this is "nightline". >> tonight -- moment of grace. >> can i give her a hug, please? the stunning courtroom moment. >> i don't know if it's possible, but can i give her a hug? >> embracing his brother's killer. the former dallas police officer found guilty of fatally shooting an innocent man in his own home. today sentenced to ten years in prison. the raw backlash. and a young man's message of forgiveness. >> i forgive you. >> plus -- feel the beat. stealing the show with kygo. the world-renowned dj sensation bringing song after song to a higher love. now the rare behind the scenes access from private jets to massive sets with the globetrotting headliner. his rise to greatness starting with some sexual healing. but first the ntl 5. number one

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judge, bringing everyone to tears. >> can i give her a hug, please? >> reporter: compassion, grace. whatever you call it, in a hushed courtroom in texas tonight, we witnessed. 18-year-old brant jean forgiving amber guyger, his brother's killer. >> if you truly are sorry, i know i can speak for myself, i, i forgive you. i know if you go to god and ask him, he will forgive you. i don't even want you to go to jail. i want the best for you. because i know that's, that's exactly what botham would want to you do. >> reporter: this unlikely ending perhaps the biggest

surprise in a case that captivated the nation for more than a year. guyger, convicted of murderin murdering 26-year-old botham jean in his own home. >> when brant jean hugged her a lot of emotion poured out of her. i think the healing process is starting to occur now. >> that man is 18, and he is a leader, and he should guide us in healing. >> reporter: it's a rare act, easy to preach, hard to live. a grace we've seen before. in pennsylvania, after a gunman stunned an amish schoolhouse and shot schoolgirls, killing five. >> what happened today in rural lancaster, pennsylvania has horrified the country. >> reporte hrs later, members of the community visiting his wife to forgive. that shooting at a charleston church, a racist's rage met with redemption from the victims'

families. >> i will never be able to hold her again, but i forgive you. >> we have no room for hate, so we have to forgive. >> reporter: and again today. >> it has truly been an emotional day today. >> reporter: our marcus moore has been covering the case since the beginning. >> you were in the courtroom, what was the reaction? >> the judge did something i've never seen in 20 years. she left the courtroom and returned with a little book and started reading bible passages and said to amber guyger, i'm giving you my copy of the bible to take to prison with you and study it. and she said to her, you haven't done so much that you can't be forgiven. you did something bad in one moment in time. what you do now matters more. >> reporter: moments before, the jury that convicted guyger of murder handed up theirson tense after less than two hours of deliberation. >> ten years of imprisonment.

>> reporter: far less than the possible life behind bars the former officer faced. guyger's mother pleading for leniency earlier in the day. >> she wanted to take his place. >> reporter: guyger facing additional scrutiny at sentencing, after prosecutors introduced jurors to two texts described as racially insensitive, including one with a dog-owning friend, saying the dog may be racist. it's okay, the officer replied, i'm the same. >> amber getting ten years in prison. some people in the hallway were outraged. >> 25-99. there is no justice for a man's life to be taken and she gets ten years! >> reporter: botham's mother speaking with reporters. >> if amber guyger was trained not to shoot in the heart. >> right, right. >> my son would be standing here

today. >> reporter: thisrial ing potlight o nation deals with race, police transparency and one officer's use of deadly force. >> the breaking headline out of dallas at this hour. >> police call this a very unique case. >> reporter: last september, amber guyger, who had been a police officer for four years was coming home after a 13 1/2-hour shift. she lived in apartment 1378. directly above her in 1478 was botham jean's apartment. the st. lucian native described as a ray of sunshine. >> botham had a love for everything and everyone. >> reporter: that fateful night, cream.home watching television, and guyger entered his apartment saying she thought it was her own, shooting him twice, killing him in his own living room. >> the idea that someone can walk into an apartment that's not theirs, to convince yourself

that that person is in your house committing a crime and your option is not to back out of house but to shoot and kill them, all those factors were incredibly hard to stomach. >> reporter: she told the jury she accidently parked on the fourth floor and walked in. she got to the door, she says. she put the key in and it just opened. at that point she heard someone inside. >> i knew someone was moving nar around in my apartment. i wanted to find that threat. >> reporter: she said she saw a figure move toward her. she demonstrated how she confronted the person. >> i have my gunpoint the, and i'm saying let me see your hands, let me see your hands. >> what did you focus on? >> him. >> why did you fire? >> i was scared. i was scared this person was go, and i'm so sorry. >> reporter: and after days of trial, yesterday a verdict. >> we the jury unanimously find the defendant, amber guyger,

guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. >> this verdict is for them! this verdict is for them! >> reporter: but for jean's mother, today, after sentencing, that feeling of justice fleeting. >>na t >> that ten years in prison is ten years for her reflection and for her though change her life. but there is much more to be done by the city of dallas. >> yes. >> can i give her a hug, please? >> reporter: as for young brant jean, his act of grace, he said, is what his older brother would have wanted, lead a broken soul to christ. in this age of anger when many rush in the popular vernacular to throw hands, a young man raised his. grace and unmerited gift. when given, it is a sight to see. >> guyger could be years. coming up next, 48 hours with

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here is nightline's ashan singh. >> let's go! >> reporter: we're at a pool party in vegas and whitney houston is blasting. >> higher love, and to play that one live is an amazing feeling. everybody knows the lyrics, everybody smiles and sings along. it's a good feeling. >> reporter: meet kygo, the man responsible for giving the late legend her most recent hit. ♪ bring me a higher love >> reporter: how did that come together? >> she was signed to the same liable i am, and they had this song laying around that she covered in 1990 or something. ♪ bring me a higher love >> of course it's so powerful. whitney houston's one of the most legendary artists of all time. so to me it was unreal to get

the opportunity. >> reporter: it's a far where it all began. a kid from norway with a passion for piano. now, he's one of the most popular deejays in the world. from his residency in vegas to headlining a festival in toronto and back. he gave us a glimpse of his life over one weekend. ♪ two countries. ♪ three ♪ 48 hours with kygo. >> what's up, vegas! ♪ [cheers and applause]owing ll t are here just to see you? >> it's definitely, it's definitely very cool. vegas is always a fun place to play. there's always new people coming in every weekend. it's always a good crowd there. >> reporter: how did you

actually start becoming a producer? >> i just got a keyboard and i just used youtube tutorials. every time i didn't know how to do something i just try to, you know, figure it out on youtube or just ♪ >> reporter: about six years ago he started remixing songs and posting them online, like marvin gaye's "sexual healing." ♪ baby, i'm hot just like an oven ♪ >> i was looking online for new music. i was on sound cloud, and i came across, you know, kygo. i immediately hit him up on facebook. i reached out, hey, man, i'm a huge fan. love your music, would love to work with you. he was basically, yeah, let's do it. his real name is -- that's how w

you say it in norwegian. it was his user name in high school. like the beginning of his first name and last name. kygo. >> reporter: their partnership was a match made in heaven. before the two knew it, they had land kygo a record deal. ♪ >> when he signed that deal, i just felt like it was game time. >> reporter: two years later he would release his debut album "cloud nine." what was it like to release original music for the first time? >> that was a good feeling. up to that point i was only doing remixes. i saw some people on the internet thought that my artist name was kygo remix. because every song was kygo remix. >> reporter: now he's collaborated with some of the biggest names in music.

rita ora. ♪ you, you, you found me ♪ >> reporter: selena gomez. ♪ ♪ dark side of the moment ♪ it ain't me ♪ we were high and we were so bad ♪ >> reporter: and ellie golden. ♪ we were younger and older ♪ >> reporter: describe to me your sound. >> i always try to keep it happy. melodic, chill out, you might hear something like pan flutes and steel drums and stuff like that. people call it tropical house. it's a good name for it. >> reporter: it's just over it 24 hours after his show in vegas, and kygo's headlining at toronto's music festival. about 40,000 fans are waiting for him to take the stage. >> get into the

>> i can't wait to show everybody what we got. ♪ >> how you guys doin'? [cheers and ♪ ♪ >> reporter: who are some of your influences? >> it depends. in the electronic world, when i got into electronic music, amaechi. when i heard his songs, they just, i just connected with him in a different way. ♪ all this time i was finding myself ♪ >> "wake me up" was like the biggest song ever. ♪ so wake me up when it's all over ♪ ♪ >> i just knew that this is what

i wanted to do. >> reporter: the deejay community is a small one. we saw tiesto drop by in vegas. and in every set we did, he made sure to give avichy a shout ♪ the artist who influenced him so heavily is also a reminder of the potential toll the lifestyle can take. avichy struggled with substance abuse that led to health issues and in 2018 he tragically died by suicide. so many artists struggle to keep up, including avichy. do you ever feel like it's too much? >> yeah, sometimes. last year i did a world tour, like january to november. i definitely felt it was too much. but then i did take, you know, five months off. after that. which was good. >> reporter: a lot of people,

they associate it with party culture, alcohol, drugs. do you ever feel tempted? >> no, i have a drink from time to time, but i usually try to not drink too much, because especially when you're touring. the if you ha if you have a show the day after, it makes that show so exhausting if you drink the day before. >> reporter: how do you prepare yourself mentally and physically for weekends like this? >> i try to go to the gym and stay healthy. you just get an hour and half where there's nothing else that matters. it's almost like a meditation. ♪ >> reporter: our weekend with kygo ends after 3:00 at a club in vegas. he's still going strong. the just another day in the life. how do you stay grounded through all this? >> talk to my family all the time. my girlfriend. my team i have around me is a very good team. i have good friends.

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>> finally tonight, a preview of the abc news exclusive -- george stephanopoulos with house speaker nancy pelosi on the impeachment inquiry into the president. >> so i think the president knows the argument that can be made against him. and he's scared. and so he's trying to defer to attention from that to where standing in the way of legislation. >> did you hear the surprise in his voice? >> he was undermining our national security, three w that undermining our constitution and the integrity of elections. he just didn't see it. the there'll be much more of that interview in the morning on gma. our closing quote tonight relates to our lead story.

the grace showed by a 18-year old still grieving his brother's murder. it was st. francis of asissi who said, "preach the gospel at all times. when necessary use words." that's "nightline." you can always catch our full episodes on hulu. thanks for the company, america. good night.

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