[inaudible conversations] do you want to set . Good morning. My name is sharon and im a volunteer for the book festival. On behalf of the state library of louisiana and Louisiana Center of the book. I welcome you to book festival the 11th annual book festival. There will be a book signing with jim cobb afterwards in the bonds barnes noble tent. So if you want to carry on after that he will be happy to sign your books. We are happy to have with us this morning james cobb jr. Who has written flood of lies the saint regis nursing home tragedy. He was a managing partner in a firm. Cobb served as an adjunct professor at Tulane University while at the law school. And since the 80s has taught at Harvard University since 2008. He lives and practices privately in new orleans and we are pleased to introduce to you the james a. Kopp jr. [applause] thanks very much. Good morning. Its cold out there isnt it . Thank you guys for coming and braving the weather. A couple of things about my biography w
A guy comes along, stabs him and then slashes his throat. Kevins great grandmother comes out and tries to stop the guy, but he stabs and wounds her and then continues his escape down the street. There wae manhunt and a few weeks later, glregory was arrested and charged. He sucker punched his own defense attorney. Hes been found mentally incompetent tent to stand trial. Now it appears this case has come to a cross roads. The issues, doctors say murphy cannot be made competent to stand trial. Because of that, defense lawyers say the criminal charges should be dropped. That murphy should be committed and the case should be handled severally. This is not the outcome kevins sister wants. I want him to be behind bars. I want him to they ever see tr ligh of day, to never be able to harm another person, another family. Reporter so what will happen to murphy . A judge is expected to make that decision soon. What has it done to the family . More coming you up at 6 00. Live in alexandria, pat col
For week 2 but rg iii is set to be returning to the field. Im jan jeffcoat. And im derek mcginty. He may have been inactive for monday nights victory but not anymore. Griffin will be the redskins starting quarterback when they take on the Minnesota Vikings on sunday. Kristin berset has been following this story all day and she joins us now from the Sports Department with more. Hey, kb. Guys, thanks so much. Coach jay gruden told reporters he had planned on evaluating griffin thursday and friday in practice before making that final decision. But according to our colleagues at usa today, they have confirmed that decision has already been made. The team today went through a, quote, glorified roster. The players were wearing shorts and no shoulder pads and griffin was seen playing full participation today. Many thought he wouldnt return until after the bye week, which is actually after this weeks game, so next week is the bye week, but it appears the team thinks that he is ready to go. Gri
Distance away who are calling on President Trump to take a strong action on russia in response to the meddling in the 2016 race. Standing by at the scene of the demonstrations. Mike, tell us more about the purpose of the rally for protrumpers, if you will, and what youve seen so far. Reporter right. Well, richard, the first thing you have to know about this rally here, this is the hardest the ha the hard core supporters. As i asked them if their support was wavering for President Trump has it has for a lot of prominent conservative pundit its around the country. After the caving as some phrase it on daca and the administration, not on the least. The interpretation from these supporters of President Trump, again, these are stout supporters of the president. Is that hes a master negotiator. This is the art of the deal and everybody that opposes him it a rya rhino. Theres a lot of red meat thrown from the stage. A lot of the rhetoric is familiar, build a wall, drain the swamp. One of the
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