POWERFUL SCENE IN A TEXAS COURT

ROOM.

A MAN HIS BROTHER WAS SHOT TO

DEATH BY DALLAS POLICE OFFICER

FOR GIVING HIS BROTHER'S KILLER

HER.

>> IF YOU TRULY ARE SORRY, I

KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I FORGIVE YOU.

AND...

I KNOW IF YOU GO TO GOD AND ASK

HIM, HE WILL FORGIVE YOU.

AND I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, I'M

SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, NOT EVEN

FOR MY FAMILY.

BUT I LOVE YOU JUST LIKE ANYONE

ELSE.

AND I'M NOT GOING AS I HOPE YOU

ROT AND DIE, JUST LIKE MY

BROTHER DID.

I PERSONALLY WANT THE BEST FOR

YOU.

AND I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE HER

SAY THIS IN FRONT OF MY FAMILY

OR ANYONE, BUT I DON'T EVEN WANT

YOU TO GO TO JAIL.

I WANT THE BEST FOR YOU.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT BOTHAM WOULD WANT ON THE

BEST WOULD BE TO GIVE YOUR LIFE

TO CHRIST.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING

ELSE.

I THINK GIVING YOUR LIFE TO

CHRIST WOULD BE THE BEST THING

THAT BOTHAM WOULD WANT YOU TO

DO.

AGAIN, I LOVE YOU AS A PERSON.

AND I DON'T WISH ANYTHING BAD ON

YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE

BUT CAN I GIVE HER A HUG,

PLEASE?

>> YES.

>> Dana: THE JUDGE ALSO

HUGGING THE FORMER OFFICER,

AMBER GUYGER, GIVING HER A BIBLE

AFTER SENTENCING HER TO TEN

YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR KILLING A

NEIGHBOR, AN UNARMED BLACK MAN,

AND HIS OWN APARTMENT.

SHE SAID SHE MISTOOK IT FOR HER

APARTMENT AND THOUGHT SHE WAS AN

INTRUDER.

THAT'S BRING IN OUR FOX NEWS

CONTRIBUTOR, THEOLOGIAN AND

ETHICIST.

YOU COULD HELP US THINK ABOUT

THIS.

THE AMOUNT OF POISE AND DIGNITY

FROM THE 18-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN

WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

>> THE POISE AND DIGNITY CAME

FORTH FROM A HEART THAT HAD

ALREADY GIVEN UP A JUST CAUSE

THAT HE HAD AGAINST THIS POLICE

OFFICER.

LET ME SAY, A JUST CAUSE.

WE MAKE ALL SORTS OF EXCUSES AND

OUR PERSONAL LIVES WHY WE WON'T

FORGIVE SOMEBODY.

IT USUALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE

FACT THAT THE OTHER PERSON DID

SOMETHING WRONG, OBJECTIVELY

WRONG.

BUT FORGIVENESS IS SAYING EVEN

THOUGH I HAVE A JUST CAUSE

AGAINST YOU, I'M GOING TO GIVE

IT UP.

BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE

WHO'S PERFECT.

DANA, AS I WAS WALKING INTO THE

STUDIO, A GENTLEMAN IN THE

PARKING LOT -- I'M HERE IN

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,

VISITING FAMILY AND A GENTLEMAN

SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

ON TV NOW AND I SAID I'M GOING

TO TALK ABOUT THE STORY OF THIS

GUY WHO FORGAVE THE KILLER OF

HIS BROTHER AND HE SAID THAT'S

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN THIS VERY

TENSE POINT IN OUR COUNTRY.

HE SAID DIDN'T JESUS SAY

SOMETHING ABOUT THAT?

THE BIBLE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT

IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE, GOD WON'T

FORGIVE YOU.

JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED.

>> Dana: I REMEMBER HEARING

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONE

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONP

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONI

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONO

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONG

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONV

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONN

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONS

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONI

PRESIDENT BUSH TELLING ME AT ONS

SOMETHING THAT YOU DO FOR

YOURSELF AS WELL.

SO THAT YOU CAN MOVE ON.

HE LOST HIS BROTHER WHO HE LOVED

VERY MUCH.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BRAVERY OF

THIS YOUNG MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS

NEVER PLANNING TO SAY THIS IN

FRONT OF HIS FAMILY BUT THAT HE

CHOSE TO SPEAK AND WHEN YOU LIVE

YOUR FAITH AND YOU CHOOSE TO

SPEAK ABOUT IT, IT CAN OFTEN

FEEL A LITTLE SCARY.

>> YEAH, EXACTLY.

TO BRING BOTH OF THOSE POINTS

TOGETHER, DANA, WHETHER YOU DO

IT FOR YOURSELF, FOR SOMEBODY

ELSE.

I THINK THE CONSEQUENCE OF DOING

SOMETHING OUT OF LOVE IS THAT IT

ALSO HELPS YOU.

BUT IT'S LOVE THAT DRIVES THE

DECISION.

IT'S LOVE FOR THE OTHER PERSON.

THE RESULT IS THAT BOTH ARE

WINNERS.

SOMEBODY JUST WROTE TO ME ON

FACEBOOK, WHEN I POSTED THAT I

WAS GOING TO BE ON THIS

AFTERNOON AND SHE SAID MY

BROTHER WAS KILLED IN 2007 AND

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FORGIVE

UNTIL NOW.

WATCHING THIS YOUNG MAN DO IT.

IT'S IT TIED TO SEE WHO WINS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE WOMAN WHO

RECEIVED FORGIVENESS, THE POLICE

OFFICER.

SECONDLY, THE GUY WHO FORGAVE.

WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE IN A

LOT BETTER POSITION RIGHT NOW

AND THIRD, IT'S ALL OF US.

WE ALL WIN.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOT

WINNING AND THE OPPOSITE OF JUST

HOLDING A GRUDGE, ANGER EATS

AWAY AT OUR SOUL.

OUR OWN SOUL AND THE SOUL OF OUR

NATION.

>> Dana: WHAT ABOUT THE FACT

THAT THIS ENTIRE TRIAL -- I

DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE

TO FOLLOW IT BUT THROUGHOUT YOU

HAD A LOT OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

WITHIN THIS COURT ROOM.

WITH EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDING THE

TERRIBLE SITUATION.

THE LOSS OF A LIFE, MISTAKE THAT

TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING SHE'S

GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND TEN YEARS

IN PRISON FOR.

THE BAILIFF WAS KIND.

THE JUDGE GIVES HER A BIBLE.

YOU'VE DONE PRISON MINISTRY IN

YOUR LIFE.

THIS ISN'T TYPICALLY HOW IT GOES

DOWN.

>> IT'S NOT IN THE DIFFERENCE IS

HATRED OR LOVE.

IT'S ANGER OR FORGIVENESS.

I THINK WE APPLY, EACH ONE OF US

IN OUR OWN LIVES AND IT'S NOT

ONLY ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS.

IT'S ACTUALLY FORGIVING WHEN I

HAVE A JUST CAUSE AGAINST

ANOTHER PERSON, FORGIVING WHEN

THERE'S A JUST CAUSE.

I THINK THAT'S THE HEART OF IT

ALL.

>> Dana: IF THAT PERSON ISN'T

SORRY ABOUT SOMETHING, STILL

FORGIVING IS THE WAY TO GO,

RIGHT?

>> JESUS SAID FOR EXAMPLE, HE

WAS BEING CRUCIFIED AND HE SAID