so i kept on shouting for reeva to call the police. i retreated back to a point where i got to the corner of the bed. i tried to lift myself. i was talking to reeva. there was nobody no one responded to me. i flung the door open, i threw it open. and i sat over reeva and i cried. and i don t know how long i don t know how long i was there for. she wasn t breathing. court will adjourn. the voice of oscar pistorius,
his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the double amputee described what happened on the night of the shooting saying he heard his bathroom window slide open in the middle of the night. he says he picked up a .9 millimeter pistol from under his bed and started shooting through the door because he thought there were intruders many the bathroom. i flung the door open, and i sat over reeva, and i cried, and, um, i don t know. i don t know how long i don t know how long i was there for. she wasn t breathing. we ll take an adjournment. court will adjourn. [ crying ] as you heard, pistorius was sobbing so uncontrollably the judge decided to end court for
he mistook reeva for an intruder in the bathroom. he described the moment that he realized that it was her. and i threw the door open and i saw, oh, reeva, and i cried. i don t know i don t know how long i don t know how long i was there for. she wasn t breathing. we will take an adjournment. court will adjourn. let me bring in msnbc legal analyst and former criminal prosecutor faith jenkins, and good to see you. this touched off quite a con r conversation in the newsroom, because we should remind people that will is no jury, and we see the judge, and she has not changed her expression, her demeanor that i have seen throughout this trial, but when someone gets that emotional, what is your take on it? i mean, on a very human
i don t know how long i was there for. she wasn t breathing. we ll take an adjournment. as you can tell, he seemed to lose his composure there. court has adjourned for the day to allow pistorius to regain his composure. he s expected to take the stand for a third day tomorrow. meanwhile, in the indian ocean the search for sounds for flight 370 turned up nothing new overnight. there s still no sign of the wreckage of the jet that was carrying 239 souls on board. chinese and australian ships picked up acoustic pings from the black boxes off the coast of perth, australia, over the weekend, but since then there has been not a single ping detected. the black boxes could be more than two miles underwater and as you know, the batteries either
and i don t know, i don t know how long i don t know how long i was there for. she wasn t breathing. court will adjourn. the words of oscar pistorius, day two, taking the stand. we re going to stay on this. quick break. next i ll bring in our cnn legal panel to talk about the testimony, what they made of this, what are the biggest holes in his story. what about his response. how his emotional state op the stand play with the judge. remember, it s the judge who decides his fate here. stay with me. i m only in my 60 s. i ve got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out