there's no indication mcbride was trying to break in. >> reporter: mcbride's mother believes her daughter was disoriented and looking for help. >> i can't imagine in my wildest dreams of what that man feared from her. to shoot her in her face. >> reporter: if convicted, wafer could face life in prison. mcbride's family faces life with her now gone. ron allen, nbc news, new york. >>> coming up next, remembering film and tv legend james garner. >>> tributes are pouring in from fellow actors following the death of james garner at the age of 86. authorities say he died of natural causes at his home in los angeles after a career that spanned more than 50 years. he had the hollywood leading man look, a film career that spanned decades. it was television that made james garner a household name. the show that launched him into fame "maverick" in 1957. he played brett maverick, more likely to talk his way out of a tight spot than pull out his gun. >> it won't bring you happiness. >> reporter: he had his share of big screen roles, acting opposite marlon brando, doris day and steve mcqueen. and oppo

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. >> the death of renisha mcbride brought protesters into the streets.afer told police it was around 4:30 in the morning when he heard banging on the door of his home. he claimed he feared for his life when he opened his front door and fired his 12-gauge shotgun, mcbride who was unarmed was shot dead. wafer then made a call to 911. >> reporter: wafer's lawyer says it was self-defense, saying he thought the teen was trying to break into his home, calling her aggressive and violent. >> this is part of the problem with this case. there has been so much prejudgment and speculation. >> reporter: however, mcbride's family believes the young woman arrived on wafer's doorstep looking for help. >> i can't imagine in my wildest dreams of what that man feared her to shoot her in her face. >> reporter: toxicology reports reveal mcbride's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. and marijuana was found in her system. earlier in the evening she struck a parked car. she walked away from that scene, and hours later ended up in a suburb where she was s

some comparing mcbride's killing to that of florida teen trail von martin. the prosecution today arguing mcbride posed no threat to wafer. >> there was no sign of any attempted breaking into this house. >> reporter: in court today, the prosecution played wafer's 911 call to police shortly after the shooting. >> i just shot somebody on my front porch with a shot gun, banging on my door. >> reporter: wafer's lawyer argues he was terrified that mcbride was pounding on the front door. >> boom, boom, boom! >> reporter: at the senter of this trial, a michigan law that allows a person to use deadly force to defend themselves in their own home if they honestly and reasonably believe there's a danger of death of great bodily harm. on the witness stand today, mcbride's mother breaking down, remembering her daughter. if convicted of second degree murder, wafer could face life in prison. alex perez, abc news, detroit. >>> and next here tonight, a warning for american families about a new study finding a spike in the number of teens who say they have tried performance en

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mcbride who was unarmed was shot dead. wafer then made a call to 911. lawyers argue it was sell .defense, saying he thought the teen was trying to break into his home. calling her aggressive and violent. >> this is part of the problem with this case, there has been so much prejudgment and speculation. >> reporter: however, mcbride's family believes the young woman arrived on wafer's doorstep looking for help. >> i can't imagine what that man feared from her to shoot her in his face. >> reporter: mcbride's blood alcohol level was nearly 3 times the legal driving limit, and marijuana was found in her system. earlier in the evening she struck a parked car. she walked away from that scene, and hours later ended up in the neighboring suburb where she was shot. many here are comparing mcbride's death to trayvon martin, the black teen killed by a mixed-race watch volunteer. prosecutors say if wafer was afraid, he should have stayed behind his blocked door and called police. civil rights advocates say it's another case of racial profiling. >> and of course in d

the mcbride murder trial kicked off in detroit today. the zimmerman trial. 55-year-old theodore waiver is charged with second degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of 19-year-old ranisha mcbride. she was shot when she showed up drunk. but unarmed. on his front porch at 1:00 in the morning. mcbride crashed the car into a parked vehicle and her family said she wandered to seek help. but the 55-year-old shot mcbride in the face through a closed door, killing her. today prosecutors called his actions unnecessary, unjustified, and unreasonable. but the defense said waiver acted in self-defense. speaking about michigan's castle doctrine law. >> it is not stand your ground. stand your ground is more, when you're in your home, and the law treats your house as your castle. you get special protection. the castle doctrine is to keep us safe. and if someone is intruding on us, we can use deadly force to protect ourselves. the time he acted he believed he was seriously in trouble of being injured. this part is important. if the defendant beli

porch. >> both sides shed more light on events leading to the death of mcbride. we heard from several people who took the stand yesterday, including her mother and best friend. during opening statements, the prosecutor made it very clear that theodore wafer had options, saying he should ever called 911 and waited for police to arrive before grabbing his gun and killing mcbride. during those statements, the prosecutor said the shooting was unjustified and unnecessary. take a listen. >> the defendant in this case had other options. he could ever called 911, but he didn't. his actions that night were unnecessary, unjustified, and unreasonable. because of what he did that night, a 19-year-old girl is dead. >> when it comes to the defense, the defense described wafer of being terrified that night, saying he thought someone was trying to break into his home. apparently, he went to look for his cell phone and couldn't find it and then went looking for his gun. when it comes to this case, the defense says that this is simply a case of defense. take a listen. >> it is hor

but the 55-year-old shot mcbride in the face through a closed door, killing her.ay, the prosecution took us right back to the front porch and what happened right before that deadly shot was fired. wafer said he was scared for his life because someone was banging on his door. the forensic experts in blood collection and fingerprints testified about what they found and didn't find on the scene. >> he received a sample from the swabbed front storm door. >> that's correct. the dna are profile developed from the blood stain from the front door matched ranisha mcbride. >> number one is an impression that i can't tell you what caused it. imprint two is consistent with the with size of the last joint of the finger. could have been made by a finger, but it's very smudged. i can't use it to identify anybody. number three is not made by a finger or a palm or any ridged structure from a person. >> the defense countered with this. >> if you don't collect fingerprints quickly enough it can disappear. >> it can. depends on the circumstances. >> if you want fingerprints would you

some comparing mcbride's killing to that of florida teen trayvon martin.osed no threat to wafer. >> that there was no sign of any attempted break-in into this is house. >> reporter: prosecution played wafer's 911 call to police shortly after the shooting. >> i just shot somebody on my front boemporch with a shotgun, banging on my front door. >> reporter: he says he was terrified that mcbride was pounding on the front door. >> boom, boom, boom! >> reporter: a michigan law allows a person to use deadly force to defend nemesis their own home if they honestly and reasonably believe there's a danger of death or great bodily harm. on the witness stand, mcbride's mother, breaking down, remembering her daughter. if convicted of second-degree murder, wafer could face life in prison. alex perez, abc news, detroit. >> well, a golf course worker is lucky to be alive after a surprise at the second hole. he was diving for golf balls when he was bitten by a nine-foot alligator. the water was murky and the worker said he never saw the alligator until he felt the pain in h

so if you can argue the only thing scarier than one renisha mcbride, would be two. is important because there are a couple of indus puted facts in this case. one is that renisha mcbride was knocking on the front door of that home at 4:30 in the morning. the argument, common sense analogy, analysis to that argument is, if someone is going to break into your home at 4:30 in the morning, they are doing it because they think you are sleeping or you're not home. so why would someone knock on the front door and alert you that they are about to break in? it doesn't make sense with the theory she is knocking on the front door of that home if she is about to commit a burglary. it helps them to argue that someone else was there possibly helping her. >> also talking about common sense, if she add car accident, they are going suggest this they get it in some kind of way. they plan to have a car accident and that they used it to break into someone's house. even if they got valuables, they didn't leave with it. i mean, it just doesn't have a lot of logic to the theory. >> it does

many comparing mcbride's death to trayvon martin's death.f defense in that case and was found not guilty. authorities say mcbride was intoxicated and injured after crashing her car and took off on foot looking for help. five a.m. she ended up knocking on his door. that's when according to prosecutors wafer fired a 12-gauge shotgun killing mcbride. >> uh, yes, i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> prosecutors charge wafer with second-degree murder, manslaughter and committing a felony with a firearm. >> by all reports, she was unarmed and no sign of forced entry in to the home. >> wafer who does not dispute shooting mcbride arguing he feared for his life. wafer's attorney said he acted in self defense believing mcbride was acting violently trying to break in to his home. >> the problem with the case there is so much prejudgment and speculation. >> reporter: soon it will be up to a jury to decide if this really was self defense. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> what do you think? how big of an issue could race be in this case? >> it will

many comparing mcbride's death to florida teenager trayvon martin's death. self-defense in that case and was found not guilty. intoxicated and injured after crashing her car and took off on foot looking for help. about 5 a.m. she ended up on his front porch, knocking on his front door. that's when, according to prosecutors, he fired a 12-gauge shotgun, killing mcbride. >> uh, yes, i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> reporter: prosecutors charge wafer with second-degree murder, plan slaughter and committing a felony with a firearm. >> by all reports, she was unarmed and there were no signs of forced entry to the home. >> reporter: wafer, who does not dispute shooting mcbride, arguing he feared for his life. wafer's attorney said he acted in self-defense, believing mcbride was acting violently and trying to break into his home. >> this is part of the problem with this case, there's been so much prejudgment and so much speculation. >> reporter: soon it will be up to a jury to decide if this really was self-defense. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> what

number one, mcbride was 19 years old and she was extremely intoxicated.d the defense, i would suspect, would put on evidence to discuss how people act when they are intoxicated. maybe she was belligerent, maybe she was angry and banged on his door and maybe he was afraid. if a person is on the jury who believes they had a -- he had a reasonable fear for his life, they may be found not guilty or at least a hung jury. >> you'll follow this trial with us. we'll be seeing more of you. thank you, sir. >>> there's a lot going on this morning. here's just one thing we thought you should know. in the past hour, at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral, nasa renamed its iconic operations center there in honor of legendary astronaut neil armstrong who died two years ago. armstrong's two sons were among those attending that naming ceremony. the honor itself comes a day after the 45th anniversary of armstrong becoming the first person to walk on the moon. that is just one thing we thought you should know on this monday. >>> here's something else you should know.

. >> both side shed light leading to the death of rann eesha mcbride.a number of people took to the stand. during opening statements the prosecutor said 55-year-old theodore waver had options, saying he should have called 911 and waited for police to arrive, before grabbing a gun and killing mcbride, saying it was a shooting that was unnecessary. >> the defendant in this case had other options. he could have called 911 - but he didn't. his actions that night were unnecessary. unjustified and unreasonable. because of what he did that night, a 19-year-old girl is dead. . >> reporter: the defense described waver as being terrified, thinking someone was breaking into his home. he couldn't find his cell phone to call 911. that's when he went to the gun. after grabbing the gun he opened the front door and suddenly mcbride appeared on the doorstep. waver's attorney went on to say this is a case of defense. >> fear hijacks - the doctor will tell you fear hijacks your body. your brain deals with fear differently, the body goes to physiological changes. >> report

mcbride was shot after showing up on theodore's doorstep several hours after the crash.ms he shot her in defense and faces second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. joining me now civil and criminal trial attorney. thank you for joining us, eric. let's talk about the friend that testified sending text messages and phone conversations between the two that were shown. he said she sounded so drunk on the phone. he was worried that someone slipped into the drink. >> the relevance? it may be relevant to show she may not be aggressive or assertive. he said she was banging on the door in the threatening away. if her faculties were closed down and the speech was slow down. she may not be the aggressive person he was saying. >> a lot of the people early on it was revealed her blood alcohol level, and there were some, honestly, who said it's victim shaming. you're trying to make her appear to be a bad person because she had been drinking. you might describe her demeanor as opposed to casting a disparaging view of her. >> right. most people think of being drunk as belligerence

currently on tour in europe mr mcbride joined me earlier today where i asked him about this incident take a listen. well there's been a in a new thing going on with the t.s.a. where they're cracking down on exotic woods and ivory being transported internationally so i flew from newark new jersey to saskatoon saskatchewan in canada and when i arrived in canada my boat was missing from mike chase now always trying to be a glass half full kind of guy and giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. i assume that t.s.a. did check my luggage and remove the contents to check as they usually do when they leave a note but i couldn't understand why i haven't gotten any response from anyone i mean it happened on june twenty second so that's been over two weeks now i have not gotten one return phone call from anybody i called the eight the eight hundred number and i spoke to one woman and i kind of got the run around where you got a call newark airport lost and found a call lost and found the cell was a willful to check bag you got to call customer service call customer service they say call often

jurors got to see dash cam video after theodore wafer killed renisha mcbride.didn't know the gun was loaded and abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time jurors hearing theodore wafer's voice in the moments after he shot and killed renisha mcbride talking to a responding officer revealing an explanation that had not been heard before. >> the gun discharged. i didn't know there was a round in there. >> reporter: an accident. until now he maintained he intenti intentionally fired fearing for his own life when 19-year-old mcbride ended up on his porch, drunk and pounding on his door in the middle of the night last november. >> i don't get it. who'sing knowing on your door? >> reporter: this new account could be a hurdle for the defense. >> you're now saying it was a mistake. that's a different kind of defense. prosecutors are either going to argue he's not to be believed about what happened or you can believe him and his conduct was still so incredibly reckless that he should still be found guilty. >> reporter: mcbride's mother and family ov

and that was grammy winning jazz artist christian mcbride from his european tour. and new documents from edward snowden has thrown the national security agency narrative into another tailspin over its surveillance programs we now know that the number of people whose personal communications have been intercepted by the n.s.a. so far way outnumber the foreigners that the agency has legally targeted a new report in the washington post looked at top secret documents that no one knew snowden had acquired we knew that he had reports about n.s.a. surveillance but as it turns out the former n.s.a. contractor also accessed twenty two thousand surveillance reports on intercepted conversations collected by the n.s.a. between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve the while pose four month investigation into the reports found that the agency had documented instant messages online videos e-mails and more on over eleven thousand four hundred unique accounts but just eleven percent of those accounts were n.s.a. targets the rest were incidentally just caught up in the n

i want to talk about the renisha mcbride murder trial that resumes tomorrow.is the case of the detroit man, theodore wafer, who shot and killed mcbride when she crashed her car near his house, knocked on his door for help. very early in the morning. we've already had two full days of testimony. the court heard a recording of wafer saying he did not know that his gun was loaded. if he didn't think that the shotgun was loaded, why would he pull the trigger? >> well, now, of course, he's saying it's self-defense. that recording was taken back when the incident first happened. and the story has now evolved. when mr. wafer takes the stand in this case, and i believe that will happen, i think you're going to hear a very different story and it's going to be one of self-defense. now, whether ms. mcbride was seeking help or breaking in, craig, that's what's being argued here. the prosecutors are arguing she was seeking help. her car was in some kind of accident. a few hours later she showed up banging on mr. wafer's front door. he's going to argue she was trying to bre

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. >>> fourth day in testimony of the man accused of murdering renisha mcbride. arguments over what evidence can be admitted to trial. the judge asked her to let her bring mcbride's cell phone pictures and social media data into evidence. the defense attorney claims she needs that evidence because the prosecution is portraying mcbride as a lost teen who is not capable of doing the damage she's accused of. at one point, the defense claimed mcbride was a drug dealer. >> there has been testimony and there will be more testimony about marijuana, alcohol in this case. we have amber testified about it. he heard that in evidence why now can't i bring in the evidence of the cell phone pictures which shows she deals drugs? marijuana, specifically. >> legal analyst lisa green joins me now. you have a lot of people who said who is on trial here. >> that's right. this is the latest attempt by the defense to rough up the reputation. the judge correctly saying there's no place for this in this case. this isn't a case about what happened to her years ago or the social media pro

it was pretty quick, about two or three minutes. >> there's no question wafer shot mcbride.wafer's lawyers say it was self defense. the prosecution is trying to prove the 55-year-old had other options opinion in addition to two cell phone experts, both sides also questioned several forensic scientists. investigators waited more than a week to dust the scene for fingerprints. the defense asked if this could affect evidence. >> if you don't collect the fingerprint evidence quickly enough, it candace appear. >> it can. it depends on the circumstances, yes. >> the judge had some very strong words for some of those in the courtroom, saying that it was inappropriate to gasp, as well as walk out during testimony. tomorrow, we are expected to hear from the medical examiner who looked at mcbride's body after she died, and from there, this trial is expected to wrap up. back to you. >> joining us live from detroit this morning, thanks. >> house republicans are working overtime to pass a border bill before friday's august recess. g.o.p. leaders say they're confident they can get the vot

at the center of this case was mcbride threatening wafer? >> it appears the distance between the end of the barrel and the decedent was less than three feet. >> reporter: prosecutors resting their case wednesday. the defense calling a forensic pathologist who believes mcbride had markings on his left hand the defense believes are injuries from trying to break into the home. >> the bleeding injury from the back of the hand is fresh, not dried and it had just happened. >> reporter: wafer's defense attorney is speaking out. will jurors know what he was thinking? >> i hope he can put themselves in his shoe and realize what terror somebody would experience at 4:30 in the morning when you think multiple people are breaking into your house. >> reporter: carpenter won't reveal whether wafer who pleaded not guilty plans to take the stand. for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, detroit. >> we'll switch gears. michael, you have a story about meals that can bulk you up. >> have you ever wondered what the unhealthiest meal you could eat is? >>

the topics stephen thacker addressed when he spoke exclusively with the leader of hamas, renisha mcbride . >> doha, the secure location for hamas' top political leader. in a heavily guarded villa, i met khaled meshaal. he is the chief strategist, and as the death toll in gaza rose, he responded to the accusation that hamas is using civilians as human shields. how can any idea of resistance justified putting rockets in a school building? >> frankly speaking, this is a lie. let israel show where the rocket launchers are in gaza. >> this is not something that has come from israel. this is the u.n. relief and works agency. >> this is not true. gaza belonghers in to the resistance. they are underground, and israel is not able to reach them. this is why it pretends they are in civilian areas. >> hamas calls the 1000 rockets it has fired into israel in the fortnight resistance. israel sees them as a weapon of terror to be eradicated by force. it is a battle of wills. the message from hamas today, no cease-fire without concessions from israel. >> we want a cease-fire as soon as possible. that is

colonel mcbride writes you are hereby reprimanded for failing to exercise adequate command and control over your platoon your conduct contributed directly to the death of one of your soldiers from friendly fire your mission was ill planned and poorly executed resulting in grievous consequences to the unit based on your actions i have grave doubts concerning your potential for future military service as it turns out the letter was filed locally in iraq was the final letter it was shredded now they happened with it doesn't go past like asian nobody ever sees it and so when lieutenant hanson comes up for a promotion nobody sees this and he skates up to being captain which is what happened he gets promoted to captain that really was the final poke in the eye for us frustrated by lieutenant hansen's promotion dave contacted a former student james make a military affairs correspondent with the new york daily news as meet gather documents and video for a lead story army officials began to question the motives of the family. in an internal e-mail to higher ranking officers uncovered by me a pu

or in some instances demolishing them, they say the size of the cross violates local laws as rob mcbride>> reporter: a village, the congregation pray for the protection of the cross on top of their church from the local authorities. just to be sure, they also have tons of rock and two containers blocking the front gate. and scores of people, young and old, sleep in the church around the clock. >> translator: i don't know why we are a threat to them. we love our country. we love our church. we follow the law. the chinese constitution states we have freedom of religion. >> reporter: the churches nearby, there is evidence of crosses that have been forcibly removed for being too conspicuous and going further and newly planted trees cover rubble where there was once a church and this issue was brought to international attention. authorities deny accusations of religious persecution but that is a question of churchs being built bigger than they are per hitted, christians here suspect they are being targeted because their religion itself is becoming too big. christians makeup 15% of the populat

either way mcbride ends up dead and now we're at trial. you're looking at the man.ng in cnn's alexandra field for more on this. >> reporter: renearbya mcbride, a 1-year-old michigan woman shot to death when she stopped at this house possibly looking for help. was it murder? >> his actions that night were unnecessary. >> reporter: or was it self-defense? >> he was acting and reacting to escalating fear. >> reporter: for the first time a michigan jury hears what theodore wafer said happened that november night. >> but every time i look through the window i said who is this. it's banging somewhere else. >> reporter: overs arrive to find mcbride dead outside the doorway. charged with second-degree murder, the defense says wafer was trying to protect himself. >> boom, boom, boom, boom. he is awoken, and did he look out the peep hole and sees a shadowy finger going around the side of the house. people were trying to get in. >> reporter: an autopsy report says renearbya mcbride's blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. according to testimony she was als

. >> both sides shed more light leading to the death of 19-year-old rann isha mcbride.umber of people took to the stand, including her mother and best friend. during opening statements the prosecutor went on to say that 55-year-old theodore wafer, that he had options, saying he should have called 911 and waiting for police to arrive, before grabbing a gun. this was a case and a shooting that was unjustified and unnecessary. take a listen. >> the defendant in this case had other options. he could have called 911, but he didn't. his actions that night were unnecessary. unjustified and unreasonable. because of what he did that night, a 19-year-old girl is dead. >> the defense, however, described waver as being terrified that night, saying that he thought someone was trying to break into his home. he went looking for his cell phone, he couldn't find it. he went for his gun. he opened his door, when he did that, mcbride appeared out of nowhere, that's when he fired a shot. waver's lawyer said this is a face plain and simple about self-defense. >> it was because of fear, and

that's when according to prosecutors he fired a 12 gauge shotgun killing mcbride. >> ah, yes, i justhot somebody on my front porch. >> reporter: prosecutors charge him with second degree murder, manslaughter and committing a felony with a firearm. >> by all reports she was unarmed and there were no signs of forced entry to the home. >> reporter: waver who does not dispute shooting mcbride pleaded not guilty arguing he feared for his own life. >> you're still under oath. >> reporter: his attorney says he acted in self-defense, believing mcbride was acting violently and trying to break into his arm. >> this is part of the problem with this case. there's been so much prejudgment. and so much speculation. >> reporter: soon it will be up to a jury to decide if this really was self-defense. for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> right now looks like opening statements expected tomorrow. >> and a lot will be watching the case. >>> to the standoff for one woman who went rented out her home using airbnb. the month was supposed to stay a month and a half and now refusing

prosecutors say mcbride posed no threat to wafer arguing she was drunk and injured after crashing here shooting. one expert testifying this spiderweb crack in the glass likely indicates mcbride's head hit the windshield. >> may be possible for the driver to strike that windshield in some way, shape or fashion, giving those dynamics. >> reporter: wafer has pleaded not guilty but the big question remains, will he testify? former prosecutor todd flood believes the defense has no choice. >> he basically said he must take the stand morad for the jury to believe him. >> there's nothing for them to believe anything in evidence of self-defense. >> reporter: and we could know if wafer will take the stand very soon. prosecutors are expected to call the medical examiner to wrap up their case today. clearing the way for the defense to argue their side of all this. george. >> okay, alex. thanks. let's bring in our legal team, chief legal affairs anchor dan abrams and nancy grace host of hln's "nancy grace". the prosecution has almost wrapped up. how have they done? in they've done an excellent job

prosecutors argue mcbride was unarmed and posed no threat to him. >> the screen door that she was shotough was still locked at the time that the police got there. >> reporter: mcbride's death has divided this community. >> all: justice for renisha. >> reporter: some comparing it to the death of florida teen, trayvon martin. >> are you familiar with that picture? >> yes. >> reporter: on the witness stand her emotional mother. >> what is that a photograph of? >> my daughter. >> reporter: breaking down. and testimony resumed here at the courthouse just a short time ago. wafer has pleaded not guilty. this trial is expected to last about ten days. george? >> okay, alex, thanks very much. >>> we turn now to how an angry dad's tweet got his family kicked off their plane. duff watson was upset by the way his kids were treated when they boarded the southwest flight and showed it and paid the price and ryan owens has the story. >> could i maybe get that headset please? >> reporter: complaining to the airlines got adam sandler tased in the movie "anger management." >> do not raise your voice to m

many comparing mcbride's death to florida teenager trayvon martin's death.eorge zimmerman argued self-defense in that case and was not not guilty. authorities say mcbride was intoxicated and injured after crashing her car and took off on foot looking for help. about 5:00 a.m. she ended up on wafer's front porch, knocking on his door. that's when according to prosecutors he fired a 12 gauge shotgun killing mcbride. >> ah, yes, i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> reporter: prosecutors charge him with second degree murder, manslaughter and committing a felony with a firearm. >> by all reports she was unarmed and there were no signs of forced entry to the home. >> reporter: wafer, who does not dispute shooting mcbride, pleaded not guilty arguing he feared for his own life. >> you're still under oath. >> reporter: his attorney says he acted in self-defense, believing mcbride was acting violently and trying to break into his home. >> this is part of the problem with this case. there's been so much prejudgment. and so much speculation. >> reporter: soon it w

melissa mcbride of kabc has more. >> got bit. >> reporter: the reaction from the pier moments after ammer is bitten by a shark struggling to get free from a fisherman's line 200 yards from the pier. >> i heard screaming curls that was like nothing heard before. >> reporter: jeff was surfing and paddled over to help. the swimmer was with a group of long distance swimmers trying to help. >> the paddle board happened to get to him. he had a bigger board than i did and started to yank him up as everybody tried to get him on the paddle board. that's when we joyed the gouge out of his side. >> reporter: the swimmer has moderate injuries from the teeth after 6 to 7-foot long juvenile great white. >> when i saw the injury it wasn't a full size bite and it was in the torso under the arm. >> great whites are common in the waters off manhattan beach. eric martin who works at the aquarium on the pier says that this may have been what's known as a response bite. >> it's where the shark is hooked in the lip and he's trying to shake the hook. his mouth is opening and closing shaking his head. when h

however, in this mcbride case, i do not believe this was a result of racial profiling. very unfortunate accident. i support the defense's theory that it was self-defense. ms. mcbride, i just want to point out, the autopsy shows that her blood alcohol content was 0.22, three times the legal limit in michigan. and joy, that's the autopsy. that was taken hours after she was driving that car. so it is reasonable to assume that car accident occurred because she was drinking. >> but i have to get lisa in here. the question is, if somebody who may seem inebriated that comes to your door, would this have resulted in the same thing? >> she didn't come to the door. there's no proof that he even saw whether she was black, brown, white, or pink. >> lisa? >> he says on the 911 call that she was pounding on the door. he shoots through a locked door. so whether she's inebriated or not, how can he be in fear of his life? >> it's 4:30 in the morning. who's knocking on your door? >> how is she going to break into the house? >> in a high-crime area. >> i wish we had more time. we're going

mcbride, who was unarmed was shot dead. >> the man then made a call to 911. >> i just shot somebody onfront porch with a shotgun standing on my pox banging on my door. >> he thought the teen was trying to break into his home, calling her aggressive and violence. >> with this case, there's so much prejudgment and speculation. >> mcbride's family believes the young detroit woman arrived on wafers doorstep looking for hem yuha imagine in my wildest dreams what that man feared from her, to shoot her in her face. >> toxicology reports reveal mcbride's blood alcohol level was three times the legal driving limit and marijuana was found in her system. she was driving in detroit earlier in the evening where she struck a parked car. she walked away from that scene and hours later ended up in the neighboring suburb where she was shot. >> you took a life. you took a beautiful life. >> many here are comparing mcbrides death to say von martin, shot and killed in florida two years ago by a mixed race neighborhood watch volunteer. prosecutors say if he was afraid, he should have stayed behind his lock

. >> reporter: robin mcbride zeigler of federal realty guided me through the construction site. >> this is a per se apartment building. it opens to the public about two weeks ago. and we have 174 units there. >> reporter: there is also an 18-story building towering over rockville pike, from the top floor you can see the national cathedral in the district. there will also be parks, tree-lined streets, restaurants featuring outdoor dining, a music club that's partnering with straf more and a dine-in movie theater. >> pike & rose was developed to be the arts and entertainment focal point. >> you may be wondering why it's called pike & rose tcht's where rockville pike meets montrose. inside the development, one of the may nor thorough fares will be named rose avenue. we are between bethesda and rockville, but they want to rename this area and call it the pike district. >> i think it's really great. >> i'm excited. i actually just opened a business across the street because of this construction. >> i'm guessing it will be nice. at least there will be more food options and more entertainment