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Israel and gaza over the weekend, and specifically over the sabbath. that was already on the minds of israeli leaders. just as the sabbath was ending, news of the shooting came to israel. so it was coming out of a day of rest. coming out of what already a tense weekend. that israeli leaders suddenly had this to deal with, this horrific synagogue shooting. and that just moments after word of the shooting and the news of what had happened, came to israel, and came to the prime ministers office, he...

Have already done, because this is an incredible response. for good reason of course. this taking place just this morning. just after 10:00. people coming to the synagogue for service to begin around 9:45. this community has really been shaken up, james. >> absolutely. as art was talking about, the different phases of these types of incidents. the first thing is to stop whoevers trying to kill and hurt people. thats the first thing. the second thing is immediately attend to the wounded. get peop...

Or racial discrimination are handled i think with special care. this investigation will be in good hands. >> another response coming in from the israels ambassador to the united nations, danny danon responding by saying this incident, we all feel the pain of the jews at the service. we will all stand together like a rock against hatred and against those who try to harm jews all over the world. the ambassador adding, i send condolences to the family of the murders and speedy recovery for the woun...

We stand together with the jewish community of pittsburgh. we stand together with the american people in the face of this horrendous anti-semitic brutality, and we all pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded. and the president of the united states also saying earlier, you know, that if, had some kind of protection been at the synagogue, there would be a very different situation. is that something to ponder right now? what are your thoughts on the reaction coming from these two leaders, count...

Wounded. here is what israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say in response. >> i was heart broken and appalled by the murder ous attack on a pittsburgh synagogue today. the entire people of israel grieve with the families of the dead. we stand together with the jewish community of pittsburgh, we stand together with the american people, in the face of this horrendous anti-semitic brutality. and we all pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded. >> joining me now is cnns correspondent...

Grief on this terrible tragic day. jean casarez in pittsburgh for us and over at one of the hospitals where at least some of the wounded are being treated. jean, the mayor of pittsburgh just told us a few minutes ago that they will release the names of those 11 who were killed tomorrow. what do we know in the meantime? >> reporter: in the meantime, we know theres six surviving victims. we are right outside the university of pittsburgh medical center. this is a level one trauma center. there is a...

The entire people of israel grieve with the families of the dead. we stand together with the jewish community of pittsburgh. we stand together with the american people in the face of this horrendous anti-semetic brutality and we all pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded. >> reporter: we are waiting on the number of confirmed dead. were also waiting on the status of the victim who -- or the suspect, rather, who was also reportedly taken to an area hospital. police in major cities, new york ...

Scene right now, and i dont know at this stage as to whether theres an actual barricade, but we do know that they are tending to the wounded and the dead on that scene. so it tells me that they got a -- some control of that crime scene. charles: to your point, we heard from local reporting that some of the folks who were in the synagogue were rescued out of the basement and some from the atrium and others may be barricaded in other parts of the synagogue. the tree of life synagogue. its in the s...

Duties of protecting others, taking care of the wounded and it will be days before we hear all of those stories. with that we can bring in former fbi special agent, member of fbi, hostage rescue team, greg schaffer. greg, specifically to this situation that conceivably a call went out that there was a shooter, one or two police officers arrived on the scene and then we had this massive swat team response. from what youve been able to glean, how did they handle it, what do you make of multiple sh...

The gunshots rang out. and now so many families are wondering if their loved ones are among the dead, if their loved ones are among the wounded. having covered too many of these, the grief an anguish on loved ones face as they head to the crime scenes, you will see. on the left-hand side of the screen we are seeing the agriculture secretary taking the stage before the president takes the stage. gillian: as we await the president, we know that very, very imminently here were going to be getting n...