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Going forward. >> i want to ask you, frank, about the one terrorism charge. i mean, listening to you talk, i'm thinking back to the post 9/11 posture of when you see something, say something. talk about the terrorism charge for the shooter here. >> well, look, i applaud this d.a., just as i said i think this could have been handled better regarding the charming announce men, i want to applaud this district attorney because she's clearly levying the most significant charges she has at her disposal here. is this sending a message? is this going to resonate with school systems, parents, and kids?...

Michigan prosecutors are charging a teen with terrorism in a deadly mass shooting at his high school, a novel approach made possible by a law enacted after the 9/11 attacks nearly 20 years ago.

And one charge of terrorism causing death, which is like premeditated first-degree murder, a life-offense felony normally. although juveniles are no longer eligible for life without parole and that's just not in michigan but in the whole of the united states. so obviously, he's facing a lot of very serious charges. >> so a terrorism charge, it has to do with the premeditated nature of a crime? >> yeah, that's correct. it's when you knowingly, willfully, or in a premeditated manner, commit a -- either a homicide or an assault with intent to murder. or some other violent felony. and that you com...

Officials. and they have a right not to talk and they have a right to talk. so i don't comment on whether they've made statements or not. >> explain the terrorism charge here. it's a new one. >> it is. i didn't really appreciate that, nor did it really matter. as we sat over this and looked at this evidence and viewed these tapes and watched the horror that took place, you know, we have our first-degree murder charges. we have assault with intent to murder. and those reflect what happened to these kids that were murdered and injured. but there was not a charge that reflected the victimization ...

The high school that is accused of opening fire, killing those four people, sending another eight to the hospital, we do know he is still in custody at this point. you mentioned those charges announced by the prosecutor in the past hour. that terrorism charge. she says that reflects the magnitude and scale of the crime. the students that were ducking in classrooms, that were running, afraid to open the door for members of law enforcement that were trying to rescue them. the four counts of first degree murder, reflecting the four people who were killed in this shooting. the seven counts of assa...