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Claudia cowan is live in san francisco. we've been waiting for this trial. >> reporter: that's right, we have. a long time. two years, dana. now lawyers on both sides will lay out their arguments in this politically explosive case. it is an emotional case as well. we saw the family of kate steinly entering the court room. we saw kate's mother, her brother. jim steinly, kate's father, was not among them. he will be among the first if not the very first person to testify. jim steinle described how, on july 1, 2018, he and his daughter were walking arm in arm when kate fell to the ground and crie...

Change a lot of things simply is not true. we have the supreme court with neil gorsuch. other court nominations coming through. >> dana: chris scalia is coed tore of the new book called scalia speaks which recounts some of his father's finest speeches. many fine speeches that were, i understand you had over 200 speeches. >> about 200. it was very difficult to choose which ones not to include. >> dana: so when you started looking at this and understanding the depth of the importance to your father about the institution of the supreme court and the judiciary, the judicial branch, what did you ta...

Repeat convicted fell loond has been deported back five times and now, he is accused of murder in the case of kate steinly. the bay area woman who was shot and killed while walking with her family on san francisco's pier 14 this week. her death sparking a debate about how this repeat felon was walking free with a gun. it's tragic. it's unbelievable that this could happen. >> you can't really imagine what her family's going through. a senseless, random murder and though immigration officials wanted this man held on a previous arrest they let him go and many are wondering if this whole thing cou...

Confinement unit. sweat and fellow escapee richard matt led authorities on a three-week manhunt after they escaped last month. an undocumented immigrant is the prime suspect in what appears to be a random shooting of a woman in san francisco and that is stirring up tensions in the immigration debate. would kate still be alive if a suspect, a repeat felon, wasn't allowed in the u.s.? our boris sanchez joins us now from new york. boris, how is the family taking this news? >> very difficult for them as you can imagine, fredricka. this appears to be a random senseless murder. officials wanted th...