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Dallas. >> botham jeans father, bertrand jean, and the familys attorney join us nous. first, were so sorry for what happened to your family and the grief you all are experiencing. what a moment, what a moment that your son created yesterday in the courtroom, you know, showing us all his grace and compassion. and it was really breathtaking for to us watch. but i understand that for your family and for you, that moment might have been more complicated. so, explain what was going through your head ...

The judge also hugged botham jeans family and hugged amber guyger and gave her a bible. >> this is mine i have three. this is the one i use every day. this is your job for the next month. >> alison jean shared her hope for how amber guyger spends her ten years in prison. >> that ten years is for reflection and her to change her life. if amber guyger was trained not to shoot in the heart, my son would be standing here today. he was no threat to her. he had no reason to pose a threat to her, becau...

Courtroom? >> i have not. that was an extraordinary moment, but this is an extraordinary family, alisyn. they are a very godly family. mr. bertram and brandt were talking about grace. we dont believe the punishment fits the crime but they were praying for a conviction and this was an historic case, alisyn because as my colleagues and i thought about it, we believe its the first time that a white police woman has ever been convicted of murder for killing a black man in america. so this history is...

Knives attacking people in the street. the situation still unfolding in the heart of paris. alyson? >> thank you very much, nick. >> former dallas police officer, inside the courtroom, including a moment where a young man hugs his brothers killer. well speak to that family next. ♪ (dramatic orchestra)

Alisyn, john? >> all right. thank you very much for that update. so mike pompeo is set to speak overseas. theres the scene getting ready for him. so we will bring you that live next. motor? nope. not motor?

>> yes. the question is was there pressure on volker to try to get dirt on the vice president? did he push back on that? did he say no? thats not appropriate and why would the president of the united states seek political dirt on his opponent? what was the reaction when he pushed back? did he have a conversation with secretary pompeo? when all knew that the president was trying to use the office to get this information on his political rival? these are the questions that he will ask and i expect...

He is the person who connected rudy giuliani with zelenskys adviser. and hes the executive director at asu of the mccain institute. so is there anything wrong with him connecting president zelenskys adviser with rudy giuliani since we heard president zelensky on the phone call with president trump say thats what he wanted to do, what he wanted to have happen? >> so theres a lot there, alisyn. we dont know how much pressure he felt by the white house. and whether he did it begrudgingly. maybe he ...

Mother who detailed how her life has become a roller coaster since the murder of her son. she detailed the philanthropic and charity work that he had done here in the dallas community. she really painted a picture of just how much she misses her son. >> my life has not been the same. its been a roller coaster. i cannot sleep. i cannot eat. its just been the most terrible time. he died a few days before his 27th birthday. >> prosecutors also showed, alisyn, rather offensive and racially tinged te...

>> that sentence that you pointed out, alisyn, legal adviser is a term, and the legal advisor is a high ranking person within the state department and thats a job that is always filled and so the fact that the acting legal adviser who is a high-ranking official initiated this process, you know, suggests that it is of some moment, but again, what it is, i -- i dont want to speculate. >> thats helpful context, thank you, jeffrey. >> can i also say it is the fact of his mission to congress that int...

It, do you think they think its dangerous? >> people in the more recent time have started to think its dangerous because i know a lot of people, like, seeing people throwing them out windows now. >> a social media movement in the right direction. so alisyn and john, as much as we talk about the concerns about social media, you see that it can be a powerful force for good, as well and some of these changes that we want in our kid, sometimes theyre the ones that will lead the way and thats what we...