ro wert bowers is facing capital offenses if their murders.tting word that robert bowers is also convicted of some of the primary hate crime acts resulted in death. they were attached to this as well. we're getting these convictions as we speak. they are rolling. other capital offenses that robert bow rs was convicted of was the use and discharge of a firearm during relation to a crime of violence and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. again, these counts are still coming as we go. that's the headline for now. robert bowers convicted of capital offenses in the synagogue shooting. >> killing 11 people and may their memories be a blessing. keep us posted. thank you very much. >> i want to bring back federal criminal defense attorney caroline policy. thank you for coming back. convict withed on these capital offenses, what happens now? >> not surprising, i would note. i think we all noted before just the amount of evidence here. now, as we talked about before, this is a by forindicated trial. it moves into the sentenci

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. >>> a jury has found robert bowers guilty of carrying out the deadly anti-semitic attack in u.s.018 shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. the trial now moves to the penalty phase and jurors must decide whether to sentence bowers to death or to life in prison without the possibility of parole. cnn's danny freeman reports. >> reporter: it took only five hours for the jury to come to this assistance verdict, convicting robert bowers of all 63 federal charges that he faced, including the capital charges that he faced as well. we had a team inside the courtroom and they described it as really silent as the judge was reading out these convictions. bowers himself was described as being emotionless, and once those verdicts were read, then you could hear some of the air in the room let out and some of the family members start to sniffle as they processed what had happened. i want to go over what some of the charges were. 22, like i said, capital offenses on the table, and the primary ones were the obstruction of the free exercise of religious beliefs, resulting in death. b

bowers killed 11 people and injured six, including four police officers. the government is seeking the death penalty. among those killed bernice and sylvan simon who were married in that same synagogue 62 years before. according to witness testimony, bowers told police, all jews need to die. the rabbi described the scene days after the shooting. >> i heard gunshots, i heard screaming. i could tell that the shooting was going on in my chapel and my congregants were being mowed down. rvlg bofrpz' lawyers conceded most facts in the case. but they disagreed on the motive and are asking the jury to spare their client's life. in closing arguments, a defense attorney said bower was driven by nonsensical and irrational thought. in the wake of the shooting, pittsburgh passed three new gun control laws, including a ban on assault weapons. but a pennsylvania judge ruled that the city did not have that authority. today, president biden calling for tougher gun laws nationwide. >> we will beat the gun industry. we will beat big money that sits behind them, and the polit

he asked bowers why he did it and bowers responded that he had had enough and that, quote, all jews hadre now. >> reporter: this first week of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial has been intense, it has been emotional and challenging to listen to and watch. but also the first time that survives of the mass shooting in 2018 have had the chance to face the alleged gunman robert bowers in court. we've heard opening statements from both the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution hoping to prove not only that robert bowers killed those 11 jewish worshippers, but also that he did so intentionally because they were jewish. meanwhile defense not disputing that bowers killed those worshippers, but they are hoping to paint his motives as irrational. we've heard from more than 12 witnesses including 911 dispatchers, police officers, survivors of the shooting and family members of the deceased. we've also seen harrowing exhibits like the moment survivors carol black and barry were able to escape after seeing their friends killed right in front of them. and dan who was shot in the stomach

they were hiding as robert bowers hunted these jewish people. that's all encompassing within the 63 charges that robert bowers was just found guilty of. i want to note in listening to the discussion with the folks on your panel, remember, this is not over yet. the majority of the people that we heard from take the stand over the past three weeks were eye websites. people who were there inside that synagogue that day and you are survived, or we heard 9/11 calls from those who did not. but very importantly, we have not heard from the sisters of cecil and david rosenthal who were killed. we have not heard from other family members who very much have been inside that courtroom and expect to testify as part of this larger trial. so we're going to hear much more you can expect from folks like them in this next phase, the death penalty phase, but i will add that we should expect to hear more from the defense. the defense is going to try and spare robert bowers his life in this case. you can expect that and we have not heard from a single witness from t

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robert bowers carefully sat there listening as each one of these count was read aloud. you have members of the congregation who were there listening. obviously this has been so harrowing to relive this. members of the congregation that were there, members that knew some of the victims that died on that day. for many, this was heartbreaking to hear, even though this is what they were looking for. they wanted some semblance of justice. their hearts broke, many of them breaking down, many of them crying throughout the course of this trial. some i spoke with said they will never be able to address the accused shooter by name. he will always remain the shooter. the prosecutor laying out a pretty strong case throughout this entire eleven-day portion of the guilt phase of the trial, reminding jurors that robert bowers didn't turn himself in because it was the right thing to do, he did it because he ran out of ammunition. defense trying to raise concerns about his intent and motivation saying he did this because of his views on immigration. the prosecution with their rebuttal s

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robert bowers shot dead 11 worshippers at a synagogue in pittsburgh in 2018.iven the death penalty. from new york, here's our correspondent nada tawfik. the jury reached a verdict after just five hours of deliberations. robert bowers�* lawyers admitted from the outset that he'd attacked and killed worshippers at the tree of life synagogue and they didn't present any evidence or call any witnesses, but they argued against the death penalty, saying his motive was not not religious hatred but rather an irrational belief that he had to attackjewish people because of their support for immigrants and refugees. thejury, though, rejected that argument with this verdict, finding the 50—year—old guilty of every charge he faced, including hate crimes resulting in death and the obstruction of the free exercise of religion resulting in death. now, prosecutors said he came to the synagogue hunting, looking forjewish people to kill. he had a history of anti—semitic and white supremacist posts online and he came in with an ar—15 semiautomatic assault rifle and three glock han

a pennsylvania jury convicted robert bowers of all 63 criminal counts in federal court.luding hate crimes. >> i am feeling a sense of relief that after four and a half years, the world has heard again about the horrific acts. >> bowers faces the death penalty for murdering 11 worshipers at the pretree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. he unloaded roughly 100 rounds. >> we are treating this as a barricaded gunman. >> jurors will now decide if bowers will be sent to death row. >> this was an anti-semitic incident, period, end of the statement. >> bowers often posted anti-semitic material on social media. he even praised hitler and the holocaust. >> clear the air we have a surrender in progress. suspect is crawling out at this time. clear the air. >> prosecutors say bowers told police, quote: all these jews need to die. now his life is in the hands of 12 strangers as jurors prepare for the trial's next phase. >> this is just the first third of the trial. in a sense it was the least complicated part. we look forward to a final just conclusion and a just punishment. >> the pen

they say that bowers moved methodically through the synagogue armed with an ar-15 rifle. killing 11 congre gants. bowers' attorney admitted in opening statement he shot every person he saw and injured first responders who came to their rescue. prosecutors say in the months leading up to the shooting, bowers posted anti-semitic rants online. the rabbi who testified he helped some congregants escape that day, after yesterday's verdict, the rabbi released this statement saying, i'm grateful for god to getting us to this day. they'll hear evidence whether bowers will get the death penalty on june 26th. >> gio: we turn now to the faa investigating a runway incident between two passengers jets at minneapolis/st. paul's airport. american airlines plane attempting to land abort that landing because a delta plane was still on the runway. controllers told the american plane to fly toward the right side of the runway but the pilot moved the plane to the left. it's not clear how close the planes came. no one was hurt, thank goodness. scary for those pilots and the passengers. >> whit

robert bowers was convicted of all 63 criminal charges he faced, including hate crimes resulting in deathestruction of thee fre ethe maf life synagogue in 2018 was the deadliest attack on jewish people in u.s. history. let's bring in our correspondent. what more can you tell us about the verdict? >> the jury reached a verdict after just five hours of deliberation and it was no surprise because right from the outset, robert bowers's lawyers admitted he did kill and target these worshipers. but they did not present any evidence or call any witnesses because their focus was on trying to convince the jury that his motive was not about religious hatred. they tried to say instead he had this irrational belief he had to attack jewish people because of their support for immigrants and refugees. but the jury instead saw the prosecution's view of this. they presented over 60 witnesses, including police who responded to the scene and survivors. they had shown that robert bowers had a history through social media of white supremacist and antisemitic leg which. the jury -- anti-semitic language. the j

an officer said he asked bowers why he did it.enough and that all jews had to die. cnn's danny freeman has more. >> this first week of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial has been intense, emotional and challenging to listen to and to watch. but it has also been the first time survivors of that mass shooting in 2018 have had the chance to face the alleged gunman robert bowers in court. we've heard opening statements from the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution hoping to prove not only that robert bowers killed those 11 worshippers, but also that he did so intentionally because they were jewish. meanwhile, the defense not disputing that bowers killed those worshippers, but they're hoping to paint his motives as irrational. we've heard from 911 operators, police dispatchers and families of the deceased. we've seen harrowing exhibits like the moment two survivors were able to escape the synagogue after seeing their friend mel wax killed in front of them. dan leger, who was shot in the stomach and survived, we saw the mom

they emphasized that bowers showed no remorse.pped shooting, because he ran out of ammunition, to illustrate the point that the prosecution has been proving this whole time that bowers was there to kill jewish people because they were jewish. this is going to wait for the defense to bring up a closing argument, and they have not brought up a single witness, and this is what they will have to say, because they are going to be focused on the next phase if bowers is convicted, the death penalty phase. >>> north korea launches missiles after condemning the u.s. after conducting drills. >>> and not a sweet crime, but smugglers are trying to hide $150 million worth of meth in maple syrup. ♪ partnering to unlockck new ideas, to create new legacies, to transform a company, industry, economy, generation. because grit and vision working in lockstep puts you on the path to your full potential. old school grit. new world ideas. morgan stanley. with the price of just about everything going up during inflation, we thought we'd bring our prices

. >>> federal jury resumes deliberating this morning in the trial of robert bowers accused of killing 11 at tree of life synagogue. the jury started deliberations thursday after hearing closing arguments. danny freeman has more for us from pittsburgh. >> reporter: sacred house of worship turned into a hunting ground. that is how federal prosecutors describe the tree of life synagogue as they began closing arguments thursday morning. prosecution detailed the brutal execution of each, six were shot in the head, and recalled chaotic morning captured by 911 calls and body camera video. all to prove their case that the defendant robert bowers killed jewish people just because they were jewish. the prosecution brought up the testimony of worshipper dan leger, the nurse who said he instinctively rushed toward the gunfire but was shot in the st stomach. he pretended to be dead and prayed. body camera evidence shows first respond ertz ers carrying him t safety. and they also spoke about the grandmother hid with her daughter under a pe wflt and he deliberately shot both of them. i will canning

history in jerusalem now decided that bowers penalty nhs more. >> shots fired shots fired contact. >>t somatic attack in u.s. history, is of a new jury convicted robert bowers, all 63 criminal counts in federal court including hate crimes. >> i am feeling a sense of relief that a four half years, the world has heard again about the horrific acts. reporter: he faces the death penalty, for murdering 11 worshipers of the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and he unloaded roughly 100 round. >> and the jurors will now decided bowers will be sent to death row. >> this was an anti- somatic incident. end of the statement. reporter: he often posted in a somebody material social media and even praise hitler and the holocaust. >> we must surrender progress in the suspect is calling out at this time. reporter: the prosecutor say power told police about these jews, they need to die and now his life is in the hands of 12 strangers and is the jurors prepare for the trials next phase. >> this is just the first one third of the trial, in essence, he was the least complicated part pretty we look forw

a jury in pennsylvania convicted robert bowers on all 63 charges.0 of them were capital offenses. for his shooting rampage inside the tree of life synagogue in 2018. six others wounded including four officers who responded to the scene. the 50-year-old mass murderer will enter the death penalty phase of his trial, set to begin later this month. take you live outside the courtroom with danny freeman covering this from pittsburgh. danny, tell us what it was like in the courtroom when this verdict was read? >> reporter: well, frankly, the best way to put it, so silent you truly could hear a pin drop when the judge was reading off those charges. our reporter was in the croom as it happened saying robert bowers, the defendant, emotionless ticked through each one of the 63 federal charges, and after the primary capital offense charge was read and bowers found guilty, then a little break in the room in that our producer says you could hear some sniffles in the crowd. remember, family and survivors have been in the court just about every day watching this t

prosecutors say bowers posted anti-semitic rants online for months before the rampage and quoted him saying "all these jews need to die." >> we look forward to a final just conclusion and a just punishment for the horrible, horrendous deeds done four and a half years ago. >> reporter: starting june 26th, the jury is going to begin hearing evidence whether bowers deserves the death penalty. regardless of how that turns out, whit, we know since the synagogue shooting in 2018, violence aimed at faith communities in this country has only been getting worse. whit? >> alarming statistics. aaron katersky reporting for us tonight, thank you. >>> next, the news coming in late today out of arizona -- a rare and deadly black bear attack. the victim sitting outside in a chair. the bear attacking and then dragging him about 75 yards. neighbors witnessing the horrific struggle. here's abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, a rare and fatal black bear attack in prescott, arizona. >> rp reporting that the neighbor was being attacked by a bear. >> reporter: police descr

bowers went on a shooting rampage inside the tree of life synagogue in 2018. attack left six people wounded, including four police officers who responded to the scene. this is a trial that's pretty rare. it's just the second federal death penalty case under the biden administration. cnn's danny freeman has been covering this trial in pittsburgh, which started more than two weeks ago. danny, the jurors in this case came to this conclusion pretty quickly. >> reporter: that's right. it really only took them about five hours to reach this conclusion, as you said, guilty on all 63 federal charges, including those 22 capital offenses that just illustrate exactly what some of those offenses are. the main ones are obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death. that's specifically for killing 11 jewish worshippers at the tree of life synagogue back in 2018 while they were in the middle of praying, of exercising their religious freedoms. and then the other capital charges was the use of discharge of a firearm to commit murder during and in relatio

doctor bowers joins me now.dicine and surgery. she currently serves as the president of the world professional association for were transgender health. she's also on the board of the trevor project. dr. bowers it's great to have you with us. thank you so much for making time. conservatives have sharpened their attacks on transgender people, and health care. one attack is that this world is so new that medical professionals don't understand what they are doing. but just the existence of your decades old organization, and research, seems to debunk that false notion, right? >> well that's absolutely true. we founded the current -- organization in 1979 and it has been a primarily scientific and evidence based organization. that helps to establish safety and treatment guidelines for the treatment of transgender youth and adults. >> you said that you believe lgbtq plus people and their allies should discuss some of the thorny or -- to meet people where they are. expand on that. i know a lot of people have a lot of que

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robert bowers could get death for the tree of life synagogue massacre back in 2015.ented no witnesses after 60 were called for prosecution. cnn's danny freeman has been following the trial over the last several weeks. danny, tell us what happened today. so far. >> reporter: well, brianna, active day in court so far. just learned actually the government finished its rebuttal. so the jury should be getting this case momentarily, but i want to run through some of the things we heard today in closing arguments from both the prosecution and the defense. first prosecution, really tried to paint a contrasting picture earlier this morning of an otherwise peaceful day in a synagogue on a rainy saturday morning, october of 2018 with then the moment that rob bowers, the defendant, quoting from the prosecution, turned a sacred house of worship into a hunting ground. the prosecution further said bowers killed jewish people just because they were jewish. prosecution this morning continued to show some of the most graphic horrible images of the victims mp the synagogue shooting. th

motive stemmed from years of anti-immigrant and antisemitic online posts made by bowers leading up tos had to day. in the closing argument, the defense didn't dispute that bowers killed the worshippers and wounded six other people. bowers attorneys attempted it to reframe his motives saying he killed these worshippers not because they were jewish, but because one congregation supported a refugee see settlement group. the defense argued hatred of immigrants motivated the attack while acknowledging his statement to police about the motives unexpected, shocking and ir. the most graphic pieces of evidence were not made public, the pictures release tell the story. bullet holes in a memorial wall. shattered windows. a gun near a bloody children's book and this prayer book pierced by the gunman. now as jury dlib rakes began we got a statement from one of the congregation who lost three members. it's from new life congregation. it says, there can be no forgiveness. forgiveness requires two components, it is offered by the person who commits the wrong and accepted by the person who was wronged

the gunman, robert bowers, could now face the death penalty. george solis joins us from outside the courthouse in pittsburgh. george, can you give us a timeline of how the jury came to this decision? obviously all eyes have been on this trial. >> reporter: after about five hours of deliberations over two days, the jury came back and found him guilty on all charges, including federal hate crime charges. we had a reporter and producer in there giving context. they said you could hear a pin drop. everyone maintained composure and towards the end you could see robert bowers presumably looking through the sheet as each count was read by the jury there. the prosecution making a firm case from opening arguments through the closing arguments that robert bowers went to the tree of life synagogue and meant to kill worshippers, kill those 11 worshippers, injured a number of police officers. we heard some of the explosive testimony, emotional testimony. the defense trying to lay out their case as well, trying to raise doubts about his intent and motivation

robert bowers is accused of killing 11 people in october of 2018.jury ahead of deliberations that bowers was fueled by a hatred of jewish people. let's bring in nbc news correspondent george solis in pittsburgh. what are we learning this morning? >> reporter: good morning, ana, the jury deliberating for about two hours this morning and it appears that they had a question for the judge regarding some of the charges here with the intent portion of some of the charges related, and it appears that the judge is now answering some of those questions. so it tells you a little bit about how things are happening inside the courtroom. a little context here, yesterday the prosecution and defense resting their cases with their closing arguments. the prosecution reminding the jury about what the accused shooter robert bowers did with his intent to go to the tree of life synagogue and kill the 11 worshippers. when he finally did stop it wasn't because it was the right thing to do it was simply because he ran out of ammunition. as for the defense side, they've bee

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bowers then shot these two folks.r mother was going to die but stayed with her mother because she did not want her mother to die there in the synagogue along. andrea survived by playing dead until pobowers was apprehended anand first responders were able to rescue her. closing arguments expected to happen any minute now and then this case heads to the jury. >> thank you. >>> coming up for us, a committee investigating boris johnson's party gate scandal finds he intentionally misled parliament. the former prime minister already accusing the committee of bias. >>> getting pishctures of pope francis since his recent surgery and when he'll leave the hospital. stay with us. subway jusust keeps getting better. break it down candace. they got world class bakers to develop their tastiest bread yet. is truly makes the subway series a dream team. you know about tt chuck. try the subway series menu. yeah, i was the bread of that team too. their tastiest refresh yet. hey bud. wow. what's all thi hawaii was too expensive so i brou

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the prosecution further said that bowers killed the jewish people there just because they were jewishng arguments they reiterated and showed some of the more horrific and graphic images of what occurred that day, and we have a look at the survivors of the people who were killed that day, and they were stoic, and then we broke for lunch, and the defense brought their case, and it was only 25 minutes. they said no dispute that robert bowers is the one who killed those 11 worshippers that morning, but then they tried to poke hole in the motives that he did not kill them because they were jewish, but because one of the congregations supported a refugee settlement group, and it is not about because them being jewish, but because they were immigrant supporters, and this is the crux of that. and now this is what we got a statement from the new life congregation, and they lost three members. they wrote in the statement saying that there can be no forgiveness here. forgiveness requires two components, it is offered by the person who commits the wrong and accepted by the person who accepts the

robert bowers faces 63 federal charges related to the shooting.pled not guilty but his defense team has acknowledged he carried out what was the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. joining me now from pittsburgh, nbc news correspondent george solis. help us understand what's happening and what comes next? >> reporter: good afternoon, chris. so our understanding is that the deliberations here with the jury might begin shortly. both sides completing their closing arguments this afternoon. this is two and a half weeks of the case in the guilt phase to determine whether or not robert bowers carried out this attack, the prosecution presenting 60 witnesses, the most impactful likely the final two, including the mother of one of the victims, and an officer who was shot who responded the day of the shooting. the defense presenting no witnesses. and as you mentioned, during opening arguments, defense attorney judy clark saying there would be no dispute and no doubt that bowers carried out this heinous attack, but they were trying to raise questi

for them, it is divisive issue as to whether or not robert bowers should get life in prison or whether or not he should get the death penalty. the prosecution laying out their case during opening arguments, much the same during closing, saying he went to the tree of life synagogue to carry out this heinous attack. the defense doing their part to raise questions about his motivation, mainlily motivated by his views on immigration. the prosecution being clear there's no doubt that the accused shooter robert bowers didn't go to an immigration camp, the border, he went to the tree of life synagogue and murdered 11 members of the congregation. today the reaction from not just the tree of life congregation but across many facets of what we're seeing from the jewish community is they feel some level of vindication. they are now waiting to see what will happen next during the sentencing phase, which, again, we expect to take place about a week from monday or at least a portion of the trial starting a week from monday, chris. >> george solis, thank you so much. that verdict coming on the same d

prosecutor blocked a request from bowers attorney for a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. this is just the first third of the trial. and in a sense, it was the least complicated part. we look forward to a final just conclusion and just punishment. jurors must now deliberate on whether he should be sent to death row or sentenced to life in prison without parole. the trial will begin the penalty phase on june 26th, which is expected to last several weeks. a scathing report on the minneapolis police department by the doj finds a years long history of violating the constitution and federal law. the sweeping civil rights probe followed the death of george floyd in 2020. the investigation found numerous examples of unjustified excessive force, unlawful discrimination in first amendment violations. it also documented rampant racist and racial profiling and investigations into police misconduct took months and sometimes years. the department of justice has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the minneapolis police department and the city of minneapolis engaged

bowers is facing the life sentence.g how on combat sentiments behind the hate crimes. >> reporter: yeah, that tree of life mass deacre is not a one o. there is a rise in anti- anti-semitism. jews make up about 2.4% of the population and anti-semitic attacks more than 60% of reported motivated hate crimes in the country in terms of atl statistics. and anti-semitic attacks have been at their highest over the past two years. so given that, i'll be speaking with an actor from tv shows like scandal and west wing. and he is on a broadway show based on a play that i saw a couple weeks ago and it talks to anti-semitism and the horrific catastrophe that resulted in the roll cost. and it teaches us valuable lessons.theroll cost. and it teaches us valuable lessons. the biden administration announced strides and progress in addressing this crisis, but it continues to grow. >> so important to look at history and depictions of history to make sure that it doesn't happen again. and we look forward to watching you on "the lead." >>> an