Say that there could be an easy solution to the problem. Here is the real issue. A lot of these individuals, low level non violent offenders should never enter the prison system to begin with. They should be diverted to drug courts or Mental Health courts, lukas well have much more on the issue of mandatory minimums and why some are asking for changes. Tonight on abc9 news at ten. Reporting live in studio. Lukas voss abc9 news. Tim are you a black friday shopper . Stores like walmart plan to open doors at 6pm on thanksgiving day. And this year a designated one hour guarentee line promises to send shoppers home with items of their choice at a marked down price. Even if the item is not in stock, stores say theyll get it before christmas for a later pick up. I can tell you that it is going to be a great black friday. We are going to have over one million tvs, over ten million pairs of pajamas and over 15 million movies that we will have ready for our black friday event, said van matre. Wa
The two shooters reached out to isis or other radicals before the attack. Sot james comey, fbi director we have hundreds of people running down leads all over the world on this the fbi also raided the home of enrique marquez, the man believed to have supplied syed farook with two highpowered rifles used in the attack that killed 14people. Sot dorian, neighbor i woke up to a loudspeaker phone saying residents of 3838 please come out with your hands up. Sot freddy escamilla, neighbor thats when i heard the windows crashing, the garage door being pulled, doors being broken down. Officials been unable to talk to marquez as hes checked himself into a Mental Hospital shortly after the massacre. But an fbi crime scene Reconstruction Team is using lasers to retrace every bullet fired in a room that bears horrible memories for survivors. Sot regina kuruppu, witness it was scary. It was really really scary. I saw two bodies laying on the floor in a puddle of blood. Elizabeth hur standup close pr
Curse. Many with plans in mind. Of how theyll sustain their future wealth. First thing would be to get an attorney and a Financial Advisor and go on from there. Mostly it is just financial planning, you know to set up the kids and grandkids. Everybody standing in line to buy a ticket is already starting to figure out what they are going to spend the money on. Jay says. Thinking about what you want to buy. Is fine. Just dont do it right away. Have a plan. Make sure you get the professional advise to make sure you are doing what is best for you both today and in the future. A lawyer. Financial advisor. And cpa can help you make these decisions. The first of which is annuity. Or lump sum . It is going to be different for each person. Some people say i want all my money right now because there are certain things i want to do with it, some people say i am afraid of spending it all at once. Money in hand. Invest. Whether it be in property. Or in the market. Choose appreciable assets. Dont sp
The Labor Department says job growth surged in december. Employers added 292 thousand jobs last month. This suggests the us economy is defying Global Trends like chinas stock market plunge and slow economy. The Unemployment Rate stayed steady at 5 percent for the Third Straight month. Thousands of people in iowa dont have health insurance. And the deadline for the Affordable Care act sign up is fast approaching. Those uninsured by january 31st face penalties. The story. The deadline is which is greater, uninsured could pay up to 2,085 bucks or 2. 5 of their annual household income. Payment is due on 2016 taxes. According to Insurance Expert stacy mcatee, with unitypoint st. Lukes in cedar rapids, about six percent of iowas population is uninsured. Six percent of those people are in linn county, about 11,280. Thats the second in the state, next to polk county. Hispanic men, 18 to 34 are the largest demographic without insurance at 16 . Theyre followed by African American men in the same
Reproting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna a santee man who was the subject of a manhunt this week has died. The fbi confirms David Hoffman shot himself while police were trying to take him into custody yesterday on the santee reservation. Jenna fbi and knox county Officials Say the 25year old died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Officials says no Law Enforcement officers fired their weapons during the encounter. Hoffman had been on the run from authorities since tuesday when he disarmed an officer in niobrara, threatened him with the weapon. And then fled. Hoffmans body will undergo and autopy and the gun he used is being tested, as well. Tim all miners stuck in an underground elevator at a Central New York salt mine ovnight have been rescued. The miners were beginning their shift around 10 wednesday night when that elevator became stuck. Emergency workers made contact with the miners by radio before the rescue effort began. Crews managed to blankets keeping miners war