reporter: nickerson was baby-sitting for zachary in march of 1995. he was 23 years old at the time, and said he didn't know how to control himself when the child started crying. >> i am truly sorry for what i did, and i regret every moment of it every single day since i've been here. reporter: the board denied nickerson's parole saying that they first wanted to see him transition to a halfway house, hold down a steady job, and get some mental health counseling. kirkland, who now lives in south carolina, says she wanted to be here to make sure that the victim's voice can still be heard. >> he was a really sweet boy. he had a great smile, and it's hard to know that even after 20 years you don't see that again. you miss out on a lot of really great things because one person made a decision that changed everything. reporter: if nickerson follows be back before the parole board sometime in june. andy hershberger, wmur news 9. josh: three people accused of robbing stores and then reselling the items online, three manchester men face charges of organized re

shane nickerson has been rebind bars since 1995 month old zachary mcmillan. he was babysitting when he beat the child to death. the toddler's mother spoke at the parole hearing about the pain she has endured. >> i could have kissed more. i could have hugged longer. i could have spent every second of every day remembering everything. i didn't know then that i would only have 546 days with him. i think about the life he had, the pain he endured, and the end. sean: they want nickerson to transition to a halfway house, get a job, and mental health planning. if he follows the plan, he could be before the turning now to politics, several republican presidential hopefuls are in the granite state today. marco rubio will be in portsmouth. george pataki and lindsey graham have stops in lebanon and keene. hillary clinton held a town hall in dover last night and addressed a wide variety of issues, including the shooting in california. she says the tragedy reinforces the need to focus on national security. >>> it does raise some serious questions about how we need to be p

the younger nickerson. is seen through his eyes. charlie: why is that? ron: i like the immediacy of a point of view approach. i feel that i am, i want these kind of adventure stories to not be grand canvases but to be focused. what would it be like to be there? that is one of my guiding theories. charlie: whenever i have someone like that here, i say, take me there. give me a sense of what it was like for you to be there at the moment of your worst fear. ron: it is fascinating to look back at this story and directorally interesting because you are dealing with a mythic figure and it was interesting to play with it. the men themselves are transformed by this crisis. they went out there with a lot of hubris, pride. that was the period of manifest destiny. our job is to conquer the world. and everything else should bow. and here, you know, they were confronted with this force of nature. and when, after the whale sank the ship, in their journals you can see them wondering, is this divine retribution and for the

shane nickerson has been behind bars for the death of 18 month old zachary mcmillan. he was baby sitting when he beat the child to death after he started crying. his mother talked about the pain she has >> i could have kissed more and hugged longer and spent every second of every day remembering everything. i didn't know then that i would only have 546 days with him. i think about the life he had. the pain he endured. the end. sean: he could go to a halfway house and get mental health counseling. if he follows the plan, he could be back before the board in june. >>> marco rubio will be in portsmouth today. george pataki and lindsey graham have keene. hillary clinton held a town hall in dover and of issues, including the shooting in california. she says the tragedies is on national security. serious questions about how we need to protect ourselves and be sure that we have the best possible college -- intelligence shared between local law enforcement, federal law enforcement, and we do everything that we can to prevent these kinds of attack. sean: clinton spoke about ho

the time what brandon gleason, the actor who plays the older nixon, tom holland plays the younger nickerson, who much of the movie is seen through his eyes -- >> rose: why is that you always choose somebody to see the movie through? >> i like the immediacy of the point of view approach. i feel like i want these adventure shores not to be just grand canvasses but focused. if you're an audience member you get a feeling of what would it be like to be there. that's one of my guiding principles. when i stage scenes, plan them, edit them, it's always with someone like that in mind. >> rose: give me a sense of what it was like for you to be there the moment at your worst fear, is the questions i ask. >> on the one hand you are dealing with a mythic figure, and it was interesting to play with it. also, the men themselves were sort of transformed by this crisis. i mean, you can imagine, they went out there with a lot of ego, hu hubris, pride. that was the period of manifest destiny. our job was to conquer the world and everything else should bow to us. here they were confronted with this force of na

. >> reporter: at the high school district office superintendent john nickerson said he too has seen video and it was more than just two players jocking for position. he wouldn't share any details but it was clear he would have been satisfied dealing with this internally. >> it's a little bit surprising the da found involvement in this case. >> reporter: the bellermine's student required surgery. >> i don't think the police or anything should be involved in this. >> reporter: some parents are also upset. >> that does seem a little severe to me. i think it could have been handled a little bit differently amongst the parents. certainly horrible somebody to have to face something like that and possibly that could ruin his life. >> no one at bellermine returned my calls. da's office said this case could be decided soon, which means any charges could eventually be dismissed. the da's office told me the national water polo association said the e-mail sent was unauthorized and disavowing the use of the letterhead. >>> california is growing with the state population under $39.1 million. the