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Where they would be. how did he get that knowledge? was he lying in wait? did he happen upon the scene? the scene looks like it was fairly well planned. in virginia, they've got very, very tough homicide laws, capital murder, first-degree and second degree. that is capital case because he killed multiple people at the same time. it's the kind of case that because he boasted about it, confessed to it, bragged about it and apparently planned it, the defense is, if he survives and there's a defense in this case, obviously the option is -- the only option is an insanity claim and where they will c...

At 19 past breaking news. a hearing is under way for dylann roof. this is new video from the courtroom. of course, he is the man accused of shooting and killing nine people in a charleston church last month. this morning, the judge set roof's trial for july 11, 2016. that is just the first of many issues that will be discussed and perhaps decided on today. nbc's sarah dallof joins us from outside that courthouse. what else are we expecting today? >> reporter: hi, alex. dylann roof shuffled into court just after 10:00 this morning. he was shackled and wearing a striped jumpsuit. during the hear...

Awful case in baltimore, left baltimore and came back to baltimore. he didn't have to come back. why did he come back? he was nobody somewhere else. that's where their contacts are and they feel comfortable. they watch tv about themselves if they become a long time fugitive. in wint's case he was alone. once the girlfriend wouldn't have anything to do with him in brooklyn, then he was alone and had to go back and find who else would help him. apparently he had people in northeast d.c. this case is really going to change. it's the complex gs of the proof. if the attorney can prove a prior inten...

Of the last 20 years or so we've seen over and over again that the flaws in the system of capital cases get prosecuted. this happened at the state level, happens at the federal level. for people who are against the death penalty in general, the moral arts are now being buttressed for the extent you believe it by the scientific arguments, that a lot of the scientific evidence has turned out to be 234r5uflawed and creating the movement that argument against capital cases are getting stronger. >> and sadly you can't trust the government prosecutors because their focus is prosecuting and putting p...

A lot of folks here in massachusetts happy that this first phase is over. there is no capital punishment in the state system here. >> but it is a federal trial of course. attorney general eric holder has given this jury the ability to find -- to punish him by the death penalty. thank you for your time. thanks for the update ron. let me bring in john henry brown, who has represented a number of defendants in high profile cases, including serial killer ted bundy. as someone who is familiar with the strategy here do you think the defense was expecting guilty across the board and does that suggest...