jamed james craig anderson was standing by his car at a local motel and he was black. >> reporter: they found the first black person they could find and that was in this parking lot. >> this is the first business that you get to coming off of the highway. so that was the first person that apparently was out here and vulnerable. >> reporter: according to witness statements, at first jameserson was beaten and taunted with racial slurs. surveillance video shows white teens going back and forth in what prosecutors say was a continuous beating of the victim as one of the teens walks back to the cars after beating anderson he pumps his fist in the air and shouts "white power "according to a motel security guard. some of the teens got in the white suv and drove away, leaving anderson beaten and lying on the ground. deryl dedmon wasn't through. he had two girls in his truck as he was leaving this parking lot, a big f-250 pickup truck. james craig anderson, the man who was beaten almost to a pulp, was stumbling down this curb. that's when police say dery deryl dedmon hit the gas, jumped the curb and ran over his victim, smashing him. what he didn't know was the entire episode was being caught on a surveillance camera on the corner of this hotel. this is what was caught on that tape obtained exclusively by cnn. we warn you, it is disturbing. a video captures what the prosecutor

james c. anderson, and now federal investigators are getting involved. drew griffin explains why the case became a capital crime. >> reporter: the investigators found out that the victim in this case, james craig anderson was robbed before being beaten and killed, and it is because the murder took place in the commission of a crime that now prosecutors there can file a capital murder charge which makes him eligible for the death sentence, so it was the addition of being robbed that capital murder charge was filed yesterday. >> but i have only one thing to tell the media, and that is, go to brandon, mississippi. go to brandon, mississippi. and get those other five murderers who committed such a horrendous violent act against my beloved brother james reporter: don, that was the emotional plea of barbara anderson young, james anderson's sister, and as you know, since this crime happened not a single member of mr. anderson's family has come forward to say anything, and she finally broke the family's silence yesterday with a plea that we have been hearing ever since we aired this surveillance tape that gruesome surveillance tape which shows james craig anderson being run over by an f-250, a large ford pickup truck in the parking lot of a hotel. that video went viral, and there were many, many people calling for more charges to be filed and there were seventeen agers in all involved in this, and only two have been charged. deryl deadman is the person who was driving the truck and another fellow john rice who has been charged with a lesser crime. >> i will continue to follow the story with you, and i have been in touch with the attorney and the family involved and look for an update when i host the joy behar show at 9:00 p.m. eastern o

james craig anderson. now run and tell that. >> doan. that was the emotional plea of barbara anderson young, james anderson's sister, as you know, since this crime happened, not a single member of anderson's family has come forward to say anything. she finally broke the family's silence yesterday, with a plea that we having hearing ever since we aired the surveillance tape, that gruesome surveillance tape which shows jamesideo went viral, there were many people calling for more charges to be filed. there were seven teenagers in all who have been charged with this. there were two charged. but the federal government is now involved. precisely to see if federal rights, civil rights, hate crime legislation can be used in mississippi against those other people because right now they have not been charged with a crime. >> drew griffin, we're going to be following this story, thank you, very much, drew, we appreciate it. let's go to holly hughes, he's an attorney and a former prosecutor, federal prosecutor here. you said the feds will get you on this charge? >> the feds will enact the death penalty. when they seek it, they typically get it in the federal system because seek it sparingly, it's not like we hear a lot of state cases and this is going to be a hate crime, don and the reason why they need to get a hold of those other five teenagers who haven't been charged because they're going to need to testify ab