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The judge overseeing the case ruled today's competency hearing -- in today's competency hearing to determinehether roof can continue as his own attorney. he ruled that will be closed to the public. the judge will allow him to interact with witnesses during the sentencing phase. president obama and the first family arrived back at the white house today after their vacation in hawaii. the president also announcing he'll be giving a farewell address in his home city of chicago next tuesday. ron allen is at the white house today. what do we know so far about that speech? >> reporter: it's going ...

It comes a day after roof, who will represent himself in the penalty phase, said he would gift an opening statement but not call witnesses or submit any evidence. the competency hearing is set for monday. roof faces the death penalty for killing nine black parishioners at a charleston church last year. in this week's "beyond the call of duty," nick survived being shot in baton rouge back in july and hi recovery is nothing less than miraculous. cnn's ed lavandera has the remarkable story of the deputy's struggle to heal from his injuries and his family's hope about his future. >> head forward t...

Let's check our top stories. a texas mother dies and her two young daughters are hurt after falling from a chair lift in colorado, according to our affiliate kcnc. the family fell 20 feet into the snow while on vacation at a small ski resort about 90 miles west of denver. no word at this point on what exactly caused the family to fall. the accident is of course under investigation. a south carolina judge is ordering charleston church shooter dylann roof to undergo a second competency evaluation before his sentencing. it comes a day after roof, who will represent himself in the trial's penalt...

Tomorrow will come closing arguments to the jury. they'll decide the fate of the killer who confessed to killing nine innocent people in an historically african-american south carolina church. chilling surveillance video shows roof walk into the emanuel ame church on june 17th of last year, prayed with a bible study group and went on his rampage. nick valencia is covering the trial. nick, the defense tried to call two mental health experts to the stand but we did not hear from them. why not? >> reporter: the defense has put up very little fight over the past week. that's what we anticipated. w...

There are already questions about the proceedings. let's discuss now, jeffrey tube en toobin and jennifer. i want to start with you, you were inside that courtroom today, what happened? tell us about the proceedings. >> the morning had started pretty predictably. people were arriving, expecting jury selection to begin. the proceedings had been delayed for three weeks at that point. waiting for a competency hearing. and roof's hadn'tal state on friday, the judge ruled he was competent to stand trial. most people were expecting that to go forward. when the judge took his seat, he discussed the f...