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And their appreciation for two very special individuals. gary tuchman joins us now for that. you went to the funerals for david and cecil. its amazing to me the outpouring of people who went. i mean, filling up the synagogue for them. >> david and cecil were loved. cecil 59, david 54, belonged to the synagogue. loved going here. a mile away from here in another sin zbog called rodef shalom more than 1,000 seats every seat full. and more than 150 people standing in the back and standing on the si...

>> the heart of squirrel hill is forbes and murray. we should change the names of the streets. one being cecil and one being david. if we cant do that, then there should be a park. okay, that for cecil and david. their memory should be continued forever. >> i dont have any recollections of being at the tree of life and cecil not being there. he was there before you got there. before i got there. he was usually the one to open the door for me and many i family. and he was the one to reserve my se...

Two funerals were held today, one for dr. jerry rabinowitz and then the brothers cecil and david rosenenthal. also today president trumps visit and the protest that met him here. it was unprecedented for a president of the united states not to be welcomed by everybody at a moment like this. and although it will be a focus tonight, it will neither be the sole focus nor the thing that we look at first. which is why we begin tonight and its really our privilege to with a closer look at how friends ...

The synagogue. loved going here. a mile from here, more than 1,000 seats, every seat full. and more than 150 people standing in the back and standing on the sides. >> i heard more than 100 members past and present of the steelers came. >> and that is remarkable. the steelers are very important institution in this city. and more than 100 former players and current players came in for the viewing where the caskets were in front. and the ownership, art rooney ii came in also. these are important pe...

And everyone loved them. cecil was an usher at the synagogue. everyone saw them -- everyone saw him -- >> the unofficial greeters, apparently. >> right. during the eulogy today, their sister and brother-in-law spoke. and the brother-in-law said that cecil could have been the mayor of squirrel hill if he wanted to be. thats how popular he was. but during the eulogy, the sister and brother-in-law said they were kind. they were thoughtful. they were gentle giants. they were big guys. but they were ...

One another. at times literally so. outside tree of life synagogue people linked arms today. they sang songs of faith and healing and did what they could to fill up the space where otherwise only pain would dwell. and that space is vast. the pain is still fresh tonight. and fierce and is felt by so many people. two funerals were held today, one for dr. jerry rabinowitz and another for the rosenthal brothers, cecil and david. in the coming days the stories of eight more lives will be told and the...

Felt since they were -- really felt nothing but compassion. >> and thats, when we talk to everyone who is inside, the same thing they said. they couldnt imagine this could happen to such two fine and nice and innocent men. and we talked to so many people as they came out, so many people said they were these brothers friends. i want you to listen and our viewers to hear what some of these friends told us. >> the heart of squirrel hill is forbes and murray. okay? we should change the names of the ...