he saw tom clayton smiling and kidding around with family members. ugh, was on the attack. he told the jury how investigators had immediately labeled tom a killer on the night of the murder. >> i think he attacked her. >> reporter: and the defense said investigators refused to change their minds, even after it was clear michael beard was the one who beat kelley to death. >> the defense had basically alluded to the fact that there is a psychosis in michael beard and that he out of just hate and revenge against thomas and his other bosses went to the house that night with the intent of stealing and taking money and killed kelley in the process. >> reporter: the prosecution said that was nonsense. michael beard had no reason to murder kelley unless he was sent there by the defendant, tom clayton. the state called linda miller to testify. she recounted how tom borrowed her phone and then delet number he'd dialed, never dreaming she'd do her own detective work. you really connected the dots to get police to this moment. >> yeah. >> she did good. >> if you

that's when i started to interview tom clayton. tom, where were you when this all went down? >> playing poker with my buddies. i came home and my daughter said there was a robber in the house and she saw them. >> yeah, you got to chill out there, man. let me see your hands real quick, man. you ain't hurt or anything? okay, good. okay. >> reporter: tom, visibly shaking, is checked for weapons and bloodstains, and directed to the back seat of the squad car. >> take it easy. you're not in trouble. just sit right there. i'm going to leave the door open. just sit right there. relax. we've got a crime scene. we have a possible homicide. nobody's going in right now. we've got to clear this house. >> reporter: deputy swan inspects the rest of the house. the intruder and possible killer could still be inside. >> i was afraid the robber could possibly be in the house. i wanted to secure the scene. he said there was a robber in the house. ives i was calling on the radio for backup. just cover me. i'm gonna go upstairs. i gotta go up and clear it. that's when i searched the home to make

tom? >> clayton sandell, thank you. >>> next tonight, dis-turk allegations of jeffrey epstein and members of his social circle. newly unsealed documents against elaine maxwell. maxwell groomed her to be a sex slave to epstein and among his associates, a former senator and a governor. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: tonight, the jeffrey epstein scandal growing. bombshell accusations pointing a finger at some notable names. 2,000 pages of documents were unsealed in manhattan federal court related to a defamation case brought by virginia roberts giuffre against ghislaie maxwell, an epstein associate. in court filings giuffre says she became an underage teen "sex slave" for epstein, and as an she was directed by maxwell and epstein to have sex with many quote "powerful men, including numerous prominent american politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, and other world leaders." among those giuffre names in sworn depositions, british royalty, prince andrew, former governor and u.n. ambassador bill richardson, and the former influential senator from maine, george m

tom? >> clayton sandell for us tonight. clayton, thank you. >>> now, to the race for 2020. front-runner democrat joe biden under scrutiny tonight for a story he often tells on the campaign trail about pinning a medal on a serviceman in afghanistan. but there are questions tonight about how much of that story biden got right. here's abc's senior national correspondent terry moran. >> reporter: for years, joe biden has been recounting a story of american heroism and heartbreak on the front lines, recently telling a crowd in new hampshire how he traveled to afghanistan to pin a silver star on a young navy captain. >> one of his buddies got shot, fell down a ravine about 60 feet. this guy climbed down a ravine, carried his guy up on his back under fire and the general wanted me to pin the silver star on him. >> reporter: and then, a moving moment as biden approached with the medal. >> it's the god's truth, my word as a biden. he stood at attention, i went to pin him, said, "sir, i don't want the damn thing. do not pin it on me, sir, please, sir. do not do that. he died. he died

tom? >> clayton with that newly released video. clayton, thank you. >>> now to an abc news exclusive tonight. we are hearing from the hero bouncer in the mass shooting in dayton, where nine people were killed. surveillance showing him rushing people into the bar and coming face-to-face with the gunman, telling us there was no way he was getting through that door. there's also new reporting on the shooter's final moments. abc's eva pilgrim is in dayton. >> reporter: tonight, police searching for a motive in the dayton mass shooting. investigating this video, obtained exclusively by cnn. it appears to show alleged shooter connor betts entering a bar with his sister and a friend, in shorts and a t-shirt, before the massacre. moments later, he was in tactical gear and opening fire. in this surveillance video, he's chasing people towards another bar. watch as the gunman gets to the entrance, and that's when he came face-to-face with the bouncer, jeremy ganger. did you look at him? >> yeah, looked at him right in the face. he had a dead s

tom? >> clayton, thank you. >>> next, this weekend marking 400 years since slavery first began in this country. one family now learning of their own personal connection to the first slaves and the push to make sure that legacy is never forgotten. abc's zachary kiesch with that story. >> reporter: this cemetery part of our country's history that you won't find in most textbooks. these three words african american female etched on a tombstone. a reflection of the indignity of being forgotten. but tonight the push to make sure their names are remembered goes on. it's believed members of the first african families, brought to america as slaves 400 years ago this month, are buried here in in virginia. >> the first africans arrived here and would have walked up this road behind us. >> slaves? >> yeah. >> reporter: records show the first slave, a woman known as angelo was brought from angola to jamestown island in 1619. wanda tucker and her family believe william tucker, the first african baby to be baptized in america, is their ancestor. >> 400 years later we're telling these stories. and we need to

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clayton, the couple fought the bears off with a bat and a whole lot of adrenaline, and also a bolt of lightning. >> reporter: that's right, tomeaking and entering. the suspects going right to the kitchen to look for food. wildlife officials say it turned into a dangerous boxing match with a bear. this morning a colorado couple recovering from a terrifying home invasion. >> there was a bear in the house. it attacked my husband. we have blood all over the house. >> reporter: a mother bear and her two cubs caught on surveillance video breaking into their house through a screen door. >> i was going to do whatever was necessary to defend, you know, her. >> reporter: jon johnson and his wife george ann field were in their basement when they heard a noise upstairs. >> when i turned the corner there is the bear looking at me right in the face. >> reporter: that's when momma bear took a swung at jon. >> she swiped me across the nose. >> reporter: without hesitation he fought back. >> i smacked her on her arm. >> reporter: that's when his wife ran up from the basement, attacking the large bear from behind with a baseball bat. >> i just