mcmath. on the story of jahi mcmath. at this hour the girl declared brain dead after routine tonsil surgery is heading to a facility on long island in new york. she was released last night from a hospital in california. a judge clearing the way for jahi mcmath to be moved on the condition that her mother will assume full responsibility for her daughter. earlier this morning her uncle spoke out. we re very grateful, very proud. we want to thank everyone that supported us, everyone that s been in our corner, everyone who prayed for us. no word on when she ll arrive but we ll keep following the story. a few hours from now a judge will sentence a man for slapping a crying child on a flight. he faces one year in prison and up to $100,000 in fines. prosecutors say he used a racial slur referring to a 19-month-old boy who is black and that he hit this little boy in the face during a flight from minneapolis to atlanta thraft february. huntly was on his way to
hour temperature change i mentioned. the temperature dropped by close to 40 degrees in the city of memphis within the past 24 hours. here s a look at those current temperatures. some areas seeing temperatures colder than alaska, like the city of dallas, portions of mississippi and even alabama, across northern alabama waking up to very cold temperatures. the actual temperature in minneapolis, 22 degrees below zero. you factor in the wind and that temperature in minnesota minnesota is 48 48 in minneapolis is 48 degrees below zero. we have wind chill advisories in effect as far south as florida and texas. you re looking at a frostbite concern in portions of florida. this is a arctic vortex? a piece of the arctic broke off. that is why we re looking at this historic cold in the country.
for current and former military members and their families. get advice from the people who share your values. for our free usaa retirement guide, call 877-242-usaa. shepard: a man accused of slapping someone else s toddler on a plane pleaded not guilty. it went down during a delta flight last month from minneapolis to atlanta. he did use a racial slur when he was telling another passenger to quiet her 19 month old. he is pleading not guilty to slapping the kid. lawyer says her client was stressed out during the flight because he was traveling to atlanta to take his only child off life support. he said what he said then he is admitting that but that wasn t a crime. that was just an inappropriate statement in a very difficult time for him. the former aerospace executive lost his job over the incident.
twinkle, twinkle. that s jonah bennett. not even 2. adorable. so can you imagine when his mother says that a man on an airplane reached out and slapped him on a delta flight from minneapolis to atlanta last month, all because he was crying as they were descending. all babies cry as the cabin pressure changes. but it didn t end there. jessica bennett said that man called her baby the n word. joe ricky hundley is charged now with assaulting a minor, a really little minor, and he s going to be in federal court over this one in atlanta this afternoon. cnn s nick valencia is live outside of that courthouse. the first reaction of many people, nike, is this cannot have happened. but there are witnesses and this was a big incident on the airplane. reporter: yeah, there are
it is not i should tell the viewers opinion isn t libel. if not for the rulings and these are tough rulings and hearsay, we can raise questions about. a cop can commit the perfect crime, a psychopath, kill woman after woman, want leave physical evidence, but for hearsay evidence this, guy walks free. so thank god this judge lets in the evidence. i hope it stands on appeal. the cops just looked the other way because it was a cop who was a suspect absolutely! it was a terrible investigation. terrible investigation! now it s up to a judge to uphold the conviction. now we have to go to another case. this is bernie grimm s favorite, an idaho businessman is facing charges for slapping a baby on an airplane when joe huntley took a delta flight from minneapolis to atlanta. he was sitting next to a woman with a 19-month-old son and the baby started to cry. huntley allegedly told the mother to shut the baby up with