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Hq" i'm robert gray. suspected south carolina church shooter dylann roof indicted on 33 federal counts including hate crime and firearms charges. 21-year-old roof faces nine state counts of murder in connection with the june 17th massacre at emmanuel african methdist church in charlsheston. it's not known if the state will seek the death penalty. the white house moving ahead with the latest plan for closing guantanamo bay despite opposition from republican lawmakers. the administration says it's a waste to spend more $100 million per year on a prison that's housing 116 terror detainees. the ...

Federal charges against dylann roof for hate crimes and other charges. this has been -- we expected this in part because the justice department felt that this crime was so horrific, was so terrible that it needed to be addressed on the federal level, even though he's already facing nine state counts in south carolina that will almost certainly bring the death penalty, so the question now is whether or not these charges, whether the justice department will let south carolina bring their case first or whether south carolina will bring the federal charges first. my suspicion is that the state wil...

Federal hate crime. so we will bring that as soon as that happens, but just to tee it up i have senior cnn legal editor jeffrey toobin and first victor blackwell, if i may, i'd like to go to you here so we're crystal clear. he faces nine counts nine state counts so this would obviously be at the federal level, specifically a hate crime in this comes after a month-long investigation as it was articulated through a statement by the department of justice soon after roof's arrest after these nine killings, and to both the hate crime angle and boast domestic terror there will be people disappointed...

This evening. he did not respond to that request. and i don't blame him. because here's the truth about edward young. he has a rap sheet that includes 22 felony charges. 11 violent because they involve breaking into a home or business. young was facing three state counts of felony burglary for crimes committed in september of 2011. tennessee authorities also say young brought his 14-year-old son with him while he was committing some of the crimes. if convicted under tennessee law, young was looking at far more prison time than 15 years. so he pleaded guilty to the federal beef. in effect, the ...

Precinct in america becomes a subject for endless litigation. and with all the enterprising plaintiffs' lawyers that we have in this country, and the zeal with which both parties compete for power, not a single legal stone would be left unturned by both sides. chaos. >> what do you say to that? >> well, it's dead wrong. every vote in the united states and every precinct should count. the reality is the current system has produced five litigated state counts in a mere 56 elections, whereas in normal election, where there's a simple adding um the vote and the candidate with the most votes wins, ...