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Testimony, an afghan father asked sergeant bales why did he shoot him in the jaw. bales killed the mans son and he ended his testimony crying when asked to talk about his family. a jury is deciding whether bales should ever be offered parole. a phoenix family is counting its bless blessing after a massive fire that nearly took his life. despite protests from this family and neighbors he went back inside the home in order to rescue the cat. he got one and set about trying to find another one. n...

Years old. emotional survivors of a massacre in afghanistan are confronting the soldier who murdered their loved ones. one of them so shaken he started crying and got up to leave court. this is the killer. staff sergeant robert bales. he pleaded guilty to slaughtering 16 villagers in afghanistan last year. most of the victims helpless women and children. families who lived in homes made of mud. it happened while sergeant bales was on his fourth tour in afghanistan. slipped from the base. drinkin...

Is inside, is in a void. we can have a person that, a live rescue. >> reporter: in philadelphia, toni yates, for abc news. an army sergeant has pleaded guilty to killing 16 afghan men, womeen bales telling a military judge there was not a good reason in the world for his actions. bales agreed to the guilty plea to avoid the death penalty. his attorney suggested he suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome after four combat tours. >> sergeant bales has been waiting for the day to accept resp...

Take these steroids in any way, if not physically forced, then emotionally forced and forced to take the steroids? >> well, you know better than anybody being since i read your book which is wonderful, by the way, and you know how special forces have an influence on the infantry. and so i think its a cultural problem. the army also admitted there was a real failure of leadership at this camp, of the special forces leadership. i think there was like almost peer pressure, i would call it, to do wh...

Forces personnel. of course, nobody forces him to take it. but thats how he got it. the army admits that. >> okay. i appreciate the correction. is it your contention that sergeant bales was forced to take these steroids in any way, if not physically forced, then emotionally forced and forced to take the steroids? >> well, you know better than anybody being since i read your book which is wonderful, by the way, and you know how special forces have an influence on the infantry. and so i think its ...

Trial. bales agreed to plead guilty next week to avoid the death penalty and in an effort to avoid a life sentence, his defense the will go argue the army knew he was suffering from ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury whether they sent him to afghanistan. "outfront" tonight, sergeant bales attorney, john henry brown. thank you for joining us, mr. brown. >> its a pleasure. thanks. >> sir, do you have proof that army special forces gave him steroids? >> yes, actually,...

Next week to avoid the death penalty and in an effort to avoid a life sentence, his defense the will go argue the army knew he was suffering from ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury whether they sent him to afghanistan. "outfront" tonight, sergeant bales attorney, john henry brown. thank you for joining us, mr. brown. >> its a pleasure. thanks. >> sir, do you have proof that army special forces gave him steroids? >> yes, actually, the army admitted that. i did want ...

Take the steroids? >> well, you know better than anybody being since i read your book which is wonderful, by the way, and you know how special forces have an influence on the infantry. and so i think its a cultural problem. the army also admitted there was a real failure of leadership at this camp, of the special forces leadership. i think there was like almost peer pressure, i would call it, to do what the special forces people were doing. >> so if i understand you correctly, i just want to mak...

Mitigating factor for the mass murder laelg alleged here where 16 people were murdered without provocation. harris: youre playing two roles for us today. youre prosecutor and defense of the youre also talking about a case that the prosecution which in this case is the united states, against sergeant bales has and in its case. tell me why you think it is solid or maybe not, what is might be missing? >> the allegations are here that he went to two different villages and opened fire on innocent peo...

security to hamid karzai and the specific road map for troops to come home from the more than decade long war. >> last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. >> the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the ...