then pulled the trigger. she was still trying to fire the gun at me, and it didn t fire. she stepped out into the hall in front of me. i was still on my hands and knees trying to move, yelling at her and she pulled the trigger again. it clicked again. then there were a series of quick clicks. reporter: then moriarty says she ran back into the conference room and the survivors all tried to barricade and successfully barricaded the door between them. the authorities eventually came and arrested bishop. she s now in jail charged with capital murder and due in court next week. tamron. thank you, thom. the defense calls witnesses to the stand for the first time at the final day of a pretrial hearing in the drew peterson case. we ll get the latest. and a new television series based on the kennedys is being
signed by a dozen students. a survivor giving a chilling new account of the attack during that meeting that left three people dead, three others wounded. nbc tom chong joins us from the huntsville, alabama campus. what else can you tell us about what these students are saying now? it s a big revelation. they kind of echo what s being said all week. mrs. bishop was a little off. as for the survivor, let s set the scene. last friday there was a faculty, staff meeting. about 12 professors met at the shelby center, sitting at a conference table. debra moriarty, one of the professors said 30 minutes into the meeting, amy bishop got up and started methodically shooting with people. moriarty said she tried to plead with bishop to stop shooting, then she ran out of the conference room and bishop followed her. at that point, she says that bishop turned the gun on her and
earliest, if not tomorrow. we do expect this imminently. karl, what can you tell us about the american that had to be treated at the field hospital today? this is the one closely associated with laura silsby. she s her nanny. she s a diabetic. when they were first arrested january 30th, she was immediately taken to a field hospital because she needed insulin. she s already required a medical treatment almost on a daily basis, except today we understand she s very, very badly dehydrated and was hooked up to an iv all afternoon. we saw her being accompanied by one of her friends, carla thompson, they both went to a field hospital, university of miami field hospital. a short while ago they just returned to the jail at the police facility. so we know that she s back and they are together but some may be leaving soon. all right, karl. thank you for the latest out of port-au-prince. we ve got breaking news, as i mentioned, out of northern california. three people are confir
tonight on nightline, mad scientist. did a brilliant mother of four turn campus killer after being denied tenure? as harrowing new details about the shooting emerge, a secret past is revealed. did amy bishop get away with murder more than 20 years ago? taken. it was a heartwrenching good-bye when this child, raised by an american family from infancy was ordered back to her biological parents eight-year-olds later. now, she s halfway around the world. so, why did it have to happen? best in show. what do models on the catwalk have in common with the most perfect dog in the world, or even the gold rush in vancouver? you d be surprised, in tonight s sign of the times. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is nightline, february 16th, 2010. good evening. we re going to begin tonight with a shocking crime, and the suspect s checkered past. in the four days since police say professo
big development just coming in on the professor accused in the rampage at the university of alabama, new red flag, amy bishop arrested in 2002 accused of punching a mother at a restaurant because she lost the last child booster seat plus now hearing from the professor, amy s close friend who survived friday s shooting. she talks about what ran through her mind as she stard down the barrel of a gun. a plus arrested in the disappearance of his bride, new bride. police in california say he didn t report her missing for days and find more than 300 marijuana plants in his home. it s bizarre. this hour, he s behind bars. the case now treated as a homicide investigation. what happened ryan bunnel crow. just 23 years old. you are a huge part of the show. love hearing from you, call in, 1-877-tell-hln s the phone number. e-mail us, join the conversation on facebook or you can text us: welcome. this is prime news. i m mike galanos. to those stories in a minute first nearly three mo