Mel wax. he was peering through the sanctuary doors when the gunman ultimately killed him. she diabetes seeing him fall to the ground, and she said the toughest part for her was actually when she was escorted by police officers when they finally arrived at the sanctuary, and escorted her out of the building. and she had to walk over mel s body in a pool of blood, and she quietly said good-bye to him. and, chris, this comes after a powerful and chilling day of testimony yesterday as we got the opening statements from both sides. we also heard dispatch 911 audio from some of the initial calls that came in. one of them from bernie symon who was pleading for help as she was describing her husband bleeding out next to her. there was one moment when the phone goes silent, and then you just hear gunfire and screaming and ultimately we found out from dispatcher, she was among the victims as well. and we also heard just emotional testimony from a rabbi who survived the attack, but was
State. we re a sanctuary city. we re not cooperating with ice and we don t appreciate the ice raids. i m going to push back. martha: and now they sound very different on this issue. now that those open sanctuary doors have led to thousands of people in some cases coming to their city, which they said they were completely open to and wanted to provide an open door for. now here s how they sound today. we re completely tapped out. we have no more space, no more resources and frankly we re already in a surge. it s irresponsibility of those that allow them to come to a country and not build the infrastructure to allow them to pursue that dream. martha: you can see how this is happening. when it was the border governors and mayors that were pleading for help from other places in the country, they were roundly ignored as the wide open border saw 2.75 million migrant encounters coming across the border last fiscal year.
Not long at all. you would normally see parishioners coming and going from the first baptist church of sutherland springs back here. but on this day, flags remain at half staff. as you can see, and the black tar fence is still up around the property with law enforcement posted outside. this morning, talk about the powerful moment. less than one mile from the spot in a wet baseball field is where members of this church and big strangers, a crowd of almost 500 people held their sunday worship services. it can is the time that the gunman flew through the sanctuary doors changing this community forever. but the pastor here who happened to be out of town with his wife last sunday, frank, maury, stresses that it is faith getting them through
Later. at camellia lane, it is possible as you are hearing other land springs, a place where everyone pretty much knows everyone. on a typical sunday morning, around a week ago this time, you would normally have parishioners knowing about out here in front of the first baptist church of southerland springs. on this day, you can see live the flags remain at half staff and a black t.a.r.p. fence still up around the property with one person posted outside. less than a mile from the start in a wet baseball field is where members are worshiping today. a powerful service which began close to bedtime a gun man blew through their sanctuary doors come in changing this community forever. the pastor here who have been to be out of town with his wife last sunday, frank komori stresses faith is what will get them through this.
64, they were among the first funerals this community will endure in the coming days. back out here live a community that is extremely small and tight nit and you can see it has not been quiet today. people strolling through and stopping at the crosses back there. there are 26, one for each of the victims. we are told that normally saturdays are pretty quiet around here in a town where everybody basically knows everybody, but today hundreds have filed through paying their respects. tragedy like this reminds you that we need to stick together and that s the only way that we can overcome these things. now tomorrow the first baptist church here of sutherland springs will reopen its sanctuary doors to the media and to the public. they have been heart hard at