you also take kaopectate. new kaopectate caplets soothing relief for all those symptoms. kaopectate. one and done. happening now, ariel castro tells a judge he never tortured the three women he held captive for a decade. edward snowden finally leaves the moscow airport. what s next for him? how should the u.s. deal with russia now? and foot and behind the scenes for the disgraced president nixon you ve never seen before. before he was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years, ariel castro made a rambling statement, denying many of the crimes he pleaded guilty to and
means. what was behind that? i mean it was pretty strange to see right in the middle of the sentencing, he gets into an argument with the judge, after he pleaded guilty to more than 900 charges. wolf, i appreciate the question, but who the heck knows? this guy is crazy, he s evil. the fact that he was as rational as he appeared, which wasn t all that rational, was somewhat surprising to me. i cannot begin to fathom what was going on in his head in trying to fight with the judge today. if someone pleads guilty, can they still appeal down the road? there are an extremely narrow category of cases where guilty pleas can lead to an appeal, but one reason why the prosecution went to such elaborate lengths today to prove what went on is to make an appeal completely out of the question here. there is no doubt that castro knew what he was pleading guilty to, understood the implications
and that s a very difficult period. she may need to sort of dip back into therapy and get some help with or that child may need some help in understanding that even though biologically they re related, you know, they can fall very far from that tree, on a completely different universe from that tree, but that can be scary. i was happy the judge, michael russo, said that castro could have no contact with the three women and no contact with this little girl either, even though castro professed his love for his daughter. when we come back, ariel castro in his own words. he s upset, get this, because people are calling him a monster. and the nsa leaker edward snowden in moscow goes free. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing.
ex-wife, until her death last year. colon told me castro would beat figueroa mercilessly, sometimes with bar bells, and she told me she was locked in that house, he had tinted the windows, she had padlocked the doors. the only times that she was able to come out was for her appointments. that was it. reporter: in court today, ariel castro denied beating his ex-wife, saying she would escalate arguments and get physical with him, that he only reacted by putting hands on her. we do have to say, fernando colon could have motivation for accusing ariel castro. colon was convicted of molesting two of castro s children several years ago. he has long said that he is innocent. he claims that ariel castro orchestrated the charges against him to deflect attention from castro s own crimes. colon is now planning to appeal his conviction. wolf. and the judge, michael russo, he did make reference to the very chilling way that castro enticed these three women before he kidnapped them. he did.
but also early life experience does affect that as well. that can also accentuate the likelihood of repeating that behavior. he description was not remor remorsef remorseful, nonempathic at all, it was all a beautiful family, et cetera. yeah, i like what the judge mike emrusso said. he said maybe he had some problems as a kidor a. he just became this monster. everybody stand by. we have a lot more to discuss. we re also going to hear more from the heart wrenching statement the former captain, michelle nig