charged in the indictment. the verdict is signed by the fore person of the jury. with reaction to all of this, we go first to casey steele steegel tonight. casy what is it like tonight? it s been an emotional rollercoaster as i said when i talked to while waiting on this verdict, we were looking at each other, members of the press this afternoon saying there is no way they re going to be able to get to closing arguments today and then, once the jury came back from lunch it went at breakneck speeds. the judge said they re going to move into closing arguments and then, the jury going to be handed the case. closing arguments lasted two hours or so. as they re going through, the prosecution showing graphic crime scene photos members of chris kyle s family and chad littlefield s family weeping in court. at one point, tea kyle got up and stormed out of the courtroom. she banged the door and everyone turned around to see what is going on she was upset over the defense s assertio
right now. they are deciding the fate of eddie ray routh, the man who killed the real american sniper chris kyle. it s really sad to see the gamesmanship, the i don t know what to call it the silliness. i can t find nibble who thinks it s a good idea to shut down the department of homeland security. congress races against the clock. the standoff that threatens to shut down homeland security. this bill removes excuses, it sets up a simple political equation. mitch mcconnell offered a vote on a funding bill without immigration measures. the problem is everybody, i m waiting to hear from the speaker. we need a commitment from speaker boehner. where s the house? i m waiting to hear from the speaker. the jury is about to get the case in the american sniper trial. two weeks of testimony from three dozen witnesses boils down to this. was he insane or deliberate when he shot the two at the texas gun range two years ago? the fiery moments just after impact
as they re going through, the prosecution showing graphic crime scene photos members of chris kyle s family and chad littlefield s family weeping in court. at one point, tea kyle got up and stormed out of the courtroom. she banged the door and everyone turned around to see what is going on she was upset over the defense s assertion that eddie routh mother should have told chris kyle her son had violent tendencyies and she was upset over the notion chris kyle was texting his buddy chad littlefield with eddie ray routh in the truck headed to the gun range that day that chris kyle knew the defense said something wasn t right with him and tea got up and stormed out. the families are breathing a
as they re going through, the prosecution showing graphic crime scene photos members of chris kyle s family and chad littlefield s family weeping in court. at one point, tea kyle got up and stormed out of the courtroom. she banged the door and everyone turned around to see what is going on she was upset over the defense s assertion that eddie routh mother should have told chris kyle her son had violent tendencyies and she was upset over the notion chris kyle was texting his buddy chad littlefield with eddie ray routh in the truck headed to the gun range that day that chris kyle knew the defense said something wasn t right with him and tea got up and stormed out. the families are breathing a
sigh of relief tonight with this guilty verdict. they say they can begin to get closure here. thank you very much. let s go back to trace ghallager live from los angeles tracking reaction to this as well. good evening, trace. as you know the verdict was not a huge surprise but that did not stop the families from holding hands and crying when the verdict was read. a producer told us after the verdict was read, they got up and read victim impact statements they were read in court and those were told were also extremely emotional. after the statements, chad littlefield s mother judy littlefield came out and she addressed the media. listen to her. for god to give justice for us on behalf of our son as and always, god proved to be faithful