Glor hi, everyone. Im jeff glor. Its a review of the fbi lab in washington that is opening eyes across the country and now it could reopen hundreds of criminal cases. 95 of cases looked at so far included flawed testimony that includes 32 Death Penalty cases. This weekend the fbi acknowledged mistakes and Jericka Duncan has details. Reporter before dna testing became prevalent the fbi relies heavily on visual analysis of evidence, sometimes building occasions on microscopic analysis of hair. But in 2012, federal officials launched an investigation after the Washington Post reported that flawed presentic hair matches might have led to the convictions of hundreds of people. A in a full report coming out tomorrow, the Innocence Project and the National Association of criminal defense lawyers will say that from the 1970s through 1999, 25 of 29 fbi forensic examiners made errors in their testimony impacting 257 cases. The reports will says, out of 18 executions, 12 of them had errors in eit
Our bearings straight. Twisters carved through the Southern Plains. Multiple tornados ripped through Oklahoma Kansas and nebraska. Building collapsed, houses off their foundation. The flash flood emergency. The main airport canceled all flights overnight. Investigation by the nfl into deflategate finds tom brady was at least generally aware of the rules violation. These sure arent deflating. These are only inflating, to get ready. The new York Police Department is assessing an online threat posted by isis against organizer of the cartoon contest in texas. The consequences you knew them. What do you mean i no the consequences . I live in america. I live in america. Reporter a fiery train crash in north dakota. A train hauling oil ignited several tanker cars. In this year alone we have seen five events of derailments with fires. Polling stations have opened across the uk for the general election with millions of people expected to head to the ballot box. A close call for three fishermen
Theres nothing but a concrete slab. Deadly storms slam millions. A reported tornado struck the town of van, texas. At least 20 homes damaged. The National Guard using choppers to rescue people. Outside of dallas the tornado roar there had lake city, iowa. There goes the school there goes the school. A Mississippi Community is in mourning after two Police Officers were killed during a traffic stop. Four people are now under arrest. Tragedy for all americans. Former president jimmy carter cut his visit to the south american nation of guyana short because he says he wasnt feeling well. Apparent snub by the king of saudi arabia. Some see it as a sign of displeasure over washingtons efforts to negotiate a deal with iran. Thousands of gallons of oil leaked from the Indian Point Nuclear power plant into the hudson river when a transformer failed . The fear is always that one situation will trigger another. After meeting with pope francis, cuban president raul castro is so impressed hes consid
Police say several rival motorcycle gangs had gathered. Trouble apparently had been brewing between the gangs for weeks. Police say it began as a fistfight at the twin peaks restaurant in waco, then involved knives and guns. All of those killed nine, were bikers. We are told no innocent bystanders or officers were hurt. Police say they have called in extra resources tonight trying to keep that situation calm. Our other big story tonight, the Violent Storms moving across the midwest. Heres a look at the current updated radar. The main danger zone stretches from dallas to detroit. In broken arrow oklahoma carroll cole stood outside ba was left of her home after one tornado this weekend. More pictures of destruction came in from baton rouge louisiana. Manual bojorquez has more on this. Parts of mossby missouri are underwater today. Heavy downpours have left the town nearly engulfed by floodwaters. More than 100 people have been asked to leave under a voluntary evacuation and Officials Say
Axelrod good evening, i am jim axelrod. We begin with the verdict in the latest high profile case involving the use of deadly force by police on unarmed africanamerican suspects. In cleveland today, officer Michael Brelo was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of two Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams two and a half years ago, this was a bench trial, meaning no jury this morning the judge rules ruled that when officer brelo fired 15 bullets into the car they were driving 15 directly at them from the hoo standing. Jury Jericka Duncan picks up the story. And the two, the judge odonnell it took him nearly an hour to explain a decision that he knew many people had been waiting for. And therefore finding bre flow using deadly force was a constitutionally reasonable response. It was a dramatic ending to a case that highlights the strained relationship in this country between African Americans and police. It was november 2012 when Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams led 62 Poli