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Didn t hear anything from reeva, though he didn t confirm her location in the apartment, when he turned the corner and faced that locked bathroom door, he fired the shots, and he said before i knew it, i had fired off four shots. only later discovering his tragic mistake. he says at that point he put on his prosthetic legs and went to the balcony, and he began shouting to god and reeva and to any of his neighbors for help, shouting repeatedly in a way he had never shouted before, presumably awaiting the testimony of those four prosecution witness who s said they heard a woman screaming and heard an argument between a man and a woman before the shots were fired. oscar pistorius, when he finally broke down in court, sobbed for long minutes even after court was adjourned. he will be back on the stand tomorrow. mike taibi, pretoria, south africa. the clean-up continues over parts of the midwest and southeast from that dangerous line of storms. people had to be rescued from homes and from ....
Full of terror, that he can smell the blood and that sometimes the terror is so bad that he doesn t want to go back to sleep and risk waking up in that condition again. he will continue on the stand tomorrow. still direct examination by his attorney barry rue, and then he will face cross-examination by the prosecutor which could go on for days. oscar pistorius, the only person who knows precisely what happened on that morning, that valentine s day morning, trying to convince the judge that his version of what happened is the truth. mike taibi, south africa. cycling new to afghanistan where votes are still being tallied this weekend after the historic election. it marks the first ever democratic handover of power in the country, despite threats of violence and destruction from the taliban. afghans turned out in record numbers the final tally is not expected for weeks. we to have some preliminary results to suggest voters cast their ballots largely along ethnic lines. what does it mean ....
And your family. i was simply trying to protect reeva. nbc s mike taibi filed this report just a short time ago. it was high drama and raw emotion in the courtroom this morning when oscar pistorius took the stand and for the first time in his own words began to till his story. the story of his life and ultimately later this week the story about what happened on the morning of valentine s day last year. 2013. he surprised the court, though, by starting out with an apology. he turned to the steenkamp family and said that they were the first people that he thought of and that he prayed for when he woke up in the morning. he said that he wanted to assure them that reeva went to bed that night knowing that she was loved and that he was only trying to protect her. he broke down several times talking about how difficult it s been for him since that fateful night. how he suffered from insomnia, depression. he has taken anti-depressants and sleep aids. even with the sleep aids he often wake ....
Thought was gunshots could have been oscar pistorius hitting the door with a cricket bat. here we have a cricket bad, and we want to see what kind of noise we can make by striking this against the door. i m recording here, but also down there, which is about 180 meters from here with a recording device. well, mike taibi, he compares it to the sound of a 9 millimeter, and it is a remarkably similar town. right. there are questions about that, questions which the defense attorney is certain the judge ....
Until april 4th, but it s hard to say that will be a reliability number, they re only on witness number 17 of 107 on the prosecution list, and the defense has their list, of course starring oscar pistorius, who they have said will testify. mike, greatly appreciate it. right now in idaho, a professor s satirical letter asked this provocative question when may i shoot a student? that s the student that professor asked. the shocking question is sparking major debate over a new law allowing concealed guns on college campuses. and if a couple is not married, should the mother be able to ban the child s father from the delivery room? a new jersey judge has ruled yes. and that one is our gut check. here s a look at what s ....