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State senator from pennsylvania, jay costa. this is his district. thank you for being with us very much, and im so, so sorry because your ties run deep, right? i mean, you serve this community as the state senator for 20 years. you have lived in the community for 50 years. your childhood friends mother rose was one of the victims killed. >> thats correct. yes. >> go ahead. >> it is very tough. this community has been part of my life for a number of years, as i mentioned, and its very sad. its ha...

Community. it will continue to do so, brought together three congregations to work as one given what needs to be done along those lines in terms of consolidating but i do think at the end of the day, this is one of the finest synagogues we have in our region and the folks who were there, they were tremendous. i grew up in this neighborhood, my mother still lives two blocks away. i lived in this community, our family has been here for 50 years so we are a big part of this community and we know wh...

Stepped to the door, the entrance door to the room we were in to what we call our synagogue now and i pushed it open and i saw a body on the steps and i realized the crash i had heard mustve been a gunsho gunshot. and at that point, the rabbi pushed myself, carol black and himself into this storeroom. >> six other people were injured during the shoot out including former police officers. this afternoon, two of the four police officers are expected to be home right now while two more still need a...

Massacre that took place behind me. squirrel hill in pittsburgh. officials are expressing their shock. joining me now is democratic state senator jay costa and rick fitzgerald. tell me a bit about this neighborhood. what drew you to it and what others should know? >> i think folks should know is a wonderful community. a very welcoming community. a diverse community that recognizes we all get along here well. i think thats what i would want people to know. what drew us here is my family moved her...

It has a history of discriminating. legislators on both sides should be expanding the right to vote, not restricting. it i can tell you democrats are working hard to use every role we have in our power to make sure our democracy is not challenged. no matter our race, political party, or zip code, all of us know that a democracy voters pick our leaders are leader should not get picked by their voters. >> yes. well put. judge hidalgo, whether texas gop wants to get rid of, 24-hour voting, drive-th...