Five days after a Chemical Spill forced officials to pan people from using tap water. The government says tests indicate the water is safe enough, after chemicals used this in treating coal leaked. People can turn on their taps again. Jonathan martin, joins us from charleston West Virginia. Jopt jonathan, i can imagine ocouple of reactions. Its about time, and sit really safe . Yes, tony, people have been waiting for five days, some people havent taken showers for three or four days because of this ban. We have learned from the governor of West Virginia that they have lifted the state of emergency, a little more they have been able to turn on their water. They have tested a and determined it does meet federal standards. A huge relief, they have been told not to drink water or betty in the water. Small businesses have certainly been relieved because they have taken a hit. It was a huge fundamental hit, we do hope some of our vendors will be offering some sort of reprieve. If not, you kn
And we begin tonight with a verdict in a case thats drawn national attention. Two California Police officers accused of killing a mentally ill homeless man in 2011. The incident caught on tame. Today the jury in Orange County found the officers not guilty. Brian rooney in burbank california with more. Brian. John, the mans name was kelly thomas, 37 years old, schizophrenic man wellknown to the Fullerton Police. He got in a confrontation and ended up dying five days later. Today in court his family was absolutely shocked by the verdict. They were hugging each other there was videotape, and well get to that later. The family really thought they had a case here and the police would be convicted. Kelly thomass mother talked to reporters afterwards. They got away with murdering my son. Its just not fair. So i guess i guess its legal to go out and kill now. There were 34 minutes of Surveillance Video of this incident. And the case came down to an argument of what each side saw in that video.
Efficiency ratio in the forecast of 5590 . 5559 . In terms of fullyear net income, another record year for wells fargo on the heres on the heels of a recovery market. The u. S. Largest home lender last year. There was a lot of concern about Mortgage Origination revenue and how that would drop. We did have an anticipated drop of 24 . Thank you. The final government report on will beales or 2013 released in half an hour. Retail sales will rise 5. 3 . I know i did my share. Youve also hear from the big banks out with earnings this morning. Wells fargo firing up the conference line at 10 00. We will hear directly from white house officials on the nsa scandal. We expect the testimony to preview what the president might say on the speech later on this weekend. Moments ago scarlet fu brought us wells fargo earnings. The company missed analyst estimates. A tough year for jpmorgan. Steve case sitting beside me. From where you sit, are you getting what you need from the Banking Industry . Not re
This morning, we begin with a deadly Movie Theater shooting in florida. The alleged gunman is a retired Tampa Police Detective who drew his gun during an argument over texting. Curtis reeves is due in court today. The cinebistro theater is located about a half hour north of tampa. Yesterday afternoon there were about 25 people inside for the showing of lone survivor. Witnesses say the previews were showing when an argument turned deadly. Voices started going up. There seems to be almost a confrontation. Somebody throws popcorn. Im not sure who threw the popcorn and then bang, a shot. Reporter police say 71yearold Curtis Reeves was upset because chad oulson would not stop texting. Reeves and his wife were sitting behind oulson and his wife. Reeves went to the manager and when he returned, the argument escalated. Thats when witnesses say reeves pulled his gun. Charles cummings and his son were sitting in the same row. He staggered two seats over and fell on my son and i. I asked if the g
a[3gp . Rlkn pelley ni League Baseball and one of its biggest stars moved to a new arena a federal court in new york. Alex rodriguez, third baseman for the new york yankees, filed suit asking the court to throw out his seasonlong suspension for using banned substances. An arbitrator upheld that suspension over the weekend. Rodriguez denies doping, but last night on 60 minutes, his chief accuser told a very different story. Anthony bosch said rodriguez paid him 12,000 a month to administer a program of banned drugs. Jim axelrod begins our coverage. Reporter lawyers for Alex Rodriguez argue Fred Horowitz, baseballs chief arbitrator who heard the case, was biased, ruling in favor of baseball to keep his job. Joe tacopina is a rodriguez attorney. It doesnt take a stretch of the imagination to understand that Fred Horowitz understood that he ruled against major League Baseball in this case would be fired the next day. Reporter the arbitrator said there was clear and convincing evidence rodr