they grabbed the gunman sir hand sir hand, taking the gun away. it was one of the longest nights of my life. i was one of the many supporters outside the good samaritan hospital standing vigil. senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:44.m. today. as a nation mourned for bobby, his followers were undone by their grief. i thought my god, is the world coming to an end? and we re only halfway through this year. 1968 was about the vietnam war. a year in which 16,000 americans were killed 16,000. including my friend gene kimmel, the marine pilot. and then in august the world
access to the task force that was conducting it. was the task force given any heads up before the state s attorney announced the charges last friday? reporter: you know, anderson, they were shocked. they were not preparing they were not preparing to hear that the state attorney was going to bring these types of charges. however, i am told that there was some inkling that she was about to do something surprising, and this is why on thursday the police department turned over their investigation, their file, to the state attorney, because they realized that something might be coming. so they had a little bit of an inkling that something was coming but they certainly weren t prepared for what she was going to do right across the street here at the war memorial bringing these charges. interesting to hear. evan, thank you. joining me now is prominent defense attorney benjamin bratman and also jeffrey toobin. before we talk about baltimore, ben, you went to the hospital last night to pa
before we talk about baltimore, ben, you went to the hospital last night to pay your respects to the officers who were standing vigil. we just passed by. my wife and i saw the jamaica hospital sign. i knew they were standing vigil. it s a terribly lonely feeling when you see a sea of blue of young men and women, tears in their eyes and knowing that a fellow officer was dying. i was hoping to see thousands of private citizens and there weren t that many there and there should have been a lot. certainly our thoughts and prayers are with that officer s family and all his colleagues. regarding baltimore, how surprised were you by the level of charges, the number of charges and the speed with which they were brought? i was stunned. stunned? stunned. i was stunned. i think ms. mosby, who is a relatively obscure person 15 minutes ago is now the face of public justice. i think she s done a terrific disservice to the citizens of
if this verdict overturns the original findings and reforms that, amanda knox can go even though the prosecution will appeal that decision. she will probably be on the first plane out and whatever happens in italy, they will have to extradite her back. thank you again for your expertise. supporters of knox have been following every twist of this trial. today standing vigil for the seattle native while awaiting word from italy, stephanie has been with them a wading the verdict and joins us now. good afternoon. good afternoon, martin. i imagine there must be tension where you are with friends of the family and indeed family members very anxious about how this is going to play out. absolutely. anxiety is palpable in the presidential suite. the number of close family friends and supporters. they have been with the family all along.
their actions. this level of action, dedication, and compassion within the summerset county community and the areas on the morning of september 11th, 2001 and during the period of recovery and investigation was not unique, but rather, the norm. whether it is the ambassador standing vigil here at the memorial, volunteers working with the national park service to preserve artifacts and oral histories or community members opening their homes and hearts to family in our time of grief. this community has embraced this memorial project with all of the dignity, grace, and honor. i ve come to realize is pervasive here in southwestern pennsylvania and across the commonwealth to harrisburg. senator casey, senator toomey, representative schuster, representative kris, the entire