here. and tourism has suffered since 2010 2011 with the uprising and everything. and so late last year we had the presidential elections, the parliamentary elections. and people were really hoping 2015 would bring some kind of stability. the economy might be able to get back on track. and now this is just right the beginning of the tourism season. so whoever planned it was obviously knew what they were doing and there s a lot of symbolism in that and clearly planning to derail tunisia s tourist season. it s a real pity, real sad. i remember visiting tunisia a few years ago. i covered a visit there by the then secretary of state hillary clinton. it was peaceful right in the aftermath of the arab spring. there were such high hopes walking around was easy. the security situation was obviously very, very good. but unfortunately these attacks could undermine all of that. yasmine ryan, thank you so much for joining us. be careful over there.
even though joel leija pled guilty to second degree murder for shooting a man six times in the face, he s been in a state of limbo at the kent county jail. his judge cannot issue final sentence and send him to prison until his co-defendant s case is resolved. it dragged on for more than two years until now. just lost trial yesterday which is sad. real sad. i couldn t enjoy the meal when he came back from court, i was eating dinner, told me through the door, it is over, you know. he is just letting me know. he s at peace, you know, it happened, he s still at peace in his heart. he wants to follow god. people come to jail and they find god. my faith ain t that strong really, it s not that strong.
much, i have no idea. all i know is my kid is dead. he s not coming back. we if he had two more minutes, his life would have been spared. 120 seconds, his life would have been spared. he was my hero. he saved my life, actually pulled me out of a house fire. he was 9 years old at the time. 9-year-old kid saved his dad s life. and i wasn t there to save his life. as a dad, that makes me feel bad, you know, because i know my son was depending on me to be his savior. and i couldn t save his life at that time. it s just a tragedy. it s sad, real sad.
considering boycotting arizona over its immigration laws. that idea was killed before it could even be voted on. ok, a memorial now set for may 19th for pro golfer erica blasberg. the 25-year-old found dead in her home in arizona. police are not ruling out suicide. her dad uncertain. she did everything right and i mean, she s not new to the pressures of golf. she s not new to the pressures of life. she s a 25-year-old to begin with in general. but this is a story about how you raise a kid and make sure they came out ok and something happened and we have to find out what it is. tests to determine the cause of death could take four to six weeks. real sad. right next to the aspirin and greeting cards, you ll soon be able to buy a kit to test your d.n.a. at home? later this month, walgreen s will start selling the kits for $20. all you do is take a swab of
president trump chimed in tweeting okay, well, the special elections are over and those that want to make america great again are 5-0. all the fake news, all the money spent equals zero. democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, security. obstruction doesn t work. sad day to be a democrat, guys. real sad. the question isn t are the deplorables, are we tired of winning yet because we never get tired of winning, are the anti-trumpers tired of losing yet? they must be getting tired. one race doesn t make a referendum. four could. maybe an indication what 2018 may hold. 4 for 4 for the gop. the media had it in for trump. they said, you know, this looks bad. it s the referendum. looks like this young 30-year-old outsider will come and take it.