The community is in giving up after a 6 room boy was shot and killed in broad daylight. Plus a 13yearold allegedly tries to pull off a brazen crime. How the tables were turned on the team crook. It is 531 on wednesday february it is 531 on wednesday, february 24. The ladies are with us. Were standing by with a look at our roadways. Youll hear from her in just a moment. Lets check in with our meteorologist first. Lets take advantage and enjoy the fact that we are waking up to a great start. Make sure you have your rain gear handy, the kiddos as well later this afternoon especially this evening. We are waking up with crowds clouds in broward county. The radar showing us that we are bring free but dont let that miss you mislead you as we are seeing a line of strong storms as it moves across the panhandle. North central watch. There are also warnings for South Carolina and portions of georgia. Winds out of the south ahead of it. That is pumping in the moisture that is making it feel mike.
Did. Allen pizzey is in egypt. Reporter search teams have finished combing an eightsquaremile area of the sinai desert where the airbus went down and will now widen the search. Most of the bodies have been found along with the planes two flight data recorders. Decoding them to discover what caused the plane to suddenly break apart in midair is expected to begin tomorrow after the arrival of expfrts from ireleld where the a321 wawa registered andndad its last safety check. The airbus and other experts examine the twisted metal of the fuselage for clues today. A neat arrangement of ggage waiting in the desert rather than on an airport carousel was a poignant reminder of how much those clues matter. An isis affiliate based in the sinai has claimemeit brought down the plane. And while theres no evidence of any direct terrorist involvement, the possibility the sinai militants were responsible cant be dismissed, according to u. S. Director of National Intelligence james clapper. Rule it out.
Reporter after being in a halfway home and under house arrest for five months 50yearold Michael Higgins became a free man. The former Public School teacher served ten years in federal prison for dealing meth and ecstasy. I was released two years early, and i am so grateful for that. Reporter hes one of some 6,000 federal inmates mates to be granted Early Release under a u. S. Sentencing commission program. In 2014 the Commission Voted to cut jail time for some nonviolent drug offenders. The average 10 1 2year prison sentence is being reduced by two years. This program is part of a bipartisan effort to reduce the federal prison population, which has grown to more than 200,000 inmates. Alsosoeing adadessed, evening out sentences for thoho cauaut with cracks as opposed to powder cocaine, and loosening socalled mandatory minimum sentences. Critics say both practicic have led to high incarceration rates and unfairly targeted blacks and the poor. Kevin ring represents families against mandat
Notes. What we found was an arsenal of smoke guns. Reporter Deputy Attorney steven bright is representing foster. The notes were shocking in terms of just how explicit the racial factor was. Reporter the names of the potential africanamerican jurors were highlighted, and in this list of possible jurors titled definite nos, the top five people were black. In the Supreme Court monday georgias Deputy Attorney general argued prosecutors had valid reason for excluding africanamerican jurors in the 1987 trial, and it flagged the black prospective jurors to make sure they were following new Supreme Court guidelines handed down in a landmark 1986 case to prevent Racial Discrimination in jury selection. But a majority of the justices appeared skeptical. Liberal Justice Elena kagan said the case seemed as clear a violation as the court is ever going to see of the courts 1986 guidelines. Conservative Justice Samuel alito, a former u. S. Attorney, also seems troubled, asking what about the giving
Tens of thousands of Syrian Refugees, thats nothing short of losing. Protestors with black lives matter shut down i94 in respoens to the officerinvolved shooting of jamal clark. President obama iin man ill manila for the apex summit. The focus of the trade is maritime security. Thousands of people suddenly attacking people. The officer escaped in the cruiser. All that what an unbelievable wiwi t t ball was in my hand. It looked like a beebee gun. I think we did that. Par are sis a city that so many people associate with love. Our thoughts with the people of paris and france. If somebody calls you [ bleep ] you are bleep pleep with us. On cbs this morning. France gave america our enduring symbol of freom and today in a tribute to his mother country, ladadliberty offered isis a fitting gesture. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. [ music playing ] welcome to cbs this morning. Nearly t weeks after russian plane went down in fgypt, moscow has confirmed it was a