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So i was extremely confident that no jury would convict me because i didnt expect any of you to be here. >> that you say that youre going to not be convicted because youre going to commit suicide. >> thats correct. >> youre saying youre innocent, right? >> yes. >> and you believe that no jury would convict you because youre going to lie your way out of it, right? >> no. >> argumentative. >> jodi arias has since admitted to killing travis alexander but claimed it was a justified split second deci...

>> did you kill travis alexander on june 4, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> why? >> um, the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> reporter: jodis new defense was self-defense. she claimed that the charming travis, outwardly a devout mormon, was secretly a def yenlt and abuser and that she jodi was a long-time victim who finally snapped when he attacked her. her lawyers said the photos that seemed so damning didnt tell the whole story of what they described as travis physical ass...

But the two clearly terrified residents, a man and a woman, are so panicked they may not realize it. >> when they threw the fire bomb, it appeared that it broke on the porch, and whatever type of accelerant they had ignited and created a lot of flame, a lot of smoke. the porch was on fire, but it never extended into the actual dwelling. >> onlookers screamed for the residents to wait for the fire department, but the man and woman make a split second decision to jump. the man goes first. >> baby,...

>> on the day of the collision, father and son head to one of their favorite spots to train watch. a railroad crossing by a recycling transfer station. while dad waits in the car, the young train buff walks to the other side of the tracks and starts recording a tractor-trailer that stops right in the middle of the crossing. as the gates start to close, he quickly realizes he, too, is in danger. he makes a split second decision to run to a safer location. >> i noticed that there was about to be a...

Its only later he learns what happens next. ron moves up to fourth gear and hits the nitrous boost button. hes blasting at 175 miles per hour when his front wheel begins to wobble. ron struggles to regain control, but its a losing battle. he makes a split second decision to abandon the bike, but as this terrifying video shows, his right legislate is caught under the seats pulling him at almost 200 miles an hour in the dusty surface. >> it dragged him like a horse would drag a cowboy. >> the fric...

Guns or explosives. they run in uation where they may have to make a split second decision where they may act the lives of kids. >> it is true. you niver can fully prepare because you never know what the scenario is. we have emergency action plans for these shooters. and this is what the situation was. and we have police officers and detectives and units that train for this all of the time for this type of scenario. and so when they turn out. they establish a perimeter and set up a mobile comman...

Guns or explosives. they run in uation where they may have to make a split second decision where they may act the lives of kids. >> it is true. you niver can fully prepare because you never know what the scenario is. we have emergency action plans for these shooters. and this is what the situation was. and we have police officers and detectives and units that train for this all of the time for this type of scenario. and so when they turn out. they establish a perimeter and set up a mobile comman...

Guns or explosives. they run in uation where they may have to make a split second decision where they may act the lives of kids. >> it is true. you niver can fully prepare because you never know what the scenario is. we have emergency action plans for these shooters. and this is what the situation was. and we have police officers and detectives and units that train for this all of the time for this type of scenario. and so when they turn out. they establish a perimeter and set up a mobile comman...

Welfare of our students under our direction. dawn epitomized that. she cared deeply about her kids. she became her kids. owned everything about them. doesnt surprise me at all or today that shes being described in heroic terms. >> none of us knows how we would react under a terrifying circumstance, shots ringing out. you are terrified. and yet it seemed like her own safety, because it had to only be a split second decision she made. her instinct was to go and do something. >> it just shows the i...

The situation, cover. cover. get behind cover. get behind a pole, a garbage can, where the bullets can fought hit you. that is first. make yourself invisible, invisible. if the shooting is occurring in a far away situation, it is unfolding and approaching, run in the opposite direction. if it is unfolding in your area, cover, cover, cover. >>neil: a lot of the cases, these folks were surprised when it first started as the theater in colorado. just seemed out of place and weird. avoid the sound o...