Night talk show with a robot who is guy and a horse that snorts hay how it is still on the air i dont know. Not guilty on all charges. Those words sent waves of emotion, mostly shock, through a Prince Georges County courtroom. Alexis such son, the former bowie student accused of murdering her roommate is a free woman tonight after that bombshell of a verdict. Our Ken Molestina was in the courtroom. He has reaction from both sides. Reporter after three days of emotional testimony and grueling details the jury sided with Alexis Simpson agreeing that dominiques killing was in selfdefense. Truth prevailed, thats all i can say. Reporter friends and family of Alexis Simpson registed as they left a courtroom. It took the jury about three hours to return with a not guilty verdict on all seven counts simpson was facing. Thank you god. Reporter simpson gave emotional testimony saying she didnt mean to kill her roommate Dominique Frazier when she swung a knife and cut her throat. Attorneys mainta
Riverdale, maryland to attempt service on a temporary protective order. Reporter the order was meant for a man neighbors identify only as frank. His mom opened the door. A male subject appeared from the rear of the house displaying a firearm. Reporter thats when the Deputy Sheriff shot the 39year old man. I heard the ambulance. Reporter frank died at the hospital. He had problems with police before. Reporter the Deputy Sheriff wasnt hurt. Hes now on temporary administrative duty. The Sheriffs Office isnt confirming franks name, not giving out the name at all and say this matter is under investigation. Were in east riverdale, 9news. Police have arrested four men for the 2000 shooting of melvin pike. He was found in his car suffering from a gunshot wound. Last week he died of complications related to the shooting. Police have ruled the manner of death a homicide. E four men have been charged with first and seconddegree murder and a host of other charges. A washington doctor fighting for
Craig cnn fired larry and then larry joins sambora and his super group. Geoff samboraking, cnn tour 2013 busy signals and dropped calls. A too familiar annoyance. One congressman is taking aim at verizon wireless. Our Ken Molestina is live with concerns that have caught the attentions of federal investigators. Ken. Congressman Gerry Connolly of virginia spoke candidly today about what he described as a subpar 911 call routing system run by verizon. Now he is the one making the call to the fcc and he wants some change. I guess i would give it a d. Reporter virginia congressman Gerry Connolly is slamming verizon wireless. The company is contracted to route 911 calls throughout most of the washington area. According to him they have fallen short. The whole purpose of having 911 is when you need it, it works. Reporter he cites recent weather events that have knocked out the system as examples of where theyve failed. During the 201011 winter several storms like snowmageddon interrupted serv
As a subpar 911 call routing system run by verizon. Now he is the one making the call to the fcc and he wants some change. I guess i would give it a d. Reporter virginia congressman Gerry Connolly is slamming verizon wireless. The company is contracted to route 911 calls throughout most of the washington area. According to him they have fallen short. The whole purpose of having 911 is when you need it, it works. Reporter he cites recent weather events that have knocked out the system as examples of where theyve failed. During the 201011 winter several storms like snowmageddon interrupted service. More recently this summers deer re summers derecho did the same thing. Now he and others are behind a push to verizon to improve their service or face scrutiny. If verizon cant be counted on to do that voluntarily then we need the fcc to step in and promulgate new regulations and to make sure theyre enforced. Reporter verizon fired back. They said theyve learned to improve themselves. A spokes
One did not make it. Crews are still there. Investigators trying to figure out how this all started. As we get more information, well bring it to you. Joining right now is mark brady from fire and ems. Mark, are you there . We hoped to talk to you. We may get back to you later on in our broadcast. The other big story, of course, is the weather. We could wake up to quite a mess tomorrow. Good thing its saturday. Were talking snow, sleet, rain. Meteorologist erica grow is here with the latest on what we can expect. Not only is it good news its on a weekend, but also that the snow will start falling in the Early Morning hours when a lot of people arent even awake, let alone on the road. Lets take a look outside with the satellite and radar. You can see the snow and rain approaching. Pink indicating areas of sleet and freezing rain. The blue is all snow and the greens and yellows are for varying intensities of rain. As this approaches, the rain is starting to change over to wintery weather