ron powell was his name. >> at first i'm not thinking i want to go up there. family saying "can you help us," and us metropolitan mark, i thought you know -- >> the victim's family. the accused represented by you because they believe he's independent? >> correct. >> that's a once in a while thing, sort of never happens. >> yeah never. >> reporter: but 14 months after the murder when mark went on trial, the family his, karen's, and theirs filled the galleries every day to support him. >> you were there because you know that person. >> reporter: the judge allowed camera in court but no audio. so he can't play you the testimony of that woman from idaho and decided to conceal her identity. that's the one he texted and phoned and hadn't seen in more than three decades. will still, was to be with her, said the state, that mark killed his wife. on the stand -- >> at one point she said mark had mentioned that if they were meant to be together something bad would have to happen. >> reporter: the woman didn't seem to know what mark meant by that. but the prosecution cla

secretary of state colin powell and you can tweet george your suggestions for questions @gstephanopoulos. thanks again, george. >> thank you, george thanks, dan. >> let's turn to ronother news headlines and we'll begin overseas. >> good morning to you, paula and dan. good morning, everyone. >>> we do begin overseas with two of world's most brutal terrorist groups joining forces. the nigerian islamist group boko haram taking to twitter swearing allegiance to isis. abc's alex marquardt is live in london with more on that and what it means. alex. >> reporter: good morning, ron. that's right. two of the world's most chilling names in global terrorism coming together, boko haram's leader announcing in an audio message they are swearing allegiance to isis. this, of course, is a group that has kill ded thousands in their home country of nigeria and kidnapped those hundreds of schoolgirls last year. now, what this alliance actually means in practical terms has yet to be determined but boko haram now becomes the latest global isis franchise. its brutal ideology on the march around the world now extending all the way from libya and egypt to afghanistan and pakistan and only