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Rooms? >> the synagogue itself, the way it was laid out with the three congregations. the one was on the main floor by the pavilion. the bris was all the way downstairs and then the tree of life service itself was in the main area. the extent of what i know is what my father told me and my mom was actually on the scene fairly quickly somewhat close by, and my dad had evacuated at that point when he believed that everyone was safe. so unfortunately i cannot speak to where geographically he moved about the synagogue, but it's entirely plausible that the gunman was able to successfully move his w...

Penalty of death. that's the charge that's going to be filed, death upon conviction, of course. in the meantime, authorities are telling us a little more about how they think this happened today. they say that robert bowers walked into that synagogue about 10:30 this morning. let's see if that's the right time. no, sorry, just before 10:00, at 9:54, and that's when they got the first calls. the police officers arrived one minute later, and they say that he was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, although many people say that they heard automatic fire. some witnesses say they heard automatic fir...

Joining us live from that vigil that is taking place in pittsburgh. there looks like to be several hundred people there behind, and most of them with umbrellas standing in the dreary, drizzly weather there. talk about what you're seeing and the people with whom you're speaking? >> reporter: we've been here for a little over 30 minutes. it's been hugely emotional. there was singing. there was chanting. there was praying. there were more than a thousand people here of all faiths. as you mentioned, this is in front of a presbyterian church near the synagogue that was attacked this morning. i'm he...

Quickly if you do that to these rifles, and also three hand guns. we don't know which weapons he used in the shooting. that's going to take some time to determine. owe talked about that synagogue being opened again. that's going to be days from now. the work that goes into reconstructing a shooting like this when it's so chaotic, that takes a long time. that synagogue is not going to be open, my guess is, for several days. he was in there for 20 minutes, came back out, engaged the police. the police chased him back in. he was hiding, and in these two exchanges of gunfire with the police, four ...

Charge that can be filed. this gets the legal process started. it gives them authority to continue to hold him pending trial and whether he's ultimately tried on state or federal charges will be resolved down the road. >> pete williams, as always many thanks for your insight and expertise, in particular in a story like this. right now i'm joined on the phone by zachary weiss, who attends the tree of life synagogue. fortunately zachary was not there this morning. however, his father was, and so first question to you, zachary with my thanks for joining me. is your father okay? >> well, thank you...