2009. Both of those of womens bodies found in a burning car. He is also a suspect that has not been charged in three other killings. Officials confirmed a detective mentioned while on the stand the witncommendations that have been linked to the suspect. The judge had apparently clearly stated earlier in the trial that only one Home Invasion was admissible. Since that statement was possibly prejudicial he declared a mistrial. Scott, a former ups worker and resident of Upper Marlboro is not going anywhere. He is also serving a 100 year federal prison sentence on a laundry list of unrelated charges including burglary, robbery, and sex crimes. Officials will retry jason scott likely sometime in midoctober. Jury selection will be sometime around the middle of that month. Were live in Upper Marlboro. Abc 7 news. Five months after prince georges teenager was killed while walking to school, police have a suspect in custody. Travon bennet ist is charged. How the victims family is reacting. His
Wrong, is it going too far . Nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nightly news with brian williams, reporting tonight from washington. Good evening, and we are now within 72 hours until those forced budget cuts are imposed on the u. S. Economy, and the federal government, again, while they have nothing to do with a jury, they are called the sequester, and americans get to judge for themselves who is telling the truth here. The Obama Administration is close to running out of dire ways to warn of the consequences. The attorney general of the United States actually said today our country is going to be less safe because of these budget cuts. So, if thats the case, why doesnt it feel more urgent amid all the noise here in washington . Its where we begin tonight with our chief White House Correspondent chuck todd. Chuck, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. You know, we have a new poll out, and it has a simple and clear message the american publics patience is wearing thin with
Suarez president obama and Congressional Republicans traded barbs today, opening the final week before the looming sequester. But there was no outward sign of a breakthrough to prevent 85 billion in automatic spending reductions. These cuts do not have to happen. Congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of compromise. Suarez the president s appeal came as he met with the nations governors at the white house amid growing indications that the sequester will indeed take effect. This town has to get past its obsession with focusing on the next election instead of the next generation. All of us are elected officials. All of us are concerned about our politics both in our own parties as well as the other parties. But at some point we have to do some governing. And certainly what we cant do is keep careening from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. Suarez to reinforce the point, the administration on sunday spelled out how each state will be affected from job losses
White and the blacks separate. King a filmed record. From montgomery to memphis. In a black History Month special, we air excerpts of the releasing oscarnominated documentary about dr. Martin luther king and the rise of the civilrights movement. The film was originally screened for one night only in 1970 in more than 600 theaters across the United States. It has rarely been seen since then in the past four decades. Today in a democracy now special, we air extensive footage of the montgomery bus boycott, and in its 50th anniversary year of the 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom, we hear dr. King and his own words. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Afghan president karzai has ordered his special Operations Forces out of the province of wardak for alleged involvement in crimes against civilians. In a statement, karzai accused u. S. Special forces of harassing, annoying, torturing and even murderi
We will look at our opportunities to do what we have to do to come up with a billion dollars, and 600 million at faa. These things will begin to be phased in. The other point to pin you down on, frankly, is security. Not just lines at the airport but safety when it comes to protecting the traveling public. Can you give us your assurances about that. Tfa and security lines are under Janet Napolitano at the department of homeland security. I will say this. We will never compromise on safety. People are going to be safe flying. Here is the reality. This is 2 of your budget. A billion dollars is a lot of money to anybody, right. But relative to the federal budget, its relatively small. Why, instead of worrying about dire consequences arent you and your managers coming up with the best way to make these cuts that protect essential services. We are going to protect essential services and were going to look at all of our contracts. Were going to look at all nonpersonnel items that we can. In