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In mexico and staying put there. >> a big bunch of them just took asylum there. >> maybe. >> but a big bunch of them just took asylum in mexico, but i have to tell you, if youre going to make a go of it, why would you stop in mexico? life there is very hard. >> because thats not what the law is. because the law says asylum isnt about going to the place youve always wanted to live or going to the nicest place with the best skyscrapers, its about going where is safe. there is crime in mexico, but ...

Support, these topics have been top of mind. i walked into the vigil on sunday as a woman who identified as an episcopal yan and she said i feel conflicted about the president coming here. i dont necessarily want to support the president. what really strikes me is that this community is reeling. the jewish community is on day three of the after of this attack and they have to bury the first of the people who were killed. so to try to balance that and the intense emotions of that with a president...

Pittsburgh and the same day and also go to a campaign event and the midterms are on tuesday. but that image is -- a lot of americans might see that and say thats the president doing what presidents do and trying to heal and trying to be a comforter and did so this a low-key way. you didnt take that from it. >> i did not. it cannot erase the years of awful rhetoric. if anyone took comfort from that, if any family member did, god bless them. i would never take it away from them. i saw a lot of peo...

Heavens sake, so if bringing the people together is not his goal. >> the fact the president went after folks that received bombs and he dismissed it as bomb stuff and gave a lot of room for people describing it as a false flag indication, what we expect as a president to do what bill clinton did after oklahoma city and what barack obama after charleston, and that is that the role of comforter in chief and part of being commander-in-chief, and this president is not interested in that. his attempt

Against his political opponents. when the president is hit, he hits back as he said many times. thats what he did. >> i think quite often even when the president says the right thing, he reads the words on his teleprompter, issues a statement, sends the tweets with the right things in them, the things people expect to hear from a president during a moment of crisis or fear, so often they get quickly forgotten because hell say what he really means. you know, at a rally speech or in a tweet. i mea...

And im going to carry that with me. good morning everybody. im david gura in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, one block from a synagogue massacre that left this community in pain and searching for answers. well bring you the latest on the events that unfolded here as we continue to learn more into the investigation and the actions of the gunman who is facing dozens of federal charges, to the victims and the loved ones stunned by what happened in this close-knit enclave. comments and tweets about the ...

>> the first initial sound was described as a car crash. just a very loud noise but the next multiple sounds were -- they were unmistakable. >> plus the presidents comments about the attack via tweet and the commander in tweet is again called upon to be the comforter in chief. >> not enough that on the day of a tragedy he says the right words if every other day of the year hes saying things to bring us into conflict with each other. and we begin with new information on the shooting. federal an...

Been great talking with you. keep pittsburgh in your prayers. leland: thank you, sir. the prayer you mentioned from vice president pence, the congressman pointed out, there are so many that are broken hearted. kevin cork often talks about how the president at times takes on the role of comforter in chief and consoler in chief of times of national grief. and for so many of us who ha hed to a temple on saturday or church on sunday, that hour or couple hours you spend is sacred, both because it is ...

About things like comforting people and being there for people. he throws paper towels at people who are trying to get their lives together after a storm. and he creates these cringe-worthy moments that for people around him are hugely, hugely problematic. its not just style. i think that there is, you know, the function of the presidency. this is it. it is not just being the head of the executive branch. it is also about saying the right things, about showing people that you are the leader in t...

Success is an insult to those families, to the dead, and a disastrous response. the carolinas will be a different response situation because its on the coast of the united states. that statement isnt just a denial of reality, its an insult to the puerto rico families. >> the other thing is there is a real empathy gap that president trump has demonstrated time and time again at moments like this, that he had an opportunity to express sympathy and concern about the loss of life, whether he feels r...