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It most resembled that sound. >> reporter: then it was time for heath to take the stand. the last time tom had seen his boy was at a hearing in court almost a year earlier. >> while you are in the barn, do you hear something? >> yes. i thought it was maybe skylar ran into a wall. either that or a gun shot. >> reporter: you think the boys were if not eyewitnesses then ear witnesses. >> to what happened. >> reporter: tom shaffer knew if he had any hope of getting tom foley acquitted, he would need to prove the sound those boys heard was anything other than a gun shot. just two weeks before trial...

Stand. >> i didn't want to convince just the 12 jurors. i wanted to convince the prosecut prosecutor, the police, my wife's family. i wanted them to know. >> reporter: he started by answering some nagging questions like how did a yellow plastic bag with shotgun shells in it get into tom's basement? >> did you have bags in your home? >> yes. >> reporter: how do you explain the bag in the basement with the shotgun shells? >> they weren't ours. that bag is probably ours. my fingerprint is on the bag. for three clean shotgun shells to be in my basement -- this doesn't make sense. >> reporter: you ...

income neighborhoods. i'm able to relate and get along with the people a lot better having prior experience with dealing with this type of environment and i feel it's made me more effective as a police officer being able to relate to these people. understand what their culture is about and just understand them as a human being and giving them respect whereupon they give me respect in return and assist me in performing my job. ...copter is following a vehicle. i've got the copter following a vehicle. the guy's bailed out of a possible stolen car. he's following the car right now that ...

>> who are you? >> i'm john dennis, i'm running for congress. >> dennis is considered the los angelesest of long shots and today her approval rating hit an all-time low. as the money flowing, so do the questions about where it's coming from. advertising execs point out nonpolitical businesses are under a greater microscope. you can sell soup and you have to go through more scrutiny. >> norah o'donnell is msnbc's chief political correspondent. i'm just back from las vegas. i was astonished how many campaign ads are running. you barely see any other commercials. where is that money c...

frightening news about iran's nuclear potential. an international watchdog record says they do in fact have enough information to make a working nuclear bomb. we'll fill you in. as president obama weighs what to do next in afghanistan, the taliban claims responsibility for one of the worst attacks in the war in afghanistan yet. eight american soldiers have been killed. we will go live to afghanistan. and the president's efforts to bring the olympics home to chicago may have failed. how much of a home field advantage is it anyway competing on your own turf. we're going to talk with a ...