Merle hay first on 13. To storm the court. Or not to storm the court. That is the question on fans minds this celebrations left two people hurt. After iowa state won the big cy hawk showdown last night. We have friends that go to iowa and their favorite thing is say football but we just say wait until basketball season comes and we will blow you out of the water. But the cyclones didnt blow the hawkeyes out of the water when they met at hilton coliseum. The game came down to seconds. Monte just 9 seconds to go. The hawks tried to retaliate. But fell short. Final score. 83 82. The win sent fans into a frenzy. Resulting in collateral damage. An usher was knocked over. Injured his knee. And had to be taken away by ambulance. I was standing there and the students run over the top of me. And then i got knocked into the basketball backboard. The students were really friendly they just wanted Des Moines Register columnist Randy Peterson was also hurt. He was pushed to the ground as fans rushe
We begin today with the verdict of the trial of ngor maukey. The 20year old is accused of beating an elderly man to death, the judge convicted him of first degree murder. Adding sometimes its hard to find out why crimes happen. 52 32 i think its natural for everyone to try and make some sense of what happens in a criminal case, sometimes its easy some its tough. In this case it was a little bit tougher. 52 43 the judge says there was evidence that makuey broke into a home on east 46th street in july of last year. And assaulted 97 year old Rupert Anderson and his wife harriet. Makuey lived across from the couple. Makuey brought with him to the home, a grilling spatula. And that it was a dangerous weapon. The judge also considered an is no symptoms of metal illness on the day he was arrested. 2 20 shortly after the crime. And he walked away. 2 38 maukeuy faces life in prison and 4th. In all, he was convicted of four charges. First degree murder, assault with intent to cause serious injur
Rules of the road today, friday, december 11th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Nice warm friday morning here in new york. Got to roll that footage again of a guy on a bicycle. When those gates are down, youre supposed to stop and he hits that train or that train hits him, one way or the other. Its amazing. The other Vantage Point even more disturbing. Whats amazing is that he walked away from that hopefully a lot wiser. Well tell you where that happened and show you more of that in a little while. Lets start on a friday morning with our top story. Its ow new nbc news wall street journal poll shows the majority of americans disagree with Donald Trumps call to ban muslims from the country and it is a different story when you focus just on republican voters. Nbcs National Correspondent Peter Alexander takes a closer look at the numb
Of 2014. Thats when the child was taken to the hospital with a fractured skull and broken ribs. Ruby died just a few days later. Lopez claims the child fell out of a high chair. Doctors say the childs injuries were not consistent with a low level fall. But after alvarezs unexpected testimony today. The defense asked the judge to declare a mistrial, and she did. were you still in a romantic relationship with mr. Lopez . it was on and off, um, he would force sexual intercourse with me. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler well, lets just talk about did you write him a love letter . Nan horvat assistant polk county attorney i did. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler the motion for mistrial was required for the purpose of protecting our clients rights. Everybody involved in the case on every side of the case, and including the witnesses as well im sure are disappointed, because it means backing up to square one and trying the case all over again and its disappointing for everyone
Family. Mistrial. In a surprise move, a mistrial is declared in the murder trial of joe lopez what the childs mother said on the stand, that lead to the decision. Record jackpot. In just about an hour well know if there will be a new billionaire here in the us. What some lottery officials are hoping for. And your chances of cashing in big. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. It is the ninth leading cause of death in iowa. But suicide is rarely a topic of discussion. This past weekend it took the life of a popular Waukee High School publicly. In an effort to help other troubled teenagers. Justin surrency has the story. What can i learn through my loneliness . Am i to find fellowship, with others or remain alone. Words written in a prayer book by 18 year old drew lienemann shortly before he attempted suicide saturday, and was pronounced dead two days later. We will never f