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Wear the uniform for? ive got to tell you, this justify the means situation in the case of sergeant manning is very troubling. >> eric: a lot of people think spying is tantamount to murder. >> kat: theres not a single example of anyone losing their lives because of what chelsea manning did. its been investigated extensively. >> eboni: if there was an example, would it change the analysis for you? we cant say what you do actively should be quantitated around the results. >> kat: people do say tha...

>> eboni: the legal implications are huge. i think kat and what j.d. are going back-and-forth forth with our legitimate things. this is the big question when it comes to leaks. do the ends justify the means? i think that is ultimately the question we have to look within ourselves to find out. in this case, she escaped the capital offense but was convicted of heavier charges. not to be a stickler but its under appeal, as kat points out. ultimately she may not be allowed to get those benefits. i t...

Of the suspect. >> the suspect is racing toward them at more than 80 miles an hour. manning and his fellow officers are in position and after waving through another driver they lay spike strips down across the highway. >> in the ideal situation to deploy the spikes is in an area where you have guardrails or bridge abutments or some area where you can funnel the suspects car into and still provide yourself with some cover, should the car try to go a different direction. >> each steel spike is two...

Long. >> i move toward the back of my police car, as i see the suspect vehicle has crossed the center line now, aiming right for my car. i didnt want to run out to the left or to the right and get run over, so i just waited till the suspect vehicle was committed in one direction. >> the van is barreling toward the officer at a tremendous speed, showing no signs of slowing down. with the vehicle right in front of him and with almost no time to react, manning makes a split-second decision and jump...

Death on the side of the road. >> just looked at my car and it was completely demolished and i was just relieved that i was alive and still in one piece. >> sergeant matt manning thought hed seen everything in his almost 25 years in law enforcement. but a call to the fort hall indian reservation almost becomes his last. >> i was at the state police office in pocatello and we received a call requesting assistance from us in trying to stop a suspect vehicle. >> october, 2005, authorities in hot pu...

Bang. and i saw it out of my corner of my eye. my car was going up and back. and it felt like it was traveling right over my head. and it was an eerie feeling. >> the speeding van crushes mannings police cruiser. car parts and glass fly in every direction. the collision sends the van spinning out of control, into the middle of the road, barely missing the other cruiser filming the incident. >> after the collision, i realized i was okay, ways looking around at my other fellow police officers, mak...

He survives the impact only to be promptly arrested by authorities. an idaho state trooper attempting to stop a car chase in progress narrowly escapes death on the side of the road. >> i just looked at my car. and it was completely demolished. and i was just relieved that i was alive and still in one piece. >> sergeant matt manning thought hed seen everything in his almost 25 years in law enforcement. but a call to the indian reservation almost becomes his last. >> i was at the state police of...

He apologized for the ordeal. >> still on the beat, sergeant manning has a new outlook and some sage advice for his colleagues out on patrol. >> exercise extreme caution when youre a situation like this where youre deploying the spike strips. make every effort to get yourself some cover and do it in a safe location. >> weve seen what happens when drivers get distracted. air shows go awry. when people get reckless on the road, many of the crash victims you saw in this hour were left with only cut...

Was going to go through without being spiked. >> sergeant manning, seen here on the right, waits for the fugitive to arrive. but not for long. >> i move towards the back of my police car because i see that its the suspect vehicle has crossed the centerline now, aiming right for my car. i didnt want to run out to the left or to the right and get run over. so i just waited until the suspect vehicle was committed in one direction. >> the van is barrelling toward the officer at a tremendous speed, s...

Hassanhass n shot me another five times before i was able to get to safety. >> did you look for your firearm? tell us about that. >> well instance tanstaneously, thats just instinct to reach for our firearm, which we didnt have. i think to arm all personnel at the military facility theyre working on. especially when theyre in a duty uniform. so at least well be able to fight back against a threat thats presented before us. >> sergeant manning, did you look for your firearm? >> absolutely it ran ...