n. chris jansing reports starts now. good day, guilty on all cobs, robert bowers convicted on all charges how the community that lost 11 members is reacting now. we ll have the very latest coming up. plus, as donald trump rails against the government for seizing his classified documents, we re learning more about what his staff calls a beautiful mind connection to those piles of boxes at mar-a-lago. and this is all that s left of perrytown, texas, much of that town wiped off the map by a tornado. right now, more than 50 million americans are at risk of severe weather from florida to west of denver. we ll have the details and the forecast coming up. but we start with breaking news out of pittsburgh, where a jury just took just five hours to convict robert bowers. 11 people were shot and killed resulting in 63 federal charges against bowers, including federal hate crimes. he was convicted on every single one. up next will be the sentencing phase which will include the
plus, from total celebration to complete chaos, two people were shot, a police officer hit by a fire truck during a victory parade for nba champion denver nuggets. and the department of justice tees off an investigation, looking into that mega merger between the pga tour and saudi funded liv golf. our reporters are fouling all of the latest developments. we start, though, with the breaking news out of pittsburgh where nbc s george solis is covering the guilty verdict in the trial of the gunman who killed 11 people at that synagogue in 2018. george, i know it s been a few hours since the verdict. what are we hearing from the community? reporter: yeah, chris, some members of the congregation weighing in, saying they expected this guilty verdict. for them, this is some semblance of justice. in my conversation with them over the last several days, many of them say they will never be able to look at the accused shooter robert bowers directly in the eye. it was hard for them to
also killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. a tragedy in paradise for a young couple and the families they left behind. we love her. family, friends, love her so much. that was miguel almaguer reporting. we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, breaking news out of the pittsburgh tree of life shooting trial. the gunman behind the deadliest anti-semitic attack in the u.s. found guilty on all 63 federal charges. and happening this hour, president biden set to speak on the one-year anniversary of a major gun safety bill. but with 296 mass shootings already this year, what s next in the fight? we ll bring you those remarks when they happen.
St. Vincent College professor Bruce Antkowiak said involuntary manslaughter could be part of a defense that Bowers was delusional at the time of the shooting.