You too, ali. See you later. Good afternoon, everybody, im ali velshi. Keep your stories close to your heart. Thats a reminder from Diane Rosenthal as she sent her last goodbyes to her brothers today. 59yearold Cecil Rosenthal 5rks 4yearold David Rosenthal, two victims killed in the senseless massacre targeting jewish people at the try of life synagogue in pittsburgh. Today mourners lined up to pay their respects to both. Cecil and David Rosenthal as well as a doctor who was shot and killed trying to help others during saturdays attack. These three people are the first of 11 victims who will be buried in the aftermath of what is said to be the deadliest antisemitic attack in american history. President trump is on his way to pittsburgh this hour, despite more than 74,000 people signing a petition by jewish leaders in pittsburgh stating the president was not welcome in the city unless he outright denounced White Nationalism and the targeting of minorities. Despite the mayors pleas to the president , delay your trip, the mayor is saying, our attention and focus is going to be on them. We dont have Public Safety. But we can take away from what is needed in order to be at both. Joining me now, nbc News White House correspondent peter alexander, whos in pittsburgh. Peter . Ali g. Dood day to you. We expect to see the president here in pittsburgh over the next couple of hours as he prepares to depart washington, d. C. Over the course of this day i have seen long funeral processions as they arrive here burying three members of this con congregation over me, behind me. You may see younger men from this community that are more original b orthodox views. They were saying prayers of mourning today. What struck me in advance of the president s arriving, some people dont believe his visit, many we spoke to today, said his visit will not make the situation better here. I spoke to the nephew of daniel stein. He while going to one of the funerals today told me that the president s comments immediately after this massacre were, in his words, inappropriate. His suggestion that the congregation could have better protected itself if it had armed guards. He said to me, among other things, it felt like a stab in the back. Just some of the language were hearing from some of the individuals here. We know the four top congressional leaders, democrats and republicans alike, have said they will not be coming here to join the president at his invitation, as i speak to you right now. We are hearing some woman yelling. Theres fierce debate right now. There are fights even among the Jewish Community over how they should honor the lives of those lost here. But, ali, its also the mayor, a democrat, the county executive, a democrat, and the governor who will not be participating in the president s visit here. The rabbi of this congregation said President Trump was welcome, but he himself will not meet with the president when he arrives. We still dont know exactly whats on President Trumps itinerary at this time. It remains a closely held secret. All sf ali . Peter, thank you very much. Right before his trip, the president revealed a controversial part of his plan, immigration push ahead of the midterms. In an interview with axios, the president said he intended to sign an executive order that would end birthright citizenship. You can definitely do it with an act of congress, but now theyre saying i can do it just with an execute order. How ridiculous, were the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits. All right, the Washington Post and a whole lot of others say the president is wrong. First of all, 30 other countries practice birthright citizenship. Not everybody does. But more importantly theres a question of constitutionality. The 14th amendment said all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction there of are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. Just listen to what the president of the National Constitutional center told me earlier, the reason why we have birthright citizenship in america. We have it because were not europe. Europe had this idea of blood, you sanguous, if youre born somewhere, your blood entitles you to citizenship. We totally rejected that. The whole idea of the civil war is the presence of this country where you come to voluntarily that can base citizenship and thats why were an open society, open to all immigrants. It really was the point of the civil war to reject this attempt the president is trying to resurrect. With me now is michael wildes, managing partner at wildes and weinberg, representing Melania Trump on immigration battles and author of safe haven to america battles to open the american door. Thank you for being here. Its not an entirely open question. There are some legal scholars who say there are ways in which you can interrupt the 14th amendment in which the president by executive order or congress can do certain things, but its the president said i dont need to make a constitutional amendment n truth, its not easy to deny people citizenship if theyre born in the United States. I dont know where the president is getting advice. In all truth, with respect to my client mrs. Trump and her family, the president can only issue an executive order if congress is silent, if there is no authority, or they have ceded authority to the president. Here its expressly in the constitution. Article one, section eight, Congress Shall establish uniform role of naturalization. Look at the 14th amendment, the reconstruction amendments, 13, abolishing slavery, 14th, concentrating on civil rights, codifying a person born here is a citizen and 15, giving Voting Rights. The Supreme Court in a famous case in 1898 gives the whole notion, there was a chinese exclusion act that a child that was born to somebody who wasnt legally here, they could have become citizens, is a citizen. The 19512 Walter Mccarron act codifies it further declaring 8usc1401, a person born in the United States is a u. S. Citizen. This whole argument is a false narrative. A child that comes into america cannot sponsor theyre parent until theyre 21. There are protections in the law. If that childs parent did not come in legally, they can never be sponsored properly. So this is all again more banter to get people to the midterm election. Thats exactly what i was going to say. Weve had this conversation with legal experts like you, all of whom who say very similar and very smart things you have said, the president , this is red meat, its silly. But there are actual reasons why americans should study or at least know that the 14th amendment exists and take pride in the fact that is how america decided to build a country. This isnt an accident. This isnt some technicality to the amendment of the constitution. This is meaningful. No, its by design and it has legal effect. If you reverse it, well go from 12 unlawfully present people to 24 and well have a cast system where certain people cannot do certain things, and we will go in a completely different culture and environment. Interesting case comes to my father, whos an immigration lawyer also. A plane is flying over, an american man flag plane. A child is born on the plane. The child, when it lands, is an american citizen. The mother doesnt. We already have challenges. That child cannot sponsor mom until 21 years later and mom has to get her affairs in order. Look, the president knows that this is expressly there. He is trying to perform. I do not believe him to be a big and im not here to defend the president , im here to say this president versus u sanguine, we want uniformity. Isnt this beautiful that means what . Blood. We dont want to model a lot of it. We have a little bit of use of sanguane in our system. Blood relatives and forth. But the idea of blood relatives is not problematic, its the exclusive way in which you deal with it. Isnt it charming somebody who gives birth to a child here and, again, the notion of an anchor baby, i have never seen a woman come into our office so 21 years later she can be sponsored but the notion the president of the United States if theyre born in america could have been born to anybody. The fact is this golden experiment, my book is called americas golden doors, safe haven in america. Our doors need to be hinged open. With the kind of language and rhetoric were taking now, were slamming them. We want to close them on people that would cause us harm but this is just another one in i think poor taste before an election. This is theater, ladies and gentlemen. Dont are scared t will. It will go away. If people vote. The managing partner and author of safe haven to america battles to open the golden door. As we talk about america, a lot of attention is on texas and in particular latino voters there. To explain why, mariana atensio joins me now. Mariana, good afternoon. Good afternoon to you, ali. Im in the seventh Congressional District here in texas. This was a seat that was solidly red for decades, ali. In fact, it was held by george h. Bush 1966 and been in republican hands ever since. Now with the changing demographic, you still have collegeeducated whites, 14 africanamericans and 30 latinos. Democrats are are seeing perhaps their chances that they can get latinos to turn, flipping the seat blue. We have been speaking to latinos on the ground here for more than a day now about the issues that are motivating them to vote and vote early. Most of them tell us its health care, its the economy, its local issues ali like Hurricane Harvey relief, and also, of course, immigration. Were all sensing an underlying current here on the ground with some latinos and the fact some of them are feeling disenfranchised, like they dont belong, like their vote doesnt count almost. Theyre not a part of the process. In fact, Pugh Research center, and im hoping you can show these numbers to your audience there, they came up with a poll and it states basically latinos feel like their position in this country is as bad as it was ten years ago during the great recession. Now, a lot of that here on the ground in texas could also have a lot to do with outreach. The fact some of the folks we have been speaking to, they tell us their doors have not been knocked on, theyre not really informed about the candidates or the issues. I want to play two soundbites for you from two latino voters who expressed this to us here in the congressional seventh. Lets listen. I just feel im not really wanting to get involved with the politics anymore. Saying what they say out there and coming in office and doing something completely different. It feels almost irrelevant to even waste my time. They just need the information at the front of the door, but they have not taken the time to reach out and let them know what are their options that they have out there . What does that say about the importance of the latino vote here in texas . Well, it says that theres a lack of information in it. And that the candidates are not reaching out to the to the latino voters. And we need do that. We have been seeing canvassers on the ground, ali, especially the Texas Organizing project, and they tell us if you really approach latinos, if youre personable with them, if you talk with them about why the issues matter, remember latinos like the familiarity, you can convince them and engage them in the voting process. But it remains to be seen whether democrats have the funding and, frankly, the infrastructure at this point six days out to be able to make a change. Ali . Thank you, and thank you for pointing out latinos are neither monolithic nor is immigration at the top of everybodys list of concerns, like everybody else. Theyre concerned about health care and theyre concerned about the economy. I think its important to understand that when we talk about groups of any sort in america. Mariana, thank you for your excellent reporting from houston. Coming up, our road warrior blitz with seven days to go before the midterms, were going to ohio for a firsthand look for republican volunteers as they fan over the phone and hit the side walks to get their candidates detected. Were looking at how effective that ground game has been. Plus, early stretching for tennessee and voting is turning out nearly levels as we saw in the 2016 president ial election. How the recent events dominating the news are influencing voters. We will be back after the break. Another antiwrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® works in just one week. With the fastest retinol formula available. Its clinically proven to work on fine lines and wrinkles. One week . That definitely works rapid wrinkle repair®. And for dark spots, rapid tone repair. Neutrogena®. See whats possible. That skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and Customer Service are critical to business success. Like the ones we teach here, every day. 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Remember he got the job when Elizabeth Warren didnt is battling the attorney general in the race to exceed the term limit government john kasich. Nbcs Shaquille Brewster is just south of dayton with a look how the campaigns are working to get the people to the polls. Shaquille . Hello there, we have brandnew information from the secretary of States Office here in ohio. Across the state 737,000 have been cast, 1. 2 million requested, an increase from what we saw in 2014. But theres also a more competitive rate here in ohio this time around. Look behind me. You have volunteers making calls. Theyre making direct pitches to voters, sort of a closing message as were about a week way from election day. I want to bring in blaine kelly. Hes from ohios republican party. Blaine, what are they saying as they make these calls . Right now were a week way from election day. Our closing message to the people in ohio is, look, here in ohio our economy is booming. We have the most jobs we have ever seen in the state of ohio and thats because of Public Policies and were going to continue that here in ohio. So our message is over the last eight years, the republicans have made this economy strong and were going to continue to build on that over the next four years if you allow us to do that again. Blaine, this is a state President Trump won in 2016. Its also a state President Trump just tweeted his endorsement for mike dewine. Why is this race so close . We have polling that shows it neck in neck . Everybody knows ohio is the constituental swing state in the country. Thats something we expected going into this race and we are confident after november 6th, mike dewine will come out on top. Tell me i will toss this to ali quickly but i want to mention Vice President pence will be here tomorrow, Lindsey Graham tomorrow night. Donald trump will make a final stop here in ohio. Can you tell everyone is having all hands on deck. In effort in the final week. Everyone also takes ohio seriously. Shaquille, good to see you. Early voting is under way in tennessee, where the u. S. Senate race could play a role who controls that chamber next year. Marsha blackburn is facing off against former democratic governor phil bretterson to fill the seat left by republican senator bob corker, whos retiring. Nbcs katie beck is at a early voting location in nashville. Im sure you have the breaking news that taylor swift cast her ballot for phil bredsen. But theres other stuff going on in tennessee too . Big news for millennials, that was a resounding endorsement from her, giving bredsen her endorsement several weeks ago and posting again today that picture of her and her mother hoping to influence Younger Voters. And there have been a number of young voters heading into the polls. Early voting has seen a massive surge as in other states. 150,000 early voters in the state of tennessee and whats driving interest is the hotly contested senate race in trump country, where trump won by 26 points in 2016, theyre in a neck in neck race. Polls are showing over the past few weeks blackburn has a slight advantage, four, fivepoint lead but not Strong Enough to convince anyone of which way this race was going to go. Honestly, the republicans will be the key. Moderate republicans, are they going to give democrat phil bredsen a chance . Is he going to be able to convince them hes a moderate candidate that can do the job . We did speak to Small Business owners, conservatives who say they