Today in the trial of William Porter. The first of Six Police Officers to be charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. The defense rested its case on friday. Reporter Andrew Spencer has the latest. Prosecutors argue officer William Porter ignored pleas for help because the he did not care about freddie grays life. doug colbert university of maryland law professor the prosecution has presented evidence that went far beyond what the public expected, and thats what makes their case very strong. Over the last two weeks, theyve also argued porter went against Department Policy by not securing gray properly in the back of a Baltimore Police transport van. Porters defense has said the opposite arguing standard protocol was to not use seat belts. Theyve tried to pin responsibility on the vans driver, caesar goodson. warren brown attorney and courtroom observer i just dont see where the state has convinced anyone that beyond a reasonable doubt that simplynot belting him in when it w
Gets labeled depending on its origin. Common practice in the u. S. For quite some time. Now however the World Trade Organization is enforcing tariffs on u. S products in reponse to the law. Something local pork producers think is a big problem. Sot anytime they are going to impose tariffs on our product its going to hurt us in the long run. Its going to hurt everybody in this local area. It cost the u. S. Livestock industry billions of dollars to implement labeling laws. Trade agreements with two of its largest export partner. Mexico and canada were violated and the laws had no effect on price or demand. Canda and mexico can impose more than 1 billion dollars of retaliatory tariffs and this is the fourth time the wto said that cool violates trade obligations. Sot every meeting wie discuss this. Basically nothing got done. Which is pretty frustrating because we knew we were going to didnt get it repealed. Nats hogs and farmers are not just concerned about the price of the pork itself. B
Little raindrops. 48 degrees right now. All across the state. Wind chills a bit chilly. Otherwise, midtoupper 30s in central or southeastern portions of the state. A pretty decent stretch so far. This dissented from rihanna from breanna sherman. As i said, clouds will linger. Chance for rain continuing mainly central and southeastern portions of the state. By tomorrow morning, should be seeing a whole lot by way of rain. I back in the upper 30s to low 40s. We do dodge a couple snow chances which i will come over todd the fbi is investigating a major Security Breach at Computer Company Juniper Networks. The u. S. Defense department, justice department, treasury and several Big Companies rely on Juniper Networks products. Its not clear what, if any, classified information could be affected. The breach is believed to be the work of a Foreign Government because of the sophistication involved. Thousands of cases of dove chocolates pulled from walmart shelves. Mars says the bags of chocolate
A man faces murder charges after investigators found 2 bodies southwest of des moines in union county. 37yearold Jerry Dillinger now is charged with 2 counts of first degree murder. The Iowa Division of criminal investigation found the body of Loretta Dillinger in a pond near lorimor last week. Investigators believe she was the suspects ex sisterinlaw. They also found another body yesterday this time near a house in thayer. Cedar Rapids Police say a standoff that lasted hours near Taylor Elementary school is over. Officers responded to a person was barricaded inside at a home at 538 eighth street sw around 3 30 this afternoon. Officers had their weapons visible and had closed off at least 3 blocks. Viewers living in the area said that police had told them to stay inside. Police say the person walked out and was taken in dubuque, police say someone damaged portions of the dubuque Veterans Memorial plaza on schmitt island. Police believe a vehicle drove into the memorial sometime between
Weight class at the spencer invitational. Roberts and his opponent walked back to the center of the mat when he collapsed. Roberts later died at a hospital. He placed 8th in the class 2a state wrestling tournament last spring. Counselors were at Spencer High School today, offering support for those close to the young man. A mild sunday closes out the weekend as snow doesnt look like its coming anytime soon. Meteorologist chris havely joins us with the first alert forecast. Chris . Showers will begin to develop this evening, and overspread much of the tv9 viewing area. Rainfall amounts should be under an inch, around 0. 7 or less. Temperatures will be mild for most of the night, but as the cold front sweeps through in the early morning, temperatures will cool quickly down to the upper 30s in many spots. Showers will come to an end by midmorning across eastern iowa, with brisk winds from the northwest. Temperatures on monday will hang steady around 40, then slowly drop mostly cloudy skie