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process, family members of victims watched bowers across the courtroom. on the morning of october 27th, 2018, prosecutors say bowers walked up to the tree of life synagogue and opened fire. members of three congregations were worshipping there at the time. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. one of the worst that i've seen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say bowers entered the building and intentionally shot people praying while expressing his desire to kill jews. he now faces 63 felony counts, 22 of which are punishable by death. his defense team has offered a guilty plea in exchange for taking capital punishment off the table and two of the congregations who were impacted asked the justice department in 2019 to accept a life in prison plea, but prosecutors were unswayed and still fighting for execution and families of nine victims asked attorney general merrick garland to keep the death penalty on the table, calling anything less a grave

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what stood out to me is that he said that there were no stray bullets in this mass shooting, and mr. bowers went to target each individual person when he shot them. also, the prosecution noted that of the 22 worshippers in the synagogue that morning, only half survived. what brings us into the defense's argument is that mr. bowers came out of a room after he got into an altercation of the swat member, and the swat team saw the carnage left around him, and mr. bowers said, quote, all jews need to die, because they are killing our kids. i bring thuis up, because we heard from the defense, and judy clark who is a high profile defense attorney who represents other people who have represented others accused of

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to the statements of the prosecution especially and sets stage of what we will hear in the courtroom over the next few weeks. some of the details that prosecution gave. sue sung started opening statements by contrasting how the victims of the shooting started their day that october saturday in 2018, and how mr. bowers, the defendant in this case began his day. the victim were spending a normal saturday morning in the synagogue, and welcoming other congregants coming in, and worshipping, and helping with the prosecutions and all of the while, he was searching jewish organization, and arming himself with a rifle, shotgun, and making his way to the synagogue to kill jewish worshipper, and some of the most intense things that we heard from prosecutors is that mr. bowers methodically went through the synagogue hunting jewish worshipper, and

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Chris Jansing Reports

charged with the 2018 mass killing of 11 worshipers at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue. the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. the defendant offered to plead guilty on all 63 hate crime and gun charges in exchange for life in prison. instead, prosecutors are now pushing for the death penalty, even with victims' families publicly divided on the issue. george solis is live from pittsburgh for us. msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos is back with me. george, this trial wasn't always expected to happen and while some families did want their day in court, others argued it would retraumatize them. tell us what's happening there today. >> reporter: yeah, chris, it is a somber mood right now from our team inside of the courthouse. we know that a rabbi from the tree of life is speaking right now. and we're told that bowers is paying close attention, the mood in the courtroom is tense as this is a case that many

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Special Report With Bret Baier

they're quote evil creatures. the jury heard 911 calls. one especially chilling bernie simon 48 years old who was wounded over a husband sylvan as he bled to death telling the 911 operator quote we are being attacked. then the jury heard her screams as she was shot dead. the defense concedes what happened but is blaming it on bowers mental illness saying he suffers from schizophrenia and brain damage. the shooting continues to raise fears across the country about the increase in anti-semitic attacks. the antidefamation league says anti-semitic attacks were up last year by 36%. the defense has offered the prosecution the possibility that bowers will plead guilty in exchange for life imprisonment but so far the federal prosecutors have rejected that. this remains a federal death penalty case. mike? >> mike: eric shawn in pittsburgh. eric, thanks very much. jewish allies are calling for

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Early Start With Christine Romans

carried out in a place of worship. so they were not going to negotiate with bowers and his attorneys. >> yeah, and the state introduced its interest as well, aside from that that means -- i mean, how do you see that particular argument play out. >> that's kind of like out of the ted cruz playbook florida, because he was compared the death penalty because his team presented so much evidence about his upcoming and mental health. that's going to be paramount to this guy's defense. his guilt was never in question. i always say there's no such thing as a slam dunk case, this is as close as it gets, so the focus on is the penalty phase. and the jurors have to weigh the aggravating factors, how many people were killed. the heinous way they were killed. the blatant anti-set mitism, th

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New Black Lives Matter tax documents show foundation is tightening its belt, has $30-million in assets

Black Lives Matter nonprofit raises just $9-million over past year

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Jimmie Allen's former manager suing country star, alleging sexual abuse

Allen confirmed that he and the plaintiff had a sexual relationship but claimed that it was consensual.

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Jimmie Allen's former manager suing country star, alleging sexual abuse

Allen confirmed that he and the plaintiff had a sexual relationship but claimed that it was consensual.

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Jimmie Allen's former manager suing country star, alleging sexual abuse

Allen confirmed that he and the plaintiff had a sexual relationship but claimed that it was consensual.

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