firearms expert van roberts compared the bullets from the murder victims to the gun found next to blaines' body. even though the gun had no barrel, it still had its firing pin. under a comparison microscope, you can see the unique marks made on the shells from the gun's firing pin. the firing pin marks from the gun at the crime scene matched the spent casings found in bramblett's truck and the casings found in the hodges' home. the fbi conducted an elemental analysis on the bullet fragments removed from the bodies. this analysis proved that the bullets from the victims' bodies were made from the same batch of molten metal as the unused bullets found in the home of earl bramblett. but one thing troubled investigators. why did the witness identify a red pickup truck leaving the hodges' driveway around the time of the fire? this is what a white pickup truck looks like under the sodium vapor lighting near the hodges' home. it makes the white truck look like a red truck. the forensic evidence tied earl bramblett to the murders. but it was bramblett himself who unwittingly revealed the motive.

. >> robert van wines berg who has studied olympic financing said the games have become nationalistic spectacles spiralling out of the control. >> despite talk of sustainability, they are massive showcases for nations. we are see it with rio, with sochi, and saw it with beijing. now the world cup is becoming like this too. the games are the platform upon which to build an international image. as the trend continues, the games held on canada's pacific shores is the last of their kind. >> an estimated 120 million americans tuned in to watch the seattle seahawks beat the denver broncos 43-8. the game is the biggest sports event of the year in the u.s. for some the super bowl is about the parties, the half time show and creative commercials. adds sold for as much as $4 million this year. >> chinese around the world have been ridging in the year of big horse. in keeping with tradition, celebrations began with the proassist. dragon and the lion. in paris thousands marched in a parade as people performed the dragon dance, while over in london performers dressed up in chinese opera costumes.

but robert van weinberg at the university of britsish columbia who has studying olympic financing closely says the games have become skepticals spiraling out of control. >> despite talk of sustainability, these things are becoming massive show cases for entire nations. we are seeing it with real, we are seeing wit sochi. we saw it with beijing, and now the world cup is becoming like this in some ways too, and the games are just the platform upon which you build an international image. >> as that trend continues the relatively modest gains held here on the pacific shore, may prove to have been the last of their kind. before we can get to the olympics next week, the super bowl tonight over in the garden state, unfortunately for some fans officials are not allowing tailgates. al jazeera joining us live now with more on that. i sigh you have quite the crowd behind you there. >> 6,000 people turned out here, they got rid of all of those tickets, this is the mayor. jim, can you believe this turn out. >> well, no, we expect add couple of thousand, at most, and we sold out all the tickets can was

but robert van wiseberg says the games have become nationalist ticicspectacles. >> we are seeing i.t.with real, we are seeing it with sochi, and beijing and now world cup is becoming somewhat like this. the games are upon which you build a national image. >> the games held here on the canada's pacific shore may prove to be the last of their kind. rob reynolds, al jazeera, vancouver. >> another show, headlines after this quick break. break. >> you're watching al jazeera america. live from new york. i'm jonathan betz. award winning actor philip seymour hoffman is being remembered. he was found debt in his new york apartment. there's been no official cause of debt but drugs may have caused a role. >>> the immediate call for viktor yanukovych's tennin yanug down. >>> israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu, secretary of state john kerry warned israeli could face widening boycotts if agreement is not made. >>> winter is returning to the northeast after the super bowl. it was close to 50° in new jersey for the kickoff. the temperatures have fallen, snow is now on if way. it could cause tra

when modesto junior college student robert van deanen was told he couldn't hand out copies of the constitutionought back. what happened? the college settled with him for $50,000 and has revised its free speech policy. good to have you, robert. what exactly happened? it looks like every time you're trying to do this, they were giving you a whole lot of trouble. >> yes. i am happy to be here, first. also, i went out and i was just thinking the best way i could celebrate constitution day was to pass out the u.s. constitution. had talked to my fellow campus coordinators and students for liberty, and we were out there, well, i was out there with another student who is not named, but we were talking, we were engaging in free speech activities with our fellow students, passing out the constitution. and then we were told that we were not allowed to without prior permission, which i found very odd. >> now, when they say without permission. what did they think you were doing? when you point out, these are copies of the constitution we're pointing out, did it calm them down or did they still find it anno

. >> robert van wines berg at the university of columbia has study financing closely says the games have become nationalistic spectacle did spiraling out of control. >> despite talk of sustainability, those things are becoming massive show cases for entire nations. we are seeing it, you know, was real. we are seeing it with sochi. we saw it with beijing and now the world cup is becoming like this in some ways, too. the games are just the platform upon which you build an international image. as that trend continues, the relatively modest gains held here on candidate's pacificific shore may prove to have been the last of their kind. rob reynolds, al jazeera, vancouver. >> it for the news hour. another bull at this time right at the top of the hour. welcome to also al jazeera america. reports that award winning actor phillip seymour hoffman was found dead in his manhattan where a protestor said he was beaten for eight days announced that he is leaving the country. where the cost of sex abuse settlements has now left the diocese completely bankrupt. and over in california they are facing the

today, first one, robert van sweenen.emember him, he was blocked from handing out copies of the constitution on campus because it wasn't in a free speech zone. he sued, got a $50,000 settlement. not a fan of the whole suing thing, but he got the school to revise the speech codes, which makes him -- >> your hero. >> greg's hero! >> thank you very much, guys. >> okay, who's next? >> we can't afford a voice over. >> i know, i have to do my own. >> i love it when we go low budget. because we haven't talked about "the tonight show with jimmy fallon" quite enough, we're going to talk about it more. he's entertaining, the key of lip syncing, but this is very cool. take a look at this, and you'll see the performance. ♪ >> fantastic. and then, of course, jimmy fallon did jukebox hero, and he declared rudd the big winner. >> speaking of big winners, dana? >> i'm going to save my "one more thing" until tomorrow because i wanted to show you this one picture of what greg was talking about earlier. this whole thing he's got with mythic

robert van winesberg at the university of british columbia who studied olympic financing closely said games have become nationalistic spectacles spiraling out of control. >> these are becoming massive showcases for entire nations. we're seeing it with rio, with sochi, we saw it with beijing and now the world cup is becoming like this. the games are just a platform upon which you build an international image. >> as that trend continues, the relatively modest games held here on canada's pacific shore may prove to have been the last of their kind. >> brazil's world cup in june is also likely going to finish up well over budget. those games were set to be completed for under $1 billion, but cost overruns are already close to $3 billion, and they're not even finished yet. >> fans of philip seymour hoffman are mourning his unexpected death. he was found dead from an apparent drug overdose. he won the oscar for his role in "capote." several actors have posted on twitter: >> at the end of our second hour, del has a look at the stories we're following this morning. >> a senate committee holdin

robert lacy stepped in. things escalated when cory says lacy tried to take him home in the school's van. >> i got out the back door for like a split second. he put me in the van, flailed me to the van's door then put me back in the van. >> take a close look at cory's left eye because he says that's a result of what happened next. >> he socked me one time. >> st. andrew's is no stranger to controversy. 2 investigates found a history of problems that range from allegations of abuse to misuse of public funds. in 2012, that controversy led oakland school district to cut off public funds, but the school stayed in business. akorgd to public record, at last count, it had 21 students. we tracked down the reverend who told us he knew about the allegations from cory and his mother but said he had very different version about what happened. >> we're ready to talk to whoever his contact is so we can make sure it's clear and plain what action we have. >> so make it clear and plain for me, though, so i know >> i want to make it clear and plain to the authorities. >> did you hit the child? >> i want to make it clear and pla

reporters are outside the van nuys courthouse to cover a hearing in the murder trial of actor robert real drama caught on camera that day is this. >> i just went down on all fours to try to scramble away from him. i knew something bad had happened, i didn't know exactly what it was. >> 53-year-old los angeles attorney gerald curry is leaving the courthouse after attending a hearing about a medical trust fund case. a heavyset man wearing glasses confronts him and asks if he is mr. curry. >> and i said, "yes, who are you?" i just remember an incredibly loud pop or bang. >> television news crews hear it too and scramble to the scene. >> there was a lot of people screaming. "oh, my god, oh, my god." >> i went behind the tree. i was very scared as he approached me with the gun outstretched. >> at first, witnesses don't know what's going on. some think a movie is filming. maybe it's fireworks or a crazy prank. sonny kang is on a pay phone nearby. >> i heard the loud noise and turned around real quick and the first thing i see is the older guy with a gun in his hand. i was going to run too,

van ness and pacific avenues.just before one this morning. >> pam: this is the fourth deadly pedestrian accident this year. >> pam: still ahead-- (male announcer): now, here's stanley robertsnd some people behaving badly. >> gary: >> reporter: wake there is a bonus this trevor like to turn left. the text dan driver would also like to turn left. closing traficant in influencing friends and a few seconds. they both said their waiting to correct their mistakes. >> reporter: there has been multiple racks on this road. all because highway 101 is treated like a freeway with the drivers and not respected. but the city is planning a redesign because they know that this is a hot mass highway 101 san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >> reporter: this week the fifth new flag went up in the anonymous better and says he lives in the neighborhood and look at the black daily. they say that it is in the windiest area of the stadium and will be replaced. it looks good according to dean navy seal. niner's football in august. >> pam: a same-sex bay area couple ties the knot. live on the grammy's. tonight they tell us how they got picked. and who they celebrated their big night with. and

driver moves the mini van himself nats: ambiance >> then he moves his trucknow that my firned is thinking outside the box >> in san francisco's chinatown district stanley roberts born to give you some of more of our results. going to give you some results. a huge win for team u-s-a women's hockey this morning. so spoiler alert - we'll be giving away a few resluts from the sochi olympics in the next 30 seconds. the u-s women smashed switzerland nine-to-zero. three of those points.one by monique lamoureux who you see here celebrating. all happened within 55 seconds in the first period. it was the quickest three- goal sequence in olympic history. the latter two in the sequence.came in just eight seconds apart. >> the team u-s-a is now in position for a spot in the medal round regardless of what happens in the game against canada wednesday. that north american grudge match should be a good one. overall right now the u-s has five medals right now.two gold and three bronze.making it third in the medal count behind norway and canada. >> china is making a plan for its 2022 winter olympic bid. beijing is currently facing a number of challenges, such as air quality, tra

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roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> one of the arts of crossing a busy street is to hurry up and cross, not stop in the middle and clap >> this guy crossed busy vanhways and yes it is a highway, in fact any paved street in the state is considered a highway but some people treat van ness like a freeway nats: ambiance >> toss in people running across the street at the last second nats: ambiance >> drivers running red lights trying to make a left hand turn malignedand bike riders petending to be pedestrians you are bound to have some problems, like this driver that tried to beat the light but missed how does she deal with the defeat she picks up her cell to text >> but wait there's a bonus, this driver wants to turn left onto geary dispite geary being a one way * *and the texting driver wants to also turn left , how to impeed traffic and influence friends in a few seconds >> withactually they both sit there waiting for the opportunity to correct their mistakes nats: ambiance >> how about this super shuttle driver who had to make a right turn at all cost .what he dosen't know is that he will have to back up to make that turn nats: ambiance there has