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Ccc-4. meaning triple c. my lady understand the file is not in front of the witness. may we offer a short adjournment to sort out the file? im told it will only take two, three minutes. >> give me one minute. >> i understand they are sorted, my lady.

Trying to tune in to certain radio station and you have it loud and clear and next thing you know youve got to do more fiddling with that knob to bring it back in again. its something like that to me. i was discouraged at first but now i recognize its within the realm of normalcy for this. >> continues to be unusual and the search is unprecedented. david gallo, thank you very much. >> youre welcome, kate. kate, lets return to oscar pistorius on the stand right now. he is telling his story. the...

Court will adjourn. [ sobbing ] all right. at that point, the judge called for an adjournment. she ended the court session for today. oscar pistorius will continue his testimony tomorrow. robyn, i wanted to ask you, steenkamps family was in the courtroom. then were listening to this testimony. what was their reaction? >> reporter: you know, as you can hear, its gut wrenching for anyone to listen to it, whether you have a stake in it, whether you believe he did it or didnt do it, its a very, ve...

His home. the memories broke him down. as stipulated by the judges broadcast rules, you wont see pistorius on camera. youll just hear his voice. take a listen. >> well take adjournment. court will be adjourned. really a dramatic day in court. well have a live report for you coming up from pretoria ahead. well also take you live to the white house this hour as president obama takes action on equal pay for women. the president set to sign two executive orders, one forbidding federal contractor...

>> reporter: he does look exhausted, he sounds exhausted. with that oscar pistoriuss much anticipated appearance on the stand came to an end. after nearly two hours of testimony the judge agreeing with the defense that his day of unreserved emotion deserved and early adjournment. >> i would like to take this opportunity to apologize to mrs. and mr. steenkamp, to reevas family, to those of you who knew her here today, family and friends . >> i can hardly hear you. >> reporter: even before beginni...

Emotional outpouring as he addressed steenkamps family. we recap the grueling day in court. >> he does look exhausted and sound exhausted. >> reporter: with that, oscar pistorius much-anticipated appearance on the stand came to an end. after two hours of testimony, the judge agreeing with the defense that a day of emotion deserved an early adjournment. >> id like to take this opportunity to apologize mr. and mrs. steenkamp. to reevas family. to those of who knew her here today. >> mr. pistorius,...

His girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the double amputee described what happened on the night of the shooting saying he heard his bathroom window slide open in the middle of the night. he says he picked up a .9 millimeter pistol from under his bed and started shooting through the door because he thought there were intruders many the bathroom. >> i flung the door open, and i sat over reeva, and i cried, and, um, i dont know. i dont know how long -- i dont know how long i was there for. she wasnt breath...

He mistook reeva for an intruder in the bathroom. he described the moment that he realized that it was her. >> and i threw the door open and i saw, oh, reeva, and i cried. i dont know -- i dont know how long -- i dont know how long i was there for. she wasnt breathing. >> we will take an adjournment. court will adjourn. >> let me bring in msnbc legal analyst and former criminal prosecutor faith jenkins, and good to see you. this touched off quite a con r conversation in the newsroom, because we ...

>> can we take adjournment? >> court will adjourn. >> at that point as you heard, oscar was sobbing uncontrollably and the judge called for the court to adjourn ofadjourn. pistorius will return to the stand tomorrow. i want to go to pretoria. so oscar pistorius brought us through that night, hes terrified that an intruder is either coming into his home or already there. he says hes going through the dark, he whispers to reeva steenkamp to get down and then he fires off these four shots. he doesn...

Moment that he reallied, as he puts it, that he killed his girlfriend. his sobs were so uncontrollable that the judge stopped. >> i opened the door and i sat over reeva and i cried. i dont know how long -- i dont know how long -- she wasnt breathing. >> lets take an adjournment. >> the courtroom video shows reeva steenkamps family sitting there almost emotionless it appeared. he maintained his original story this he thought there was an intruder in his home and that he was trying to protect his