hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash. we begin with breaking news. the man who massacred jews at a pittsburgh synagogue is now staring down the death penalty. a jury just found that shooter guilty on multiple counts nearing 40 counts so far, they are still reading in that courtroom. it includes capital offenses and hate crimes. i want to go outside the courtroom. that s where we have danny freeman live in pittsburgh. danny, what are you hearing so far president bush. reporter: as you said, we re getting live reports from inside the courtroom. so tar we have been through 40 counts, including special instructions, they have all been found guilty. and that is including the 22 capital ompss. he faces 63 federal charges, already convict ed of 41 now. and then also the use and discharge of a firearm to commit murder during and relation to a crime of violence and possession of a firearm. and also convictioned on all of the hate crimes he was accused of earlier. i
reporting on what the first lady said. quote, like i sjust saw on the plane, it said 61% of republicans were going to vote for trump. they don t care about the indictment. so that s a little shocking. just for con tengs, what arkarlette said, at the white house, the president and other political advisers is said don t go there. don t get involved. they said the same thing to the dnc. and the biden campaign. she can do this in a way that no other biden can. and we also know that those environments, those fundraisers sometimes lead these principles to be a little more loose. so this is perhaps why she said this. but ultimately, she is sticking to the messaging that most democrats will land on, that this argument of maga republicans, this is a tested argument. but joe biden is not a polarizing figure.
military analyst. thank you for being with us. i m surprised the syrians would do this. this is the last remaining stronghold. they have been pounding it from the air for days now. artillery rockets and air power. it s surprising they would resort to the use of chemical weapons when they know that the west is really really not willing to down t that. all right. con tengs here. it was just a year and a day ago that the u.s. president ordered a missile strike in response to
night was completely appropriate, i thought very funny and i will say to me as a straight male, speaking only as a straight male, not homophobic, not even a sexual reference. political totally mocking the relationship between putin and trump. whatever the joke is, whoever the comedian is, we should defend it. this is what america is all about. should be able to tell a joke quhout fear of retribution. even if it was offensive. people have the right to deem it that. seem people said it was homophobic. is the issue that when you denigrate someone else by suggest the that if they were gay, that s somehow less than if they were straight? is that why you think some people are reacting to it i don t think there s any basis to that at all, has nothing to do with gay people or homosex homosexuality. the only demeaning people should know the con tengs. this was in response to anneran interview he did with john dickerson. trump said you re fake news, deface the nation. this was a very