Thank you for being with us. We have several major stories that we are following tonight, including that massive blizzard out west, plus President Bidens big announcement for gaza as hundreds of thousands are under threat of starvation. But we begin tonight with new developments in that terrifying accident and dramatic rescue in louisville when a semitruck was left dangling off a bridge, nearly 100 feet over the ohio river. The driver miraculously escaped without suffering any serious injuries but was taken to a local hospital out of precaution, and we are hearing from the incredibly brave rescuers, who say they train for this kind of thing all the time. Cbss Mark Strassmann starts us off tonight with a harrowing video as First Responders arrived on the scene. Reporter high drama above the ohio river, like a scene from a tom cruise thriller. A semi hanging Over The Edge of a bridge, hanging over the water. Reporter a tractortrailer dangling from the clark Memorial Bridge and a rappelli
Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We have several major stories that we are following tonight, including that massive blizzard out west, plus President Bidens big announcement before gaza as hundreds of thousands are under threat of starvation. But we begin tonight with new developments in that terrifying accident and dramatic rescue in louisville when a semitruck was left dangling off a bridge. Nearly 100 feet over the ohio river. The female driver miraculously escaped without suffering any serious injuries but was taken to a local hospital out of precaution, and we are hearing from the incredibly brave rescuers who say they train for this kind of thing all the time. Cbss Mark Strassmann starts us off tonight with a harrowing video as First Responders arrived on the scene. Reporter high drama above the ohio river, like a scene from a tom cruise thriller. A semi Over The Edge of a bridge, hanging over the water. Reporter a tractortrailer dangling from a
Through the whole situation with dr. conrad murray. aeg denies that as you saw. that was an important part of the argument. they say we weren t responsible for this. it was michael jackson who chose conrad murray. let his side take responsibility for that case. but they were the ones doling out the check. that s correct, they were under the contract with michael jackson that was negotiated. it was never signed with dr. conrad murray but it was a verbal agreement and still legally enforceable. that s a part of the argument, dr. conrad murray was motivated by this amount of money he was receiving from aeg to essentially give michael jackson anything to keep him going to make the show go on. we know dr. conrad murray was hey mess and from his involuntary manslaughter trial and conviction. he was taking $150,000 a month, a huge amount considering his practice was losing money and he was going into bankruptcy. he s been found legally
Up this morning in a california prison, after this week s big verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial. we are getting an inside look at exactly what happened inside that jury room. jim avila has an abc news exclusive. i think we really did our job. reporter: she is juror number five. debbie franklin, the 48-year-old mother of two, a paralegal put in charge of ringing the buzzer that alerted the judge and world a verdict had been reached. our hearts were pounding to go out there. reporter: franklin is the first and only juror to reveal what went on inside the jury room. in our exclusive interview, she says while nearly all the jurors had decided on guilt during the first day of deliberations, not everyone was convinced that dr. murray was solely responsible for michael jackson s death. towards the end of the day we finally took a vote. it was not unanimous. and we talked a little more about it. let s think about it over the weekend. it was stressful. we did yelling.
The biggest spy swap since the cold war. the video shows how russian spy anna chapman and others passed instructions, information and cash to one another. ten spies were arrested in 2010 and traded for four russian spies convicted of spying for the west. the doctor charged in michael jackson s death is expected to reveal today whether he plans to testify at his involuntary manslaughter trial. yesterday under tough cross-examination the defense s propofol expert admitted he never would have used the drug under a similar situation. and a 45-year-old elephant at a netherlands zoo was shoved into a trench by another elephant sunday, causing him to break a tusk. he managed to climb out with some help the next day. here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,955 after dropping 276 points yesterday. the s&p sank 31 points. the nasdaq tumbled 52.