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Riz -- garner's widow said, hell know. we're learning what happened during the grand jury proceedings. not everything but a bit of it. >> just a bit. grand jury proceedings are secret by law in new york but the d.a. in the garrer case asked a state supreme court judge to release some information, and the judge agreed to a limited public disclosure. no witness testimony or details of the evidence presented but here's what we do know. the grand jury sat for nine weeks. they heard 50 witnesses, 22 civilians, the remaining police officers or experts, ems technician and doctors there were 60 exhibi...

Defense attorney, harry halk, a former nypd detective. i'll ask you both the same question. eric. >> yes. >> did the grand jury get it right or wrong? >> i believe the grand jury got this one wrong. looking at this video, i did not think that it will be a murder case. i never thought that for one second. criminally negligent homicide or lower level charge like that was very appropriate under these circumstances. >> could have been second degree manslaughter. criminally negligent homicide. felony assault. reckless endangerment. could have been a whole host of things. right or wrong? >> they def...

Says the garner case will revolutionize policing in america0s largest city. >> we will be changing our our officers talk with residents of the city, changing how they listen, slowing down some interactions that sometimes escalate too quickly. giving officers a chance too wait until backup and supervision comes. de-escalating. using less force whenever possible. funmental lessons. >> we're still waiting to hear specifics but it's probably safe to say that armed bar, that chokehold, the seatbelt maneuver will not be a tactic they'll retrain the officers in. >> rick, thank you very much. you have...

Right call. >> the team worked really hard, made a great attempt to get off today and in the end made the right choice based on the day that we had to not fly today. we will attempt tomorrow. >> orion is the new appaollapol capsule that nasa is developing to hopefully carry astronauts by 20 2021. an important step towards testing all of its equipment. the jury's grand decision not to indict a police officer in the death of garner. the officer cleared in the case, issued an apology. he said this, "i became a police officer to help people and to protect those who can't protect themselves. it i...