he says he avoided eye contact with a lot of people. and as the verdict was read everybody was watching him, and he showed no reaction at all. where the littlefield and kyle s family seated near each other? yes. they were seated behind us the family, friends and they were all you know, trying not to be overly emotional or speak up too much the judges warned them about that sort of thing. they had tears and grasping hands. you know? they were very happy that after all of this time, finally got that conclusion. was wayne kyle, the father of chris, in the room? yes. yes. you know what you know the story about when they first approached him, meaning clint eastwood and bradley cooper
smelling weird things on that truck ride there, and that he had this perception that the two men, kyle and littlefield, were not talking to him on this long truck ride. and that he was getting intimidated. and that he was feeling that something wasn t quite right. and so that was the argument that they tried making, is that once they got to the range, that routh perceived chris kyle and chad littlefield as a threat. and that is why he acted the way he acted. but the prosecution did a very good job of pointing out inconsistencies in some of his stories. because all of that information that i just said was according to what routh told a psychiatrist that was hired by the defense. but the prosecution said that there were a lot of holes in his story, that he didn t initially admit to smoking marijuana at the the morning of the murders. but then he later admitted that
the county here, not too large. they have never really had a major trial like this where they have literally been thrust into the national spotlight. and as you drive around town, on the restaurants, on the hotel marquees, you see things like, we support the kyle and littlefield families. this community has really rallied together. and that s one of the reasons why, incidentally, the defense really tried arguing a change of venue before this trial even started. yeah. reporter: they said that everyone here knew chris kyle. and everyone knew chad littlefield, and that they did not believe eddie ray routh was going to be able to get a fair trial in their home community where those two men were so well known, and so loved, sean. you know look, in this case when you just look at it objectively, and discern the evidence as presented, the prosecution had a very, very strong case, what else are you hearing about the reaction from
an opportunity to interview taya, chris wife, and father wayne and brother, and i ve gotten to know the family somewhat here. i know there s a period we re now waiting for this verdict to come out, are they waiting for everybody in the family to come back? we saw the compelling testimony, especially of taya as she held on to chris dog tags in the courtroom while she was sitting there, are we waiting for the family to come in? yes we re waiting for all of them to get in. i have to say, the kyle family has been a mainstay throughout the duration of this trial. they ve been here every day. and it has been very difficult at times to look over in the courtroom and see taya. sometimes she looked angry. sometimes she cried. sometimes she just closed her eyes. and you mentioned those dog tags, that s a powerful sign to see inside a courtroom. but speaking of taya kyle, i should point out there was quite an interesting moment in closing arguments today when taya got so
attacks. all of that plus charles krauthammer on what he s looking for in a gop candidate. hannity starts right here, right now. there are new frightening reports out of northern syria tonight that claim isis has in fact kidnapped nearly 100 christians, mostly women and children. the latest on the ground in jerusalem is john hutty. john? reporter: sean, as you mentioned, what s distressing about this, of that number, the 100 christians that were reportedly abducted by isis, as you said many of them are women and children. this isn t the first time. now, all of this happened earlier monday morning, just before dawn. really under the cover of darkness when isis stormed several villages along the river in northeastern syria. close to a town calledtel tel tamer. it s primarily under isis control. there s been heavy fighting between militants and peshmerga militants. they ve been aided by coalition air strikes. there s been intense fighting there. 3,000 people managed to g