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The kidnapping and her life since. >> i remember him forcing me onto the ground, fighting the whole way. when he was finished, he stood up, and i was left alone feeling absolutely broken, absolutely shattered. i was broken beyond repair. >> you were worthless. >> i was going to be thrown away. >> joining me nbc special correspondent meredith vieira. meredith, this is an extraordinary story. tell me about elizabeth smart and the strength she had and also how this damaged her. >> amazing strength....

Boys assaulted or abused. she wanted to tell her story in detail for the first time to let them know they are not alone. no matter what they go through or have been through, as horrific as it might be, feeling youre shattered forever, which is what she felt, you can come out of it with help of family and friends and therapy, you can come out of it and be whole again. she wanted to send that message particularly to children. >> so uplifting. as horrifying as it is, youve brought out the best in t...

Me and amanda, we had nothing to do with this crime. and what i really want is that we dont need this tragedy more victims. meredith had been horribly murdered. and if it came to my sister, i will get crazy as well. but im just begging to look at the real facts and the truth about this case. >> okay. let me bring in john kelly quickly, john. what do you think will be the outcome of this latest stage of this? and how do you feel about the legal process? >> well, its a little different than ours, ...

Fate of amanda and raffaele hanging in the balance. it is a difficult situation, a human tragedy for meredith kerchers family. >> john, you have always been a strong supporter of amanda knox. it is a very divided case, many people have strong feelings on both sides of it. why do you feel so strongly with exemplary background, that she is innocent? >> less than a year after the murder of meredith kercher, rude guede, overwhelming evidence, merediths blood, dna evidence, the palm print, he admits ...

That. me and amanda, we had nothing to do with this crime. and what i really want is that we dont need this tragedy more victims. meredith had been horribly murdered. and if it came to my sister, i will get crazy as well. but im just begging to look at the real facts and the truth about this case. >> okay. let me bring in john kelly quickly, john. what do you think will be the outcome of this latest stage of this? and how do you feel about the legal process? >> well, its a little different than ...

Hanging in the balance all this time. thats a difficult situation, a human tragedy for the kerchers and a travesty of justice for amanda and rafaele. >> john, youve always been a strong supporter of amanda knoxss. its a very divisive case. many people have strong opinions on both side of this. why do you feel so strongly with your exemplary back legal background she is 100% innocent? >> mr. morgan, five years ago, october of 2008, less than a year after the murder of meredith kercher, rudy gaday...

And quite likely it will go up on appeal again regardless of the results. so this is going to be a legal ping pong battle probably for the next five years with the fate of amanda and rafaele hanging in the balance all this time. thats a difficult situation, a human tragedy for the kerchers and a travesty of justice for amanda and rafaele. >> john, youve always been a strong supporter of amanda knoxss. its a very divisive case. many people have strong opinions on both side of this. why do you fee...

There is a difference between life and death with cancer patients and sometimes thats weeks and months, not 2014. >> okay. let me -- >> theres a difference. >> the difference is that these clinical trials impact relatively small number of people and very much impacted and should get the government back up to get back into it where obamacare can extend health insurance to 30 million people and goal one for the republican party at the national level over the last four years is trying to prevent th...

The testimony of the accomplice with corroborating physical evidence that some would say wasnt that clear. do you know who was convicted on similar evidence recently? whitey bulger. accomplice testimony with old evidence that was kind of suspicious. nobody has a problem with that. >> so let me play quick will one other thing she said to matt lauer. just find out whether you think it is believable. heres amanda knox. >> i dont -- i dont want to be forever separated from them because at this point...

Province where america ceded control to the afghan army the taliban is gaining a foothold. british and american forces struggled for years taking heavy casualties for a modest security bubble. those gains have started to vap wait this year. its also symbolic coming one year and two days after the consulate attack in benghazi that left four americans dead. this morning the head of al qaeda called for attacks in the united states to, quote, bleed america economically. in the 72-minute audio messag...