. >> sreenivasan: david shribman is executive editor at the "pittsburgh post-gazette."w he joins us a skype. thanks for being with us. first, give us a sense of this community, where this happened. >> well, this is squirrel hill. it traditionally a jewish communty. it's one o most important jewish communities in the history of american judaism. it's whre judaism began and flourished and it is an area ofr odox jews. it is not uncommon to see orthodox jews walking down the street on their way to temple, synagogue ofriday nights and saturday mornings, completely unremarkable. >> sreenivasan: i know you have other reporters working on multiple stoes, what's the initial response been like? i know other synagogues were also in own for a number of hours. >> yes, and the entire--good portions of squirrel hill, that neighborhood, also were in lockdown, banks were closed, and stores were closed. i had trouble getting to my home on my way to the office. it's-- it's a little less unsettled nowt nonetheless, it was a very difficult situation. this is a very ose-knit community. every

david shribman joins me. what do you want people to know about this community?k it's becoming known this is a remarkable community. it's a mix of jewish people and people who are not jewish, who have respect for each other, who have respect for the way we live here. it's more than tolerance. it's welcoming. it's a community that cares about itself. it cares about more than just the steelers, though it does devoutly care about the steelers. it cares about the fact that we can walk these very streets right here ordinarily in peace and total comfort and security. i remember my first week here, i was driving up the street just about two blocks from here and i ran into a young woman who i knew from washington where i used to live. i stopped and i said i need to give you a ride. she said why? i said i thought it was unsafe to be on the streets. she looked at me as if i was mad. >> you mentioned the steelers. over 100 members of the steelers went to the funeral today for david and cecil. >> i'm not surprised. right down the street there's the home of the coach. so he i

she and her husband, david shribman, the executive editor of the "pittsburgh pos gazette," raised twoghters here. one is a year away from ordination as a rabbi. >> iwould have been very har for natalie and my older daughter to escape because of their fries. a lot of their friends were jewish. we lived in washgton a long time and i don't think we, outside of one or two people, really knew very many wish people. you become marinated here pretty fast. >> reporter: as authorities search for why this attack took place this partilar weekend in this particular place, dr. cohen sees symptoms in the coarsening of public discourse. >> we need to take control of the debate and the civily of the discourse where it's okay to disagree with people, but you don't have to take it to the point where you shut the other guy up. we have to listen more. >> sunday evenin the monthly rehearsal of the pittsburgh cello studio ensemble became an impromptu commemoration. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ leaders nicole myers and simon cummings played the melody, kol nidre, which traditionally begins services on yom kippur, the jewish day

i have david shribman, executive editor of ""the pittsburgh post-gazette."" gentlemen, thank you for being with me. our hearts are heavy for this community. david, if i may, i just want to start with you. your piece in "the post gazette" nearly had my producer and i in tears. how poignant, how close you are to this community, and how you open the whole piece talking about after that church in charleston, south carolina, after the islamic center in quebec city, you write, we knew it could happen here. can you tell me about the call you got this morning? >> well, i got a call, actually, from somebody who had just driven by. we knew this could happen here. in fact, by here, i mean three blocks from home. i was driving right by there. my wife was unable to get home. this is a corner we traverse on a weekend probably five, six, eight times. it's part of the landscape of our minds, the landscape of this community in a way that few others are. this is the heart of the community. pittsburgh and squirrel hill meet at that corner. >> and jim, you -- it's my understandin