Jurors because of their race. Foster was convicted of killing a 79yearold white woman by an all white jury. Well hear argument first this morning in case 148349, foster versus chapman. Mr. Bright. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. The prosecutors in this case came to court on the day of jury selection determined to strike all the black prospective jurors. Maybe you could address first the question we raised on friday with respect to which court certiorari i should be directed to . Yes, your honor, we filed this originally certiori to the Supreme Court of georgia. Of course this court in sirius versus upton issued certiori in 2010 of the georgia Supreme Court in a similar situation. It appears to us from looking at this over the weekend that r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company versus durham county, which the court has cited in 1986, the court said unless there was positive assurance that the decision was not a decision on the merits, then the writ went to the spate Supreme Court
We begin in belgium where authorities announced the rest of 16 people as hundreds of Police Continue their search for an accomplice for the violence in paris. French investigators say theyre keeping a suspect in custody for a fifth day. After that authorities will have only 24 hours to either harj him or set the man free. The brussels government thinks a similar attack is possible in belgium. Theyre on lockdown through monday and possibly longer. Paul brennan is there with more. Reporter its extremely tense here for the past few days and past few hours in brussels itself. It has been extremely tense. Theres Police Cordons placed all around the grand place area. Theyve been removed and essentially what weve done is concentrated down to the main Central Police station there. For three hours Unmarked Police cars with blue lights flashes racing up and down the cobbled streets. You can see the town there. That is the town hall of brussels, so right in the center. Extraordinary state of affa
This is real money, and youre the most important part of the show, and youre the reach for it. Connect to ali velshi or facebook. Com real money. Talk about a turnaround, investors shook off the recent gloom by the emerging markets, and sent stocks way higher today. Healthy corporate earnings, and solid report on u. S. Economic growth. Those sent the Dow Jones Industrial average up 110 points. S p climbed more than a percent, that might be your 401k. And the nasdaq jumped 1. 8 . Tech stocks helped that out. Todays gains with investors, they just experienced their first loss in a year. It was something of a baseball statistic, and heres the big reason for todays turn around. We learned that the u. S. Economy grew at a steady pace in the final days of 2014. And you see that on the right of the screen. It would have been 3. 5 if not for the government shut down in october. That latest report follows the 4 increase in the prior 3month period of september. If you prefer to look at it in 6 m
This is real money, and youre the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting ali velshi,. Americans are feeling more confident as the economy regains its momentum. Consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in almost 6 and a half years, thats according to a report of the research group. Americans feel more positive about new job prospects in the years ahead. And when you ask if theyre going to make more money any time soon, because the economy grows, but wages continue to stay flat. But income is only one leg of the way americans measure their wealth. Their homes are another. Its the single biggest event. Homes rows 16. 9 last year. And lower Interest Rates may be lending sales a helping hand. Average rate on a 30 fixed rate has fallen to just 4. 1 last month. Meanwhile, in the existing home market, which accounts for nine out of ten homes sold today, sales fell by the same percent from this time last year, so were seeing mixed signals out of the Housi