plus, the prosecution is calling oscar pistorius a liar and a murderer. e of the fastest m esest kill his girlfriend on valentine's day? what really happened in the last few days of her life? we're there for the crucial details. and how 91,000 veroni roonica m viewer viewers inspire a movie. >> good evening. and thanks for joining us. as we come on the air, the mystery of missing flight 370 deepens. a desperate rush to identify what's in those images released just a few hours ago. as the world asks, is this the missing plane? captured by a chinese satellite, three floating objects found in the search zone. one of them nearly 80 feet long. no confirmation yet on whether the objects are, in fact, debris from the plane. experts say that will require firsthand inspection. later on in this broadcast, we'll report on some of the conspiracy theories surrounding the flight. but now we move our attention to south africa where a new day is about to begin in court for the so-called blade runner, oscar pistori pistorius. on trial for allegedly murdering his girlfriend

the prosecution have called witness number 80. michel berger heard blood occurred elling screams she said in the early hours of valentine's day 2013. she was questioned just before the court broke for lunch. this report on the day's events so far. >> reporter: oscar pistorius is escorted into the high court in the heart of pretoria for one of the most high-profile trials to ever take place in this country. hundreds turned out in the drizzle to see the arrival of the double amputee who rose to become a sporting hero and celebrity. there's an encampment of television crews from south africa and around the world. even a television drone made an appearance. relatives of both oscar pistorius and his girlfriend reeva steenkamp present. at the start of the trial, he was asked to plead to the central charge of murder as well as firearms charges related to separate occasions. >> did you understand the charges, mr. pistorius? >> i do. i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> reporter: michel berger described how she and her husb

>> the prosecution has named more than a dozen neighbors as potential witnesses. d by karyn maughan, said they heard arguing and shots followed by the screams of a woman and then further shots. >> people said we had gunshot, scream, gunshot, scream. it's going to be pretty much hard for you to argue that you still didn't know that the person screaming was your girlfriend. >> that looks bad for oscar pistorius. consider one last detail. a security guard phoned oscar shortly after the shooting to see if everything was in order. according to the report, oscar said he was fine and never asked for their assistance and did not make a report about the shooting incident. if that's true, how will oscar ever be able to explain it away? >>> coming up, the latest from oscar himself. his message to the world, and a look inside his life now. >> oscar is struggling a lot with what has happened. he keeps saying i've done this, i killed her. the kind of emotional devastation is real. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. neut

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the prosecution isn't trying to prove that oscar killed her. everybody knows that. he doesn't deny it. the question is why. if she thought she is a burglary he could bet no jail time at all. if they believe there was an argument and he killed her in some fit of ranl, that could mean life in prison for him. testimony like this that we heard from the text messages yesterday could make all the difference. take a listen. >> i do everything to make you happy and to not say anything to rock the boat with you. you do everything to throw tantrums in front of people. i have been upset by you for days, for two days now. i'm so upset. i left the party early. so upset. i can't get that day back. i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and how you will act to me. >> reporter: john, oscar pistorius has always denied there was an argument the night he shot her. he said i'm unable to comprehprd on what basis the state would rely on the possibility of an argument. you can't allege there was an argument. we heard neighbors testify they heard screaming before the shots and n

the prosecution's theory was this. ked michael if she could use his computer to receive an e-mail about a sunday morning conference call. >> kathleen was not allowed in michael's office, nobody was. but that night because she had that important meeting in the morning, michael allowed her to get this one particular e-mail. she forgot her laptop at work. >> it was in his office that prosecutors believe she stumbled upon a series of explicit e-mail exchanges between her husband and an escort. his name, soldier top brad. his website was a beef cake pose complete with dog tags. >> he performed every service under the sun. happily for pay. he was a male prostitute. >> you have great reviews and i would like to get together peterson wrote in one e-mail. i've never done escort but used to pay to blank a super macho guy who played lacrosse. i'm very bi and that's all there is to it. >> what type of service did you perform? >> oh, wow. that's pretty broad. >> on the witness stand, the escort told the jury that just three months b

in south africa the prosecution needs only to convince one person. ere is no jury, just the judge. and only one man who knows the truth. and oscar pistorius could testify as early as this week. for "nightline" i'm matt gutman in pretoria, south africa. >> our thanks to matt gutman from a dramatic day in court. >>> next up for us, hate to work out? what if you only had to for a few seconds? say, 20 seconds. when jake and i first set out on we ate anything. but in time you realize the better you eat, the better you feel. these days we both eat smarter. and i give jake purina cat chow naturals. made with real chicken and salmon, it's high in protein like a cat's natural diet. and no added artificial flavors. we've come a long way. and whatever's ahead, we'll be there for each other. naturally. purina cat chow naturals. yeah. i heard about progressive's "name your price" tool? i guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options to choose from. huh? i'm looking at it right now. oh, yeah? yeah. what's the... guest room sit

one more doubt removed, said the prosecution. oddy investigation. >> the come bntamination, not o potential contamination, there was dwactual contamination in ts case. >> narrator: the case against steve had an even bigger flaw. >> you cannot put steve democker in that house where there was a horrific murder a bloody murder, you can't put him in the house. >> no dna, no blood? >> you don't find any dna on him of carols anywhere. you don't find his dna anywhere in the house. >> narrator: but a full five years after carol's death, steve was still in jail, and the case finally went to trial again. new defense attorney, a new prosecution team. who, it soon became clear, had during the long delay spent some call time honing their argument against steve. >> carol kennedy had no enemies. this was not a burglary or a robbery. no valuables are missing, no overwhelming evidence in this case points to the defendant. and at the close of that evidence, we will ask you to returning verdicts of guilty on all charges and especially first-degree m

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he is a convicted terrorist and served six years in his part of the shoe bomb plot. ed a prosecution is going to try and prove that he knew that the defendant around the time of 9/11. more than that when he was accused of saying things wave after wave of commercial aircraft coming in as bombs continue, that those weren't hollow words. they were linked to a specific plot. in this case the shoe bomb plot. they think that the jury will recognize that the defendant and that they are very different people and he is not a terro terrorist. >> give us the background of the case. >> reporter: well, the background to the case is that the opening arguments from the prosecution is that on septemb september 12, 2001, was asked by osama bin laden if he would help spread his murderous decree, and prosecution held up a picture. he said here is the world trade center on fire. while our buildings were burning, this man, pointing to the defendant, was saying yes to osama bin laden, yes i will help you. defense said you have been looking at too many films. this man is a father, an imam, he may have said

one of the things that troubled me was the prosecution said the pubic hair inside her panties was fromiller. but it was not uncommon for teresa to put her mom's panties on. so maybe that pubic hair was already there. >> records show that the prosecution took steps to connect the hair to duckett. >> the hair analysis, shopping it around, the florida department, law enforcement told them no, there is nothing there. >> fdle said the hair was probably not mine, 28 out of 3030 characteristics did not match mine. >> they said the state of dna at the time was, we can't do anything with it. >> so we went to the fbi because they're the mac daddy of labs. and we asked them to take a look at it. >> mike malone is the fbi expert. he testified and says oh, yeah, this is jim duckett's hair, consistent, you have the pre preeminent investigator saying it is truth. that is powerful evidence. >> with dna evidence not available at the time of trial, the prosecution relied on evidence not used today. >> i consulted a couple of experts, there was no way, anybody could say that that pubic hair belonged to j

complain that pubic hair was already there in those panties. >> the records show the prosecution took steps to connect the pubic hair to duckett. >> the sheriff's department with the hair analysis, shopping it around. the florida department of law enforcement told them, nope, ain't nothing there. >> fdle said that hair was probably not mine. 28 out of 30 characteristics didn't match the hair. >> nope, ain't nothing there. >> they said we can't do it because there is no root. the state of dna testing at the time was we can't do anything with it. >> we went to the fbi. they're the mac daddy of labs. and we asked them to take a look at i. >> mike malone is the fbi expert. he tested it and he comes up and says oh, yeah, this is mike duckett's hair. so you have the preeminent investigative agency saying it is jim duckett's hair. that's powerful evidence to a jury. there is no question they're going on believe that. >> with advance dna science not yet available at the time of the trial the prosecution relied on inexact hair testing methods yielding results that would not be accepted in a co

he's now serving life in a maximum security prison here in the united states. buthe prosecution wants to show that the words used by the sulalaman abu ghaith were not hollow. >> new information has been released outlining the security plans for next month's boston marathon. there will be 130 soldiers along the route. backpacks will be restricted and people are requested to bring their personal items in clear bags. >>> judges considering new evidence that a top pentagon lawyer may have interfered whether or not to accept a plea deal, and if found guilty he will spend life in prison. >>> supporters of two teams were victims of florida's stand your ground law. al sharpton and the parents of those slain teens are leading a rally to overturn the controversial measure. what do the protesters hope to accomplish today? >> reporter: well good afternoon, del. the protesters and marchers here in tallahassee have a specific message for state lawmakers. they want to repeal stand your ground law that was inacted in 2005. speakers want residents to understand how the law works which could effe

. >> reporter: it was an attempt by the prosecution to paint pistorius as a hot head. international media coverage of the trial the court forbid. >> the state came out strong this morning. by the end of the day one has to say the defense were completely buoyant walking out of court. i think they feel they did very well with mr. frisco's testimony this afternoon. >> reporter: robyn kurnow, cnn at the pistorius trial in pray tore yeah, south africa. >> let's dig deeper now with a forensic scientist, also with us senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeff did the prosecution score points today talking about the contents of her stomach, amount of urine in her bladder? >> i think they scored points every day. this has been a case that has gone very well for the prosecution. the prosecution has a story that this was a fight that this couple had, and he shot her in the bathroom in a fit of rage. that story fits with virtually every piece of evidence. the idea that he made a mistake and shot what he thought was an intruder, there really is not much evidence to support his view

the star witness for the prosecution will testify via video from london. t to hear today? >> good morning from lower manhattan. this is the star witness for the prosecution, a britain and he is a convicted terrorist. you remember the shoe bomb plot where he tried to light explosives in his shoes, richard reid is serving time and the witness was convicted of conspiracy in the plat. he served six years in the u.k. but authorities let him out, because he became a super in former, telling authorities everything they wanted to know around al-qaeda around the time of the 9/11 plot. the prosecution is seeking today to prove that he knew the defendant on trial here and also that the defendant spoke in videos with and i was of aircraft coming to the united states as bombs he meant it and the shoe bombing plot was one example you could tie to his words. the defense is going to say they think the jury will see that the defendant on trial here is no terrorist like the witness. the witness has been tapped to appear in two other high profile terrorism-related court cases

would you decide if the case should be prosecuted or would you call the police and the experts? i don't think ceo's ought to determine whether a case of rape should be prosecuted. i don't think so. but that is what you are supporting here with the commander who knows all of the players. suppose he goes out to drink with the perptrait and knows hi well. let's get to the heart of the matter here. so here is my summation. we can continue the 20 years of baloney and not make the change that needs to be made. or under the gillibrand important bill what we do is we say why keeping this nit military, but we are allowing the experts to make the decision. that is fair to the acocuser an with the accused. we have people supporting us because they believe it is fair to both sides. don't stand up to the people who are will to let it go. don't filibuster justice. this is a chance we have. an opportunity to have. yes, it will be revised over and again because if we don't make the changes, it will continue. today is an amazing moment in time we can come together and allow an up or down vote on

if the unimaginable happened, the prosecution of sexual assault would occur outside the purview of a military commander. senator gillibrand's military justice improvement act removes prosecutions from the purview of military commanders, much like the montana national guard system. one of the arguments i've heard against this bill is that if we skip the prosecution of sexual assault outside of the chain of command, military leaders will somehow lose their authority on other matters. as a retired military commander, i'm confident that this is not the case. i've never found myself in a situation with the units i commanded where discipline and devotion to a mission was jeopardized by compliance with the civilian justice system. i'm not talking hypotheticals here. the chain of command's function is not a mystery to me. i lived it. and it's hard to convey how angry you feel when the system fails your fellow soldiers. today's debate is a part of a broader effort to improve our military and the lives of those who have -- who have served. from the justice system to the v.a. claims backlog, to

witnesses for the prosecution said it provided links to the muslim brotherhood. speaking in his defense, mohamed fadel fahmy said he could never betray his country. the defence was able to cross-examine only one prosecution witness. >> translation: most important in the test moanies was that of a national security officer-in-charge of investigating the journalists. from the questions directed to him it can be said the accusations directed towards the three defendants have completely comappsed. >> al jazeera english says the case against its staff are absured. >> the charges against our staff are baseless, without substance. mahmoud ahmadinejad, peter greste and mohammed badr are journalists doing their job. to keep them behind bars after a long time in detention is outrageous. we are continuing to call for their release. >> the three journalists will be back in the cage on the 24th of march. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> the egypt contributor for index on censorship and an independent journalist and form former deputy head of egyptian state telev

the military. i believe we must do more. my perspective on prosecuting military sexual assault comes for my 33 years in the montana national guard. my view on this is simple. the current system it changes how we deal with sexual assault in the military. it is about more that we go forward from here. in the armed forces, the military commander is responsible for the prosecution of these crimes. removing the prosecution of military commanders much like the montana national guard system. one of the arguments i've heard against this bill is that it we get the prosecution of sexual assault outside of the chain of command, military leaders with somehow lose their authority on other matters. as a retired military commander, i am confident that this is not the case. we are disciplined with compliance of the civilian justice system. i'm not talking hypotheticals here and it's hard to convey how far we feel when the system fails. today's debate is a part of a broader effort to talk about our military and those who have served from the justices them to ensuring whe

the prosecution had two arson investigators on the stand to prove that willingham was guilty. an expert testify? >> we couldn't find one who said that it wasn't arson. >> reporter: couldn't find one. but since the trial, nine. that's right. nine different arson experts have concluded the fire was not arson. what evidence did you present to help defend willingham? >> what evidence would you have us present? the witnesses withere dead, the kids. every time you cross examine a witness you're presenting evidence. >> reporter: martin says he did his best. but admits he believed the prosecutor's experts who said they found patterns on the floor indicating an accelerant had been poured. nine experts said it was not. she alerted both the prosecution and defense her family was friendly with the deputy fire marshal who's testimony helped send willingham to death row. today would that be cause for a mistrial? >> no. >> not a conflict of interest? >> in a small town like corsicana, lots of people knew doug fog. i don't know the details about the jury selection. don't know why she wasn't s

becomes very searing, but it will certainly be longer than a day. >> all right, and as far as the prosecution's witnesses, they didn't call as many people as they had on their list. who perhaps was the most compelling so far? >> well, interestingly, i think the most compelling witness ironically was reeva steencamp herself, through the messages that were read to the court. and that they had extracted off her cell phone. because this was the first time that we actually first of all heard her voice. we heard that she was at times afraid of him. and it was the first time that the state managed to provide some sort of reasonable explanation for why pistorius may have wanted to kill her in that moment. i. e. in a fit of rage, so i think that was really most compelling. >> cnn legal analyst, kelly phelps, as we say, oscar pistorius may take the stand coming up. we thank you for your analysis. >>> coming up, well, in kiev, they demanded the country's interior minister resign. the protesters are from a right-wing nationalist party. they blame the interior minister for the killing of one of their leader

the prosecution is not commenting. this has been an embarrassment for the prosecution, the chief prosecutor quit a month before the court-martial began. he had conference about the accuser's testimony. he requested that the sexual assault charges be dropped. and once the court-martial began the judge ground the proceedings to a halt because he was concerned that political ramifications may have prompted the prosecution to reject an earlier plea offer from the defense. >> as you indicated, this case has received an awful lot of attention, especially in washington where the focus was how the military dealt with sexual harassment, sexual assault. what reaction are you hearing? >> we reached out to senator from new york. has been calling for reform of this system and this is what she said to us in a statement. this case is illustrated a military justice system in dire need of independent from the chain of command when survivors and defense attorneys agree we need to reform the system it should tell us we need to reform the

right now we are hearing from the first witness that the prosecution has called. she is michel berger. and she has given the -- she's been telling the court how she heard screams coming from the pistorius house that night. she thinks the direction of the pistorius house that night. she has been cross-examined by the prosecution. the defense now taking their turn. this report on the day's events so far. >> reporter: oscar pistorius was escorted into the high court into the heart of pretoria for one of the most high profile trials in this country. hundreds turned out in the drizzle to see the arrival of the double amputee who rose to become a sporting hero and celebrity. there's an encampment of television crews from south africa and around the world. even a television drone made an appearance. relatives of both oscar pistorius and his girlfriend reeva steenkamp present. >> do you understand the charges, mr. pistorius? >> i do. i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> thank you. >> reporter: the prosecution moved swiftly to bring its first witne

jon: the prosecution -- i'm sorry, the defense has been trying to pick apart the stories of some of theseosecution witnesses and some of them, in fact, have been forced to say, yes, i thought i saw a guy there but, in fact, i didn't, or i thought i heard such and such a thing but in fact, it was the other way around. when you do that, there's no jury here. it's just a judge but it does affect the credibility of these witnesses, doesn't it? >> absolutely and that's part of the job of the defense is to do that. they are doing a good job at it, especially of the witness who testified she heard a woman screaming opposed to a man screaming. so i think that her testimony is not the highlight that the prosecution wanted it to be. jon: at the same time, if you ask me to recount what i did this morning, i would have trouble getting the exact time line straight. >> that's the problem with all witness testimony. witnesses don't always remember things as well as they think and you have to put it all together and think, is there another reasonable conclusion other than he intended to kill his girlfrie

it's part of the prosecution trying to build a pitting of oscar pistorius as one who can't be trusted around guns, an angry man and reckless man. estelle is an advocate here in south africa. what is the state prosecutor doing this week by bringing the witnesses we have seen so far? >> what evidence led up to this issue with the neighbors. and that would be an intention to murder. on the other hand, there are other charges pertaining to the firearms. if those charges are introduced into the charge sheet, the prosecution would have the vehicle on platform to introduce the amount of character we have been hearing. but it is not admissible. >> so the restaurant gun going off in a restaurant. shooting the through the sunroof of a car. this is all character evidence. >> if the charges were formulated that evidence would be brought in admissible. the court cannot make a finding. you're a certain type of person. each and every element must be proved. there's no onus on the accused. >> briefly, estelle, what does barry roux have to do for this evidence. >> he's got no onus to prove or disprove

that's a change in position for the prosecution. has noticed that. >> lisa, does the defense have a point that even with his prosthetic legs on he wouldn't be able to hit the door like an expert apparently is what they were arguing? >> i think so, i think so. i think the key question is going to come down to the screaming and that's what we heard at the beginning of the case. was a woman screaming before the shots rang out? i think that's the most important evidence and that's why the prosecution began with it. >> all right. thank you, lisa. faith, give us the prosecutor's perspective on this. in court the other day very dramatic footage of oscar pistorius breaking down, vomiting apparently as he heard testimony about the autopsy of his now deceased former girlfriend. how does that color the outcome of this case? >> well, when you're looking at a murder trial and you're looking at autopsy photos, it's very emotional testimony, right? someone has died, and they are showing the very graphic nature of that death, and so in these trials

it began here and the prosecution right out of the gate took the jury back to september 11th. he needed help to spread his murderous decree and recruit people for al-qaeda around the world. the prosecution held up a picture of the world trade center site which is barely ten blocks away from this courthouse. chief prosecutors said, well, our buildings were burning he pointing to the defendant once again was agreeing to help osama bin laden the defense lawyer for him, he said this is not osama bin laden, this is a muslim, arab, a kuwaiti, a father. he challenged the prosecutor t o prove that his words harbored terrorists. >> my client has plead--our client has plead not guilty. not a member of any conspiracy. he engaged in no illegal activity. now it's up to the government to prove it. i've been in some places at 3:00 in the morning hanging with some people, and god for bid if i was on video i would be in trouble the next day. >> referring that lots of government evidence is in the form of pictures and videos of the defendant allegedly appearing in those videos and pictures alon

lester, the trial gets under way tomorrow with opening statements by the prosecution, and in a first r this country, a south african judge has allowed cameras in the courtroom. it's going to be televised. a lot of people will be watching it. the trial is expected to last from three to five weeks and a verdict possibly weeks after that. you can imagine it is going to grip the nation and a lot of media attention from around the world. >> thanks. we're going to switch gears and talked about the red carpet. for many people, the only question that matters is who are you wearing? we take a closer look at your fidelity green line and you'll see just how much it has to offer, especially if you're thinking of moving an old 401(k) to a fidelity ira. it gives you a wide range of investment options... and the free help you need to make sure your investments fit your goals -- and what you're really investing for. tap into the full power of your fidelity green line. call today and we'll make it easy to move that old 401(k) to a fidelity rollover ira. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real ch

the idea she would be screaming and you hear gunshots, fits nicely into the prosecution's story. >> theng, this season the what happened. that the athlete thought someone entered his home, an intruder. is there anyway to make that claim? >> here's the story, it's important to understand what they said. they were both asleep in bed, that he got up and went out to the balance con economy in the darkness to bring a fan in. while he was out there, she got up and went down the hall and he did not know it. so when he came back into the room he heard a noise. he thought somebody had broken in through the window here, which was open and barricaded themselves in here, he said he was shooting through there to protect himself and steenkamp. can that fit together with her screaming, no? the witness said she heard a man screaming. you know there will be challenges on the sequence, did she really hear this before that? how does it all come together? those are the two stories and they're going to keep pushing against them on both sides. >> thank you very much, to tom foreman. we have another story we

now reports the prosecution thinks the victim's clothes will help them score a conviction, since she a blacktop and white shorts. prosecutors say that contradicts the pistorius' claim that the couple was sleeping when she went to the bathroom. joining me now our legal analyst. prosecution is says, clothes, conviction. >> it's not clothes, conviction. it is important because if his story is true, they were sleeping, then she was probably in pajamas or not wearing anything. she wouldn't be in street clothes. that goes to the prosecution's aspect she never was with him that way. they had a big fight, she ran into the bathroom for cover, and then what the neighbor said about the screaming. the screams before the shots were fired. that's really important. >> the thing thing is, it's just coming out the defense is apparently saying that pistorius, quote, sounds like a woman when he is screaming and that perhaps that is who this witness heard, that it was actually oscar pistorius screaming and not riva. >> got love a defense lawyer. i and they'll probably bring in experts, and the prosecuti

we expect more character witnesses but the bulk of the prosecution's argument will rely heavily on the forensics and evidence of that fateful night. >> fascinating case, thank you so much, ayman, in south africa. coming up next, putin's end game. what is he trying to do? i'll talk to someone who knows something about the former kgb man's mindset, the great granddaughter. jon stewart had a few choice words after that so-called news conference earlier this week. >> the soldiers are saying they are from russia, they are speaking russian, wearing russian army uniforms kind of. >> well, look at the former soviet republics because there are a lot of uniforms that look like. you can go to a store and buy a uniform. >> right, but i'm not sure you can go to the store and by 10,000 of them or have that store throw in some russian tanks. or are those just part of crimea's new citi tank program. e than the research this man has at his disposal is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. come on in. [ male announcer ] it's how edward jones makes sense o

. >> did the prosecution makes it case in the murder trial of oscar pesthetorres. >> an a-list couple is uncoupling. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ >> the murder trial of oscar pistoruous. he admits he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. mistook 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 fo

the chief defense lawyer has been seeking to undermine the prosecution testimony of a couple who say they heard a woman's screams and gunfire the night the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend. a fourth witness has been testifying about a separate gun charge when oscar pistorius allegedly fired a shot under a table. he's pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend. let's go to my colleague karin giannone. particularly about that incident of what was said in court about that incident. >> reporter: kevin lorena who was out with a meal with oscar pistorius and other friends. one of those friends handed oscar pistorius his pistol. he apparently had a look at it. it's alleged the gun went off in his hand accidentally, just grazing the toe of kevin lorena under the table and causing a lot of shock and consternation. why the prosecution have brought in this firearms charge, an additional charge to murder is trying to paint oscar pistorius as a trigger happy, irresponsible, reckless person who would have been capable of what they october cuesed himd of on the night of valentine's 2013. kevin

and yesterday, the senate voted down a bill that would have removed the chain of command for prosecuting sexual assault. the bill's sponsor, kirsten jill gra brand, said she will not give up this fight. >> too many members of the senate have turned their back on these victims and survivors. we will continue to work harder than ever in the coming year to strengthen our military. >> republican senator lindsey graham praised those who voted against the bill and scolded republicans who supported it, especially those who may have their sights set on the presidency. >> if you want to be commander in chief, you told me a lot today about who you are about your commander in chief candidate, you were willing to fire every commander in the military for reasons i don't quite understand. >> nbc's jim joins us now. this might expose some of the very things that kirsten gillibrand, the senator, has wanted to expose as the problem and why the military continues to deal with this crisis. >> you know, by all accounts, this trial today involving brigadier general jeffrey sinclair appears to be a very sordi

he represented himself in the manila air plot prosecution. he was convicted of that. >> in a courtroom? >> in a courtroom. >> in new york? >> in new york. he had the constitutional right to do that, by and large, if you are a criminal defendant. he announced it very late into the prosecution. two or three days before the case opened. the judge allowed him to go pro se. i remember when that was announced to the jury. you could see the stiffening there. they took note of that. he was basically standing within a foot and a half of the jury box the whole time. one of the most frightening things about watching him -- english is not his first language, not a lawyer. he was at least as good and i would say -- without insulting anyone else as a lawyer in the case -- at least as good as the professional lawyers that represented the other defendants, and probably better. frighteningly intelligent. frighteningly quick study. >> his uncle is khalid sheikh mohammed? >> yes. i think that has been confirmed. >> when you read this, the 1994 defendants for the

or so that the prosecution in the case was not fair.he had just begun investigating when a gift arrived. sort of thing an attorney can only dream about. it was a letter. not to her. to ryan. >> i get this letter, and it's from charles erickson. and i'm like, what could this possibly say? >> oh, now this -- this could change everything. just maybe not in the way anyone expected. >>> coming up. >> i lied and said i remembered things i didn't remember. >> chuck erickson is back on the stand. but he's not the only one who has changed his story. >> i would like to have forgiveness from ryan. and his family. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ ♪ >>> ryan ferguson had been behind bars for f

. >> gary masse should have been confronted with the fact that he really did have a deal with the prosecution in a fair proceeding, a jury should hear it all. >> together, hawkins wrote, "these errors were devastating to confidence in the process." still, prosecutor cleland fought the ruling all the way to the supreme court without success. six months later, gloria was freed. in a rare step, the state bar eventually admonished cleland for hiding evidence. >> the state of california finally stood up and said, this is not right. >> the d.a.'s office chose not to retry gloria but cleland insisted that he had not a scintilla of doubt about her conviction. >> gloria likes to say, she is exonerated. she is factually innocent. no. there were some mistakes but gloria killian was involved and i would still suggest that the blood of ed davies is on her hands. i think she could do a lot better by saying, i was trying to make a quick buck like all the other people at neva's house and i would not do that again. that would make me respect her a little bit more than i do at this point. >> i have a short res

thus far all we heard is from the prosecution. about the timing and blood spatters he will hear the version the defense will put forth in a very effective way. jon: doug, the guy who taught him to shoot, one of his instructors testified, he was taught that even if there is an intruder in your house you just can't shoot that person willy-nilly without, fear of your life. >> funny you say that, jon because behind the point about the chronology of the scream and the shot, i consider that to be the most important fact that the prosecutors put into this record which is that he signed a gun certification forms. and i was talking to heather before we came out, the point is, when he says i thought it was an intruder, the word thought is hugely problematic for him because, under those pun forms, he -- gun forms he certified, unless you're sure that it is an intruder you can't willy-nilly fire shots. that is a critical second part of this. jon: yeah, his version of events, maybe we'll hear him state this when he gets on the stand this week,

the prosecution continues to build the case against him.he stand, the first witness to agree to appear on camera, a professional boxer. >> i was really shocked. >> he described an incident at a johannesburg restaurant, a month before the story is shot dead his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. they allege he fired a gun under one of these tables, seemingly by accident, and then he asked a friend to take the blame. i do remember him saying, is , and he said, i do not want any tension around me. say it was you. >> it gives the prosecution opportunity to raise concerns about his reputation. >> discharging a gun under the table, trying to compromise a friend. >> but it was not all bad for pistorius today, as the defense picked holes in the testimony of the neighbors. >> that is nonsense. that cannot be. >> a testimony that there were screams, contradicting the events. >> in all fairness, there is a man's life at stake. let's look at other possibilities. >> today's restaurant revelations may prove damaging to the story is, but they are showing that t

the prosecution continued. i think if the real reason for the prosecution was that the ngos were working with the islamist then somehow the morsi administration would have allowed the prosecution to drop. >> guest: i totally agree with you that the intention and leadership of the ngos was not to back the muslim brotherhood and the staffers on the ground in you may know better than i do but that is not what i intended to say. the groups that we trained, most of the groups that we trained posed as ngos but they were members of the muslim brotherhood. to me it's fine. that is what the egyptian side is saying and last morsi's government is very smart. they were already pushing against the judges so was very short, one year. on the one hand i agree that our ngos and i set it in my should be back in my intervene for them but they should be smarter in the way of engaging. i have been also as you know in many meetings with europe -- european ngos in american ngos and they invited the people they were engaged with. i'm n

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 here. but clearly this is still a mystery, which is very disturbing. and until we can find out where that aircraft is, we might have an opportunity to do some forensic analysis that will lead us in the right direction. >> at this point, you're not ruling out that it could be -- >> no. >> some sort of terror. >> not at all. >> and while mr. brennen wa

the prosecution says that he shot intentionally after an angry argument. ges recovered from her cell phone, that were read aloud in court, she wrote to oscars, sometimes you scare me, the way you snap at me. she complains of his constant tantrums in public and constant jealousy and about his incessant criticism of her, from everything, the fact that she chewed gum, suggesting the relationship was near its end, rather than the loving relati relationship that pistorius described. they tell a story that was very powerful in court and that was still being reputed by the defense. richard? >> up next, oscar pistorius taking the stand. thank you, mike taibbi, you'll be there for that no doubt. >>> 32 people injured in a chicago subway derailment on monday because the operator reportedly dozed off. that's what the chicago transit authority union president said. also, adding the operator had 17 hours between shifts to get enough rest. none of the injuries are life threatening. >>> president obama is expected to unveil a complete overhaul to the controversial data co

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the prosecution is trying to use the testimonies of these witnesses to establish there was a argument of some sort, perhaps some yelling of some sorts that would suggest this was an intentional killing, that it was not simply a case of mistaken identity, as the defense claims, that oscar pistorius knew who was in that bathroom when he opened fire on the door, killing reeva steenkamp. we are expecting the continuation of the prosecution's witnesses tomorrow, with more witnesses testifying to similar accounts before they move into the forensic part of the case. it is expected to last several weeks. tamron? >> thank you very much, aman mohyeldin live in pretoriapreto. we are waiting for secretary john kerry to speak to reporters in kiev and will bring you the latest developments live as soon as it begins. we'll be right back. [ garner ] there's a lot of beautiful makeup out there, but one is so clever that your skin looks better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% saw improved skin. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics. >>> we want to take yo