Will change her familys future. Noscarwinnerpita luongo walks the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival with director mira nair, the newcomer stars as the reallife woman presented by disney and espn films. Talk with you. Tell me what true you to this role. What drew me to the story is the fact that its a true, uplifting story from a place that is near and your to me, east africa. I was so inspired by fiona and her story. She is a girl who was born in the slums, a place where very she discovers a love for chess. With the help of a mentor, geyser to a platform where she can achieve her dream of becoming a chess champion. That was so close to my heart, having achievede that golden statue on my shelf but also launching into a career that i feel so passionately about. To have this kind of story that inspires kids all over the world and also puts a different lens to seeing africa. You often see africa as a stories. And larger scale stores of war and famine and what have you in here we just
Haunting fact in the case, laylah was sitting on her grandfathers lap when she was shot. Today, her grandparents recalled that night, as they were the first to take the witness stand. 3 3 describe for me exacly what do you recall about what happened . . . Sobs . . Were sitting there, and all i hear is a bing at the picture window. And i says what the heck was that, and i felt a whoosh over my and then i heard boom boom boom three or four bangs. And all of a sudden robert says get to the floor, get to the floor. 3 we have not heard much from the defense today. Laylah petersens granparents were not cross examined, and the defense deferred their opening statement. The defense for carl barrett will speak directly to the jury after the state calls all their the other two men accused in laylahs murder have plead guilty. They are expected to testify in this case, an will be sentenced in the coming months. Reporting live. Two people have been charged after a 9yearold was accidentally shot by h
Hillsborough county, its about eight minutes. So not much slower than normal but you do want to leave extra time. Again, this is a tow truck driver who was killed road loading up a car on his truck. Police are looking for a black volkswagen with front end damage. We also have another fatal crash in port richey were following. A possible fatal crash in clearwater too. Ill have more on all these incidents coming up in about 15 minutes. How are the weather conditions later this afternoon . Some changes from what we had over the weekend. Crystal blue skies saturday and sunday. Not the case today. Not a rainout. I still think youre good for outdoor activities. Some kids in school, some not. A southeast wind takes over for today and cloud cover will begin to thicken. But i think we have heavier showers and storms. In fact over mississippi and georgia now. That line will begin to move through tonight and into the early part of tomorrow. That willing arrive just in time for the commute. More o
Police tell us around 5 00 yesterday afternoon the boy was playing with a cat outside his yale street home, went into a crawlspace and found that gun. He brought the revolver on the court and shot it in the ground. Luckily no one was hurt. Officers say the gun isnt registered and they believe someone likely hid it under the house. A bradenton man shot by a deputy after he got into a fight with his wife. Manatee county Sheriffs Office says Donna Stoddard called 911 because she was worried about her and her sons safety. She told deputies her husband had been drinking, had a knife, threatened to harm her and himself. Deputies arrived and found Mark Stoddard with a knife. They asked him to drop it, when he came at them one of the deputies fired killing him. That deputy is on paid leave as that shooting is investigated. Update on floridas most accurate 7day forecast. Ivan cabrera now. Indeed. Good morning. Temperatures now in the 50s and low 60s. Scorched i think we have more cloud saturday
James is been so long since they have missed injured the which probably talk about that. Its like a broken record every morning were walking up to the same conditions and with no one to complain too loudly we have some great and optimal conditions on top for today and tomorrow will have mild temperatures to talk with the mid50s no shocker but noontime we should double to the low seventies with a comfortable lunch hour for your trip on the outside that will be great and it will be cooler and one of to the mid may be the upper 70 for some spot right around 2 00 to 4 00 this afternoon of 7 1 6 to 77 degrees the high for san jose this afternoon and drop back down to the low 60s by 8 00 p. M. Tonight that is what we are expecting as temperatures and high will evolve over the course of the day in san jose in general were looking again for the cloudiness the fall temper and a low 50s allow the bay by 11 00 of the sun breaking in with inman not the east bay south of all of them with assistance