How Portland Is Reacting To Friday's Stabbing Attack

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May 29, 2017

A heart-shaped wreath covered with positive messages hangs on a traffic light pole at a memorial for two bystanders who were stabbed to death Friday, while trying to stop a man who was yelling anti-Muslim slurs and acting aggressively toward two young women, including one wearing a Muslim head covering, on a light-trail train in Portland, Ore, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Gillian Flaccus/AP)

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In Portland, Oregon, the man arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of two men and the injury of a third will be arraigned Tuesday. According to witnesses, Jeremy Christian was making racist comments to two teens, one wearing a hijab, on a light rail train in Portland Friday afternoon. When three men tried to stop him, he pulled out a knife and attacked them.

Here & Now's Robin Young gets the latest from Noelle Crombie (@noellecrombie), who has been covering the story for The Oregonian.

This segment aired on May 29, 2017.

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