He was just pulling over because he saw somebody stuck on the road. Reporter the motorists were tucked away safely inside his truck with an eastbound hit and run driver hit perez, glanced off the truck and kept going. He was just a fantastic person. Reporter hours later the car was recovered at the Crown Plaza Hotel in tampa at the foot of the bridge. It was towed away as evidence in the deadly crash. Traffic homicide investigators believe the driver is 35year old allison huffman. A worm with a riverview address and a really bad driving record. We did some digging, and found a history of four drunk driving arrests from 2002 to 2014. Troopers tell us after the crash she took a taxi to the hard rock casino. Roger perez went to the morgue. None of this seems fair to his a great worker, he was a stellar human being. Always polite, always courteous, he would come to work two hours early just to see if he could help out. Reporter well, as you said absolutely tragic, in the background, the br
Reporter roger perez was crossing the bridge and came across motorists in distress. He was just pulling over because he saw somebody stuck on the road. Reporter the two motorists were safely tucked away inside his truck, when an eastbound hit and run driver slammed into perez. He was a fantastic person. Reporter hours later the suspects car was covered at the Crown Plaza Hotel in tampa at the foot of the bridge. The driver is believed to be allison huffman. A woman with a really bad driving record. She had a history of four drunk driving arrests from 2002 to 2014. Police say after she dumped her car, she took a taxi to the hard rock casino, and tonight reporter im john rogers in sarasota, the florida Highway Patrol is seeing a large spike in hit and run crash, so theyre putting out a warning. As soon as you decide youre going to flee the scene, youve turned yourself into a criminal. Reporter the damage is long lasting. Just ask mark. He was hit by a driver on the interstate, and now he
Place. There werent relations between cuba and the u. S. So this is a step in the right direction for some. Reporter the president likes to make the argument that cuba is not going to change overnight. And that we know. Even if democracy were to show up on the door steps of cuba, it would take a generation or so before the people can begin to change their psychological ways free education. Which is why the argument that improving the economy will lead to somewhat of a political change, and thats the argument the president is making. Reporter and there have been reforms under the socialist president raul castro has tried to make over the past couple of years. One of which is having more of a private sector here on the island. We know that some of the homes were being rented out, and there was a major deal signed today with star wood hotels. Hotels in havana. And two prominent hotels. Which is in the Central Square in havana. And another hotel. One of them is supposed to be a high end ho
And we talked with a former fbi agent about what this could mean. Maybe justice will be served. I dont know. Reporter news of a new development in the murder case of a mother of two young children, 35yearold nick coaling Brown Simpson and her friend, a 25yearold waiter, ron goldman, still captivating. Could the knife be the new piece of evidence connecting o. J. To the crime or possibly someone else . I think it is sad. And to come up with something. The family has to relive the whole trial again. Reporter the case still open. No one to this day has served a day behind bar force the double murder that left o. J. s own children without a mother. And what goes through my head is this for real . Do we have something here or do we have a hoax . Reporter a former fbi special agent, the former u. S. Attorney and now a criminal defense attorney in tampa. He says if the knife was involved in the murders, even after all of this time and despite it being handled. The blood can get into any numbe
Vanessa ruffes, in for Walter Allen Jen and im jen epstein. Lets start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. Dave, were under a dense fog 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 vanessa all eyes on iowa this morning. Where were still waiting for the official results for the democrats, on the caucuses. jen all night long, its been too close to call, between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. But this morning, the Iowa State Democratic Party is calling it for hillary. 3 jen sanders calls it a virtual tie. But clintons spokesman told reporters they believe strongly that they won. Right now hillary has at least 22delegates to the Partys National convention, compared to sanders 21. And theres still one to be decided. But for clinton, theres really only one thing that matters. 3 sot when its all said and done, we have to be united against a republican vision and candidate that will drive us apart and divide us. sot given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for establishment politics, a