>> pelley: this is our western edition. dylann roof alone decided who would live or die when he opened fire on a group of african americans who had invited him into their bible study. he killed nine of the 12. now a jury, nine whites, three blacks, will decide whether he lives after convicting him today of all 33 charges in a federal hate crimes trial. mark strassmann is at the courthouse in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: dylann roof's jury took two hours to find him guilty of gunning down nine bible studiers in a church because they were black. >> oh, my goodness, i could go on and on about tywanza. >> reporter: felicia sanders survived the attack. her son tywanza was killed right in front of her. during her testimony, she called out roof for refusing to look at her. >> that goes to show you how cold and callous he is. you slaughtered nine people and you sit there and don't even look? >> reporter: this morning in closing arguments, federal prosecutor nathan williams called roof "a man of immense hatred," who committed "an act of tremendous cowardice, shooting them while they had their eyes closed in prayer, shooting them while they were on the ground." prosecutors showed roof buying the murder weapon, firing it in his backyard, entering the mother emanuel church, and leaving after the killings still holding the glock .45. he also confessed to f.b.i. agents. >> i did it. >> reporter: defense lawyer david bruck conceded to jurors that roof was guilty but suggested mental illness. the massacre had a "mad energy," and "there is something wrong with roof's perception, with how he is taking in reality." sharon risher watched every day of the trial. she lost her mother, ethel lance, and two of her cousins in roof's rampage. some people would say dylann roof is the poster child for why the death penalty exists. >> right. that's true. if this case didn't warrant the death penalty, then i don't know what case would have. >> reporter: the death penalty phase of this trial begins january 3 and roof wants to act as his own lawyer. scott, the judge told him today, okay, that's fine, you can do that, but you can't change your mind once the penalty phase begins. >> pelley: mark strassmann for us tonight. mark, thank you. we have exclusive new information tonight about an attack on the pentagon by russian hackers. national security correspondent david martin has learned how last year they seized the email system used by the nation's top military officers, the joint chiefs of staff. >> reporter: then-chairman of the joint chiefs martin dempsey was alerted to the attack by an early mourning phone call from the director of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers. now retired, dempsey told cbs news, "the attack was proceeding at an alarming speed. within an hour hackers had seized control of the unclassified email system used by the pentagon's joint staff, the organization of some 4,500 military officers and civilians who work for the chairman. in that time the hackers seized the computer credentials of demsey and hundreds of other senior officers, the passwords and electronic signatures they use to sign on to the network. the only way to stop the attack was to take the network down. the attack, which officials now blame on russia, began with 30,000 emails sent to a west coast university. of those 30,000, four were forwarded to members of the joint staff and one was opened, allowing the hackers in. since it was an unclassified network, the attack had no real intelligence value. it was not spying but a full-on assault, whose only apparent purpose was to cause damage and force the pentagon to replace both hardware and software, which took about two weeks to accomplish. the motive for the attack was believed to be russian anger at economic sanctions orchestrated by the obama administration in response to vladimir putin's annexation of crimea and interference in ukraine. cyber attacks have come to be known as weapons of mass disruption, and it is now clear russia has used them both to meddle in u.s. elections and to do harm to the american military. scott? >> pelley: david martin breaking this story at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. u.s. intelligence believes the cyber attack on the email of the democratic national committee was ordered by the russian russian president himself, vladimir putin. here's homeland security correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: the evidence linking the hack to vladimir putin comes from what intelligence officials say are a variety of sources. hundreds of people from the kremlin, the russian military, and the intelligence directorate may have been involved in the elaborate network of cyber espionage. it included two separate hacking units nicknamed "fancy bear" and "cozy bear." investigators believe that putin initially wanted to damage hillary clinton and to inject chaos and doubt into the election process. u.s. officials say it was an added bonus that donald trump, seen as more friendly to russian interests, became the republican nominee. the hack that ultimately breached computers at the democratic national committee began in the summer of 2015. >> these aren't super- sophisticated attacks. >> reporter: clint watts is a fellow at the center for cyber and homeland security at george washington university. >> what russia does well is they targeted a key people that they want to gain information from, and they do it on a large scale, hitting thousands of people over the course of time. >> reporter: today in japan, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told reporters the u.s. accusations are "silly" and "futile," and president-elect trump tweeted, "if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act? why did they only complain after hillary lost?" but mr. trump is wrong. the obama administration did publicly blame russia for the hacks in early october. that's a full month before the election. but, scott, other than its statement, it is unclear what, if anything, the u.s. has done to retaliate. >> pelley: jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. the president will no doubt be asked about this at his final news conference tomorrow. you can see it right here on cbs at 2:15 eastern time. today facebook said that it is partnering with fact checkers and news organizations to crack down on fake news, which plagued the election. stories with little credibility will now be marked "disputed" and will slide lower down in users' news feeds. tonight, millions in the midwest and the northeast are getting a visitor from the north pole in the form of arctic air and blinding snow. there are whiteout conditions across upstate new york. on a pennsylvania interstate, 59 cars and trucks piled up more quickly than the snow. demarco morgan is in a town where gusts whipping off lake ontario make it feel well below zero. >> reporter: officials in jefferson county, pennsylvania, blamed white-out conditions for this massive pile-up on interstate 80, injuring three people. 22 tractor-trailers and 37 cars lost control on the slick, snowy highway. the winter blast continues to pound much of the country. lake-effect snow warnings, watches, and wind-chill advisories are in effect from northeast ohio, where the snowfall caused massive delays on roads and highways, to upstate new york. in rochester, snow and strong winds also created blinding conditioning for motorists. dangerous roads also made it impossible for a food bank in adams, new york, to receive a much-needed delivery on time. >> it's sad, but there is nothing we can do about it. >> reporter: nancy abbott is the food bank coordinator. >> there's about 100 people each month that come. you know, it's an extra that helps people in need. >> reporter: this is the third time this season that superintendent marybeth denny has had to cancel classes in south jefferson county, new york. >> the forecast said we would have high winds and white-out conditions throughout the day. and i just can't put buses on the road in that. >> reporter: the wind-chill will likely get down to -15 before the night is out. as for road conditions in these parts, scott, officials have asked residents to avoid unnecessary travel until further notice. >> pelley: demarco morgan with the big chill. now let's check in with chief meteorologist eric fisher of our cbs station in boston, wbz. eric, what's next? 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