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All. the arguments that had to have been made feverishly in james holmes' diary, gretchen he actually wrote the word at least 50 times the word why? he kept saying why in his diary and even said in there, you know i have a broken mind so i have to admit i'm a little surprised by this verdict because when holmes is saying why? he's basically reaching out and saying okay wait a minute. i know i'm planning this thing, but somebody help me because i don't really know why and i really don't want to do this so his lawyers really have to try to weave in something like that in phase three. >> help me ...

Claudia, what more are we learning about sanchez today? >> reporter: well along with confessing to killing the 32-year-old woman on this popular pier sanchez also admits after being deported multiple times he returned to san francisco because of its sanctuary policy. gretchen he knew local law enforcement would not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. as you mentioned, he had been deported five times for seven felony convictions and was about to be sent back to mexico again in march when immigration and customs enforcement handed him over to the sheriff's department on a drug charge...

Returned to the statehouse grounds. critics say the confederate battle flag is a divisive symbol but does not represent all south carolinians but supporters say it's a part of their heritage. a group called the conservative response team has launched a social media campaign to prevent the flag from being moved. >> just like isis obama's haters want our monuments down graves dug up and schools, roads and towns counties renamed. they have even taken the "dukes of hazzard" off tv. what's next >> reporter: group plans to send out another series of automate the calls to voters asking them to call o...

It in museums and tell the real story, gretchen. >> nice to use the real story. mercedes do you agree with him on that point? >> i do, but with that being said again, we're looking at those in the older generation those that have basically like one gentleman that he was at the daytona race been flying that confederate flag for 30 years and for him it's not a symbol of racism so again, this is a critical conversation that our nation needs to be having at this point and when you look at steps that governor nick dehomey is taking as -- nick dekki haley is taking. it will be hard to shift the opin...

Offenders. i'm sorry, gretchen, i really have a problem with that. talking about a felon with possession of a gun, that's one of the people that he's already commuted. that is not a nonviolent crime to me committed a felony and is possession of a firearm, somebody who is possessing cocaine with attempt to distribute. to me that's a nonviolent offense and that's where people are being commuted. >> right. >> so he's saying look both republicans and democrats have kind of come to this conclusion. >> or some. >> right, that they put too many of these drug offenders in prison. we have prison overcr...