he was just like a broken man. >> that's the man who befriended lee malvo in 2000. et the teen while on a trip to antigua where malvo's mother had all but abandoned him. muhammad brought malvo to tacoma, washington, as his informal adopted son. >> his personality was a loving child. it is very important that one recognize that lee did not attach to a killer. he actually attached to a loving and caring father. >> at the time, muhammad was in a bitter and complicated custody battle for his own biological children whom he had stolen away from his estranged wife. when a tacoma court gave her full and permanent custody, muhammad vowed revenge. >> the children were given to his wife and he would no longer have any connection with his children. and he was outraged. >> he said, you will not raise my children on your own. you have become my enemy and as my enemy, i will kill you. >> did you believe him? >> totally. >> the outrage became anger and hatred fuelling an inner war against a racist society which muhammad, in turn, fed to lee malvo. >> he was being conditioned to be