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by isis now moves into syria. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and across the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. thank you very much for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." it took a jury in the u.s. state of texas less than three hours to reach their verdict in the so-called american sniper trial. >> eddie ray routh here in the center was found guilty of killing former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield back in 2013 at a gun ranging. kyle on the right, was a former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. with 160 confirmed kills while fighting as a sharpshooter in iraq. trial captured worldwide headlines as kyle at the same time was profiled across the globe in the oscar-nominated film "american sniper." >> now, our ed lavandera is in

steubenville texas, and had more on the verdict including emotional reaction from families impacted by the killings. >> reporter: it was a swift verdict here in steubenville texas, where the "american sniper" jury has found eddie ray routh guilty of murdering chris kyle and chad littlefield. the verdict came in less than 2 opinion 5 hours after starting its deliberations. the jury rejecting the fraurms routh and his lawyers that the former marine of instain time of the murders. after the verdict of read chad littlefield's father and step did brother gave emotional sometimes directly to routh calling him an american disgrace. and outside the courtroom, littlefield's e's mother spoke with reporters in an emotional statement. >> we've waited two years for got to get justice for us on behalf of our son. and as always god has proved to be faithful and we're so

thrilled that we haved verdict that we have tonight. >> reporter: eddie ray routh showed little emotion. that's the way he's been throughout most of the tile. sitting there, taking pages and pages of notes. now he's been found guilty of the murder of chris kyle and chad litsds littlefield and will spend the rest of his life in prison. we're also getting a look at the testimony that led up to the conviction. that's because the judge would not allow courtroom audio to be broadcast until the trial ended. >> chris kyle's wife taya of the first witness. one of the rough ever moments revolve around the family picture shown in the courtroom. at one point she was asked to describe the last time she saw her husband alive. take a listen. >> eventually we found each other in the hallway. and he just said he was

inviting -- he asked chad to come along chad of at the house. i wanted chad to have an extra set of eyes. and then -- i said, maybe make sure that this guy knows that chad can be trusted 100% so that he's comfortable saying whatever heness to say. he said yeah no i definitely will. and then just said we love each other, and gave each other a kiss and hug like we always did. and then i just -- i left. when i left he was in the driveway still kind of trying to get more stuff in there and get going. >> now did you talk by phone with chris sometime that afternoon? >> yes. >> about what time was that? >> i think it was probably -- i think maybe 2:00 or 3:00 maybe.

>> sometime that afternoon? >> right. >> but where was he when you called him? >> i believe he was at rough creek. >> so obviously there were concerns about eddie ray routh before the shootings. you heard ta dwryya -- taya refer to rough creek lodge. >> we ask a trial lawyer and analyst for perspective. take a listen. joining us mark geragos, thank you very much for talking with us. and just starting with this guilty verdict, it really couldn't go any other way, could it, given what we knew. >> well given everything we knew and the timing of the trial coming on the heels of the oscars and the appearances of the widow kind of wall to wall the jury really had nowhere else

to go. and i think that the proof of that was that it only took them two hours to deliberate. >> now the defense was pushing saying that this -- his actions were based because he was insane. because of a menial disorder. the jury -- a mental disorder. the jury seemed to dismace that. eddie ray routh did serve in iraq but not in combat. how do you or does the jury differentiate between ptsd and a true mental disorder? >> well the standard in texas where this case was tried and the crime of committed is a very high bar. and basically the knowing right from wrong. and in this case the things that hurt him were the "new yorker" article where he made a statement that he still coop figure out why he did to -- couldn't figure out why he did it. and the fact he taken chris

kyle's truck and led police on the chase. vaps you have videotapes of him jumping on the grown like he knew he had been -- on the ground like he knew he had been caught. the defense had chris kyle's next real time right before he was murdered saying, this guy is straight-up nuts. and clearly, this guy has a mental disorder. i mean there's no question about it. it's whether or not the jury of going to say not guilty by reason of insanity. and when you have somebody who's killed who's an american hero and especially in texas, that's an awfully tall order. >> eddie ray routh got life without parole. of that the right outcome? and when will that mean for a man who is clearly mentally ill? >> well when you say the right outcome, it was the legal outcome. and the judge had no authority to do anything else. the prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty in this case. so the only other alternative for the judge of life without

parole meaning he will never get out. if you ask me is that the right sentence i think that there should be -- the judge should have discretion to do something. say 30 years, 35 years, and then at that point, reevaluate whether or not this is somebody who could be or should be housed in a mental institution. as opposed to what we really have happening in america now which our jails have become our de facto menial institutions. >> so this murder this sentence the definitiven is another key question. there are reports that he was treated for mental illness. the texas v.a. deemed among the worst in the united states. are there any other possible legal avenues for him if it's determined that he was treated and they didn't do enough? >> well the only other alternatives he has now is to take what's called a direct appeal. and he was given his apple at rights by the judge today.

he inevitably will file an appeal. and that will work its way through the courts. he will go on and on and on. but looking at all of this case as i've seen it at least from afar his chances on appeal are not great. and so i don't know that it's the definitive end to the case, but it probably is the practical end to the case. >> and just finally, was there a lesson learned in this trial at all? >> well i think the lesson was if you're a defense lawyer who's defending him, do what you can to continue a case or not have the case timed to when the oscars are coming out and when there's a block buffer movie coming out. i think timing is everything. and in this case the timing was against him from the get-go. the takeaway at least from my observation point is that we

don't do enough for the mentally ill in this country, and these are the tragedies that end up occurring because of that. >> yeah. i think there will be a lot of attention on the case because of the movie and all the emotion that comes along with that. mark geragos, legal analyst joining us from los angeles. i want to get you new information in the fight against isis. u.s. military planners are taking a closer look at their strategy to assault the terror group's stronghold of mosul in the next few months. >> one source tells cnn the u.s. wants to be sure iraqi and occur issue forces will be successful because if it doesn't work, that source says it will be very bad. >> a pentagon official says the u.s. has been preparing for the offensive by sending about $17 million worth of weapons to iraqi forces this year. they include hellfire missiles rifle and ammunition. human rights activists say

isis has abducted dozens of christians northeast of sear. we have more. >> reporter: according to the syrian human rights network, this morning at 4:00 a.m., a force of isis fighters entered two syrian christianville najs northeastern syria -- christian villages in northeastern syria. the offender bust into the homes. according to the had the network, they abduct between 70 and 100 people including women, children and the elderly. additionally another 700 families fled the area taking refuge in a church in the city also the capital of the province. now kurdish fighters in syria, especially around kobani have managed to retake the town and have been pushing isis further and further back. however, it appears this may be

an attempt to by isis to open a new front. the front in iraq we had an opportunity to see it here around the town on the zub river. there we see fairly well fortified kurdish positions. they were firing from the positions toward isis on the opposite bank, light machine guns heavy machine guns mortars, and rockets. most of the fire was going from the kurds in the direction of isis. in the late afternoon, isis fired back with a few mortars. this was where just one week ago isis made a concerted assault trying to break through those kurdish front lines. the defensive lions for the city of erbil. at least 50 isis fighters were killed. the front maying waving -- may be wavering in syria but here the front is holding steady.

reporting from erbil, northern iraq. now southern california where the driver of a truck involved in a crash with a commuter train has been arrested on suspension of felony hit and run. no one died in the wreck thankfully. at least 30 people were injureded. officials believe the truck driver mistook the train tracks for the road and tried to turn on to them. one witness describes what he saw. >> i was the first car in line. i heard the train lay on its horn and looked up there was the big explosion. i didn't see the vehicle or anything. i just seen the ball of fire. >> the national transportation safety board has been called in to investigate that crash. we'll take a short break now. you don't usually see snow here in georgia. the southern u.s. preparing for yet another round of winter weather. plus after nearly 40 years as a fugitive the decision to extradite director roman polanski back to the u.s. rests

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come to transunion.com. and get in the know. for the first time in football history, we could see a world cup that's not held in july. a fifa task force has recommended the 2022 tourism in qatar be held -- tournament in qatar be held between the end of november and december. >> the switch is to avoid the host country's scorching summer heat where temperatures routinely exceed 40 degrees celsius. a final decision should be made next month. this move is going to create headaches for european football clubs because it would conflict with their mid season domestic schedules. and now there are calls for fifa

to pay up. >> all match calendars across the world will have to accommodate such tournament in 2022/'23 which requires everyone's willingness to compromise. however the clubs and leagues cannot be expected to bear the costs for such rescheduling. we expect the clubs to be compensated for the damage that a final decision would cause. >> the proposed scheduled change is the latest in a string of controversy since qatar was awarded the tournament. from allegations of corruption in the bidding process to concerns about qatar's treatment of migrant workers ahead of the games. becky anderson has more. >> reporter: what is clear is that qatar can now continue to press on with building the stadium, by some estimates $200 billion being invested. but these projects come with repeated respects of deaths and

accidents on the site. i'm told by sources in qatar the numbers are much likely higher even than those being reported. foreign workers in qatar now outnumber the local work force by nearly 20-1. and back in november the country acknowledged there have been problems saying "it is unacceptable that people in our country should be made to live and work in poor conditions." back then they promised to introduce new legislation to improve working conditions and replace what is known as the kafala sponsorship program for workers, saying that would be as early as 2015. described as a system of slavery in the 21st century. the last we heard from the labor and social affairs ministry was this -- "we expect to make announcements about new legislation by early next year." we not some changes have already been made.

-- we understand some changes have already been made. different working hours, tougher penalties on companies breaking labor laws increased number of safety inspections and increased required health and safety provision. to expect to hear more on the proposed changes, particularly to the system and exit permits in the days and weeks ahead. back to you. severe winter weather is working its way across the united states. and it's only expected to get worse. ice is coating roadways from texas to the carolinas causing accidents and all sorts of traffic problems. >> look at all that. from this moment through thursday more than 40 million people across the south will be bracing themselves for this massive storm system. some states have already declared weather emergencies. >> of course the problem for the southern states they are not equipped to deem with -- to deal with any snow. atlanta gets a couple of inches

in one day maybe two, they don't know how to cope with it, right? pedram javaheri talking us through this. what is the problem? >> gosh you know there are people in boston laughing at this very moment. the eight feet that's coming down in parts of the northeastern u.s. a couple of inches in the forecast. the concern is when you have a setup like this. only a handful of times per year you get the cold air that's in place to the north. you have a storm system out of the gulf. plenty of moisture to work with. and you have ingredients for a southern snowstorm. that is precisely what's in play across the southern united states over the next say, 12 or so hours where a lot of the northern tier of louisiana into mississippi, alabama, then georgia, could see decent snow showers beginning into the early afternoon hours, tapering off into the overnight hours. this is a 40 million zone that errol was talking about as far as coverage of wintry weather. it extend to the south. and winner storm warnings, not something you see every single day in cities like birmingham or atlanta. want to show you the veryite of models that we have for the

bigger cities. dallas two to throw inches typically -- two to three inches typically. birmingham alabama, one to two inches one model says not going to happen. the weather service believes the cold air will be enough in place to produce decent snow showers. then atlanta, one to three inch. one model saying hey, i'm going to be the winner make you look bad. generally the national weather service says cold air should be in place for some significant snow for the city at least. and you talk about cities of course. about ten show toplows per 100,000 people. so -- snowplows for 100,000 people. so this sets up a lot of problems for a lot of people. school's already closed in the atlanta metro, birmingham metro, jackson. icing, as well. this is as of early afternoon on wednesday where snow showers gun come down. continues into the overnight hours, and then clears as we head into thursday afternoon. the temperatures warm up above freezing rapidly. so not going to stick around long but when it does wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, that's when the main issue will be here with generally a couple of inches on

the ground and then you work into the carolinas, and you see at least portions of southern say, virginia into northern north carolina could see significant snow as well. it's goings to be one of the few -- it's going to be one of the few times it's the talk of the town. >> we'll be having a sleepover here. yay. >> i did like the rpm model, zero inches predicted. >> it's all out there. the vast majority of them saying something will fall. one model's holding out. >> hard one to guess. thank you. >> thanks. quick break now. film director roman polanski faces another extradition attempt. we'll take a closer look at his time as a fugitive evading the u.s. justice system for nearly four decades. plus reports say pro-russian rebels have withdrawn heavy weapons from the front line in eastern ukraine. the latest in what's been a fragile cease-fire in a live report next. what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers.

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welcome back. in a few hours, a polish court is set to hear a u.s. extradition request for film director roman polanski. >> u.s. police have been after the oscar winner since 1977 when he fled the country. he had just pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a girl who was barely into her teens. kelly morgan look at polanski's time on the run.

>> reporter: he was an acclaimed film director. she, a 13-year-old girl. >> it was 1977. i had a modeling job with roman. at the very end of that you know, he took advantage of me and made me have sex with him. >> reporter: that is the story samantha gymer has always told and to which roman polanski admits. at the time he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sex with a minor. the filmmaker fled the united states before he could be sentenced, prompting an extradition saga that's haunted polanski decade after decade. the now-81-year-old is subject to an interpol warrant and has successfully avoided arrest and extradition from canada israel france thailand and switzerland, where he was put under temporary house arrest in 2009 before the swiss refused the u.s. request the following year. on more than one occasion his victim has called for the

charges against him to be dropped. >> balloon ski went to jail -- polanski went to jail for 42 days. i never asked anyone to put him in jail for a day. and in the scheme of things, from what i've been told in 1977 42 days would have been about average. however, i think that's a lot. plus he was arrested again and went to jail for months again. that's -- way in excess of anything that he deserved. >> reporter: polanski has also been vocal about the scandal. in the 2008 hbo documentary "wanted and desired," he explained his actions. >> i like young women, let's put it this way. i think most men do actually. [ applause ] >> reporter: while on the run, polanski has continued to make films and win accolades including academy awards. at the moment he's in poland working on another movie. and yet again finds himself facing another attempt to have him return to the u.s. and answer the decade-old charges.

kelly morgan, cnn, london. cnn's kelly morgan joins me now from london with more. so what are analysts saying is likely to happen with this u.s. extradition request for polanski? >> reporter: yes, well there's really nothing certain. there has been some legal argument in poland about whether or not this crime actually comes within a statute of limitations in poland. as a result last month the polish prosecutors referred the matter to the courts to make a decision on the legality of the u.s. request. so that's the hearing that we're expecting that will start today and which we are expecting polanski himself to attend. now even if that court decides that that u.s. request is legal, it doesn't end there. it is actually ultimately under polish law up to the justice minister to ultimately decide whether or not he's going to sign off on that extradition. >> we'll see what happens with that. as we saw in your report

polanski has evaded the u.s. justice system for nearly 40 years. the young girl he took advantage of has since forgiven him. and he's a man in his early 80s. will any of that play into what happens next to plan ski? >> reporter: -- polanski? >> reporter: well it may well do. i mean looking at the case polanski himself has shown confidence confidence. i mean, back in october when the extradition request first made its way to the polish authorities, polanski made himself available for interview. he was not detained at that time because the authorities didn't believe that that was necessary while the u.s. extradition process was underway. again, he's also going to attend the hearing today. he's an 81-year-old man. he is a polish citizen. there is a level of confidence from polanski himself. of course we don't know what the judge will decide. the hearing gets underway in

just under two hours. it could take a few weeks for the judge to decide which way he's going to go. >> we'll be watching it closely, as will you. kelly morgan, reporting there live from london. british police say they think three girls who flew to turkey are now in fact in syria. coming up next what prime minister david cameron wants done to keep isis from luring more young people. when it comes to your credit, in the know is the place to be. transunion.com makes it easy. we give you 24/7 access.

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littlefield. routh of immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole. it took the jury less than three hours to make the decision. a controversial decision in the trayvon martin shooting case in the united states. the justice department says it will not bring civil rights charges against george zimmerman. he is the man acquitted in the 2012 killing of martin an african-american teenager. federal prosecutors say a lack of evidence led to their decision. human rights activists say isis has abducted dozens of christians from two villages in northeastern syria. activists say the militants took more than 150 syrians captive including women, children and the elderly. hundreds of other people fled. london police believe those three schoolgirls who flew to turkey last week are now in syria. >> british prime minister david cameron wants airlines to do more to monitor children traveling alone andness social

media outlets to crack down on online extremism. we have more on the investigation. >> reporter: these images of 15-year-olds shamima begum, kadiza sultana, and amira abase were taken just before they board a plane to turkey. three school friends from east london. they left no messages no indication as to why they left. now london police say they believe the girls are in syria. for nearly a week, their family hoped that they will come home. they recorded heartbreaking appeals over the weekend. >> we just want you to come home. if you watch this, baby please come home. mom needs you more than anything in the world. you're a baby. and we just want you home. we want you saif. just con -- want you safe. just contact anybody. let them know that you've got help. you're not in any trouble here. we all love you. >> reporter: the girls may now be in isis-controlled territory. the girls may have traveled to syria believing they would be

protected under isis rule. but human rights groups say in syria none of the warring pears, and especially isis militants, offer any real protect. >> when it -- any protection. >> when it comes to crimes they look after their own interest and don't think about the civilian population. and the damage that they cause to the civilian population. and this is something that i found again and again. >> reporter: of the women that have traveled to syria to join isis few have returned. the family is still so desperately hoping that this image will not be the last they see of the girls. atika schubert cnn, london. the chair of contemporary middle east study at the london school of economics joins us. >> his book is "the new middle east: protest and revolution in the arab world." he joins us live from london. thanks for your time this morning. how do we separate the propaganda from the reality on the ground? of course isis wants it to appear as if a new generation of

young radicals is being trained. what really is going on? >> well really we do not know what's going on. and you cannot really separate the propaganda from basically actions on the ground. i think the reason why isis or isil appeals to a small segment of young men and women in the west you have about 3,400 westerners fighting with isis today. we estimate there are between 10% and 20% of the 3,400 are women. it tells a great deal about the effectiveness of the propaganda message of isis. isis provides a utopian political project. the so-called caliphate, the centralized islamic rule. isis provides these deluded young men and women with an adventurous trip. it convinces them that it's a winning horse.

it wants them -- the first sermon that the leader of isis gave in mosul, he addressed basically westerners and foreigners. come to the islamic state, come to the caliphates help us build this particular utopian project. and you have some people who believe in this ideology. the ideology militant islamist ideology. so we have multiple drivers that really play a factor in basically allowing isis to appeal to a small segment of muslim men and women in western societies. in particular in europe where i am in london. >> so given that british prime minister david cameron calling on social media companies to do more to combat isis online propaganda and other global leaders are also looking for more effective responses. what can and should be done? >> well remember rosemary the story has been going on for

almost two years. we keep reasking the question. you would have expected basically the british authorities to have prevented the flight of three young teenagers. you know if you -- two weeks ago to turkey. i mean they traveled on their own. they were very vulnerable. and what really basically surprises me deeplyiallarms me. not only -- deeply alarms me. not only were they able to get on a plane from london gatwick, london, to istanbul turkey. the speed by which they were able to cross from turkey is on syria. it took one or two days. the mafia criminal networks that exist basically in the west and in turkey that serves as a bridge between european societies and syria. it took so little time for these three young, innocent vulnerable young girls to

basically go all the way from the heart of london to the heart of turkey and now probably they are in areas control either by isis or other militant groups like this. this tells you how complex and how difficult and how challenging this particular task to prevent vulnerable young men and women. i mean think of how vulnerable they are. i have a daughter. she's 16 years old. imagine these young kids who basically are influenced brainwashed by social media, by their friends. you asked me earlier about really how does it work. one of the lessons we have learned is that there is always or often somebody there who basically appeals to her friends or his friends and tell them look life here life in syria is basically ideal. we are building a new community, a new vision. come and join us. there is a person who basically because of the girls, the throw

girls, the schools they belong to, other than girls who left for syria a few months ago. this tells you about the important presence. a person who basically serves as a mid man, mid woman between -- middle man, middle woman between the iraq and u.s. >> frightening and complex. you made the point it happens so quickly. i think that's what scares so many. the chair of contemporary leaf study at the london school of economics. thank you very much for joining us this morning and giving us some insight. >> thank you. seven weeks to the day its paris offices were attacked by gunmen the french satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" returns to newsstanz in the first regular -- newsstands in the first regular edition since the massacre. cover shows pope francis, a jihadi fighter, and several french politicians depicted as a pack of dogs. they're chasing another dog that has a copy of "charlie hebdo" in

its mouth with the headline "here we go again." 2.5 million copies of the now issue have been printed. consider this -- before the attacks, the normal print run of 60,000. ukraine's military is not taking any chances on the latest cease-fire deal with pro-russia separatists. reports say they're training thousands of troops in secret to fight in the country's eastern region. now this comes amid reports that rebels have withdrawn heavy weapons from the front line. let's get the latest from ukraine. first, diana what is the status of each side withdrawing weapons from the violent and sometimes deadly front lines there? >> reporter: well the rebels as you say have said that they've begun withdrawing their heavy weapons from the front lines in the luhansk region. they haven't provided what the osce calls the baseline data to

osce monitors which it requires from both sides. an inventory of the weaponry that they intend to pull back and the roots they tend to pull back where they plan to store it. so the heavy weaponry may be moving but there's no way to assess whether it is being withdrawn. neither side has done that. the ukrainians say they won't even begin to withdraw heavy weaponry until there's an absolute cease-fire, and there isn't at this stage. in the village we just heard artillery ten kilometers away coming toward us. there is still fighting going on. i want to go back to point you raised in your introduction errol. there is of course training going on boy the ukrainian military of soldier who are not currently in the conflict area. there is always training going on notes in low in secret locations. these are -- not necessarily in

secret locations. these are not usually visited by the press. the prime minister david cameron says he will send in military advisers to assist in the training of the ukrainian military in terms of intelligence. in terms of providing them also with improved medical assistance. and so that's what i want to add to your report that there were training going on in secret locations. and just a little about this village where i am. i've just been talking to one of the older residents, the fighting finished at the end of january. and he said -- and this is a sentiment that is typical especially of his generation in this region around donetsk, she'd the only way any -- he said the only way any of this will be sorted out is if russia does it. he said the russians need to come in. they're the only ones that will maintain control.

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suicide bombers targeted bus stations in nigeria killing more than two dozen people. now witnesses say a man pretending to be a bus passenger blew himself up as he boarded a bus in a northeastern town killing overnight board. hours later teamwork suicide bombers detonated explosives hidden under their clothes at another bus station. no one's claimed responsibility for the attacks, but of course boko haram is suspected. meanwhile, the stepson of an american missionary is asking for prayers after police say a group of men kidnapped his mother in central nigeria. as we report, the captors are demanding hundreds of thousands for her release. >> reporter: the american missionary was based in kogi state. she was running an ngo helping educate the nomadic children. she was kidnapped from a school where her office is based. according to the police

commissioner five men carried out the kidnapping. scaling the walls. two of the men were wearing masks. as they whisked her away firing weapons into the air before disappearing into the nearby mountains. the police commissioner at this stage saying that they do believe this was the work of a criminal gang. does appear that the gang did put some planning into the kidnapping attempt. there has been a ransom democrat that upwards of $300,000. the state where this kidnapping took place, not an area where boko haram is currently known to operate. the concern, however, is that if that ransom is not paid she could find herself being passed on to the highest bidder. cnn. one of the host cities from the past world cup is now gearing up for the 2016 summer olympics. organizers want the world focus on the beauty of beach-lined rio de janeiro. that means transforming some of

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guardian. the doctor says even exposing young teens to the environment dangerous. >> it's another family gaming activity right? wrong. i don't think it's just another activity. i think this is something that can seriously affect child development and not in a good way. >> reporter: he points to the incident last year at an arizona shooting range -- >> turn it forward -- >> reporter: where a 9-year-old girl firing an usze accidentally shot and killed an instructor. here at machine gun america, children under 13 aren't even allowed inside. and 13 to 16-year-olds are only allowed to shoot a submachine gun as long as's not in fully automatic mode. is there ever a reason for a 13-year-old to shoot one of these weapons? >> we 3/5 up to their parents to make -- we leave it to their parents to make the decision. >> reporter: i wanted to see if i could notice a difference between firing in semiautomatic and automatic. i started with a handgun and worked to an empty five submachine gun. first in semiautomatic, then

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