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Officer hitting the womans head and upper body at least 11 times in 11 seconds while she tries to block the blows. >> shes like this, where shes not fighting anymore and hes still wailing on her. and these arent, like, taps. these are, like, grown man on top of you punching you. >> reporter: david diaz shot the video while driving by the scene and posted it to youtube. now the highway patrol is promising a thorough investigation into the video and the events leading up to the altercation. >> and...

Eventually start walking towards the officer and that is when the takedown began. >> he grabs her. she kind of is like, you know, does the resistance in terms of like natural reaction. and then he then grabs her, those her to the floor, and then gets on top of her, which then you would think, okay, hes going to wrap her up, call it in, another day in los angeles. but no, this wasnt the case. >> reporter: chp says the woman, who carried no i.d., was taken to hospital for a physical and mental eva...

Activists in l.a. say they want a practical probe. >> we saw something that was repulsive and reprehensible and totally out of character for them. >> reporter: for the end of the video an off-duty officer arrives to help handcuff the woman. the authorities say her name is unknown. she was treated and released from a hospital and is supposed to receive a mental evaluation. other news now. four children are dead. dozens of people displaced after a massive fire tore through several row homes in s...

State in the reports and in the testimony. and so it is a subjected bloef. and as long as the judge believes that ostar pistorias in his mind thought that there might be an intruder this is the defense. it is reasonable doubt and that is a high standard and allegations of suspicion. but has the burden of proof been prove ep. >> whit no, how do you poke holes in that argument? >> first and foremost start with the premise during the testimony is only an evaluation of pistorias that occurred after ...

Murder has posttraumatic stress. he has depression. of most concern, hes a suicide risk and likely to get worse without treatment. kelly phelps is in south africa to break all this down for us. kelly, weve been waiting for the 30-day evaluation. and now the outcome of it, how does it affect the trial of this man? >> reporter: well, arguably, this was an incredibly high point of the trial for the defense. because despite the fact that the psych report says that he does not suffer from generalized...

More than a dozened injured. that story next. zbloonsd new this morning, oscar pistorius forced to undergo psychiatric evaluation. were now learning what his doctors discovered. we are live at that after the break as well. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weather hits, its data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm. so if your business deals with the unexpected,

Upset. >> right. you know what i think this psychiatric evaluation assists in the defense because the theoa psychopath. he is a fares sift, he doesnt care about what he did and did it premeditated. the fact he is now suffering sug with the depression and suicidal thoughts, gives him more credibility to pistoriuss version what happened. jon: i want to roll my eyes. she is dead. this poor woman got blasted to pieces. she is cowering in fear in her locked bathroom and he is telling us oh, im suicid...

I dont know that anyone ever expected that he was going to be found mentally incapacitated, and thus prompting a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity. i think the defense is still going to use the fact, all the testimony, the general anxiety to argue that that is why he acted the way he did. and he is still going to be able to make those arguments. >> don, you may remember i said this. it was a huge blunder by the defense to raise the issue of his anxiety. in doing so, they were trying to se...

Case for the defense. >> i disagree that this is a major blow to the defense. i dont know that anyone ever expected that he was going to be found mentally incapacitated, and thus prompting a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity. i think the defense is still going to use the fact, all the testimony, the general ang say the to argue that that is why he acted the way he did. and he is still going to be able to make those arguments. >> don, you may remember i said this. it was a huge blunlder by...

Knells gets promises from me for having caught that mistake and capitalizing on it. though they may still have what we call mitigation of sentencing, they cut out their own legs. now they have a month-long evaluation that says this guy is wrong. >> you were front and center for this case. today a court dismissed george zimmermans defamation suit against nbc. whats your reaction? >> im not a civil lawyer so i dont do it but i was very surprised in a summary judgment matter, which means there is n...