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Argument. but he says during this hearing he plans to call no witnesses and to present no mitigating evidence. prosecutors on the other hand plan to call as many as 38 peincluding relatives of the nine parishioners who died after the white supremeist opened fired at the church back in june of 2015. >> bill: what does roof and his decision dismiss his attorneys and defense team and gone back and forth on this as you know throughout the course of the trial. what does it say about him? >> you know,...

That doesnt mean hes not competent to actually defend himself. >> okay. hes not going to call any witnesses and hes going to present no evidence. so is that part of the competency hearing actually? will the judge try to determine what exactly dylann roof wants to do in court and base his decision on that? >> reporter: he will in part look at the strategy of what dylann roof is trying to accomplish by being his own counsel. this is not a circus proceeding. the judge has the responsibility to pres...

If he represents himself and he has a sixth amendment right to do so, he could on cross examination confront the survivors as well as the family members of the people he murdered. >> right. that wont be good before the jurors deciding whether he gets the death penalty. >> that will alienate the jury. >> they will have no sympathy for him whatsoever. >> behind closed doors right now, the judge is holding a competency hearing. you may recall before the guilt phase he did the same thing, determined...

Dylann roof says his competency hearing will be closed to the public. roof is defending himself in the penalty phase of the trial. the judge said opening the hearing to the public could hamper roofs right to a fair trial. president-elect trump is speaking out on the staggering murder rate in chicago this past year. tweeting, chicago murder rate is record-setting. 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016. if mayor cant do the job -- cant do it, he must ask for federal help. trumps commen...

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The judge overseeing the case ruled todays competency hearing -- in todays competency hearing to determinehether roof can continue as his own attorney. he ruled that will be closed to the public. the judge will allow him to interact with witnesses during the sentencing phase. president obama and the first family arrived back at the white house today after their vacation in hawaii. the president also announcing hell be giving a farewell address in his home city of chicago next tuesday. ron alle...

It comes a day after roof, who will represent himself in the penalty phase, said he would gift an opening statement but not call witnesses or submit any evidence. the competency hearing is set for monday. roof faces the death penalty for killing nine black parishioners at a charleston church last year. in this weeks "beyond the call of duty," nick survived being shot in baton rouge back in july and hi recovery is nothing less than miraculous. cnns ed lavandera has the remarkable story of the dep...

Lets check our top stories. a texas mother dies and her two young daughters are hurt after falling from a chair lift in colorado, according to our affiliate kcnc. the family fell 20 feet into the snow while on vacation at a small ski resort about 90 miles west of denver. no word at this point on what exactly caused the family to fall. the accident is of course under investigation. a south carolina judge is ordering charleston church shooter dylann roof to undergo a second competency evaluation...

Tomorrow will come closing arguments to the jury. theyll decide the fate of the killer who confessed to killing nine innocent people in an historically african-american south carolina church. chilling surveillance video shows roof walk into the emanuel ame church on june 17th of last year, prayed with a bible study group and went on his rampage. nick valencia is covering the trial. nick, the defense tried to call two mental health experts to the stand but we did not hear from them. why not? >> r...

There are already questions about the proceedings. lets discuss now, jeffrey tube en toobin and jennifer. i want to start with you, you were inside that courtroom today, what happened? tell us about the proceedings. >> the morning had started pretty predictably. people were arriving, expecting jury selection to begin. the proceedings had been delayed for three weeks at that point. waiting for a competency hearing. and roofs hadntal state on friday, the judge ruled he was competent to stand trial...