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The consoler in chief. the first reaction was to say they should have had an armed guard. then he said the united states needs to toughen up the death penalty. there is a death penalty in pennsylvania. they will seek it in this case in pennsylvania. there were trained professionals with handguns and side arms who were hurt and attacked by this shooter. then he said that he was going to go ahead to his rally in illinois. after 9/11, the new york stock exchange opened the very next day. it did not...

Consoler in chief. he is sort of at his core, and this is the way he has governed since taking off office, isnt moving to the middle and trying to moving together, playing to the base. if you watched sarah huckabee sanderss press conference today, it was fascinating actually, because she sort of in a way was reflecting all over the board messaging of her boss, the president. so she did come out, she was length matly emotional, and choked up, she condemned what she called the heinous acts, she ta...

This was an anti-semitic attack at its worst. the anti-semitism 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 its 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 ...

What we saw on the tarmac yesterday. and it was sort of real-time. it was the president fielding questions when he didnt need to field questions. so much of what were talking about here, gun policy, about the death penalty, these are things he seemed willing to engage in in the aftermath of what he saw yesterday. >> if you cant be the consoler in chief, then will silent and show a solemn regard for what happened. but he proceeds in a way that if hes not on teleprompter, he shouldnt be speaking. ...

Farmers for america, he spoke for 20 minutes about the tragedy that unfolded and after that said that he intended to go forward with the rally he had scheduled in southern illinois, as well. we talked about the commander in chief becoming the consoler in chief. your reaction as to how he has tried, so much as he has, to navigate those two things? >> david, i think we have to finally learn the lesson of the media and stop saying what he says as face value. theres a great column in slate today tal...

T -- constituency. the president plays a unique role. >> and the question has to be is the president the consoler, is that different and will that be different for the next administration? >> i do. i think that it is different right now because i think the country is leaderless. i dont think the president has done enough to bring people together, has done enough to console in this time. a few hours after the incident in pittsburgh he was tweeting about the baseball game that was happening. he ma...

Respond to a moment of crisis in our country. people have a level of expectation that their president is going to be the consoler in chief and perhaps will hit pause on the politics button at least for 24 hours, and were seeing with this president that hell give the prompter message. hell give what he has to do. well check the box, but hes not going to derail his political plan or his agenda. in fact, especially last week with the pipe bombs, we saw him be very clear about his level of frustrati...

Suggested strengthening the death penalty could be one way to respond to this shooting. he said he would make a more complete statement when he stops at a farmers event in indiana. he does have a campaign rally in illinois on his schedule tonight and the white house has given no indication of whether he plans to cancel that rally as those can get pretty partisan. and now its really a moment for the president to be a consoler in chief, to sort of rise above partisan politics. it remains to be see...

Tinged crimes? does that end up still being in the hate category that can inspire, you know, acts of hate? >> oh, absolutely. you know, circling back also to the presidents comments which, you know, as a prosecutor myself, you always worry that something is going to be done to interfere with the case. and here i understand the president expressing sorrow as we all have over this horrific crime, but i do think its a mistake to get into the specific issue of whether we should have armed guards in ...

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 ...