reeva had looks, no question there.have been the least of her attributes. >> reeva had a brilliant mind. she was smart and funny and all those things, but she was brilliant. >> gina meyers was on the prosecution's witness list, was reeva's roommate, which may be understating their relationship. reeva actually lived with gina and her parents to save money. also being far from home, she missed her family and it was comforting to be a part of somebody else's. >> she often told me how grateful she was for her upbringing. her family is very down to earth, they were salt of the earth. very humble. and reeva was exactly, exactly the same. >> reeva grew up on a small farm near the factory town of port elizabeth. tough enough to come back from a serious fall from a horse, she broke her back, spent eight months in the hospital, learned to walk all over again. she attended a devout and diverse catholic school, st. dominic's, where students are taught to be of service to the poor. by the time she entered the law program at nelson m

this video shows reeva posing for the cover of a monthly magazine.was the editor of the south african edition. >> she had beauty and int intelligence, and that is the double whammy. >> we are shooting the descembe cover, and lovely. i remember. so have a good christmas. >> she got the magazine cover, and that is going to get you noticed and a little bit more commercial work, and probably leads to better tv work. >> reporter: she was becoming the next big thing, but to family and friends, she was the same old reeva. cnn's drew griffin talked to mike steenkamp and mike martin. >> when you were with her, you felt like a teenager, because bouncing and joking and fun and the media side of her career, we never really saw that. we knew that she was a model and doing things with the media, but she never brought that into the family. >> and so she does not sound like she was enamored with the gl glamour life? >> no, no, no. >> not at all. >> reporter: and the life was becoming more and more glamorous going from the magazine cover girl. >> my name is reeva, an

, which is a double whammy. >> hi, reeva.ave a good christmas. >> she got the magazine cover, and that gets you noticed and gets you a bit more commercial work, probably leads to better tv work. >> she was becoming the next bing thing. but to family and friends, she was the same old reeva. cnn's drew griffin talked to her uncle and cousin. >> when you were with her, you felt you were a teenager, because she was just so vibrant, so full of life, so bouncy. she was just always laughing, joking, and the media side of her career, we never really saw that. we knew she was a model and doing things with the media, but she never brought that into the family. >> so she doesn't sound like she was e namerred with the glamour life. >> not at all. >> her life was becoming more and more glamorous, going from covergirl to starring in a reality tv series. >> it's in a really fun production in its fourth season now. >> a mutual friend would introduce her to pistorius at a motor racing event. there, steenkamp accepted pistorius' invitation to

question oscar pistorius shot and killed reeva steenkamp.t the heart of this trial is why. >> i was convinced that woman was being attacked. >> reporter: the prosecution claims the couple had a loud fight. a neighbor, whose testimony wasn't shown on camera, told the court today she heard a blood-curdling scream from a woman and then four gunshots. >> but just before the gunshots it was blood-curdling. it was something that leaves you cold. >> reporter: prosecutors say reeva fled to the bathroom during an argument, that pistorius grabbed his gun and fired through the door, hitting reeva three times, in the hip, elbow, and head. but the defense tells a different story. in a sworn statement pistorius claims he thought reeva was an intruder and that he feared for his life. this case is captivating south africa, being compared to the o.j. simpson trial. >> this is probably the biggest trial of the century, certainly so far. >> reporter: interes is so high a dedicated cable channel is now on air to cover proceedings. >> that tension between this a

the trial has included graphic details about reeva steenkamp's injuries. oscar pistorius has cried, covered his ears, even vomited during some testimony. in a key demonstration, an expert witness shows how oscar pistorius used a cricket bat to break down his bathroom door to get to his girlfriend. prosecutors and defense disagree about whether oscar pistorius was wearing his prosthetic legs. a police captain read text messages from steenkamp where she stated she was afraid of oscar pistorius and accused him of being jealous and possessive. >>> and now the latest out of ukraine. right wing demonstrators mob it had outside of ukraine's parliament demanding the country's interior minister resign. take a look at that video in to cnn. you can hear the protestors there in the background. they blame the interior minister for the killing of one of their leaders by security forces. a u.s. intelligence has concluded there is a greater chance russia will invade eastern ukraine than previously thought. we're going to pull up a map here and show you where russian force

he is charged with the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. there in pretoria. just sum up what we have heard so far. >> reporter: well, this morning we saw oscar pistorius arriving in court with a dark suit, in a dark tie. his expression was normal. he did not look apprehensive like we saw during the bail application where he was sobbing alike. this time he was much more composed. reeva steenkamp's family is there. june steenkamp hoped to look oscar in the eye. but there was no opportunity because when he walked in he walked straight ahead. there were 80 journalists inside the court following the proceedings. and he was asked when the charges were read to him if he pleads guilty or not. he said i do understand the charges and he said not guilty, my lord. and he said not guilty, my lady, to the judge. some charges happened a long time ago when he fired a shot in a restaurant, for example. so that's what has happened this morning. then the prosecution called its first witness, a neighbor from oscar pistorius's other estate, neighboring estate w

they believe reeva then flees to the bathroom.mes around to this side of the bed, grabs his gun -- >> and then goes after reeva. >> pistorius fires four times. three hit steenkamp in the hip, elbow and the head. he said he thought it was an intruder, but even his version of events in which he insists he's innocent of murder could still put him in hot water. >> even if you mistakeningly kill someone, 1% guilty you could be guilty of culpable homicide. he's walked out this door eight times before through this gauntlet of media. but today may have been his toughest day of court. but outside every day, he's greeted with rock star squeals. >> is this the first time you've ever been able to see him? >> yeah. >> reporter: yesterday we caught up with a group of girls there for their first glimpse. you watch it all day long, right? 24 hours of oscar pistorius. can you get enough? >> no. >> reporter: we got an inside look at that channel, pumping out 15 hours of all things pistorius every day. john webb is one of its anchors. how obsessed a

i'm reeva. >> reporter: on the verge of stardom.ut theirs was a relationship that may have burned too hot. at oscar pistorius's murder trial monday, a voice from beyond the grave. forensics experts cracked open reeva steenkamp's cell phone exposing the inner workings of what the prosecution portrayed as a troubled relationship. >> i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you will act to me. >> reporter: intimate text messages the couple shared in the weeks before oscar pistorius shot and killed her in his bathroom last valentine's day. >> i get snapped at and told my accent and voices are annoying. i touch your neck to show you i care. you tell me to stop. stop chewing gum. do this, don't do that. >> reporter: pistorius claims he mistook her for an intruder. but the prosecution building a case that this was not mistaken identity, but murder. possibly triggered by a violent argument. the key clues to which may reside in steenkamp's cell phone. the expert said most of their hundreds of messages were normal exchanges

her name, reeva steenkamp. their romance started supposedly as he was cheating on another girlfriend. well, that girlfriend ended up on the stand in his murder trial today. and that can't be good. especially when she broke down on the stand when it testifying about their relationship, and then about a previous shooting incident in 2010. ouch. robin kerr joins me live from south africa. what did she say on the stand that really meant something to this case, and these facts? >> well, i think what was key was just how relevant her testimony was. because she alleged he had cheated on her with reeva steenkamp, but the defense came back under cross-examination saying hey, we have e-mails proving that the relationship was over by the time pistorius was dating steenkamp, and that they alleged she was cheating on pistorius. so just how valuable was her testimony, how honest was it? well, that all came into account. but i think from the state's point of view, they put her up there, because they wanted to paint some sort

i fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to reeva to phone the police. outside the courthouse, media has been preparing for days. more than 2,000 journalists have applied for accreditation to cover this trial to give you a sense of how intense it will be followed. inside the courthouse here behind me, officials say they'll limit the access into the courtroom. about 100 or so passes have been given, including representatives from both families. in south african law, it will come down to one judge, not a jury, who in the end will decide whether oscar pistorius, once a hero to millions around the world, is, in fact, a criminal. ayman mohyeldin, nbc news, pretoria, south africa. >>> up next here, we go live to the red carpet to check in with al roker and kathie lee gifford to get their picks for tonight's top oscar prizes. >>> this is how it looked in los angeles a mere 24 hours ago, the red carpet area draped in plastic outside the kodak theater, site of tonight's academy awards. but a big sigh of relief tonight as the rain passed and things started to dry

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reeva's own words appeared to tell a different story. >> i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me. >> reporter: a cell phone expert read several private messages. as her mother listened. on monday one of the prosecution's last witnesses was one of the most damming for the defense. the police investigator who down loaded messages from her iphone. >> right outside for dating you and via text by you. the one person i deserve protection from. >> reporter: the couple arguing on just weeks before the olympian killed her. he's said all along it was a tragic accident. mistaking her for an intruder. >> between accuse and the deceased was 1,709 text messages. >> on the 19th of january 2013. >> reporter: message after message vealing her frustration in her new relationship. several accused the track star of being jealous and possesspos. >> you have picked on me since you got back. i understand you are sick. >> reporter: he's responding. >> i'm sorry sorry for things i say without thinking. >> reporter: it's important to note that the police cell phone expert said that 90% of the messag

if it was reeva, why would she have locked the door? they were supposed to be having a quiet gentle valentine's night. if it was a robber, why would he lock himself, and do you kill a guy because he's in your bathroom? >> having interviewed oscar, followed his story so significantly, what details at this point gave you pause or concern? he, obviously, is innocent and we're learning the real evidence, the prosecution says it had and not all this folklore about ipads on the ground and angry exes. we'll learn the truth if he had his prosthetic leg or not. >> when i met oscar a couple of years ago, i thought he was one of the greatest athletes i'd ever met, you know, and now what's happening is, what the prosecution has to prove is this is a character issue, this guy was dangerous, he was careless with firearms, he was fully capable of committing this act premeditated, that it wasn't a culpable homicide, that's the best oscar could hope for, a crime based on negligence, and he could almost get a suspended sentence, but there are 100 witness

it's about reeva and reeva can never be part of it. >> reporter: another key comment made by the defenseated, disturbed and crucially tampered with by police. you'll hear a lot about that in the weeks ahead. >> just starting. robin thank you very much for that. take another break. coming up next on "new day" most anticipated red carpet event of the year. so were there hits? what were the misses? we'll take a look at all of the red carpet fashions from the oscars. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line, anytime, for $15 a month. low dues, great terms. let's close! new at&t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. >>> welcome back to "new day". we are on the west coast. we're in hollywood, in beverly hills. now it's time to talk fashion. it's what i know you want to hear about. the good, the bad, some might say ugly. i don't know. it was an

as for reeva's mother, we know she did give him a few beady eyed looks. long sustained stares. generally, it was an unemotional courtroom compared to some of the scenes in previous appearances where oscar would cry and he would break down. this was definitely more clinical, more procedural, both families seem to be able to deal with the weight of what was happening. >> thank you for covering this for us as the trial continues. for many of you who may have forgot what happened, there are two different versions of what weren't down the night oscar allegedly killed his girlfriend reeva. tom, you have been analyzing this in a visual way. pistorius' neighbor said she heard a woman screaming for help. walk us through this. >> this fits into the prosecution's story. the prosecution said all along, they were having some kind of a big argument in the middle of the night. in the course of that argument they proceeded from the bedroom down the hallway here into the bathroom in another part of the room here. you go all the way down here and in the bathroom, she barricaded herself in the ba

charged with the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. understandably huge amount of attention focusing on pretoria now. and karen is there for us. over to you. >> reporter: hello, david. yes, the interest is absolutely huge despite the pouring rain which really hasn't stopped for hour upon hour. thousands of people who have been outside the court, hundreds of journalists. rain not a deterrent at all the. since last night certainly the media teams have been out in force setting up their installments along this road in front of the high court and getting all their broadcast equipment ready for this morning. oscar pistorius walked in through the front of the court, followed by a torrent of journalists trying to get a picture from him, trying to get a comment from him. he remains silent. he was in a black suit and remained expressionless. we have seen the the legal teams coming in. we have seen the families of oscar pistorius and reeva steenkamp. her mother was also there. she is watching the first day of proceedings. right now we are hearin

he's just a very good example of a human being. >> reporter: but with memories of reeva steenkamp still fresh, how the rest of the world sees oscar pistorius will now be shaped in court. ayman mohyeldin nbc news, pretoria, south africa. >>> and still ahead for us tonight, the price you pay. the skyrocketing cost of having a baby in this country, already the highest in the world. tonight why the cost is so unpredictable, and who's paying the most. >>> and later, the amazing scene on the side of the road. a 95-year-old veteran of world war ii, an emotional salute caught on camera. >>> we are back with more of our ongoing series of reports. the price you pay. the financial burden of sao many things right now. and tonight, new numbers have come to light, confirming what millions of american parents and families already know. the cost of having a baby in this country is the highest in the world. there's really no telling how much you'll have to pay until you get there. our report tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >> look, he looks like you. >> reporter: there's a baby born in the united state

reeva steenkamp was staying at the time of the death.o there will be some support for those who loved and knew reeva. of course also oscarstein's family has been incredibly supportive. they've been here throughout the last month. so i think there will be a pretty pacted courtroom today. >> a pivotal day indeed in the oscar pistorius trial. as we've mentioned if oscar pistorius does testify in court, we'll bring it to you live. we've got extend analysis, videos and including kelly phelps with a great breakdown so far. >>> from the moment we cross to japan in the case of a man convicted of a quadruple homicide nearly a half century ago. >> new evidence suggests he may not have been the murderer. now the man who has spend most of his life on death row could be innocent. >>> and the retrial may ignite more criticism of a justice system that has come under attack before. >> reporter: the start of retrial, this banner reads. words he's been waiting for for 48 years. the former professional boxer has spend almost five decades behind bars in tok

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as for reeva's mother, we know she did give him a few beady eyed looks. long sustained stares.n unemotional courtroom, oscar would cry, breakdown. this was definitely more clinical, more procedural, both families seem to be able to deal with the weight of what was happening. >> thank you for covering this for us as the trial continues. there are two different versions of what weren't down the night oscar allegedly killed his girlfriend reeva. his neighbor said she heard someone screaming for help. >> this fits into the prosecution's story. the prosecution said all along, they were having some kind of a big argument in the middle of the night. they proceeded from the bedroom down the hallway into another part of the room. you go all the way down here and in the bathroom, she barricaded herself in the bathroom, and at that point the prosecution said he became angry after trying to smash the door down and shot through it with intent to kill her. the idea she would be screaming and you hear gunshots, fits nicely into the prosecution's story. >> the prosecution is saying, this seaso

pistorius admits he shot his girlfriend, reeva steencamp but has said it was an accident. cnn legal analyst kelly phelps joins us live from pretoria on what we can expect. and kelly, what is the chance he may take the stand today and what is at stake for him if and when he does? >> well, there is a very good chance he will take the stand today. that is because there is a rule in south african law if the accused wants to work on his case he risks about the decision to wait and sort of play his cards and see how his witnesses perform. so we all for all intents and purposes expecting to see him today. and really, this will be the first time in a 15-day trial so far that we've actually heard his voice in court. and since he first pled not guilty. >> and what is at stake for him? we have certainly seen him break down during this trial, the very emotional get sick. and now he is taking the stand. how might his lawyers have prepared him for this? >> i imagine they have been preparing him for quite a number of months now. having said that, i don't think anything can really prepare

he suggests he fired a gun in anger before the night he shot dead his new girlfriend, reeva steenkampand she says he got angry at a lot of pime. >> my city, my best friend, and another friend of ours. >> name? >> and his best friend, alex. >> alex? >> yeah. >> samantha taylor portrayed pistorious as a man with a violent temper, smk who kept a pistol with him at all times. she was also asked more specifically about the night reeva steenkamp was killed, about where pistorious slept in bed and what he sounded like when he screamed. >> if -- did he scream very anxious and sound like a woman? >> that is not true. he sounds like a man. >> again there is important because pistorious' defense argues that he sounded like a woman when he screamed that night, thrat neighbors were mistaken when they thought it was reeva screaming. >> so when you heard him screaming, it was out of anger but not in situations where he perceived his life to be threatened? >> no, my lady. >> pistorious appeared to show no emotion. his former girlfriend stepped down and left the courtroom. >> andrew harding report --

>> that's correct. >> and the response by reeva to mr.istorius "is okay, angel, sweetest of dreams. i'll get back to you. cross cross cross." >> yes, my lady. >> reporter: so we heard how they called each other my angel, boo or baby, how they missed each other when they weren't together. and those kinds of conversations used to counter this testimony, essentially from reeva steenkamp speaking from the grave, her messages read out in court yesterday. where she said that she was sometimes scared of oscar pistorius, the way he snapped. that he had tantrums. painting him, essentially, as a positi pose he is i have boyfriend. the first time the state moved toward establishing some sort of motive. >> robben, it's hard to see that. i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and will react. very powerful, good for the prosecution but the defense has yet to begin. robyn curnow, thank you. i'm out of time but thank you for being with us. my colleague, wolf blitzer will be joining us after this quick break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.

taylor was asked how the relationship ended. >> he cheated on me with reeva steencamp. >> reporter: at one point, she broke down in tears. >> just take your time, please. >> an emotional first week in what could be a long trial that has already tarnished a once golden image. ayman mohyeldin, nbc news, pretoria, south africa. >>> we got a revealing look today at the next generation to take the reins in this country, the latest in the generational progression that started in the modern era, at least, with the greatest generation. their children, the baby boomers, then genx, and the so-called millennials. the new data both confirm and debunk some widely held assumptions about them as a group. we get our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: millennials are young adults, 18 to 33, perfect fodder for the entertainment industry, from "big bang theory" to gaethe new girl" to "girls." >> i don't want to freak you out, but i think i may be the voice of my generation. >> reporter: finishing school and getting jobs but not quite running things yet. a pugh research poll showed tha

ayman, this incident that happened before reeva steenkamp was killed, what are attorneys or prosecutorsing to do with this witness or present with this witness? >> reporter: well, they are certainly trying to use the incident to highlight two very important developments. keep in mind that oscar pistorius, along with being charged for murder, is also being charged for an unlawful possession of a weapon, unlawful use of a weapon, and unlawful use of ammunition. now their theory, according to at least some, is he was an individual who was around guns, had guns, used guns, so they are using this incident to show just a matter of weeks before he killed reeva steenkamp, he was involved in another shooting incident, this one also in a public place with a lot of people around, a lot of civilians. the intent from the prosecution is to interpret what happened that day as an example of how oscar pistorius involved in these shooting incidents could have been someone with a gun the night of killing reeva steenkamp. the defense is certainly trying to cast doubt on that, trying to cast doubt on the in

two of the trial of blade runner olympian oscar pistorius accused of murdering his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. nbc's chapman bell is in pretoria, south africa, covering the trial. what is the latest you can bring us? >> reporter: good morning, frances. oscar pistorius arrives in court today under an umbrella, rushing through the rain and clouds of awaiting journalists to get a glimpse of him as he entered court for the second day of his trial in pretoria. the second day and we're on the second witness. this morning we heard from yesterday's witness who had said she heard a blood curdling scream and then gunshots on the night that reeva steenkamp was killed. the second witness today, she also went as far as to say she heard a scream on that evening, followed by gunshots, but went even further saying for an hour before that, she did hear an argument, she heard a woman arguing. now we're taking a break now in court, but testimony will continue all today where oscar's defense team will continue to try to pick apart these prosecution witness that this was in fact not an argument that led

pistorius is accused of killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. this morning her moth aer speakg out about the trial. >> a vigil will be held to remember 14-year-old jenna betty hit and killed by a train in martinez on sunday. betty an eighth-grader was reportedly sitting on the tracks with her boyfriend when a train approached the two. her boyfriend ran one direction, she ran the other. the girl dropped her cell phone on the tracks and went back to retrieve it. tonight's vigil will be at 6:30. >> happening today, menlo park's facebook could get rein late to hire a city police officer to work the campus. christie smith joins us live at facebook headquarters with details. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're talking about a sworn menlo park police officer wearing a uniform and riding around in a marked police car and working out after substation that happens to be around the corner. at a cost of 2 hun thousand dollars a year. what you probably won't see though is this officer riding around doing traffic stops and writing tickets. according to th

. >>> day nine of the trial of oscar pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. they are back on the witness stand the. yesterday disputed the athlete's evidence that he had been on his prosthetic legs when he knocked down a bathroom door to reach dying reeva. he denies intentionally killing his girlfriend. >> reporter: very much so, nik. what he has been at pains to explain to oscar pistorius's senior counsel, as far as he's concerned, mr. pistorius was not wearing his prosthesis when he was at the bathroom door. this morning throughout the arguments here we have been listening that some of the marks were caused by mr. pistorius's prosthesis. but the prosecution said they have punched hold in the process in which police collect their evidence. there is a short adjournment now. >> both yesterday and today, milton, it's the issue once again of the credibility of south africa police processes. >> reporter: very much so. and the issue of gender violence in south africa. and also the legal system in south africa is under scrutiny through this trial. >>> other news at

in one, reeva steenkamp said oscar pistorius "scared her." he has pleaded not guilty, insisting he mistook reeva steenkamp for an intruder. in afghanistan, the home of a beendential candidate has attacked. the candate was not home at the time. he is a former world bank powerfulwho picked a former warlord as his running mate. there were no casualties in the attack. rescue workers in the u.s. state of washington a continuing their search for survivors from that devastating mudslides this weekend. at least 14 people have died with more than 100 unaccounted for. have been working around-the-clock to pick through the wreckage that hit one hour northeast of seattle. >> a massive landslide that swept through a small riverside community in the u.s.'s northwestern state of washington. scores of life were claimed by the fast-moving earth. >> i saw darkness, like somebody wanted to grab you, and everything was gone in three seconds. >> after a weekend of searching through difficult terrain, more than 100 remain unaccounted for. >> we have technical resc

he claims he and reeva went to sleep at 10:00 p.m.night, but records reveal his iphone was on the internet at 1:48 a.m. for five straight minutes. but the pistorius defense team explained that, too, it could have been facebook or instagram open as he sleep. >> if an application is not closed, it'll carry on running. >> pistorius didn't call anyone just before the shooting, neither did reeva. but just after the shooting, he made a flurry of calls. to an ambulance service, security at his complex, his best friend, his brother, his manager, and his own voice mail. pistorius himself could testify as early as this week. >> he's going to have to convince the court that he felt his life and reeva's life was in danger. >> even with that door closed. >> exactly. >> uphill battle? >> a very uphill battle. it is, indeed. >> reporter: i was watching reeva's mother, in court today as they read those text messages. her head, of course, was down a lot of the time. recapping, just moments ago the prosecution rested its case and the defense requested

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reeva went into the bathroom.e door and i'm sorry heard the window open in the bathroom then when all of this broke out. that is a little hard to believe. >> till will be interesting. he will have to take the stand to set stage for forensic experts. it will be interesting to hear the details since we have not heard from him. what i think is helpful to the defense the prosecution originally said he put on his profit at the time tick legs. they're now conceding that point. if there is concede enough points it is reasonable doubt all over the place. they will have to go after him on cross-examination to reassert the doug made which are their best. >> my third and last point which i said before, the bathroom door being locked. i'm not being funny. i asked my wife, friend, don't lock the door at 3:00 in the morn. >> they had been dating a short time. i think there is argument to make -- >> i don't think -- jon: they have been dating long enough they're sleeping together, heather. >> right. >> he rests his case. jon: we

she wept as she told the court why she and pistorius broke up. >> he cheated on me with reeva steenkamp. >> reporter: while witnesses are forming a picture of pistorius as an angry, perhaps reckless man, friends say that is not the person they know. ebba gundy has been a friend for almost a decade. her son was born with a similar disability to oscar. when you have had a moment with oscar, what do you see in him now? >> well, you see oscar still, that's a good thing. >> reporter: do you see regret? do you see sorrow? >> yes, yes, oh yes. more than you can imagine. >> reporter: pistorius is pleading not guilty to all charges. the trial resumes on monday. hamish macdonald, abc news, pretoria, south africa. >> our thanks to hamish. >>> and up next here tonight -- secrets revealed. some surprising things that happen at some nail salons. what really goes on inside. and what our hidden cameras saw. we're back in two minutes. tes. i have flat feet. i learned where the stress was at the dr.scholl's foot mapping center. then i got my number, which matched the custom fit orthotic inserts with the

oscar and reeva. the olympian, known as the blade runner, he, an icon in this country.and she, a model and budding tv star. but in the series of text messages read in court, reeva steenkamp's voice from the grave. >> i'm scared of you sometimes. >> reporter: those words red aloud in court by a chris forensics expert. by cranking into that cell phone that belonged to reeva steenkamp, it was the first time we're able to see the inner workings of a tumultuous relationship. the storybook image, shattered. >> i can't be attacked by outsiders for dating you and be attacked by you. the one person i deserve protection from. >> reporter: pistorius is accused of murdering steenkamp last valentine's day. he says he mistook her for an intruder. most of the messages, mundane. steenkamp seemed loyal to pistorius. but sometimes, she feared him. >> i'm the girl who let go with you even when i was scared out of my mind to. >> reporter: in some, pistorius sounded jealous and quick to anger. >> i was upset, that you just left me after we got food to go talk to a guy. and i was standing ti

and as he walked into the house, reeva steenkamp he said was lying on her back, oscar had one hand over a wound in her thigh. his other hand two fingers in her mouth trying to clear her airways, but she had clinched down on him. he was obviously sobbing, crying. during all of this quite graphic detail descriptions of the head wound, about how brain tissue and blood has intermingled with her hair. oscar pistorius literally started gagging, dry wrenching essentially so much so that the court sketch artist told us afterwards that he was so worried oscar pistorius was going to vomit that he actually cleared all the pencils out of his bag and handed his satchel, actually vomit into.s to - so this was the kind of deep visceral emotion that pistorius experienced. and i think for anybody watching it on television, any of us inside the court, it was sad, it was powerful. it was just gut wrenching, wasn't it? >> so, robin, what about what was said on the stand? apart from the drama that was playing out, you know, from defendant's table, what about the actual testimony? what was said from this wit

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some pictures were shown mistakenly of reeva steenkamp's dead body.akes like that just happen. >>> absolutely. trial is a variable environment. this is something i try to explain to every single client rep pent. -- represent. things go down in the real world not like a controlled environment. here is the good news. this trial is in front after judge. this is not in front of a jury. a judge has the experience, knowledge, wherewithal to discard these little flubs and give them the right amount of weight versus inappropriate amount of weight and that is the real issue. that is the fear when you have a jury trial, how a layperson will interpret something they shouldn't have seen. jenna: keisha, some of the evidence that could be presented or found was new information to us today. one of them when he came to the bathroom door and came to the bathroom where reeva steenkamp was shot, that the window inside the bathroom was wide open. and our producer inside the courtroom says this really opens up to questions about whether or not, if reeva steenkamp was scre

>> because oscar pistorius, his own version shot reeva steenkamp. he admits that. >> reporter: yet, the main drama produced by the man writhing in the front bench. heaving and retching as crime scene photos were shown in court. pistorius sitting in a dock like this every day in count. just inches from his face is a monitor, bombarding him with images so visceral, he asked that it be turned off. pistorius, who is expected to testify, has covered his eyes with his hands, even with a sheaf of papers. but on friday, striding out of court, he seemed much more confident. and expect the defense again this week to cut into police conduct. now, legal experts i've spoken to here say police misconduct is common, but not on this scale. and again, remember, this is all nationally televised. david? >> all right, matt gutman there in south africa for us. matt, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news" this sunday night. are millions of cell phone customers getting overcharged, getting billed for calls that are longer than the ones you're actual

he admits he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp.took her for an intruder. >> a closer look at whether the prosecution has made a convincing case. >> after three and a half weeks, here at the high court, the state rested its case. with us, cnn's legal analyst. how successful were they? >> not successful at all until the final few days, they have not strongly refuted pistoruous's turn of events. without discrediting his version of events, that simply is not strong enough to meet the burden of beyond a reasonable doubt. in the last couple of days, they came forward with more substantial and compelling evidence. >> personal, private messages between reeva and oscar. you heard her story for the first time. some of it was damming. >> what was the worst for pis r pistorius, as a jealous prone to outburst, she was afraid of him at times. these messages occur in the context of all of other messages, and the witness himself stated there were over 1117, and the negative was four. that will all be weighed in the balance. at least, the state has

pistorius murdered reeva steenkamp in a fit of jealous rage.he shot her thinking she was an intruder in his bathroom. if convict he could face a life sentence. >>> before we go, let's remind you of our top story this hour. president obama has met pope francis for the first time only a year since the pope took office. they are two of the world's most powerful and influential men. they shook hands in the vatican's apostolic poll lass before heading into a meeting which lasted almost an hour. they do disagree, on many issues including abortion and gay marriage but they do have common ground when it comes to the fight against global poverty. that's it from me here on "bbc world news". still plenty more to come. you can catch up with me on twitter. hope dow. thanks a lot. m. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at r

and what the doctor heard before arriving where he found pistorius trying to keep reeva steenkamp's airway open. the doctor's testimony yesterday caused a strong emotional reaction from pistorius. at one point he appeared to be physically ill. >> four suspects have been arrested of a shooting at a memphis mall that sent shoppers running for cover. it was the result of a dispute between suspects and victim all who knew each other. >>> at the sea pac under way outside washington presidential hopefuls are jockeying for position. among those trying to rehab his battered image is chris christie. he urged republicans to focus on their own good ideas rather than tear down democratic proposals. >> when we say that we want to make a difference in our society we need to make a difference through free market reforms that have always worked in our country and we don't need to, mr. president, your opinion on what income equality is. we don't have an income equality problem. we have an opportunity inequality problem in perhaps the most enduring image from cpac comes from mitch mcconnell who took the sta

a month before reeva steenkamp's killing, they were together with friends at this restaurant. one of them passed a gun under the table to pistorius. then -- >> a shot went off in the restaurant. and then, there was complete silence. i was in shock. >> reporter: amid the chaos, pistorius asked his friend darren fresco, who passed him the pistol, to take the blame. >> i do remember oscar saying to darren, just say it was you. i don't want any attention around me. just say it was you. >> reporter: this denied by the superstar athlete. but while it could help prove firearms charges he faces, and could hurt his credibility, it does not prove he murdered his girlfriend. crucial to proving that is the sequence of events the night pistorius killed reeva skeenkamp. did witnesses hear screams before he shot through the bathroom door or after? it matters because it's alleged the couple was arguing before the shooting. this is the view of the trial oscar pistorius has. behind him, his family. before him, his defense team. and at the front of the room, the judge who'll decide his fate. he

he just reacted to the way he reacted to the injuries suffered by reeva steenkamp.the day the prosecution finished up its questioning of the last of the group of witnesses who lived in the gated community where the shooting took place. that witness, like so many others before him, talked about words that pistorius said, actions that he took, seemed to contradict or continue serene his written statement last year of what happened in the terrible moments on valentine's day morning. in this case, it was the words that pistorius allegedly spoke according to this witness, a security guard. >> in fact, mr. pistorius fired first and you returned that very shortly. >> mr. pistorius told me that everything is fine. but i realized that mr. pistorius is crying. and before i could speak to reeva, that's when the line went dead. >> reporter: all right. so, according to the security guard through a translator, pistorius said everything's fine. again, that's not something pistorius said in his statement. by the way, professor sayyman will be back on the stand tomorrow to complete

meantime, reeva steenkamp's mother speaks out about what it was like to face her daughter's killer for the first time. june steenkamp was in court yesterday because she said she needed oscar pistorius to see her. instead, she says he never looked her way in an exclusive interview on the "today" show. she also said she can forgive pistorius. >> it's actually important to forgive him for me, because i don't want to live with bitterness in my life. it's not going to matter anything to me whatever happens to him, because she's not coming back, and it's not going to change anything as far as that goes, and that's the most important thing in my life, is trying to live without her now. it's not going to help me. i don't wish him any harm. i just want the truth. >> joining me now live from p pretoria is aman mohyeldin. she said it was clear it was a male voice after attorneys representatives said this high pitch could have been oscar pistorius. what's the very latest there today? >> reporter: tamron, it was a day of both drama and emotion. first that drama, this individual witness, michelle be

>>> also ahead, the shooting of reeva steenkamp. it wasn't the first time that oscar pistorius fired shots. it wasn't even the second time what is today's troubling testimony reveal about the blade runner and his propensity to fire a weapon? >>> and hitting heroin dealers with homicide charges. the new push to prosecute pushers as fatal heroin overdoses hit new highs in this country. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield, it's tuesday march the 11th and welcome to "legal view." four long days -- >> this is cnn breaking news. >> those are what you call agonizing. four days into the mystery of malaysian airlines flight 370. the director of the cia is now weighing in, and is not ruling anything out. here's john brennan, speaking just minutes ago, in washington. >> i think there's a lot of speculation right now. some claims of responsibility, not confirmed. we are looking at it very carefully. we, cia, are working with fbi and tsa and others, our malaysia january counterparts doing everything they can to put together the pieces her

tiz testimony showing pistorius and girlfriend reeva steenkamp, showing some tense. pistorius she was scared of him. others showed they both had insecurities. >> i was upset that you just left me after we got food to go talk to a guy and i was standing tight behind you. i regard myself as a lady and i didn't feel like one after the way you treated me. >> the expert did not reveal if police recovered any messages from the night pistorius shot and killed steenkamp. he claims he made a mistake thinking he was firing at an intruder. >>> in the terror trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. in closing arguments an attorney for sulaiman abu ghaith said there is a lack of evidence showing the man conspired to kill americans after the 9/11 attacks. he's the highest al qaeda member to face trial in the u.s. since 9/11. he was captured in turkey and brought to united states last year. >>> this helmet cam video was posted on youtube last night showing the daring jump from one world trade center. the 104-story tour built at ground zero. this apparently took place september 30th i

oscar pistorius in the hour or so after he had killed reeva steenkamp, blood on his shorts, exhaustion on his face. he had already carried his girlfriend's body downstairs. now, he stands in his garage on prostatic legs, no longer the global icon. in court today, the first policeman on the scene described finding pistorius. >> it was very emotional. i would say unstable, but emotional. pistorius was quietly taking notes. some of reeva steenkamp's friends were also in court. >> it has been an uncomfortable weekend for oscar pistorius. his defense team has made it seem as if it is the south african police that are on trial. >> today, investigators were accused of stealing, lying, and contaminating vital evidence. and so, the end of another bruising but inconclusive day. bbc news, pretoria. public number of cities, transit was free. paris has been the worst affected. a lack of wind combined with unusually warm temperatures. the hope is that keeping cars off the road will freshen the air. millions will take advantage of the free ride. at least 1500 people have already been killed in iraq t