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Today, vice president pence speaking out against hate. many had been demanding the white house do more. heres abcs cecilia vega. >> reporter: vice president mike pence today making a surprise visit to that vandalized jewish cemetery near st. louis bullhorn in hand. >> theres no place in america for hatred, or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-semitism. >> reporter: that cemetery desecrated. more than 150 tombstones overturned. the vice president praying with workers in hebrew and pitching in...

This is also part of the plan though. they plan to hire 15,000 new immigration officers and border patrol agents, and call on local police to help with deportations, but david, how all of this gets paid for remains to be seen. >> cecilia vega leading us off. cecilia, thank you. president trump is also being asked this evening about the growing number of anti-semitic threats in the country. you saw those images from that jewish cemetery near st. louis, and authorities say that is just the begin...

There will someday be an arrest. this weekend in st. louis, missouri, in the university city neighborhood of st. louis a jewish cemetery that dates to the 1800s was the subject of another attack, nearly 200 headstones were thrown over, broken toppled in the cemetery. local press has been full of these heartbreaking pictures of people turning up at the jewish cemetery to find their grandparents headstones broken and thrown over. this comes on the heels of jewish community centers around the count...

Jewish community centers around the country facing several waves now of bomb threats and van v.a..en dahlism. the most the most recent spate happened yesterday. in st. louis, local police are investigating but there have been no arrests but look, this was part of the response online after the word got out today about what happened in that cemete cemetery. see the headline? muslims unite to repair jewish cemetery. they set a goal of raising $20,000 by march 21 to contribute to the repair and the ...

Out hate and prejudice and evil. >> reporter: trump delivering his remarks after touring the national museum of african-american history and culture. >> its a privilege to be here today. this museum is a beautiful tribute to so many american heroes. >> reporter: his comments condemning bigotry come on the heels of a spate of bomb threats and vandalism against jewish sites across the country. on monday those incidents drew sharp condemnation from the presidents daughter, ivanka trump, who is an o...

Policy that reflects the will of this nation, and im afraid the president is moving in the wrong direction. what he should be doing is coming to congress, worth with comprehensive immigration reform. our immigration system desperately needs change. the senate got it done three years ago. with the presidents leadership, you could pass comprehensive immigration reform, and that would be in everyones interest. >> i want to ask you, senator, about the threats against jewish community centers across ...

Im not interested in politics. >> reporter: what he was interested in according to analysts is living like high roller. frequenting casinos and dance clubs. >> known as playboy and gambler, spent time in southeast asia and europe traveling around but supported with kim jong-il was alive, he did support kim jong-nam, some largess to support his lifestyle. >> reporter: unclear whether kim jong-un had anything to do with his half brothers death. if he did, could have been a signal to china who may ...

Jong-nam, give him a certain amount of largesse to support his lifestyle. >> and tonight it is unclear and may remain unclear whether kim jong-un had anything to do with his half brothers death. if he did, analysts say, it could have been a signal to china, which may have been supporting kim jong-nam, or it may have been a signal to potential defectors, given the recent spate of high-profile defectors who have escaped north korea. wolf? >> good point. brian todd reporting. thank you very much. ...

Melissa mccarthy played him as a hothead on saturday night live. there were a spate of stories questioning whether he might be on trouble, a white house official tells me it president trump has given his white house secretary positive feedback. some of this, chris, being fueled by the search for a communications director, crazy for spicer to do both jobs. >> chris: who else has been on the receiving end? >> a gusher of leaks about steve bannon supposedly with too much influence and reince priebu...

>> take sean spicer after melissa mccarthy played him as a hothead on saturday night live. there were a spate of stories questioning whether he might be on trouble, a white house official tells me it president trump has given his white house secretary positive feedback. some of this, chris, being fueled by the search for a communications director, crazy for spicer to do both jobs. >> chris: who else has been on the receiving end? >> a gusher of leaks about steve bannon supposedly with too much i...