This is the cbs rnin this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, march 4th, 2015. Good morning. Im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. Opening statements in the trial of the accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are expected today. A jury of eight men and ten women was seated following a twomonth selection process. The prosecution is expected to present graphic images of the destruction and injury caused by the bombs two years ago. He pleaded not guilty. Kris van cleave reports from boston. Reporter the 21yearold faces 20 charges that killed four and injured more than 260 in april of 2013. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. They are dzhokhar and his brother tamerlan. Tsarnaevs lawyers made multiple attempts to get the case moved out of boston arguing the citys residents have too many ties to the bombings to make up an impartial jury. When opening arguments begin, well get the best sense yet of how the defense plans to frame its case. What the defense wants to show is whet
Pennsylvania. So that is where you will still yet to see those temperatures climbing enough to turn everything over to rain but keep in mind folks this will be a morning where you still fine more remote suburbs possibility of slick spots but more than anything a rainy dreary, drizzly, foggy kind of a day. Into tonight were talking overnight would i say generally after midnight we will see rain change back to snow as cold air moves back in and dives on the back side of the cold front that needs to cross and then left with accumulating snow because there is an area of low pressure that decided to ride up along that frontal boundary to meet up with the cold air. That is where that snow is coming from, in the first place. Meanwhile we will Winter Weather advisory for next 29 minutes here in the poconos for very reason i mentioned before. Still potential for that ice to fall from the sky and you will still have slick spots. You can understand. That your temperatures are marginal and freezin
Good morning. Im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. Opening statements in the trial of the accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are expected tore. A jurisdiction of eight membership and ten women were seated following a twomonth selection process. The prosecution is expected to present graphic images of the destruction and injuries caused bizarre by tsarnaev two years ago. The 21yearold faces 20 charges that killed four and injured more than 260 in april of 2013. Prosecutor are seeking the death penalty. They are dzhokhar and his brother tamerlan. Tsarnaevs lawyers made multiple attempts to get the case moved out of boston arguing the citys residents have too many ties to the bombings to make up an impartial jury. When Opening Statements begin well get the benz sense of how the defense plans to frame itself case. What the defense wants to show is whether or not this was a young man influenced and under the influence of his older brother who was the mastermind. Was he afraid of
Of a Justice Department investigation launched after a White Ferguson Police Officer fatally shot an unarmed black man touring a confrontation last summer. Mark strassman is in ferguson but we begin with jeff pegues in washington. Reporter the department of justice investigation examined 35,000 pages of records records from 20122014 and the numbers are stark. While 67 of fergusons residents are african american, they made up 93 of those arrested and 90 of people given citations. And when an officer pulled someone over, 85 of the time it was an african american. When police used force 88 of the time it was against African Americans. Last month fergusons police chief tom jackson was asked by cbs news correspondent Dean Reynolds whether bias existed in his department. Reporter did you discover a racial problem in the department . No. Reporter none . No, theres not a racial problem in the police department. Reporter when 18yearold Michael Brown was shot last august by Ferguson Police offic
Of a Justice Department investigation launched after a White Ferguson Police Officer fatally shot an unarmed black man touring a confrontation last summer. Mark strassman is in ferguson but we begin with jeff pegues in washington. Reporter the department of justice investigation examined 35,000 pages of records records from 20122014 and the numbers are stark. While 67 of fergusons residents are african american, they made up 93 of those arrested and 90 of people given citations. And when an officer pulled someone over, 85 of the time it was an african american. When police used force 88 of the time it was against African Americans. Last month fergusons police chief tom jackson was asked by cbs news correspondent Dean Reynolds whether bias existed in his department. Reporter did you discover a racial problem in the department . No. Reporter none . No, theres not a racial problem in the police department. Reporter when 18yearold Michael Brown was shot last august by Ferguson Police offic