♪ rock me mama like a southbound train hey mama rock me ♪ >> jimmy: i want to thank alyssa milano, chris "ludacris" bridges. apologies to matt damon, we ran out of time. tomorrow night mark ruffalo, the 2013 scrabble champs. and music from reggie watts. this is the cd, "true believers" is out now. you can see the full performance on jimmykimmellive.com. once again, darius rucker, good night. ♪ ♪ spring break tan skin

girl i can't remember when i fell so fast ♪ ♪ knowing it could never last i got lost in the rhythm of the waves of the ocean ♪ ♪ lost in the sunset too i got lost in your eyes and the time don't you know it ♪ ♪ baby i got lost in you five days four nights and a smile i'll remember for the rest of my life ♪ ♪ how sweet was your kiss i still taste it on my lips

>> too night on "nightline," jodi speaks about the day that she killed her ex-boyfriend. >> why don't i kill myself, is that what you're asking? >> incredible video from one of the schools decimateded by the ok o.k. twister, as we learn about the young lives lost too soon. terror in london a vicious act of terrorism in broad daylight. london is on alert. does this signal terror's new frontier?

>> jimmy: good evening. thanks for joining us. does jodi arias deserve to die for the way she killed her ex-boyfriend? the jury is still deliberating. but now the convicted killer contemplates her fate. jodi arias speaks. >> ladies and gentlemen, i have received your note indicating that you are unable to come to a unanimous decision. >> after just two hours of deliberating whether jodi arias should live or die, the jury of eight men and four women said they were deadlock 37d but after five months into this, the judge wasn't going to accept that. >> please go back into the jury room and continue deliberating.

you are excused. >> reporter: the jury spent five hours deliberating today and will back at it tomorrow. the 30-year-old mormon businessman was stabbed 27 times. his throat was slit from ear to ear and he was shot in the face. >> tuesday, arias spoke to the jury to fight for her life. >> even though she's said she would rather die than spend her life in prison, when it really counted, she changed her tune. she claims to spare her family. >> i cannot in good conscious ask you to sentence me to death, because of them. >> reporter: we found out the 32-year-old wasn't done talking. she sat down with me for a 40-minute jailhouse interview.

>> you said you want to give his family closure. they want you to die. why don't you give them that closure? >> you want me to kill myself? >> no, why do you fight the death penalty? >> i caused a lot of pain. and by asking for death i'm only going to cause more pain to my family. >>. >> reporter: why didn't you apologize to them? you never said i'm sorry. >> i said i'm sorry. i said i can't replace their loss. >> reporter: but you didn't say you were sorry. >> if i didn't say i'm sorry, then i ooim. the words i'm sorry just seem meaningless especially since nobody believes what i'm saying anyway. >> reporter: you said it right there. no one believes a word out of your mouth. why do you keep talking? >> i lied before, but that doesn't mean i'm a liar by definition, by character. >> reporter: a lot of people think the switch from i want to die to i want to live is just another lie from jodi arias.

>> i don't know what that means. was i lying when i said i want to die or please spare my life? whatever happens i'm just going to take it and deal with it. >> reporter: you said that a lot before including after you were arrested. you said if i did something this horrible to travis, i would beg for the death penalty. you did it, so what changed? >> my family changed my mind. >> reporter: some of her last words to the jury were down right bizarre. she argued for life in prison by essentially presenting a political platform for the rest of her life behind bars. >> there are many things i can do to effect positive change and contribute in a meaningful way. in prison, there are programs i can start and people i can help. >> she almost sounded like she was running for student council president. she told the jury she wanted to start a recycling program in prison, a blook club, spanish lessons for other inmates. she was kind enough to bring a

sample of the t-shirts she designed to raise money for domestic violence victims. she wants to keep selling those. oh, and she told the jury if she lives, she can keep donating her tear to cancer patients who need wigs. in your final statement today, you talked about all sorts of things you might be able to do in prison, teach other prisoners sfanish, donate more of your hair, start a recycling program. do you know how trivial that sounded in the face of what you did? >> well, there isn't a whole lot i know about prison. and these are only things i'm able to ascertain from having never been there. so i believe that when i get there, i will find ways, better ways to contribute and pay back. >> reporter: but can't you grow out your hair on death row and donate it? >> yeah. it will be less wigs if i get executed. i know that sounds trivial. >> it does. >> reporter: that's the only way i can contribute. i'm limited. i'm going off to prison. there are so many things i'm no longer going to do. so in a sense i was grasping at

straws, but these are things that i can do. and at this point that's what i'm holding on to. >> reporter: if you were on that jury and you had heard what they have heard, would you kill you? >> i don't believe in capital punishment. so the answer would be no. >> reporter: in this penalty phase, the jury heard from no character witnesses for jodi. >> my fondest memory with him -- >> reporter: no friends, no family. even though her mother has been in court every day of the almost five-month trial. one thing that surprised a lot of people was that no one from your family got up to say anything nice about you when you were facing the possibility of the death penalty. >> well, that was a defense decision. and one that i was somewhat in agreement with. my mother wanted to. she had a letter written out she wanted to read. and my dad was fired up. he wanted to talk. and my defense team didn't call either of them. >> reporter: but the impact is that you've lived on this planet

for 32 years and you have no one other than yourself to come up and vouch for your character as a person when you're facing death. >> well, i did have people and they were not called. >> reporter: i loved travis a i looked up to him. at one point, he was the world to me. >> reporter: one of the other things you said is look, i don't want to drag travis' name through the mud. and at the same time, you're accusing him of abusing you and being a pedophile and all sorts of terribly awful things. what does that say about the kind of person that you are? >> that i was truthful. i didn't want to do it, but i was obligated to do it. i was under oath. the only other option was to lie and say he was perfect. >> reporter: and to people who said you shot him, you stabbed him, you slit his throat and then you killed him a fourth time when he was already dead by making up things about him to ruin his reputation, you say what? >> nothing was made up. nothing was made up at all. i mean, it was a defense strategy for me to take the stand and once i was on the stand, i was obligated to answer

the questions posed to me. >> reporter: but you know no one believes you, right? >> that's not true. maybe a majority don't but i know plenty of people who believe me. >> reporter: if you get life in prison, you could conceivably get out someday. do you deserve freedom? >> if i were given freedom again, i would handle it very, very responsibly. >> reporter: you think people should feel safe that you're out of those four walls? >> if you're not abusing and attacking me, no one has anything to fear. >> reporter: you're still sticking with that realistory? >> it isn't a story, it's reality. i didn't know you were a hater when you interviewed me. >> reporter: we talked to a lot of your friends, some of whom said jodi is the most hated woman in america now. do you feel that? >> no, i'm so incubated here.

a lot of what gets to me is the positives. they filter out the negatives. >> reporter: but you did know there were hundreds of people cheering outside of the courthouse when you were con vingted. >> i did hear of that, yes. >> reporter: what do you make of that? >> i don't know. i really don't. >> reporter: a lot of people made a lot about your appearance and change in appearance, going from a blond bomb smell to a mousey church librarian look in court, was that a defense strategy. was that -- >> it they don't sell hair dye in jail. >> jimmy: >> reporter: it's not just your hair. it's the glasses and your dp demeanor>> it's not a place to let loose. it's a court of law. >> reporter: will jodi arias

spend her life in prison or be sent to death row, where there are no more lights, no more cameras and no more tv interviews, which just might be the ultimate punishment for her. i'm ryan owens for "nightline" in phoenix. >> ain't that the truth. our thanks to ryan owen. coming up next for us, as the people of moore, oklahoma, reel from the most devastating tornado in their history, we discover signs of hope amidst the rubble. hey, it's me, progressive insurance. you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did.

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despite the toll it took on the town of moore, oklahoma, what happened in the aftermath of twist might surprise you. neighbors found hope and new meaning amidst the debris. and as abc's buy i don't know pitts found, some say they're finding solace, even as they face the drim task of paying tribute to those lost in the storm. byron? >> good evening, juju. the first of 24 funerals will be held here on thursday as 9-year-old antonia candaleria will be laid to rest. new video taken by a teacher. this video at briarwood school during the giant twister touched

down here shows those hellish early moments. >> it's almost over, it's almost over. amidst the chaos of crying children, scattered debris, the injured, teachers worked to beth reassure and regain order. >> what's your name? down there. sit down right here. [ children crying ] >> stay right here where you're safe and you're dry. >> reporter: at one point, one teacher appears to reunite with her own child. >> sam, honey, it's okay. >> i don't know what happened. >> it's okay, honey, it's okay. it's okay. it's okay. oh, my god, i can't even recognize it. >> i don't even know what it used to look like. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the latest grim news from the medical examiner wednesday -- six of the seven

children killed in plaza towers elementary one mile away from briarwood suffered affsphyxia, they were smothered by debris. the names and ages of all 24 confirmed death, the youngest 4 months old, the oldest, 65. 14 adults, 10 children, including two infants. in a town this small in the aftermath of a tornado this big, few were spared. grief or gratitude touched every door. >> there's your other bible. >> it's still intact? sort of? >> sort of. >> sharon and shaken patterson got both. the home they saved and struggled to buy three years ago, gone. a few pictures of their boys, jewelry -- >> wrapped around the wire. >> reporter: mementoes of their own childhood, all that's left. >> my great, great grandma made that for me when i was a baby. >> what is that?

>> a doll my great, great grandma made me when i was a baby. >> how sweet is that? >> my mama will be happy to know it's here. >> reporter: and they found sara's shoes. >> my shoes that i was wearing. >> reporter: you were wearing those when the tornado hit? >> it took them off my feet. it sucked them off my feet. >> reporter: this is where sara and her two boys, lucas 9, noah 7, survived the tornado. they were in this interior hallway, the one part of the house still standing. they were huddled underneath this mattress, she says, praying. >> i was praying as hard as i could. and, you know, my boys, i said pray, guys, just pray. and i don't know how other than god's hand, he was looking over us. i don't know how we made it. >> reporter: the pattersons insist they will rebuild right here, with one major addition.

>> we'll put in a storm shelter. >> reporter: safe rooms are those structures built both below ground and above. and it saves so many livess her and elsewhere during a tornado. they're not required by law in oklahoma. there's no separate federal funding for one and only alabama requires a safe room in all schools. the loss of life this week renewed pleas for change. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: as for sara and shane patterson, once they're finished searching for what's left of their house, they will cross the street and join family members searching sara's mother home. it, too, is gone. yet not a single one of them is complaining. >> you're smiling it looks like. >> why snot they're alive and well. >> it's a sentiment we heard every place we went. tonight in this corner of america, old glory, like the old

hymns is reassurance enough. faith and family matter deeply. people here don't grumble. they talk of grace. >> a lot of good wimpg winks we them. >> jimmy: what's a god sfwhink. >> right place, right time. there's a lot of them. >> reporter: the mayor of moore said is it took the city 85 days to clean up after the tornado in 1999. this time he promises it will happen much faster. and juju, president obama will visit this area on sunday to see for himself and offer the nation's condolences to a community that's lost so much. >> byron, thanks for those remarkable stories of survival. next for us, murder in the streets of london. does this horrific deed signal a brand-new style of terror? see for yourself in this chilling video. the great outdoors...

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