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Rascoe was "a mensch [and] he got his hands dirty — he didn’t just talk the talk, he walked the walk.”

The chevra kadisha met over Zoom, but this week they went to a cemetery to rectify the situation.

Progressive jewish leaders also pushed back, calling on president trump to denounce white nationalism before coming to pittsburgh. in the wake of all this the president is refusing to take any blame for his tone and rhetoric. let's discuss now. rabbi chuck diamond is here. he's the former rabbi at tree of life. also dr. jonathan weinkle, who lives in the neighborhood of the tree of life synagogue and knew several of the victims. thank you so much for joining us. i am so sorry that you guys are having to deal with this. our hearts go out to you. i can't believe that you even can come on tonight...

And then some of us -- i've been very busy from the time i heard about the shooting and at night when i go home that's sort of when it hits me. so each day is sort of tougher and tougher. tomorrow starts a new period for us. the period of morning. the first funerals. and our main goal is to comfort the mourners, to honor the victims. the community has been fantastic. we have a wonderful community in pittsburgh. jonathan, one of our finest citizens, what we call a mensch. but there are many like him. the support has just been overwhelming for us. >> good. i'm glad you spoke of a positive thing ...