A double murder defendant has told a Northern California jury to convict him quick so he can see "Monday Night Football" at the jailhouse.

Nathan Burris, who is representing himself in the Contra Costa County Superior Court trial, snapped his fingers on Monday and told jurors he's guilty.

He said he has no remorse and no regrets. He asked them to convict him quickly so he can watch football on TV.

Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday.

Burris faces a death penalty phase of trial if he's convicted of murder with special circumstances of lying in wait and killing multiple victims.

The 49-year-old is accused of killing 51-year-old Deborah Ross, of Richmond, a bridge toll collector, and 58-year-old San Leandro resident Ersie "Chuck" Everette, a Golden Gate Transit bus driver, at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza in August 2009.

While Burris has confessed his guilt throughout court proceedings over the past three years and did so again from the stand at his trial, he has not pleaded guilty.

"I have from day one admitted I was the shooter," Burris told the jurors.

Burris also testified that he is "not looking to blame any of my actions on drugs or a bad childhood" and is not claiming that the killings were committed in self-defense.

Instead, he said from the witness stand that his decision to follow and murder his former girlfriend and the man he believed she was dating was an act of "self-preservation."

Burris, who was working as a long-haul truck driver, testified that he became suspicious of Ross' relationship with Everette while he and Ross were still living together. He testified that at one point he was threatened by Everette, although he did not explain how.

On the evening of Aug. 11, 2009, Burris testified, he spotted Everette's pickup truck parked in the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza parking lot, where Ross worked.

After slashing the truck's tires, he left the area and then returned after checking to ensure there were no California Highway Patrol officers near the parking lot, he testified.

"If you're going on a mission like I'm going on, you want to be successful ... you want to get it done," Burris said.

The defendant testified that when he saw Everette in the truck, he ran up and shot him multiple times in the head and chest.

Next, he testified, he turned his attention to Ross, who was working her shift in one of the bridge's tollbooths.

"My hate and passion and anger got the better of me," he said. "There's a thin line between love and hate, and that's what it was for her."

Burris said he shot Ross in the arm, then ran around the tollbooth and opened fire again.