Good evening. And its great to start another week with you. And we begin tonight with melania trump. For the first time, we are hearing what she thought of that moment on the bus, her husband talking about what he can do to women because hes a star. We last saw melania and her husband leaving st. Patricks cathedral here in new york city after that private meeting with cardinal dolan. Tonight, she is defending her husband, and how she describes what she heard. Abcs tom llamas leads us off. Reporter tonight, melania trump, silent throughout most of the campaign, now speaking out to cnn about her husbands comments on that bus. When you first saw it, when you first heard it, what did you think . I said to my husband that, you know, the language is inappropriate. Its not acceptable. And i was surprised, because that is not the man that i know. Tape, the cameras were not on, it was only a mike, and i wonder if they even knew that the mike was on, because they were kind of a boy talk, and he
Stacey right now, the political battle is brewing over the successor to Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Scalia died this weekend. Senate republicans want to wait until after the president ial election to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. But the president today challenged republicans to explain why they would refuse to consider a Supreme Court candidate. Pres. Obama one court where we would expect elected officials to rise above day to day politics. And this will be the opportunity for senators to do their jobs. Stacey iowa senator Charles Grassley heads the Senate Judiciary committee. He wouldnt say today whether or not he would schedule hearings in the senate if president obama appoints a nominee. The senator would only say he will take it one step at a time. Said senator senator grassley i think that it should wait until the next election, and i believe that thats the right important position and would be kind of in line with what Democratic Leaders said in the tail end of the b
Fathers death. Tonight dozens of people watched as grays attorney Bruce Stoltze argued that shouldnt matter. Bruce stoltze everyday she lives without her father. There is no father around her to support her. There is no father to see her at her birthdays. Laura the lawsuit raises another important question when a person in iowa can bring a medical malpractice lawsuit. Current law says two years. Gray filed hers four years later, something baldis Attorney Says should not be allowed. Eric hoch we believe that the statute of limitations. Its not ambiguous. The court has been down thth road before with schultz, its an analysis that holds true. Laura when pressed by the justices, stoltze argued a discovery rule, meaning in death cases, he thinks the family should have two years after they discover possible malpractice to file a suit. 45 minutes of arguments later, all went as well as it could have gone. Dr. Daniel baldi i thought the questions that the justices were asking were very good an
Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Again question whether he actually committed. The popularity of making a murderer and the recent podcast series serial highlight questions about the accuracy of criminal convictions. Brianfarrell both of those have been so important in helping people see the complexities of the criminal Justice System. University of iowa law professor rian farrell is the head of the Innocence Project of iowa, a group of about 20 volunteers from around iowa examines cases of prisoners who claim they are innocent. Brian farrell i think that awareness of these issues is probably going to lead to an increase in people seeking assistance. To date the Innocence Project lf iowa hasnt exonerateteanyone. In fact, over the past 25 years there have only been 12 exonerations in iowa for crimes committed in these 7 counties. But state public defender adam gregg says exonerations could soon increase in iowa partly because of the fascination around documentarie s like making a murderer. And perhaps more importrttly,