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It wasn't like he could go into an african-american community, so he targeted the church, because he knew african-americans would be there, but suggesting that he didn't want to go into a community where there would be lots of african-americans. so, in many ways, he knew they were vulnerable, he knew that that was a place are he could exert power and control over them. i think it's important to note that this is a federal capital murder case, and it's a federal case, because this is a hate crime case, and the fbi agents did do a great job in getting him to confess that the purpose of these mur...

Sunny hostin, legal analyst as well as george howell who is there on the scene in kansas. sunny, i want to start with you. we heard from police there in kansas, we heard from the fbi calling the shootings a hate crime. and as we heard from eric holder saying he wanted this to be investigated as federal hate crimes. what does that mean, if it's on the federal level? >> sure. and i think at this point we can be clear that it is on the federal level. we heard the u.s. attorney indicate -- the representative from the u.s. attorney's office indicating that there would be grand jury action. and so a...

And that does typically happen. there is attention oftentimes between the federal prosecute e's office and the state prosecutor's office. the u.s. attorney of kansas made it very clear that they are going into the grand jury that they have evidence of a hate crime. this means it will be prosecuted on the federal level. they have to show they have to show that the crime here is motivated in whole or in part by the offenders they have information that he is a lifelong white supremist. a grand dragon of the kkk. when you're looking at that as a federal investigator, you do have the makings about ...

From where we are now. this is hard for people here. just a few hours ago, a gener gentleman came by here. it's been blowing around in the wind. he brought flowers here, took his hat off in respect and then walked away. you can tell that this has been very difficult for people, a senseless shooting, three victims who were killed randomly. >> senseless indeed. thank you so much, george howell, subby hosten we appreciate it. frazier glenn miller, the suspect in this case, will be appearing in court later today. and this is being investigated as a federal hate crime case. all right, and now i wan...

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