Two Cities in Mourning

<p>President Trump traveled on Wednesday to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, where mass shootings killed 31 people. Our colleagues described the scene in both cities. Guests: Mitch Smith, who covers the Midwest for The New York Times, and Michael Crowley, a White House correspondent. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>President Trump began a day set aside for healing in Dayton and El Paso by lashing out at rivals,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/politics/trump-el-paso-dayton-shootings.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> using the kind of divisive language that prompted protests</a> in both cities even before he arrived.</li><li>Across El Paso,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/el-paso-trump-escobar.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> </a>some residents <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/el-paso-trump-escobar.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">worried that Mr. Trump’s visit might do more harm than good</a>.</li></ul>