Lights and sirens were blaring on the block. The 61 yearold woman was left alone with her granddaughter for only a short while. Family members were across the street when everything unraveled. After the defendants husband left the home the defendant took the victim of the couch. According to prosecutors the grandmother did the unthinkable grabbing a sledgehammer and used it on a helpless infant. She confessed to using a kitchen carving knife as well. Neighbors are devastated. You have to pray for the whole family. The defendants daughter the victims mother was so excited about the birth of her first child back in april. The loss leaves everybody searching for the right words. It will affect different people different ways. We have made counseling available. While no motive has been revealed. The crime is described as calculated. The suspect is being held without bond and will be in court on october 28th. A third person arrested in connection with the dismembered body under threat last
His case. Here we are at the eleventh hour, and the president still isnt serious about dealing with this issue right here. Its this issue spending. Reporter the president left his spokesman to respond that republicans were pushing a plan of fantasy economics that raised more revenues while also cutting taxes on the wealthy. What spending cuts have the republicans put forward . The proposal that weve seen is a twopage letter, and the much discussed second proposal is less than half a page. There is no specificity behind what the republicans have put forward. Reporter right now, the risk is rising that we will avoid the fiscal cliff, but end up with what some call a worst case outcome. We get some sort of hoaky deal thats put together with gimmicks and baseline adjustments and all that stuff. They get by the fiscal cliff without much damage. Wall street breathes a sigh of relief, but weve done nothing for the longer term debttogdp ratio. Worst of all, most of what they do will take effec
Here we are at the eleventh hour, and the president still isnt serious about dealing with this issue right here. Its this issue spending. Reporter the president left his spokesman to respond that republicans were pushing a plan of fantasy economics that raised more revenues while also cutting taxes on the wealthy. What spending cuts have the republicans put forward . The proposal that weve seen is a twopage letter, and the much discussed second proposal is less than half a page. There is no specificity behind what the republicans have put forward. Reporter right now, the risk is rising that we will avoid the fiscal cliff, but end up with what some call a worst case outcome. We get some sort of hoaky deal thats put together with gimmicks and baseline adjustments and all that stuff. They get by the fiscal cliff without much damage. Wall street breathes a sigh of relief, but weve done nothing for the longer term debttogdp ratio. Worst of all, most of what they do will take effect immediat
This is nbr. Captioning sponsored by wpbt tom good evening. Im tom hudson. With the january 1 deadline to avoid the fiscal cliff about two weeks away, neither side appears to be giving any ground. Susie im susie gharb. The u. S. Stock markeis expeed to be the worlds best performer in 2013. Thats the prediction of john rogers of the c. F. A. Institute. He joins us tonight. Tom and new rules for health care also are around the corner. Tonight, we look at how Small Businesses are preparing for the changes. Susie that and more tonight on nbr tom theres no deal, but the two sides are still talking. House Speaker John Boehner and president obama met earlier this evening at the white house in an effort to move forward the stalled fiscal cliff talks. There are now just 18 days before the tax hikes and spending cuts thatake up the clf take efft, and today, there were few signs of progress. As darren gersh reports, the tone of the talks, if anything, is getting worse. Reporter House Democratic l
For the first time publicly, mayor emanuel talked about his nowindicted former city comptroller. But its not the first time he was asked about his handpicked man who since resigned. Weeks ago, wgntv inquired about his questionable past. Youll see what happened next. I want you to know this is the First Amendment hard at work. Mayor emanuel is not happy with questions about his indicted excomptroller during what was supposed to be a happy Ribbon Cutting at a renovated prep school. Its not like the Justice Department gives you a heads up. The mayor expressed his frustration with his former comptroller for not being forthright with him. He had a responsibility to inform the Mayors Office of what happened and what were the questions. That is where he violated the trust. But the question remains. Did the Mayors Office miss some red flags . Its 2010 and theres a Nasty Campaign for the Treasurers Office in ohio. Ahmads boss is getting hammered because of ahmads questionable ties to a lobbyies