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Know if those records exist or dont. >> i dont know. i just heard robert bates tell you know, say that he had a piece of paper that could prove hes certified and qualified, so i think he should just give that to the sheriffs department and we would all know. >> i want to play by the way, what bates and his attorney said on "today" about the questions raised by your story. listen to this. >> you did the training and you can prove that you were certified? >> that is absolutely the truth. i have it...

Its looked at by independent eyes to ensure that fairness is looked into. >> representative i want to play more of what bates had to say, specifically what he said about whether it was intentional. take a listen. >> what were you thinking when you heard the shot? >> oh, my god, what has happened. the laser light is the same on each weapon. i saw the light and i squeezed the trigger and realized i dropped the gun. this was not an intentional thing. i had no desire to ever take anyones life. >> ob...

>> certainly, how could i snot. >> that was matt lauers exclusive interview with robert bates. a lot of news in it to get to. nbcs gabe gutierrez has been following this from tulsa. gabe, good morning. what did you see the key pieces of what bates had to say this morning? >> reporter: well he said several things. he flatly denied any of these records had been falsified and as you may have referenced earlier, the tulsa "world" citing anonymous sources said batess supervisors had had ordered to fa...