Chilly rain tomorrow night, ends as snow thursday am warmth returns this weekend today am showers, then partly sunny, breezy, and very warm. Record highs likely. Highs 6873 winds sw 1015 g 20 mph tonight mostly cloudy and very mild. Patchy fog, stray shower. Lows 5457 winds sw 510 mph wednesday partly cloudy. Remaining unseasonably warm. Highs 5866 winds w to nw 510 mph toss to johnny u street is back open after a woman was hit and killed overnight. Walking around 11 30 last night near the intersection at 10th street when she was hit. She was taken to the hospital where she later died. The striking car did stay on scene. Happening now Senate Democrats now on hour seventeen of a 24hour long protest on capitol hill. Youre taking a live look at the senate floor. Where senators are making a lastditch effor to block the nomination of trumps pick for education secretary. Our sam sweeney is monitoring the situation right now. Hell have a live report coming up in about ten minutes. A federal A
Now for a 2yearold boy who police say was dragged into the water by an alligator and it happened near disney grand floridian resort 9 30 last night. Posting picture of the search for the web site. The family of five was in an area where no swimming signs were posted. The boys father tried unsuccessfully to rescue his son from the gators grip. At this time we have in excess of 50 Law Enforcement personnel who are here at the scene who are out actively serving the lake. We have two of our marine units on the lake searching for the child to recover at this point. Family was visiting from nebraska. Officials state alligator could have been anywhere from 4 to 7 feet long. Developing in california a 16yearold girl dayed after shot at a vigil for drowning victim. Police say 3 others ran age from mid teens to early 20s were shot and jivrmentd it in unclear if the shooting is related to the vigil. New development this morning. App investigation into the or land owe night club shooting. Prosecut
Perfect day. Gary has the details coming up for us. Good morning to you it was perfect yesterday. It really was. Were glad youre with us this tuesday im holly morris. Im maureen umeh. Today is national what was it again. Flag day. National flag day. Okay wave your flag. Gary and erin to the news well talk b again about tragedy in orlando. Investigators are looking into reports that shooting suspect omar matt each was regular at the night club pulse where he gunned down more than 1 owe 0 0 people killing 49. Mateen would sit and drink by himself and at times get drunk and act belligerently this comes limited to the Lgbt Community. Were working to understand what role antigay bigoty may have played in motivating this attack an attack that occurred during the very month we recognize and celebrate lgbt brother and signatureers. Fbi says they found no evidence that the gunman had grekt direct contact with isis and described his as home grown extremist radicalized by the internet. Donald tru
Good morning. Im Matt Thompson and the Deputy Editor of the atlantic. Com. I have with me a distinguished person. Sprawl happened on many fronts. One of many of us would agree that the most significant and the most least visible has been what happens in the interplay between defendants, prosecutors, and judges. So, i have with me here this morning to prosecutors and a judge. A former judge. Nancy. To my far right is adam. He is an assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk County Attorneys Office in massachusetts, working primarily with juveniles. Nancy, who is a judge at the outset as the begin to rise in the 90s. She is a lecturer at harvard law school. And cyrus, the District Attorney for new york county. The top District Attorney in manhattan. Two of our prosecutors, both are prosecutors actually come to us with an interesting history. Both, i believe, were defenders at one point. Briefly, for adam. Ask, what treat to the dark side . Allstar with you, adam. A nice easy one to star
Wider sentencing ranges in the country for certain offenses. What are called nonviolent offenses, judges have the power to send in someone from one year to 25 years. In certain cases. Im very comfortable with that, because i think it is our job to advocate for the result that we want. It is the defense lawyers job, and i was a defense lawyer for 20 years, so i completely understand the importance of their work, they have to advocate for their clients. Ultimately, the judge has to decide and i was talking about nancy come outside, it rests on the judges shoulders at the end of the day. The weights of the decision because they have to make it in the end. So, nancy, i will point the question to you. As it stands, we have two defenders to become prosecutors. We have many folks would agree that prosecutors have a significant role in determining the outcome of cases where defenders lives. As a former judge, where do you see the balance of power in the courtroom and where should it be . The b