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>> i love this story they would throw a party for everything and that they wanted a bathroom remodeling party. that really says it all. >> you know, it does. it goes to the core of who they are, which is to celebrate life, to find the joy in every moment of every day. and it is just so unfortunate that the faith that they had and the love that they showed for tree of life. cecil was a greeter there, and david was the person who arranged the prayer books and the shawls. so cecil greeted everybody...

The bathrooms in the home where they lived, and they wanted to have a, lets celebrate remodeling of the bathroom party. and they wanted -- there was an open house for the next door neighbor who was remodeling a home to sell, and they were like lets go to the hope house. and they would walk all over squirrel hill saying hello to anyone that they met, asking them how their day was. so many stories about the kindness that that showed other people. thats what they did in their life day in and day ou...

Excited to go there. and, you know, we have mans to pick them up at noon and other plans for the day. and for their lives to end so tragically there in a place they love is so unfortunate. but i will tell you that if cecil and david were here, they would tell you thats where they were supposed to be that day. thats how important the tree of life was to them. >> there is something really haunting and heart wrenching about knowing that cecil as the greeter and that his smiling face was the first o...

Group or community homes, and i understand that they were inseparable. so tell us about that. >> absolutely. absolutely. they were two of the most kindest, sweetest gentlemen you would ever want to meet. these are the type of people you would want to be your neighbors. every day they were extremely positive, couldnt wait to start the day, ask you about your family, bless you for the day, tell you to have a good day. cecil was starting a job of working two days a week in a family business, and da...

Ran back in to help. there were long lines of mourners, including members of the pittsburgh steelers. late today, the president and first lady arriving at the synagogue, against the wishes of some community leaders who said it was too soon. and there were protesters as far as you could see, holding those signs, "words matter" and "renounce white nationalism." abcs senior white house correspondent cecilia vega leading us off tonight from pittsburgh. >> reporter: in pittsburgh today, scenes of uns...

Only imagine that their smiles and how they greeted people and we know that they had special needs and that they made much of their life about the tree of life synagogue. so what will you say about them today? >> well, i havent really formed all my words yet. i hope i get some divine guidance as to the right words, but i can share with you in the time that ive known both cecil and david that they brought a warmth into the building that had nothing to do with the heating system. that when i would...

Crime, the pipe bombs mailed to trump critics and cnn, trump choose media coverage and himself. >> they didnt say bomber found. they talked about trump in the headline. now, they didnt do that with bernie sanders. they did not do that with the democrats when other people came out. they didnt do that with president obama with the church. the horrible situation with the church. they didnt do that. they put my name in the headlines. >> the president speaking there about the 2015 charleston church s...

Needs, most particularly the families who suffered losses. i met with a family yesterday and how do i answer when the parents say, we thought the graves would be for us, not for our children. how do you answer that? >> i dont know, rabbi. how do you answer that to them? >> as best as i could. i said to them we have to be grateful for the years that we did have and what a gift both of your sons were to all of us and how blessed weve been and how they enriched our lives and how lucky we were that ...

Bernie sanders. they did not do that with the democrats when other people came out. they didnt do that with president obama with the church. the horrible situation with the church. they didnt do that. they put my name in the headlines. >> the president speaking there about the 2015 charleston church shooting when the white supremacist killed nine people. the first funerals from the synagogue shootings are scheduled for today. cecil and david rosenthal and jerry rabinowitz are laid to rest. 80-...

>> that is south courageous that anybody other than the individual who carried out the crime would hold that responsibility. >> its an absolute vacuum in this white house and they are all slab raters. >> things can never be the same in our country. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." funeral services begin for two -- three of the 11 victims who were murdered by that gunman inside the tree of life synagogue in...