timothy mcvey was convicted in 1987 for the murder of 168 people. he confessed as well to the bombing and he referred to his execution as a state-assisted suicide. he referred later to those children who died in that bombing as collateral damage never claiming innocence or providing any other defense than that's what he wanted to carry out. we do not know if roof will do the same thing, but there are eerie similarities in the case already. >> absolutely. i think this person had a clear state of mind. he wanted to start a race riot he wanted to kill black people. that's pretty clear. and i would imagine that unless his lawyer convinces him otherwise or decides based on evidence there is a mental state here cha suggeststhat suggests he wasn't of clear thinking he will try to have diminished capacity. that will be hard to play out given the words that were said and the manner in which he conducted this. but it has to be looked at and the question i have is does this become a federal case a state crime with no death penalty, or does it stay a state case

timothy mcvey used a truck bomb. >> there may be a shooting at the sikh temp in oak creek. >> when an opened fire in 12, he said he had to do something to stop the violence. he had to speak out. >> if i didn't change my ways, death or prison was likely to take me from my daughter. where. >> reporter: the former skin headskinhead drove 20 hours to console those in south carolina. >> i came here to bear witness. having great responsibility having been once part of the hate movement. >> what happened when he got there reduced him to tears. he found himself being embraced by the same people that he once hated. >> person after person came up to me primarily black people saying hey it's all right brother, they gave me you hugs and they held me. it was really powerful. >> reporter: robert mitchell is a city councilman here. he told me had seen chatter and heard disruption of funerals in the days and weeks ahead. we talked to charleston police and they too are listening but have heard of no specific threats. at this hour they are still sing being, they are still praying but the police are st