as we mentioned, oscar pistorius is inside the courtroom right now. he's expected to testify, he's chosen not to be in vision on camera. if that does happen, we'll bring you the audio live and bring you the latest on that. >>> still ahead on cnn newsroom, a three-week-old mystery continuing. >> what happened to malaysia flight 370? we'll take you live to kuala lumpur for the latest on the investigation from that part of the world. >> also the pilots continue to come under scrutiny but now the captain's son and others are coming to their defense. >>> welcome back. if you're just joining us, we want to update you on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. >> that's because a short time ago australia authority say a credible new lead points to an area 1,100 kilometers -- 700 miles -- northeast of the previous search area. new analysis of radar data shows the plane was going faster than first thought, that means it burned fuel at a faster rate and didn't fly as far. >> let's get the latest on the investigation now that's headquartered in kuala lumpur

we have seen oscar pistorius break down so far in this trial. as the defense begins, as he perhaps take the stand, what aspects of that story tom just laid out will he have to really, really nail as he gives his version of events? >> well, the two most important factors in his testimony really are first of all, consistency and second of all, sincerity and believability. consistency will be key. because unusually for an accused person, he gave a lot of details about his version of events very early on. even at the bail hearing. and so far he has stuck to that version of events in his opening statement and he has managed to reinforce that version of events through cross-examination. his defense counsel's cross-examination. now that it is him on the stand he will need to maintain that consistency in the face of what is likely to be very aggressive cross-examination. >> when we hear the cross-examination, what will the prosecutor likely go after as far as oscar pistorius' story and the story of the intruder? and the argument, the lights, whether the

and we were able to see oscar pistorius come into the court. when he was read out his charges, plead not guilty. >> do you understand the alternative count? >> i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> there's a second alternative to count three. >> now, there are 107 prosecution witnesses on the list to be called. we don't know if all of them will be called through this trial. but the prosecution chose witness number 80 on the list, a neighbor of oscar pistorius, michel berger. she lived not in the same gated community as oscar pistorius but in the one next door. she gave evidence out of vision that she wasn't seen giving in afrikans. >> she screamed terribly and she yelled for help. then i also heard a man screaming for help. three times he yelled for help. i then told my husband it doesn't help him standing on the balcony. he must come back into the room and that we should call the security. >> reporter: mrs. berger sounded very distressed at times when she accounted what she had heard. she then the went on to say she ha

first, they directly contribute oscar pistorius' testimony. >> oscar pistorius said it was so dark. >> pitch-black. >> and neighbors are saying, but i can see the window. >> exactly. so two reasons. first, it catches him in a fib. part two, any ambient light -- the theory it was so dark in the bedroom i simply couldn't see anything, a speck of light coming under that bathroom door, is going to seriously undermine his contention that i had no idea reeva was in the bathroom. >> so i'm just going to play defense attorney saying well, are you so certain when that light was on, as opposed to before or after the shooting. >> and that's why the defense attorney is hammering each witness about exactly what time, how many shots. >> mark o'mara, when you have a doctor on the stand, that's a smart witness and he was able to pop in there that little comment about, i don't know, i think maybe he was begging for atonement, when he was begging for god. o lord, my -- my head fell in my hand. if you're a defense attorney, you just don't want to hear that thing. this is an expert, a doctor, saying, sou

chaos outside the court as olympian oscar pistorius is finally tried for the shooting death of his model girlfriend. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> he says it was an accident, mistaken identity. but the first witness says she heard screaming before the gunshots. >>> plus, bachelor betting. >> where is juan pablo? >> there's fierce competition for tv's most eligible bachelor. but it's not just on the show. >> nikki. >> fans now creating brackets and place bets on contestants. >> unbelievable. >> apparently, juan pablo isn't the only prize. >> pizza's here. >> and oscar tipper. when ellen had pizza delivered to the academy awards, it seemed he got stiffed. but today it was her turn to make a surprise delivery. >> keep it right here, america. "nightline" is back in just 60 seconds. >>> good evening. olympian oscar pistorius, known as the bladerunner, an amputees recognized worldwide for his athletic accomplishments. now he's one of the world's highest-profile murder defendants. he insists it was just a horrible accident 2that left hi model girlfriend reeva steenkamp dead in

a and now we have the latest on the oscar pistorius trial. >>> oscar pistorius who sprinted into the olympics went into the south african courtroom charged with murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a stunning up and coming model. we speak to those who were there that fateful valentine night. you could hear him crying? >> yes, i know. you could hear it. >> reporter: we hear from those who saw oscar away from the track. >> you get violent, and you get too far with people. >> reporter: and we take you into courtroom. >> i was traumatized to what i heard that evening. that petrified screams and shouts >> reporter: and then -- >> bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: "cnn spotlight, the oscar pistorius trial." >> make way. make way! >> reporter: making his way through the flashes of the international media gauntlet. >> make way. make way. >> reporter: oscar pistorius has gone from world famous to infamous since the night he shot and killed reeva steenkamp a year ago on valentine. and now the trial for premeditated murder. he claims that he mistook her for an intruder and shot her by acciden

24 hours of oscar pistorius. can you get enough? >> no. >> reporter: we got an inside look at that channel, pumping out 15 hours of all things pistorius every day. john webb is one of its anchors. how obsessed are south africans with this story? >> i think they're becoming more obsessed. this is all new territory for many south africans. we haven't had this kind of access to court proceedings before. especially around a criminal trial of this significance. i think the more it goes along, i think the more interested people are coming. >> and it will peak when the blade runner himself finally takes the stand to explain how he took his love's life. i'm matt gutman for "nightline" in pretoria, south africa. >> we will, of course, stay on the story. next, how much would you pay to bring your favorite tv characters back to life? 91,000 veronica mars fans opened their wallets. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to youroctor about viagra. ask if your heart is

the resident of the estate of oscar pistorius. she's been running through what she heard and the order in which she heard screams and shots coming from oscar pistorius's home. it's the start of what will be a long and intense trial of course. we'll be following it for you on "bbc world news". it brings us to the end of this edition of "gmt". thanks very much indeed for being with us. about to use the uh... scott: that's a bunch of ground-up paper, lad! scotts ez seed uses the finest seed, fertilizer, and natural mulch that holds water so you can grow grass anywhere! looking good, lad! man: thanks, scott. ez seed really works! so, how come haggis is so well behaved? scott: 'cause he's a scotty. man: oh. scott: get scotts ez seed. it's guaranteed. seed your lawn. seed it! you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all

bang, bang, bang. >> "cnn spotlight, the oscar pistorius trial." making his way through the flashes of an international media gauntlet. >> make way! >> oscar pistorius has gone from world famous to infamous, since the night he shot and killed reeva steenkamp a year agoent e valentine's day. now on trial for murder, pistorius claims he shot her by accident. but the prosecutors say he killed her in cold blood. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> back in 2008, before there was pistorius the blade runner -- >> good morning. >> -- it was oscar, the olympic hopeful. just 21 years old, he invited me into the very house that five years later would become an infamous crime scene. >> thank you. are you ready for the olympics? do you think you're going to make snit >> i think if i am going to make it, we're training as hard as we can. ♪ >> training hard to compete against able bodied athletes. as a sprinter with no legs. >> this is your prosthetic leg? >> yeah, these are the ones i use on an everyday basis. >> you walk, run. >> i'm not sure you'

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did oscar pistorius murder his model girlfriend? or was it a tragic accident? >>> and from one oscar to another. the parties, the highs, the loys, everything you could probably want to know about the oscars, including this extraordinary moment. >> guess what, pizza's here. >> the surprise pizza delivering star of hollywood's biggest night. how was the tip? the pizza man will be here live. >> russia on the move in ukraine. president obama's options. host of cnn's fareed zakaria gps. his book is soviet fate and loss. welcome to both of you. fareed, are we seeing or are we not seeing the beginning of a new cold war? >> it's not really a cold war, piers, because russia is not the superpower it once was. this is a country that is in many ways that tragically diminished what it was, one of the greatest losses of empire in the last 20 years that has happened to it, but i think what you are seeing is a conflict that is very reminiscent of the cold war, so that russia will veto any action in the united nations. the west will probably be almost all united in condemnation

. >>> the reenactment in court at the moment oscar pistorius tried to break through the bathroom door. >>> ukraine's interim government says its military will not use force against russia in crimea. >>> as we mark 25 years of the worldwide web, its inventor calls for protection for users from government surveillance. >>> what happened to flight mh 730 as it disappeared. no one knows. the last civilian contact with the flight was made between malaysia and vietnam. was it trying to return to kuala lumpur? what was it doing? one report from an ail worker says something was seen burning in the sky 300 kilometers off the coast of vietnam. in the last hour what has emerged. where you saw the position last transponder, what we know is the civil aviation authority had a recording of a plane on its secondary radar up to 1:31 in the morning. that was heading somewhere in that direction. now we've heard from an air force general that to the west of malaysia way up the coast, about the area where there is the double sea in malacca off the coast of malaysia where panang island is, the air force sa

now to south africa, the third day of the oscar pistorius trial. the chief defense lawyer has been seeking to undermine the prosecution testimony of a couple who say they heard a woman's screams and gunfire the night the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend. a fourth witness has been testifying about a separate gun charge when oscar pistorius allegedly fired a shot under a table. he's pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend. let's go to my colleague karin giannone. particularly about that incident of what was said in court about that incident. >> reporter: kevin lorena who was out with a meal with oscar pistorius and other friends. one of those friends handed oscar pistorius his pistol. he apparently had a look at it. it's alleged the gun went off in his hand accidentally, just grazing the toe of kevin lorena under the table and causing a lot of shock and consternation. why the prosecution have brought in this firearms charge, an additional charge to murder is trying to paint oscar pistorius as a trigger happy, irresponsible, reckless person wh

and we'll take you inside the oscar pistorius trial. a witness today described how the blade runner once asked a friend to take the blame for another shooting for him. [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity whenever our customers need it. ♪ and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll s

all, they say, to prove that oscar pistorius fired his gun with the intent to kill reeva. oscar's defense says it was a tragic mistake driven by his fear of crime and vulnerability. at a bail hearing last year, oscar gave his most detailed account of what happened. it filled me with horror and fear of intruder or intruders of being inside the toilet. i fired shots at the toilet door and shouted to reeva to phone the police. outside the courthouse, media has been preparing for days. more than 2,000 journalists have applied for accreditation to cover this trial to give you a sense of how intense it will be followed. inside the courthouse here behind me, officials say they'll limit the access into the courtroom. about 100 or so passes have been given, including representatives from both families. in south african law, it will come down to one judge, not a jury, who in the end will decide whether oscar pistorius, once a hero to millions around the world, is, in fact, a criminal. ayman mohyeldin, nbc news, pretoria, south africa. >>> up next here, we go live to the red carpet t

. >>> a dramatic day and new security concerns in the oscar pistorius trial. a witness now says he is receiving threats and the judge now reportedly has been given new security detail. this as two witnesses are accused of collaborating on their testimony. we're going to take you live to south africa. >>> plus, shocking video of rescuers saving a family after the mini van ended up in the ocean. witnesses say the young children inside that vehicle were screaming for help and police are now investigating exactly what happened there. >>> in calling the race for me tonight, i've become only the second female democratic gubernatorial candidate since ann richards. >> and the showdown in the great state of texas. democrat wendy davis will take on republican greg abbott in the race for governor. our first read team says primary night was a good night for establishment republicans, not so much for the tea party. mark murray will join us and we'll get mark's insight on the explosive exchange between elijah cummings and darrell issa that we just witnessed on the hill. joi

and we have seen oscar pistorius becoming physically ill in court. there was an adjournment because of that. he was asked after that adjournment if he would be able to continue with today's proceedings. but his lawyers basically told the court if he was going to change anything he would have asked the court not to continue. but because nothing is going to change, oscar has asked for the evidence to continue being delivered in court. >> and what reasons have been given as to why this should not be broadcast? >> the reason i says so is the dignity of the deceased will not be respected, and her family. he basically had some ethical problems about broadcasting these details. and there was arguments of the defense attorney saying it was not in the public interest to give out the details of reeva steenkamp's injuries. >> thank you. pressure is growing on ukraine's enter eupl government as moscow strengthens its grip on crimea. in less than a week, the southern region holds a referendum on whether to join the russian federation. rallies are taking place in

she was just 17 when she started dating oscar pistorius in 2011. under cross examination, when barry rue, the defense attorney, starts questioning some of her testimony, she says that she broke up with oscar pistorius when he started dating reeva steenkamp, but then she breaks down into tears. listen to this. >> the first time our relationship ended was when he cheated on me with -- >> just take your time, please. we'll just pause for a moment. >> reporter: but what this witness has also said is oscar pistorius used to carry a gun with him wherever he went, used to keep it by his bedside, that they used to argue, that their relationship was tempestuous at times, very importantly saying that when oscar pistorius started screaming at her, he sounded like a man, and not a woman, which is something the defense has been trying to put across in this case so far. also, we don't know why this is important yet, but the prosecution, the state making a big point that oscar pistorius used to use his phone at night and used to use his ipad at night to send mess

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. >> oscar pistorius pleading not guilty as he goes on trial for killing his if i recall friend. >> without rapport, we don't have intervention. >> police officers trying to change the lives of people they keep having to arrest. >> we begin with new developments out of ukraine, russia ordering ukrainian navy to surrender. the united nations security council holding a meeting on ukraine this afternoon and vice president biden urging to pull back all russian forces that in country, russia ordering two navy bases to surrender. russian troops also in the capitol of crimea. nick shiver joins us live. you are in the capital, what you are seeing there on the ground? >> on the ground right now, we're seeing right outside the capitol is a very strange scene, you've got ukrainian base or what used to be ukrainian bases for now full of russian soldiers. we just visited one you where the russian flag is flying, russian soldiers flying between two sides of the base on opposite sides of the street. i talked to a mother carrying hear daughter that said that she welcomed them. down the road, there is an ar

critical testimony from a neighbor on opening day in the oscar pistorius murder trial as the russian now lays out its case in the most widely watched trial in years. >>> and a star is born. the incredible journey of the woman who stunned audiences in her first hollywood film and then stunned them again last night. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. it is unclear how this ends, but it's very clear that vladimir putin is not troubling himself with what the rest of the world has to say. and now that the world has gone home from the olympic games, now the world has witnessed what happened in the center of kiev, vladimir putin has sent troops in. he has moved on the eastern portion of the ukraine make no doubt he considers a part of russia by heritage, if not officially. it is where we begin our coverage tonight during an undeniably dicey time overseas. andrea mitchell happens to be at andrew's air force base where she is about to depart with the secretary of state for kiev. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the president has been meeting with his national

oscar pistorius himself could not bear to listen. he put his hands on his ears and he was weeping. this is what prosecutors today called a witness. another neighbor of oscar's, who says he heard the screams, just like the other witnesses, but this one is more significant because he says that he saw the lights on at the time after he heard the shot. significant because oscar pistorius all along said that the lights were off in the house. he thought it was was an intruder, he could not see, that's why he fired into the door and killed his girlfriend. today that doctor says he thinks the lights were on and that he rushed over to the house to help. he saw reeva's body. he said she had no signs of life, and he saw oscar miss tpis right after, and that he was praying that she would live and not die. oscar's defense team are trying to shred his story up saying how could a neighbor living so far away in the middle of the night know exactly what he saw and heard. >> new hopes this morning in the fight to cure babies born with hiv. last year r

. >>> overseas a dramatic day of testimony on day two of the murder trial of oscar pistorius. the former olympic sprinter, double amputee listened as a neighbor gave more testimony about what she heard that night when pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. and for the first time today we heard from the victim's mother. nbc's ayman mohyeldin was in the courtroom again today in pretoria. >> reporter: the heavy rain didn't slow oscar pistorius' dash into court. >> there's no mention about screaming. >> reporter: where today the defense challenged michelle burger, the neighbor who testified she heard screams and gunshots from the direction of pistorius' home. >> you heard that out of a closed toilet and a house 177 meters away. >> reporter: burger, who didn't want to testify on camera, was overwhelmed. >> the shots. >> reporter: it's been a very intense morning, with one of witnesses at least breaking down in cross-examination. she was wiping away tears while she was being questioned by the defense attorney. throughout the entire morning, oscar pistorius was ver

about oscar pistorius and guns. he not only faces a murder charge but three gun charges that could land him in prison for the rest of his life. >> thanks, jean. >>> now we want to look at two key things in this case, the evidence and the unknowns. let's start with the evidence. frankly, i think, it's inextrickably linked with the unknowns. first is there is no jury. so you've got a judge trial. and what's always the case when people talk about these kinds of sensational cases is how did the defendant act? you have one of the most visceral reactions you can have. you have someone vomiting in the courtroom when he is hearing this gruesome pathologist testimony. i think that is significant even to a judge. >> i don't think so. people are dramatic in court. he has been very dramatic throughout. we are talking about a judge who was a journalist and also a social worker. i suspect that that is not necessarily going to help oscar pistorius. but i think when you talk about the evidence in this case, this judge would have to

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remember this is the 12th anniversary of oscar pistorius' mother's death. so to hear the gruesome quite graphic details, the doctor was describing what he saw. and as he walked into the house, reeva steenkamp he said was lying on her back, oscar had one hand over a wound in her thigh. his other hand two fingers in her mouth trying to clear her airways, but she had clinched down on him. he was obviously sobbing, crying. during all of this quite graphic detail descriptions of the head wound, about how brain tissue and blood has intermingled with her hair. oscar pistorius literally started gagging, dry wrenching essentially so much so that the court sketch artist told us afterwards that he was so worried oscar pistorius was going to vomit that he actually cleared all the pencils out of his bag and handed his satchel, actually vomit into.s to - so this was the kind of deep visceral emotion that pistorius experienced. and i think for anybody watching it on television, any of us inside the court, it was sad, it was powerful. it was just gut wrenching, wasn't it?

it's moved on to oscar pistorius's history with guns really. >> reporter: it did. a fourth witness was called, david. a friend of oscar pistorius, kevin lerena, a boxer who had a meal with pistorius and friends in january '13. that's when a gun was passed under the table, a loaded gun which accidentally went off. that is the other charge that we heard today, the witness was to do with that charge specifically. obviously the prosecution's tactics here trying to show oscar pistorius as somebody with a history of irresponsibility, recklessness, gung-ho with guns, and that adding to the burden of evidence that they want to prove the case. going back to how the day started, witness number three, you mentioned him charl peter johnson, the husband of the first witness who was undergoing such a grilling on days one and two, michelle berger. this is a little bit of what happened to him in court under cross examination by barry roux. >> you saw the gun being passed under the table. >> well, the movements, the actions. i didn't see the gun. >> you heard what he said. >> one u

lisa bloom, how much will oscar pistorius's fame factor in here? we have seen it in american cases, o.j. simpson case, other cases. he is a huge national hero in south africa, a huge pressure on the judge to deliver the right verdict. how much will the celebrity aspect kick in? >> it's a huge benefit for anyone on trial, certainly in america and oscar pistorius even with a judge in south africa. he is a national hero. people don't want to see him in prison and the cases over 20 years of high profile cases, they have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt with a celebrity in the defendant's chair. not just beyond a reasonable doubt. people are relukt about the to incarcerate someone like oscar pistorius. >> this is a clip of her mother talking about oscar pistorius. >> even though it is -- if he made a mistake, i mean, enormous, it's an enormous mistake, i've lost the most precious thing in my life, myself and my husband, our daughter, beautiful daughter and we were close, we were very close, i've lost everything that's important to me. and but still, i

the crowds and media as oscar pistorius arrived at court this morning. but within half an hour or so, we've all learned that this trial has been postponed until april 7th. there was almost an audible groan as that announcement was made because there have been so much of a build up towards today. there has been a build up thinking oscar pistorius might have been called as the first witness in his defense. nonta, what exactly did she do and why? >> she told the board members trial would not continue today because one of her assessors has taken ill. until the 7th of april. that means the court cannot continue with just one assessor because that means the court is not properly constituted. the role that these assessors play is that they will be helping the judge in order to reach a verdict, whether guilty or not guilty. they can challenge the judge, basically on matters of the law, but they can only help the judge to reach the guilty or not guilty verdict. after that, they get dismissed. then the judge will decide on sentencing if oscar pistorius is found gu

>> plus, shocking the testimony in the trial of oscar pistorius. a witness describes blood-curdling screams on the night pistorius shot and murdered his girlfriend. >>> and what happens when a python meepts a crocodile? it's not pretty. it was down under. let's go "outfront." >> and good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with the breaking news the world is following tonight. president obama meeting with his top aides at the white house at this moment about the crisis in ukraine. this comes after rising tensions and russian's threat of what is a, quote, military storm. ukraine tonight accused in russia of an ultimatum. either surrender the crimean peninsula or face attack. rush state media saying reports of an ultimate -- ultimatum is rubbish. and these conflicting reports are just part of a day of fast-moving developments in the southern region of ukraine, the peninsula of crimea. senior american officials say russia has moved as many as 6,000 t

it wasn't the first time that oscar pistorius fired shots. it wasn't even the second time what is today's troubling testimony reveal about the blade runner and his propensity to fire a weapon? >>> and hitting heroin dealers with homicide charges. the new push to prosecute pushers as fatal heroin overdoses hit new highs in this country. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield, it's tuesday march the 11th and welcome to "legal view." four long days -- >> this is cnn breaking news. >> those are what you call agonizing. four days into the mystery of malaysian airlines flight 370. the director of the cia is now weighing in, and is not ruling anything out. here's john brennan, speaking just minutes ago, in washington. >> i think there's a lot of speculation right now. some claims of responsibility, not confirmed. we are looking at it very carefully. we, cia, are working with fbi and tsa and others, our malaysia january counterparts doing everything they can to put together the pieces here. but clearly this is still a mystery, which is very distu

." >>> surprising at missions today in the oscar pistorius trial. the blade runner asked a witness to take the fall for shooting that was weeks before he shot and killed his girlfriend. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, america caught off guard. serious questions about whether u.s. intelligence failed to predict what was happening on the ground in the ukraine. in an intense hearing senator john mccain hammered chuck hagel questioning him whether u.s. intelligence was aware of russia's plans to invade crimea. they said they were aware early last week but that did not satisfy john mccain. >> despite all the media reports, our intelligence sources predicted that labrov would invade crimea? >> i don't get into specifics at an open hearing, but if you would like a briefing, your staff on the specifics of your question -- >> how about commenting on news reports that say that. >> news reports are news reports, but that is not the same as real intelligence. >> okay. in other words, the fact is, mr. secr

that contradicts the statement that oscar pistorius made to the court when he was applying for bail in february of last year when he told the court that he accidentally shot reeva steenkamp through the door and then went back to his bedroom to put on his prosthetic leg and then tried to kick the door open. when that wouldn't work he said he went back to his bedroom to fetch a cricket bat and then tried to open this door. that's a clear contradiction there. so cross examination has now started in court and from what we are hearing is that based on media reports last year that the police may have taken the door and may have removed the actual door from the crime scene and locked it away at a police station for safekeeping, that may come into play here because the defense attorney is likely to ask the court to disregard the information, all the testimony that was given by the state forensic expert here because there are questions surrounding how the evidence was preserved to this day. >> yes. and we're seeing at the moment the courtroom with that expert where he was actually physically us

and that made oscar pistorius a bit angry. it was alleged he fired it through the sunroof into the sky. it's part of the prosecution trying to build a pitting of oscar pistorius as one who can't be trusted around guns, an angry man and reckless man. estelle is an advocate here in south africa. what is the state prosecutor doing this week by bringing the witnesses we have seen so far? >> what evidence led up to this issue with the neighbors. and that would be an intention to murder. on the other hand, there are other charges pertaining to the firearms. if those charges are introduced into the charge sheet, the prosecution would have the vehicle on platform to introduce the amount of character we have been hearing. but it is not admissible. >> so the restaurant gun going off in a restaurant. shooting the through the sunroof of a car. this is all character evidence. >> if the charges were formulated that evidence would be brought in admissible. the court cannot make a finding. you're a certain type of person. each and every eleme

s on -- oscar pistorius is not walking around in the dark. that's the only way you can explain it. >> vinnie just scared me. danny what's going on with your side. you got the light on. you said it was off. these people said they heard screams. you didn't know where your girlfriend was. it's almost difficult to believe you didn't know. don't try to leave like that, danny. don't kill the shot when it's time to answer. >> the light is problematic for the defense because the light ruins the defense's theory that oscar pistorius had no idea what was going on in his own bedroom and that reeva wasn't in the room she was in the bathroom. they have to work on the light. the light is problematic. they have to attack that testimony. that's why they spend so much time on this perception and whether or not he could be wrong about seeing the light and what he saw and heard. they have to break town this doctor's testimony. >> let's end on this point. >> yes, me lady. >> we're still early on in the trial. but at this point do you believe that even if the pro

oscar pistorius arrived in the courtroom in south africa today. and his girlfriend's family was there, ready to stare him down. abc's hamish macdonald, tonight, on the dramatic encounter. >> reporter: with the eyes of the world upon him, oscar pistorius arrives at court. >> open up, open up. >> reporter: he is escorted directly in front of the family of the woman he killed. reeva steenkamp's mother says she wants to look him in the eye and see the truth for herself. but he looks straight ahead, and there is no eye contact. known as blade runner, oscar pistorius earned worldwide fame, overcoming enormous odds. to become the first athlete to compete in the able-bodied olympics. he now faces four charges, including murder. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> reporter: reeva steenkamp was a model, a reality television star and a trained lawyer, too. the defense claims the killing was a tragic mistake. pistorius thought steenkamp was an intruder in the home. but in court today, a neighbor described hearing blood-curdling screams from a woma

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oscar pistorius apparently retching in court. the judge is deciding whether the details are too graphic for live tv, the web, social media. let's break down this trial. what does it mean what's happening today? gentlemen, thank you for both of you. let's talk about the graphic nature of the testimony. just quickly, this would be another thing unusual to see in a u.s. court. what does this mean what's going on right now? >> one of the things with this whole trial, it's the first time they've had cameras in south africa, trying to show the world how open and fair their system is. now you're shutting it down in an intricate part of the case. i'm not the screams hurt your client assuming you're representing pistorius. however, the latest development in testimony is that as graphic as this autopsy and the details about what happened to reeva steenkamp are, the shot this the head seems to negate the ability to hear a scream after that shot. so how does the defense use this? >> well, they've already been developing their theory because

in the trial of south africa olympian oscar pistorius. saw dramatickic courtroom scenes and shocking graphic testimony. pistorius is accused of killing reeva steenkamp as she cowered in a bathroom. as "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha reports, brought forward serious questions about women's rights in that country. >> make way, make way. >> reporter: giant mobs pushing and shouting paid it difficult for olympic star oscar pistorius to make his way in and out of the court for his first week of trial. clad in a business suit and tie, the double olympian is best known for what he can do on his carbon fiber blades. becoming the first amputee runner at a paralympic game just weeks before. but his athletics abilities mean little. in a south african court, when he killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, through a locked bathroom door he thought he was aiming at an intruder. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> the prosecutors read graphic descriptions of his girlfriend's death. it wasn't just in court that he showed his emotions. a ne

oscar pistorius' girlfriend. never-before-scene photos of the crime scene. and it had him hiding his eyes, when we're back in two minutes. i do a lot oresearch on angie's list before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. >>> and next, tonight, a powerful drama, today, in the trial of olympic athlete oscar pistorius. for the first time, graphic photos of his girlfriend, killed by his gunfire. the superstar athlete, the model, once a glamorous couple, posing for the cameras. but today, the man called blade runner covered his eyes. abc's matt gutman, back in the courtroom tonight. >> reporter: the world sees for the first time,

oscar pistorius on trial for murdering his girlfriend, the model ree ve a steenkamp. burying his head in his hands, coffering his ears, even hiding his face. will this display help or hurt his case. oscar pistorius appeared to be at his emotional breaking point. >> the screams that sounded like fighting. it was more like someone being attacked. >> as neighbor charles johnson testified, pistorius seemed to be wiping tears from his eyes. pistorius, south africa's olympic hero is accused of murdering his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp. he held his head in his hands, covered his ears and rubbed his eyes. and then there was this. pistorius gagging and wretching as neighborhood radioologist explained the state in which he found reeva's body. it was evidently difficult for pistorius to be brought back to that evening. >> i remember the first thing he said when i got there was that -- he said i shot her. i thought she was a burglar and i shot her. >> during cross-examination, he said pistorius looked sincere in his grief. even up to the point they feared pistorius may be s

also oscar pistorius' murder trial has resumed. we'll take a look at why today's testimony could be so important to the case against the blade runner. female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> criticism of russia's annexation of crimea has been growing louder. william hague said tuesday that russian president vladimir putin is isolated russia from the world community and its economic benefits. >> no amount of sham and perverse democratic process or skewed historical references can make up for the fact that this is an incursion into a sovereign state and a land grab of part of its territory with no respect for the law of that country or for international law. >> u.s. vice president joe biden is on a mission to reassure nato allies of western support. in poland tuesday, he said russia will face more than just sanction

. >> oscar pistorius on trial for mudder. what witnesses heard the night his girlfriend was shot to dress. >>> a new discovery from the dark times. what's unearthed from a past internment camp in 1942? >>> welcome back. there has been talk in the west about possible economic sanctions against russia. russia has critical leverage, pipelines that supply national gas to europe. ali velshi reports on what could happen if the critical supply is cut off. >> the european union gets a quarter of its natural gas supply through russia, half routed through ukraine's network. any disruption will hit germany, which depends on the gas to run its factories, especially hard. if the factory out put increases or for example falls because of a shortage, that would rock europe and ripple across the globe. disruption to russian gas supplies could happen in one of two ways - russia could shut off supplies in response to the threat of sanctions or they could set things up militarily, septembering troops to eastern ukraine, part of the national gas

oscar pistorius has arrived at court in pretoria for his trial. police crime scene photos are expected to be the focus of testimony today. the prosecution is continuing to look at the gun pistorius used to kill reeva steenkamp. on monday they tried to use the olympian's only in of gun laws to show her death was no accident. we take a look at what happened. >> reporter: the matter of reeva steenkamp back in court for the first time since the start of the oscar pistorius murder trial. greeting by the olympian's sister resumed for week three but she didn't stay long. steenkamp left the courtroom as a police photographer walked through hundreds of photos from the crime scene. the one too difficult for the mother to hand? a picture of a bloody pistorius just hours after he shot and killed steenkamp's daughter. earlier in the day, a certified gun dealer took to the stand saying he had given pistorius a safety questionnaire before selling him several firearms. the prosecution used pistorius's own answers against him as they aimed to show the olympian had