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Importantly the votes. everything that matters in terms of trials the way you think about it comes next. thats the guilt phase. the job of testing what the democrats say they found belongs to the senate. you see there, straight party line vote. the senate, they and only they are constitutionally bestowed with the sole power to try all impeachments. now, youll notice you didnt see anything in there about the president having a role in the planning of his own trial, right, which would make sense. ...

Merited the most severe punish. >> you can be sure our team, the fbi and department of justice, on this case, charges have already been filed. we intend to do our duty in this matter with vigor and integrity. >> shortly after the suspect was taken down, the fbi told reporters he was armed with an ar-15 rifle and three handguns, shep. >> shepard: how does the doj review work? >> there is a multi-faceted review process that considers specific factors, the strength of the evidence, the suspects pas...

There has been since the 70s when this fisa court came about. why do you not trust that there isnt that investigation under way or a sound investigation that could be trusted if, indeed, there were some violations or due process not met or the fisa warrant not taking place correctly? >> we know the information was withheld. we know that. theres no allegation against the judges on the fisa court. the allegation would be against the presenters of the evidence -- >> how do you know that? >> its in ...

Earlier this each, i spoke with one lawmaker, eric swallwell who serves on the house intelligence committee. earlier today when asked if you had seen classified evidence of collusion between trump campaign associates and russia you said yes. there are things you cannot say. can you give a sense of what you have seen thats pointing in your opinion to collusion? >> anderson, theres evidence of collusion, both on the classified and unclassified side. my hope is that the world will soon see it. also...

A lot of drama over what will be a life-and-death decision. >> thanks so much. with me is laura coats, cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. good morning, laura. >> good morning, carol. >> martin explained it well, but i want you to explain it from a federal prosecutors standpoint. there have already been competency hearings. why another one? >> every time you have a different phase of a trial, theres the inkling by the judge to decide whether or not the person should do what most peo...

Your visceral reaction to what happened in that church that i did, that i did something wrong, please dont put me to death even though i did deserve guilt. i did not deny that i did it, but i dont zesh death. thats going to be a very, very hard road to ho, though. his defense attorneys planted very, very good seeds. during their closing arguments in the guilt phase. they used phrases that alluded to him not being mentally stable, to him not having control over his emotions, control over his acti...

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...

Witnesses. nor will he present any evidence to spare his life. lets bring in cnn correspondent nick valencia and legal analyst joey jackson, also a criminal defense lawyer. nick, i want to go to you first. you covered the murder trial. dylann roof had attorneys then, what happened? >> theres been plenty of drama surrounding his defense. before his trial began he said he wanted to represent himself for both phases of his trial but a week before his trial began he did an about face saying he only ...

Lay out the vulnerability of the victims, substantial preparation and of course the dicey part of to your questions comes when the victims give their victim impact evidence. in the event he of course represents himself, lets be clear he changed his mind before in the guilt phase he said i want to represent myself, the judge said you know what, you should reconsider. he did. and his lawyers represented him. there is still time and the judge is giving him until the 3rd to change his mind again. th...

This jury, if you think a flash verdict came on the guilt phase, watch how fast they come back on death penalty. >> i will say one other thing, that is this, he said that he wanted to do this to start a race war. and you know, i think all of us should take notice of how that community, just the opposite, has come together. and been compassionate and have prayed and have for given and understood and so the reality is that at the end of the day, the race war did nothing of the sort. it brought tha...