salmonella outbreak to peanut butter made by parnell s company, peanut corporation of america, at its plant in georgia. the contamination is blamed for thine deaths and more than 700 reported cases of food poisoning in 467 states. a federal 46 states. a federal jury convicted him of defrauding customers by falsifying the results of lab tests that screened for food-borne illness. the courtroom was packed with families affected by the outbreak. parnell apologized for the first time. for some victims relatives, it was too little too late. were they sorry for hi pain seven years ago? where were they when this was happening to me? reporter: many victims families applauded the sentence. parnell was sentenced along with two co-defendants, his brother, michael parnell, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and the plant s quality assurance manager, mary wilkerson, was sentenced to five years.
shift eastward, and we re going to start to see heavy rain anywhere from the texas panhandle up into parts of the upper hid west, and it could come down heavily at times here. shifting eastward, you can see that the forecast calls for as much as four inches of rain, locally even some higher amounts with thunderstorms that develop. and by the way, today we could see some thunderstorm activity across parts of minnesota and also the dakotas, it s just a marginal risk, but that risk is there primarily for some large hail from some of these storms. still very summer-like across parts of texas, arkansas, temperatures there widespread into the 90s but not bad in the northeast, parts of the upper great lakes. take a look at some of those temperatures for today, very fall-like, 70s and 60s very widespread. over to you. jon: if only we could move that rain in the southwest, give it to california. they need it. reporter: yes, they do. jenna: new in the next hour of
scott walker had fewer than 14 minutes in both debates, and that was the least for any candidate on the main stage for both of those events. so is scott walker also just unlucky? i think you can certainly make that argument that walker didn t do himself as many favors as you should have. and, look, a lot of the people who have done well in the debates have been very assertive. they grab the spotlight, they jump in, they challenge other candidates, they get challenged by other candidates. nobody really went after walker and gave him a chance to defend himself and make a case for himself. at the same time, though, it s not just that walker is a victim here. a lot of his problems were self-inflicted. he had huge trouble talking about immigration issues, he had trouble dealing with simple reporter questions. asked about building a fence along the northern border, he suggested maybe we should do that to keep it safe from all the illegal immigrant canadians, lots of baffling stuff that you
if they don t have money to back it up, that can be the deal breaker. we ll see. fantastic conversation, great to have you both. appreciate it. sure thing, thanks. jon: one candidate who did make an impression in the republican debates is carly fiorina. her surging into the top ranks now bringing a sharper focus on her business record and her positions on foreign policy. that s what ms. fiorina will address about an hour from now in south carolina, home to the first southern primary. senior national correspondent john roberts live from the citadel military college there in charleston. john. reporter: jon, good morning. carly fiorina starts a three-day swing beginning here at the citadel where in about an hour s time she ll participate in a question and answer session on foreign policy and national security. fiorina has made national security and foreign policy a central focus of her campaign having traveled the world, met with world leaders as ceo of hewlett-packard. she s also a b
off with an official ceremony with president obama and the first lady just a few hours from now. shannon bream is live from the national shrine in washington where pope francis will celebrate mass tomorrow. reporter: yeah, jenna, one of the biggest, most highly anticipated events of the pope s visit here to washington will be right here at the basilica. it is going to be when he celebrates mass with thousands of people. as you would imagine, security is extremely tight already although we re told for now there is no specific, credible threat at this time. we re most concerned about the unknown. if we had something specific and credible, we would be acting upon that to disrupt it, neutralize it, insure that no harm comes to anyone. reporter: as you know, the pope and president spent time together previously at the vatican in 2014. you may remember there was a bit of controversy then as the two sides gave slightly differing accounts of what happened in their meeting after it wrappe