. >> david christianson is the photographer they hired. they paid half of the package price but no photos. >> we write him, text message him, nothing. >> christianson has moved his business to fresno, california and changed his name. we contacted him and he says there's an issue with the final payment. the client agrees that the entire amount owed for the package is due at the event or a week prior. >> here it says 100% is due on the client's receipt of the final images. the latter line is the expectation they understood. >> christianson told me he would send them the photos and wave the balance. he said early in my career, demand for services grew faster than expected. i had a few missteps on client relations. >> to see his name on my phone was a shock. i called her right away. i couldn't believe it. >> days after that, a special moment and happy ending. >> did you think they would come? >> no. >> they get their wedding photos and get to relive the photos from five years ago. >> are you happy? >> so happy. >> no words to explain it. thank

joining us now, retired colonel don christianson. he was chief prosecutor when -- don, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. thanks for having me. >> all right. what can you tell us about the case? it occurred back in 2012 when he was sentenced and he spent, what, a year in the u.s. air force military prison, a brig? >> right. so these offenses occurred somewhere between 2010 and 2011 and involved multiple occasions of domestic abuse against both his wife and his stepson. his stepson was born about july of 2010, so was basically a baby when these offenses started. during this time, he would often be physically violent with his son, included violently shaking him. as a result of that, his stepson had suffered fractures, had a hematoma and he was eventually charged after he confessed to committing these offenses. and then he was court-martialed and as a result of that court-martial, he was sentenced to continfinement and a bad cont discharge. >> explain the fractures, what he did to this little boy, this stepson. how old

christianson told the bee... man received a quote 'superficial forehead he was taken to the hospital... and later charged with a misdemeanor for obstructing a police officer. natsas for the deputy seen throwing the punches, sheriff christianson told the bee - his name is taylor knight... heús a three year veteran of the department. he has been placed on paid administrative leave as the department sorts through whether his actions caught on video crossed the line and warrant a criminal charge of assault under the color of authority.the sheriff told the bee '"i am disappointed and concerned but i want the public to know that we are going to thoroughly investigate the incident to find out what happened and we will take the appropriate actions necessary once we have all the facts. we are looking at all circumstances leading up to the contact with the individual who was arrested and what happened or what you see happening in that video." the sheriff added that even though there is no audio in the video, other deputies

christianson told the bee...e 'superficial forehead abrasion'...he was taken to the hospital... and later charged with a misdemeanor for obstructing a police officer. natsas for the deputy seen throwing the punches, sheriff christianson told the bee - his name is taylor knight... heús a three year veteran of the department.he has been placed on paid administrative leave as the department sorts through whether his actions caught on video crossed the line and warrant a criminal charge of assault under the color of authority.the sheriff told the bee '"i am disappointed and concerned but i want the public to know that we are going to thoroughly investigate the incident to find out what happened and we will take the appropriate actions necessary once we have all the facts. we are looking at all circumstances leading up to the contact with the individual who was arrested and what happened or what you see happening in that video." the sheriff added that even though there is no audio in the video, other deputies and offi

christianson room is mine first set the scene of the attack christian not just on the investigation. while twenty nine year old side have appeared in court in his wheelchair to face those charges late on wednesday he's charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization i sold and using a motor vehicle to kill pedestrians we're learning more about the investigation and what he was saying what he was thinking from the court documents and prosecutors who have been putting those court documents together we know that he admitted to investigators that he took inspiration from eisel videos on line he said he was happy with what he had done and the results of his attack and he also asked if you could hang and i saw a flag in his hotel room investigators are still questioning a lot of people involved in the case and with knowledge of the suspects and what he could have been doing in the days before they put out a search warrant for. a request for information i should say about another man from his back a sound who they were looking for to ask questions they didn't call him a

through a bicycle path in manhattan on tuesday candlelit vigil has been held for those who died christianson him his life or set the scene of the attack. on the investigation . twenty nine year old. appeared in court late on wednesday to face two charges one of providing material support to terrorist organization i sold the other for using a motor vehicle to kill pedestrians and i'm reading more about what he's been telling investigators from those court documents including the fact that he admitted he was inspired by eisel videos that he saw online he told them that he felt good about what he had done and he asked if he could hang a flag in his hospital room investigators are still questioning a lot of suspects or a lot of people in to try to find out more about the suspect in this case he's the only person that's been arrested or charged so far but late on wednesday the f.b.i. did announce that they were looking for another person of interest another man from his back a sound someone that they found shortly afterwards again not a suspect at this stage to someone they want to talk to they'r

democratic senator pocahontas during a ceremony honoring native american veterans of the second christianson in the explains why some found his remarks offensive. the event was to honor native american veterans but president donald trump couldn't resist the opportunity to criticize a political rival use the name of a native american hero in front of a portrait of president andrew jackson who is known for forcefully removing natives from their ancestral lands no less in a way that was not meant as a complement thank you because you're very very special people you're here long before any of us were here. although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago they call or pocahontas it's a name he first used on the campaign trail and polka dot this is not happy she got to refer to the democratic senator and staunch trump critic elizabeth warren the senator who's claimed native american ancestry was quick to respond it is deeply unfortunate that the president of the united states cannot even make it through a ceremony honoring these heroes without having to throw out

. >> retired air force chief prosecutor don christianson telling cnn kelley fractured his stepson's skullthe air force acknowledges it failed to properly relay the court m-martial conviction to civilian records. >> good morning, well we are learning a lot pore from the authorities. we are learning a lot more about his dark and angry past, specifically a chapter that explains how he was able to accumulate this arsenal. it happened in 2012 when the attacker was in the air force, and he was convicted on two counts of domestic assault against his then ex-wife and stepson, but it appears that the air force never communicated that information to the civilian authorities. he's never entered into what is known as the national criminal information database. the and so when he went to buy weapons, he wouldn't have popped up in the regular fbi background check z as someone with that kind of criminal record would have. at the air force is now saying that they're going to carry out an investigation into what went wrong, along with the pentagon. >> thanks for that. arizona senator john mccain promising

that's the way new yorkers are taking this today all right well of with the latest from new york christiansonany thank you. hearing in his own does report that five of the eight people killed on tuesday were from augean tina and they were in new york celebrating a high school trace of has more now from when as. five argentinians were killed on tuesday's attack one of them was seriously injured and remains in the hospital they were part of a group of nine friends and got together in new york city to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of their graduation apparently they did this quite often to remember all time some of them could not afford for the ticket so they helped each other out some of them were businessmen architects between forty eight and forty nine years old about three hours away from the capital is in the province of of some of the fish the place where football star you may see was born and at this point that city is completely in shock of the mayor there has declared three days of mourning at the sky high school that this man attended there was a small ceremony earlier this wedne

. >> reporter: retired colonel don christianson was the air force's top prosecutor.elley hit his stepson so hard he fractured the boy's skull. >> he should not have had a gun because, one, the maximum punishment was more than a year and, two, it involved domestic violence. >> reporter: but according to law enforcement sources, kelley purchased a ruegger ar rifle like this one in april of 2016 at a san antonio gun shop. in december of 2014, the same year he received a bad conduct discharge, kelley bought a glock 9 mill matter at this store in colorado springs. >>ful we have an approval we cannot and will not transfer a firearm to a person. >> reporter: the store's owner says he relies on the national database to screen his customers. now he's left wondering how the system broke down. >> you never want to sell something to somebody that's going to commit any norm of crime, let alone a mass murder like this. >> reporter: kelley had other run-ins with the law as well.20 cruelty after witnesses saw him beating a dog with his fists. that charge was ultimately dismissed. no

sheriff adam christianson would not comment about the situation on camera today....but did give fox40i am disappointed and concerned but i want the public to know that we are going to throughly investigate the incident to find out what happened and we will take the appropriate actions necessary once we have all the facts. we are looking at all circumstances leading up to the contact with the individual who was arrested and what happened or what you see happening in that video." the man hit by 3-year department veteran deputy knight was originally facing a felony suspicion of resisting arrest with force or violence....but the sheriff says what he saw in the video didn't support that.the charge was dropped to a misdemanor for delaying or obstructing a police officer and he was released within 48 hours of arrest, having suffered minor cuts to the head.christianson also told fox40 the man officers were trying to get under control and handcuff is a transient who is well-known to the department.despite that.... this kind of force.... against someone admittedly creating a hazard...but still