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Things started falling off the shelves. 8 people reported dead. more than a million forced from their homes. martha: army sergeant bowe bergdahl is set to make his first appearance before a it in court after being charged with desertion. what can we expect there today? >> reporter: this an article 32 hearing which is the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury. bowe bergdahl has been charged with desertion andness behavior with the enemy. we can expect to hear from both sides. evidence will...

The hands of the shooter. thats the painful part. >> reporter: so now this trial move into a sentencing phase, which is supposed to start next wednesday. were told it could last up to a month. it will be a minitrial of sorts. and this same jury will now decide whether holmes will spend the rest of his life locked up or be put to death. >> thank you. checking on some over top stories for you at 22 minutes past the hour an emergency operations center was activated in illinois overnight after a t...

Were murdered by a person who was sane. the jurors saw the defendants notebook which laid out details of the defendants plans including researching mental illness and colorado gun laws. >> we hope the jurors will do the right thing and we are happy that this animal, this monster will never see the light of day. >> reporter: holmes showed no emotion when he stood listening to the verdict. his parents were silent as well. holmes mother did appear at one point as if she was praying. gregg: the pena...

And thats -- the way it works in colorado as it works enemy states, the sentencing phase is like a mini trial in and of itself. both sides will present evidence and witnesses and that is expected to last about a month. >> alicia, thank you. and the "on the record" legal panel is here. former homicide detective and criminal defense attorney ted williams and former prosecutor katie phang. that was fast, a day and a half of deliberations for an indictment of 165 counts. >> absolutely. very fast. i ...

Exactly three years to the day from the shooting. and thats -- the way it works in colorado as it works enemy states, the sentencing phase is like a mini trial in and of itself. both sides will present evidence and witnesses and that is expected to last about a month. >> alicia, thank you. and the "on the record" legal panel is here. former homicide detective and criminal defense attorney ted williams and former prosecutor katie phang. that was fast, a day and a half of deliberations for an indi...

Children. death qualified jury which means they have already been questioned about could they impose the death penalty. its a real coin flip. my guess is yes he will get the death penalty. >> will he face execution or no. >> yes. except federal executions there havent been that many of them. it starts the ball rolling and then their appeals process begins and goes up and down the appeals court chain. eventually when his appeals run out assuming they dont avert the death penalty he will be execut...

Prosecuting this case the one thing quite frankly that i would point to are the writings that he made in the boat. >> thats what i wanted -- sunny, he clearly wanted to die. >> sure. >> this is a thing obviously when it comes to islamic extremists the idea of martyrdom. can that be used by the defense, dont give him martyrdom? >> that can be used by the defense in argument. certainly that is not a mitigating factor. but it can be used in the argument. we are going to see sort of a mini trial. bu...

Is sufficient reason to think she committed a crime. the hearing before that judge would be quite limited. it would not be a mini trial. if the judge is rules she could be extradited, it all goes back to the secretary of state, who makes the final decision weighing the facts, the law and whats in the best foreign policy interests of the u.s. >> all right, pete williams, thank you for that. lets bring in alex little, former federal prosecutor with a background in international law. and with a wel...

Death penalty, its a decision they must reach unanimously. its something the prosecutors here are pushing for. family members as well. something that hasan, through documents hes leaked to media outlets like fox news, that he even wants it. today will look like a mini trial, so to speak. well hear from 20 witnesses, some of them lost loved ones the day of the shooting. well also hear from three soldiers who survived the shooting. they are not allowed to talk about their feelings toward hasan or ...

The other two captives now are able to step up. in this case it will be michelle knight who will say "i am not afraid of you and i will tell you exactly what you did to me, and the impact on my life now, tomorrow and forever. except that i am able to move on." and that is powerful, its courageous, and it shows the people who are watching this and especially for this sentencing that this is not just about second-person related events, but first-person. what she and the other two actually experien...