. >> taia had a baby. >> yes. >> y'all know taia. and now look at her. >> i'm in way better shape now than i ever have been in my life, and i'm 34 years old. i've had two kids. i've had two c-sections, and people think that it's impossible to lose weight after you have kids, but it's not impossible. i feel like the best version of me that i could possibly be is this right now. >> i'm stressing 25 minutes a day, 'cause if you get this done, the things that will happen to your body and your life can be absolutely unbelievable, and it's all done by you. >> it's brilliant. it's only 25 minutes a day. it's doable. anybody can do it. literally, anybody. you could be really in shape you could be out of shape and still be able to do it. oh, yeah, best shape ever. and people ask me -- they're like, "you're a mom?" yeah, that's what i wanted to hear. i wanted to have that question. "you're a mom? you had a baby?" never again will i go to the gym and spend hours in there when i can get it done at home while my baby's napping for 25 minutes and

kyle's widow taia took the stand first, not looking at routh, fighting back tears talking about kyle littlefield's friendship, their phone conversation just before he died. i could tell something was up she said. he was just quiet. and then the tragedy which the prosecution argues routh could have easily prevented. >> he admits that he murdered these two men, that he'd used drugs and alcohol that morning and that he knew what he was doing was wrong. >> we also learned what kyle thought about routh. this came from a text message to littlefield just before this crime happened where chris kyle called routh, quote, straight up nuts. >>> we'll shift gears to turn our attention to business and a contentious back and forth between president obama and office supply company staples. cnbc's geoff cutmore joins us. explain what's going on between the president and staples. >> reporter: this is fascinating, isn't it? buzzfeed had a conversation with the president and he expressed frustration about companies that he feels are penalizing workers who should be part of the health care reform act and

. >> reporter: kyle eats widow taia walked out of the courtroom during closing arguments by the defense. she did not return when the verdict was announced. jay gray nbc news stephenville texas. >>> now to new jersey and a violent gas explosion all caught on police dash cam. a home is disintegrated as debris shot into the air. the blast so booming. it was felt a mile away. a fire chief said people nearby were treated for concussion-like injuries. it happened as a crew in the area searched for a gas leak. two gas company employees are in critical condition. >>> now to washington where there could be a breakthrough to avoid a shutdown of homeland security. mitch mccanal is willing to pass a clean deh bill. he would put his party's plan to repeal president obama's executive action on immigration up for a vote. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington. what are the chance democrats and congressional republicans will sign on to senator mcconnell's deal? >> reporter: it's looking more possible but we're not quite there yet. we're learning today, homeland security secretary jeh johnson is speak

kyle's wife taia will be one of the first on the stand during this trial.ine eddie ray routh is accused of pulling the trigger. authorities say the victims were trying to help him with ptsd. will car reports live from stephenville texas. will what are we expecting we will hear from the defense in this case? >> reporter: good morning, martha. a long line of people getting set to go into this trial this morning. now there is no dispute that routh pulled the trigger and did kill chris kyle and his family friend chad littlefield. what this trial will revolve around routh's state of mind that day. we're anticipating that his attorneys will launch an insanity defense. his family is adamant, routh, a former marine in iraq and haiti suffered from ptsd. they say they had been in a mental institution just a short time before the shooting. prosecutors though disagree. they say on february 2nd, 2013, kyle and littlefield took routh to a shooting range. kyle, who is now famous for being the most lethal sniper in american history was helping vets with physical and mental

taia kyle said she could tell something was wrong when she spoke to her husband on the phone shortly before he was killed. >> the defense is mounting an insanity case here. they red texts from kyle about the accused killer. these texts show that just before he was killed kyle had concerns about routh's mental and emotional stability. >> he texts him, this dude is straight up nuts. this dude is straight up nuts. and chad littlefield texts chris kyle back he's right behind me watch my six. >> let's bring in former federal prosecutor sunny hostin. very emotional day. on this day we just heard about the text messages. it's surprising that text messages by chris kyle are being used by the defense. >> i will tell you that text message will be very helpful to the defense. the issue is not who did it. it's just whether or not he was insane at the time when he committed the murders. he's admitted to doing this. he admitted it to his sister. now you have at the time -- >> basically testimony from the victim here. >> that's right. you have it at the time when they were together saying i think t