Welcome to the NewsHour. Federal and state prosecutors have charged a man with 16 counts of attempted murder and with a hate crime after he allegedly set fire to demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado yesterday, who were marching in support of Israeli hostages.

Twelve people were hurt. At least two are still in the hospital. And today, the Trump administration

has condemned the attacker both for his alleged crimes, but also for his legal status,

saying he'd overstayed his visa. Laura Barone Lopez has our report.

Can't do nothing. Stay away. Stay away. Dramatic cell phone video showed a chaotic scene of people rushing to treat burn victims outside the courthouse in downtown Boulder.

After a man set fire to a group of pro-Israel demonstrators who held weekly walks to raise awareness about Israeli hostages.

Everybody get back. An organizer with the group, run for their lives, described his horror.

You want to help them.

And this is when we all retreated and realized that he doesn't care.

Is there to harm as much as possible?

Law enforcement said the suspect, who has been identified as 45-year-old

Muhammad Sabri Salomon,

used a makeshift flamethrower and other incendiary devices on the crowd before he was taken into

custody. I saw fire. I saw people falling and screaming and crying and tripping. He had three

mullochov cocktails. One of them he threw inside of a group at the group and one lady lit on fire from head to toe.

The FBI said he had at least 16 more Molotov cocktails in his possession.

Eyewitnesses said he shouted free Palestine and anti-Israel slurs. Today prosecutors charged Solomon with a federal hate crime and at the state level

16 counts of attempted murder. We fully intend to hold Mr. Solomon accountable for his actions,

and these charges are the first step. And new court documents today revealed Solomon confessed

to police that he planned his attack for a year, saying

he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wish they were all dead. And he said he would do it again.

This has every single sign of being a hate crime. Colorado's Attorney General and FBI leaders

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