view of human evolution and your family tree. that and more right here, right now on cnn. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. is he a mass murder, accused of massacring sleeping children in afghanistan while he wore a u.s. army uniform. it is robert bales we are talking about and 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. military brass say bales a u.s. army sergeant walked house to house opening fire on afghan villagers. when the rampage ended 16 people were dead. tonight, susan candiotti has gotten exclusive access to some of the people that know robert bales best and the image they paint of the man is not that of a mass killer. susan is standing by in ohio, the soldier s home state. you have been talking to a man who had a sperp relationship with robert bales. who s the man and how did he know bales? this man s name is bob durham. he goes way back to know this family. in
hello i m don lemmon. does bob durham think that the bobby bales he knows could be capable of this action? reporter: he says he absolutely cannot fathom how this possibly could have happened. he said the man he knew was a caring young man who he knew through adulthood and when he worked in the business world and then went to the military after 9/11. he said that if something somehow caused him to snap, for example, no one knows what happened, he said if doctors are able to find out and get him to understand in actuality that children and women had been killed, that he doesn t think his friend, sergeant bales, would ever be able to come to grips with that. don? the last time he spoke with him was back in december. it s been fairly recently, correct? reporter: that s right. he called him because sergeant bales called mr. durham from afghanistan to console mr. durham about the loss of his own father. and so he felt very badly about it. he said they still have a very sp
illinois. we ll tell you why. take a look at this, would you? now, all right. i can t snowboard, but apparently this pos sum can. we ll have more of the best video of the morning later on this hour. level-headed and experienced. words that an attorney for staff sergeantent robert bales say accurately describe the soldier, and now those closest to bales are sharing their thoughts about the rampage that killed 16 afghan civilians and the man accused of committing the act. a statement reads in part, sergeant bales family is stunned in the face of this tragedy, but they stand behind the man they know as a devoted husband, father, and dedicated member of the armed services. bales is currently being held in kansas at fort leavenworth. his attorneys say they will meet with him next week. susan canned eon they will have more later. the outrage sparked by the shooting is being felt in the streets of afghanistan and also back here in the united states. we want peace! we want p
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