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Attorney kendall coffey in our studios. tell me about robert bates decision to take his story public. he did so the today show everybody sees that. will this hurt him or help him? >> i think its an incredibly risky thing to do. normally somebody charged with a crime stays the heck away from the press. we all know that portions of that interview could be used as evidence against him in the second degree manslaughter trial. as a former prosecutor watching it i thought matt lauer made an important ...

>> you did the training and you can prove that you were certified? >> that is absolutely the truth. i have it in writing. >> reporter: those questions are still swirling and the reporters who wrote that story for the tulsa world newspaper telling cnn they stand by their story, and they said they had five sources for that story, so questions are still swirling around that. the sheriff in tulsa has not spoken directly or out about this at all, so you know those questions still out here this mornin...

On the hip and the taser was on the chest. >> my taser is right here in the front tucked in a protective vest. my gun itself is on my side. normally to the rear. >> people are going to look at that mr. bates, and say how could you make this mistake? how could you think you were going for your taser on your chest tucked into that vest and accidentally pull your weapon? >> let me say this has happened a number of times around the country. i have read about it in the past. i thought to myself after...

Constructed. >> tougher to climb. just a little more challenging. okay. weve got two tsa screeners have been fired. why? because several men complained of being groped. so were talking about a male and female agent here. accused of working together at denver international airport to inappropriately touch passengers. police say the male agent would signal his co-worker the female when he thought a male traveler was attractive. that passenger was then singled out for a patdown and then ended up be...

Background. cnns ryan young joining me now. rhine, youll try to explain this because deputy bates is insisting this accidental shooting could have happened to anyone. is that right? >> thats right, jake. in fact we watched that video over and over. across the country, tasers and guns are usually separated on officers and we watched that video, and he showed a bullet-proof vest usually have his taser on his chefrt and gun either here on the side or somewhere in the back. but he said in the heat o...

A way it might not matter in other walks of life. you can bet, yeah, extra steps to make sure that sort of thing cant happen again. >> tsa folks i deal with all the time are topnotch. seth, before i let you go are you a big "star wars" fan? >> yeah excited about that plane, right, they are going to paint it in "star wars" over in japan. yep. >> seth, thank you, buddy, good to see you. >> you got it jose. coming up on "the rundown," more on that exclusive interview with robert bates as he tells...

Friday morning. athena jones, thank you very much. we appreciate it. switching gears here this morning, the tulsa sheriffs office pushing back against a new report that deputy robert bates training records were falsified. officials say they suspect the claims were made by a former disgruntled employee whos now in jail. this man, accused of murder. but the reporters who wrote the story tell us here at "new day" they had five sources on that story. and they are sticking with their reporting. bat...

>> reporter: what mr. bates is referring to there is the lawyer for mr. bates believes one of the sources for this is a former sheriffs department employee who is no longer with the department and is sitting in jail accused of murder. so they are discrediting that report. the newspaper says they have five sources in all that corroborated this story. all of this very interesting. in the background here, more than a week ago we filed an open records request with the sheriffs department asking for ...

>> chewy, were here. >> "all in" starts now. >> good evening. im chris hayes. a spotlight tonight on the tulsa deputy who shot and killed a suspect in a sting operation and the exact circumstances under which the tulsa county sheriffs office allowed him to participate with a taser and a gun. robert bates who volunteered has been charged with second degree manslaughter and released on bond. he said he mistook his gun for a taser and therefore shot 44-year-old eric harris by accident on april 2nd....

Body when you are in uniform you keep your taser and where you keep your weapon. >> my a taser is right here on the front tucked in a protective vest. my gun itself is on my side normally to the rear. >> people are going to look at that mr. bates and say how would you make this mistake? how could you think you were going for your taser on your chest tucked into that a vest and accidentally pull your weapon? >> let me say this has happened a number of times around the country. i have read about i...