it's going to be forever tied to tragic places like other cities like columbine, parkland, newtown, we're going of this massacre over our heads in this city now. >> what is so disturbing is that the people we talked to here say that they aren't sure of who was murdered in that synagogue so they are expecting to learn the names and perhaps it might be one of their family, their friends, their colleagues, coworkers, so it is going to be a long night ahead of the people
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here in pittsburgh. back to you. eric: matt, thank you very much. arthel: a migrant caravan getting closer to the u.s. border as the u.s. and mexico negotiate options for handling the group. plus the president taking the stage any minute now for a rally in illinois, as the midterm elections loom, now just over a week away. we'll bring it to you when it starts. ♪
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adding bayer aspirin can further reduce the risk of another heart attack. because my second chance matters. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. arthel: fox news alert on our top story. 11 people are dead. 6 others wounded, including four police officers after a gunman opens fire this morning at a pittsburgh synagogue. we are live in new york with the latest. jackie? >> arthel, good evening. of those 11 fatalities confirmed, none of them were children. of the 6 people injured, three are police officers, two victims are in critical condition. investigators did not provide an update on the status of the alleged shooter, robert bowers,
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who we know was taken to an area hospital. the rampage happened inside the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh squirrel hill neighborhood. several parishioners were attending a jewish baby naming ceremony which happens when the infant is just 8 days old. the suspect, robert bowers was carrying at least one assault rifle and three handguns. the fbi says more guns may be inside. bowers is a 46-year-old white man who has posted anti-semitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories on several social media websites. authorities have not speculated on a motive as they are still processing that crime scene right now, which is described as gruesome. >> this is the most horrific crime scene i have seen in 22 years at the federal bureau of investigation. members of the tree of life synagogue conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. >> we have a correction. it's four police officers of the six who were injured. four officers sustained injures
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in that shooting. -- sustained injuries in that shooting. the rest of the injured, a 61-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her extremities. a 70-year-old man who was shot in the abdomen. he's now in critical condition. also a 55-year-old male officer was shot multiple times in his extremities. another officer sustained soft tissue injuries and also graze wounds. another officer, a 27-year-old man, needed surgery on an extremity injury. all of this happened after the gunman stormed the synagogue. local media reporting that robert bowers shouted all jews must die and came back out as police were responding and fired at police before retreating into the synagogue and hiding. >> a day like today, the door is open. it's a religious service. you can walk in and out. only on the high holidays is there a police presence at the entrance. >> in the wake of the rampage, police in los angeles and in new york are securing houses of worship with counterterrorism
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officers, and police will also be securing a prayer vigil in pittsburgh tonight. arthel? arthel: jackie, thank you, jackie. eric? eric: arthel, we're right now awaiting for remarks from president trump, attending a campaign rally in illinois. earlier at a rally in indianapolis, he did announce the attacks in pittsburgh and he condemned anti-semitism. the president continuing his midterm push to help republicans keep control of congress. with less than two weeks left before the critical midterm november elections, ellison barber is in illinois where she's attending and reporting on the rally where the president will speak moments from now. hi, ellison. >> hi, eric. president trump says he considered cancelling this rally, not coming this evening, but he said he felt obligated to be here because in his words he said you can't let level change your life or your schedule -- let evil change your life or your schedule.
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supporters say they believe president trump made the right call when it comes to that and having him on stage is in their view a powerful statement, somewhat denouncing evil. the president is expected to walk on stage any minute now. he was at an event as you said in indianapolis earlier this afternoon. and he began by addressing the shooting in pennsylvania. he also talked about it underneath the wing of air force one shortly after leaving the white house. the president suggested that lives could have been saved if the synagogue had an armed security guard and that the death penalty laws, he says those should be stiffened. take a listen. >> we should stiffen up our laws in terms of the death penalty. when people do this, they should get the death penalty. they shouldn't have to wait years and years. nobody knows exactly what took place yet. it is too soon. but this is a case if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately. this is a case where if there was an armed guard inside the temple, they would have been able to stop him, maybe there
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would have been nobody killed except for him. >> those remarks drew criticism on social media with some accusing the president of victim blaming. president trump campaigned in north carolina last night, and his campaign schedule continues to grow, before voters head to the polls, president trump will head to at least eight more states, florida, missouri, west virginia, indiana, montana, ohio, georgia, and tennessee. they are states with tight races, races the president hopes he can help tip over to the right. so far no word on whether or not the president plans to make any trips to pittsburgh or meet with anyone associated with that synagogue. we've asked the white house if there are any plans for that. so far, eric, we have not heard back. eric: ellison, thank you very much. we'll be showing some of that speech when the president takes the podium. arthel? arthel: secretary of defense james mattis approving a department of homeland security request to deploy at least 800 troops to our southern border.
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they are expected to support the roughly 2,000 national guard troops already there. this as a migrant caravan heading for the u.s. rejects a proposal from mexico to apply for refugee status in that country. jeff paul live in los angeles with more. hi, jeff. >> arthel, there could be as many as 1,000 additional troops sent to the u.s. mexico border as a caravan of migrants gets closer and closer. the white house is trying to figure out tougher measures to stop illegal immigration and make it known if and when this caravan arrives, those migrants will not be welcome. now, here's what we know, troops will operate along the border in california, arizona, and texas. the pentagon saying the military will provide barricades and fencing, as well as support in the air through helicopters and airplanes to help move border patrol agents around. troops could also provide medical teams protective gear and temporary housing for the border patrol agents.
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homeland security secretary nielsen saying at the moment everything is on the table. >> we will be making announcements on additional measures that we are looking at within our legal construct to ensure that this is an orderly process and that those who have no right to be in our country are able to be apprehended quickly and removed. >> president trump ordered the national guard to the u.s. mexico border earlier this year, but those 2,000 national guard troops are currently under the control of state governors. the president, though, reiterated his promise to send in the military when he spoke from the white house on friday. >> i called up the military. this is the military, greatest military in the world. i called up the military. we are not letting them in. they ought to go back now. now, do we want them to apply and come in legally? >> the troops said we will be there acting in a support role. they are not xkt expected to be
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involved in any detention of migrants. the mission is expected to run from october 30th to mid december. arthel? arthel: thank you, jeff paul. eric: in the final days leading up to the midterms, the president making immigration a central focus. he's also reportedly weighing in on the use of executive action to try and block those caravan migrants from claiming asylum when they reach u.s. soil. we also expect him to address this at this rally in illinois momentarily. joining us is john bennett, white house correspondent for roll call. before we get to the president's speech in a moment, we do expect that he will make a major speech at some point in a week or so calling for a sweeping border action. do you know what we can expect? >> well, i think what we can expect is the president here to really push this idea of blocking at least certain migrants -- certainly members of this caravan that's making its way from mexico toward america's southern border right now, to try to block them from entering the country even preventing them
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and prohibiting them from what the white house is saying from even claiming asylum, that they are not safe back in their countries. these are central american countries, especially honduras and other countries in central america. so that's what we expect. the president could sign this order as soon as next week. i would look for him to definitely sign this thing before election day. now what will happen after that? i would expect a court fight. think of the so called travel ban and the muslim countries, that was a major court fight. and by doing that, by kick-starting this before election day, the president ensures that the caravan stays in the headlines, and it will keep firing up the base, and as he hits the trail very hard, the next few weeks, he will be talking about this at his rallies. he will be tweeting about it. i expect him to do, you know, more media interviews where he will be talking about this. the court case is key here because that will -- just like
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with the travel ban, this will blow up and be a major issue. that's what he wants. as you said, he wants to use immigration to fire up the base. eric: that could happen after the election. you raise an interesting point. if he has emergency actions to block people from coming in this country, and even seeking asylum, because under the law if you get your foot into this country, you can legally apply for asylum. if he stops that, as you say, that will be challenged in court because it would potentially violate the refugee act from 80, some other treaties, and that whole process takes time. >> that's right. one thing that could backfire here on the president, yes, it will inevitably fire up his base and the republican base, but it will also fire up the democratic base. and this election is going to be all about turnout, in key districts in key battleground states. and by doing this, and it's really the only play the president has here. it is his stronger play with the base. but it will also fire up the
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democrats. the question is which base goes out in bigger numbers in the places that are going to matter? the democrats need to take 23 seats away from the republicans to take the house. and democrats are still hopeful that they have an outside shot to maybe create a tie in the senate, maybe even get a one vote majority, so the president is, you know, he is kind of playing with fire here by doing this. but it really seems to be the number one issue for his base. it is all about the base with president trump. eric: yeah, and finally, just a minute left, some say his language is working. his tough talk because the migrant caravan at one point was about 7,000 people. now mexican authorities say it's reduced to like the 3 to 4,000, and mexico is offering them to stay in mexico before they even get here. do you think he's been a success in that, even though the caravan is still coming? >> i think you also have to look at, you know, these folks are
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walking. some of them are older from what i gather. some are children. it's a hard journey to walk from central america essentially to north america, to the united states. people are ill. they are mal nourished. they are dehydrated. some of this is just the elements, the physical part of making this journey, but sure, you know, the president does use his language as a deterrent. he's up front about that. i have learned covering two presidents now, that if you listen hard enough, they tell you what they are doing. they tell you -- they are pretty plain about this. the president does use the tough talk as a deterrent. i think, you know, that the better barometer here is probably going to be what happens on election day, and again he's going to keep hammering this the next few weeks. eric: john bennett, we expect a major speech of him invoking some of those presidential powers which will be challenged
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in court, as you say. that expected in the next week or so. john, thank you. >> thank you. arthel: vice president pence traveling to arizona to support senate candidate mcsally who is locked in a tight race with her democratic challenger. a look ahead at that election. plus president trump is in southern illinois right now. a live shot for you firing up the republican voters in the run up to the midterms. more on the president's latest campaign stop. that's coming up next. (avo) come with us... ...to a new world. deeper than the ocean. as unfathomable as the universe. a world that doesn't exist outside you... ...but within you. where breakthrough science is replacing chemotherapy with immunotherapy. where we can now attack the causes of disease, not just the symptoms. where medicines once produced for all, are now designed to fit you.
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eric: vice president mike pence rallying republican voters this week in arizona urging them to cast their ballot for congresswoman martha mcsally, currently in a close contest with the democratic challenger kristen sinema with both vowing to become arizona's first female senator. peter doocy is live with more on the race. the vice president is really
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heavily focusing on the subject of immigration. >> eric, that's because the vice president doesn't think immigration policy is only something that affects people that live in border states. but he is here in the southwest this weekend following through on the president's promise to make this the election of the caravan. i had a chance to ask him exactly what the thought is, and he insisted that loopholes and immigration policy are the things that he thinks keep caravans coming, and he told me that he thinks it is the democrats' fault. >> if the republican majority in congress haven't made the changes to the laws in the last two years, what's the pitch to tell voters that you can trust them to do it in the next two years? >> well, the message to voters is we have been blocked by liberals in the united states senate, who have stood in the way of immigration reform. >> and the vice president also told me that foreign law enforcement partners are the ones who are passing information back to washington about
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criminals and people from the middle east and from africa, who are mixed in with the caravan heading for the southern border. eric? eric: homeland security had a report about that this past week. meanwhile, in terms of the democrats, how big is the issue of immigration for them in that state? >> the democratic candidate here, congresswoman kyrsten sinema is focusing almost exclusively on healthcare. she tweeted this, last year congress voted on healthcare bills that weakened protections for preexisting conditions. i'm proud to have voted no. mcsally voted yes. hashtag, arizona senate. i just talked to mcsally who told me that's not true. >> you are seeing all over the country right the democrats don't have anything to run on so they are using typical fear tactics. i'm passionate about protecting people with preexisting conditions and making sure insurance companies cannot deny them coverage. the intentions of obama care were understandable, but their policies have failed. >> this race is as close as they
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come. the real clear politics average of polls puts mcsally up over sinema 0.7 points. eric? eric: we will see what happens. thank you. arthel: we are only about two hours away from game four of the world series. following an epic game three that took 18 innings to settle. a live report from los angeles as the dodgers and the boston red sox get ready to go another round tonight. now your insurance won't replace it outright because of depreciation. if your insurance won't replace your car, what good is it? you'd be better off just taking your money and throwing it right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with new car replacement, if your brand new car gets totaled, liberty mutual will pay the entire value plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪
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arthel: a historic world series game three finally ending after 18 innings. so how about a 17 inning stretch? los angeles dodgers infielder hitting this home run we just saw to seal the deal in the longest world series game ever. the dodgers victory now making the series 2-1, in favor of the boston red sox as the two teams prep for game four tonight. we are live at dodgers stadium. hey, jarrett. >> hey, arthel. what did the great ernie banks say? beautiful day for a ballgame. let's play too. we got to sing take me out of the ballgame twice last night.
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fans indeed got their money's worth. a record setting night of game four of the world series. the game was 99 minutes longer than the previous longest world series game. by four innings. it was the longest world series game. also, lasted 15 minutes longer than the entire 1939 world series, as 46 of the 50 players on the active rosters all got into the games and i will tell you, just like the players, the fans last night also endured this marathon. >> we kept thinking we're going to do 23 innings and, you know, 21 and who knows. it was great. >> this was an awesome game, you know. it was just nail-biter, i mean, just right down to the end. >> yeah, sentiment echoed by the players as well. cody bellinger of the dodgers said i was so happy max hit the home run so we could go home and get some sleep. game number five coming up here at dodgers stadium -- game four
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rather. back to you. arthel: exciting, thank you, jarrett. eric? eric: the red sox nation will give them one, you know. the president is campaigning in illinois right now. he's holding a rally to support congressman who is running for reelection. you can watch the president's whole speech live on foxnews.com. we're monitoring it for any news-making issues. of course we will show that to you when he does speak. arthel: that does it for us right now. thank you very much for joining us. eric: jon scott up next with the fox report. thank you for spending some time with us.
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jon: america in mourning tonight after a mass shooting at a pittsburgh synagogue. the suspected gunman is in custody. at least 11 people confirmed dead. good evening i'm jon scott. this is a special expanded edition of the fox report. the gunfire ringing out this morning at tree of life synagogue. authorities say no children were hurt. at least six other people were injured. that includes four police officers responding to the attack. we have fox team coverage on this. matt fin is reporting from a vigil in pittsburgh. we have more on the victims. we begin with garrett tenney who is outside the synagogue where the rampage unfolded. what more do we know about
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