Accused of murdering the father of her two children. Opening statements were scheduled for today but that did not go according to plan. Abc 7 News Reporter chris reyes is live outside the hall of justice to explain exactly what happened today, chris. Reporter good afternoon. Thats exactly the right way to put it. It has felt like a series of false starts. Tiffany li and kevin bayat were inside the court house. This morning we were expecting Opening Statements but instead the judge briefed the jury for 20 minutes and sent them home. Opening statements have been delayed without any explanation. In a stunning development, the Prosecution Team just moments ago asking the judge to remand one of the key witnesses to custo custody. Olivier adella has pled guilty to dumping the body of keith green. The prosecution argued today that he broke the conditions of his plea deal, which included not using social media and contacting witnesses. Judge robert foils agreed just moments ago to remand adell
5 category so youll be tested in the next hour or so. Thats correct. I understand we just need to grab a permission slip. We should be ready to go. As long as were in the multipurpose room before 5 00, we should be in good shape. Sam thank you so much. Shaw. Sam that is the situation. You have parents again coming here and getting tested. As it turns out some parents are not going to have their children tested today. They are scheduled for next week. There are some 300 students at the school. It is taking a while. As you heard it has already started for some. So far the results have been none of the children have lead poisoning so far. Reporting live from northeast washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Jonathan that is the best news of all. Thanks. Last week sam ford broke the story on the lead levels in d. C. Three schools with elevated levels of lead. You can see all of his reporting at wjla. Com. Just Search School lead. We have breaking news to tell you about now. Murder in takoma pa
He can make a difference in florida. But what about other states he carried in 2016 . And is his stamp of approval a Golden Ticket these day sns morgan radmannford and steve foerngy are here with why retired states struggle. We have a team stet up and ready to go. We want to start with the white house. Up President Trump this around heads to pittsburgh to pay speculates to the 11 victims of the synagogue shooting massacre. At the same time he is also starting to shift attention to the midterms just 7 days out about to go on a it final blitz. 11 campaign stops, nine states, six tais. In this final week the president is putting immigration front and center in his closing arguments. Nbc hans nichols is its a split screen moment. The president getting ready to grieve with the families along with the first lady and his family. But at the same time making big headlines with a hard line stance on immigration with a political gam bit. Its a strategy, hallie. The president wanted to make it the
Adversaries like russia. Tweeting in part, i meet and talk to Foreign Governments every day about everything. Should i immediately you will call the fbi about the calls and meeting sns how ridiculous . I would never be trusted again. Well it is ricked what he just said there is ricked because its not what he was asked nor what he said. No one has ever said or yied a president should call the fisher ever every time i talks to Foreign Governments. Thats absurd. What he said had nothing to do with taking work calls and meeting as president. What he said was that don junior with meeting with a russian government who said the russian government had dirt on Hillary Clinton to help trump win the white house was okay. Should he have gone the fisher we he got the email. Lets put yourself in a position youre a congressman and somebody comes up and says i have information on your opponent. Do you call the fbi. If its coming from russia you do. Ive seen a lot of things in my life. I dont think in