0 news. the dow surges to a record high, but washington may bring it crashing down. and then the man responsible for 12 murders. you know he heard voices, thought he was being followed, reportedly suffered from ptsd but he still got security checks. was it an oversensitivity to mental issues that did that? plus his mother today spoke out for the first time. you re going to hear what she had to say. police find two cars in a muddy lake with bodies inside, a lot of bodies inside. and these cars, you won t believe it. have they just solved a 40-year-old mystery? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight we begin with the breaking news. a record high stock surge today. the dow jumping 147 points. now, the dow and the s&p closed at new highs. you know, i just think this is so significant. nearly five years to the day after the financial crash and crisis when this country is still facing an unemployment crisis, a major milestone and a good one for th
Waking up this morning as well. about two and a half minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house here s what s happening. president obama getting ready to make his case to congress that we should launch a strike on syria. but the timetable could change. some of our allies now asking for more time to see evidence. in a few hours the miami man arrested for shooting his wife and then posting a photo of her body along with a confession on facebook goes before a judge. derrick medina charged with first-degree murder. three florida teens charged with beating a classmate on a stkaol bus last school bus last month could learn their fate in court today. time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the look. the chargers giving a big thank you to members of the u.s. navy and their families. the team holding a practice board the u.s.s. ronald reagan. the team also holding a training camp for some of the kids of our nation s bravest heroes.
0 body language he has the slouch looking like the bored kid back in the classroom. putin is infuriated over that remark. russia has vowed to veto any u.s. u.n. effort to laufrp a strike. another fox news alert now brand new photos showing an oil rig explosion 95 mile east of san antonio texas. crews still battling claims ten hours after the blast. it exploded after workers were drilling into # the eagle ford shale. all employees inside have been accounted for. the cause is under investigation. a tragic end to the search for an american woman who went missing in panama two years ago. dna tests now confirm the remains found in a backpack are evan baldeli the 42-year-old was last seen with her boyfriend in november of 2011. he was arrested this june but elizabeth prann thank you so much for that update. the wildfire burning through yosemite national park. it torched 192,000 acres about the same size as new york city. meanwhile a new weapon is being deployed by the national guard to
Our third story outfront the suspected facebook murderer. today we saw 31-year-old derrick medina for the first time in court. medina has been charged with killing his wife, 26-year-old jennifer alfonso, and then posting a graphic photo of her dead body on facebook. i warn you, this is a disturbing photo but it s important to tell this story. to understand what he did. this is what many facebook users saw on august 8th. it took five hours before facebook took this picture down and in an alleged online confession medina claimed he shot his wife because he could no longer stand the abuse. today his lawyers asked the judge to take pictures of bruises that were still visible apparently on medina s body, they say this is going to preserve evidence. he s pleaded not guilty but they likely say will claim self-defense. does it add up? outfront tonight our legal analyst paul callan. here we go self-defense again here in florida.
good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett, outfront thont we begin with breaking news. dozens more killed in egypt tonight. pressure building on the obama administration. the death toll this week is nearly 700, almost as many as the number killed during the entire arab spring revolution in egypt. there s no sign of calm. thousands of protesters defied a government-imposed curfew tonight. so, what does the u.s. closest all ally, israel, do to keep pumping aid into cairo? john king outfront tonight. israel wants them to keep sending the $1.3 billion aid to egypt. israel believe aids will keep radical islamists from taking control. but some people are asking, is israel calling the shots on what president obama is doing? calling the shots, erin, the administration would say no, but does israel get a big voice in this? of course, they do. this is the biggest u.s. ally in the region. this is part of the conversation. leading voices even senator mk say i mccain saying we might