1 Passover Marred By Deadly Shooting At San Diego Synagogue
As worshippers convened at a synagogue in a San Diego suburb for Passover services at the Chabad of Poway on Saturday, their celebration was horrifically cut short by a gunman. In the end, one woman was killed and several others were injured. And today? That woman – 60-year-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye – will be laid to rest. Witnesses say Gilbert-Kaye put herself between the gunman and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein and in a truly ironic turn, Gilbert-Kaye was at the temple on the last day of Passover to honor the memory of her late mother. Goldstein said Gilbert-Kaye didn't deserve to die and will always be remembered as a woman who gave back to her community. Speaking to reporters, Rabbi Goldstein says the gun used by the 19-year-old suspect miraculously jammed and an off-duty Border Patrol agent jumped up into action and chased the gunman off. The rabbi said he was frozen in time when he saw the devastation the gunman left behind. He stresses that the Jewish community will remain strong amid terrorism.
2 Pope Donates 500K To Help Migrants
The Pope is donating 500-thousand dollars to help Central American migrants. The Vatican saysthe Pope's donation will be split among 27 projects in Mexico and will be used for housing, food, and necessities for the migrants. In a statement, the Vatican said nearly 75-thousand Central American migrants are stranded in Mexico, and the Catholic Church hosts thousands of those migrants in hotels. Pope Francis has called for a compassionate approach to migration. The money will come from the Catholic Church's Peter's Pence fund, from church collections around the world.
3 Trump: It's Like “Disneyland” Now At The Southern Border
President Trump says a great economy and weak immigration laws have led to an increase of immigrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border. In an interview with Fox News' “Sunday Morning Futures” today, Trump said the situation is "like Disneyland now." And about those “family separations?” Trump noted that in the past, people got separated and it would see them make choice not to go to the border. Trump said now people don't get separated and "while that sounds nice and all, what happens is you have literally ten times more families coming up because they're not going to be separated from their children." The President also blamed Democrats for not voting with Republicans on tougher immigration laws, saying "it could take 15 minutes."