was charged and convicted of attempted murder sentence 230 to 60 years in prison. cj rice is conviction never made sense, especially to his childhood pediatrician, dr. theodore tapper, treated cj and the days after he was shot in knew he was too injured to have committed this crime, dr. tapper couldn t let it go and he told me the sun cnn s jake tapper about the story jake, who also grew up in philadelphia, began investigating cj s case and discovered a series of missteps by law enforcement and cj s own in defense attorney. just this week after more than 12 years in prison, all charges against cj were dropped. cj rice is now 30 years old and a free man thanks in large part to the efforts of jake s father and jake zone reporting over the next hour, jake tapper lays out exactly how the system failed cj and gives us a deeply personal look at how cj survived all those years in prison through a series of letts, series of letters that cj sent to jake s data during his time in jail
change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who felt deeply that media org
Expand the show into a podcast and more. and thank you to cnn s current boss for letting us say good-bye. thank you to everyone at cnn business for digital leadership. thank you to my hero executive producer, john and producing team that makes this possible. i will do whatever i can to help you all in the future. thank you to the technical staff, control room geniuses, floor directors, camera operators, makeup artists, you are cnn s sources of strength. and we need strength. some of you know i ve been a media junky for a long time. i was the kid who spent his days building a school website and tv show and i think i m still that kid. i never thought i d actually be on tv. i just liked writing about tv. i know this is going to sound like b.s., but i actually thought i didn t have enough hair to be on tv. i am just that kid who loves television and loves the internet.
It s a great opportunity for us and it also promotes the marine corps in a positive way. so next time you donate a toy or place a monetary donation, know that it truly makes a difference. i can t imagine a child waking up and not having a toy at christmas and for that, i mean, that s all that matters. it s all about the children. that s so nice. our floor directors did all of that. she makes sure we stay in line but she also shot that and interviewed. now i know she watches mixed martial arts, i m going to be polite to her, too. that s a rough thing to watch. what are you doing for christmas? going home. going to be with my family. good for you. take off tonight. you take tomorrow off. i m not working anymore. and i ll be here. merry christmas to you. merry christmas to you. happy holidays to all of you. and we re going to leave this hour here with live shots from bethlehem, the celebrations, the christmas celebrations there. the lights, the festivities, the
and good morning to you. boy, the temperatures, top story again. wow. sizzling heat, and most of the country right now is dealing with triple digits or at least feeling like triple digits. as we ve been saying, not just uncomfortable, dangerous and deadly. welcome. friday, july 22nd. let s get right to it. intensely hot against across a huge portion of the country. it started in the midwest, it s come heeft. washington, the high, 103 today but it s going to feel like 115 with the humidity. triple digit temperatures are expected across the mid-atlantic, up and down the east coast and into the ohio valley and as many as 2,000 related deaths now reported. utilities around the country are bracing, asking you to conserve energy as people crank the ac. in new york, the power company said that store owners who leave their doors open could be fined. wow. trying to stay cool. match fn you re a polar bear in this heat? animals in the detroit zoo were treated to popsicles with