rebecca lopez from our dallas station wfaa reports. >> can i give her a hug please?orter: it's the moment that for a few seconds seemed to bring the world together, an embrace. botham jean's brother brandt asked judge tammy kemp if he could hug amber guyger, his brother's killer. >> and i was wanting to say no but i couldn't and then when he said the second please, i just felt like i could not deny him this. i thought it would be cathartic for him. i hoped it would be helpful for miss guyger. >> reporter: then judge kemp stepped off the bench to console botham jean's family. >> and i told them that i was happy to have learned about their son because he seem individual. >> reporter: she said she looked around the courtroom and saw black and brown on one side and white on the other. so she turned to guyger, not wanting her to feel neglected. >> and i just simply said to her, brandt jean has given him. please forgive yourself and she asked me did i think god would forgive her, and i said, yes, he will, and she said, well, i don't have a bible. i don't own a bible, and i