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He is the devil. The kissing congressman, the politician caught on tape with a married staffer. Now asking for forgiveness from his wife and children. But first, the night line top five which starts right now. I know a thing about an ira i got a lock on equities from my google phone i need some help im not alone good evening. It was a spectacle in the courtroom today as Oscar Pistorius took the stand and for the first time told his version of events from the night he shot and killed his girlfriend. Midway through his testimony, the olympic star broke down. Actually he not only broke down he fell apart completely. Weeping so hard that the judge actually got up and left the room. Abcs matt gutman reports now for blade runner on trial. Reporter a gut wrenching moment. You couldnt see Oscar Pistorius testify but you didnt have to. Accused of murder, pistorius began sobbing as he described for the first time publicly the moment he found his girlfriend, the model, dead in his bathroom by his own hand. I sat there and i cried. And i, i dont know, i dont know how long. Emotional testimony by inconsoleable man. Could it sway the judge, that he mistook the model for an intruder. On valentines day he fired four bullets into the bathroom in his pretoria home, killing her instantly. Abruptly the judge suspending proceedings apparently to give pistorius the opportunity to compose himself. But his howls intensified. Pistorius would come back into the court but wouldnt say another word. I cannot responsibly ask the court to carry on today. Reporter Oscar Pistorius walking out of court after crumpling on the witness stand. In court we watched as he started to sob and then wail. The question in the courtroom and around the country were the agonized howls helping or hurting his case. The man known as the blade runner, ascended olympic heights. For the past month. Sitting in the front bench in the packed pra tore yal courtroom. For days on end, testimony about the body or blood spatter that had pistorius doubled over, wretching and heaving. Often seen wrapping his hand around his head. Plugging his ears with his thumbs. Today it was the blade runners turn to describe the scene that night. I thought that there was an intruder into my home. The first thing that ran through my mind. I needed to arm myself. I needed to protect reeva and i and get my gun. Reporter he says he grabbed the gun beneath his bed. It was pitch black. If the curtains are drawn. Reporter testifying he didnt see reeva but called out to her. Just as i left my bed. I whispered for reeva to get down. Phone the police. Reporter he testified he kau out to her three times but was focused on imagined intruders. At that point i was overcome with fear. Started screaming, shouting. For the intruders to got out of my house. Hearing something in the bathroom he said he saddled in from. I conceived somebody coming out of the toilet. Before i knew it i fired four shots at the door. I kept on shouting for reeva to phone the police. Reporter she would never answer. She knew she was dead before he found her body. I was kreg ocrying out for td to help me. Skrechl i screaming. The defense argued that he felt more vulnerable. Then pistorius lead attorney stunning the courtroom. Would you take your prosthesis off and stand next to the door. Showing what pistorius looks like without his prosthetics. How uncomfortable would some one like that feel when they dont have their prosthetics on . I think quite, quite uncomfortable. Reporter tonight we exclusively interviewed the man who has been building pistorius prosthetics for over 20 years. So how mobile would oscar be on his if it is stony ground or anything look that. Sharp objects. He is not going to be mobile. Trevor brockman helped make pistorius the fastest man on no legs but his prowess on prosthetics made him feel vulnerable selfconscious without them. All this drama playing out on a 24hour cable station which hangs on every word from the now disgraced national hero. He has given very Little Information to bolster his case. He has the a lot of work to do. David osullivan is a legal analyst with the popup pistorius news channel. Wailing and anguish will be felt by some as being incredibly painful, and others as an act. Earlier in testimony, the defense had pistorius read messages be tween him and reeva, revealing intimate details of a passionate three month long relationship. It says, kiss, kiss means a lot. Often loving. Some times mundane. She sent him sexy selfies. He called her my angel. Sometimes she made him sound menacing and angry. Im scared of you some times and how you snap at me. Pistorius breaking down as he read. Im the girl who fellen lo ie with you and wanted to till you this weekend. The goal to undercut prosecution assertions she was afraid of him. When he first took the stand he expressed sadness even remorse for what he calls a tragic accident. I cant imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness i have caused you and your family. Osullivan is convinced emotional testimony is hurting pistorius. Didnt think he did that well. He need to rein him self in. He will have to do something, pretty severe now to ensure he doesnt keep breaking down. Reporter after all pistorius has but one person to convince. The judge. Who must look beyond remorse to determine whether reevas death was a horrible accident or coldblooded killing. For nightline, im matt gutman in pretoria, south africa. Up next here on nightline, the man who once threatened our producer on camera, now sits down with abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross. 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Reporter before his company was accused of cutting corners on safety that led to the death of 29 miners. Don blankenship the ceo of Massie Energy was already a despised feared figure by many in americas coal country. This is how he greeted an abc news producer six years ago. But now, facing possible federal criminal charges in the investigation of the mine disaster, blankenship showed up at abc news seemingly gentler but still full of venom to make the case he has been misunderstood. I think everybody is despised by some. How about yourself . Like yourself. A lot of people despise your views. So it is normal. Reporter why do you think you are despised . Because i do the right thing. Reporter because you do the right thing . Yes. Reporter not because you do the wrong thing . Cut corners on safety . Never did. Reporter never did. Never did. Reporter that is not what state and federal investigators found in the investigation of the disaster and what was called the Upper Big Branch mine. Officials said the men, age 20 to 61 were trapped 1,000 feet underground after a massive explosion of built up methane gas and coal dust. The federal Safety Report concluded if basic Safety Measures had been in place there would have been no loss of life at Upper Big Branch. I believe, you know that don has blood on his hand. And i believe that justice will be done. I have got to believe that. In my heart it will beef done. Reporter to defend himself, blankenship has paid hundreds of thousand of dollars to produce this 50minute film called never again that presents him as a champion of mine safety. This documentary is further evidence of his taking his responsibilities seriously. Even at great risk and expense to himself. Reporter families of the miners killed in the disaster in West Virginia are jut raged at what they call blankenships shameless self promotion. I think he is a liar. He is a murderer. He is the devil. Awe off the film repeats blankenships long held contention the fire in the mine was caused by a natural gas like that could not have been prevented. I dont think anything in place in the industry at that moment would have prevented it. State and federal investigators say they took a close look at blankenships natural gas like theory and dismissed it as an effort by hem to shift the blame away from the allegedly lax Safety Practices at this company. Made the suggest in june 2010. His characterization is simply a sham. It was production ahead of safety. The film include interview with joe mansion who now says he was lied to and never would have appeared if he had known it was for blankenship. Don is taking in millions of dollars that he made off the sweat and blood of the miners and using it now frying to turn things around and vindicate himself. Talk about a cynical approach to something that is heartless. Thats about as the bad as it gets. Blankenships film takes on the news media. We now see reporters, unions and the government ignored the evidence that supports a theory that makes sense. Especially abc news. Americas coal mining country. Of bias before i asked him the first question. Ive dont mind talking to you. We know it will be biased. You think it will be by yalsed . You will have time to cut the tapes up and make this look the way you want it to. Blankenship, you need to pay. Reporter in West Virginia last week many relatives of the minors that died, appropriate tested outside the Federal Building demanding the government quickly bring criminal charges against blankenship. The United States attorney, Booth Goodwin told abc news, the investigation is of the highest priority. We are committed to prosecuting anyone that is responsible for for the conditions that led to this horrible tragedy. So far, four former massie Company Employees have been convicted in the investigation. And one, david hugart, the man on the right told the court that blankenship was part of of a conspiracy to evade federal save inspections. Ape very powerful person. A conspiracy to violate mine safety and health laws. That has been evident at most recently in the prosecution of mr. Hubert, you mentioned. And that conspiracy was very pervasive. Blankenship denies any role in that. Absolutely not. I am not part of any type of behavior like that. Have you been told that you are under investigation yourself . Not directly. I think that, its obvious that that is probably the case. That they have looked at everything. Do you expect to be indicted . Ive dont know. You dont . No. While blankenship appears in his own film and made the round of media outlets. Awe off the king of coal its here. Welcome, don. Thank you. Reporter he refused to testify during the investigations of the mine disaster. Reporter you took the fifth amendment . I refused to show up. If i had been compelled by a court to show up. I would have showed up. Reporter your lawyer said you were invoking your right not to incriminate yourself. What was it you were afraid offen krof of incriminating yourself with. The only thing Don Blankenship is trying to do is build his image up again. I feel dishonored. It breaks my heart we have to go through this again. Reporter for many of the families, the final outrage is how blankenships film makes extensive use of the names and photos of their loved ones with violin music in the background. Supposedly to show his concern for their fate. It is all just, i cant believe he is doing this. He is just like, rubbing our noses in it. Hurting, hurting all these families again. Have you manipulated this tragedy for your own benefit . I dont see any benefit in this to me. Do you have any sense of shame . No. To use the images like this . I think a lot of the families appreciate what is being done. And some maybe not. I dont know. Reporter you think some of the families appreciate this documentary . Yes. Reporter have you talked to them . No, i havent. Reporter how would you know that . Well because i know how high would feel. Whatever Don Blankenship does. All of these families, he is just making us tired. He is making us stand together harder and firmer and we are going to fight longer and harder. He might have more money, but he aint got more fight. Now the families are fighting for what they say would be justice. Criminal charges brought against blankenship. For them that would be a powerful message to hold Corporate Executives accountable for the safety of the 90,000 americans who go to work in coal mines every dave in this country. Dan. Brian. Thank you for the fascinating report. Of next here on nightline. Why this Surveillance Video of the congress maybe and the kiss is causing a stir tonight. A little hint. Thats not his wife. Event, get a great deal on a jetta tdi. It gets 42 highway miles per gallon. 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If you will trust me with your vote you can count on me to take the values to washington, defend the christian way of life, and be back here every sunday to do the dishes. Sitting down with ak mcallis, promised not to lose soogt of his values. Ive had a dollar for every time they said you are a good guy. Dont let them chap j ychange y. The congressman is determined to run for reelection. Stating. There is no doubt i have fallen short. I am asking for forgiveness. As for the woman caught on tape with him. She resigned. A story we will continue to cover here on abc news. We want to thank you for watching tonight. And world news now soon with overnight breaking news. Tune in to gma first thing in the morning. We are online, 24 7, at abcnews. Com. Thank you for joining us. Good night. To ] when i said that. We werent ready to have a baby, were actually eightweeks pregnant. [women] shut up [brotherinlaw off camera] were pregnant [woman] youre kidding me [man] shut up [woman] shut up [screams] take the kid,take the kid,take the kid [woman] oh my god [everyone laughter,crying]