rules committee, we're supposed to make rules, as far as i can tell, the real difference between chris ryan -- requiring committees to submit an report, submitting means that they would have to vote. it is not clear. maybe you would alleviate my concern. it is a process concern. in practice, bills that do not go there committees are showing up here. they go to the floor, and people just have to take or leave it. i'm worried about -- you expressed concern that the democrat process was not open enough. you have a process that would allow hearings to not even -- -- committees to not even hold hearings. the word is submit and not report. do you know what submit means? >> i think it is quite clear. i said before, if they were serious, and i'm not suggesting that there needs to be an alternative, but base of my dialogue with mr. cole, i think there is an obligation that if you want to repeal something that has had such an impact on the american people, whether good or bad to come up with an alternative. if they were serious, they would for a deadline and there would be a reporting requirement. i

why he took aim at chris kyle. ryan owens in texas. >> reporter: eddie ralph admits he killed chris kyle and chad littlefield at this texas gun range. the mystery has always been why. late this afternoon, this sheriff's deputy testified he overheard him reveal a motive. "nobody would talk to me. i was riding in the back of the truck and nobody would talk to me. they were just taking me to the range, so i shot them. i feel bad about it, but they weren't talking to me. i'm sure they have forgiven me." he allegedly said that back in june of 2013. the jury also heard from a member of the killer's family, his uncle. james watson saw his nephew just before and just after he killed the two men. he told them they smoked marijuana together that morning. police showed the drug paraphernalia they used to the jury. he said ralph seemed frustrated with his girlfriend and job, but otherwise okay. >> like he's all crazy, like, psychotic. >> reporter: hours later, ralph showed up in kyle's pickup truck and said, check out my truck. i'm

the man accused of killing american sniper chris kyle, the blockbuster movie inspired by kyle is looming large over the case just two weeks before the oscars. ryan owens explains. >> navy seal chris kyle is portrayed by bradley cooper as a masculine war hero but the jury that decides the fate of the killer is overwhelmingly female. they will decide if eddie ralph who looks dramatically different, will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> he said he shot two guys and killed them. he is crazy psychotic. >> a military age male on a cell phone -- >> most jurors told the judge they did not see the movie that made almost $300 million all say they can be fair despite everything they heard they can be fair. >> it seems he is guilty and i don't buy the insanity. >> ralph does plan an instanity defense, that he turned the gun on the two men trying to help him. >> just saying you suffer from post traumatic disorder is not enough to get a not guilty by insanity verdict, you have to show that they did not understand right from wrong that is a tough standard. >>> some veterans have a new place to get warm and back on their feet, a ribbon consulting marked

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sniper murder trial continues in texas experts say that the man accused of killing chris kyle could be in big trouble. ryan owens reports, this could undermine his insanity defense. >> eddie ralph appears to be napping in the start of this interrogation video and later the jury watches him look around the room and trying to put on his glasses not easy with his hands behind his back, it's what he says to the texas ranger later on that may matter most. you know what you did today was wrong right? you understand that asked the ranger, yes, sir replies ralph the judge will not allow audio to be broadcast until after the verdict but he acknowledges his guilt by apologizing to the victims' families. i would have done it differently. >> he is incoherent through most of the hour long tape and does detail parts of the crime like who he shot first chris kyle, the hero of the blockbuster american sniper i am just tired of playing chess with my life. broughters played a series of voice mails that he left on chris kyle's phone one included a bizarre rant about the weather and the defense argues that the man in the voic

it is all the people who carry chris in the hearts he left behind." i'm ryanns for "nightline" in stevenville, texas. >> so what do you think of the verdict? should the jury have taken the insanity defense to heart? weigh in on our facebook page. >>> coming up on "nightline," something entirely different. how a cartoon starring six pastel ponies has developed an ardent following among grown men. inside the odd world of my little pony fandom. i would quit then i'd go right back to it. chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix helped reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some people had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix or history of seizures. don't take c

jurors shown a new video of the man accused of killing chris kyle in the backseat of a cop car. abc's ryan owens again tonight from texas. >> reporter: defense attorneys for eddie routh start their case by showing the jury chris kyle's nayville s.e.a.l. rifle, 'em blazeden with american sniper on the side. the gun and the man who carried it made famous in the blockbuster of the same nad. >> she's got a grenade. >> reporter: routh's attorneys are arguing that the marine vet was so paranoid he felt threatened by the five assault rifles kyle and his friend chad littlefield brought though that gun range two-year-olds ago. to further make that point, they called the killer's mother to the stand. jodi routh testified her only son wasn't the same when he got out of the military. the month before the murders, you begged the v.a. not to release your son, said the attorney? absolutely i did, his mother replies. earlier this afternoon, prosecutors called 26 witnesses and showing the jury so many videos of routh. often using his own words against him. the latest? routh in the back of a police cruiser,

routh knew what he was doing when he attacked the navy's most famous sniper chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. abc's ryan owe wince covered the trial from the beginning. >> the clerk tells us of that 2 1/2 hours an hour of it was for dinner so a very quick decision from a jury of ten women and two men. the defense had argued strenuously for not guilty by reason of insanity. a jury rejecting that sending eddie routh away for the rest of his life. >> we've waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son and that's always god has proved to be faithful. >> reporter: their families leaving the court in tears after two weeks of testimony from 30 witnesses includeing kyle's widow who was back in the texas courtroom tuesday after a weekend trip to represent her husband at the oscars where the blockbuster film recounting his heroics in iraq was nominated six times. taya kyle told the court about the last time seesaw her husband. >> that we loved each other and gave a kiss and hug like we always did. >> reporter: later that day at a shooting range routh gunned down the fellow veterans who were

ryan smith. >> reporter: nba all-star chris paul setting off a firestorm for his postgame comments about a female referee. facing the cleveland cavaliers last night. watch him arguing. she slaps him with a technical foul. incensed, he later says the call was ridiculous. suggesting she may not be up for the job. >> no way that could be a technical. if that's the case, this may not be for her. >> reporter: she's one of the league's two full-time female refs. joining the nba this season. she talked about her job in a documentary about making it to the pros. >> it's important for me not to carry a fear of failure. but i'm also really human. >> reporter: paul is known as a good guy, and his image is now under fire. paul saying he meant to question her experience, not her gender. >> he would have said rookie referee if he could do it over again. >> what is the nba saying? >> they're saying it's under review. players can be subject to fines. >> ryan, thank you. >>> still much ahead on this friday. the girlfriend, and the officers that claimed all along, they were the ones attacked. she chased down the t

chris jansing. >> reporter: as the consultant in a two-man shop in rural georgia, ryan says he never expected this. >> turn my computer on and it started making this awful churning noise. >> reporter: his computer was hacked twice and it nearly crippled his business. >> a very frustrating two months of just trying to get everything back. >> reporter: even more frustrating, most criminal hackers operate on virtually untraceable parts of the internet the dark web, where you can buy credit cards, passports, even hire a hacker for a wide range of jobs. this says, a medium job is ruining people. >> that's right. that's what it would cost for this service they're selling. >> reporter: it has exploded. five times as many now as in 2009 and growing. 56,000 threats investigated last year by the department of homeland security alone. today president obama met with business leaders including apple's tim cook and signed eded an executive order. >> it's the wild wild west. and to some degree we're asked to be the sheriff. >> reporter: but ceos from google yahoo! and facebook skipped the summit many companies r

jury in which former marine eddie routh confesses to the fatal shootings of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. ryan the details. >> head down on the table, hands cuffed behind his back is how the jury first sees eddie routh in this police interrogation tape the night he killed navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. finally he sits up when the texas ranger walks in and asks him what he did. it is so sad how it had to happen, and stuff, you know, how it did happen. routh tells the ranger. the judge will not allow audio broadcast until after the verdict but the jury can hear as the marine veteran rambles and is often incoherent but seems clear on certain details of the crime, like shooting them at close range. i was up close to them. i didn't mean to be so close, he says. routh remembers who he shot first, chris kyle, the legendary shot profiled in the blockbuster "american sniper." >> the one i could clearly identify routh tells the ranger. i knew if i didn't take out his soul, he was coming to take mine. i'm tired of playing chess with my life. routh is arguing he was insane at th

. >> you know, the loss of mark lee and ryan joe was tough on chris. and we've all lost a lot of fellow team guys. it's that grieving process. i think this trial was something that loomed over the family. just the closure this verdict has brought i think is going to help move forward. but it's a different reality without chris and chad. my prayers are with them and their families. >> my prayers with them as well. please send my best to all of them. appreciate you being here. coming up next tonight right here on "hannity". >> an illegal alien on his third gun charge was visiting a neighbor where my son was coming home. he shot my son in the stomach and then in the head killing him. >> emotional, powerful testimony from the family members of those killed by illegal immigrants that are living right here in the u.s. up next, the always outspoken ann coulter will weigh-in. and later tonight here on "hannity". >> how did you grow up giuliani? a privileged cracker? or i should say a privileged devil. >> privileged devil cracker. nation of islam leader louis f

chris kyle in the backseat of a cop car. prosecutors say it bolsters their case. and abc's ryan owens again tonight from texas. >> reporter: defense attorneys for eddie routh start their case by showing the jury chris kyle's navy s.e.a.l. rifle, emblazoned with "american sniper" on the side. the gun and the man who carried it made famous in the blockbuster of the same name. >> she's got a grenade. she's got an rkg russian grenade. she's handing it to the kid. >> reporter: routh's attorneys are arguing the marine vet was so paranoid, he felt threatened by the five assault rifles kyle and his friend chad littlefield brought to that gun range two years ago. to further make that point, they called the killer's mother to the stand. jodi routh testified her only son wasn't the same when he got out of the military. she says he was suicidal and in and out of v.a. hospitals. the month before the murders, "you begged the v.a. not to release your son," asked the attorney. "absolutely i did," his mother replies. earlier this afternoon, prosecutors rested their case, after calling 26 witness

and tonight, we have now learned of a text message chris kyle sent before he was killed signaling something was wrong. abc's ryan owens in texas. >> reporter: taya kyle the first witness in a texas courtroom this morning, telling her story to the 12 people who matter most. >> babe come home okay? >> reporter: millions already know what this widow has endured, thanks to sienna miller's performance in the blockbuster, "american sniper." from the stand, taya's kyle's grief is all too well. she breaks down trying to answer. chris kyle she whispers. the judge will not allow audio from witnesses to be broadcast, but you don't need to hear her to see her pain. clutching dog tags in her hand she tearfully walks the jury of ten women and two men through family pictures. she recounts that day two years ago when she last saw her husband. just before he and his best friend chad littlefield took eddie routh to the gun range where he killed them both. we said we loved each other and gave each other a kiss and hug, like we always did. routh keeps his head down throughout. in previous interviews kyle says she doesn't buy his de

chris kyle's widow tea. she isn't buying ralph's defense. today in court she said as much with tears as she did with words. while the judge has banned audio recordings of witnesses, my colleague ryan owens is in the courtroom. >> one of the prosecutor's first questions, who were you married to? tea could barely whisper the words "chris kyle." >> reporter: a wife's plea to the jury made up mostly of women, ten women, two men. >> i'd be far more concerned about the fact that it's ten texans than ten women. texas is not where you want to be presenting an insanity defense if you're the defendant. >> is it enough for the defense to say there's of this guy was mentally ill, for him to therefore not be held responsible for the deaths? >> not enough to just say mentally ill. you have to be able to demonstrate the mental illness was so severe that he didn't understand what he was doing is wrong. >> reporter: the blockbuster movie hangs heavy over this case. the highest-grossing war film of all-time. >> who how would you describe chris kyle? >> awesome. because he's so imposing. he's clearly an individual that you would never, ever want to mess with. >> reporter: it all the search for an un

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and now comes word chris kyle's widow will be among the first to take the stand. abc's ryan owens now. >> reporter: here's the eddie routh the jury will see tomorrow as they begin writing the real-life ending to the american sniper saga. quite a change from his mug shot two years ago. tonight, a look at an even more dramatic transformation. these pictures released by a veterans group show routh during his service in iraq. tomorrow prosecutors plan to call the widow of chris kyle and the mother of chad littlefield, the men killed two years agoal at this texas gun range. >> two really good men who were helping somebody they're husbands, fathers, good people. >> reporter: the testimony of taya kyle played by sienna miller in the blockbuster -- >> come home okay? >> reporter: is expected to be espealally emotional. the jurors may relate to her. they're overwhelmingly female. ten women and two men. >> i urge a lot of caution to them saying oh ten female jurors, that's going to somehow be helpful to the defendant. >> reporter: also tonight our first look at the four-page questionn

minutes later ryan archie arcidiacono steps up another three, nova up 14. how about chriskins nails a three. nova shoots 50 percent from beyond the arc. they get up as many as 23. how about hustle from darren hillyard to steel, finish. nova finishing off hoyas 69 hospital 53. thorough father street. >>> tu turning up the heat after losing a season high three in a row last month. owls rebounded in a big way. they have not lost since. temple on the road in memphis. fran dunphy, he is serious with his team. owls fall behind 15 in the first, off the nickel, the slam. temple down ten at the the half. they come all the way back, final five jesse morgan ties it up at 54. they take their first lead in the final minutes and what a finish. temple up one, nine seconds left. johnson right by the d. temple down one. other way, six seconds left josh brown for the win? yes. how about that. only basket of the game, temple wins 61-60. it is their fifth straight. >>> the the the hawk will never die, st. joes trying to bounce back after losing the other night. today george george mason deand

the message get your kids vaccinated is a different message from chris christie and rand paul today. joining us is ryan washington bureau chief from huffing on the post. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> when christie said that parents should be able to choose whether or not to vaccinate their kids, who is he appealing to or was this just a screw up? >> i think what he was doing there is he flashed back immediately to his last public health intervention. complete debacle during the ebola freak out. where he basically detained this new jersey nurse for a matter of several weeks saying look you have been to africa. we're not letting you out of here. she is like i don't have ebola. so you know he completely stripped her of all civil liberties. he then was completely embarrassed at the way that unfolded. now i think he overreacted to his initial overreaction. he is thinking how do i respond this time and he started to think of the parent's choice movement and these anti--va xers out there and he wanted to throw them bone at the end there. he wasn't prepared for the question. as you c

chris kyle. investigators revealing what they found inside his home. and what a jail deputy allegedly said he heard. ryan owens in texas. >> reporter: the mystery has always been why. late this afternoon, this sheriff's deputy heard him reveal a motive. "nobody would talk to me. they were just taking me to the range, so i shot them. i feel bad about it but they weren't talking to me." the jury also heard from a member of the killer's family, his uncle. he saw him just before and just after he killed the two men. he told them they smoked marijuana together that morning. seemed frustrated with his girlfriend and job, but other wise okay. hours later, ralph showed up in kyle's pickup truck and said, check out my truck. i'm driving a dead man's truck. led police on a high-speed chase in that truck before giving up. the uncle, when asked by the prosecutor said his nephew did know right from wrong. that's key, if the injury believes that, they can not find him not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> the president today weighing in. tom llamas from north carolina. >> reporter: the three muslim students killed in

chris kyle. the jury has been selected and opening statements are set to begin tomorrow morning. the blockbuster movie looming large over this case and ryanry. >> navy seal chris kyle is portrayed as a hyper masculine war hero. . i just want to get the bad guys. >> but the jury who will decide the fate is overwhelmingly female female. ten women and two men will determine if eddy routh who looks different than he did at the time of his arrest should spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting kyle and his friend to death two years ago. >> he said that he killed two guys. they went out to a shooting range. like he's all crazy and psychotic. >> i got a military-aged male on the cell phone watching a convoy. over. >> reporter: most jurors told the judge they haven't seen the movie. that's made almost $300 million. also promised despite everything they heard they can be fair. those who couldn't were dismissed over the last few days. >> it seemed to me he's guilty, and i don't buy the insanity. >> ralph does plan an insanity defense arguing pstd made him turn the gun on two men who were trying to help him. >> just saying you're suffering

opening statements are set for this morning and then chris kyle's widow is expected to testify. abc's ryanlle texas, with all the latest. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. taya kyle will be among the first on the stand today. prosecutors starting with their most emotional witness in front of a jury made up almost entirely of women. i need you to be human again. >> reporter: millions have watched sienna miller play taya kyle on the big screen. this monk chris kyle's widow has a far more important role. she will be one of the first witnesses the prosecution calls in its case against accused double murderer eddie routh. >> somebody taking the lives of two people when were there to help them that's not ptsd in my machine. >> reporter: routh is a marine veteran and his attorney says ptsd caused him to turn the gun on kyle and his friend chad littlefield at this texas gun range two years ago. >> he says that he killed two guys. they went out to a shooting range. like he's all crazy. 'he a psychotic. >> reporter: routh is pleading insanity. in court the jury of 10 women

would take that praise and praise the people around him, and mark lee and ryan jobe shown through in the book. and so it is not chrise was a good steward of the flag and a good american. >> do you believe that we are fighting islamic extremism instead of just extreme ismism in general as the white house has portrayed it? >> that is interesting question. i know that we are fighting extremism, and it is barbaric extremism. and people ask where was isis and isil and so it was there and always a threat and as we see, it is popping up, and there is a threat and it is coming from the islamic state, and so it is an islamic extremism putting the phrase together. >> thank you, so much eric lasz for coming on. >> thank you, don. >>> and now, a pattern of diskrim their tactics coming up with the police department in ferguson, and we will talk about this with our legal experts next. or visit your24info.com. i'm louis, and i quit smoking with chantix. i told myself for so long that i needed to quit smoking. i would quit then i'd go right back to it. chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicl

the jury also heard about chris kyle's last text message describing his accused killer. here now abc's ryan>> reporter: taya kyle the first witness telling her story to the people that matter most. millions know what this widow has endured thanks to see yaen that miller's performance in the blockbuster american sniper. from the stand here grief is all too real. one of the prosecutor's first questions, who were you married to? she breaks down trying to answer. chris kyle, she whispers. the judge will not allow aud yes witnesses to be broadcast but you don't need to hear her to see her pain. clutching dog tags in her hand she walks the jury through family pictures she recounts the day two years ago when she last saw her husband. just before he and his best friend chad littlefield took eddie routh to the gun range where he killed them both. we said we loved each other and gave each over a kiss and hug like we always did. routh keeps his head down throughout. in previous interviews kyle says she doesn't buy the defense that ptsd made him kill. >> somebody taking the lives of tw people there to

that is the very latest live, in clearwater i will have more on ryan howard, coming up at 6:00 o'clock. back to you jessica and chris. >> blue skies and palm trees in the background looks awfully nice, leslie, all right. thanks for the update. >>> still to come in the next half an hour we will continue our live coverage of this an overturn tanker fire sent smoke billowing for miles and this came dangerously close to some local homes. >>> a rare discovery at philadelphia's barnes foundation and what was found behind some of the painting that is has rock the the art world. >>> new at 6:00 tonight free money, it sound too good to be tree with you a local man says he has an april 7 for that. we will tell but it at >>> i'm's chris may. here are the day's top stories, tanker truck carrying gasoline goes up in spectacular fashion in pennsauken camden county. smoke could be seen for several miles around and there were evacuations of nearby homes. more on this story, coming up in just a moment. >>> police in allentown opened fire on a suspect accused of stabbing an officer a and a woman, police say that they chase that had s

chris kyle. just days after we heard from his widow, tonight, jury selection now under way in the trial of his accused killer. abc's ryan owens with one potential juror, already turned away, and why. >> reporter: this sleepy texas town is getting quite the wakeup call. barricades and bomb dogs around the courthouse. inside, hundreds of potentials jurors. they're being screened to find 12, plus two alternates, that will write the real-life sequel to america's number one movie. the jurors must decide if marine veteran eddie routh murdered nayville s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield, at this gun range two years ago. they brought him here to council him for ptsd. and routh's attorney says he turned the gun on them because he was insane. this is one of the few ten shl jurors dismissed today. >> seemed to me that he's guilty and i don't buy the insanity. all right tonight, american sniper is playing at a theater less than three miles from the courthouse. the judge telling potential jurors, it's okay if they've seen the movie, as long as they haven't made up their minds about what happened. >> okay i ne

chris kyle. the jury has been selected and opening begin tomorrow morning. the blockbuster movie looming large over this case and abc's ryant story for us. >> don't pick it up. >> reporter: in the blockbuster "american idol," chris kyle is portrayed by broadly cooper as a hyper masculine bad guys but the jury who will decide the fate of his killer is overwhelmingly female. ten women and two men will determine if marine veteran eddie routh who now looks dramatically different than he did at the time of his arrest should spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting kyle and his friend chad littlefield to death at this texas gun range two years ago. >> he says he killed two guys. they went out to a shooting range. like he's all crazy. he's a psychotic. >> i got a military age male on a cell phone watching the convoy over. >> reporter: most told the judge they hasn't seen the movie. all promised despite everything they've heard they can be fair. those who couldn't were dismissed over the last few days. >> it seems to me he's guilty and i don't buy the insanity. >> reporter: routh does plan an insanity defense arguing ptsd

ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: a battle of the doctors. prosecutors resting their case after calling two experts, saying routh was not insane when he killed the "american sniper" chris kyle and chad littlefield. he did know what he was doing was wrong and he did it anyway. testifies dr. randall price, who spent a year and a half reviewing the case and more than ten hours interviewing routh. he says the fact the marine veteran led police on this high speed chase is clear evidence he knew he'd committed a crime. and when routh was in the back of this police cruiser saying he might be insane. \he was setting the stage for a defense of, "it's not my fault." price tells the jury. he says routh was a heavy drinker and marijuana smoker who was drunk and high when he shot the two men at this texas gun range. thursday, the defense closed its case with a different doctor, a psychiatrist who says routh has schizophrenia and was so paranoid he thought they were "pig assassins" sent to execute him as part of "pigs taking over the earth." prosecutors say routh made up the pig story after watching too much tv in jail. they say he's a fan of "seinfeld" and the pig hunting reality s