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A lot of the initial groundwork and initial gathering of the investigation and all the material that went into that came from the local. so they -- they would invariably be considered as part of the overall investigation. jenna: the reason why i ask is because kaufman county where the murder took place were apparently part of this investigation but its difficult to know with the hr*euplted information that we do -- limited information that we do just why this d.a. would be targeted if indeed the...

Defending their tactics, revealing dorner had been hiding in a condo just 100 feet from the command post. adam housley live from the los angeles with more on the story. >> yeah. quite a day yesterday afternoon when the sheriffs department gave us the latest on the investigation and took questions about the fact that dorner was in that condo a short distance away. remember, though, that they had checked that entire area. it had been locked and later on, the people that owned it had unlocked it fo...

>> eric: we got brand-new details this afternoon about fugitive ex-cop christopher dorner. how he was able to hide out for days, just get this, 100 yards from the police command post that was set up to find him. the autopsy report says about his violent death. >> arthel: and republicans flexing their political muscles this week by delaying chuck hagels confirmation. so whats next for the secretary of defense nominee? thats straight ahead.

Authorities and the media are still trying to figure out today because they said they searched the cabins nearby where the command center was established, but at the time they dont believe dorner was in one of those cabins, but jump ahead this week and he was in one of those cabins directly across the street from where police and media were stationed. so, its possible he could have been hiding in that cabin for up through the weekend. >> greta: you know, its almost like what are the odds that he...

Can you explain how that transpired? what happened? >> i can tell you it was not on purpose. we did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get mr. dorner out. the tear gas canisters that we used first off we used a presence when we showed up. secondly we used a cold tear gas. then we used the next tear gas was that that was pyrotechnic, does generate a lot of heat. we introduced those canisters into the residence and a fire erupted. >> i mean, there was some chatter that was caught, i guess o...

Hes going to do it. but once he got us bound then he went out to the bathroom real quick, close, and came back and took a couple of washcloths and stuck one in each of our mouths. >> reporter: thats when he stole their purple nissan and fled. karen reynolds was able to stand up and with hands behind her back, able to grab her cell phone, put on the speakerd the motion, the shootout and standoff that ended in flames. the reynolds said last friday they left the door of the condominium open which i...

Authorities and the media are still trying to figure out today because they said they searched the cabins nearby where the command center was established, but at the time they dont believe dorner was in one of those cabins, but jump ahead this week and he was in one of those cabins directly across the street from where police and media were stationed. so, its possible he could have been hiding in that cabin for up through the weekend. >> greta: you know, its almost like what are the odds that he...

Chance to have a family and now he was going to take away their family and that was kind of his mission. i just want to kind of point out a couple of important things that came out oof that press conference. the news conference was, you know, we talked about that initial condominium or cabin that the maids were tied up in. its unclear exactly how long christopher dorner was inside that cabin. i mean, he may have been there the entire time. and as we will show you later, that cabin was overlookin...

Pointing an assault rifle at them. >> he was calm-looking. he didnt have any wild eyes or anything like that. i just did what he told me to do, you know. >> fish and wildlife officers were the closest to the scene so, they chased the suspect and exchanged shots with the pickup. they ended up at a rustic cabin across the road from the police command post. a cbs news crew followed the officers into the area and captured the shoot-out on tape. police said today that they use in order than 500 round...

Carjacked another resident by pointing an assault rifle at them. >> he was calm-looking. he didnt have any wild eyes or anything like that. i just did what he told me to do, you know. >> fish and wildlife officers were the closest to the scene so, they chased the suspect and exchanged shots with the pickup. they ended up at a rustic cabin across the road from the police command post. a cbs news crew followed the officers into the area and captured the shoot-out on tape. police said today that th...