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>> all of these theories were running through my mind. what does that mean? is that a word? is that a person? is that a thing? the clues pointed so many different directions, it was a total mystery. >> theres a concept in the law known as a dying declaration. with those three letters in karens own blood lead to the aprehengs ap apprehension of her killer. >> investigators dig into the 3-letter mystery. who or what was r.o.c.? when dateline continues. r.o.c. when dateline continues. tennis partne...

That upon dying what we call in the business, or as attorneys a dying declaration, he took that time not to be remorseful or to blame his brother, but to justify his actions. i think that piece of evidence in and of itself was a tremendous impact in this case. >> and you heard me say that we have the reports from inside the courtroom of those jurors crying. to be careful and clear, we dont know why they were crying. we can only speculate. but have you seen anything like that in your experience? ...

Scrawled inside. now we can show you a knew piece of evidence from inside of the boat presented on tuesday. you are looking at what prosecutors say is a carving tsarnaev made into wooden slates. the message saying quote, stop killing our innocent people and we will stop. a message to the u.s. military if you stop well stop. and explain for the jurors to go to the physical location of the boat as opposed to pieces of the boat being brought to them. >> or even seeing pictures. prior to going to se...

>> dying declaration. excited utterances. all of that will probably come in. >> that statement, what does it say, i cant believe he shot me. >> like i havent done anything to justify what this man just did. frankly, if he was armed, come on, greg, if he was armed he would have shot the cop to begin with, and he didnt. he didnt shoot reeves. anybody that has a weapon, they would have used it, not thrown a handful of popcorn at someone. >> i dont know that he would have shot him because it was suc...

>> can it be submitted for bail and another couple say they encountered them and he was mad about their texting in the weeks prior. >> yes, part of the bail hearing is not texting. is that admissible here? >> part of bail is not just a flight risk but hair trigger. we dont know how many guns he owns, obviously he carries one, not that he would be allowed to if out on bail. would the public be in danger? of course they would. >> you know what else the jury might hear, the dying declaration, admis...

Ruled john out as a suspect because he had an alibi, but the judge didnt allow the alibi or the original fbi files to be presented in court. holly, to you first, what do we know about his alibi, and why wouldnt it be allowed in court? >> well, the short answer is, it would have been straight-up hearsay because the alibi he gave to his parents was that, you know, they alibied him and said he was somewhere else, he was 40 miles away. but they are deceased, so theres nobody to validate that hearsay...

In fact she did it five different times. what was your reaction to that? >> i was stunned. my jaw dropped. i was embarrassed. >> did she talk to you before she went on the five sunday talk shows. >> no, sir. >> you were the highest-ranking official in libya at the time, correct. >> yes, sir? and she did not bother to have a conversation with you before she went on national television? >> no, sir. >> when ambassador stevens talked to you perhaps minutes before he died, as a dying declaration, wha...

Notified the white house of my idea. they indicated that meetings had already taken place that evening, that had taken fest out of the menu of options. >> bill: thompson went on to say he was not told why the emergency support team was not deployed. the next area of concern is why ambassador susan rice mislead the world shortly after the murders when she said a provocative anti-muslim video could have ignited a spontaneous attack on the americans. the second in command in libya, state department...

>> is there a national security coverup? in just hours we may find out. tomorrow state department whistleblowers, including the number two at the embassy who was the last known person to speak to our murdered ambassador, will tell congress what happened during the september 11th benghazi attack. the ambassador and three others were murdered in that attack almost three months ago. nice to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> why do you want to talk to gregory hicks, who is the number two in the e...

Then this exchange. >> when embassador stevens talked to you perhaps minutes before he died, as a dying declaration, what precisely did he say to you? >> he said, greg, were under attack. >> would a highly decorated career diplomat have told i or washington, had there been a demonstration outside his facility that day? >> yes, sir, he would have. >> did he mention one word about a protest or a demonstration? >> no, sir, he did not. >> the recounting of a conversation from september 11, 2012, the...