Or just keep on fighting. You play this game because you love it. Were not about to go out and play down for anybody. As far as im concerned, we need to finish with two wins. I asked eric reed who is a defensive leader for the team what is the biggest difference between this season and last year for him when the 49ers reached the nfc championship game. Reed said he took it for granted how difficult it is to win in the nfl, and thats why it is so important for this team to play physical and sound football for the final two games to set the standard for next year, regardless of who the coach will be. In seattle, mindy bach for xfinity sports sunday. Time for the toyota red zone report. Toyota going places. 49ers went places under jim harbaugh. Four seasons. 48 wins. Led the team to the postseason every year until this season. Three straight nfc title games. One super bowl appearance. And since he came into the league, won more games than any coach except Bill Belichick and the patriots. Two games left. Short week against the chargers, and then they play arizona here in the final game. There will be rumors about the coach. They are not going to the postseason. As a player, how do you deal with the final two games . Its tough. And to coach harbaughs testament, you just mentioned the name belichick. Second to Bill Belichick. And belichick has who . A guy named tom brady. And no disrespect to kaepernick, but he doesnt have him. And when you see the way this offense is playing, its not great. The defense is playing great. You have a tale of two teams. One great defense, and not an offense at all. The coach, what hes done, what harbaugh has been able to do here for San Francisco, and this franchise, is unbelievable. Hes had a great run. Hes going to get another job. It just appears the run has ended here if you believe all the reports. Hes going to land on his feet. He is a great coach. Well take a break. The 49ers still have a chance to end with a winning record. Well preview saturdays showdown with the chargers. And the chargers of course have a lot to play for. But first the raiders look to sweep the chiefs in 2014. Highlights from arrowhead next. This is xfinity sports sunday. I love this new sirachi burger. Its siracha. Sluracha . No. Sirahchah. Siriracha. No. Watch how i say it. Sirahcha. Thats not helping. Bam thats jacks new spicy Sriracha Burger comin in all hot and melty with jalapenos and bacon but the best part . Its not just sriracha sauce, its creamy srirah. Slurrah cha. Whatever its called, its awesome sauce. Which means its timeson for the volkswagen signthendrive event. For practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a germanengineered volkswagen. Like the sporty, advanced new jetta. And the 2015 motor trend car of the year allnew golf. If youre wishing for a new volkswagen this season. Just about all you need is a finely tuned. Pen. Get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on select new volkswagen models. Raiders and chiefs at arrowhead stadium. And derek carr under pressure early in this game. Justin houston gets the sack on carr for a loss of two yards. He was under pressure all day. Yes, the right tackle struggled all day. Later in the drive, same thing, right . I mean, more pressure. Its hard to throw when a guy is in your face. No question. He did a great job not turning over the ball. All day long, he had no time to get rid of the ball. Raiders had to pump the ball on their first six. And later in the first, raiders punting the ball. D Anthony Thomas back to receive the kick. He gets the ball on the 20. And then you have a raiders special teams breakdown. When you punt the ball six, seven times in the first quarter, things like this do happen. Special teams counted a third. Thats a sevenpoint swing that the defense didnt even touch the field. 81yard punt return. Fumble. Bad connection here. No question. Center is trying to get out. Centerquarterback exchange, thats something you learn in elementary. You have to have the ball if you want to play quarterback. On the ensuing drive, alex smith to travis kelsey. Breaks a couple of tackles and gets into the end zone. And alex smith, call him what you want, game manager or actor, is what you call him here. Great job by alex smith. Poor tackling by the Oakland Raiders. Broke five tackles there. Inexcusable. Third and 11. Smith to miles davis. Thats seven yards for a touchdown. The chiefs are winners 3113. So the Oakland Raiders do not complete the sweep of the kansas city chiefs. And the chiefs stop a threegame slide. The raiders have lost 10 on the road and still have not won backtoback games since the 2012 season. That does include a pair of duds in the appropriately named showme state. I give kansas city all credit, obviously. But theres some, you know, clear situations there where we had a little bit of oakland. Kansas city beat oakland. And thats what it boils down to. We failed to rise to the occasion. , you know, this week. Great team victory last week. And last time we had a great victory we didnt come off of it well. And today we didnt rise to the occasion. Penalties. Fumbling that snap there. Just us beating ourselves. You know, its difficult hard to win games like that when you do that. You have to give them a lot of credit. When a team beats you, you have to give them credit. They came and they all played us. Again, i will say this, without saying the film i dont know exactly what it was. But obviously it was something. And weve got to take a look at it. But you have to give them credit. They played really hard. All right. So here is the nfls worst records and their percentage chances of getting the top picks. The Oakland Raiders with the 10. 4 chance of landing the top pick. The best chance right now belongs to the 212 jaguars, who have a 31point percent chance. A tweet tonight by adam shepner saying that oakland is preparing for sweeping changes. That involves gm reggie mckenzie, according to sources, and that mark davis is getting ready to spend some money. What type of changes are the raiders going to make . Is mckenzie going to go . Yeah, dave. When you look at this raider organization, they have to make changes. You look at mckenzie. He has been there for three years. When hue jackson was there for one year, he won eight games. They have only one 10 games in three years. Yeah, you have to give them a path. Bring in some guys. But when you look at this team, its a team thats decent. So definitely reggie has got to be one of the guys at the forefront because you are the gm. And you are responsible for bringing in coaches and players. And right now, its not getting done. Speaking of coaches, who do they look at . Jim harbaugh if hes available, jon gruden . I think it will be hard to get gruden out of that booth. Youre making 8 million a year. He loves his job. I dont see that happen. Im hearing about mike holmgren. You look around the National Football league. Also john pagano. Defensive coordinator for the San Francisco chargers. His brother is coaching for the indianapolis colts. Who knows that team better . He would be a great pick as well. You know whos not worrying about this . The warriors. They are not losing at all. Up next, the Golden State Warriors continue to rewrite the history books. Now they are down in the big easy. We are talking hoops up next on xfinity sports sunday. Well get back to football in a minute, but tgftw. Thank god for the warriors. They are not just good. They are likeable and entertaining and right now the best in basketball. And also humble. Stephen curry was asked if his warriors could set the record set by the bulls. He said no. We had a guy named Michael Jordan on that team, end of discussion. Warriors and pelicans. No lee, no bogut, no problem. Second quarter, cunningham. This is a problem if youre Harrison Barnes because youre face is getting in the way of a cunningham elbow. Barnes would leave the floor, get stitches for a laceration in his mouth. Fourth quarter, warriors down four. Iguodala hits the corner three. And the warriors are down one. Game tied at 111111. Klay johnson, pretty good luck but doesnt go. We go to overtime. In overtime, green with the bucket. And he got fouled. Warriors up by four. Next possession, steph curry. Watch how quick this release is. He finished with 34. And the warriors win it 128122. Steve curry and company have won six straight. Natural letdown. You know, dallas yesterday emotionally. And no anthony davis. Its just human nature. And we got outplayed. Generally speaking what i always say to our guys and to you, if we defend and take care of the ball we have a chance. We didnt do either one tonight. We turned it over and we didnt guard. But thankfully we have really, really talented players, and we have an incredibly strong competitive desire to win. And that was important tonight. During the 16game winning streak, they are averaging 109 points per game, more than 14 points better than their opponents. Also shooting over 37 from the field from beyond the arc. With more, heres Kelly Johnson and gary st. James. All right. Thanks very much. Coach, it wasnt pretty. But this team, sometimes youve got to win them ugly. And this team found a way to come back from eight down in the fourth to win in overtime, extending their record streak to 16 straight wins and counting. What did you learn about this Warriors Group . Well, they are so gritty. They never give up. And they really believe in themselves. And, you know, they were turning the ball over a lot. And youve got to tip your hat to the pelicans. They played very well, led by holiday and evans. But in the fourth quarter, again, they racheted up that defense. Held them to like 34 . And just played terrific basketball. Shared it well. Found the open man. No panic. They were really composed and took care of business. And Draymond Greene played well. But moving forward to memphis on tuesday, another tough road trip. Against the Second Best Team in the west, and they have an inside presence with gasol. How tough will this be . They are the grind house. They wear you down. They are so big. I would say that gasol is about this wide, and then randolph is about this wide. So those two guys are terrific big presences in the paint, four and five. But Michael Conley might be one of the most underrated point guards in the league, kelly. They have tony allen, one of the premiere wing defenders. They are really playing terrific basketball. Only nine teams, including the warriors, have started off 2 292 to start the season. Well see if they can keep it going. Its being reported that mike malone has been fired as the Sacramento Kings coach. Mike malone fired by the kings. Tyrone corben will take over. But this just in. Its reported that the Sacramento Kings are making a change and that mike malone will no longer be the coach in sacramento. Well take a break. When we come back, the 49ers have to play on a short week against the san diego chargers. Well find out how they get up for the game and what this game means. This is xfinity sports sunday. Second half silence. 49ers averaging under five points per game in the second half this season. Tonight, zero second half points. Jim harbaugh with more on another sleepless afternoon in seattle. A couple of things. Today we thought we competed really well. Thought we had some really good drives. Even with some poor field position. Very good defense. Played extremely well today. Protection was an issue. I think we came in here fired up, ready to roll. And im just proud of the way everybody played. We punched them in the mouth. And, you know, i had some unfortunate things happen. But at the end of the day, everybody in this line can say they fought their asses off. We all have the capability of playing at a high level. And injuries, this is one sport where you know 100 somebody is going to be injured. Like weve been saying all year, the next man has to step up and play well. Century link field has been a house of horror for the 49ers. Their last win came in december of 2011. Over the last five, they have scored just 11. 8 points per game and turned the ball over 10 times. For more, heres matt from seattle. Reporter in a lot of ways, the 49ers loss was a microcosm of the season. There were calls against them, bad luck, but a lot of injuries. The 49ers were decimated by injuries coming into the game and sfn sustained even more injuries during the game. The big one to frank gore. Before the end of the first half, he sustained a concussion and did not return. Some of the players in the locker room said that missing out on the playoffs was especially difficult because of the uncertain future of frank gore. He is in the final year of his contract, and theres no guarantee that hell be back with the 49ers next season. Broncos and chargers. Chargers the opponent for the 49ers on saturday night. Late second quarter. Broncos threatening. Cj anderson, the block from peyton manning. This touchdown was called back. Manning left the field after that play. Hes battling the flu. But peyton did return late in the third. Broncos up, is. To thomas for the touchdown. Chargers down 12. Philip rivers is picked off in the end zone by rahim moore. Broncos win 2210 and clinch the afc west. So san diegos got to win out and get a little help to get in. 49ers are just playing for pride. How do you get up for that game . You have to. Youre the San Francisco 49ers. You have tradition, and you want to go out on a winning. Win for coach. Win for yourself. I think these young men understand whats at stake. The bottom line is defense today, didnt give up a lot of points. Played well enough to win. Offense, you know, blocked a lot better. They moved the ball a lot better. But the bottom line, you scored seven points. You cannot win in the National Football league if you cant score points. All right. Thank you, lo. Good stuff as always. Thats lorenzo neal, member of the all decade team. And a reminder, aid its being reported that mike malone is being fired from the l. A. Kings. Im dave feldman. Thanks for watching xfinity sports sunday. Well see you next sunday. Have a great week. A pretty big one. Why in the world are we only hearing about the shooting of two people in a house a day later . It turns out sergeant lurers and other deputies had rushed to byron smiths house friday afternoon only to learn that the breakin and shootings happened thursday, on thanksgiving day. I asked him, why didnt you call Law Enforcement . He tells me, i didnt want to bother you guys on thanksgiving day. That struck the sheriff as extremely odd. Nobody worries about wrecking our thanksgiving. They dont worry about wrecking our day. So the intruders had been dead for 24 hours when byron called a neighbor for help and asked him to call the sheriffs office. When you found out that byron smith had waited 24 hours my mind was then, why . If you were so scared, why wouldnt you be on the phone . I mean, those kids have families, too, that were waiting. And then for him to say he didnt want to bother anybody on thanksgiving. It became clearer and clearer and clearer there were some things that were strange about this case. Investigators were about to learn a lot more about that shooting in the house on elm street and what happened next would tear this town apart. Coming up i was no longer willing to live in fear. Byron smiths story, was it all adding up . You would think after such a horrific event, he would be very emotional, maybe crying. I didnt notice any of that. Nick brady and haile kifer had broken into byron smiths house. The frightened homeowner said hed shot them in a moment of selfdefense. But investigators had questions for byron. So sergeant luberts escorted him down to headquarters right away. That friday. Can you tell me your full name . Byron david smith. I just wanted his story. I wanted to find out the rest of the facts of what happened at the house. Whoever it was who was breaking into my home had been doing it for so long, that i was no longer willing to live in fear. Byron explained how he had been terrified ever since that breakin a month earlier, when two of his guns were stolen. These are people who have stolen my guns. I figure theyre willing to use those if they steal guns. Byron wasnt home during the other breakins. But this time he was, as seen on this Home Security camera, he said he moved his truck a few blocks away that morning to clean his garage. The teens must have thought he wasnt there. I needed to clean out the garage and i wanted it out of the way for a while. Byron told him how he was in the basement when he heard the first intruder break in upstairs and head toward him. You heard footsteps coming down the stairs, is that correct . Yes. And i saw his feet and then i saw his legs. And then i saw his hips, i shot. It was nick. Byron shot him three times. I was reacting. Okay. What were you reacting to, is what im asking . The threat. The previous losses. I spent 20 years overseas. A couple years in bangkok, several years in cairo. 20 years overseas, not one problem. And i retire to my peaceful town. While byrons voice broke a few times during his account, of the shooting, sergeant luberts was surprised at how calm and matteroffact he was for most of the interview. You would think after such a horrific event, shooting and killing two people that broke into your house, that you would be very emotional, maybe crying at times. I didnt notice any of that from byron smith. He just maintained his composure, which was rather odd. Much stranger still the investigator thought is byrons account of what happened a few minutes after he shot nick. Haile entered the house and byron fired again. It jammed. The trigger clicked and she laughed at me. I just pulled out the. 22 and shot her. If youre trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again. Was haile really laughing . As he shot her . To the sergeant, it seemed like such a bizarre detail. Then byron told them this. I thought she was dead and it turned out she wasnt. So i did a good, clean finishing shot. He shot haile six times in all. And with that, the investigators came to believe this was something other than a simple case of selfdefense. My question, byron, is why did you shoot again . She didnt have a weapon in her hand. She wasnt actually, i dont know if she had a weapon in her hand until later. Okay. I wasnt looking at her hands. But she was laying there, hurt. Did she she wasnt threatening you. Im just asking i dont know if she was threatening me. There was certainly a continuation of the use of deadly force after it appeared to us the threat had stopped. And that made us believe that this needs to be looked at by the prosecuting attorney. Byron smith was arrested that day, but later released on bond. A grand jury was convened to look at the case. In little falls, his friends were shocked that authorities could believe byron was anything but an innocent victim. It was ridiculous. That he would be this cold blooded killer . Really . Hes a quiet, soft spoken person. I just didnt fathom it. While byron was free on bond, his friends the langs say he couldnt bear to go back to his own home. So they took him in. I could hear him in his room many, many nights. Im so sorry. I feel so bad. I didnt want to hurt anybody. I could hear him in there crying. The case quickly became a big controversy in little falls, minnesota. Did people take sides . Absolutely. People became more opinionated about what happened. Some people would come up to me, hes going to prison, he shouldnt have done that. I said, well, you havent heard the whole story. I think byron has a lot of support in this area. Bill anderson is byrons neighbor. The same one who called authorities the day after the shootings. Myself, would i have done the same thing that mr. Smith did . No doubt in my mind. No doubt in my mind. It seemed like a big box of puzzle pieces. The prosecutors were in charge of evaluating the case against byron and they knew it was controversial from the start. When brent and i got involved in it, the emails started, the phone calls, castigating us for taking this. After all, doesnt a homeowner have a right to defend his dwelling . You know, i didnt argue with people. I said just stay open and let the evidence come out and see if you hold that same view. After looking at all the evidence, the prosecutors believed there was a strong case. The moment nick broke the window and entered into that house, didnt byron smith then have the right to defend himself . Yes. Yes, he did. But thats not what he did. He went way, way beyond defending himself. That grand jury in minnesota agreed. In april of 2013, five months after the shootings, byron smith was indicted on two counts of first degree murder. Now there would be a trial in the case everyone in town was talking about with revelations from both sides. Coming up i try a lot of murder cases. This one seemed like a real challenge. Why . Because a lot of people thought we would lose it. Murder or selfdefense . Why did he wait so long before calling authorities . Fear. The explosive debate heads into court, when dateline continues. 36 of all teachers in the u. S. Have been teaching for more than 20 years. What does that mean . Do the math. We need more teachers to lead future generations. The more you know. Byron smiths first degree murder trial got under way this april. And just like the town itself, carved in two by the Mighty Mississippi river, the people of little falls, minnesota found themselves divided. On one bank stood those who saw byron as a cold blooded killer who fired nine shots as two unarmed teenagers. When youre talking about multiple shots, down on the ground, right away it jumps out at you, hey, this is premeditated murder. On the other bank were those who viewed smith as a man with every right to defend himself and his home against intruders. They werent invited for thanksgiving dinner. There wasnt a table set for. They didnt come through the door. But they certainly found a window to come in. But nicks mother was determined even through her own grief, not to make up her mind until shed heard all the facts. I kept an open mind, because if he was fearful for his life, i couldnt fault him for defending himself. I waited until i heard all the evidence. The evidence, said byron smiths defense attorney, would show his client had done nothing wrong. This is a case about big misunderstanding. This is about byron smith being accused of a crime he did not commit. Did you believe that byron smith was justified in shooting nick brady and haile kifer . Yes. Its not something he wanted to do. But he didnt ask them to burglarize his home in a violent way on thanksgiving. They chose to do that. And he reacted. So the defense came to court confident a jury would see it that way. In minnesota, as i understand it, you have the right to protect your life. You have the right to protect your home, your property, as long as its reasonable. If somebody breaks into your home and commits a felony offense in your home, you can kill that threat. He said that everything byron did that thanksgiving day and the next was evidence that he was truly terrified inside his own home. Why did he wait so long before calling authorities . Fear. He was afraid there was a third or fourth or fifth person. So he was afraid of the backyard, the front yard, the stairway, the door. Hes just in utter fear and he goes in a closet and hides in his own house until the fear subsides. As for smiths calm demeanor and the matter of fact way which he described the killings i just pulled out the. 22 and shot her. The defense said he was just a man trying to help the authorities any way he could. On the exterior, he appears to be calm, but hes talking about how frightened he is internally. Hes trying to explain to the police what happened. Hes trying to help solve what occurred. But would the defense be able to convince the jury that byron smiths own account of the shootings, how he gave haile a selfdescribed finishing shot, was really justified. I did a good, clean finishing shot. From a human standpoint, it just sounds so cold blooded. It does, and i had to deal with the way it sounded. But its not evidence of what hes thinking. Its evidence of emotion. Its not evidence of murder. He thought his strongest evidence to justify the shootings was the fact that nick brady had broken into byron smiths house before, had even stolen guns. So byron had every reason to fear for his life. You wanted to show them these are kids up to go good. No, thats not what i wanted to do. I wanted the jury to see the truth, rather than just see a painted picture that the media was playing of their high school photographs. But the judge said testimony about nicks involvement in that previous breakin was irrelevant and inadmissible. Meshbesher also couldnt say in court that there was evidence that nick and haile together had robbed another house, too. Unfortunately the judge would not allow that evidence to come in. And i thought he was making a grave error. How many witnesses did you have lined up who werent allowed to speak . About a half a dozen. So byron smiths friends watching in court could only hope that the jury would see things as they did, that he was a scared man who defended his life and property. We know him as our friend, byron. So it was ridiculous to us for authorities calling him a cold blooded killer. It would be an uphill battle in the court of public opinion, thought prosecutors. They knew they had the burden of proof. I try a lot of murder cases, and this one in particular seemed like a real challenge. Why . Because a lot of people thought we would lose it. A lot of people saw this as a referendum on whether its okay to protect your property and protect your life. You dont see it that way . Not this case, not these facts. But to prove murder in the first degree, the state would have to show that byron acted not just with excessive, unreasonable force, but also with premeditation. And while the defense may have had a lot of townspeople on its side, the prosecution had something else. A piece of evidence they felt would sway any juror to see byron smith, not as a fearful victim but as a calculating killer. Did byron tell investigators that he had made audiotapes . No, he did not. Coming up youre dead. The revelation that stopped everyone cold. Those 12 deadly minutes heard on tape. Can you ever erase that from your memory . Not ever. There are people who think byron smith is a hero. What do you say to them . I say hes a murderer. And murderers cant be heroes. In a sharply divided minnesota courtroom, the prosecution argued that byron smith was no fearful, innocent victim, but an angry man bent on violent confrontation. He told investigators from the beginning that he was sitting reading a book in the basement, that he was caught unaware. You dont buy any of that . No, not at all. The prosecutors said they had evidence that it was premeditated murder. They told the jury byron had set a trap for the burglars. Remember the story about moving his truck to clean the garage . The prosecutors said that was a lie. That byron had, in fact, moved the truck to make it look like he wasnt home. You think byron wanted to catch the people who had been breaking into his house . Clearly. He planned, he prepared, and he was determined to kill whoever was breaking into his house and stealing his property. The prosecution said byron was in the basement, not to read a book, but to wait, like a hunter. It just seemed like byron smith was deer hunting. Like a lot of folks do in minnesota. Where you get in your stand and you wait and you wait and when a deer comes by, you shoot and kill it. And it just seemed like thats what he did with these kids. But could they prove it . Turns out the prosecutors had something they had never encountered in nearly half a century of combined trial work. Do you remember when you first listened to it . I do. And it knocked me out. Ive never been able to hear a murder actually occurring. Byron smith had recorded the breakin and the shooting. Investigators found this Digital Audio recorder on a book shelf in the basement. It captured more than six hours worth of audio that day. You ended up with a trove of information. His own words on tape. Indeed, we did. Here is byron smith shortly before the breakin, talking to himself. Your left eye. In your left eye. Why would he say that a half hour before anyone came over . Well, when you go through the autopsy photographs, you see that he shot haile kifer in her left eye. He was planning where he was going to shoot an intruder . Not just shooting them but where, where in the face is he going to shoot them . Then it sounds like byron is planning not just the shooting, but also his defense. He practices contacting a lawyer. I realize i dont have an appointment, but i would like to see one of the lawyers here. Ten minutes later, the practicing is over. The recorder captures something real. How quickly did everything go down that day . 12 minutes. 12 minutes, from the first shot fired at nick brady to the ninth and final one fired at haile kifer. It was frightening. The prosecutors played all 12 minutes in court, but first warned nick and hailes families, who sat through every day of the trial, that they may not want to hear it. He actually suggested you probably shouldnt beth that day. He did. More than once. Why did you want to be there . I needed to know. You need to hear the whole story to understand it, i think, in this case. You cant just make a snap judgment. This is the sound of nick entering the home. Walking down the stairs to the basement. And as hes going down the stairs, you can hear him get shot. We wont play that part of the recording. But listen to what byron says after shooting nick three times. Youre dead. Then theres a rustling sound that the prosecution says is byron unfolding a tarp that he uses to move nicks body. You can then hear byron reload his gun. Ten minutes go by, then the recording picks up a whisper. Nick . Its haile coming into the house looking for her cousin. So she comes in and goes right to the basement, starts walking down and thats when he shoots her. Here on the recording is what the prosecution says is a pivotal moment. In his interview with investigators, byron said he felt threatened by haile, and that she had been laughing at him when he fired. She laughed at me. But on that audio recording of the shooting, which again we have edited, the prosecution says haile clearly sounds terrified. Oh, my god. Shes screaming in a high pitch, saying oh, my god, oh, my god. And after hes done shooting, this is what byron says. Bitch those in court saw byron smith wipe away tears as the audio played. There was stunned silence, save for the quiet sobs from nick and hailes families. Can you ever erase that from your memory . Not ever. Ever since i heard it, its been replaying in my head over and over. I feel like any time i hear somebody say, oh, my god, thats what i think of. But the prosecution wasnt done with that recording. Im sure she thought she was a real pro. Because byron continued to talk to himself after the teens were dead. I felt like i was cleaning up a mess. I dont see them as human. I see them as vermin. By now, kimberly had heard all the facts she needed. What do you hear when you hear those words . Pure evil. I dont know how you can say that. About anybody. Two precious kids. And i dont believe he was scared. I believe it was premeditated murder. But in court, the defense said that recording, as disturbing as it is, proves no such thing. I tried to be a good person. Rather it shows a man quite possibly driven mad with fear. I feel a little bit safer. Im totally safe. Im still shaken a bit. Hes talking to himself, mumbling things. A lot of things didnt make sense. He sounds frankly like somebody who is losing his mind. Or lost their mind. He simply had no ability to deal with reality at that time. After a week of testimony, the case went to the jury. It was anyones guess which portrait of byron smith those 12 people would believe. The coldblooded killer lying in wait. Or the terrified man under siege in his own home. What were you thinking as the jury went out to deliberate . I gave it all to god. I was pretty peaceful. Just put your faith in him . I did. And waited . And waited. It wasnt a long wait. The jury was back in less than four hours. The verdict guilty of first degree murder for killing both nick brady and haile kifer. I waited, i heard, then i believed, and it was said. I was very happy to see him taken away. But there was no winners. It doesnt give you your brother and best friend back. Exactly. I put my head in my hands and went, thank god for them. You know, that they got that. The families . Yes. But byrons supporters felt the opposite of relief. Shocked. Stunned. It was such a onesided trial. It was so unfair. Cathy says theres so much more to her friend the jury never learned. He just came here to retire and wanted a quiet life. This should have never happened. This is just pure, utter sadness. It was just 12 minutes that changed so many lives in so many tragic ways. Byron smith will live out his retirement in prison, having received an automatic life sentence. He is appealing his conviction. And nick brady and haile kifer, two young cousins who made a terrible decision to enter that home, paid for it with their lives. And their loved ones are left to mourn a future that will never be. You had a little baby girl not too long ago, and nick and haile werent here to see that. I think thats probably one of the hardest parts about all of it. I would have loved to see my brother hold her. He would have been uncle nick. Uncle nickel baby. Thats all for now. Im lester holt. Thanks for joining us. Right now, the return of rain. The latest storm hitting the bay area. See the sky flying by there. We had a rough week last week. The ground is saturated. Whatever we get there will be a lot of runoff from it. Good evening. Im terry mcsweeney. And im peggy bunker. It could affect the morning commute. It is back. Look at this video just coming in. The storm is just Getting Started as we take you outside. 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