is an increased anti-semitism an increased threat to jewish people so the f.t. has always presented itself as a preserver as it were of. jewish life in germany. as we've already mentioned jewish organizations in germany have condemned this move by the a.f.p. tell us more about what germany's jewish organizations are saying about this. yes this is a joint declaration issued by all the major jewish organizations in germany and they say that they have in fact is a party which has parts of it which are very an anti semitic in fact and have gone as far as saying dr ball to the extent of the hollow calls during the second world war and germany's responsibility for that crime they are also members of the a.f.p. that are very close to ultra right wing nazi parties in germany so they are saying these jews organizations that the f.t. in fact is a party that promotes hate and hate crimes in germany and is not a party that in fact should be supported by any jew or any democratically thinking person in germany and you already mentioned that this move seems to be one that is

at the same time, there's left-wing anti-semitism, and anti-semitism is a conspiracy theory. when something is happening that you don't like, you have to find a group to blame it on. and jews, anti-semitism is called the longest hatred for good reason. it's been around for well over 2,000 years. and people fall back on it. and you know, this crazy man, this awful, awful crazy man who did this, but he didn't operate out of a vacuum. >> right. >> there was the history of anti-semitism and the rhetoric that he's heard. >> and a megaphone that since we have now since learned there was a website that allowed this kind of freedom of expression, and he made the announcement, you know, as a prelude, i'm getting ready to go in. while you underscore there has been a constant of anti-semitism, but something is different in the last year that helps substantiate this spike of acts, anti-semitic acts, 57% increase. >> i think that a lot of people are getting a dog whistle. whether the president and those around him intend to or not, and i don't think any of them are antisemites, but even t

and it peers thappears that anti-semitism was the motive, he was shouting anti-semitic slurs during thettack. >> the president condemned the shooting at an event in indianapolis yesterday and the twitter. are you satisfied with the way president trump has responded? >> i'm not satisfied. i don't think you blame the synagogue for not having an armed guard there. that's not the answer. we can have armed guards in every church, every synagogue, every concert venue. we can't have armed guards everywhere. that's not the answer. but more than that, what's fundamentally unsatisfying about what the president has to say is, you cannot preach division 365 days a year. you can't spoke people's animus towards the other, you can't vilify people coming to the country as murderers and rapists and then on the day tragedy strikes, sound a different note. it just rings hollow. that to me is the problem. it's not what he said yesterday, it's what he says every other day. >> it's -- i want to get to that in a second, but let me drill down on the armed guards part of this. i heard from a friend of mine satu

and anti semitic people doesn't make sense to trust people like that. if he is clearly anti-semitic and a group of jews in the party won't change that. christian or when all those club event have been criticised for their reaction to rape allegations made by an american woman against a portuguese player on twitter the italian football club initially praised him for his professionalism his professionalism since joining this summer and a second tweet goes on to say that the alleged events do not change their opinion of him calling him a great champion this stance has been widely condemned on social media and the club's share price has fallen five percent. bernardo has vehemently denied the allegations and threatened to sue german magazine dish vigo which first reported the story a week ago while you're watching t.v. news still to come germany's fascination with king streets and recycle plastics has become an export hit we take you to a country that could be a tough customer. you're watching the news live from britain and we'll have another update coming u

there's a reason why anti-semitism according to the adl, we've seen 50% more acts of anti-semitism in the last year. explosion of anti-semitism. doesn't happen of its own. it happens because it's fed. and what will be necessary to overcome it is what the mayor was talking about. that is these are still a minority of repugnant voices. they have to be drowned out by our common goodness. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you for your time on this horrible day. one of the most important aspects of this week has been president trump and his response to all of the horrors with questions about what kind of environment the president is posturing in the nation. unfortunately, the white house has all but abandoned the daily white house briefing and the white house declined to provide us with a guest today. we turned to someone who knows president trump well and served at the white house and one of his most ardent political supporters. former communications director anthony scar much anthony scar much i. this has been a terrible week in the united states with the attacks on jewish americans, bla

he said that it looks definitely like it's anti-semitism, an anti-semitic crime, that is something you still couldn't believe what was going on. to which "the washington post" said you wouldn't believe it only if you were clueless about the history and the contemporary reality of hatred for jews. >> it's more than that. this is not simply his family. he's been warned repeatedly about some of the rhetoric he uses, about some of re-tweets he's done, about some of the images that were part of his campaign and continue to be part of his circle which play into anti-semitic views includesing the ongoing attack on george soros. so he shouldn't be surprised if he's listening, and i'm not sure that's a totally honest response from the president. this is time to show his leadership and be much stronger against some of the people who surrounded him and some of the ideas that have been in his orbit from day one. >> we appreciate your insight, thank you. >> thank you. >> so when we come back, we want to take you to the alleged gunman's home. investigators are building their case. what they've learn

you know, this tale of kind of anti-semitic comments, anti-semitic tropes seem to follow him everywhereto the point where his jewish son-in-law had to write an op-ed saying my father-in-law is not an anti-semite. usually if you have to say that, it means people keep accusing you of being an anti-semite and there might be fire where that anti-semitic smoke is. i think he has emboldened and inheartened a lot of people who hear the dog whistles. they know exactly what they mean. they feel that the president approves. they have said as much, if you look at alt-right commentary after the president's moral equivocation on charlottesville, if you look at his inability to until really forced, to denounce people like david duke, they understand this and understand he's on their side, not on the side of frankly of the jewish community. >> this shooter, this killer, he posted a lot of anti-semitic posts on social media, but he also went after donald trump. he said add one point, trump is surrounded by -- i'm going to use a derogatory word for jews that start with k, things that will stay the cours

one driven by anti-semitic activity. why will neither one of them be charged with what the law appears to define their actions as? terrorism. all of this has the president passes began on opportunities to focus on uniting the country, choosing campaign events with his base instead and taking zero responsibility for the heated tone of debate that has gripped this country. donald trump instead trying desperately to focus hour fear outwards, trying to focus on a caravan of migrants to a threat of america's national security. we're going to look at all of that ahead. first we want to begin with the latest on the deadly shootings at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. the deadliest attack on the jewish community in u.s. history. members of the community gathering today at a church service to remember the 11 people who lost their lives and the six others who were wounded, including four police officers. earlier in the day federal authorities charged suspected gunman robert bowers with 29 criminal count, including hate cr

the scourge its worst. —— anti—semitic.d or tolerated and it cannot be allowed to continue. we can't allow it to continue. oren segal is the director of the anti—defamation league's center on extremism, a group that fights anti—semitism. hejoined me from new he joined me from new york a short time ago. i asked him about the rise in cases of anti—semitism. here at adl we have the documented incidences since 1979. in this past year, 2017, we saw a 57% increase in incidences reported to adl since the last year. what you think some of the causes and reasons behind that? we are living in a very divisive atmosphere in this country. not only are the public discussions focused on anti—immigrant rhetoric, anti—muslim rhetoric, and other forms of hate, which are basically the foundation when it comes to extremist chatter. but social media and the explosion in the ability to reach, recruit, radicalise, and share messages of hate is unprecedented in human history. the accommodation has made anti—semitism is that we are dealing with on

we will rally and we will come back and we will not let any anti-semite intimidate us.a big chunk, a big chunk of our hearts away today. >> tphere has been a letter written by jewish leaders to president trump asking him not to come to the city in the wake of the shooting and one of the things they say, your words and policies have emboldened white nationalists, and do you welcome the president to pittsburgh in the wake of this? >> are you asking me a personal question? >> i am asking you. >> i do not welcome this president to my city. >> why not? >> because he's the per sraeuer of hate speech. the hypocritical words that come from him tell me nothing. we have very, very strong leadership in this city. we have a very strong mayor with very strong volumalues, and we people that stand by us and believe in values, not just jewish values, and those are the not the values of this president and i do not welcome him to pittsburgh. >> these losses took a piece of your heart and it takes a piece of our collective hard of the nate, and thank you for being us with and we know you

ever. >> have you felt the rise of anti-semitic incidents? >> i've experienced anti-s anti-semitism my whole life in one form or another. i never thought it could reach this level, that someone could take into their own hands and make a decision that they needed to murder jews. that concerns me, not just as a jew. this was an attack not just upon the jewish community but upon america. this gunman made it clear that people anywhere that wish to worship need to be concerned because this challenged our freedom of worship. >> and so what will change, rabbi, now? what will change about how you worship? what will change about your message to your congregation? security at your congregation there in squirrel hill? >> i can tell you that security will be of the utmost concern, as we rebuild, as we examine our future, where we're going, that synagogues -- not just mine, but throughout the united states -- are going to have to reexamine their security. it's a big challenge for all houses of worship in the united states. not only have we felt it. charle

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take a look. >> this tale of anti-semitic tropes seem to follow him everywhere.here is fire where that anti-semitic smoket is. >> you say that trump sets the tone. he has allowed bigots go about their business. >> absolutely. the ways in which he condemns racists where you can see it so half-hearted. it's like a kid being forced to do something by his parents. >> you mentioned world war ii because when donald trump said that he was a nationalist, he didn't just off the cuff say he was a nationalist. at that point, i think, kind of the racism and anti-semitism that he had been winking at in these dog whistles i think. >> sean: of course the media lecturing the president on civility and tone on talk radio and civility and tone and lecturing fox news, they wonder why people chant that they suck constantly, regularly. there's no introspection, no internal conversation that maybe they've earned it and the president calls them fake news and they bubble and fizz like alka-seltzer in water and with just one week to go until election day, mainstream media speaking literal

it wasn't just anti-semitism. it was also hate about immigrants, hate about other individuals, but at the core was this deep anti-semitism that you see on the social media footprint. >> several of the messages that he was posting was against a jewish refugee resettlement agency. that was his point that one of the points he was making is that this agency is bringing people in, jews in, and he said, machining many other things, that my people are being slaughtered. this wonderful group hias. it says we help refugees and welcome strangers. they've been making a big effort of this in the past few days. think about the timing. for decades knee been doing it. in the past few days a big effort to help refugees given this migrant caravan story. they've been talking about invaders and illegals. this is also what you hear on the far right. on talk radio, you hear about it an alleged invasion that obviously is not really happening. that's the rhetoric on the far right. some of these issues with this suspect and with the bomb

rise in anti-semitism?on a daily basis in europe and different countries, and we're seeing the messages and you're seeing these lessons. we work with holocaust survivors and the righteous, those who saved holocaust survivors, and you hear these stories again and anti-semitism started on the rise, and it wasn't combated strongly enough. and i think that what we're seeing now and this hate speech don't have an ounce of anti-semitism in their heart, where does that come from? where does this reoccurring desire to point to the jews and say you're evil, where does it come from? >> unfortunately, a lot of it is institutional. in a lot of countries there is definitely institutional anti-semitism. if something goes wrong in a country, you're going to blame a m jew.ns to be the continues. that this control and all the -- this is so much of this hatred that is just so unnecessary. pete: scary that once again we're revisiting this in europe, the place that just seven heinous, heinous acts.fñ?ñ? johnny daniel, presiden

he did call this an anti-semitic act and condemned anti-semitism and other evil in all its forms.stingly confirm that this did happen during a bris, a naming ceremony, on saturday morning at the tree of life synagogue, and he went on to thank law enforcement, which of course has had a very busy week in florida, new york, trying to track down those packages containing bombs sent to high level democratic officials and others and who are now very busy investigating this horrific shooting in pittsburgh. we will take a quick break and we will be back with our guests right after this. making my dreams a reality takes more than just investment advice. from insurance to savings to retirement, it takes someone with experience and knowledge who can help me build a complete plan. brian, my certified financial planner™ professional, is committed to working in my best interest. i call it my "comfortable future plan," and it's all possible with a cfp® professional. find your certified financial planner™ professional at letsmakeaplan.org. a moment of joy. a source of inspiration. an act of kindn

anti—semitic incidents have been on the rise? correct.nces since 1979. in this past year, 2017, we sought a large increase in incidence is reported to adl since the last year. -- documented incidences. what you think some of the causes and reasons behind that? we are living ina very reasons behind that? we are living in a very divisive atmosphere in this country. not only are the public discussions focused on anti—immigrant rhetoric, anti— muslim rhetoric, and otherforms of hate, which are basically the foundation when it comes to extremist chatter. but social media and the increase in the ability to recruit and share messages of hate is an president human history. the accommodation has made anti—semitism is that we are dealing with on all levels. and how you begin to tackle that? social media is there and not going anywhere. we expect those who are leading these technology companies in social media to take a proactive role to try to stop the explication of their services for extremism and hate. we expect our elected officials and all pub

it was anti-semitism, anti-semitism that has been around for 2,000 years. and it has to be called out. it's around the world. it's happening in western europe. it happens in the middle east. and to see it rear its head here in pittsburgh, we have to confront it and call it out. >> but when the president talks about george soros trying to buy the election and when there are allegations that soros is funding this caravan of migrants, which we now know rob bower has posted about, you don't see any connection there with this darkening language, this dangerous language? >> no, you need to stay focused on what happened here. we had an individual who was spewing hatred on social media. he said he wanted to kill jewish people. you know, i was in jerusalem about a year and a half ago visiting the holocaust memorial. and i remember seeing a picture thereof a woman holding a child about to be murdered, about to be shot. that's the kind of hatred that we saw happen here in pittsburgh yesterday. this is an individual who put this information out. we have to call it out,

this was an anti-semitic attack at its worst. cannot be ignored and cannot be ctolerate and allowed to continue. >> this is coming from the president after that shooting. how do you interpret his handling and word choice and demeanor and all that? >> first, let me say something about the jewish community where i live in allentown, pennsylvania. when i go to the events they have on a regular basis and they are often public, they have the uniformed police officer. today there is a prayer service in easton, pennsylvania. the jewish community i think more than most does actually take security very seriously. i think it's unfair to say they didn't secure the temple. these hate killings have been going on for sometime. we saw it in orlando in the nightclub and charleston and charlottesville with the tiki torches and the anti-semitism there and yesterday in pittsburgh. this is out of control. the civil discourse in this country degraded significantly. the president should accept some responsibility for that. not for the killings, but he

he understands -- he is not an anti-semite and he is not spreading anti-semitism. what he is successful at is appealing to the worst in people, to their fears and their resentments. and it works. he's succeeding. his rallies enjoy saying "cnn sucks." they enjoy saying "lock her up." and he knows they enjoy that. and he gives them what they enjoy. if he were to give up the conspiracy theory, what would he have to say at his rallies? >> i want to give you the last word, jonathan. but let me just say this. when any of us are discriminated against, when any of us are spoken about terribly, when women face atrocities or discrimination in society i think we have to be equally as animated. as african-american i have to take it up as my jewish brother. you the same way. and i have to take it up for women who are discriminated against, muslims, and on and on, for immigrants in our society. and unless we do that it's the end of america as we know it. >> i could not agree more. racism is not only your problem. it's my problem. same with anti-semitism for you and for me. i wan

>>f course, anti-semitism is often called the oldest hatred. it's been a pesistent problem for century, some would argue even mill lenya. the issue ishis. we know this from the words of the white supremacists themselves, the david dukes, the richard spencers, the andrew england lynns. these individuals with their poisonous prejudice, they have celebrated online when they've seen terems lik "america first" or "globalist" or more recently "nationalist." they end up literally in e talking points of candidates and officials themselves. and i do want to say something, and this is: importais is not political. after charlottesville, we saw leaders from the republican party and the democratic party ll this out. however, this demands not just saying something in responsto an incident but rather it's the climate leaders crea every single day, and we need people in positions of authority across the board. keep in mind, 57% increase included a 90% increase of acts of anti-semitism on collegees camp so whether you're the president of a university or the pre

, so can you be, you know, nonbiased, not being an anti-semite and insite anti-semitism?t know. it seems pretty hard to me. >> bari and sam, you wrote the two pieces that reminded me that i am not numb, that we are not numb, everyone needs to get online, and read them right now. thank you for your beautiful, beautiful words. and bari, i am so sorry for your loss, for the loss in your community. >> thanks, nicole. >> when we come back, role reversal. democrats seize the character argument from republicans. former president obama reaching out to democrats, independents and republicans with a hefty dose of straight talk, on top of his campaign trail main stays of hope and change. we will bring you the democrats' closing message after this. ♪ ♪ the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? the most highly recommended bed in america just got better. tempur-pedic is now more rejuvenating, more pressure-relieving than ever before. experience the superior sleep of tempur-pedic and save

this was an anti—semitic acts.ink this would be possible in this day and age, but we just don't seem to learn from the past. our minds cannot comprehend the cruel hate and the twisted malice that could cause a person to unleash such terrible violence during a baby naming ceremony. this was a baby naming ceremony. this was a baby naming ceremony at a sacred house of worship on the holy day. anti—semitism and the widespread persecution ofjews anti—semitism and the widespread persecution of jews represents anti—semitism and the widespread persecution ofjews represents one of the ugliest and darkest features of the ugliest and darkest features of human history. the file hate filled poison of anti—semitism must be condemned and confronted everywhere and anywhere it appears —— the vile, hate filled poison. there must be no tolerance of anti—semitism in america, orforany form of religious or hate racial hatred of prejudice. you know that, you know that very well. cheering—macro you know that very well. you are outstanding

there might be fire where that anti-semitic smoke is.ould be those on the left would like to believe he's anti-semitic. that would scare people into saying we can't vote for him because he's a racist and anti-semitic. forget the fact that his daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren are all jewish. and he's probably done more in terms of strengthening our relationship with israel than any president in modern history. joining us now, jeff balabon. what do you think when you hear people say he's anti-semitic. >> that's totally insane. this is people who don't hesitate to politicize anything. they take the death of innocent jews and turn it into political talking points. people say if he's responding to charges of anti-semitism there must be fire where there is smoke. there is no smoke. what's disgraceful is the politicization of this horrendous act, and the president's response has been second spa --has been spectacul. he has taken the strongest stance against january see you semitism of any leader in the world. no one has ever said those who t

that polling institute says anti-semitism is much more prevalent in the h.t. than in other parties and the f.t. leadership has faced repeated criticism for playing down the crimes of the nazis when there are the nazis and no more than a speck of bird poop in more than a thousand years of successful german history. sergei like routines he is a leading member of prisons jewish community and as far as he's concerned jews joining the a fifty is a bad joke but he says the party is resonating with some jewish groups we shouldn't forget that about ninety percent of jewish people in germany are also all of eastern european origin or mostly come from the soviet union and bring the whole baggage of stereotypes and a kind of a. liberal understanding of democracy and also there are people who are german speakers speaking who. are right wing and who are trying to use this and that instrument allows this feeling and this is what we're seeing. the jews in the age group would get short shrift at the mazeltov. in berlin the jewish own across the pinsky sees the group as no mor

it's emerged he has a history of posting anti—semitic material on social media.latest from pittsburgh this is the kind of vigil that's become a recurring ritual of life in the united states. a multi—faith act of ecumenicalism, a multi—generational act of community. but this country is facing a crisis of hate—filled violence, and america right now seems incapable of truly coming together. this latest mass shooting was a hate crime. jewish worshippers, killed in a hail of gunfire and an onslaught of anti—semitic slurs. 7—1, shots fired! give me additional resources. additional resources, third floor! the police have released recordings of their shoot out with the gunman. come on, we've got a guy barricaded, actively shooting at swat operators. all right, be advised, we have suspect giving us hands in view. we're negotiating surrender at this time. all units, hold what you got. i still want to praise the officers for what they did. i mean, they ran into danger, they ran into gunfire to help others. some of that's training, some of that's experience. but it's their i

and the suspect himself president donald trump has condemned the attacks a no tolerance for anti-semitism in america. a synagogue in the neighborhood school hill pittsburgh a place of worship today a murder scene many are now dead and several injured including four police officers who took on the attack inside the tree of life synagogue another mass shooting in america. these incidents usually occur in other cities today the nightmares hit home here in the city of pittsburgh the synagogue of vulnerable targets on a day like today the door was open it's a religious service you could walk in and out only on the high holidays since there are police presidents and presidents at the entrance one of the shooting is now being treated as a hate crime by the us federal bureau of investigation the f.b.i. . this is the most horrific crime scene i've seen in twenty two 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 simply because of their faith the suspects f

margaret hodge who lost members of our family in the holocaust said corbin was an anti semitic racist while three of the main jewish newspapers in the u.k. described him as an existential threat to british jews the labor leader has been accused of sharing platforms in the holocaust deniers and making offensive remarks about british zionists his supporters though argue that coburn is a lifelong anti racist and that the attacks against him are slim is designed to discredit his strong support for palestinians and prevent criticism of israel so is the labor leader really guilty of anti semitism or even of turning a blind eye to it joining me from london to debate this are michael rosen an award winning novelist and poet. at the jewish cauldron supporter and danielle a playwright too and contributor to the israeli newspaper ha'aretz a former foreign editor of the jewish chronicle and the jewish corben critic thank you both for joining me in the arena. speaking on wednesday at his party's annual conference in liverpool germany called and said we will work with the jewish communities to erad

this was an anti-semitic attack at its worst.mitism cannot be ignored and cannot be tolerate and cannot be allowed to continue. >> the flags behind me at the white house are flying at half-staff in honor of the 11 people who died yesterday. the president and the first lady are hosting a halloween event here and it's possible we could hear from the president again about the tragedy. trump also has several rallies across the country, the last week before the mid-terms. we are likely to see the president juggle as the campaigner in and the consoler in during this sensitive moment. >> do we know what the president or the white house is weighing as they try to determine whether the president should go to pittsburgh. >> we know there is a potential visit to pittsburgh on the books. we are not sure when that will be. as i mentioned, the president's schedule is filling up pretty quickly. it's the last day before the mid-terms and he traveled all through the weekend and until exlection day. there is not that much time for him to visit pit

we talked about a possible rise of anti—semitism in the united states, what about anti—semitism in theis that on the rise? unquestionably yes. you are i'm sure aware of the horrendous e—mail i received. the person was then... charges were brought against him by the cps. he did not appear in court and from what we understand has now left the country. you look at many jewish members of parliament. the vile threats they have received. and one really begins to wonder, on the rise of anti—semitism in the uk. we have seen incidents in france and hatred againstjewish have seen incidents in france and hatred against jewish people have seen incidents in france and hatred againstjewish people in france and belgium and one therefore has to have concern on the rise of anti—semitism in the uk and in the rest of europe. lord levy, i am grateful. thank you. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... a helicopter belonging to the owner of leicester city football club has crashed and burst into flames shortly after a home premier league game. the bbc believes the thai owner of the club was on board at the

yet, anti-semitic rhetoric and attacks have been on the rise. this in context, and how shocked were you by this? >> i was horrified and everyone in my organization, the country was horrified by what happened yesterday. in some ways we weren't necessarily surprised. at the adl we're on the front lines of fighting hate for over 100 years and tracking anti-semitic incidents for four decades. what i can tell you is in 2016 we saw a 34% increase in acts of harassment, vandalism, violence against the jewish community. last year a 57% increase, the single largest surge that we've ever seen in anti-semitic acts in the united states. this event that happened yesterday, this terrible tragedy -- and our hearts break, they break for the families and the victims and the community. let me tell, you, we should not look away when anti-semitism is on the rise. we need to act. >> secretary johnson, the adl showed a marked increase in online attacks against the jewish community as we get closer to election day. when you look at those statistics and hear what mr. g

this was an anti-semitic attack at its worst. scourge of anti-semitism can be ignored or tolerated and it cannot be allowed to continue. we can't allow it to continue. it must be confronted and condemned everywhere it rears its very ugly head. we must stand with our jewish brothers and sisters to defeat anti-semitism and vanquish the forces of hate. that's what it is. through the centuries, the jews have endured terrible persecution. you know that. we've all read it, we've studied it. they've gone through a lot and those seeking their destruction we will seek their destruction. now, when you have crimes like there, whether it's this one or another one on another group, we have to bring back the death penalty. they have to pay. the ultimate price. they have to pay the ultimate price. they can't do this. they can't do this to our country. we must draw a line in the sand and say very strongly never again. tonight, everyone in this arena and every citizen across the land sends our prayers to the victims and their families. we all do.

i know there is a growing amount of anti—semitism in the united states. have to say, to this point, jewish pittsburgh has been one of the safest jewish communities pittsburgh has been one of the safestjewish communities in the united states so honestly this is more shocking. you know, we know that that rhetoric exists out there. but it usually does not result in this kind of violence. and donald trump said in, you know, immediately afterwards, that maybe things could have been different if there have been greater security, armed guards at the venue. what are you make of that idea? we are always concerned about security, but there has to be about security, but there has to be a balance between the building being secure and feeling like a place that the united... sorry, in the united states that can be open and warm and welcoming. you know, we don‘t want these community buildings to be fortresses. and so there is a balance between security and openness. and we have done a lot of things in the last two years... i work for the jewish federation of greater pit

ivanka tweeted, "america is stronger than the acts of a depraved bigot and anti-semite." sympathies extended from world leaders. canada's justin trudeau and israel's benjamin netanyahu. speaking to nbc news in las vegas, the vice president rejected any suggestion the president's rhetoric stoked the terror seen this week, including the mailed pipe bombs. >> frankly people on both sides of the aisle use strong language about our political differences. but i just you can connect it to threats or acts of violence. >> reporter: president trump called for the death penalty in today's shooting and said armed security at the synagogue might have saved lives. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, the white house. >>> tonight, the president is at another rally in the small town of murfreesboro, illinois. nbc's jeff bennett spent part of this day talking with people who came out to hear the president, is here for us tonight. jeff, what did they have to say? >> reporter: jose, in a week that saw america's overheated political climate reach a boiling point, we talked to some of president trump's

incidents and anti-semitic online harassment.he adl league ceo, jonathan greenblatt, is joining us right now. jonathan, thanks so much for joining us. how devastating is this attack for you, for the entire jewish community? how are people in the jewish community dealing with this? >> well, i'll be honest, wolf, i think the events of yesterday in pittsburgh are nothing less than soul-breaking. i mean, all of our hearts are torn apart. the idea of elderly parishioners being slaughtered in the pews and in the halls of a synagogue on shabbat morning, it is hard to think of something more sacrilegious. and you imagine that in that synagogue, on that day, there were families who were worshiping, others who were celebrating a bris, right? the baby-naming ceremony for their child. my mean, i, myself learned about this when i was walking out of my synagogue. and it's just absolutely wrenching. and our hearts, our prayers, our thoughts are with the community in pittsburgh, because we are all pittsburgh tonight. >> i know that the adl has b

this was an anti—semitic attack at its worst. be ignored, cannot be tolerated and it cannot be allowed tolerated and it cannot be allowed to continue. we can't allow it to continue. donald trump there. we will continue to bring you more on that shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. let's bring you some breaking news out of leicester, here in the uk, where a helicopter belonging to the chairman of leicester city football club has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground. let's cross now to bbc reporter victoria hicks who is at the king power stadium in leicester. victoria, doing no yet who was actually on board that helicopter? no, there is no confirmation who was on board or if there are any casualties this evening. i was at the game in a private capacity, i left just before eight the game in a private capacity, i leftjust before eight o'clock. i heard the helicopter are right. within our the final whistle, the ambulance with service received a call and within two minutes were at the scene here. we are told it is a major

this evil, anti-semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it will require all of us working together to extract the hateful poison of anti-semitism from our world. the scourge of anti-semitism tolerated, and it cannot be allowed to continue. we can't make these sick, dementedded, evil people important. lives in order to accommodate them, it's not acceptable. this is the time to renew the bonds of love and loyalty that hold us all together as americans. these bonds have always sustained our nation in its hour of need. they are always more powerful division, anger and evil. >> the president couldn't be

nation of islam leader louis farrakhan, and a and a beer at lunch racist, anti-semitic.ere's what he thinks about the jewish people. take a look. >> you have the jews don't like louis farrakhan, so they call me hitler. that's a good name. hitler was a very great man. >> the satanic jews! they control everything and mostly everybody. >> there were many israelis and zionist jews name key roles of the 9/11 9/11 attack. see, the jews have control over those agencies of government. >> the powerful jews are my enemy. >> farrakhan, by god's grace, has pulled the car there off that satanic jew. >> call me an anti-semite. stop it. i am anti-termite. >> sean: the disgusting hatemonger racist, anti-semite, has been revered by many top democrats.er there he is smiling, posing for a picture with former president barack obama. by the way, prior to obama's run for president, this photo was purposely hidden from we come of the people, for eight years when obama was president. just a few weeks ago, farrakhan appeared -- a few weeks ago -- look who is there. bill clinton. beloved by the d

and the continued invocation of classic anti-semitic themes. to see this way the man is mischaracterized online is repulsive. i don't agree with every donation he makes. but i also don't agree with every donation sheldon adelson makes. but you can see it from the left and sometimes from the right, and it is all incredibly troublesome. so whether you are, you know, an elected official bringing the holocaust denier to the well of the house of representatives for the state of the union or you are a political candidate again invoking anti-semitic myths about the ju with wish conspiracies or a religious leader who calls jews termites --b >> i was just about to ask you about louis farrakhan and the tolerance of the people on the left for him. >> yeah. this is not an issue of left and right, it's about right and wrong. we should be able to speak truth to power whenever people in public life speak out with stereotypes and scapegoats that we know that you have been alluding to before have been e used for hundreds and thousands of years and not you just

there's anti-semitism throughout this world. there's anti-semitism throughout this nation. and i think that there have been some people that were building off of it, almost like fuel and there was no warning sign that we had that we would be experiencing any type of act against our jewish community or any community. it was just another saturday in october in pittsburgh and it ended up in one of the worst days in our city's history. >> so sad. i know several synagogues in pittsburgh, jewish community centers, jewish schools. i assume you're tightening security at those locations. >> of course, we are. and we're also tightening security at our mosques and islamic centers, and any other group that's been targeted out in recent weeks or months that would feel insecure or would need additional security. there are federal officials on their way to pittsburgh, the fbi is sending a lot of different agents here and will be working with our local law enforcement. the county and the state through governor wolf provided officers and troopers to be here in pittsburgh to help our neighbo

unfortunately, anti-semitism has always existed. where there are jews there's always been anti-semitism and we need to speak up and i believe that's what the president is about to do. what he's done. he spoke up very loudly, very clearly saying he would fight anyone who is anti-semitic and that's what we would expect and we were very pleased to hear that. >> laura: what about the resistance? the resistance to the president's visit by not all, but some more progressive of jewish leaders in the country and in pittsburgh proper. they were even criticizing your decision to come to pittsburgh and i believe we have one of those -- this is a tweet by david simon, who is a jewish-american writer. he said go home. his interventions in u.s. politics aided in the election of donald trump and his raw and relentless validation of white nationalism and fascism in the

this evil, anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it's an assault on humanity.of those who died will be released and the fbi are expected to answer questions about how someone with such a flagrantly anti—semitic online presence wasn't picked up. the authorities here sayjustice will be swift and severe, but for the jewish community of squirrel hill, it's going to take a long, long time to come to terms with how someone could commit such a hate—filled crime. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. speaking at a news conference, the president of thejewish federation of greater pittsburgh, jeff finkelstein, said they would do everything to help those affected. i've seen this room a lot of times on tv, and i never thought i'd be at this podium. this is an awful, awful period for ourjewish community, and especially for the families who have been affected, and it's real once you hear the names. we're going to do everything we can to help the families, we're in the process of doing that now, and we'll be there for them and be there to help ourjewish communi

. >> this was an anti-semitic act. you wouldn't think this would be possible in this day and age. >> i went to the day care there when i was really little on the third floor where we heard he holed himself up. >> they heard the shots and the mom and dad, friends of mom and dad, and son they just all ran downstairs i guess and barricaded themselves in the basement. >> my kid's away at school, and he's watching this on the news. he's got all his friends he's worried about, family. i can't tell him everybody's okay because i don't know. >> we simply cannot accept this violence as a normal part of american life. these senseless acts of violence are not who we are as pennsylvanians. they're not who we are as americans. >> hello, everyone, i'm alex witt with the breaking news as we come on the air this hour, 7:00 p.m. in the eastern and 4:00 p.m. out west. there are new details coming in now about the shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. as of now, authorities have confirmed 11 deaths, six others are injured

a white man in his forty's from the pittsburgh area and he had previously held anti-semitic and white extremist views and he had stated those on social media accounts and he apparently also stated anti-semitic slurs during the attack itself but what is interesting is that the authorities said that they have no indication that that this suspect was known to them before and while they are treating this as a as a hate crime they have not said that that the motive for this crime could be enticing medic motives but it seems fairly clear from the suspect's background and the attack itself that they suspect that this was an anti-semitic attack michael we heard a pitts it's beneficial talk about how deeply moved he was by what he witnessed what do we know about how the attack unfolded what do you know about the victims. well the attack apparently occurred this morning when the suspect walked into the synagogue and opened fire and of course on this shot they there are a lot of people in the synagogue for these for these services and he opened fire and killed eleven people as he tried to retrea