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After the deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, tells CNN's Fredricka Whitfield that we must no longer stay silent when encountering hate speech. #CNN #News

Pittsburgh police report a suspect is in custody after an attack caused 'multiple casualties' at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

Since he campaigned here in his losing bid for the presidency two years ago, Bernie Sanders’s brand of politics has surged in the Pittsburgh area. It tells me that when candidates run on a progressive agenda, when they mount strong grassroots campaigns involving in this case hundreds of people, there's no way they're going to lose," Mr. Sanders told the Post-Gazette in an interview Thursday. When the Vermont senator and Democratic Socialist visits Pittsburgh this Sunday to attend a teachers’ union conference and rally with lieutenant governor candidate John Fetterman, he’ll likely ride in on a wave of momentum from the area’s leftward shift in politics, but come equipped with a message of urgency: that in the age of Donald Trump, candidates must fight even harder for the Democratic Socialist ideals of health care for all, raising the minimum wage and reforming the criminal justice system. Tom Wolf against the Republican ticket of Scott Wagner and Jeff Bartos. He said the Braddock Mayor is aware of the difficulties facing the average worker, including that real wages are declining despite low unemployment. "I think John is cognizant of all that, and is a candidate for lieutenant governor who is going to do his best not only to fight for working families, but to bring them into the political process through grassroots organizing," Mr. Sanders said, "and that is exactly what we need all over the country." The recent successes of DSA-backed state House candidates Summer Lee and Sara Innamorato serve as validation, Mr. Sanders said, that the “political revolution,” as he calls it, is picking up steam across the country. He said he was told they would both be attending this Sunday’s rally. Republicans, on the other hand, have sought to link Democratic candidates to the Democratic Socialist message, saying that the platform is unrealistic, unaffordable and disconnected from real working class Americans. Mr. Sanders said he will start his remarks by thanking teachers for making sacrifices and standing up for education, but also promote the ideas of making Pre-K universal and college more affordable.

Seth takes a moment to reflect on the recent NFL protests, his embarrassing love of the Pittsburgh Steelers and what football means to him. » Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth » Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ » Watch Late…