the athlete denies intentionally killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp in february last year.porter is following the trial in pretoria and explained the prosecuting lawyer is calling a ballistic witness. >> he's asking him about the bullets pierced through the door killing reeva valentine's day 2013. at the point of contention after the first bullet hurt her hip, did she fall on the magazine rack in the toilet cubicle or not. i think what nel is trying the to do is create space. if reeva was hit on the right hip as she collapsed and as the witness is saying that she fell on that magazine rack. nel thinks that perhaps that would have created enough space for her to scream. that's what he's building up to. thomas, the ballistic expert we understand the witness will call a few more witnesses, psychologist and sound expert to defend oscar pistorius. he says of course it was a mistake when he shot and killed his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp last year. the point behind this is to get a detailed account of whether reeva steenkamp was standing. >> out of four bullet, three hit her

neighbor of oscar pistorius tells during the murder trial he was broken after the killing of reeva steenkamp last year. >>> treatments reverse the effects of human aging. >>> hello again. we're going to begin this hour with breaking news out of nigeri nigerian. reports say the first lady has protested the leader over the response over the missing girls. she accused the government of fabricating the abductions to give what she says is a bad name. 300 were abducted on the 15th of april in the northeast of the country. 276 are still in captivity. our correspondent will ross sent us this report. >> the protests keep coming, this in the coastal city. the message is the same. the girls have been missing almost three weeks. bbc has the first tv interviews with the mothers. they're in agony not knowing the face of their abducted daughters. >> translator: since they were taken away, it's been difficult for us. many people come to our house during the day to sympathize with us. then at night our family stays a wake all night thinking of our daughter and all the other girls and what they're going throu

on the witness stand today was the estate manager where oscar pistorius shot and killed reeva steenkampalentine's day last year. also he's the first person to arrive at the house after being called by oscar pistorius after the shooting. this is how he said when he arrived at house. he described mr. pistorius' demeanor. >> young man walking down the stairs with a lay did i did, young woman in his arms. the scene, the expression on his face, expression of sorrow, expression of pain. he's crying. he's asking god to help him. he was torn apart. broken, desperate, pleading. >> reporter: and tim he was not the only witness this morning. his daughter also took to the stand. she described when she and her father arrived at the pistorius home having seen oscar pistorius carrying reeva steenkamp down the stairs, how frantic it was to try and keep reeva steenkamp alive. >> from the second we walked into the house he was trfrantic. he kept going, please, please can we get her in the car and get her to the hospital? he wanted to get her to the hospital. i told him no, can you please -- when he got t

he said reeva steenkamp was probably in a huddled position when the bullet hit her.oncern, she was falling or had alreadi7 sound like the gunshots. cross-examination is about to begin. mr. nel has asked for a brief adjournment to reconstruct something in the court to make it easier for cross-examination. >> we're getting a bit of breaking news with regard to president putin. victory day for former soviet union countries. we understand roiters has just landed in crimea. of course crimea annexed from ukraine in march. a significant statement if he is in crimea now. there was talk he would go and suggestions he wouldn't. appears he has landed in crimea. we'll keep a cross on that of course. >>> scientists say the search for new medicines is moving deep underwater a. they're hoping closer study of marine life will help them create the next generation of drugs to treat common infections and cancer. there's a warning research could be hampered by lack of regulation in international waters. sarah went to scotland to find out more. >> reporter: around the beautiful coastline

hot pistorius says he shot his steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was an intruder. killed her after an argument. is in moscow, more than 10- thousand russian troops are if marching for the annual victory day parade. honoring millions of victims from world war two. loss'this is happening despite the escalating tensions over ukraine. president vladimir putin opened today's parade, focusing on the war's victory over nazi germany. at victory day is russia's most important non- religious holiday and also gives the country a chance to show their military arsenal. set for today to discuss d- c's "pot policy" sea for the factback in march, the mayor signed a bill that decriminalizes possession of is small amounts of pot. the bill won't take effect until after an ongoing review by congress. histoday's hearing will be the third in a series that a house oversight committee has held examining the conflict between state- level marijuana policies and teams from all over the world are arriving in nigeria to assist in the andrew spencer reports that nigerian borders. new this morni

a neighbor is on the stand right now testifying that he heard a man screaming the night reeva steenkampilled, that after two neighbors testified that pistorius was begging and pleading for help in the moments after that shooting. cnn legal analyst kelly phelps is at the courthouse for us this morning in pretoria. kelly, how does this testimony help the pistorius defense here? >> reporter: well, the screaming evidence was relied on very heavily by the prosecutor in the state's case in order to lay a foundation for the claim of intention to kill. so, they essentially argued that because neighbors had heard a woman screaming, that that must have been reeva steenkamp. therefore, oscar pistorius would have also heard her screaming, and therefore, one must infer that he knew it was reeva steenkamp he was shooting. but now today we're hearing from the immediate next door neighbors of mr. pistorius. this is the house right next door his house. and if you recall, the earlier neighbors were further than 100 meters away, some of them. and these immediate next door neighbors are contradicting the s

the shooting death of his beautiful novembmodel girlfriena steenkamp.expert is weighing in for the defense, saying she did not have her hand over her head when pistorius fired four bullets at her. a key element at what the prosecution's been saying against him. how important is that to the judge? steenkamp locked the bathroom door and nobody can say she wasn't terrified. robyn kurnow is live in pretoria, south africa. the door playing in heavily. give me the wrap-up. >> reporter: absolutely, you saw this clash of wills between the ballistics expert and state prosecutor who are both titans in their fields. you really got a sense of how important this evidence was because of the top examination that he was put under. it got quite personal at times. take a listen to the sound bite. >> you said you're biased. you just wanted to say -- >> no, my lady, i'm not biased. i've testified. i see myself as a witness of this court. i'm here to assist the court with whatever i can. i take exception to the fact that mr. -- says i'm biased. >> i get the exception. i'm m

remember, witnesses say they heard steenkamp scream for her life before the gunshot, but the defense says the screams actually came after the gunshots and they were oscar pistorius screaming in anguish, and the voice expert will explain how the voice could have gotten so high. pistorius tried to explain some of these discrepancies on the stand himself, but he was caught in a number of inconsistencies while he was on the stand. >> the trial continues, trace gallagher, thank you. >> a pilot crashed and died at an air show in california and tens of thousands of people watched it happen. ahead, the details on the upupside down stunt and what we are learning about the pilot who had decades of experience in the cockpit. >> a high school student accused of changing his grades and his classmates' grades. now he faces felony charges. he is a young computer hacker. who was supposed to be about to graduate. now he faces felony charges. we'll cover both sides coming right up. the day we rescued riley, was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the serv

. >> he claims he shot steenkamp in a tragic accident mistaking her for a shooter. the prosecution says he intentionally shot her following a dispute. >> wall street will look to rally after all three markets closed in the red on friday. jeff, big expectations to kick off the the week. >> yeah. but we're a little flat in the european session. and asia wasn't strong. i'm wondering how strong the u.s. will come out of the gate. a lot of people are chewing over that jobs data because even though we saw a big spike, the participation rate was down and we were flat on household income. the market is still grappling with this issue. one bright spot perhaps in europe. the portuguese are finally getting out of their bailout program. this was a three-year, $78 billion euro program that provided them a lifeline. they are leaving that protection here. they say that's a good news story for them. and the markets seem to give these economies the benefit of the doubt. back to you. >> also a new list out of america's favorite stores. who are they? >> wal-mart, mcdonald's and s subw

today we heard from the first person on the scene directly after oscar pistorius shot reeva steenkamp on valentine's day last year. he gave quite dramatic evidence about how he came to the front door at pistorius' house and saw the athlete carrying reeva steenkamp down the stairs, her bleeding body, dripping blood down the staircase as he carried her on his prostatic limbs. then he asked oscar to lay the body on the floor. he said the athlete seemed broken. he was sobbing and praying clearly in a terrible state. at that time already saying he had mistaken her for an intruder. i think that is a quite key message the defense wants to get across through his testimony that oscar pistorius gave that as a reason for the shooting from the very moment that the first people arrived on the scene. it is not a story he concocted subsequently to that day. it is something he has said throughout. that man's daughter is taking the stand, and i imagine she will echo the words he has given. there are about 14 more witnesses for the defense in the next two weeks. >> in nigeria president goodluck jonatha

lawyers called the first person who arrived at the scene to testify pistorius begged steenkamp to stay his commitment to save the young lady's life. when he put his finger in his mouth and tried to keep the airway open to breathe. how he begged author stay with him. how he begged her to keep her alive. no. i saw the truth that morning. i saw it. and i feel it. >> testimony there from yesterday. let's go to cnn legal analyst kelly phillips live at the courthouse in pretoria. kelly, how strong was that testimony yesterday? the first witness to arrive at the scene right after the shooting of reeva steenkamp, and tell help pistorius recover from the fallout of his really tough cross-examination? >> reporter: we know that the purpose of the rest of the defense's case is essentially to lay out a context in which to understand and construe mr. pistorius' testimony and his version of events. certainly yesterday's testimony corroborates it in a fundamental way the aspects of pistorius' testimony that related to the aftermath of the killing. it does lead to a sense of consistency in that version

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the prosecution maintains he and steenkamp. a heated argument and she and ran to the bathroom.torius says there was an intruder in his home and the death of his girlfriend was a horrible mistake. >> a woman heard screaming. >> reporter: in the state's cross-examination, heated exchanges. the prosecutor versus the ballistic expert. >> you showed your bias. you just wanted to say -- that's all. >> no. my lady, i'm not biased. >> reporter: meanwhile, an invitation from the state, off her chair to get a closer view of the bullet holes. >> may i invite the court to observe the toilet from close, close up? >> reporter: a laser exhibit shows the bullet trajectories through the door in a re-creation of pistorius' bathroom. in a cross-examination, he stuck to his interpretation that physical evidence tells a story that will be interpreted differently by different experts, based on their experience. >> my lady, what happened behind that door we will never know. >> reporter: this week we also heard from some of oscar pistorius's immediate neighbors, who testified to hearing a man screamin

they say steenkamp was cowering behind the door in fear after a heated argument and pistorius deliberately fired. this cause ad heated exchange. >> i brought the photos of the deceased. he went up and he went -- and nearly came back -- >> why would that be an answer to my question? that he vomited because he saw a photograph? why would that be an answer to my question? >> my lady. jon: you asked me if i consulted with him and i said no. and he went out. that's why i have answered the question because he never dame back into the consultation room. >> i show you bias. you just wanted to say that the accused vomited. that's all. >> my lady, i'm not biased. i'm 55, i see myself as a witness of this court and i'm here to assist the court wherever i can and i, i take exception to the fact that mr. nel says i'm biased. >> i note your exception. i'm making inference from the evidence. >> you can make a inference what you like, mr. nel. i have never lied in the court. jenna: meantime we're now hearing from one of our reporters who had an exclusive exchange with a member of the pistorius family. joi

pistorius admits shooting and killing steenkamp, but he says he mistook her for an intruder in the middlehe night. experts are taking another look at the path they believe missing malaysia flight 370 took before it disappeared. they want to ensure that search crews have been looking in the right place. officials from malaysia, australia and china met today to work out the next steps in the search. which will most likely center the search on a patch of seafloor in the indian ocean off western australia. flight crews have logged more than three-thousand hours searching from the air the search is expected to cost 60 million dollars for the flight that disappeared on march 8th with 239 on board record rainfall has causing some major flooding in parts of croatia. many homes have been flooded in the region of slavonia. right now, firefighters are helping residents pump water out of their basements. they are also trying to strengthen leeves at this time to preven further flooding. injuries. a fast-moving wildfire continues to burn in central oklahoma. it has devoured at least 20 homes and scorch

pistorius claims he sthought steenkamp was an incrudtruintru. clamp that secured a metal structure to the ceiling cable gave way sending the framework crashing to the ground in the middle of a hair hanging stunt. the-/vb;psáuj wire walker nick linda is pushing for regulations in the industry. >> there is no safety standards in our industry because what we do is so dangerous. when there's a failure there's a chance it could have been prevented. i wasn't there and stuff happens and accidents are called accidents because they are out of our control. >> osha is investigating whether workplace safety violations played a part. >> 7 square miles ofñland charred. one man who refused to leave his home actually died. weather conditions are making it an uphill battle for firefighters. the next chance of rain arrives tomorrow. the head of the american league gone calling on top va officials to resign assalzations rockgq&t agency. you know how difficult it is for the veterans. here's the deal. when it battled the u.s.ca?e m tear leave no man behind the vete

arguing someone else was in the house the night she shot steenkamp. the housekeeper the man has not been called to testify. >> a man in dc testified about a checkpoint. the secret service said matthew goldstein said he was trying to carry a motorcade carrying daughter sasha and malia as well. he' facing charges of unlawful entry. >> a school board meeting. >> what are you charging with? >> disorderly conduct. >> william bear was given two minutes to express his concerns when he refused to stop talking he was arrested. at the center of the controversy the books 19 minutes was assigned to his daughter's english class. bear says there's a love scene in this book that is more like an x-rated movie. school officials stand by the book saying it has been part of the curriculum since 2007. they will require all parents to sign off on controversial materials. >> we want to know was this free speech? was the father's free speech violated? send us comments at facebook or twitter or foxnews.com and we will read some of the comments later in the show. >>> the tim

oscar pistorius shot reba sce steenkamp.recalñed the phone call to i am had he said this, "i shot reba i thought she was an intru intruder. please come quick." he found the athlete praying and crying when he arrived. >> this morning tea party groups will be protesting outside of the high school. they are supporting rights to wear american flag t-shirts today this comes after a courtç ruled in february that the school was legally allowed to ban students from wearing the shirts. they thought white students wearing american flag t-shirts on cinco de mayo would cause fights. >> they are finally having their dream wedding. they have been married for 43 years but have never had a proper ceremony. your honori uncle cy gave her her first diamond ring after the two say i do. they partied with the rest of the duck crew at a green and purple themed reception. >> speaking of the duck crew we are going to hear from jake robertson later p on the show. he is going to join us at 8:50 eastern time. congratulations to uncle si and christine.

pistorias shot steenkamp. standing on stumps or the floor. scared and was his testimony credible. allegations and suspicions are not enough to convict somebody. it has to be beyond a reasonable doubtine in south africa despite the allegations and suspicions, he will be found not guilty of murder but cupable homicide and acquittal. >> it doesn't matter you said if he is on the the legs and stumps. you believe the prosecution showed he wanted to murder reeva. >> there is no legal answer to fire in a bathroom door if you think your girlfriend is in bed. four shots and starting with the hip and head. neighbors heard her scream. his store tore doesn't make sense. >> the defense is looking to close their version. the first report seemed to fit what the prosecutor had to say. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> the washington monument reopens today after suffering for major damage from an earthquake. 150 cracks were repaired in the memorial honors george washington. visitors can take an elevator to the stop of the opulless. >> and it is just a matte

called several witnesses to challenge the state's claim he deliberately killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp a couple who lived close to pistorius claims to have heard bangs and a man crying in contrast to neighbors who heard a woman scream. here's what one neighbor said. >> i said physically there's a difference between one crying hthere's crying that's intentional when you physically need help. jaerÑiñzi person desperate for help. also we felt probably it was intentional. >> was it loud? > >> very loud. >> i asked if it was a low tone or high tone. >> very high pitch voice. >> did you know it was? >> at that moment when i spoke, i said could be one of my neighbors. i was not sure where it was coming from. >> that's earlier in the courts. stay with us on bbc news. much more to come. in over a month the world cup is due to kick off in this stadium. the fans are certainly ready. as for the stands, might be a bit of a stretch. [paintball noises] the annual company retreat. planned, as usual, by this guy. nature lover... people person. ♪ and you put up with it all... because he also booked you

pistorius continues to stand on his claim that he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, by a ballistics expert is on the stand for the second time continuing his testimony he started on thursday. >> he's talking about the gun wounds to the body of reeva steenkamp. we have our legal analyst kelly phelps outside the courtroom in pretoria. she joins us now. kelly, today's proceedings have just gotten underway, but talk to me about what happened yesterday. there was a witness that seemed to surprise everyone. what kind of testimony did she provide? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. we saw a surprise witness take to the stand, a surprise even to the defense. she was a social worker and probation officer who had been appointed to look after mr. pistorius's emotional welfare in the immediate after math of the killings and particularly to watch over him over bail and be sure he complies with his bail conditions. she approached the defense of her own volition this week, just this week, and requested to take the stand after hearing reports in the media that mr. pistorius was faking his e

pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. yesterday a psychiatrist testified that pistorius has "general anxiety disorder." that pistorius undergo a psychiatric evaluation to see if his mental health is an issue. the judge granted that request today. this could delay the trial for at least a month. pistorius' defense has always been that he shot and killed steenkamp by mistake. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. many of the northern suburbs continue to dry out this morning, as flood waters slowly recede. route 41 near route 176 remains closed in lake bluff ... where flood waters cut off residents and several businesses yesterday. lake bluff received more than four inches of rain monday. lake bluff schools were closed yesterday due to the flooding. a flood warning continues along the des plaines river in lake county and in des plaines. a rescue operation continues after an explosion kills 205 people inside a coal mine in turkey. more than 200 workers are still trapped in a mine shaft that's about two-thirds

neighbors having heard screaming and claiming it was the screams of a woman and that being reeva steenkampect them to have other witnesses say no, it was mr. pistorius screaming. so getting witnesses on the stand that strike at central parts of the state's case, because after all, all the defense needs to do is lay a foundation for some reasonable doubt rather than proving their case. >> many thanks to kelly joining us from outside the court in south africa. >>> in odessa, ukraine, prosecutors are opening an investigation into the release of 67 protesters. >> the prisoners were arrested during the confrontations on friday that sparked a huge fire and left 46 people dead. ukraine's prime minister charges that russian special forces are responsible for that you know rest. and closer to the border with russia, a fragile truce is in place. >> that's where the militants attacked police bases earlier in the weekend. as arwa damon shows, protesters have grown bold and show no fear of government authorities. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the deadline was 6:00 p.m. saturday, and when reinforcements from

prosecutors say he murdered reeva steenkamp after arguing on valentine's day.e said it was all an accident, he thought she was an intruder. >>> pakistan military claims it shot off a missile contain agnew clear warhead. there it goes. they did not say where they launched it. they claim the mistle has a range of less than 200 miles. >>> and check this. cops say they're looking for a man who set fire in bank while wearing a mini skirt. >> the suspect was wearing a black style mini skirt, something that typically a female would wear. >> happened sunday north of austin. we're just getting video now. police say they do not think he stole anything. the fire burned itself out. the mini skirt? -- >> a major american city has a 20,000-ton problem collecting dust understood growth. a mammoth drill is stuck effectively halting a million-dollar traffic project and wait till you hear what it might take to get moving again. >>> and whoever's the next president of the united states, they might get to fly around in a new chopper. we'll show you the new marine one. it's great.

prosecutors say pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp after an argument. pistorius testified it was an accident because he thought she was a burglar. today his next door neighbor testified that she heard someone crying and screaming for help that night. this is the 7-th defense witness, out a possible 14, to take the stand. yesterday, another witness testified that pistorius tried to revive steenkamp after he shot her. dozens have pro-russian insurgents were killed in ukraine today during an operation to remove anti- government forces. ukraine's interior minister says 30 pro-russian fighters died in donetsk when they were ambushed by goverment troops. four ukraine soldiers also died today in fighting in the city of slovyansk and another twenty were injured. the government has ordered all flights in and out of donetsk be cancelled. dozens of troops have been killed since the government began a push against pro-russian insurgents last friday. defense secretary chuck hagel visits the chicago area today. he'll speak at the fairmont hotel, at an event hosted by

his lawyers are trying to convince the judge that pistorius shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. >>> dozens of people were injured in a stampede following the -- an estimated 50 people were treated at scene. authorities later determined the noise the crowd heard was not gunshots but a partition falling in a nearby food court. >>> three teenagers accused of stealing comic bookstore. instead he put the teenagers to work on saturday. the comic bookstore owner says sales skyrocketed. >> that is a good way of putting it. >>> time is 4:56. coming upstanding united in the face of a national controversy. the new video just released by students at a morgan hill high school as police and parents fear for their safety today. >> well, the run for the nba championship may be over, but this morning the golden state warriors players have a job to do as speculation swirls about the job security of head coach mark jackson. >>> right now we are looking at a decent commute. there is one trouble spot that is not causing too much of a slow down. we'll tell you about that. >> some may rain is possible to

saying he was begging, pleading, praying, for reeva steenkamp to stay alive.n, pretoria. >> defense attorney mel robbins and cnn legal analyst paul kallen and former prosecutor. apart from the tears making a big splash at this day in court, there was something i thought that was significant. the prosecutor under cross examination was able to get this witness, this estate manager, through the tears and all the rest, to admit that, in fact, oscar pistorius didn't say to him he'd accidentally done it because he thought his girlfriend was an intruder, that is something he added to the story. big when you're dealing with a judge who is deciding fact. >> that's an enormous concession, ashleigh, to get in a cross examination. i mean, he's throwsing a defense into his view of the evidence. it's not there. he's making it up. >> tells you what kind of guy he is is big supporter. >> of course he's a big supporter. this is like having elvis live in your condo development. the most famous athlete in south africa. of course he's going to be on his side. >> i always say frie

during a break oscar pistorius reportedly walked over to a friend of reeva steenkamp and asked, quoten you sleep at night? the court hear from throw of the runners neighbors, and paul is live on the phone. paul, tell us more about this alleged intimidation by pit storeas? what happened? >> indeed. this alleged intimidation is now been confirmed by several sources. according to the lawyer for riva steenkamp's friend, the blade runner came over to her and what the lawyer told us was that in an extremely sinister tone whispered, how can you sleep at night? she was seen recoiling in shock and a senior police officers nine-reportedly heard the comment and immediately went and informed the lead prosecutor. kim meyers has independently confirmed the incident. she said this was very --ing disturbing and nasty as myer may be called as a witness in mitigation of sentence if the athlete is convicted of the murder. claims pistorius' bail conditions could now be changed, and put the blade runner in a cell. but right now, no one else is saying that yet. gretchen. >> what actually happened in the ac

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now we are between the dispute between the state and defense as to when last reeva steenkamp would have eaten before she died. we know that the state argued that it was two hours before she died, and therefore, this contradicted pistorius's version of events. but today's expert is saying that this is a wholly speculative science and that one cannot say with any reliability exactly how many hours before she died she would have eaten from learning that from her stomach contents. >> how critical is this testimony, kelly, to the defense case? >> reporter: well, it's critical in the sense that, first of all, the state's version on the gastric emptying undermined a specific part of pistorius's testimony. so, if the defense can get it back on the record that this is, in fact, such an inprecise science, that would lend credibility to that part of pistorius's testimony. and in a broader sense, it's critical, because we know that physical evidence always has its own story to tell. and often, that story is considered by a court to be much more reliable than the human stories that we hear from lay

because it could determine whether or not pistorius was criminally responsible when he shot reeva steenkamp dead. a month after islamist group haram-- group boko kidnapped 200 girls, the government has been unable to free them. on monday, chibok was attacked again. the questions are increasing on whether or not the nigerian army is up to the task. >> oil-rich nigeria is now africa's biggest power. 20,000 men are deployed in the country's northern states where boko haram's islamist rebels are based, get the army appears to be unable to take action against the insurgents who repeatedly attacked the population. >> first, nigeria has a big army, which is not adapted for an asymmetrical battle. second, it is corrupt. and a corrupt army is more durable in these asymmetric wars, because -- is vulnerable in these asymmetric wars, because boko haram can recruit sympathizers in the troops. army was awaree that boko haram was planning to attack the high school, but they sent no reinforcements to the town where only 17 soldiers were based. poorly equipped, nigerian soldiers often don't try to confront

actions may have been affected by an anxiety disorder when he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp'll spend seven hours a day at the hospital for up to 30 days. >> out-patient treatment. >> right. >> come and go as he pleases, in a way. a political different system. >> a little different treatment, yeah. >> interesting. >>> the king of thailand has now endorsed a military coup that seized power after months of turmoil and deadly clashes in bangkok. the blessing of the king, who is widely revered across that nation, could ease tensions there. and cnn has learned that the former prime minister has been freed from military custody. the army is expected to name an interim prime minister and a legislative council there. >>> sweep rejected. the thunder battle back from two games down, picking up a win against the spurs. >> joe carter has all the playoff action in the "bleacher report," next. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira h

he's charged with murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he admits shooting her but said it was an accident. police say he shot her as they argued. pistorius is the first amputee to run in the olympics. >> indiana health officials who say a patient has been diagnosed with middle east respiratory or mers is improving. on april 24th he flew from reodd, lauchb, to chicago and took a bus to indiana. three days later fever, cough, and shortness of breath developed. the next day he was admitted. the travel led the state's health department to test for mers. >> we're working with partners in england and othering around the world to make sure that the people who were on the airplanes are contacted and notified to be on the lookout for signs or symptoms. >> reporter: the mers virus was first located in 2001. all the cases can be traced back to the arabian peninsula. those six countries have 88 of the deaths. >> the treatment for these patients is symptomatic and physiolog physiologic. take care of them, watch their breathing, we may assist their bre

we knew that oscar pistorius fired the four bullets into this door, killing reeva steenkamp inside.istorius seemed to change his testimony when grilled by prosecutor nel, saying his gun just went off that night by accident. while nel got pistorius to break down. >> i don't have to look at her picture. i was there. >> reporter: can his defense hold up his story? for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> abc chief legal affairs anchor, dan abram, is here with much more on this. the defense indicating they're just getting started. >> come on. just getting started? this isn't a case about whodunit. he admits he did it. the most important question is why? all of the other witnesses will be interesting and they're going to be relevant. and the defense hopes they're going to poke some holes in the prosecution's theories, et cetera. but the bottom line is, the heart of this case has happened already. it was oscar pistorius. and the rest of these witnesses, i think, are going to be just additional information the defense hopes lead to reasonable doubt. >> what do they do

he denies intentionally killing reeva steenkamp.orld health organization says alcohol abuse kills more than 3 million people every year. it has called on governments to do more to reduce harmful drinking. it says excessive consumption is linked to more than 200 diseases. europeans are the heaviest drinkers with belarus topping the list. the u.n. says nearly half of all adults worldwide have never touched alcohol. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come, the voting has ended in india's election. one result is the turnout was at record levels. the british and american troops returning home from afghanistan and re-assimilating back to daily life can often be a battle of a different sort. according to a british charity, the number of veterans seeking treatment for mental health has increased dramatically. we have more on this trend. for 13 years, british forces have been deployed to afghanistan. in that time, tens of thousands have served on the front lines and in supporting roles. the war itself may soon be over. but so

heard testimony today from saunder, the first person pistorius said he called after he shot reeva steenkamp last year. he lived in the same gated community as pistorius. >>> 4:51. still ahead on "today in the bay" a giant blow to the giants' pitching staff. >>> warriors and clippers. why police had to be called to the locker room following that devastating game seven loss. >>> and a look out towards fremont where traffic moves very smoothly and we look at 880 further north and tell you what is going on there and any slow downs across the san mateo bridge, coming up. >>> welcome back. here as we take a live look at the bay bridge this morning on this fine monday morning. it's 4:54. one of the giants biggest stars headed to the disabled list. the team has placed pitcher matt cain on the 15-day dl. cain was scratched from his start last tuesday after he cut his finger with a knife. he was making a sandwich in the giant's clubhouse. he said he would be good to go in pittsburgh instead petit is expected to start. recall jake dunning to take cain's spot on the roster. >>> the warriors will clean

oscar pistorius denies deliberately killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp last week, and says he shotough a toilet door after smoking her for an intruder. >> in south africa elections approached. there's dissatisfaction with the recalling a.n.c. because of poverty that grips large parts of the country. the eastern capes is regarded as the poorest. almost 90% has no electricity. we met a resident. a 31-year-old. >> i live here in this shack. this area is closer to the town, due to the fact of where we are located and placed here by the apartheid system. it was a town then but now it's not a town, it's the worst of the worst area to live in. here this is the toilet. if you check, there's no privacy. look at that. children coming into this toilet - my humanity has been taken away. who can live in such conditions. sups, i don't know when -- since, i don't know when, they say they are going to build the houses. inside, this is how of situation is, when it's raping, it's poring inside. for those there's nothing they can do. they buy a cappedle or live in -- candle or live in the dark. that'

oscar pistorius denies killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he says he shot through a toilet door, smoking her for an intruder. >>> malaysia, china and australia will continue to search for the missing malaysian plane and will strengthen cooperation. they'll re-assess data from the 2 million square kilometres of ocean. at one point it was narrowed to 10 [ kilometres after black box siingless from detected. it found nothing. >>> a ship collided with another container vessel and sunk, it's a serious incident in a busy port since 2012. >>> china is hosting asia's largest conference on mobile internets. they run 600 million internet users in china. 80% access the web via their smartphones. adrian brown is at the conference. >> reporter: this is a contradirection. today this posts 600 million internet users, and they are getting their information using smartphones. 80% of chinese internet users use a smartphone to access the web. china is the biggest smartphone market in the world. that said, of course, china is a country which has some of the tigh

pistorious denies deliberately killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp last year and says he shot throught door after mistaking her for an intruder. australia changing family law to make it easier to adopt children from abraked but there have been scandals in the past and relaxing the process might not be a good idea as andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: when he was nine months old they adopted her from thailand where she was living in an orphanage but it's unusual and there were 129 adoptions by parents and they are years of bureaucracy and heartache. >> it goes on and on and on and on and it got to the point where i think everybody was just getting warn out with the wait. >> reporter: australia's government announced agreements with other countries to simplify adoptions of children by use trail -- of australian couples. >> i have a new hope for parents without children and significant new hope for children without parents. >> reporter: to those with children adopted from abroad and helping others do the same the overhaul is welcome. >> less complications, less negativity, a streamlined

from anxiety disorder which may have played a role when he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. oscar pistorius claim he shot her by mistake thinning she was an intruder. the prosecution argues that he killed her after an argument intenseally. the judge says that the 30 day evaluation will ensure oscar pistorius get as fair trial. >>> today is national transportation board will talk about how tires play a role in hundreds of deadly car accidents including the age of tires. the tires that look sturdy can come across six years after being made. the companies have worked to defeat proposed laws to inspect tires in eight different states for aging problems and industry group disputes the six year guideline and calls it "arbitrary." >>> is there an electric frisk car in your future? bay area transofficials -- transportation officials hope so. cornell looks at what it will cost you. >> it plugs in. in the future many of us could be plugging in, not filling in the cars. now they are a mystery. even the mechanics have wees. >> the cars are so new we do not know their longevity. >> caro

the clearest portrait yet of oscar pistorius in the frantic moments after he shot reeva steenkamp.ense is trying to claw back after pistorius was mauled last month in cross-examination trying to show that his version of events still stands up and that all that emotion we've seen in court is but a fraction of the agony he felt that night. they were the first tortured words out of pistorius' mouth. >> please, please, please, come to my house. i shot reeva. i thought she was an intruder. please, please, please come quick. >> reporter: uttered by pistorius, the first person he called the night he shot his girlfriend, the budding reality star reeva steenkamp. johan stander then rushed to his house. >> it was a young man walking down the stairs with a lady -- with a young woman in his arms. i could see she had a head wound. >> reporter: stander and his daughter ka crease testified for the defense in his murder trial. they arrived just minutes after the bullets ripped into reeva, now dying in pistorius' arms. >> he was begging me to put her in the car to take her to the hospital. >> repor

. >> say yes, i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> i did, milady. >> reporter: so punishing defenseources say pistorius, who pleaded not guilty, spent the last couple of weeks recuperating with family. his team is expected to call to the stand 11 witnesses. among them, an audio expert who will try to discount the damaging testimony of so-called ear witnesses, like anette stipp. >> i heard a lady screaming. terrified, terrified screaming. >> reporter: the expert is likely to bolster his claim that he sounds like a woman when he's distressed. and may even provide a sample of his screaming. and finally, expect a psychologist, says legal expert emma sadler. >> he'll of course raise the fact that he's disabled. he has a heightened sense of vulnerability. >> reporter: and therefore, more likely to shoot when threatened. sources close to the defense say the prosecution hasn't provided a motive for the murder. no jealous e-mails or text messages, save for this one she wrote him more than two weeks before the shooting. >> i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you react t

was shot, directly contradicting other neighbors, who said they think they heard steenkamp herself.legal analyst kelly phelps is at the courthouse for us this morning in pretoria. kelly, this seems to be a major part of the defense case. is it enough to overcome what others have said? >> reporter: well, it is a crucial part of the defense case, and it can potentially overcome what the others have said, particularly if you consider the proximity of these neighbors in comparison with the earlier neighbors. so, earlier neighbors that testified that they heard a woman screaming was as far as 170 meters away. and today, we've heard from the two neighbors who were immediately next door to pistorius's house, estimated to be under 20 meters away. so, there is an issue of credibility there. and of course, that doesn't necessarily mean that the earlier neighbors' testimony was untrustworthy, but it could lead the judge to conclude that those earlier neighbors were simply mistaken as to what they heard. >> defense is moving quickly here. how much longer might this testimony take? >> reporter:

pistorius has admitted to shooting his girlfriend, viva steenkamp, last year. a psychiatrist told the court this week that he suffered from an anxiety disorder. >>> at least 20 workers at two hospitals in orlando are being monitored after coming in contact with a patient infected by mers, or the middle east respiratory syndrome. so far, only two cases have been confirmed in the u.s. a patient in indiana was hospitalized 12 days and released last week. the second, a saudi resident, who was visiting family remains hospitalized in orlando this morning in good condition. a health advisory is now in effect at all major u.s. airports in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. the federal government is stepping up efforts to keep mers out of the country. >> the president has been briefed on this development. the cdc is taking the current situation very seriously and is working in close coordination with local health authorities. >> mers started in the middle east and jumped from bats to camels and now to humans. there have been cases confirmed in 17 countries, m

pistorius has admitted to shooting his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, last year. a psychiatrist told the court this week that he suffered from an anxiety disorder. >>> well, at least 20 workers at two hospitals in orlando are being monitored after coming in contact with a patient infected by mers, or the middle east respiratory syndrome. and so far, only two cases in the u.s. have been confirmed. a patient in indiana was hospitalized 12 days and released last week. the second, a saudi resident who was visiting family, remains hospitalized in orlando this morning in good condition. a health advisory is now in effect at all major u.s. airports in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. the federal government is stepping up efforts to keep mers out of the country. >> the president has been briefed on this development. cdc is taking the current situation very seriously and is working in close coordination with local health authorities. >> now, mers started in the middle east and jumped from bats to camels and now to humans. there have been cases confirmed in 17

a neighbor said pistorius was torn apart in the moments after he shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp.there was an intruder in his home and he says he shot her by mistake. >>> also listen to this. lady gaga's fans known as little monster are up in arms after hearing her concert may be in jeopardy. it conflicts with the wizards playoff attempts on may 15th. little monsters up in arms. that's it for "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> she's not your typical candidate. conservative joni ernst. a lieutenant army colonel who carries more than just lipstick in her purse. joni ernest will take aim at wasteful spending. and she's going to unload. oh and one more thing. joni doesn't miss much. >> give me a shot. >> oh, my goodness.

has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his judgment when he shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkampback drop of the tappan zee bridge to kick off a speech about funding. he will also speak at the dedication of the 9/11 memorial museum coming up tomorrow. >>> and the 67th cannes film festival kicks off today in the south of france. the festival will preview some of the biggest films this year. we look forward to seeing that kick off. that's going to do it for a wednesday edition of "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> the top democrat in the u.s. senate majority leader harry reid has now mentioned the bill nra koch brothers this year more than 140 times. >>er in in it to make the money. an attempt to buy our democracy. it's dishonest, deceptive, farce and unfair. >> it is wrong. incorrect. [ laughter ] erroneous. [ laughter ] >> even the keystone debate, mr. president, they're one of the main owners of all that stuff up there. that ugly tar stuff in canada. they are, if not the largest, second largest owner of that stuff up there. [ laughter ]

reeva steenkamp lived at the myers house at the time of her death. and myers has been critical of pistorius. even speaking out after his arrest. >> we hope that justice will prevail. >> reporter: if it's true, it's the kind of remark that reeva complained about just weeks before he shot her in his bathroom last year. >> i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me. >> reporter: pistorius who pleaded not guilty, flatly denied the incident, telling reporters he hasn't talked to myers in weeks. and no one but myers claims to have heard anything said to her. >> tensions are going to be high at any trial at this point. and you can see it from this accusation today that tensions are really starting to explode. >> reporter: tensions, perhaps heightened by pistorius' need to raise cash for miss legal fees. he put his house up for sale. the house where reeva died. it was sold tuesday at a discounted price. with the defense wrapping up its case, court sorts tell abc news, that a verdict is possible by the end of the month. for "good morning america," mat