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
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kill jewish people that day but it appears she failed. found guilty on all 63 counts. the next phase of the trial will determine whether or not he receives the death penalty. we ll send it back to you. nate, thank you. emily, this is so emotional. some of the victims were found wrapped in their prayer shawls holding their prayer books, blatant anti-semitic attack on the jewish community, 11 dead, 6 injured. i want to read a piece i read on cnn. the final witness that the prosecution called was a woman shot in the arm and survived by the shooting by playing dead as she lied next to her dying 97-year-old mother. emotional testimony, she described the moment she said good-bye to her mother. i kissed my fingers and touched my fingers to her skin. i cried out mommy. this is what we are talking about. and that s in part why the prosecutor said we want you to hold him accountable, speaking to the jury, for all of those
were worshipping. some were wrapped in their prayer shawls. some were clutching their prayer books. now we have a jury in the midst of finding him guilty. this is a moment of grief and one would hope some justice for the victims and their families and the entire community. this is the worst single anti-semitic attack in united states history. what s really important to me about this verdict, and i imagine to the victims and families, is that prosecutors had to prove, and now the jury has found a as a necessity under law that the reason this person committed this heinous attack was because of anti-semitism, because he was motivated by hatred for jewish people. you cannot find this individual guilty until you find that that s the reason for the attack under the hate crimes laws. the jury has now made that