tree. that and more, right here, right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. is he a mass murderer? accused of massacring sleeping children in afghanistan, while he wore a u.s. army uniform. we have a picture of him as a senior in high school, years before he took his military oath to serve our country. you ll see it in moments. the military brass say that he walked house to house in the middle of the night, opening fire on afghan villages. when it ended, 16 people were dead, and the u.s. mission in afghanistan had been shaken to its core. tonight, cnn s susan candiotti has gotten exclusive access to some of the people who know robert bale the best. susan is standing by for us in ohio. susan, you ve been talking to a man who had a special relationship with robert bale. who is the man and how did he know bale? reporter: this man s name is bob durham and he goes way back to know this family. he knew sergeant bale since he was a baby. he said that sergeant bales, when he