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Hes been involved in crime before. so to put reserve deputies out there in a known situation like that up front in an undercover gun sting, i think thats kind of a bad policy, as well. so i think thats all going to have to be sorted out as the sheriff moves forward. >> mr. bates attorney clark brewster issued a statement saying that mr. bates was full fullifully certified but he hasnt given anyone any copies can of those certifications. david harris, the additional element here to the possibilit...

Miss bran citiers paper moves on the story, youre going to a metastasizing exposure of other kinds of problems with mr. bates and probably the whole deputy program. i think jim is right. they had no business using people on such a dangerous mission who werent full police officers. >> ziva another aspect of your reporting, that is we should show this video before which is the video where mr. harris is saying hes having trouble with his breath and then we will hear this very har tissue thing said ...

Ts nations first african-american female attorney general. >> this should not always be partisan. presidents have the right to pick their team. >> 73-year-old robert bates may not have been telling the full truth about his training. >> theres a record the sheriffs office havent come forward with. >> murder in the first degree. >> theyre wrong. >> the jury speaks out. >> he played a role in that murder and thats what he was charged with. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and ...

He caught on and realized what the problem it would be. >> all right. lots to dissect. evan perez, thank you so much. we know youll bring us more on that story. well come back to you. thank you. and switching gears, we turn to the reserve deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man in tulsa, oklahoma. in his first public interview surrounded by family and his lawyers, robert bates appears emotional. hes an insurance company executive. at times he also seemed defiant saying this was a terrible ac...

Incident. and i wanted to let you hear him give his version of what actually happened. here he is. >> and i was actually parked down the street at st. claire station, several blocks away from where the activity took place. in other words, the drug buy of dope and the gun purchase. he decided to bolt from the undercovers truck and run and he came to me. >> so this is the point that theyre making. both of his attorneys have made this point to me in the past couple of days. they say that he wasnt a...

For his taser. >> i shot him. im sorry. >> reporter: killing an unarmed suspect, did it happen in part because 73-year-old reserve deputy robert bates wasnt even fully trained to handle his weapons? thats the explosive allegation from the newsroom of the tulsa world. the newspaper reporting the department falsified training records, including firearm certifications. whats more, supervisors were transferred after refusing to sign off. >> heres the thing. >> reporter: the shooting happened after a...

Good morning, everyone. happy friday. i am deborah feyerick and i am in for carol costello this morning. the first interview with the reserved deputy that shot and killed an unarmed suspect after mistaking his taser for his firearm, and you will hear robert bates explain how this happened. >> on your stomach. >> oh, i shot him. i am sorry. >> and during this mornings interview, bates alternated between choked up and also defiant, insisting that anybody could have made this mistake. here is how h...

Situations over the years, certainly it can be a stressful situation. but we as sworn officers particularly those as sworn officers today, have all the responsibility of making sure that when they pull their weapon they have to pull the right weapon. and they have to use the resources they have available there. they tell them we were on the scene, i wasnt there and whatever the stressful situation was for them of course the state of oklahoma saw that it was necessary to pursue charges based on w...

Writing to prove it. >> i have a written piece of paper that mr. warren kritenton, now in jail for first degree murder 40 miles east of here signed off to say i have done a good job. >> showing exactly where he kept his gun and his taser, watch him demonstrate. >> my taser is right here in the front tucked in a protective vest. my gun itself is on my side normally to the rear. >> and one of the questions remaining, how bates could have made that mistake as you saw, his taser is tucked in his che...

Investigators. mr. bates has already been charged with second degree manslaughter. in a written statement to police obtained by the tulsa world newspaper and shared with us here at "the last word," mr. bates says "i have attended numerous schools and seminars related to drug investigations and the tactical operations associated with the apprehension of suspects involved in drug trafficking. i have also attended a five-day homicide investigation school in dallas, texas, as well as received traini...