"I spent every Saturday for the last 35 years in this synagogue. Today my wife was sick and she asked me to stay home. I am in a state of shock, " -- Rabbi (Emeritus) Alvin Berkun, Tree of Life Synagogue
#Pittsburgh
#Pittsburghshooting
@KDKA
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Former Pres of Pittsburgh Synagogue under attack says:
-- 3 different congregations hold service in 3 different areas of this building
-- Shabbat service began 945am
-- 20-30 people typically in building
-- Bris ceremony was slated to take place this am for an infant
#Breaking
Pittsburgh Synagogue latest:
-- Bris (baby's circumcision ceremony) & morning service was taking place this morning.
-- Tree of Life is a conservative synagogue
-- 4 other synagogues in the area
-- 4 people killed in main area of synagogue
-- 3 killed in basement
#CBSN
Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting latest:
-- 7 dead possibly as many as 3 police officers
-- 8 people shot. Possibly more fatalities.
-- Services started at 945 am
-- People were shot in basement
-- Still ACTIVE SHOOTING
Live coverage:
Timeline of Tree of Life Synagogue shooting:
9:54 am Call came in active shooter in synagogue
9:55 am Officers dispatched
2 First-Responder officers injured (stable condition)
2 SWAT injured during fight (stable condition)
11 DEAD
No Children.
6 injured (including police)
NZ Police Commissioner Mike Bush:
- Death toll goes from 49 to 50
- 3 people arrested (including suspected shooter)
- 1 person released
- 1 person charged
- Still working out how many people were involved
- All families of the dead have been notified
#49lives
The exchange highlighted that one of the presidential candidates has empathy and the other thinks of addiction as a moral failing. Here,
@MollyJongFast
on why "addiction as a moral failing is a totally antiquated notion."
These are texts from a woman who lives on Martha’s Vineyard year-round. They got so many volunteers to help, including AP Spanish students from a local high school, that they had to turn them away…
BREAKING: “The last health care center providing abortions may be shutdown in Missouri this Friday,” exclusive reporting by
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. More CBSN.
@PPFA
Q: Does US have have obligation to de-escalate?
Esper: We are not the ones who escalated this over 40 years and past several months. It's been Iran & proxies. Ball is in their court. What they do next will determine subsequent actions.
And you know what else... when I took over from her in Jerusalem, she handed me every source she had in the city w/ their phone numbers. Gave me a list of required books to read. She also instructed her 2 best friends to look out for me. Who does that in this industry?
Fox News’s
@JenGriffinFNC
has gotten attention from competitors — and tens of thousands of new Twitter followers — for her critical reporting on Trump’s Syria withdrawal:
BREAKING—Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine is 70% effective overall. But one of its dosing regimens of low-then-high yields 90% effectiveness.
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A man who grew up in the projects was just nominated Education Secy by
@JoeBiden
. Dr. Miguel Cardona: "Education has been a wilted rose, neglected in need of care. We must be the master gardeners to cultivate it." God speed
@teachcardona
. You helped my kids. Now it's our country
Time lapse me setting up home studio for
@CBSNews
. Took my 9-year old boy, neighbor, & writer husband
@KevinPeraino
. (I am still married to him. Live from home not easy.)
Pittsburgh Synogogue shooting:
-- 4 dead
-- 8 shot
-- Gunman still shooting from 3rd floor of synagogue
-- Universities in area under lock-down in Squirrel Hill area.
CBSN Live coverage w/
@KDKA
“…he was so close to bin Laden at times that ‘I could have killed him with a rock.’ “
We’ll never know the names/faces in the intel world who help daily to keep us safe. Here’s an exception. Still so many stories left untold.
"He ran for President,. I run out of bounds. I have flowing locks and well he didnt. How does this unlikely pair become friends? Thats just who he is."--Larry Fitzgerald, wide receiver who plays for McCain’s beloved
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#NorthPhoenixBaptistChurch
#McCain
#CBSN
74 year-old woman will be running the financial world. Why are there lists for top people under 30 but nothing applauding folks crushing it in their 70s?
Pres Trump: This is an amazing outcome (Turkey ceasefire). This is an outcome regardless how press is trying to damp it down. They needed a little rough love at beginning.
My 8 year-old & I are in the bookstore. He is so upset. “Mommy pls do not get your own copy of the Mueller Report. Daddy is going to get it for you for Mother’s Day.”
Susan Zirinsky. Smartest producer in the room. Never carried herself that way. Humble. Ultimate journalist. Beloved by people at the bottom of the mountain equally as much as those at the top. We’re all rooting for you,
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. You won’t need luck.
My son took me to a
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dealership for Mother’s Day. He is 11. He loved the test drive. But he was blown away by something else. I told him writing letters & taking action is important. He came home & wrote this. Asked me to send it to the boss. Guess that’s you
@elonmusk
.
The entire CBSN control room just witnessed my son asking if I am the Easter bunny or if he is real. You can’t make this up. Now the control room can’t stop texting me about it.
#AlwaysOn
This VP debate can be summed up by the lyrics of two songs depending on where you stand:
“Pretty fly for a white guy” or “I don’t want no fly guy.”
#VPDebate2020
My son says this shirt is inappropriate to wear while doing the news. I told him... but we are having the Mayor of Tampa on today
@JaneCastor
! Will also be talking Super Bowl &
@TomBrady
&
@RobGronkowski
.
"My daughter is still trapped in a closet. I told her not to call me. I dont want them to hear her. She saw bodies and blood all over the floor."- Father w/ daughter trapped inside Fl HS.
1.)
@cbsnews
has obtained photos of how ER doctors are creating make-shift supplies. The images across America are incredible. I will tweet them out. They are begging
@realDonaldTrump
to federalize the supply chain & enforce the Defense Production Act.
#GetUsPPE
#FreeThePPE
Honored to be sworn in as your Surgeon General. I owe this day to my family who has guided & supported me every step of the way. I stand ready to work with you to end this pandemic & build a world where good health is within everyone’s grasp. Follow
@Surgeon_General
for updates.
Personal news: My daughter has been promoted to CEO of Lunchboxes (in my home). Bonus structure includes LOL dolls. (Had to example what a CEO is and bonus structure).
Politically is there a difference btw Sandy Hook & Parkland?
@sandyhook
Mom
@NicoleHockley
“I do feel the difference bcoz there’s a difference btw adults advocating for their children versus children advocating for themselves. These are articulate teenagers...”
@FaceTheNation
Wealth, power, & philanthropy. The super wealthy have an inordinate amount of power over public life through their charities. But is it good for society?
@AnandWrites
joins me on
@therecount
Daily pod today. Listen:
She never made TV news about herself. It was always the story & the news. She spent zero time thinking, “How can I make myself look great on Instagram?” It’s all about celebrity in TV News these days.
@JudyWoodruff
“There’s a pall over the stadium. But all we care about is Damar and his family,” says
@saltersl
getting emotional. She gave the best report of the night.
@espn
Three months ago Japanese PM
#ShinzoAbe
wrote this op-ed in the
@latimes
: U.S. must make clear to the world it will defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion.
“Mom how do I fast-forward the commercials?”
Me: “You can’t. This is live TV. This is how Mommy watched cartoons as a girl.”
Daughter: “I feel sorry for you.”