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Charleston church shooter dylan roof is kpe dont act as his own attorney in the sentencing phase. that is due to get under way tomorrow. a jury convicting roof last month on hate crimes and other charges in the killings of nine worshippers at a black church in june of 2015. president-elect donald trump taking to twitter today to vow that the united states will not allow north korea to develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the united states. that tweet coming days after north koreas lead...

Charleston church shooter dylan roof is set to start tomorrow. the judge ruled that roof is mentally competent to represent himself during the sentencing phase. last month a jury convicted roof on all 33 charges stemming from the 2015 massacre at the emanuel ame church. roof killed the nine black church members in a racially motivated attack. spacex expected to resume rocket launches five days from now. the company says it will use revised operational practices to launch its falcon nine rocket...

You would try to argue look like, well, i may be guilty, but i could be put to death. he will make an opening statement, and he will make some kind of closing statement. meanwhile, the prosecution has dozens of witnesses they will call. family members and also even survivors. it will be quite a painful littany of people giving their familys experience. >> very emotional. dylan roof, laura, has told the judge that he will not be calling on mental health experts or presenting mental health evidenc...

Dylan roof. he wouldnt go into any kind of detail. he used a dramatic phrase. if you only knew what i know now, you would narnd, meaning why he is closing down the proceedings to the public. he is afraid that whatever is learned would be reported today and that the jurors somehow may be inadvertently would be told outside of court and that it could actually impact their decision. kind of an 11th hour drama going on here. we dont know what it means. >> yeah, that is very intriguing, martin. do we...

Prosecutor laura coats. martin, to you first. whats happening inside the courtroom right now as we speak? >> on thissish auto of competency, as you point out, its the second time that this has been brought up in the trial of dylan roof, but because youre moving into whats considered to be the absolute critical phase of this trial -- he has already been convicted, found guilty. now its literally life and death. his defense attorneys whom he has now been shunning are trying to say he is not in a m...

Stephanie ruhle. time now for your morning primer, everything you need to know to start your day. we begin with new photos from the pushish police of the suspect in saturday nights terror attack in istanbul. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. north koreas leader says the country is close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. kim jong-un threatened to boost military capabilities unless the u.s. ends war games with rival south korea. he has conducted two nuclear tests in...

Speech hell deliver in chicago january 10th. members in congress arriving in washington for the start of the new congress. that is tomorrow and topping the agenda, republican efforts to repeal and replace, of course, the affordable care act. isis claiming responsibility for that new years attack on a popular nightclub on istanbul. turkish thobts continue their search for the gunman who killed 39 people and wounded dozens of others including that american man we showed you earlier in the hour. ...

Fox carolina where a man on trial for killing nine people told a judge hell not call any witnesses when the penalty phase of his trial begins next week. dylan roof is acting as his own attorney in the penalty phase. he faces the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty. fox 13 in salt lake city, where the state of utah is asking the supreme court to uphold its ban on polygamy. the brief was filed this week as utahs response to a petition by reality tv star and polygamist cody brown a...

Facilities are covering. fox carolina where a man on trial for killing nine people told a judge hell not call any witnesses when the penalty phase of his trial begins next week. dylan roof is acting as his own attorney in the penalty phase. he faces the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty. fox 13 in salt lake city, where the state of utah is asking the supreme court to uphold its ban on polygamy. the brief was filed this week as utahs response to a petition by reality tv star an...

Determination when they reconvene in january. is there anything about how dylan roof conducted himself in the courtroom, about how his lawyer handled this case, which is to say he was not aggressively challenging witnesses. he walked up to the survivor, apologized to her, dylan roofs lawyer did. is there anything about how dylan roof and his lawyer conducted themselves in this phase that might have any bearing on the determination made in the next phase? >> not really. the defense lawyer took th...