shots, hitting the unarmed ferrell ten times. the family s attorney says ferrell could not have posed a threat. i m looking at the trajectory of the bullets, they are down and at a angle. means ferrell was down. kerik was charged with voluntary manslaughter less than 24 hours later. his attorney had no comment about the civil lawsuit, but earlier, he said this about the criminal case. we re confident that the resolution of this case, it will be found that the officer s actions were justified on the night in question. since then, the family has grown frustrated and the police dash cam video has not been released, still, they ve forgiven the officer. we still have to forgive. we learn too much and been through so many different things. this is something else god has put us through and it would make us stronger. neither the charlotte police department, nor the city, nor the county have commented so far
0 the george washington bridge were political retaliation. and 80% expect more christie staffers will be implicated. on the question of christie himself, 52% think he knew about what his staff was up to before the news broke, and 51% say christie has not been completely honest. joining us right now from trenton, new jersey, nbc s kelly o donnell has been following the story for us. welcome to both of you. kelly, you re going to kick us off here. how much does christie s state of the state speech, i understand you ve had glimpses of excerpts of it. how much of it is going to focus on the bridge scandal we have heard? well, aides have not addressed that directly, but what we can expect is because the state of the state address is its sort of own entity, annual event that is intended to talk to the state, to the lawmakers about the critical issues, so expect most of it to us. you said good to be with you. you said in the past christie has had a bullying streak. have you had a pers
to press members of congress for answers. but first let s bring you up to date on what we know right now. just yesterday, late yesterday, just past 10:00 the senate quit for the night, close to a deal but no deal yet. at 9:30 this morning, the financial markets will open. many wondering if congressional leaders will try to signal a deal is imminent before that to talk investors. the house returns at 10:00 and the sna the is back at noon. honestly, beyond that we do not know a whole lot about how this will play out today. the hardest to convince remain conservative republicans, especially in the house. it is not known what their next move is quite yet. we have every angle covered for you this morning, the politics and the possible economic fallout. what it means for you, let s begin with jim acosta at the white house this morning. good morning, jim. good morning, kate. less than 24 hours to go before the nation hits the debt ceiling. washington is basically where it was on
0 announcer: announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. good morning and welcome to new day, everyone. it is wednesday, october 16th, 6:00 in the east. i am here as you can see, just outside the u.s. capitol where another round of late-night dealmaking ended without an agreement. but they will be back at it today and we will be standing by. take a look at the clock. it is ticking, 18 hours until the debt ceiling deadline. when it strikes midnight, no one really knows. depending on whom you listen to, the results could be catastrophic for our financial markets and economic health or something far less severe could happen. here s what we do know. many angry and upset that we reached this point at all. that morning, we ll lay out the dominos that could fall and on whom, the implications for you and your wallet and we re going to press members of congress for answers. but first let s bring you up to date on what we know right now. just yes
thursday. the big story now is also going to be where is all of this water going to be going? keep in mind, when we look at the south platt river this is all going down river. we have to know how much water is upstream to know how much water is expected downstream. all of the gauges have broken so they don t know how much to expect and the debris making its way down the river could clog up the natural system and making less water to move through. that s terrible. more people are going to be facing a mess. especially in nebraska. thank you. 18 minutes past the hour. appears lightning to blame for a plant fire in midland, texas. officials say a salt water disposal system was struck by lightning late last night and it caused several large tanks to erupt into flames. it took crews about three hours to put out that fire. the good news there, folks, no injuries have been reported. north carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 24-year-old is due in court today. auth