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In syria. that is -- martha: thank you amy. bill: life or death for the boston marathon bomber. [explosion] [screaming] bill: dzhokhar tsarnaev convicted on all 30 counts. so will he die for his crimes or spend the rest of his life in prison? well have that for you. plus there is this. ♪ >> dont pick it up. drop it. >> new controversy now over the movie, "american sniper" after a university flip-flops on a decision to cancel a screening of the movie. why it is such a flashpoint when we come ba...

Other than deadly force in this case? >> no, theres not. this is a deadly force encounter. when you respond to lethal force, you respond to that with lethal force. a taser is a less lethal item. >> reporter: soon after the shooting the officers signed affidavits about what happened. both say jason harrison lunged at them. he lunged at officer rogers first and raised the screw driver in the air. officer rogers said he lunged at officer hutchens first. both officers agreed, though, that the screw ...

>> the harrisons family attorney says if jason had really lunged at the officer, you would have seen his whole body fill the screen of the body camera. >> he didnt lunge. he didnt stab. he didnt jab. no thrust and no zoro move. >> reporter: what about after the shooting? the officers continue to yell at him to drop his weapon as he lay motionless. listen. >> sorry, man. sorry, buddy. drop it, guy. >> put the thing down! put the screw driver down! >> reporter: after several minutes officer rogers...

Put the screwdriver down! >> drop it! >> put the screwdriver down. >> drop it, guy. >> [ bleep ]. >> maam, stand back. >> camera on? >> yeah, its rolling. yours? >> of course mine crapped out. man. >> drop it, guy. >> hes unconscious. >> just harrowing to hear that mother crying in the background. the camera did not stop recording. it also picked up a conversation between the officers moments after the shooting. have a listen. >> hes still alive. hes still alive. >> did you handcuff him?

Lecture the black community. you know, thats what the president of the united states could have, should have done more of to make a historic mark but chose instead to deal with other issues and to ignore the fact he was uniquely situated to deal with this situation. >> i want to show a case in new york, were all from new york here and this is where a disturbed man attacked a jewish man in new york city in a synagogue and how the cops had to react here. and its important because you see during th...

Drop it. drop it. at one point he drops it, puts it away. he holstered his arms -- his firearm. and then he went back at it and then he had to take him down. such a hard job being a police officer. watch this. >> drop the [ bleep ] knife. drop the knife. drop the knife. >> i will drop the knife. >> drop it! >> hey! hey! hey! >> whoa! whoa! whoa! [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> they fired one shot -- >> well, because of the criticism that the cops have been receiving over the last couple of mon...

He had just assaulted his ex-girlfriend and hit his own child, whom she was carrying in her arms. at 33 years old, he was already a career criminal, nearly 30 previous arrests. many felony convictions. and the two perry policemen were about to find out just how dangerous he could be. >> you terrorized an entire community. >> hes a traditional domestic abuser, a control freak. >> im surprised youre here today because of what went on that day. >> reporter: mccarty was in the home, holding a knife ...

Spend your investigative time on? its so tone deaf and i think prosecutors are looking at what will and not be tolerated but this is not the time for this. >> i want to continue this on twitter. tweet me what you think. thank you so much. set your dvr, watch 360 whenever youd like. learn what went on with a police officer at moments like this. >> hey, back up. back up. put your hands up. put your hands up. drop the knife, right now. drop it. >> when police officers make the decision to shoot or ...

Do you understand? >> yes. >> standby. >> hey sh, hey. back up, back up. back up! put your hands up. put your hands up. drop the knife right now. drop it. >> reporter: while the volunteers make split second decisions, brain waves and hard rates checked part of an ambitious research project at washington state university partly funded by the defense department with the goal of improving justice in america. professor brian viola is the man in charge. >> we dont know yet still 100 some years since ...

Put your hands up. drop the knife. drop it. >> reporter: while the volunteers make split second decisions, brain waves and hard rates checked part of an ambitious research project at washington state university partly funded by the defense department with the goal of improving justice in america. >> we dont know yet still 100 some years since teddy roosevelt had the first police firearms training in new york, we still dont know whether theres a connection between the training we give police offi...