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Breaking news. An officer in the freddie gray chase has chosen a bench trial rather than a trial by jury. Baltimore Police Officer edward nero faces Assault Charges in the death of freddie gray. Officer nero was one of the first baltimore Police Officers to arrest gray last year. Investigators say gray died from injuries he sustained after officers put him in the back of a police van. Six baltimore Police Officers face charges in his death. Neros trial is expected to begin thursday and last about five days. New today Fairfax County police making changes after an officer shot and killed a man. In the last hour they spoke about increasing transparency and news 4 ice Kristin Wright was there. Shes now live at police headquarters. Reporter the Fairfax County Police Department has been working with this group on the use of force and also on how to deescalate situations, so that is the discussion going on inside morning. This is a very important discussion. The chief started out by talking a
Religious hardliners and move them closer to the west. And a countdown to asus cessation of hostilities in syria has begun to a system nation os of hostilities in syria has begun. Good to have you with us. A new president , a new package of reforms, and hopefully a new era for fifa, the disgraced entity that touts itself as soccers world governing body. Gianni infantino will take the chair vacated by the scandal that plagued sepp blatter. His task will be to restore professional soccer. One zealous sportswriter described him as these substitute who came off the bench to score the winning goal in a cup final. A deep draft for p5s new president. For fifas the president. Gianni infantino is the most powerful man in world football. Gianni infantino i want to work with all of you together, with all of you, in order to restore and rebuild a new era in fifa, a new era in football, with the ball in the center of the stage. Reporter the clock is ticking. The congress has passed a package of ref
Inside. Announcer no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 at 6 00. Stephanie we have breaking news right now. Two tram cars stuck 40 feet above the ground at cannon mountain. 41 passengers are safely on the ground. People on board say they felt a severe jolt when the tram broke down. I am stephanie woods. Adam i am adam sexton. Mike cronin is live with an update on this breaking news. Mike some good news tonight from cannon mountain. The other. Tonight. Maybe cold, but doing fine. Down from the cable trams. Two were stuck. Knew the top of the mountain. They were all safely evacuated and given blankets and hot food, as were the 41 other people in the other cable tram. Witnesses say there was a sudden here is what some had to say. It was probably my fourth or fifth tram ride. We got about 150 yards and the brakes came on and that was it. It s long hard and back it swung hard and back. We knew there was a problem. I was in a harness. I have never done that before. I looke
Honoring the legacy of a beloved firefighter killed in the line of duty. Announcer no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 at 5 00. Stephanie we begin with breaking news. The rescue of dozens of people stuck on board trams. Thanks for joining us. I m stephanie woods. Adam i am adam sexton. These are pictures sent exclusively into our newsroom. The resort says about 2 30 this afternoon, the Service Brake got stuck leaving two trams stranded. Stephanie 41 people were in the lower cab, seven in the top one print the rescue involved lowering people by rope about 40 feet to the ground. We spoke to greg keeler of Cannon Mountain about this breaking situation. Cars. It involves a rope and a sling. We lower people down. In the case of the top car, it took about half an hour to get everybody out and back inside. We were able to get blankets onto the car for them before we warm. Once we got them down, we restaurant and cafe. Then we will be bringing them down with snow cats. As