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BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- Weve heard pleas from health officials for families not to do traditional gatherings for Christmas. Busy airports indicate some lack of compliance. The question is why? Researchers at U.C. Berkeley and Harvard say It has to do with deep-seated rituals. By tradition, this is a time to gather, to join crowds shopping, to go to church. Some people are either ignoring or dismissing pleas to forego these traditions for public safety. Researchers tell us it has to do with re...

The deadliest anti-semitic attack on american soil in pittsburgh where 11 people were shot and killed at the tree of life synagogue. now the effort to never forget is a daily practice. >> david rosenthal, daniel stein. >> reporter: every day for the past year the names of the 11 jews shot to death in their pittsburgh synagogue are recited before the jewish prayer for the dead. joe charney has attended the daily service five days a week for one year. the 91-year-old is a visitor here at beth shal...

Jerry rabinowitz was a primary care physician. one patient called him an amazing man, recalling how in the early days of hiv treatments when stigma surrounding the disease was high, dr. rabinowitz was known to hold patients hands and embrace them when they left his office. irving younger, 69 years old, was a former real estate agent and little league coach. richard gottfried owned a dental practice with his wife for over 30 years. together they would serve patients who didnt have insurance or we...

Treating them to other victims. >> really wanted to have stories about the event. >> many protesterss message to the president, it is your fault. >> we dont feel his presence today when burying our dead is remotely appropriate. >> the citys mayor said he wanted to focus on helping the city recover but the divisive rhetoric was partly to blame for the attack about of the jewish leaders say the presidents visitors welcome. >> doesnt serve to help the community or as i see it any community but whit...

President in pittsburgh. pittsburghs democratic mayor said if the president is looking to come to pittsburgh, i would ask that he do not do so while were burying the dead. we dont have public safety we can take away from what is needed in order to do both. the president ignored the mayors plea not to come. the president didnt care that his security requirements would put further strain on the city that was also going to require massive security arrangements today for the four victims of that mas...

Just half a block away, this scene. neighbors shouting down the president. >> its not about you! let the families grieve! this is our neighborhood! you are not welcome here! >> reporter: nearby, more than a thousand protesters carrying signs, saying "words matter", "stop encouraging hate" and "you are not welcome in pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism." the mayor of pittsburgh had asked the president not to come until the funerals were over, citing security concerns. >> i do be...

President trump. they were angered by his words when he said armed guards at the synagogue could have prevented the shooting. >> if you take a look, if they had protection inside, the results would have been far better. >> reporter: steins nephew today telling us, the president is blaming jewish people for what happened to them. >> and cecilia vega with us live tonight from pittsburgh. and cecilia, we know the president also went to the hospital to visit survivors, but the president and first la...

The president ignored the mayors plea not to come. the president didnt care that his security requirements would put further strain on the city that was also going to require massive security arrangements today for the four victims of that mass murder whose furnnera took place today. dr. jerry rabinowitz, the brothers, and daniel stein. his nephew, steven hallie told nbc news peter alexander today that he felt it was a stab in the back when donald trump said that the mass murder could have been ...

Good morning everyone. along side frances rivera. we begin with the funeral services of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting on the heel tofz president trumps visit to pay his respects to the 11 people killed. while the president, son in law, ivanka visited the synagogue. they spent just under 20 minutes inside. trrs the president also met with victims are recovering at an area hospital as well as first responders. trumps visit was marked by protests as well as push back by local officials. he offe...

Were invited to join the president, they all declined as did all members of the pennsylvania delegation, all of them said i have other commitments. howard fineman reports his sources in pittsburgh tell him that the white house ran kind of a scam to try to get some public officials, anyone to agree to meet with trump on this trip. according to howard finemans reporting, the white house was so desperate that they, quote, called top pennsylvania and pittsburgh officials one at a time and lied to ea...