hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash. we begin with breaking news. the man who massacred jews at a pittsburgh synagogue is now staring down the death penalty. a jury just found that shooter guilty on multiple counts nearing 40 counts so far, they are still reading in that courtroom. it includes capital offenses and hate crimes. i want to go outside the courtroom. that s where we have danny freeman live in pittsburgh. danny, what are you hearing so far president bush. reporter: as you said, we re getting live reports from inside the courtroom. so tar we have been through 40 counts, including special instructions, they have all been found guilty. and that is including the 22 capital ompss. he faces 63 federal charges, already convict ed of 41 now. and then also the use and discharge of a firearm to commit murder during and relation to a crime of violence and possession of a firearm. and also convictioned on all of the hate crimes he was accused of earlier. i
I think what we need to focus on, whether it is black or white or or straight, making sure that we have Hate Crime Laws like this throughout the country, that protect people like this individual that was brutalized by those four maniacs. To be when i dont believe in hate crimes laws. I dont think we should prosecute people based on their thoughts. You dont think is a hate crime . Tucker i think hate is involved, im merely saying it is a separate category. Im also opposed to lying and downplaying something that is obvious. It is clear that this mans race and political position played a role. Absolutely. Tucker that is not all clear from the accounts that were prevalent today. The associated press, and the first account, didnt measure tl angles. I wonder why that was. I dont know. What i can say here, the charges came down from the prosecutor, the final arbiter, there is no arbiter of the case. People reporting the facts, which is, this individual was charged with a hate crime, this pros
were worshipping. some were wrapped in their prayer shawls. some were clutching their prayer books. now we have a jury in the midst of finding him guilty. this is a moment of grief and one would hope some justice for the victims and their families and the entire community. this is the worst single anti-semitic attack in united states history. what s really important to me about this verdict, and i imagine to the victims and families, is that prosecutors had to prove, and now the jury has found a as a necessity under law that the reason this person committed this heinous attack was because of anti-semitism, because he was motivated by hatred for jewish people. you cannot find this individual guilty until you find that that s the reason for the attack under the hate crimes laws. the jury has now made that
South Carolina remains one of two states in the nation to not have a hate crimes bill on its books after a proposed piece of legislation aiming to address the e