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Jewish faith, a newborn boy eight days old. when you think about the unfolding tragedy, that is police officers, we seem them walking with heavy weapons and dealing with families that are grieving, families that lost loved ones and families that don't know whether they've lost loved ones, as the scene is being contained, what are police doing to try and identify the victims and let people know, your family member was hurt, your family member was killed, your family member is okay? >> first thing that happens normally in these scenes is the preservation of the crime scene, leland, that's where ...

Happening there. and former prosecutor david dipietro joining us live from fort lauderdale, florida. thanks for your time and being flexible. we know we booked you to talk about something entirely different, but thanks for sticking with us. can you tell us what's likely going on behind the scenes right now in terms of law enforcement? we know that local law enforcement were the first responders on the scene, but i can only imagine that now pour soon hereafter we're bringing in state level, bringing in the feds. can you tell me about that process? >> absolutely, on a case like this, it goes fro...

That if anyone has any information regarding the investigation that they also call that (412)432-4400 and that will put you in contact with the fbi. >> can you tell us what the situation was in there, how many people were inside? >> i don't have that answer. i do not want to give you -- my understanding is there was a service occurring. [inaudible conversations] >> that is correct. however, we are setting up a very hard perimeter around the crime scene and we ask, you know, individuals to stay away from that, so there will be a very secure presence around the crime scene just to protect the in...

First thing law enforcement did when they broke on the scene was to secure the surrounding environment to make sure that everybody who lives nearby or works nearby sheltered in place. tell us about that. what that means. >> it's not exactly shelter in place what you're looking for. always remember that even a modestly powered firearm common ly handgun, they're going to penetrate household construction materials god forbid if you're in a situation where people tell you to stay inside. you don't want to stay to the side of the house, you go to the basement or somewhere with cover. a bullet can g...

Enforcement started moving to try to process what was happening at that scene and so this is a coordinated effort. since 9/11, leland we have found that law enforcement officers are federal, state and local law enforcement officers have coordinated for these kind of unfortunate events. leland: all right, ted williams, we appreciate it, standby for a second, 1:00 o'clock eastern time to reset for those just joining us. we are about 3 hours now in continuing coverage of the shooting at the extra of life synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 10:00 a.m. eastern. eastern part of pittsburgh, one pe...