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Members of the congregation. the defense now obviously will now prepare for the next portion of the trial, which will be the so-called penalty phase. right now, we are hearing the verdict is coming in here during the guilt phase. we are looking at the evidence coming in in real time. it does appear that the counts are coming in guilty across the board. this is 63 charges. you are looking at a number of charges referring to hate crimes, gun charges. there was a moment this morning where the jury did have a question for the judge, specifically referencing the intent to kill. that was what the de...

Excuse what the person did, that's what i was saying before, you should try to separate the guilt phase from the sentencing phase to get the jury to think of the person as a human being, and the fact that the person is not going to be let out. remember, if the jury decides against the death penalty, and that means that just one juror decides against the death penalty, that's sufficient, that the person is going to be in jail for the rest of their lives, and many people would think that might be a worse punishment than the death penalty. but essentially you have a bunch of aggravating factors a...

These count was read aloud. you have members of the congregation who were there listening. obviously this has been so harrowing to relive this. members of the congregation that were there, members that knew some of the victims that died on that day. for many, this was heartbreaking to hear, even though this is what they were looking for. they wanted some semblance of justice. their hearts broke, many of them breaking down, many of them crying throughout the course of this trial. some i spoke with said they will never be able to address the accused shooter by name. he will always remain the sho...

He went to the tree of life synagogue on that day and opened fire on those 11 worshippers and also injured a number of police officers. one who testified provided gripping testimony during this portion of the trial. as you mentioned, this now moves to the sentencing phase. this is going to take place or at least start a week from monday, and of course now the question remains whether or not robert bowers will get the death penalty, chris. >> andrew, this was an incredibly quick decision. the jury got the case yesterday afternoon. they deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours then, another 2 1/2 this ...

But the bottom line is the bar is low for what amounts to an indictment in the house, and they have the proof, and more importantly the votes. everything that matters in terms of trials the way you think about it comes next. that's the guilt phase. the job of testing what the democrats say they found belongs to the senate. you see there, straight party line vote. the senate, they and only they are constitutionally bestowed with the sole power to try all impeachments. now, you'll notice you didn't see anything in there about the president having a role in the planning of his own trial, right, w...