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The moment or at at risk of losing our life is a far cry from an officer actually being in a tense situation where he is forced to make a split-second decision while facing a criminal assailant. hammonds family has said to be crushed. their attorney, eric bland, who is a civil attorney, he said this just to cnn in the last minutes. lieutenant tiller was never at risk at harm from zacharys car, and even if it could be argued that he was, it was a risk he created by running alongside a car that ob...

>> thanks, carol. >> youre welcome. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. good morning. im carol costello. thank you for joining me. the stage is set and the stakes are huge. five democratic candidates face off. this is the legendary las vegas strip where fortunes can change in a moment and a split-second decision can last a lifetime. this is the wynn hotel casino where the debate takes place. hillary clinton gets center stage, and bernie sanders and three underdogs will try to elbow i...

Which embalming fluids were used. so, this possibility, however remote, could not be eliminated. therefore, the medical examiner did not change the manner of his death to homicide. >> im sure that there will always be some well-placed suspicions surrounding mr. augustines death. >> for now, chaz higgs is in prison because two emergency room nurses made a split-second decision that foiled his well-laid plans. >> but for the high-tech testing methods and the forensic technology available, i think ...

I certainly dont believe that we are. i havent been introduced to anything. i would suggest in new york city this could just been a anomaly. it needs to be further researched. but i think were in pretty good shape. >> one of the theories is that police officers are holding themselves back. ive spoken to cops because i cover law enforcement on my beat, they tell me that were fearful if we do something, a split-second decision is going to backfire and end up going viral on the internet. how much o...

>> security cameras at this dairy queen capture the scene that unfolds. for almost five minutes, this customer paces around. he leans against the counter, next to the trash can, and jokes with sarver and the store manager. he even looks through his wallet. apparently, he realizes hes short on cash. >> he went into the cash office right behind the manager, asked her for a job application, and thats when he grabbed that money bag and turned and tried to run out. >> sarver springs into action. and ...

Which led you, empty handed, to tackle a man armed to the teeth. >> reporter: the three men were on vacation on a train from amsterdam to paris when they saw a gunman move through their wagon and made a split-second decision to attack and disarm him. stone, wounded in the attack, went on to attend to a passenger who had been shot, reportedly also trying to stop the gunman. the object of universal gratitude, he took time to thank those who took care of him. >> i just want to say to the french peo...

>> as he approaches the suspect, deputy musto senses something was going to happen. >> i could see the way he squinted his eyes and stared a hole right through me. i could see the hatred in his eyes. >> what happens next literally blows musto away. >> i saw him reach for the clutch on the motorcycle. i grabbed him in the area of his right shoulder blade and got a good grip. as soon as i grabbed him, he hit it and took me off me feet, and within a second i was going too fast to let go. >> blazing...

>> oh! >> never experienced anybody drive on the right-hand side on that road ever. >> oh, shes going to hit! >> this is the first time ever. >> jack and his sons worst fears come through. she mows down a man crossing the road and never slows down. >> he was looking to his left-hand side. and he didnt expect a vehicle to be coming from the wrong side of the road. >> oh! my god! >> jack and raj make a split-second decision to get involved even further. >> you want to chase her? >> yeah, i got the...

Win but you can mitigate and lessen the damage. i think what the attorneys will focus on for him is the fact that case law relating to police officers clearly says that they have split seconds to make decisions and sometimes those decisions are fatal and sometimes they are awful and other times they exercise bad judgment. i think what they will attempt to do is knock out the murder charge. that carries 15 to life. manslaughter, more like sudden passion, heat of quarrel, even anger that gets you ...

Accomplices. propers say they have evidence glom was in contact with someone in syria who was giving him directions to attack churches here. terry moran, abc news, france. . it resumes this -- . it resumes this morning in the sentencing phase of the boston marathon bombing trial. comes after the release of this video showing convicted bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev in a jail cell three months after the attack. in an decision to seeing tsarnaev pace, he fixes his hair and makes an obscene gesture to ...