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Following a report that training records were falsified for deputy robert bates after he killed a man during a sting. the accusation is the records were actually falsified years before the sting. nevertheless the sheriffs office now say these claims were made by a suspect, a former disgruntled employee whos now in jail for murder. state officials are now calling for an outside probe. this thing is a mess. lets get right to cnns ed lavandera in tulsa with the latest. good morning, ed. >> reporter...

Bad things about themselves they only going to tell you the good things. but now what we hope is they let an outside entity come in and investigate this thing. >> reporter: and erin the public relations battle is in full swing tonight here in tulsa. just a short while ago officials here released an announcement saying theyve launched an i quote, were listening tour to battle misinformation and rumors that are being spread by local and national media. erin? >> mm. all right. thank you very much e...

Found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. the tulsa county sheriffs office has launched an internal review of its reserve deputy program after volunteer officer robert bates shot and killed unarmed resident eric harris earlier this month. today bates sat down with matt lauer and offered his regrets. >> first and foremost, let me apologize to the family of eric harris. you know this is the second-worst thing thats ever happened to me or first. ever happened to me in my life. ive...

Standing by their story. so what does the victims family think in all of this? because it is about the victim eric harris. donald smulen, an attorney for the harris family joins us now. thank you for being with me sir. i appreciate it. i want to begin with news just in to us here at cnn. robert bates was just on "today" and he told matt lauer let me apologize to eric harriss family swearing this was a mistake. your reaction to that? >> well i think thats a long time coming. its unfortunate that ...

Brian, a couple things. lets go to the heart of this. do you think it was wise for him to actually do thisn the court of public opinion? >> deborah, absolutely not. that was a lethal mistake on his part. it underscores the fact that he clearly did not belong on that police department. he had his gun, his revolver in a different position than where his taser was. when hes out there saying like this can happen to anyone what message does that send to the public? he should be saying this shouldnt h...

Legally. >> espn giving the one week suspension, some people saying wait a minute, thats not long enough or going too far because it wasnt a work related incident. >> although theres the camp that someone in the public eye and even if it wasnt we know nowadays, if everything is being filmed it could be out there. >> she looked right at that camera. >> really unfortunate. nice to see you. >> nice to be here. im excited to make my inaugural visit. >> come back. >> any time. >> nice things to say a...

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 will 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 in to that vest and accidently 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 reading several cases i dont understand how this can ha...

Thats... seize the journey friendly. the reserve deputy accused of manslaughter for killing an unarmed black man, breaking his silence for the first time. speaking to nbc, deputy robert bates apologized to the victims family as you can see here

Money that corporations and the ultra wealthy can pay to politicians to get laws passed as they want. but when she says she wants an amendment thats going to make sure theres no more unaccountable money, thats not getting money out. >> mr. cohen, good to have you with us tonight. well have you back on this issue. certainly its not going away any time soon. ben cohen of ben and jerrys here on the ed show. coming up, robert bates is speaking out with his side of the story. well bring you the det...

>> last week the sister of sean collier killed by the tsarnaev brothers she also said she didnt think dzhokhar tsarnaev should get the death penalty. we have not heard from the family of other two people killed crystal campbell and lindze le. >> compassionate voices raised. thank you. appreciate it. coming up could tulsa reserve deputy reserve backlash for speaking out? were going to speak to an expert. this raises questions about what happened that day, how this is being played out? it brings...