had happened to him. there were extensive searches of the area which came to nothing and there were various appeals, including the bbc s crimewatch programme. but alexander mckellar confided in his then girlfriend, seen here in the middle. he showed her the burial site. she marked it with a red bull can and alerted the police. sentencing the brothers today, lord armstrong said there was no doubt the family had been deeply affected. you have caused them to suffer devastating loss and emotional harm, which is ongoing, and the lasting effect of which may be incalculable. nothing i can say or do can compensate for their loss. and i suspect that no sentence would ever be regarded as sufficient in their eyes. and that pain and grief seemed to show on the faces of tony parsons family as they left court. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow.
smollett. the jury in this case is seven men, four women, majority white and midge aged. one black man a s. seated and one black man is an alternate. smollett s family and mother has been joining him in court. here is one of smollett s brothers today. it has been incredibly painful as a family to watch someone you love be accused of something they did not do. all right? we re confident in his legal team. and we look forward to people hearing the actual facts in this case. in court right now, jussie smollett s defense attorney is questioning that lead chicago police investigator. they are pointing out that a police search found that there were guns and drugs in the owes brother s apartment sent a message had homophobic slur and attacked a person on the empire set for being gay. bret: matt finn, thanks. breaking news we said at the top of the hour that the federal judge has blocked issued a
at this point, we are not planning on going to a shelter or anything. we are hunkering down here at home and we will see how it goes. jon: and how do you feel about the strength of your house? the house feels good. i was at my mom s and brothers today, and that is all boarded up and they have a backup plan in a safe spot should anything happen. we are all feeling relatively good about it as good as you can, anyway. jon: is a relatively new construction? do you feel the building codes took care of you? here, we have a newer home. i think we ll be fine. my brother s home is a little bit older but he is at a high point. survived several storms and he has a completely boarded up, so i think you ll be okay there. there are some other things, you never know what will happen. should something happen there is a safe spot we can go with a solid wall and no windows in the
first, here s my take. this was u.n. week, and there was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the world s finance ministers and leader meet to talk about money. i think it s fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burdens that appear unmanageable, and that problem is spreading to major european countries like italy. europe s banks have too little capital and too much bad debt on their books. they are posed for a lehman-like event. and here s the worst part in light of these problems, key governments are doing almost nothing. the real culprits are the leaders of europe. they have been kicking the can down the road for two years. they now have to face the f
was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the world s finance ministers and leaders meet to talk about money. i think it s fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burdens that appear unmanageable, and that problem is spreading to major european countries like italy. europe s banks have too little capital and too much bad debt on their books. they are posed for a lehman-like event. and here s the worst part in light of these problems, key governments are doing almost nothing. the real culprits are the leaders of europe. they have been kicking the can down the road for two years. they now have to face the fact that the euro was badly created. mixing together