Herself and she was innocent. Hanson showed me a photograph of her mother wearing a leopard skin coat, the kind of item she said was part of her collection and which she presumed was legal. Anything done before 1972 was considered vintage. Reporter in court, the judge advised her to get an attorney. She said she would. The arraignment was postponed. He says the law is simple. The section of a body part of an endangered spes scies to selo against the law. Reporter he said it would be okay for her to own them but adds it was for sale. The warden was actually able to try a leopard coat that was offered for sale at 4500. Reporter hansons defense. Totally unaware of that so this is not untins nois not uni reporter shell get a chance to argue her point. Next at 6 00, the family of a woman killed by toxic tea is suing the shop where she bought that tea. 56yearold yu ping xie got sick after drinking a toxic tea blend. City officials are trying to trace the source of the tea leaves that contain
For the defendant sicily hanson more than a year after investigators say they found illegal furs for sale in her store. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee is in the newsroom with the story, vic . Dan, sicily hanson was charged with nine misdemeanor counts of attempt to sell parts of endangered animals. This crime does not rise to the level of a felony but the d. A. Says it is nevertheless is a serious crime. She had a back room operation in the store where she sold illegal items to discreet clients. The store owner sicily hanson came to court hoping charges would be dropped. Im a preservationest, not a mucher. Reporter the raid happened in february of last year after an undercover operation here at the vintage Clothing Store decades of fashion. Federal and state game wardens seized 150 items, which they determined were from eng dangda animals. Leopard, jaguar, endangered toured turtles. Reporter hanson appeared for arraignment and said she had no attorney and planed to defend herself and she
Outside parliament. He had a knife and killed an officer. The driver was killed by police. Democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law. Any attempt to defeat those values through violence and terror is doomed to failure. The white house and leaders around the world have condemned the attack. Pierre thomas has that part of the story. British authorities are close to identifying that man on the stretcher. Suspected of the deadly attack in london. Sources say they have a name, but theyre desperately working to confirm his identity. Theyre searching for the cell phones and computers. Precisely the crude type of attack, isis has been calling on followers world wide to carry out. Using any means necessary. This type of attack does not require anybody to go to any training. All have you to be able to do is drive a vehicle and hold a knife about. Last summer, a huge truck plowed through a crowd, killing 86. During Christmas Season in berlin, 12 dead and nearly 50 injured, in another truc
I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
Thanks for taking the time to talk with me. I am delighted to talk about your new book killing reagan this is the first in a series . Guest thats correct. But jesus and patent and kennedy and lyndon kneepad was accidental but violent but with Ronald Reagan was an attempt. Is a bit different. Why reagan . We think the story evolves with the assassination attempt was it in context with this series. Ronald reagan was shot very shortly after he was elected president at a certain age when you get a trauma like that it affects you physically and mentally and that certainly happened and it was the most of miracle that he pulled through so we wanted to tell the of story in the context to kill him and how that went down and the repercussions after words. Very of. Fair enough day you consider that attempt change the course of history . Guest yes. No doubt he was different after he came out of the hospital. Because he was so robust and vigorous that when he appeared with nancy reagan shortly afte