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Statement. it lasted less than two minutes. he's wearing a gray sweater and in a soft, mumbled voice, he told jurors, i'm not going to lie to you, there's nothing wrong with me psychologically. he spent the entire time talking about his mental competency and this infuriated some people in that courtroom. at least three of them, including one family member, stormed out. the prosecution are now having jennifer pickney on the stand, the wife of the pastor who was killed at the emanuel church. they introduced a new piece of evidence, a note found in dylann roof's jail cell. this is what it reads. ...

Suspects abandoned car. police are reviewing dash cam footage of the shooting. >> 2016 was the deadliest in chicago in two decades. 762 murders last year. that's the most since 1997. they also saw a surge in overall gun violence with more than 3500 shootings. 4300 victims. nearly 100 officers are joining the city's police department in 2017. >> the convicted church shooter plans to reprecert himself in the second phase of the trial that begins on tuesday. first he must undergo a mental competency test today. he was convicted of murdering nine people. >> a busy weekend from president elect trum...

Executed. this is a federal case. so his attorneys are trying to say this young man is both professionally and mentally not capable to argue on his behalf at this particular moment. these proceedings -- again, it was asked by the media it be made public, so we can understand what the arguing points. the judge once again ruled and said no, the public is not allowed in. that hearing is going on right now. we should hear today whether in any way his mental competency is a question mark that could delay the penalty phase of this proceeding. one last thing, the judge mentioned, carol, in this case,...

Them. i think the community at large is surprised. this trial has been put off for three weeks while an examination was performed dealing with his mental competency. i think a lot of people are just anxious to get this going. after that delay, i know a number of family members we spoke with. >> i cannot imagine. thank you so much. let's make sure we keep up with you as the process goes on. joey jackson, thank you. next, back to our breaking news. a stabbing attack this morning at ohio state university. what we just learned about that suspect next. thope to see you again soon.. whoa, whoa, i ...

Death? and jiudy clark, lead defense lawyer, has been very successful in the past. >> helping others get plea deals. >> the unibomber. >> right. >> the big difference here, in most of those cases you had a real question about mental competency and you also had problems with proof in some of the cases. here, there's no issue that tsarnaev is insane and there's no issue about whether he did it or not. and the magnitude of the crime is so horrible that there is no way the government is going to agree to anything less than the death sentence here. >> that's why they couldn't come to an agreement? ...