amber guyger was accused of shooting and killing botham john in his own home. >> can i give her a hug>> when he hugged the former dallas police officer that killed his brother for nearly a minute, it sparked a waive of grace. that was just my way, no one elses way, my decision. it was my way of letting her know that she is truly forgiven. >> i wish he was the one with the gun that killed me. i never wanted to take an innocent person's life. i'm so sorry. >> i waited one year to hear "i'm sorry" and i'm grateful for that. and it is why. that is why i forgive her. >> even has many debated what they would do in the same circumstance, not everyone is ready to forgive. >> i wish i could extended the sa same. we're hurting every day. it is still very fresh. but i have no hatred for her and i would like to be friends. >> but it was this hug that caused an angrier debate. the freedom from religion foundation filed a complaint. cnn reached out to the judge but has not received a response. >> the judge hugging mrs. guyger later, it infuriates me. it drives me crazy. you see a place and a postur

can't read the verdict finding former dallas officer amber geiger guilty of murdering her neighbor botham john this 2800 shootings sparked outrage across the nation as many people couldn't comprehend how someone could be killed and their very own apartment on the night of the shooting giger claims she was exhausted from work and parked on the wrong floor she then proceeded to walk toward an apartment that she thought was her she says she heard someone moving around in the apartment when she went to enter she then saw a silhouette of a figure and opened fire the victim was her 26 year old neighbor who was sitting on his couch watching his t.v. during a court appearance she detailed what went through my mind moments before she shot john what was going through your mind ok and you sound like you're on the set my heart was just on that thread. where you feel that they were scared is where. is the only. you see you then you say that's where they were directly in the middle towards the windows when they saw the silhouette feeders that regardless of her emotional plea and maintaining she feared for h

her neighbor is in prison and geiger started her 10 year prison sentence today for the murder of botham john she was turned over to the texas department of criminal justice this morning. john would have turned 28 this week. guyger shot him last september after saying that she mistook his apartment for hers and thought that he was a burglar in court. the victims younger brother gave her a. but he forgives her sean's father also said he would like to be her friend guyger may be eligible for parole in 5 5 years. carol passed away following a battle with breast cancer, the ad barriers becoming the african american woman to play the lead character in a tv show. her sitcom giulia debuted in 1968 and ran until 1971. she played a nurse and a single mother whose army captain husband was killed in the vietnam war. the series earned her an emmy nomination and a golden globe award. she later played a wealthy and culture dominique deveraux in the 1980's prix time soap opera dynasty dana carroll was 84 years old disney is giving netflix the boot. the company is now banning the streaming service from adver

amber guyger claims she killed botham john when she mistook his apartment for her own and walked into. the sentence met with mixed reaction is crowd gathered outside the courtroom but the most stunning reaction came from his brother who says he forgives her. >> i forgive you. i want the best for you. because i know that is exactly what botham would want. can i give her a hug please? >> here you go as they embrace, they are crying as they hug in the court room. that is a powerful moment. the district judge hundred gu e guyger and handed her a bible, she will be eligible for parole in five years. >> national guard chief save lives when the tour plane he is on crashes and bursts into flames. incredible video showing fire and thick black smoke coming from the world war ii bomber after it crashed into a warehouse at an airport near hartford, connecticut. 7 people were killed in the crash and 6 survived including two firefighters. officials crediting the quick thinking guard chief ruben hatch and getting passengers out. the way witnesses describe the crash it is incredible anyone survived.

the presiding judge hugged the members of botham john members first and following grant walked over andhugged guyger, too. >> it was kind of beautiful for a lot of people to see that. >> to be clear there are no winners in that. that level of mandela's level grace. >> that's amazing grace. >> our first logo to the self driving catering truck that was not supposed to be driving itself. this was the chaotic scene at the tarmac at o'hare international airport. a food and beverage vehicle got a mind of its own, turns out a case of water fell out of the gas pedals and the truck go bananas. the tarmac worker working on helplessly. the hero of our story, jorge is an employee that hopped on a push back that helps plane get out of the gates and put an end to the madness. jorge says afterwards, he was doing his job. >> the president retweeted the video with the caption "great job," just in time. the president shooting around with the viral video this week. it was pretty cool by jorge. >> heroes wear a cape. his or h he's the man. >>> our next high goes to this beautiful voice echoing on the stree

>>behind the botham john case in nearby dallas.erson waking up to learn his only daughter was dead. >>i mean issues. >>around 02:00am saturday morning, fort worth police arrived at a time to honor jefferson's house for a welfare check after her neighbor called them concerned her front door was ending is the name. me. >>if see someone would with my daughter. need the police. what is the way to police. >>in the body cam video you see an officer walk through jefferson's backyard to a bedroom window where she was standing, but did not not even a full second later she was shot. >>and to some i >>jefferson thankful for their final words. >>i take stuff in over. >>the 2 shared a very special bond. >>when she was growing up i read but a lot of books. read read remain great. >>reading fueled her passion for learning. >>and jefferson this is >>jefferson going on to get a prima degree from xavier university, currently she was working in pharmaceutical equipment sales saving up for medical school. >>bolton. >>that was aaron jones reporting the

as the brother of 26 year-old botham john brandt spoke directly to former dallas police officer amberr expressing not only words of kindness. >>but an act of kindness as well. grant got up from the witness stand walked over to giger and hugged her before she was led off to prison. the heartfelt gesture was appreciated by the dallas police that's the spirit in and i think we want to move forward with the spirit of forgiveness faith and trust speaking to the courtroom bottom, john's father also got emotional remembering his son. >>could be i've never seen the we want see him. the jury sent its guyger to 10 years in prison. >>i'm andy rose reporting. >>up next a man is robbed and beaten when he rents out his peninsula house on air bnb. stops by to find a big old party 3040 people there the warning from police tonight. so this never happens to you. >>all right, everybody wants aside right rent out your place an air bnb media really really know what you're getting into palo alto police there on the hunt tonight for 3 men who robbed. >>then assaulted another man when he came home and found

convicted last month and sentenced to 10 years behind bars for fatally shooting her neighbor's botham's johnred his apartment. she says she thought his apartment was hers. she says she thought he was a burglar in her apartment. she ot him own couch as he waeating ice cream today guyger's lead attorneys said the intent to appeal does not necessarily indicate an appeal will happen but it's basically a procedural matter. the attorneys said the only protects and guyger's right to go ahead with the motion at some point. it will be months before they know whether they will proceed with an appeal. >>warm weather and windy weather continues over the next couple of days, a red flag warning has been issued for the bay area. more details coming up. >>and yes, millions of americans remain under wind warnings and advisories. why some people are cleaning up while others are just bracing for more bad weather. >>huge 40 niners trade today and game one of the world series in the books underdog nationals would you believe a steal one in houston mark carpenter has sports coming come try my really big chicken s

amber guyger was sentenced to 10 years for last year's murder of botham john guyger claim that she thought she was in her own apartment and father john was an intruder shortly after the sentencing was announced john's brother told guyger he forgave her. >>and he hugged her our grant lodes joins us down the street with more on this powerful statement in one of the most striking acts of compassion. we never seem like they get anybody who saw that. >>stopped in their tracks and and watched it today the people cried yet chills. it's it's as pow you know it's hard to imagine trying to find within yourself to forgive someone. 2 killed your sibling or your loved one and that's what happened here certainly not an easy thing to do to find the courage to forgive someone who shot and killed your brother but brent john told geiger he forgives her he said he hopes she finds god. that was not the only eye opening moment in court today moments after bottoms brother hug guyger judge tammy kemp spoke to her privately and appeared to give her a bible. it's a dramatic contrast from what was presented during

because he was in his own apartment, in his sanctuary. >> reporter: john and alisyn, botham jean was ibed as a beacon of light during this trial. it's clear that little brother is following in big brother's foot steps. john and alisyn? >> oh, boy, ed. what a powerful moment for all of us to see. you know, if only forgiveness were as contagious as contempt and anger which we have seen so much in this moment in time. and we're going to be talking to that young man's father and i look forward to talking to that father about how he raised such beautiful, open hearted, forgiving men. >> look. and i think that brent jean, his compassion is extraordinary. i want to note it's not without controversy in the black community. there are people that i have heard from bakari sellers wrote overnight, why do black folks always have to forgive. you never hear i'm sorry before the violence. shannon sharpe said if the situation had been reversed, what are the chances her family would hug him as his family hugged her. black people are expected to be compassionate but rarely receive compassion. >> i don't

amber guyger claims she shot and killed botham john when she mistook his apartment for her own.k the stand. watch this. >> i forgive you. i want the best for you. because i know that's exactly what botham would want you to do the best would be to give your life to christ. can i give her a hug, pleas please? >> such an amazing moment brant and guyger crying as they hugged in the courtroom. she handed her a bible before she was taken to prison. outside the courtroom a much different scene. [chanting no justice, no peace] >> riot police taking to the streets as protests broke out. many saying 10 years not enough. the victim's mother allison john called for new focus on police training in the city of dallas. >> our life must move on. but our life must move on with change. the city of dallas needs to clean up inside. the dallas police department has a lot of laundry to do. >> guyger is eligible for parole in five years and, guys, i think it's clear that the strength of brant john will soon not be forgotten. steve: just the act of forgiveness is so strong that he would forgive her for

botham jean. ed lavenderry with the latest on this. this is incredible, ed. >> reporter: good morning, john.t the motive might have been. but 28-year-old joshua brown, that witness in the amber guyger murder trial, he was a neighbor and heard the altercation between them in that complex. this is a different apartment complex several miles away from where botham jean was killed, but it was here where dallas police say joshua brown was shot multiple times in the lower body. now, there was a wide range of speculation over the weekend that he had been shot in the mouth. every indication we have at this point is that is not the case. the attorney representing the family of joshua brown is also one of the same attorneys that was representing botham jean's family. lee merritt. he told us last night that joshua brown was shot in november of 2018. so about a year ago in a shooting event that had nothing to do with the botham jean trial and that he was wounded in that attack. and at some point he did worry that that person was, quote, going to come back and finish the job. now, whether or not all of t

john needed that. and when miss guyger ran to him, i understood that she needed it, to too. >> judge kemp spent a long while talking to bothamamily over prayers and hugs and tears. amber guyger was still in the courtroom. i said to her, miss guyger, mr. jeans has forgiven you. please forgive yourself to live a purposeful life. she asked me, do you think my life can still have a purpose? i said i know it can't. she said, i don't have a bible. i don't know where to begin. >> that's when i went and retrieved my bible and gave it to her. >> reporter: judge kemp read her a gospel passage about salvation and guyger asked the judge for a hug. >> when she asked me, she said, can i hug you? i was thinking, did she say, can i hug you? and i don't think would be refused her a hug had she asked. >> in that moment. >> in that moment. >> what do you say to those critics who say you had no business hugging a convicted murderer in that courtroom? >> you saw amber guyger from behind. all you ever saw was a petite woman coming to a courtroom and sitting stoically but i watched her from the front and i saw the change in her during the course o