murrah federal building in oklahoma city. oma attorney stephen jones is appointed as mcveigh's public defender. jones immediately rejects the possibility of an insanity defense. >> timothy mcveigh was not insane. he was rational. he was interviewed by several psychologists and psychiatrists and didn't have any obvious mental disorder or emotional disorder. >> the question comes up, why is a non-mentally ill individual going to conduct a bombing which kills hundreds of people? >> i don't want people to misread what i'm about to say, but i was surprised at how affable and likable he appeared to be for a man who had killed 168 people in cold blood. >> reporters dan herbeck and lu michelle spent more than 70 hours interviewing mcveigh trying to gain some insight into what led him to become a domestic terrorist. by all accounts, an early turning point for mcveigh comes in 1988 when he joins the army. while stationed at ft. benning, georgia, he and his roommate michael fortier bond with their platoon leader terry nichols over a dist

heidi zhou castro is live outside of the courthouse in oklahoma city.e apologize for the fire alarm. heidi the team are asking for a new trial, what are the chances of that happening? >> reporter: well, that does not impact the sentencing hearing that is just about to begin. however, the motion for a new trial claims that prosecutors hid evidence that may have helped his case. ultimately there were 13 accusers, all african american women from a low-income community that he patrolled, that they say the sexually assaulted them while he was on duty. this happened over the course of six months while he was in uniform on duty. >> and are people satisfied, though, with the way the investigation has been carried out so far? >> reporter: well, the investigation according to police have been very thorough. it has been very transparent, however, you hit on that issue, the community is asking for reform, and just a thorough justice, and they are not seeing these reforms take place. the police department has not implemented any real policy changes since daniel. the

heidi zhou castro is live in oklahoma city. what are the chance that he will be granted a new trial? >> this motion for a new trial rests on a facebook posting made by a detective following holtz claw being found guilty. police interviewed potential victims they determined to be liars. the defense said this information was never shared, and thus he should qualify for a new trial. meanwhile, his sentencing this morning will continue. the jury in this case has recommended 263 years of prison for him and the community he was founded guilty of terrorizing is still reeling. >> in the community he found his victims, there's a sense of anticipation and fear. >> >> he makes me feel uncomfortable. >> don't know who to trust. >> he patrolled in search of vulnerable african-american women with history of drugs or prostitution to sexually assault. >> i think he's sick. i think he's a sociopath, a serial rapist. >> 13 accusers came forward, including a grandmother who he pulled over at this intersection, then attacked in his squad car. a an

heidi with al jazeera oklahoma city, oklahoma. >>> the next trials in the death of freddie gray in baltimoreld begin as early as next month, they had been put on hold as judges debated whether to force william porter to testify against three of his fellow officers, now a state judge has ruled porter will not have to. porter's trial ended in a mistrial last month, his retrial has been scheduled for june. >>> political debate in washington over refugees hitting roadblocks and senate democrats stopping the bill to keep iraqi and syrians refugees from fleeing to this country and we have more from washington. >> reporter: supporters of the bill proposed after the paris attacks said it would help prevent americans from terrorist attacks and syrian and iraqi refugees are already vetted before they come to the united states but this would have made the process much more stringent and would have required for example the head of homeland security, the f.b.i. and national intelligence to sign off on each refugee, that each refugee was not a threat. here is one of the billed supporters senator bill. >>

but in oklahoma city one man is trying to force the world's oldest profession out of his neighborhood's got a video camera, an internet connection, and a lot of guts. and he's putting the hookers and their johns on notice. ♪ >> it was in my neighborhood. it was in my front yard. it was at my neighborhood grocery store, in the church parking lot. >> brian bates says street prostitution infests his oklahoma city neighborhood. >> don't be bringing hookers down here, buddy. >> brian is a husband and father, with a teenaged son living at home. if brian can see it, kids can, too. and what kind of parent would want their children to see this? >> no child should have to grow up where their memories of childhood involve prostitutes, drug dealers, and pimps. >> in the mid-'90s, brian bates first notices lewd behavior in his neighborhood and files reports with the police. but he feels his complaints fall on deaf ears. so he decides to do something about it. he picks up his video camera and takes to the streets. >> i hope you're not married. >> and before long, the media notices. >> he calls hims

natsot/aerial shot in oklahoma city towns chasing cars into his town.... but the unusual call to action is drawing criticism from many...including the group wives behind the badge. "let get rocks, let get bricks and lets get bottles and start throwing them and then they won't come in here anymore" over the past year... there were several high speed chases originating in other cities that ended in jackson. now councilman kenneth stokes is urging people outside communities. that statement leaving some people shocked. "i was disgusted with it. right now with everything that's going on, we need to have the positive out there instead of the negative. everything pertaining to what he said is what fuels this negativity."" but councilman stokes says police officers should break off the chase or get a license number rather than chase criminals into his area. he says the city can pay for stolen merchandise instead their streets. it's unclear whether stokes has attempted to use the court system to stop unnecessary police chases in jackson neighborhoods. nearly 150 so

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. >> reporter: a former oklahoma city police officer is set to be sentenced any moment now for assaultingomen while on duty. >>> u.s. markets now trying to pull themselves out of the red. >>> nearly 50 million people on the path of this major winter storm. >>> and detroit public schools now filing suits against their teachers after days of sickouts to keep their kids out of class. ♪ >>> you are looking at former oklahoma city police officer being escorted into the court today. he is set to find out any moment now many he will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping and sexually assaulting several women while on duty. he was convicted of 18 counts of sex crimes back in december. he faces up to 263 years in prison. a judge expected to hand down that sentence today. heidi zhou castro is inside the courthouse. and what is the latest? >> reporter: hey, del. so this packed courthouse behind me has everyone waiting in anticipation for the sentencing to begin. the delay, is possibly due to a last-minute motion filed by his attorneys yesterday seeking a new trial. they claim prosecutors wi

virtually 18 years to the day after timothy mcveigh attacked after timothy mcveigh attacked oklahoma city. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> he was a brilliant mathatician who hated society. >> he was extremely smart, but socially awkward. >> he started fantasizing about killing people. >> the unabomber left his angry mark of death. >> he orchestrated a vicious bombing spree that killed three, maimed four, and injured 19 others. >> in all sixteen bombs, their locations all over the united states. >> i began to think i may not make it. >> his base of operations was crude. >> the cabin was a bomb factory. >> his devices were hideously lethal. >> pieces of wood, nails. >> that's an antipersonnel device. that's used to maim or kill. >> for almost two decades, he skillfully evaded identification and capture. >> we had literally hundreds and hundreds of suspects. >> he dropped out of sight for six years. >> people thought he was dead. >> he was obsessed about leaving fingerprint evidence. >> nobody has seen anybody like theodore kaczynski. >> the hunt for the unabomber. next. >>> a simp

heidi zhou-castro is in oklahoma city. >> we're on the north side of oklahoma city where this community is still reeling from the attacks of this uniformed police officer. daniel holtsclaw could be sentenced to 263 years in prison but citizens are asking how could this happen? >> he should be throk locked up. >> in the neighborhood where daniel holtsclaw found his victims, there is a sense of anticipation and fear. >> don't know who to trust. >> reporter: these are the blocks that holtsclaw patrolled searching for history of prostitution to sexually assault. >> i think he's sick. i think he's a sociopath, a serial rapist. >> 13 women have been attacked in his squad car, another victim a 17-year-old girl, raped on her mother's front porch. ultimately holtsclaw was convicted of 18 sexual charges. how could that have happened under this department's nose? >> well, you know, it's a very difficult case. holtsclaw is an anomaly. it's not something you see all the time. in 20 years in law enforcement i've never seen that. >> reporter: the oklahoma city police department says it was clueless to

i just did what i had to do. >> the oklahoma city police department has tried to make amends through firing holtsclaw then aggressively investigating the case. >> we are very much committed to this community and i believe we have proven that. this is a terrible case. there's no way of changing that, no way of changing what happened to these victims. we can't go back and change the past. >> those who live in the area holtzclaw once terrorized are not satisfied. they are calling for dispatching officers and teams and overhauling the supervision system that allowed holtzclaw to slip through. they have been unanswered. >> do you feel safe in your neighborhood? >> safer, but to me, there might be more like him because of what happened to me, i don't trust any of them now. >> can you say with 100% certainty that there are no other officers committing these crimes? >> we have no reason to believe that there are. if there's ever an allegation or case we need to investigate, we will do so. >> with his sentence, holtzclaw will never again patrol these streets but in these alleys and corners, t

aljazeera's heidi jo castro is live in oklahoma city. hidy. >> reporter: so tony, today when the verdict was read and sentenced him to 63 years in prison, daniel was stoic, meanwhile, in the courtroom, a murmur followed by tears of joy and relief. >> we stopped the serial rapist. >> reporter: former oklahoma city police officer, daniel will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting at least eight women in an area where he paroled. >> i would like to thank god for those of us who believe us, and no matter how powerful he was, he had no power to do what was done to them. >> reporter: it happened in a six-month period during 2013 and 2014, while he was on duty. a jury convicted him on 18 charges last month. jamie was his last victim. he assaulted the 51-year-old daycare worker in the back of his squad car. >> no matter who he is, tell it, don't let him get away with it. a police officer has a badge. >> previous victims had histories of drug abuse or prostitution. the state said that the officer targeted them, believing th

plumes of black smoke into the air and it's outside of the town of chick a shay, southwest of oklahoma city. there were no injuries. no word on what caused the fire, though. >>> a lawsuit blames oklahoma energy companies for causing earthquakes. also an arrest in the murder of on the morning newsstand. >>> the "daily mail" reports italian police arrested a suspect in the murder of an american woman in florence. officers arrested a 25-year-old senegalese man yesterday based on dna evidence taken from the scene. ashley olsen's nude body was found saturday in her apartment. an autopsy found she was strangled with a cord or wire. >>> the columbia "daily spectator" reports three columbia university students died in a bus crash in honduras. twelve more americans were hurt in yesterday's wreck. they were volumeingeingeing -- they were due to return to the u.s. on tuesday. >>> the "tulsa world" reports on a lawsuit against 12 energy companies accused of causing earthquakes. a group of residents in the oklahoma city suburb of edmond brought the suit and it blames a state of recent minor earthquakes

. >>> 4:42 still to come how long a former oklahoma city police officer could spend in prison after raping and sexually assaulting more than a -- more than a dozen women? united states is affected >>> north carolina officials are preparing for the winter storm to hit our state tomorrow morning. >>> happening right now, fire officials are investigating an accident at unc-chapel hill. they stay happened in and electrical closet at dade hall. the students saw a man on fire before he collapsed and he was taken to the hospital. >>> a dramatic drop yesterday pushed the dow jones industrial average for the lowest in ten years. crude oil was the lowest since may of 2003. >>> two people are expected inside and orange county murder of a shooting death of a toddler. the police said that they shot ma maleah williams in chapel hill on christmas. >>> a former officer in oklahoma city will be sentenced for raping and sexually assaulted 13 women while on duties. he was convicted last month on 18 counts. and the jury recommended a sentence totaling 263 years. the judge will decide to grant the defense's mo

we just had a big earthquake. >> you can see the morning show at kfor in oklahoma city interrupted by a 4.2 magnitude quake. no minor injuries being reported. fracking being blamed for the number of earthquakes increasing in oklahoma. >>> actor wayne rogers who played trapper john in the tv seizure m.a.s.h. passed away. he died in los angeles due to complications from pneumonia. he will played hawk-eye in the popular series and appeared in several other television shows and had a successful business career. rogers was 82 years old. >>> well, pope francis in his new year homily waiting for this coming year to be better than the last, calling for the end of false neutrality. he says the enemy of peace isn't just war but indifference. after celebrating the mass the pope came to a window overlooking st. peter's square to wish the crowds of tens of thousands a happy new year. >>> it is tough to find the balance between a challenging actually keep but the doctors at the cleveland clinic have tip on how to make one new year's resolution duable. >> reporter: the one resolution people make to

a group of residents in the oklahoma city suburb of edmond brought the suit and it ames a state of recent minor earthquakes on the company's waste water disposal wells from oil and gas production. >>> up next, waffle house horror. two workers are caught on cell phone video washing their hair in the kitchen. so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol . hey, remember the game when i set the rookie passing record? i mean, you only mentioned wat, 50 times... how about when i had three events in one night? well, i've been working on my new superhero move all day! we're non stop, we've gotta have our extra protein. oikos triple zero greek non fat yogurt has 15 grams of protein. zero added sugar, zero artificial sweetener and zero fat. and zero holding me back! oikos triple zero. be unstoppable. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> thisell phone video cost two waffl

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an earthquake hits oklahoma city during the morning news... we'll show you the on-air reaction as it happened. and a new look at the devestation happenening in the midwest as the mighty mississippi keeps flooding iconic r&b star natalie cole has died at the age of 65. the grammy winner and daughter of the legendary nat king cole reportedly died in a los angeles hospital late last night. cole passed away from congestive heart failure -- although underlying medical issues were hepatitis c and complications from a kidney transplant six years ago. to cancel several concert tour dates due to illness. cole attributed the earlier illness to her struggles with cocaine and heroin. her hits include "this will be," "unforgettable" and "inseparable." the area around saint louis starting to recover from flooding that's claimed nearly two dozen lives. but the region remains water- logged. and at least four people are still missing. fox news correspondent matt finn is in fenton, missouri with the story. devastating flooding in the midwest carries over into t

oklahoma city crashed his party. the thunder leaves with all the triple double of the season. the birthday boy showed some range. he pulled miami within 3 in the third. it wasn't enough, the thunder break off a 16-4 run in the third quarter. kevin durant scored 24 points. >>> there's a sold out crowd of more than 19,000 cramming into the amalie arena yesterday. panthers down 2-0 at one point. this was a last ditch effort that failed and panthers lose, 3-1. >>> russell wilson found him evidence in a hole thanks to a quick start from the carolina panthers, already 24-0 in the second. panthers took a lead over the seahawks into the break. seattle scored 24 unanswered. all we need is an on-side kick. carolina holds on, 31-24 and have a date with the cardinals. >>> in the afc, the broncos rumble their way past the steelers. broncos recover a fumble and they orchestrate a 13 play drive, capped off by this touchdown plunge for the lead. the steelers needed an on side kick late in the fourth and the panthers recover. >>> that's going to do it for sports. joe, live from the wqam studio

. >> also tonight a startling moment for an oklahoma city news anchor. >> we're having another earthquake right now. the studio lights are shaking as we speak. >> gentlemen just had a big -- >> an earthquake rumbling through parts of oklahoma gave her a bit of a shock. you can imagine, right? both anchors were okay. researchers say the quake was 4.2 in magnitude. i guess that would be your first instinct if things started shaking to look up because there's a lot of lights. >> you don't want that equipment falling. it could do some serious dang. >> it seems like an earthquake in oklahoma is pretty rare. no reports of any major damage. still much more to come on 7news at 5:30. coming up next. a special delivery. what a 4-year-old brought police during an intense stand off. >> new at 6:00. we'll head back out to gillette where the canadiens stood tall beating the b's. what both are saying about today's big game. that's all coming everything nature's promise is so wholesome... and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. stop & shop's exclusive nature's promise. eat well for less. my stop & shop.

. >>> still to come on wncn today, how a long time and foreman oklahoma city police officer could spend in prison after raping and sexually assaulting more than a dozen women. >>> even president of the united states is not immune from the headaches brought on by driving in the snowy whether. how long it took his motorcade takes 25 minutes a news conference at 10:30 this morning. >>> and fire officials are investigating an accident at unc chapel hill. it happened in and electrical closet in dade hall. eyewitnesses said they saw a man's body on fire before he collapsed. he was taken to the hospital. >>> a dramatic drop yesterday pushed the stock market to the leftest level in nearly two years. thedow jones industrial average was down five points at one point. >>> two people are in and orange county courtroom charged in the murder of the shooting death of a toddler. the police said this couple shot one-year-old maleah williams in chapel hill on christmas day. she later died at the hospital. >>> a former police officer in oklahoma city will be sentenced for raping and sexually assaulting 13

sent massive plumes of black smoke into the air and it's southwest of oklahoma city. there were no injuries. no word on what caused the fire, though. >>> a lawsuit blames oklahoma energy companies for causing earthquakes. also an arrest in the murder of an american in italy. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. >>> the daily mail reports italian police arrested a suspect in the murder of an american woman in florence. officers arrested a 25-year-old senegal ese man yesterday based on evidence taken from the scene. ashley olsen's body was found nude in her apartment on sunday. >>> the columbia daily spectator university students died in a bus crash in honduras. 12 other americans were tstseke tityon s asthemti c on phone video washeir he k. y done to cae yoeve eeyreots s ar da >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> this cell phone video cost two waffle house workers in arkansas their jobs. after a stomach turning incident. one diner said once he and started eating, the friend started pulling hair out of his mout

lady joe castro is in oklahoma city, heidi? >> there was a murmur from the courtroom, followed by tears of joy and relief. >> stop the serial rapist with a badge whenever everybody else heads out. >> former oklahoma city police officer will spend the rest of his life in prison for assaulterring at least eight women. all african-american, where he patrolled. >> i like to say thank god for those that do believe in us no matter how powerful he was, and how vulnerable we were, he had no power to do what was done to us. >> a jury convicted him on 18 charges. he assaulted the 58-year-old grandmother and day care workner the back of his squad car. >> whatever happened to you, no matter who it is, don't let them get away with it, it isn't right. police officer with a badge, wrong is wrong. >> the previous victims have histories of drug abuse or prostitution, the officer targeted them, believing no one would take their word over his. but she had no criminal history, she reported the attack, breaking the case. >> a lot of people are call

these streets but in these alleys and corners the shadows cast by his crimes still loom, heidi in oklahoma city> leader of the armed group occupying a oklahoma refuge is now speaking with the f.b.i. and bundy talked with an f.b.i. anything yapter by phone thursday, he plans to have more conversations today and bundy says he went to the f.b.i. staging area at the municipal airport for a face-to-face meeting but f.b.i. declined the meeting and they occupied the refuge from the second and they called for federal action to end the take over. >> costing the state $100,000 a week. >>> will lgbt rights in louisiana. >> the new governor there promising to protect gay workers in the state and why the protections are just not needed. >>> heading home freed from captivity in iran finally on the last leg of a long journey. this morning the washington post reporter recently freed from an iranian prison is heading back to the u.s. >> jason is finishing his medical examinations at the u.s. military hospital in germany, in a statement he said he is feeling fine after spending almost 18 months inside an iran ya

it's a rock themeed restaurant in oklahoma city. they did more than just promote themselves, they helped a local veterans' group with a $20,000 check. >> if i were president, i would demand the first order of business before orders and beforr anything else, an amendment to the constitution that if you volunteer in the military, you're at least guaranteeed a job when you come home. >> simmons and stanley came up with the idea for the restaurant back stage after a concert one day back in 2010. i saw them in concert in the old mcnichols arena years and years ago, and my ears just have stopped ringing. very loud. >> you're bringing back good from 45 in city park to 28 in we're all over the place. 32 evergreen. 22 leadville and 1 in alamosa. mid- to upper 30s at the bus. windy in the foothills. a warm day, mostly sunny, with a high of 59. >> we have a lot of snow falling in the high country now. it's really messing over vail pass. you can see how much snow is falling there now. we also have as you see a good drive on the denver tech cent

even the superbowl, the warriors will host oklahoma city. panthers battling the broncos. he is feeling good about it too. >> it will be a good 48 hours. a win and a win. >> oh, those comments didn't sit too well with oklahoma city's russell westbrook. had them wondering if curry was getting too cocky. but he says no harm no foul. >> i'm not the guy talking the big game. it is more what i do on the floor. obviously we want to get a win on saturday. one comment you say, whether it is sarcastic or trying to be funny or what have you. just bone up. you have to take the good with the bad. >> yeah, curry's panthers up to a six-point favorite to win the game. >> uh-huh. >> so, the nfl experience a little earlier today. >> oh yeah. oh yeah. >> you did great. >> grabbing the ball, running, tackling. you watch out, you may have to pay a jock tax. >> you showed major skills. >> for once, i should show it with the cameras rolling. my wrist hurts now. >> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, our next newscast is tomorr morning at 4-30. >> late