he's the good richard co handbut has been write about politics for many years he started covering the north hampton city council. is that right? >> yes. >> a couple years ago. this book by martin frost richard cohen and tom davis who couldn't be here today -- have written "the partisan divide." a concept relatively unknown here in all democratic montgomery county, maryland. we know we have republicans here but they have not elected anybody recently. current count and state elects

lives have been past two years and one strikes me the most is a gentleman who was standing behind martin richard, the 8-year-old saying he's got marital probables because his wife was right next to him and he went to pick up the child jane richard, the sister of martin richard, after the bomb exploded in the chaos forgetting that his wife was there and in his words left to fend for herself and i thought that was so poignant that he spoke in front of this condemned killer this is what you caused in my life that i now have marital troubles because of you. >> ron, talk a little bit more about the victims and the family members who spoke today. what did they seem to want to convey? >> i think for a lot of them and there's been a mix because a lot of victims were like we're never going to get closure. they showed up for trial and some of them came almost every day but they didn't want to talk to the media and just wanted to be a part of the proceeding but didn't want to speak out. others very much wanted to speak out. rebecca gregory, one of the 17 people who lost limbs. she ran the last three miles

the family of 8-year-old martin richard basically condemning what he had done saying he chose to accompanyis brother. he chose hate. he chose destruction. he chose death. we choose love. we choose peace. among those define the was amputee rebecca gregory. she essentially said we are boston strong we are america strong. by choosing to mess with us was a terrible mistake. how's that for a victim pact statement? dzhokhar tsarnaev did offer an apology to the victim's families saying he was sorry for the lives he had taken, the suffering he caused and the damage he had done. he also did confess saying the bombing, which i'm guilty of if there's any lingering doubt, i did do it along with my brother. but for several family members and for officials here it was too little too late. the u.s. attorney carmen ortiz saying what dzhokhar tsarnaev did not say was he did not renounce terror and he did not renounce violin ept extremism. john? >> thanks to deb for that. >>> attorneys for james holmes will call their first witnesses today at the trial of the colorado movie theater gunman. the defense is ex

youngest victim killed in the boston marathon bombing an artist is sculpting a bronze statue of martin richard. the statue will stand in the middle of campus where his parents first met. >> it helps one bridge water student to pause and reflect upon their response i bet to make good choices or inspires them to help someone in need or i allows them to see that this world can be made better through a combination of hope and perseverance, then as you recall the meaning of our son's life lives on. >> bridge water is renaming its institute for social justice to honor martin. >>> coming up on "action news," thousands of fans flock to delaware today for the firefly festival. >>> the florida couple that buys a cart ton of eggs and ends up with their rare find. the odds of this boy achieving his dream in fashion? 1 in 23 million. the odds of having a child diagnosed with autism? 1 in 68. i am tommy hilfiger. learn more at autismspeaks.org/signs. >> good morning everyone, it is raining in many areas of the delaware even lehigh valleys right now that's a live look at center city philadelphia. getting up

this is martin richards seen holding a sign saying no more hurting people peace. they are renaming the institute of social justice to honor martin. 0. >> we've got a clear picture of a man wanted in a violent delaware county home invasion. police want to know where to find tiree manzell. brothers jermaine and sterling wallace were arraigned on tuesday. they are accused of breaking into a home in broomall and tieing up a teen and his mother and stealing jewelry. >>> police are saying that a man murdered his girlfriend in the logan section of philadelphia. the family called police and that's when the body was discovered. police have not said how she was killed. >> new on "action news," after a pair of shark attacks last sunday one north carolina town is considering a ban on shark fishing. two sharks attackerred two young people -- attacked two crowning people within 790 minutes of each other. officials in oak island want to stop people from luring sharks close to shore to fish. firerman said they don't think they should be blamed or limited because of the rare shark

martin richard, the 8-year-old killed.an went to help the sister jane, to pick her up and he said in his words, left his wife to fepd for himself and didn't think to make sure she was safe and so they're in marriage counseling and working through the troubles and a lot of hard emotional bleeding if you will coming out in this courtroom today and then the surprise of all hearing from tsarnaev. one thing in the statement we don't see is you don't see him to try to explain what happened. you read some of his statement. he says he would like to apologize to victims and survivors and said i'm guilty of that. he said he goes on to say he got emotional saying i'm a muslim. my religion is islam. i pray to allah to show his mercy to the deceased in the bombing and praised the victims for getting up throughout the trial, and with such dignity recounting the hor yourrors he put them through in 2013. right now he's done speaking. going through procedural things of where in fact he will be condemned to be executed. the attorney arguing

the family of the youngest victim, martin richard who wanted the jury to give him life instead of death so he would be forced to reflect on the crime he committed said this he could have stopped his brother, he chose hate he chose destruction, he chose death. throughout all of the statements, he stared blankly at the floor. the final victim to speak was rebecca gregory who refuses to call herself a victim. she was the only speaker to face him and look directly at him when she said terrorists like you create mass destruction and you know what mass destruction really does it brings people together. we are boston strong. we are america strong. so how's that for your victim impact statement? >>> in the u.s. a prison guard has been arrested after two convicted murders broke free from a new york state jail. he is accused of conspireing to smuggle tools into the prison. the convicted murders escaped from the clinton correctional facility after cutting holes in the steel walls of their cell. palmer is the second prison employee to be arrested. >>> france has announced plans for a new widespread

the mother of crystal who died said: the family of the youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard who wanted the jury to give dzhokhar tsarnaev life instead of death so he would be forced to reflect on the crime he committed said this:. >> throughout all of the statements, dzhokhar tsarnaev stared blankly at the floor. the vinyl victim to speak was young amputee rebecca gregory. she refuses to call herself a victim. she was the only one to look directly at dzhokhar tsarnaev saying: >>> south carolinaans came together to pay tribute to a murdered pastor and state senator. he was among nine church members killed in an attack on a historic black church in charleston. diane eastabrook joins us from columbia. thousands turned out to pay their respects. >> that's right. many of the mourners who came out to the state house today to pay tribute to clementa pinckney say they didn't know him, but felt compelled to come out because of the tragedy of the shootings. >> a horse drawn case carrying state senator clementa pinckney's body arrived at the carolina state house this afternoon. honour guar

and the father of the youngest victim, martin richard saying tsarnaev chose hate and destruction. this is all on him. we choose love. many others advocated for life in prison, but each heart wrenching testimony was a reminder of why the jurors agreed that death was the only appropriate punishment. >> i want justice for my family. i felt the ultimate justice was the death penalty. >> although one victim's friend urged tsarnaev to share his urge and remorse if he had either, he chose not to speak. instead, sitting silently in his chair, never looking at the tears falling in court. tsarnaev was also convicted of crimes that do not carry the death penalty and is being sentenced for those as well. jummy: right now, new york state police are holding a media briefing on the manhunt for those twa escaped inmates. -- two escaped inmates. >> what makes me think they are not together. i have to prepare for both eventualities. we plan and have been investigating since day one for both possibilities, that they either split up or that they remained together as a team. obviously, the community e

recall one of the three, youngest of the three victims who died that day on boylston street, martin richard, his parents came out writing the op-ed in the "boston globe" saying essentially we didn't want him to die because they didn't want to be dragged through. imagine the emotional woundings for years to come being dragged through the appeals process so hopefully for these families there will not be much appeals to come. let me just jump in with this. we just learned that he has now been formally sentenced, dzhokhar tsarnaev has been formally sentenced let me read this to you. as the defendant stood, the judge here judge george o'toole sentenced him to death on charges which the jury had earlier returned this death verdict. on the other count tsarnaev was sentenced to multiple life terms, quote from the judge now today. whenever you name -- your name is mentioned what, will be remembered is the evil you did. this is the judge speaking just know talking to dzhokhar tsarnaev. what will be remembered is you murdered and maimed innocent people. joey jackson, and actually danny let me go back

krystle campbell who died on marathon monday said: the family of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard who wanted the jury to give dzhokhar tsarnaev life instead of death so he would be forced to reflect on the crime he committed said this about the boston bomber: >> throughout all of the statements, dzhokhar tsarnaev stared blankly at the floor. the final victim to speak was young amputee rebecca gregory. she refuses to call herself a victim. she was the only speaker to face tsarnaev and look directly at dzhokhar tsarnaev saying: >>> palestine is submitting documents to the international criminal court in the hope of bridging war crime charges against israeli officials. it's the first time prosecutors will see the palestinians formally take action against israel's breaches of international law. we have this report from imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: this is as close as this person can get to land his family oned for generations. when israel built the settlement considered illegal, an electrified fence was built. he shows me how it prevents him accessing his property. he has not lost hope o

crystal campbell who died on marathon monday said: the family of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard who wanted the jury to give dzhokhar tsarnaev life instead of death so he would be forced to reflect on the crime he committed said this about the boston bomber: >> throughout all of the statements, dzhokhar tsarnaev stared blankly at the floor. the final victim to speak was young amputee rebecca gregory. she refuses to call herself a victim. she was the only speaker to face tsarnaev and look directly at dzhokhar tsarnaev saying: >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says china has agreed to work with the u.s. on a code of conduct on cyber security. kerry was speaking after two days of talks with china, amid allegations of state-sponsored theft by beijing. rosalind jordan has the details. >> reporter: at every opportunity in the last three days u.s. officials say they raised the question of cyber security with counterparts. on wednesday secretary of state john kerry said finally both companies came up with a form of action to deal with the problem. >> we beleave that the united state

the father of the youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard said tsarnaev chose hate, destruction ande family members were among dozens of victim impact statements before a judge formally sentences the 21-year- old bomber to death. a jury recommended the death penalty in may after 14 hours of deliberations. the panel rejected the defense argument that tsarnaev was under the influence of his older brother tamerlan who died in a shootout with police. dzhokhar's attorneys never denied his role in planting the pressure cooker bombs that killed three people and injured 264. survivors who spoke after the jury's ruling agreed with the decision. >> i'm grateful that they came to that conclusion because for me i think it was the just conclusion. >> killing people is wrong. >> reporter: the death sentence goes against the grain in massachusetts and protesters gathered this morning outside the courthouse. tsarnaev was given a chance to speak before the sentencing but it was not clear whether he would take the opportunity. kenneth craig, cbs news. >> tsarnaev's death sentence will be subject to a

the parents of eight-year-old martin richard, the youngest person killed in the bombing, said they would have rather seen tsarnaev receive a life sentence so key contemplate his crime. tsarnaev's death sentence will automatically be appealed. jim armstrong for cbs news, boston. >> tsarnaev's attorney told the court that her client offered to plead guilty a year ago and to apologize forces crime but that prosecutors refused that deal. tsarnaev's appeal could take years if not decades. >>> attorneys for james holmes will begin their defense tomorrow in the trial of the accused colorado theater shooter. they will try to prove holmes was legally insane when he killed people inside a packed theater three years ago. legal experts say it's their best chance to convince jurors to spare him the death penalty. prosecutors rested their case friday after two months vee motional and sometimes gruesome testimony. holmes' defense is expected to take less than two weeks. >>> tonight bobbi kristina brown is in hospice care. relatives say she was moved from the hospital to the hospice center after her con

the parents of 8-year-old martin richard, the youngest person killed in the bombings said they would have rather seen tsarnaev receive a life sentence so he could contemplate his crimes. tsarnaev's death sentence will automatically be appealed. jim armstrong for cbs news boston. >>> today lawyers for colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes begins his defense. his defense team will try and convince jurors that holmes was legally insane when he opened fire at the packed movie house back in 2012. 12 people were killed and 70 others wounded. >>> this morning bobby jindal hits the presidential campaign trail in new hampshire. he jumped into the republican contest wednesday becoming the 13th gop candidate. he's positioning himself as a washington outsider and said he's a doerr in the field of talkers. >>> coming up on the morning news, whole foods fraud. they're accused of tipping the scales to boost profits. >>> later, an explosion at a bond fire lighting with children standing nearby. this is the "cbs morning news." every day, brian drives carefully to work. and every day brian dr

richard martin, al jazeera. >> trying to escape fighting twin i.s.i.l. and kurdish forces. 13,000 have crossed the border into turkey in past weeks. who is already giving shelter to 1.8 million refugees. this is a strategically important town because it is only town on the route with the i.s.i.l. capital raqqa in syria. >>> video of this incident shows a soldier swinging a rifle at the palestinian protester before more soldiers wrestled him to the ground. it happened on friday during a demonstration. >>> a british newspaper says crack many revealing secrets from the u.s. national security agency. the sunday times says that files he revealed contained intelligence techniques which would allow foreign governments to identify british spies. hillary clinton has held her first major rally since announcing her candidacy for the white house speaking from new york she addressed concerns of her age saying she would be the youngest ever female president. kimberly halkett reports. >> the island named after the president who lifted millions out of poverty. >> prospe

he's the good richard co handbut has been write about politics for many years he started covering the north hampton city council. is that right? >> yes. >> a couple years ago. this book by martin frost richard cohen and tom davis who couldn't be here today -- have written "the partisan divide." a concept relatively unknown here in all democratic montgomery county, maryland. we know we have republicans here but they have not elected anybody recently. current count and state elects individuals are divided on scales of progressivism but not party scales. it makes our lives less contentious. we do have that in the state of maryland and we have plenty of conversations going on right now about party issues and the like. i personally feel very related to these authors here, and nat the one republican i have served with who served on the montgomery county council howie dennis actually worked for tom davis. a great guy and this is important. i cast my first vote for president, george mcgovern in the town of north hampton massachusetts. when i was in college and that is mr. cohen's home town. so like we're practically related. >> he was the president of massachusetts. >> he was -- he go

and the father of the youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard saying tsarnaev chose hate, destruction, chose death. this is all on him. we choose love. the richards and others wanted a life sentence for tsarnaev and we learned together tsarnaev offered to plead guilty in 2013 in exchange for that but the government rejected the deal. the death penalty made official by the judge today as tsarnaev ended his statement focusing on his faith saying i ask for mercy on me, my brother, my family. i ask for mercy on those here today. >> a sincere apology would have been nice a simple believable apology. >> reporter: none has impact on his sentence. tsarnaev is still expected to be brought to federal death row in indiana and executed though there is an automatic appeal on his behalf. >>> president obama's campaign for fast track trade negotiating authority got a boost today from nancy pelosi announcing she will vote in favor of a companion bill. a house vote on the worker retraining program could come tomorrow. the legislation is part of the president's effort to push through the trans pacific

and the father of the youngest victim martin richard said tsarnaev chose hate.chose destruction. he chose death. this is all on him. we choose love. the richards and others wanted a life sentence for tsarnaev. today it was publicly revealed that tsarnaev offered to plead guilty in 2013 in exchange for that, but the government rejected the deal. the judge made the death penalty imposed by a jury last month official today. tsarnaev ended his emotional statement focusing on his faith saying i ask allah for mercy on me, my brother my family. >> a sincere apology would have been nice. a simple, believable apology. >> tsarnaev's apology will have no impact on his sentence. he's expected to be sent to death row in indiana although the law requires an automatic appeal to be filed on his behalf. >>> when we come back female announcer: don't miss sleep train's 4th of july sale! save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and icomfort. sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

the youngest victim eight-year-old martin richard who wanted the court to give tsarnaev life instead of death said this, he could have stopped his brother he chose hate, he chose destruction he chose death. the final victim to speak was young amputee rebecca gregory who refuses to call herself a victim. she said terrorists like you do two things in the world one is create mass destruction the second is really quite interesting. you know what mass destruction does? it brings people together. we are boston strong, we are america strong so how is that for your victim impact statement? when the judge officially sentenced tsarnaev to death he told the convictboston bomber that he would always be remembered for something evil, representing the federal government, the u.s. attorney from massachusetts carmen ortiz reactto tsarnaev's statement and is he she was shocked what tsarnaev left out of his statement, that he never denounced terrorism. john. >> erica thank you. attacks like the boston bombing reinforce the wisdom that self proclaimed radical muslims pose the most threat to the united

others like the parents of martin richard choosing to reject tsarnaev's message.vivor of the boston marathon bombing in the next hour of "newsroom." >>> checking some other top stories for you. we could be just moments away from two big decisions from the supreme court. there are two of seven cases in the nation's highest court as the term winds down. the court is considering whether states can legally ban same sex marriage. can they provide health insurance tax breaks to millions of people. the decisions are expected if you have a bottle of wishbone ranch salad dressing in your refrigerateorrefrigerator, you better check it out. thousands of bottles of the product are being recalled because they may contain bleu cheese dressing instead. it contains eggs a known allergen. if your dressing has a label saying best used by february 17th 2016 you can return it for a full refund. coming up in the next hour of cnn "newsroom" -- >> take it down! take it down! take it down! >> calls to take down the confederate flag echoing across the country in the wake of charleston. wh

they will include the family of eight-year-old martin richard. i spoke to one woman today, a survivor. she said a loet of people do feel the need say something to address tsarnaev to address the judge. >> a lot of emotion i'm sure they're all feeling. we send our best thoughts to them to be sure. >>> the white house today expected to announce a change to its tough hostage policy that will affect families of hostages and how they deal with captors. >> reporter: this is in part due to the response the administration has received from family member who is have said that the administration's response has been insensitive, inconsistent and appalling at times. president obama will meet with the families of u.s. hostages today here at the white house and he'll tell them directly these changes the white house will announce among them they will now no longer threaten the families who choose to pay private ransoms to get their loved ones back. it gives the government more leeway to negotiate with terrorist organizations. for some families, these changes wi

the father of martin richard, the 8-year-old boy who was killed in the blast said he chose hate he chose destruction, he chose death. we chose love, we chose kindness, we chose peace. that's what makes us different from him. rebecca gregory who now backs with a prosthetic leg, told the bomber, while your intention was to destroy america, you actually strengthened us. tsarnaev will now be moved to death row at a federal prison in indiana. chris pollone nbc news new york. >>> the same line of strong storms that hit us slammed into south jersey overnight. winds up to 70 miles per hour peeled back the roof of a macy's department store and damaged parts of a.showing center in gloucester. trees were downed, deck furniture went flying, nearly 200,000 people lost power. >>> a couple in illinois just lost the top floor of their house to a tornado. they say it doesn't matter. this he were home with their newborn baby and 10-year-old daughter when the storm hit monday night, so the important thing is everyone survived. >> he had the baby in the door with one hand and i'm holding onto him and grabbi

the family of 8-year-old martin richard, who wanted to give him life instead of death so he would be forced to look at the crime he committed said this about the bomber. he chose hate, he chose destruction, and he chose death. through all of it, tsarnaev stared at the floor, and the last to speak gregory who refuses to call herself a victim. she was the only one to look at tsarnaev, directly at hem. and said, terrorists like you create mass destruction and the second is quite interesting because you know what mass destruction really does? it brings people together. we are boston strong, and we are america strong, and how is that for your victim impact statement? those were the words said inside of the courtroom today. and the judge when he formally sentenced tsarnaev, he told the convicted boston bomber that he would only be known for something evil. adding that the people who seduced him to think that his actions would give him glory only added to condemnation, and he added any god who believes in the maiming and killing of innocent is a cruel god. and it cannot be a god of islam. >

a coward, liar, and leech who spit on the american drea and the father of the youngest victim martin richardarnaev chose hate. he chose destruction. he cse death. this is all on him. we choose love. the richards and others wanted a life sentence for tsarnaev. today it was publicly revealed th tsarnaev offered to plead guiltyn 2013 in exchange for that, but the government rejected the deal. the judge made the death penalty imposed by a jury last month official today. tsarnaev ended his emotional statement focusing on his faith saying i ask allah for mercy on me, my brother my family. >> a sincere apology would have been nice. a simple, believable apology. >>tsarnaev's apology will have no impact on his sentence. he's expected to be se to death row in indiana although the law requires an automatic appeal to be filed on his beha. >>> when we come back my name is ronda derosa and i'm a gas superintdent for pg&e. as a gas superintendent, i'm responsible for the safety othe public and our employees. pg is using a lot of new technology to improve the saty and reliability of our pipelines. my wife a

he lost his son, eight-year-old martin richard in the bombing. he reiterated his family's position that the jury should have sentenced him to life in prison so dzhokhar could have a lifetime to think about what he's done here. it's not just the physical pain a lot of emotional scars, too. there was a gentleman named michael chase who spoke to dzhokhar. he was standing right behind the richards family when that bomb went off, and he instinct actively went to pick up martin's sister who lost her leg in that blast and left martin to fend for himself. he said that's been a very difficult thing in their marriage. they're working through it but it's a very painful thing he carries around every day. one of the other victims who got up was a transit officer with the mtba vick donahue, and he said he was seconds away from leaving behind a six-moldnth-old, but he said he survived and one of the most painful things in that recovery was watching the funeral of the one that was ambushed that led to that shootout. but he said the united states welcomed his fam

but we can tell you, the father and mother of the youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard, basicallyhe chose to accompany his brother, he chose hate he chose destruction, he chose death, this is all on him. we choose love. and that's really the feeling you're getting inside the court, a couple of the people have, in fact, broken into tears. so it's going on right now, about 25 people to speak before he is formally sentenced. carol? >> deborah feyerick reporting live from boston this morning, thank you. >>> turning now to the church massacre in charleston, president obama brought up the issue of gun control in its wake. but some argued that that wasn't the time for that. so when is a good time if not after a tragedy like this? listen to one south carolina lawmaker who raised eyebrows by not only invoking gun rights but seemingly blaming the victims for not being armed. >> these people sat in there, waited their turn to be shot. that's sad. somebody in there with a means of self-defense could have stopped this and we've had less funerals than we're having. >> you're turning this into a

the father of this youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard, saying dzhokhar tsarnaev chose hate, he chose destruction. he chose death. this is all on him. we chaos love. the richards and others wanted a life sentence for dzhokhar tsarnaev. we learned, today, dzhokhar tsarnaev offered to plead guilty in 2013 in exchange for that. but the government rejected the deal. >> i want justice for my family. i felt that the ultimate justice was the death penalty. >> the death penalty imposed buy a area ry last month mid official by the judge today. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev will pay with his life for his crime. >> as dzhokhar tsarnaev ended the statement folk sng on the fail saying i ask al lal former sy on me, my brother, my family. i ask for mercy on those here today. >> none of this will have impact on the sentence. dzhokhar tsarnaev is expected to be prugt to federal death row in indiana and executed so there is automatic appeal that will be filed on his bow half. marcy gonzalez abc 7 new. >> right now, the beloved church pastor killed in the charleston shooting is lying in state in the south

the family of 8-year-old martin richard, basically condemning what he had done saying he chose to accompanyis brother. he chose hate. he chose destruction. he chose death. we choose love. we choose peace. among those defiant was amputee rebecca gregory. she said essentially said we are boston strong america strong. by choosing to mess with us was a terrible mistake. how's that for a victim impact statement? dzhokhar tsarnaev did offer an apology to the victims' families saying he was sorry for the lives he had taken, the suffering he caused and the damage done. he also did confess saying the bombing, which i'm guilty of if there is any lingering doubt, i did do it along with my brother. but for several family members and for officials here it was too little too late. the u.s. attorney carmen ortiz saying what dzhokhar tsarnaev did not say, he did not renounce terror or violent extremism. >> after the sentencing, survivors of the boston bombing reacted to tsarnaev's apology. lynn julian said his words lacked sincerity. >> i regret having ever wanted to hear him speak because what he said sho

yourself by redefining what it is to be an innocent person so you could convince yourself that martin richardingzi was not innocent and the same for crystal campbell and sean colier. and therefore, they could be, should be killed. joining us now for an exclusive interview, aloke chakravarty one of the prosecutors in the case, assistant u.s. attorney for the district of massachusetts. what was your reaction to hearing mr. tsarnaev speak? was that the first time you have heard his voice? >> it's not the first time i have heard his voice. we spent a lot of time during jury selection and the trial in his presence. you get your sense of someone when you are in their proximity. more importantly, we have investigated him and his entire constellation of friends and family for over two years. in many ways, i may have known him better than i have known any other defendant that i have ever prosecuted. that being said, anytime -- i'm sorry, anytime a defendant speaks, there's always some mystery that's been solved because you always want to know what they are thinking. >> i was up there in cambridge days

martin richards the 8-year-old who died his parents pinned an op ed saying they thought the best course here would be to sentence him to life in prison without parole. and we just heard they made a plea offer to the government which the government turned down because it wanted to pursue the death penalty in this case. and specially here in the commonwealth of massachusetts where the death penalty is not popular at all. they haven't execute an inmate in almost 70 years. but the mix you just heard is probably what we're going to hear going forward from victims. some of them probably were offended he didn't apologize for the terrorism or explain himself why he did what he did. and then others who would say we didn't want to hear from him at all. and one of them who got up in court said he didn't want to address him or speak to him directly. most of the victims who got up did address tsarnaev directly. usually you have to get permission to do that. judge o'toole let the victims speak to him. and everyone finish the most part kept comments in line. e didn't have to the rap them to order. and

the father of 8-year-old martin richard said essentially that dzhokhar tsarnaev chose to accompany his brother, he chose hate, chose destruction, chose death. he said, the richard family and others, they choose love. they choose peace. and the mother of krystal campbell was very emotional, talking about how the death of her daughter has robbed the family of somebody who was really the center of the family. and so we're listening, we're watching. the judge expected to sentence him. we don't know, right now, dzhokhar tsarnaev does have an opportunity to make a statement. his lawyers, we've been told, plan to appeal. and anything he says could potentially harm that. but right now, he's just sitting, he's listening and he's watching. kate, john? >> amazing. deborah feyerick outside the courtroom happening as we speak. we'll be watching that closely. thank you so much. >>> just moments from now, america will forever change how it deals with families of american hostages held overseas by terrorists. what does the change mean for these families? what does the change mean for all americans and

the father of martin richard, the youngest victim, spoke in court.about the bomber. he could have changed his mind. walked away with a minimal sense of humanity and reported to authorities that his brother intended to hurt others he chose hate, he chose destruction he chose death. this is all on him. after the hearing some survivors shared their reactions to the bomber's word. >> i regret having ever wanted to hear him speak because what he said showed no remorse, no regret and no empathy for what he has done to our lives. >> you were in the courtroom today what was the reaction like for those people sitting in the courtroom to that apology? >> well for many this was too little too late. this is more than two years since this horrible attack. and through the duration the bomber remained largely silent saying nothing showing no remorse. people feel what he said in court continued to show lack of remorse. he did speak about ramadan, a month of forgiveness, a month "in which hearts change." but he did take responsibility or at least admitted he did it.

others like the parents of 8-year-old martin richard choosing to honor their son's short life by rejecting tsarnaev's message. he chose hate he chose destruction, he chose death. we choose love. we choose peace. and the mood inside that court, there was anger, there was grief, there was forgiveness, defiance and really the sense that so many people's lives had changed. some lost jobs. some relationships ended. things are different for so many who are in that court now. tsarnaev will be sent to terre haute, indiana, and he'll be the youngest person on death row. chris? >> thank you very much deb. really emotional words there yesterday and people wanted to hear from this man and now they have. >>> also breaking overnight, isis launching deadly offensives in two syrian cities. in kabani isis detonated a car bomb along the border of turkey to kill and wound many. and there was also one car bomb detonated in hasaka. >>> white house majority leader mitch mcconnell says this is a win for the trade agenda giving him authority to finalize a key trade deal with pacific rim nations. many democrats vo

liar and leech who spit on the american dream and the father of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richardse hate destruction, he chose death. this is all on him. we choose love. >> the richards and others wanted a life sentence for tsarnaev. and we learned tsarnaev offered to plead guilty in 2013 in exchange for that but the government rejected the deal. the death penalty imposed by a jury last month made official by the judge as tsarnaev ended his statement focusing on his faith, saying i ask allah for mercy on me my brother, my family i ask for mercy on those here today. >> a sincere apology would have been nice. a simple believable apology. >> formula one of that has any impact on his sentence. tsarnaev is still expected to be brought to federal death row in indiana and he now has 14 days to file notice after appeal. kendis and mara. >> thank you, martinezy. california is now officially having its worst fire season on word with 1100 wildfires since the start of the year. a new fire broke out north of los angeles yesterday forcing 1,000 people from their homes. it started on the shoulder

richard martin, al jazeera. >> hundreds of syrians have gathered near the turkish border over 13,000 syrians have crossed the border. strategically important town, al aviad, the only town on the border near raqqa in syria. video of an alleged incident shows a soldier swinging a rifle, it happened north of rah ramallah. >>> israel, video shows a man pulling afiring a bomb nearby. >>> files contained intelligence techniques that would allow foreign powers to identify supplies. edward snowden is wanted in the u.s. for leaking files from the u.s. national security agency currently in russia where he was granted asylum in 2013. >>> a man who opened fire on the dallas police headquarters, was shot dead by police. melissa chan has more from dallas. >> reporter: the blaze of bullets in the night caused such chaos that police thought they were attacked by multiple gunmen but it was one man who rammed his car into headquarters. before leading officers on a car chase. and then, a standoff. >> this was an on again off again negotiation. he would get angry during negotiation and hang up and stop

martin. his father richard was killed in a police chase last month. days after that happened hundreds of houston police officers turned out to cheer tether on at a little league game. leon: i'm sure he appreciated that. still ahead, how a community rallies to find a family dog after a tractor-trailer crash. maureen: and a manassas teenager pleads guilty to supporting isil. steve is back with how long the key label last. robert: coming up in sports, bad news to report about ryan zimmerman and will steph curry catch fire tonight in game three? that i reporter: some breaking news. two manhole covers blue up and then smoke was coming out of those manhole covers. 2500 people are now without power. it is 3700-3900 block on wisconsin avenue. northbound lanes closed as a result. pepco trying to restore power. they are changing the time to 2:00 a.m. it is hot. i talked to steve and in the weather center and he said it is 99 degrees heat index. for older folks trapped in this area without power, now it is a matter of finding where they can cool down. we will le

richard martin reports. >> reporter: a tanker of water arrives on the streets of tiaz in yemen. a rush of children and their mothers follow. most government services have been cut because of fighting around the city. schools are shut power down and supplies running low. >> there is a war. we have to stay at home where it's safe. it's chaos, no one can live in such conditions. >> the electricity was cut off. this man has a generator, people are charging him, they blame the former president. joining forces with president muqtada al-sadr, in exile. >> translation: president muqtada al-sadr muqtada al-sadr -- ali abdullah saleh destroyed life in the cities. >> reporter: queues for bread grose, rubbish is strewn on the street corners. tight security is a restriction on normal life. forces continue to besiege the city, they have been here since march. further north, residents clear up after an air strike by the saudi-led coalition, and appeals by aid groups for an end to the fighting and civilian suffering are growing. >>> south korea has reported sex new cases of m.e.r.s. bringing th

we have covered martin richard, the 8-year-old boy.addressed tsarnaev in court and said, you know, he chose destruction, he chose death, this is all on him. we chose love, kindness, peace, this is what makes us different. >> every family has handled it differently and in the days ahead we'll discuss the power of forgiveness because some people are able to do it and some, it's more of a process to get there. >> yeah, you can understand why. >> oh, absolutely. >> all right, robin. we'll move to that strange and uncomfortable moment at the white house. that scene president obama heckled while speaking during an event he was hosting and abc's jon karl is at the white house and, jon, the president seemed to be drawing the line at being interrupted in his own home. >> reporter: you don't often see the president getting heckled >>> there is breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. we are going to pause and let stations hem in other time zones join urt. >>> this is an abc news special report. the supreme court rules. now reporting. david mui

bobby kennedy did a lot more wiretapping than richard nixon did. including martin luther king. ey were almost a model for richard nixon. he thought he was catching up to the challenges. we talked about nixon being paranoid and all that. i don't think he was. charlie: go ahead. tim: evan is exactly right. richard nixon loses to jfk and 1960 by this much. it could've gone either way. evan: it was stolen. tim: we could have had bush v gore if nixon challenged the results of the presidential election. he is determined that he's going to win in 1968, and he went to extraordinary lengths including sabotaging the paris peace talks that would have prevented war in vietnam. but he was determined to win in 1972 by the greatest landslide in american political history and there and lie the roots. to win at any cost. charlie: you would think that all of this is unnecessary. he had a weak opponent running against him. he was coming off of some positive things in his administration. that is not the time to be paranoid. evan: he had this idea of the new american majority. a southern conservativ

father of 8-year-old martin richard, the youngest killed saying dzhokar tsarnaev could have stopped his older brother tam lynn who master minded the bombings. he choice to do nothing. he chose hate destruction, and death. in a short statement dzhokar tsarnaev addressed the victims directly. despite the apology, prosecutors criticized his statement for not renouncing terrorism. >> critically important was the voices that we heard from the victims who talked about the impact of the crime, and what they have been through and what this has meant to them. >> dzhokar tsarnaev was remanded into the custody of u.s. bureau of business. it's up to the bureau to decide where he goes right away. ultimate he's expected to be transferred to indiana where his execution will take place. >>> liz nordon was in the courtroom sunday andyesterday and delivered an impact statement on behalf of her two sons who lost legs. dzhokar tsarnaev finally admits his guilt and apologized. do you believe that apology? did it mean anything to you? >> you know, i was hoping that he would speak, but i was hoping it was ear

richard martin al jazeera. >> the reports that the u.s.efense secretary is planning to present nato with a proposal to send heavy weaponry to the baltic states. the "new york times" says the pentagon subpoena poised today install tanks and heavy weapons for 5,000 troops. for more on the story, live to washington, d.c. what can you tell us about this po potential proposal? it. >> it did come as a surprise released in "the new york times" in the afternoon. someone off off the record has confirmed to al jazeera that this is indeed an act of proposal, that the defense secretary, ash carter has yet to approve it and if he does it will go to nat off defense ministers who are going to be meeting later this month. so this is a significant move as the "new york times" described it, because it's the first time since the cold war that the united states indeed, indeed nato, is considering positioning heavy equipment, military equipment in europe. remember they drew down significantly in the '90s and in the 2000s when it was agreed that russia and nato

bill richard, the father of 8-year-old martin, the youngest to die in the bombing, stood with his wife, denise, as tsarnaev sat 20 feet away. richard said tsarnaev could have stopped his older brother tamerlan who planned the bombings. he chose to do nothing, said richard. "he chose hate, destruction, and death." heather abbott, who lost a leg after the bombing, said the jury had a hard time deciding between life and death. "i can't understand," she said, "how he made the decision about who would live and who would die." one of the most forceful many statements came from rebecca gregory, who also lost a leg from the bombing. "i'm not somebody's victim," she told tsarnaev. "not yours, not your brother's." referring to the video shown in court of his gesture to a surveillance camera, she said, "that is so funny that you smirk. that's what we do to you every day." the response to the bombing she said unified the city and the nation and brought out the best in people. "we are boston strong and america strong," she said. "choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea." how's that for a victi