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>> hemy newman's defense attorney says their client shouldn't go to prison because the 48-year-old engineer, outwardly so calm and rational, had one more secret to confess. he had been tormented by demons since he was a boy. defense attorney bob rubin -- >> mr. neuman's problems really began years ago, and they went undiagnosed over the course of his lifetime and, as a result, he got progressively worse. >> and the defense made a bold allegation to the jury that hemy's violent act against rusty was triggered by none other than rusty's wife andrea. >> she had planted the seed and she had stoked...

Through his social media, going through his phones, his computers, trying to find out who else he was in touch with because there's also, keep in mind, wolf, a concern that someone else may do something like this, too. so for the fbi, certainly for the police, it is important to find out at would point did this guy go from just thinking about this and having this hatred to actually acting on this hatred and committing such a violent act. that's always a concern for the fbi as they investigate this. they go back, they go as far back as they possibly could in a person's life to see where did the...

The early stages of prosecutors something like, it could run up against the first amendment and freedom of speech? where do you draw the line between what constitutes hate expression and what constitutes an expression of disdain. >> as detestable as it is, hate speech is often legal. however, speech is not protected when it crosses that line into something like threats or when the speech is accompanied by a violent act. of course placing something in the mail is a violent act. so hate speech when it's accompanied with some form of violence or when it constitutes a threat will not be protected....

Say it again, we have to bring back the death penalty for people like this. reporter: the president spoke with the governor of pennsylvania and the mayor of pittsburgh and assured them they would have the full and complete resources of his administration as they investigate the violent act. an armed security guard could have prevented the massacre. the mayor of pittsburgh says armed guards are not the answers in synagogues, mosques, churches or schools. >> nobody knows exactly what to place yet, it's too soon. this is a case where if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to...

Pittsburgh and or that synagogue, we haven't heard back from the white house. according to the reporters traveling on air force one with president trump, the president has said he will be going to pittsburgh. no information on exactly when he plans to go, but we are now learning that he does plan to make a trip down there at some point. the president is expected on this stage behind me any minute now. he was at an event in indianapolis earlier this afternoon, and he began by addressing the situation in pennsylvania. he also talked about it underneath the wing of air force one shortly after he ...