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And their appreciation for two very special individuals. gary tuchman joins us now for that. you went to the funerals for david and cecil. it's amazing to me the outpouring of people who went. i mean, filling up the synagogue for them. >> david and cecil were loved. cecil 59, david 54, belonged to the synagogue. loved going here. a mile away from here in another sin zbog called rodef shalom more than 1,000 seats every seat full. and more than 150 people standing in the back and standing on the sides. >> i heard more than 100 members past and present of the steelers came. >> and that was remark...

>> the heart of squirrel hill is forbes and murray. we should change the names of the streets. one being cecil and one being david. if we can't do that, then there should be a park. okay, that for cecil and david. their memory should be continued forever. >> i don't have any recollections of being at the tree of life and cecil not being there. he was there before you got there. before i got there. he was usually the one to open the door for me and many i family. and he was the one to reserve my seat for me and my family when we sat in the back with the rabbi's family. and if i happened to step...

Two funerals were held today, one for dr. jerry rabinowitz and then the brothers cecil and david rosenenthal. also today president trump's visit and the protest that met him here. it was unprecedented for a president of the united states not to be welcomed by everybody at a moment like this. and although it will be a focus tonight, it will neither be the sole focus nor the thing that we look at first. which is why we begin tonight and it's really our privilege to with a closer look at how friends and neighbors, celebrities, even total strangers expressed their love and their appreciation for t...

The synagogue. loved going here. a mile from here, more than 1,000 seats, every seat full. and more than 150 people standing in the back and standing on the sides. >> i heard more than 100 members past and present of the steelers came. >> and that is remarkable. the steelers are very important institution in this city. and more than 100 former players and current players came in for the viewing where the caskets were in front. and the ownership, art rooney ii came in also. these are important people in the community. they wanted to pay respects. it's important to mention, these two brothers we...

And everyone loved them. cecil was an usher at the synagogue. everyone saw them -- everyone saw him -- >> the unofficial greeters, apparently. >> right. during the eulogy today, their sister and brother-in-law spoke. and the brother-in-law said that cecil could have been the mayor of squirrel hill if he wanted to be. that's how popular he was. but during the eulogy, the sister and brother-in-law said they were kind. they were thoughtful. they were gentle giants. they were big guys. but they were nonjudgemental. and they were very innocent. and that's the important thing. they just loved life a...