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Man. he would kill me to say boy. one thing i love about daniel was his love of life. he lived every day like it was his last. the senseless act of violence and makes sense now of daniels life. >> he was really proud of what you did. >> i was thankfully nominated to becoming a judge and i was laying in bed with him. he was not only 11 yet and i was tucking him in. thats how close we were. and i said, daniel, im worried about taking this job. im going to have to be away from you for a longer time...

>> willie geist has a question for you from new york. willie? >> sure. >> good morning, judge salas. im so sorry, again, about your wonderful son, daniel, who youve told us about in great detail over a couple of other visits here. im curious because i think some people watching at home may be wondering what keeps her going. if you lost your son, you almost lost your husband because of the work you do, what gets you up. >> faith is the first thing that has been holding mark and i up since this ha...

Savannah guthrie reported on what happened. >> the 20-year-old who was shot and killed. when the doorbell rang, daniel and his father mark went to the door. >> daniel being daniel protected his father and he took the shooters first bullet directly through the chest. the monster turns the attention to my husband. >> mark was shot multiple times but survived. the gunman hollinder took his life, he compiled personal information of the federal judge as he once appeared before.

Mom, a cuban immigrant, could rise to the point of becoming a united states district court judge. not only daniel and god but to my fellow brothers and sisters that are serving with distinction and do it because we love the rule of law and because we obviously took an oath to uphold it, and i wont give up. i cant give up. and i just continue to ask that we do something and we do it soon. the time is now. its going to be 17 months since i lost my son. >> 17 months. how old was he? >> 20. >> just ...