Huge struggle. She is the definition of grit. She didnt give up. Hes hurting me. The details that she gave. It was unbelievable. She said, you did it. I said, no, you did. Route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. Cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. Today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway had faded and closed as the Cottonwood Mall became the new downtown. The mall was the big hangout. I met my husband at the mall. So did i. It has played a pivotal part in our lives. For the marcell sisters, all six of them, along with their brother, jonathan, the Cottonwood Mall in albuquerque was the center of their social lives. 17yearold brittani worked at a sunglasses kiosk. She is this blueeyed girl with a big eyes and a striking smile. Life was simple good, until september 11th, 2008, brittani just starting her senior year of high school had plan
i saw blood everywhere. jodi gonterman : her daughter s laying there. terrified. a yo terrified. attacked. jason morales : blood on the floor, shovel, duct tape, also a knife. unidentified woman : i truly thought brittani would die. andrea canning : you wake up from your coma. brittani marcell : i m just, like, trying to communicate. dr. lori wright : she didn t give up. brittani marcell : it was a struggle. andrea canning : you re not you re the witness. brittani marcell : it s almost like a nightmare. andrea canning : the detective wanted you to do hypnosis? brittani marcell : mm-hm. your mind is in a completely different phase. dr. leon morris (psychologist; recording) : tell me what s happening. brittani marcell (recording) : he he s hurting me. he s hurting me. jodi gonterman : the details that she gave. it was unbelievable. brittani marcell : she goes, you did it. i said, no, you did. andrea canning : route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to
wind chills below zero. winds are still 15 to 25 mph and still gusting to 30 mph and will continue through the day. our roads are showing some drifting, but interstate 35 is closed between ames and clear lake. our visibilities are better, but we still have some blowing snow this morning. and that may continue today with the winds staying strong. we won t warm up much today.. or the rest of the blowing snow is still a problem this morning. several schools are starting two hours late as you can tell by the announcements we have running along the bottom of the screen. part of i-35 remains shut down right now because visibilty is so poor. this is video from yesterday. there were several crashes south of clear lake. after that, the state shut down part of the highway. now to decision 2016: a huge day in the race for the white house. after iowa last week, it s now new hampshire s turn. week, but new hampshire doesn t have nearly as many evangelical voters. political experts say t
that may continue today with the winds staying strong. we won t warm up much today.. or the rest of the week. i ll have that cold forecast for you in a few minutes. we have breaking news this morning. waterloo firefighters are on the scene of a fire. firefighters are at western avenue. they ve been there for about the last hour or so. it appears to be a home but our crew says it could also be a duplex with multiple families living there. our crew is seeing smoke coming from the building. right now you re getting a live look at the scene. we re still working to get more information. once we learn more about the fire we ll let you know. another big story this morning. a showdown between governor branstad a former iowa lawmakers. today, former governor chet culver is having town hall in coralville and cedar rapids. he s now one of the critics of current governor terry branstad s plan to privatize the state s medicaid system. culver said last week the move could put people
with friends in a dallas bar. i think he still a chow basically he got his way and texas a&mca is used to that and now he cannot get his way and has been nothing but a headache if it was the order i would get rid of them of them in the long and move on time to cut the cord shoes andf espn said the browns would like to release manziel in march when the new nfl business year begins , in an effort to softenf the blow the team will take the salary cap, and fans say they took him to let the door hit you on the way out of towni. at this point it is a running joke if he wants to stay in the himself and good for him but it s not that good riddance, and thank you for nothing she sent some fans hope the browns can trade him to get another player or draft choice, manziel claims would like to sign him . will read some of your comments in the next half hour and john telich john telich will know more about what this means for the browns in sports. j city hall responding to nit repo