Beto O'Rourke Joins March, Rally In El Paso After Deadly Mass Shooting; Funerals Begin For Victims Of Dayton Massacre
WHITFIELD: Today, 2020 candidate, Beto O'Rourke, marched with members of the El Paso community left devastated by last week's mass shooting that killed 22 people. The El Paso native and others marched side by side through the streets calling for an end to what they say is President Trump's divisive rhetoric. Meantime, we also have shocking new video of the moments of that attack. But we do want to warn you these images are very upsetting.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, no.</s>WHITFIELD: The cell phone video shows the Walmart parking lot just after last weekend's shooting. You can hear some people calling for help as they lay on the ground, while others run from the scene. CNN National Correspondent, Natasha Chen, is in El Paso. People are still gathered there?</s>NATASHA CHEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Fred, they have just wrapped up. People are taking away pieces of equipment. But the one thing they've left up for us to show you are the back fences here where people were asked to sign condolences for the 22 who were killed. "Do not live in fear," it says. "Much love, prayers." But the interesting one in the middle here is a sign where they were allowed to write messages to lawmakers. This is filled. People are saying, "Say no to NRA." "We need gun reform now." And then, of course, very striking here in blue, "Their blood is on your hands." So they are putting out a strong message that they want to see some sort of action taken at the very top levels. They were referencing President Trump today as well, hoping there's some sort of accountability for the words he uses. Because they feel it has strong impact and may empower people to take action in this horrible way. Of course, presidential candidate, Beto O'Rourke, was up here speaking earlier to the crowd. He had a strong message as well.</s>BETO O'ROURKE, (D), FORMER CONGRESSMAN & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We need to remember this. Not only did El Paso bear the brunt of this hatred and this racism perpetrated not just by white nationalists and terrorists and clansmen and Neo-Nazis, but by the very president of the United States himself.</s>CHEN: After some of the speakers, people said all the 22 names of the people killed. We also heard from a woman who was injured last week. She was assisted up there with a wheelchair. She said she may be wounded, but she's going to continue and stand up to fight. So, Fred, a lot of emotional speeches today, of course, in the shadow of that building right behind us where the suspect is currently being detained.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Natasha Chen, in El Paso, Texas, thank you so much. The other deadly mass shooting that took place last weekend, just hours after what happened in El Paso, that was in Dayton, Ohio. A gunman there killed nine people. Today, several of them are being laid to rest. CNN National Correspondent, Jason Carroll, is in Dayton right now. Jason, do officials there know anything more today about what drove that 24-year-old to do what he did?</s>JASON CARROLL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Investigators say no word on a motive yet. Certainly, Fredricka, there are a number of people here in Dayton, Ohio, who want to know the reasons why. Why this all happened. But it's also about what's next for this community. And this is a community that is still very much in mourning, trying to remember those who were lost. Several funerals are going to be held for some of the victims, including the funeral for Beatrice Warren. She was 36. Also, Derrick Fudge, 57 years old. You remember the story about him. He died in his son's arms. Nicholas Cumer, 25. A graduate student. He'll be laid to rest as well today. As well as Logan Turner, 30 years old. And Monica Brickhouse, 39 years old. She was a wife and mother of two small children. Again, as this community tries to come together trying to remember those who were lost. Also trying again, investigators, to come up with some sort of motive as to why this all happened. We spoke to the city manager earlier today. She was trying to manage expectations. Basically saying we may never know a motive for why this all happened.</s>SHELLEY DICKSTEIN, CITY MANAGER, DAYTON, OHIO: The motive in these situations are extremely difficult. It's really hard to get into somebody's head. We still have no answers as to why his -- why he shot his sister and his friend. We have no answer as to why Sunday morning.</s>CARROLL: As you can see, right here, at Ned Pepper's, a lot of folks coming out to pay their respects for those who lost their lives. There's going to be an added police presence out here on the street tonight. This is a community very much, while they're mourning, still on edge. Just to give you an example of that, Fredricka, we were told earlier there's going to be a sporting event out here in Dayton. Out of respect for those who lost their lives, they won't be holding fireworks. They're not going to be setting off fireworks because the sound of that might set some people off. So still, this is very much a community very much on edge -- Fredricka?</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Jason Carroll, thank you so much, in Dayton, Ohio. So the suicide of this -- what officials are saying is the hanging of Jeffrey Epstein in his jail cell comes at a very important time in that legal case. So will it change how the case moves forward? My legal experts join me next.