prosecutors are calling for death penalty of the suspect, robert bowers. he's accused of carrying out the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. danny freeman is live in pittsburgh covering this. we heard from before you the trial began yesterday. and now we've seen prosecutors as they lay out their case in these opening remarks. walk us through it. >> that's right, poppy. by the way, you mentioned exactly how emotional and challenging yesterday was in the courtroom. some of the 911 calls. we'll get to that in a second. what the prosecution tried to do yesterday is not only establish that robert bowers was the one who killed 11 worshippers in pittsburgh in that synagogue on that day in october of 2018, but also that he did it specifically because those worshippers who jewish and did so in a horrific fashion. yesterday we really learned new details about how violent and just how intentional that shooting was. prosecutors said that robert bowers went through the synagogue room by room methodically hunting jewish worshippers. now in the end of that sh

prosecutors said that robert bowers went through the synagogue, methodically going room to room, and in their words hunting jewish worshippers. now after a while, law enforcement did come, in swat teams engaged in a shootout with mr. bowers, they were able to get him to surrender. it was during that point when he was -- why are you doing this? why did you do this? and the prosecution said the response was, quote, all jews need to die. are killing our kids. so that is really what the prosecution is saying. now alison, i should, say the defense in this, case they are not disputing the case that robert bowers killed these 11 people, the defense said that these actions were incomprehensible, and inexcusable. there is no question that it was a planned attack. that main defense attorney julie clark today, she really said that the jury's job in this case is to see if in her words, bowers irrational motives, in this, intent if those actually apply to the 63 federal charges mr. bowers is facing. so, we are opening statements from the prosecution, the defense first thing this morning. >> so da

we hear how robert bowers was filled with hate against jewish people, how he saw them as the childrensatan, and creatures, not people, and how he had been online for months trying to whip up antisemitic hatred. on this day, he had gone to the tree of life synagogues and attacked three separate congregations, killing 11 people, wounding several more. among them police officers being apprehended. in the days running up to the trial, i spent days and time with members of the jewish community here to find out what the last four and half years has been like for them. this is the squirrel hill labor hood -- neighborhood. one of the oldest jewish communities in the country. four a half years ago, one of its synagogues became the scene of a hate filled attack on jewish worshipers just for being jewish. 11 people died, seven injured when a man allegedly yelling antisemitic slogans move from room to room and a blood the massacre -- bloody massacre. the eldest victim was 79 years old. the victims came from three separate congregations. one of them lost three of their members. >> no one had ever

the prosecution describing how robert bowers, the defendant, methodically went to the synagogue, quotee defense not disputing that it was bowers who opened fire. but saying his motives were irrational and misguided. here's a preview of what's to come. >> reporter: 4 1/2 years after the deadliest anti-semitic attack in history, jurors will hear the trial. 12 jurors and six alternates were seated. questioning focused primarily on whether these men and women could sentence the suspect, robert bowers, to death, if he's found guilty of kill 11 jewish worshippers. >> i don't think i could ever have anticipated the intensity of this jury selection. >> reporter: throughout the process, family members of victims have watched bowers across the courtroom, without handcuffs and dressed in shirts speaking to attorneys. prosecutors say bowers walked up to the tree of life synagogue and opened fire. members of three congregations were worshipping there. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. one of the worst. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say bowers entered the building and intentionally shot people

the gilt phase, the first part of this trial determine whether or not robert bowers did it, is likelyntensity in this case. the real crux will come at what is called the penalty phaseif come at what is called the penalty phase if he is found guilty because thatis phase if he is found guilty because that is when the victims will get their chance to argue for the death penalty if that is what they believe, and the defence will get to argue their defence which will be about mitigating circumstances, psychiatric illnesses and the effects of epilepsy etc that they say robert bowers has, as a way of keeping him from death row. that will all unfold over the next nine weeks or so. the possibility that the covid—19 virus leaked from a laboratory should not be ruled out, a former top chinese government scientist has told bbc news. george gao, who was director of the chinese centre for disease control for much of the pandemic, has told a new bbc podcast that the question of the virus's origin remains open. many scientists still believe that the virus is most likely to have passed naturally from

and we have heard from the defence as well, who did not dispute that robert bowers undertook the shootingsicable act. they say that it was wrong and it was completely incomprehensible. but they are also seeing to the jury look, please assess the facts set to the law, because they are big game, really, is in the second part of this trial, when it will be decided what kind of penalty will be for their crimes. he what kind of penalty will be for their crimes.— what kind of penalty will be for their crimes. he was able to do this, and _ their crimes. he was able to do this, and also _ their crimes. he was able to do this, and also the _ their crimes. he was able to do this, and also the fact - their crimes. he was able to do this, and also the fact that - their crimes. he was able to do this, and also the fact that this | this, and also the fact that this attack took nearly 15 minutes, shooting not only with an assault rifle but with handguns, and he was inside the building for 15 minutes. yeah, he was armed to the teeth. he had an assault rifle, one of these ir fifteens that we see so often a

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prosecutor said that robert bowers went through the synagogue basically room by room and methodically. and at the end of that shooting, s.w.a.t. team members came in, they got no a shoot-out with bowers and eventually bowers sur trendered. one s.w.a.t. officer asked why did you do this and bowers replied according to prosecutors because all jews need to do, jews are killing our kids. and we also heard from the defense yesterday as well, they made their opening statements and the defense frankly is not disputing any of the facts. they are not saying that bowers did not kill these people. the defense attorney calling his action s inexcusable, but the defense will try to ask the jury to consider if in their words his irrational motives and misguided intent ultimately fit with the 63 federal felony charges that bowers is facing. now, you spoke earlier about the 911 calls. that was really the moment that shifted the tone for this trial as i said earlier. bernice simon, we heard her 911 call from inside the chapel, 84 years old, she was in the sun go synagogue holding her husband who had al

>> well, alison, basically prosecutors tried to establish one primary, thing not just that robert bowersately into the synagogue killing 11 jewis

robert bowers faces 63 counts in a federal indictment including 22 that are punishable by death.s of the g7 meeting in japan this week. on the agenda, the war in ukraine, the climate crisis, economic growth and clean energy. president biden is supposed to attend, but aides have floated the idea he may not if there is no deal on raising the debt ceiling. the president called the idea of skipping the summit possible but not likely. >>> also, we will get a snapshot of the health of the economy when the retail sales figures are released tuesday. last month's report showed a drop in sales in march as consumers pulled back spending during the fears of a banking crisis and possible recession. >>> and the preakness, the second leg of horse racing's triple crown will kick off saturday after winning the kentucky derby, mage will hope to keep the streak alive. there has not been a triple crown winner since justify won in 2018. >>> tomorrow the jury selection in the trial of the man accused of carrying out what is believed to be the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack resumes. robert bower

prosecutors have charged pittsburgh area truck driver robert bowers. he is 50 years old. federal death penalty case. they say bowers hated jewish people and vowed to kill as many as he could in his online postings he s jews are committig genocide against my people and they're quote evil creatures. the jury heard 911 calls. one especially chilling bernie simon 48 years old who was wounded over a husband sylvan as he bled to death telling the 911 operator quote we are being attacked. then the jury heard her screams as she was shot dead. the defense concedes what happened but is blaming it on bowers mental illness saying he suffers from schizophrenia and brain damage. the shooting continues to raise fears across the country about the increase in anti-semitic attacks. the antidefamation league says anti-semitic attacks were up last year by 36%. the defense has offered the prosecution the possibility that bowers will plead guilty in exchange for life imprisonment but so far the federal prosecutors have rejected that. this remains a federal death penalty case. mike? >> mike: eri

robert bowers is accused of killing 11 people in the 2018 attack at the synagogue in pittsburgh. this case largely undisputed, the question at the heart of this trial is whether bowers will get the death penalty. let's bring in nbc news correspondent george solis and former federal prosecutor, carol lam. george, what are we hearing in opening statements so far? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, ana. opening arguments starting before 10:00. the prosecution up first and they are really just going through all of the details of this massacre, this case more than four years in the making, the defense will have their opportunity to make their case before the jury of 12 and 6 alternates, 7 men and 11 women, the suspect, robert bowers, in the courtroom, we're told pretty alert talking to his defense team right now. a couple of interesting things taking place this morning. the jury prior to the jury entering defense reminded there should be no mention of the death penalty or mental health as this is going to be used during the penalty phase of the discussion because this is really taking p

the accused killer robert bowers is facing the death penalty.le for the massacre. joining us now is nbc news correspondent kathy park and msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin. kathy, tell us more about what the jurors are hearing? >> reporter: hey, ana, good morning to you. so we are entering day two of this trial, it's supposed to be roughly three weeks for phase one of this trial determining his guilt followed by the sentencing, which is supposed to last roughly six weeks, and right now we are hearing from one of the survivors of the shooting from back in october of 2018, but this all comes on the heels of a very harrowing and difficult and emotional day yesterday as some of the family members had to hear these chilling details from that mass shooting. you mentioned those 911 calls that were played out. there was one call that was initially made by one of the victims, she called saying that her husband was bleeding out right next to her, and shortly after that the phone dies. you don't hear anything, but it was quickly followed by gunfire and scream

police say robert bowers entered and began shooting worshippers inside. 11 died that day.luding 11 hate-related counts, some of which are punishable by death. he has pleaded not guilty. nbc news correspondent george solis is following the tile for us outside the courthouse in pittsburgh today. george, opening statements were this morning. some witnesses were starting to be called. what have we heard so far? >> reporter: what we heard is pretty emotional testimony. probably among the most chilling would be from the dispatcher who took some of the first 911 calls from inside of the church. you can hear some of the gunshots in some of those calls from what we're told from our team in the courthouse. you hear the victims describing they had been shot trying to identify where the shoots were coming from. we also heard from one of the rabbis there describing the layout of the church and how three different groups of worshippers make up the tree of life synagogue and all told you have a number of people just listening in including robert bowers who we're told is listening to all

robert bowers faces a possible death sentence if found guilty of ii killings at a synagogue in pittsburgh suffered from schizophrenia. he's accused of killing worshippers, many of them elderly, during sabbath services as well as wounding seven others. he has pleaded not guilty. brazil is hosting the largest summit of south american leaders for nearly a decade. in his opening speech, the brazilian president, luiz inacio lula da silva, urged his counterparts to put aside ideological differences in favour of unity. but his appeal has been overshadowed by controversy surrounding the presence of venezuela's leader, nicolas maduro. his administration is accused of human rights violations and rigging elections. several leaders at the summit in brasilia have disagreed with the inclusion of mr maduro. they've also questioned president lula da silva's description of venezuela's authoritarian image as merely a "narrative." norway and sweden are monitoring what they believe is an unusual russian spy off their coast — a beluga whale. he first appeared in norway in 2019 wearing a harness with a mount s

. >>> the death penalty trial for robert robert bowers is set to start today.was the deadliest attack ever on a jewish community in the united states. the 50-year-old suspect faces 6 'charges and pleaded not guilty to all of them. that trial is expected to last until july. >>> russia says ukraine is responsible for a drone attack on the city of moscow early this morning. state media reports no one died but two were injured and several buildings had minor damage. russia's investigative committee said eight of the unmanned drones were shot down by air defenses teams found a person under the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in davenport, iowa. some residents are unaccounted for. but thankfully there are no confirmed deaths. before the collapse work was underway to repair structural problems. there were reports of falling bricks and residents complained of issues inside. the cause is under investigation. that's a look at the top stories. >>> it was a time to remember our country's bravest. we take a look at some of the tributes to the fallen on memorial day

robert bowers has pleaded not guilty to 63 charges, including hate crimes, and could face the death penaltythat there were muscle burns from the guns on the victims' bodies. he shot david and cecil rosenthal, two men with intellectual disabilities, whosejob it was to welcome worshippers as they arrived at the synagogue each saturday morning. he shot a married couple as well, denise died while she was on the phone to the 911 emergency service. he ploughed through the building, killing people at random, killing people at close range and spouting his anti—semitic hatred. until he was cornered by the police in an upstairs room, wounded himself and crawled out asking for mercy and for help. 0ne himself and crawled out asking for mercy and for help. one of the other witnesses later on in the other witnesses later on in the day, rabbijeffrey the other witnesses later on in the day, rabbi jeffrey meyers, described how he had locked himself in an upstairs bathroom, holding onto the door handle so that if he felt someone turn it outside, he could push it open and try to surprise them and take down th

today for the man accused of killing 11 people at a pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. 50-year-old robert bowers has needed ed pleaded not guilty. he could face death penalty if convicted. >> the attack is the deadliest ever on american jewish communities in the u.s. bowers had posted attacks on immigrants and jewish people on social media in the weeks before the shooting. prosecutors have rejected a plea deal to remove the death penalty in exchange for life in prison. >>> police in mississippi have captured one of two escaped inmates who went missing during a prison head count. the man faces escape charges and police are still searching for the other fugitive. >> and last month four men were able to break out of the same center with two captured and the other two found dead. the local sheriff apologized. >> we believe they were able to get access to an air duct within the facility which led to the exterior of the facility where they were able to go over a fence and escape the facility as well. once again, i know i apologized before and here where he once again and i'm apologizing to the people

men charged with the deadliest anti-semitic attack in history, even the defense attorney for robert bowers admits that he shot and killed 11 jewish worshipers at the synagogue in pittsburgh back in 2018. the trial is really about -- if convicted he could face the death penalty. check out this footage from north carolina where a bus driver and passenger opendoc fire on each other while the bu was in motion. it started when the passenger wanted to get off between stops and pulled up a gun and both go shot nobody else was hurt. the bus driver was fired for bringing a gun to work on the passenger is facing assault charges. progressive policies of the los angeles district attorney's of the spotlight after an attempte murder suspect was set free and has now allegedly attacked someone else, except this time it was deathly pure there and rapidly yells live with more information on this. >> la district attorney facing new round of criticism after a man with a legibly ordered his -- murdered his neighbor in cold blood. he's accused of shooting jennifer gomez insider apartmen as well as 2024 sutherla

rabbi myers told juries that he expected to die when 50-year-old robert bowers allegedly entered the tree of life synagogue and opened fire in 2018. bowers has pleaded not guilty to 63 charges and he could face the death penalty if he is convicted. >> bowers is accused of killing 11 people in the deadliest attack ever on the american jewish community. 911 operator also testified about receiving a frantic call from 84-year-old bernice sigh monday, she and her 86-year-old husband were both killed. >>> still ahead, the boy who called 911 for help only to be shot by police speaks about the terrifying or deal. what he wants to say to the officer who shot him. >>> plus out of control wildfires in eastern canada force thousands to flee from their homes. we'll have the latest. to finally lose 80 pounds and keep it off with golo is amazing. i've been maintaining. the weight is gone and it's never coming back. with golo, i've not only kept off the weight but i'm happier, i'm healthier, and i have a new lease on life. golo is the only thing that will let you lose weight and keep it off. who los

. >> reporter: defendant robert bowers accused of killing 11 james byrd jr.rshipers and wounding several others in october 2018, sat in the courtroom wearing a collared shirt and an olive sweater, actively speaking with his attorneys, all while the government graphically laid out the deadly rampage he is accused of committing. federal prosecutors said in the months leading up to the shooting, bowers looked up jewish organizations and posted anti-semitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric online. then that saturday morning bowers armed himself and drove to the synagogue. the prosecution said bowers methodically went through the synagogue and hunted worshiper, sometimes shooting at such close range, they had singe marks from the rifle. rose was shot through the head while hiding behind a pew. her daughter hid from bowers under her body. >> it's a horrific crime scene. one of the worst i have seen. >> reporter: after a shootout with the pittsburgh s.w.a.t. team, bowers surrendered. an officer asked him why. he responded in part, all jews need to die. the jews are killi

. >>> the second day of testimony is under way in the federal death penalty trial of robert bowers, this of killing 11 jewish worshippers at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue in 2018. victims' family members were back in court hearing more about that deadly october day in grueling detail. danny, there was more powerful testimony today from family members. >> reporter: that's right, boris. in fact we today heard the first family member of a person killed testify this morning. we also got new exhibits early this morning we had not seen that paints a picture of what actually happened but first i want to get emotional testimony we heard. we heard from carol black. carol black is the sister of richard godfried. richard was one of the victims killed in this shooting back in october of 2018. carol black was also a survivor of the shooting. she described today she was in the synagogue. shots started to ring out. she and three other congregation members ran to a closet and bunkered inside of the closet she said on the stand today. one of the other members who was hiding with her in that closet

robert bowers has pleaded not guilty to 63 charges, including hate crimes.an investigator said he posted anti-comments and racist memes online in the months ahead of the shooting. if convicted, bowers could face execution. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show looking at how the proposed bipartisan debt limit deal the house is voting on today would cut funds for the environmental protection agency and speed completion of the controversial $6.6 billion mountain valley pipeline in virginia and west virginia. over 750 frontline communities and environmental justice groups oppose the pipeline. this comes as protests in several cities demanded lawmakers vote down what they are calling the dirty debt ceiling deal. if built, the proposed mountain valley pipeline, m.v.p., will car

rabbi jeffrey mars told jerry that he expected to die, 1:50-year-old robert bowers entered the tree inthey pleaded not guilty to 63 charges and he could face the death penalty if he's convicted. he's accused of killing 11 people in the death of the us attack ever. all of the american jewish community. the 9-1-1 operator also testified about receiving a frantic call from a 40-year-old old -- she and her 86-year-old were both killed. an 11-year-old mississippi boy who called 9-1-1, only to have the police officer shoot him in the chest is speak now about the frightening ordeal. he was hospitalized earlier this month with multiple serious gunshot injuries. the officer who shot and was responding to a domestic disturbance call. cnn's nick valencia traveled to mississippi to speak with him. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> as we late in his mother's hands, bleeding out from a gunshot. he began praying to god and singing gospel songs. >> i'm thinking that i'm going to. di i told my family, i told my teacher, i said i'm sorry -- >> on may 20th, the mom told him to call 9-1-1 for help. after the father of one of h

. >> reporter: defendant robert bowers accused of killing 11 jewish worshippers an wounding several others sat in the courtroom wearing a collared shirt and olive sweater actively speaking with mhis attorneys while the government laid out the deadly rampage he is accused of committing. federal prosecutors said that bowers looked up jewish organizations and posted anti-semitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric online. and then that saturday morning bowers armed himself with several hand begins, ar-15 and shotgun and drove to the synagogue. the prosecution said bowers then methodically went through the synagogue and hunted jewish worshippers sometimes shooting victims at such close range that they had singe marks from the rifle that killed them. >> it is a very horrific crime scene. one of the worst that i've seen. >> reporter: after a shootout with members of the s.w.a.t. team, bowers surrendered. and officer asked him why he had done this. and the prosecutor told jurors he responded in part all jews need to die. the jews are killing our kids. in her opening statement bowers' defense attorney cal

. >> reporter: defendant robert bowers accused of killing 11 and wounding several others in october ofa collared shirt and olive sweater, actively speaking with attorneys. all why the government laid out the deadly rampage he's accused of kidding. prosecutors say bowers had looked up jewish organizations and posted anti-semitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric online. then he armed himself and drove to the synagogue. the prosecution says bowers methodically went through the synagogue and hunted jewish worshippers, sometimes shooting victims at such close range, they had singe marks from the rifle. 97-year-old rose mall jer was shot in the head while hiding behind a bu. her daughter hit underneath her body. after a shootout with members of the purg s.w.a.t. team, bowers surr surrendered. prosecutor soo song told jurors, he responded, all jews need to die. defense attorney judy clarke called her client's actions incomprehensible. saying there would be no doubt as to who shot the 11 and wounded seven others, but clarke said the jury must determine if his irrational moment and misguided attempt

the prosecution said that robert bowers had a deep and abiding prejudice that he hated jews.ng the stage for is this horrific but not unknown conspiracy theory that george soros and other wealthy jews were funding the caravan. remember, this was october 2018 when some prominent politicians and prominent right-wing media outlets were talking about the caravan, talking about how george soros was funding this and the white replacement theory, the great replacement theory this is all jews and nonwhites coming to replace the demographic of america. i think the argument she's going to make is he was misguided, but he didn't come up with this. and we'll see if that works. >> yeah, that it's not just anti-semitism, that he was sort of swept up in something created by someone else. >> i tell you what i'll be watching out for is who is she going to cite as pushing forward and promoting this racist conspiracy theory? because there are a number of individuals on capitol hill and other places in prominence in washington, d.c., and elsewhere, and individuals on certain channels that pushed

. >> reporter: defendant robert bowers, accused of killing 11 jewish worshippers and wounding severalaring a collared shirt and an olive sweater, all while the government graphically laid out the deadly rampage he's accused of committing. in the months leading up to the shooting, bowers looked up jewish organizations and posted anti-semitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric online. then he armed himself with several handguns, a shotgun, and drove to the synagogue. he then methodically went through the synagogue and hunted jewish worshippers, sometimes shooting victims at such close range, they had singe marks from the rifle that killed them. 97-year-old rose mallinger was shot through the head while hiding behind a pew. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. it's one of the worst that i've seen. >> reporter: after a shootout with members of the pittsburgh police s.w.a.t. team, bowers surrendered. the prosecutor said he responded, in apart, jews need o die, jews are hurting our kids. saying there will be no doubt as to who shot 11 congregants and wounded several others. 22 of the 63 charges ag

robert bowers is accused of opening fire at the tree of life synagogue in 2018, killing 11 worshipersis expected to focus on trying to prevent a death sentence. why people are still unaccounted for after an apartment building in davenport iowa partially collapsed on sunday and officials say two people could be buried in the rubble. last night video showed a woman being rescued more than 24 hours after the six-story building crumbled and prompted calls to delay demolition but officials warned that waiting is risky too. >> it is the opinion of the structural engineer that any additional search operations in the area of that pile of debs should be avoided due to potential collapse. we are currently evaluating the risk assessment of where we can go back into that building to do this other search. stephanie: it is not clear what caused the collapse but the building was 116 years old and presidents had complained of problem -- residents had complained of problems going unaddressed. a court has cleared the way for purdue pharma's settlement that protects the sackler family from civil lawsuit

seated, questioning focussing primarily on whether these men and women could sentence the suspect robert bowersticipate the intensity of this jury selection. >> reporter: throughout the process, family members of victims watched bowers across the courtroom. on the morning of october 27th, 2018, prosecutors say bowers walked up to the tree of life synagogue and opened fire. members of three congregations were worshipping there at the time. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. one of the worst that i've seen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say bowers entered the building and intentionally shot people praying while expressing his desire to kill jews. he now faces 63 felony counts, 22 of which are punishable by death. his defense team has offered a guilty plea in exchange for taking capital punishment off the table and two of the congregations who were impacted asked the justice department in 2019 to accept a life in prison plea, but prosecutors were unswayed and still fighting for execution and families of nine victims asked attorney general merrick garland to keep the death penalty on the table

and we're talking about defendant robert bowers here.s old and he faces 63 charges, 22 of which are eligible for the death penalty. and the death penalty really is central to the heart of this case. but i'll get to that in a send. i want to remind viewer what is brought us to this point almost five years ago. october 27, 2018, bowers was accused of walking up to the free tree of life synagogue and started opening fire. he also went inside and started opening fire on a number of worshippers who were actively praying in there at the time. there were three congregations inside that synagogue at the time. and he is accused of saying anti-semitic and hateful things towards jewish people while he was going on that shooting spree. in the end 11 people were killed, 11 were sorshippers wer killed and six others injured. and he was taken into custody during the course of the attack. so while bowers has pleaded not guilty, really guilt is not at the center of this trial. in fact the defense team here for bowers, they actually said that we would off

robert bowers is accused of opening fire at the "tree of life" synagogue in 2018 killing 11 worshippersfense is expected to focus on trying to prevent a death sentence. five people are still unaccounted for after an apartment building in davenport, iowa partially collapsed on sunday. officials say two people could be buried in the rubble. last night, video showed a woman being rescued more than 24 hours after the six-story building crumbled. it prompted calls to delay demolition, but officials warned that waiting is risky, too. >> it is the opinion of the structural engineer that any additional search operations in the area of that pile of debris should be avoided due to potential collapse. we are currently evaluating the risk assessment of where we can go back into that building to do this other search. amna nawaz: --geoff bennett: it's not clear what caused the collapse, but the building was 116 years old, and residents had complained of problems going un-addressed. in eastern canada, 16,000 people are under evacuation orders as wildfires rage near halifax, in nova scotia. strong wind

robert bowers is accused of killing 11 people and injuring seven others after storming a pittsburgh synagogue of 2018. his lawyers have argued he was schizophrenic . some of the families of the victims are divided on their opinion of the federal government seeking the death penalty in the case. now to florida, where police are still searching for three suspects they believe opened fire on a busy beach promenade, leaving nine people heard it all happened near a packed beach in hollywood, located about 25 miles north of miami. the victims are all in stable condition tonight, the youngest, just one year old witnesses say they saw a group of people fighting. that's when one person pulled a gun and started shooting. i was kind of the broad walk on my bike, and you've seen the two groups kind of interacted a little bit hostile to one another. and you know, making, you know gestures of one another and then, just like looked out of place, and eventually, um, they turned to the shooting. police have been able to detain two people who were involved in the altercation that led up to the shooting but are