calls itself a free speech alternative to twitter. it said this afternoon it verified and suspended an account that was matching bowers name and that account had made antisemitic posts including one just before this morning s attack. that is part of this very exhaustive investigation that they are undergoing now, but the u.s. attorney says in terms of where their case is going, he said they plan to file charges shortly possibly as soon as today, and at this point, it is being treated as a hate crime case at this point. jon? jon: garrett tenney live in pittsburgh, thank you, garrett. the vice president speaking with fox news friday after campaigning in arizona where a key senate race is shaping up between republican trump-backed candidate martha mcsally and her democratic challenger kyrsten sinema. the two running to fill the seat for retiring senator jeff flake. peter doocy is live in phoenix
it wasn t like he could go into an african-american community, so he targeted the church, because he knew african-americans would be there, but suggesting that he didn t want to go into a community where there would be lots of african-americans. so, in many ways, he knew they were vulnerable, he knew that that was a place are he could exert power and control over them. i think it s important to note that this is a federal capital murder case, and it s a federal case, because this is a hate crime case, and the fbi agents did do a great job in getting him to confess that the purpose of these murders was solely based on race. these people were targeted because they were african-american, and his actions towards them were solely based on his belief that white people are better and that african-americans are somehow inferior and deserving to be killed. did it was it surprising to you, doctor, that when he said why, he kind of didn t know. he had to think about it. there was kind of
sunny hostin, legal analyst as well as george howell who is there on the scene in kansas. sunny, i want to start with you. we heard from police there in kansas, we heard from the fbi calling the shootings a hate crime. and as we heard from eric holder saying he wanted this to be investigated as federal hate crimes. what does that mean, if it s on the federal level? sure. and i think at this point we can be clear that it is on the federal level. we heard the u.s. attorney indicate the representative from the u.s. attorney s office indicating that there would be grand jury action. and so at this point, this is a federal hate crime case. what it means is they ve determined that the crime was motivated in whole or at least in part by the offender s bias against a particular group, whether it be race or sexual orientation, in this case clearly it s religion. and what that means is that the federal government in all of its investigative power will take the lead on this. there could certa
and that does typically happen. there is attention oftentimes between the federal prosecute e s office and the state prosecutor s office. the u.s. attorney of kansas made it very clear that they are going into the grand jury that they have evidence of a hate crime. this means it will be prosecuted on the federal level. they have to show they have to show that the crime here is motivated in whole or in part by the offenders they have information that he is a lifelong white supremist. a grand dragon of the kkk. when you re looking at that as a federal investigator, you do have the makings about a federal hate crime case.
here and but there are still there is still the possibility of state charges. we don t know what that will be. this is a very strong case. it apparently seeps from what we ve just been told a four witness case in a hate crime case is significant. and we have three victims, three lovely people we re learning a little bit more about the victims. and so justice demands, i think, a federal case in this instance. and speaking of the victims, sunny, i want to go to george howell, because we re learning more about that third victim terry lomano. we have a picture of terry. what do we know about terry lomano? hearing from investigators that terri lamanno. she worked to are the center for the visually impaired here in kansas city. she s worked with them for eight years and she was there when this happened, about a mile away