Outcome, sierras mother says she is glad her fdaughters killer will never walk the streets again. It gives us peace as a family, knowing that this wont happen to another child and that you cant get away with Something Like this catherine in addition to murder and kidnapping the jury also found garciatorres guilty of attempted carjacking. Prosecutors say he targeted women at Safeway Stores around morgan hill in a series of failed abductions before he kidnapped sierra lamar. Vicki and grant . vicki todays verdict was five years in the making and the bay area has followed this case every step of the way. grant and kron fours rob fladboe has been there since the beginning. He joins us live now from san jose. And rob, you were in the court room this morning when the verdict was read. What was the reaction like . rob live people started lining up outside the courthouse hours before the verdict was to be handed down. Every seat was taken in department 40 and dozens more people were watching v
D. C. We will talk with a local democratic congressman what disagrees with the decision. That is coming up at 6 00. There will always be grief like this. It will never go away. I era lamars family reacting after a jury convicted Antolin Garciatorres for murdering her. Theyre left wondering what would their daughter sierra say about the outcome. Mom, the right thing happened, justice has come through. Jurors deliberated for a little more than two days before reaching a verdict. Jesse gary was at the courthouse when the verdict was read. Jesse, what was that moment like . Reporter frank, you could hear a pin drop in both courtrooms. I say both because the main courtroom was packed so they opened an overflow courtroom down on the third floor. That was also filled to capacity, standing room only, everyone nervous with anticipation about what would happen. Then the judge finally came in and said the jurors had reached a verdict. Antolin garciatorres sat motionless and ex stressless as the v
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Through 4 00 torch morning so we should be okay once we get through the evening commute. The crash i just told you about in San Francisco cleared in the last couple moments so were back to a quiet start. No significant issues, walnut creek, southbound 680, still wide open. The Central Valley, this is our only spot for slowdowns this early. 22 miles an hour, 16 miles an hour on 205 to 580. Nothing unusual there. Just typical delays. We have one new minor issue in the napa area. Well check on that next. Alexis, thank you. Press briefing at the white house after reports President Trump shares classified information with russia. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the president to explain himself. The white house insists he did nothing wrong and this morning the president is explaining himself a little. The president taking to twitter to defend his conversation with russias foreign minister and also dorp. He tweeted a short time ago as president i wanted to share with russi
And first on gma, the newly crowned miss usa here live. The Nuclear Scientist breaking her silence about that firestorm over what she said on the pageant stage about health care and feminism. What she wants america to know this morning. Good morning, america. A very busy Tuesday Morning. So much fallout from that report that President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian Ambassador and minister during that meeting last week. Whats at stake, this is information about the fight against isis that is so sensitive that the u. S. Doesnt even share it with our allies. It could jeopardize the source of the secret if true, it could be the most significant and dangerous mistake of the trump presidency. Our team is standing by covering every angle. We begin at the white house with our Senior Correspondent cecilia vega who was there for all the fallout. All through the night. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter a long night, indeed, george. The president as you know is legally a