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first prime time speech commemorating the one year milestone since the shutdown. we have a lot to cover. let s begin with omar jimenez as the trial will begin today, the jury selection in the case, the murder and manslaughter charges that have been brought against derek chauvin. reporter: that is right. so jury selection process should be getting going officially in any moment now. we were watching this morning the attorneys file back into court and work out some pretrial motions with the judge peter cahill at which point the judge asked if the attorneys had heard from the court of appeals yet, as to whether this third-degree murder charge would be settled. but as of just a few moments ago we learned that the attorneys for the defense officer derek chauvin filed a petition to the minnesota supreme court on whether to rule on whether the appellate court decision this past friday over whether they would reconsider to reinstate the third-degree murder charge could go for ....
stretching from new mexico to michigan and georgia..continu eastward this morning. at least 43 people have been killed in 7 states from severe weather. abc s megan hughes has details. the christmas twisters marched across the texas landscape in the neighborhood of row-lette they tossed trucks and tore trees from the earth. the twister that hit garland, texas was clocked as an ef-4. mos: you could see transformers blowing up the survivors count themselves lucky. norma jimenez grateful we re alive and safe . this can be replaced (mandatory on- screen courtesy: youtube/roamin rich) in missouri, flooding like this led to several deaths-and led the governor to declare a state of emergency sunday night. in oklahoma, west mexico-snow created whiteout conditions on the roads. (nats - snowplow in oklahoma) mike springer from affiliate k-o-a-t (cut after coated in snow) just last week it was 60 degrees in roswell now it s covered in snow. trucks out of control rest i ....
travel times of the entiti year. but with a winter storm m rning for the e tire state of iowa.local lawenforcement is urging people to stay off the roads. reporter jacob peklo has more on what you should keep in mind if you do get behind the wheel. michael clyde has worked a lot of holiday weekends, in his 11 years with the iowa state patrol. trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol: every year, it seems like people get in more and more of a hurry to get where they re going, ananthat always seses to be a factor right around the holidays i ithe speed. on sunday, he s performing his usual checks of the roadways, making sure all the cars or trucks that have skidded off the roadways are accounted for. nats with the potential for the whole state to be under a winter storm warning on monday, this flowing scene of traffic could look far different. trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol: if you are stranded, it s important to remember to stay calm, don t get out of your v ....
deborah coming up this morning on abc9 news. deadly storm systems continue to drift across the united states this morning. the latest is up ahead. deborah and that same system is causing the winter weather we re seeing in and around siouxland. we have tips on how you can stay safe on the road. deborah: plus. want to return those unwanted gifts? well you might want to hold off running to the store.we ll explain. deborah: good morning and thanks for joining us. i m deborah souverain. a texas teenager who avoided jail time for killing four people. has been located by authorities in mexico. ethan couch was found near a mexican beach resort. back in 2013.couch who was and killed four people..and severly injured two others while driving drunk. at trial, couch s lawyers argued that the teen suffered from so-called affluenza . meaning he was a rich kid whose parents didn t set limits for him. he was placed on a 10-year probation and ordered into long-term mental heal ....
become the 46th president of the united states. full stop. that ain t changing. but between now and that wednesday in january, ten weeks from tonight, donald trump and his republican babysitters are doing their best to terrorize the american people by fueling false fears about the validity of the election. they are indulging in coddling a man who for whatever reason refuses to accept the will of the people. joe biden leads trump by more than 5 million in the popular vote. and that number only continues to grow as states like california continue to count. biden holds the largest vote share for a challenger since franklin delano roosevelt beat herbert hoover in a 1932 landslide, making hoover, like trump, a really bad one-term president. biden leads trump in five pivotal states by a total margin of roughly 260,000 votes. the race is not, let me repeat, not close. nothing will change that fact. not even these bogus and farcical claims of voter fraud that republicans are sl ....