Steven oneill and attorneys are in the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates who will ultimately decide the fate of the 79yearold comedian. How was mr. Cosby doing this morning. Hes holding up fine. Hes looking forward to it. He appreciates all that has been done by the people of pittsburgh and Allegheny County to make this happen and were looking forward to getting the trial. Cosbys lead attorney Brian Mcgonagle says the defense team is hoping theyll find an impartial western pennsylvania jury to travel to Montgomery County for a trial thats set to last at least two weeks. We look forward to getting it done as soon as possible. And starting this trial. Reporter no comment from Montgomery County District Attorney kevin steele. Who charged cosby with drugging and molesting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in his elkins park home back in 2004. And encounter cosby called consensual. Cosby sat just feet away from the first pool of 100 potential jurojurors each as
Here in chicago for most of the day. And this is now the third snowiest winter in chicagos history. 62. 899 inches of the stuff so far. A thick snowfall, blustery winds and fresh layers of ice are confronting the midwest today as local governments struggle to meet another winter challenge. Snow emergencies have been declared in minnesota where before noon state police counted 157 crashes and 266 vehicles off the road. Im ready to move. Reporter driving is risky across the region. This accident took place in nebraska. Making matters worse, in ohio is a shortage of highway salt. And flying is mostly a nonstarter. At chicagos ohare, there have been 770 cancellations. Thats where shane brown manages the allimportant deicing operations for american airlines. We usually spray about 160 aa mainline aircrafts and the regional would spray well over 300. In a week. In a day. In a day. In a day. Since the beginning of november, and most of all of december and all of january, and it seems like wer
Behind the wheel of this suv, not have her parents permission to take the vehicle but she doesnt have a drivers license. A fatal decision that took the lives of three students from council rock. We spoke to students. Heart breaking, no parent should have to see their kids go through this and no commune should have to lose kids like that. The driver was accompanied by a 16yearold girl within they picked up the four boys last saturday morning, authorities tell us they went to breakfast and were on their way back when the driver lost control and rolled the vehicle. Three rising sophomores were killed and the Fourth Council rock student was treated and released for minor injuries as were the two girls from new york. Shane brown who knew the victim says he and his friends dont know how to handle this tragedy. Tragic, nobody knows what to say, you cant really say much, have you to move on and never forget them. We spoke to council rock parents. Well say a prayer for their families, they can
Lets take a look at the numbers. The new total of positive reported tests since yesterday, 11,458. The previous high was set earlier this week on thursday. Thats about 1300 more cases than the previous high. Testing was also up. About 65,000 tests yesterday. But researchers look at that Positivity Rate and, again, yesterday they saw about 14 of all tests coming back as positive. Thats a number that troubles scientists when they want to see that number at 5 or lower generally. They reported 18 more deaths yesterday. Far down from the day before so thats a good trend, day over day, however, over the past couple weeks deaths and hospitalizations have also been trending up. So some concerning news in the state of florida, florida now at 190,000 total cases or a little more than that making it the third highest state in the nation for number of positive tests behind california and new york. There have been many democratic lawmakers here in florida calling for the government, governor to put
Good evening, scott is off tonight. Im james brown. And this is our western edition. The poet said the fog comes to chicago on little cat feet. But the snow . Its more like a stampede the midwest got hit today by another winter storm, and its moving to the northeast tonight. More than 97 million americans are under winter storm warnings, watches or advisories in 20 states from minnesota to maine. Driving in the storm zone is treacherous and more flights are being canceled. In parts of illinois snow was falling at a rate of three inches an hour. The mercury in chicago never got higher than 25 degrees. Dean reynolds is there, dean . Reporter james it has been snowing here in chicago for most of the day. And this is now the third snowiest winter in chicagos history. 62. 9 inches of the stuff so far. A thick snowfall, blustery winds and fresh layers of ice are confronting the midwest today as local governments struggle to meet another winter challenge. Snow emergencies have been declared i