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Right here in new york, a group of muslim women holding signs and white roses greeted worshippers and visitors outside one synagogue. i want to bring you now mark hetfield, the president and ceo of hias, founds as a hebrew immigrant aid society and helps rescues around the world. hias was targeted by the alleged gunman. mark, thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you, don. >> you know, its ban week since the massacre in pittsburgh. you havent heard anything from the preside...

Thing this terrorist was right about is that american jews were welcoming refugees. we had celebrated the first ever refugee shabbat. and this was to show solidarity and love for refugees because american jews realize that there would not be an american jewish community but for those times when america opened its doors to refugees, including to jared kushners grandparents. >> mark hetfield, thank you so much. >> thank you, don. thanks for watching. cnns special report "democracy in peril: the ...

People of the same ethnicity running this country, if youre a young person, especially a diverse person or a person of color, you go, whats in this for me? im not represented in this. i think both parties -- >> that was the lesson that republicans took away from 2012. but then donald trump turned it on its ear and said were not going to go for minority votes or young votes. were just going to crank up these angry old white people and turn them out with these kinds of appeals and it worked. >> th...

Rational, instead they stoke them. and they lie and they mischaracterize and vilify refugees, people who are fleeing terror and say theyre bringing terror but theyre not. >> mark, can i ask you something. forgive me if you think its inappropriate. i mean it for -- with all the best intentions. what has this done to jews, especially in america? has it in an odd way is there more solidarity or is the it just a sense of overwhelming grief and loss? talk to me about that. >> you know, thats one of t...

Information on the suspects profile, gab tweeted you have our statement. deal with it. southern poverty law center said its no surprise to anyone that the shooters online home was gab. >> the first place we looked, actually. >> the suspect posted about the infestation of jus. he reposted calls for jews to get out or leave. he promoted a conspiracy theory that it is jews, helping to transport migrants on the migrant caravans in central america, repeatedly calling them invaders, using language com...

This is a game-changer. this synagogue was attacked, a, because they were views and b, because they were helping refugees. >> pure and simple. where do you go next? >> well, i mean, this is -- as i said, this is a total game-changer for us. we now have to protect ourselves in a different way in terms of physical security, which is tough for us because we want to be a welcoming environment for asylum seekers and refugees we work with and we have to pay alla lot more attention to the hate speech o...

Circumstances, but thank you for coming on and sharing your views. i appreciate it. >> thank you, chuck. >> mark hetfield, president and ceo of hias, the organization that the shooter was referencing when he decided to go in. up ahead -- do democrats really have a chance to take control of the senate? we have a couple of in polls to debut and we will break it all down at the big board next. and tank. and tiny. and this is lauras mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rol...

Thats the group that this guy was rantding about. >> joining us is matt hatfield, president and ceo of hias. mark, you found out about the massacre at a bar mitsvah service on saturday. you had no idea why your phone was businessinzzing. tell us what your organization is doing. how youre reacting. >> well, were all in a state of shock. we had a first all-star meeting. it was very strange going to work today. we represent asylum seekers, resettled refugees in new york city and in the washington, ...

You know? theyre seeking protection. theyre not coming here to terrorize us. refugees flee terror. they dont bring terror. and this is a -- the vilify case of refugees is simply promoting a myth and confusing refugees with the terror from which they flee. >> yeah. theyre the ones who hate it more than we do because its ruined their lives. mark, thank you very much. mark hetfield, president and ceo of hias. >> thank you. breaking news. another suspicious device found in an atlanta post office a...

Refugees. mark, thank you so much for being with me. i want to read this again because this is so -- you put out this statement after the shooting saying this loss is our loss. can you try to put into words what that sense of loss feels like? >> its really hard to put that into words. we are so devastated here at hias. and we can only imagine what our partners in pittsburgh are going through, what the congregation is going through, what the families are going through. we are the refugee organiza...