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What you dont know. if you dont know it, you end up in a situation like this. you may, by mistake, end up anyway worse situation. >> i must say you work in the white house. you understand you dont get on phone with people without being double and triple checked. and thats one of the things we saw in donald trumps call with taiwan. they didnt know until he was about to get on the phone with them that the chinese were going to go as crazy as they went. im not saying this is a mitigating factor. im...

Delivered a stilted five-minute closing argument in front have the jury, offering no remorse which might have ban mitigating factor. instead there were myriad of ak ra vating factors that -- aggravating factors, pre-medcation. it was especially cruel and heinous and atrocious. there were multiple killings. all of those are aggravating factors. nobody called to the witness stand, expert for example, who could have argued a mitigating factor like a psychiatric expert who could have said, well, he ...

Uniformed officer at the murder scene, you know. hes going to be life in prison. >> and to have mental health issues, of course, thats a mitigating factor there. jim cavanaugh, thank you very much for the discussion, as always. >> thank you. happening now, the west coast is bracing for a major storm that could cause widespread flash flooding in some areas. lets head to nbcs steve patterson. he is right in the middle of it in reno, nevada. tahoe not far away there, so skiers are happy at least....

The jailhouse writings of charleston church shooter dylann roof now entered into evidence as the penalty phase of his trial continues today. in the trial, roof says he has no remorse for killing nine parishioner. writing, i do not regret what i did. i am not sorry. the writings introduced by the prosecutors seeking a death sentence. remorse is a mitigating factor to avoid the death penalty. another is mental illness which roof has explicitly avoided using. millions of americans up and down the...

To psychology, it is a jewish invention and does nothing but invent diseases and tell people they have problems when they dont, unquote. dylann roof doesnt believe in psychology and this would be considered by his defense team a mitigating factor, a reason not to put him to death, not necessarily a reason not to convict him. da dylann roof says hes his own attorney in this phase and hes not going to bring it up. so mental competency being debated in the courtroom today, no answer yet. >> martin ...

Prison. >> randy, this has been -- saying it was emotional for this community is an understatement and to be coping with this and having this man day in and day out sitting with these family members and the victims families, for a defense attorney, how do you stand up there and defend his life. >> well, i think it was defended precisely the way it should have been defended. >> but looking to the penalty phase. >> its very complicated and the jurors cant unwrap what their responsibilities are. we...

Forgiveness in their hearts and they also some of whom say we dont want him to be put to death. does that factor in at all in the process of justice? >> when you get to the penalty phase, the rules of evidence go out the window. virtually anything relevant to an aggravating and mitigating factor can come in as evidence for the defendant or against him. that includes impact statements from victims. the rules are so broadly interpreted that anything and everything may come in at the penalty phase ...

Actions. and the thing most interesting, joan sees this as a mitigating factor, i see it as a compounding factor, that the more level-headed people in the clinton circle knew how outlandish it was. >> and in terms of donald trump and what could come next for him if he loses this election. this is bloomberg inside the trump bunker. they talk about all the data compiled. they said since trump paid to build this audience with his own campaign funds,s loan will own it after november 8 and can deploy...

It is a reverse stereotype. >> brian you stated your opposition to the death penalty and one of the arguments that her lawyers are making, the guy who killed the husband will get out after 25 years and she was not in the room and she gets the death penalty. she went for a jury trial instead of a plea and so why should that make a difference? >> this will be a major black eye in our justice system if she is executed tonight. there is a couple of reasons why. talk about what she said. she had inef...

That came from documents from the u.s. coast guard. it turns out that bergdahl was applied and accepted by the coast guard before the army. they said he was mentally unfit for even them. the army waived a psychological evaluation. this would be considered, perhaps, a mitigating factor here. in other words, does not excuse his actions, but could be taken into account by a court-martial if it comes to that point and we dont know if there will be a court-martial case. >> everyone, including beau be...