Today in the trial of William Porter. The first of Six Police Officers to be charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. The defense rested its case on friday. Reporter Andrew Spencer has the latest. Prosecutors argue officer William Porter ignored pleas for help because the he did not care about freddie grays life. doug colbert university of maryland law professor the prosecution has presented evidence that went far beyond what the public expected, and thats what makes their case very strong. Over the last two weeks, theyve also argued porter went against Department Policy by not securing gray properly in the back of a Baltimore Police transport van. Porters defense has said the opposite arguing standard protocol was to not use seat belts. Theyve tried to pin responsibility on the vans driver, caesar goodson. warren brown attorney and courtroom observer i just dont see where the state has convinced anyone that beyond a reasonable doubt that simplynot belting him in when it w
Recreation director. Salvatore says without the study and design, they would have been going in blind into the project. City leaders say another reason studies are beneficial are because they allow parties, that arent affiliated with city, to make a neutral observation. In sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. Other sioux city studies approved for fiscal year 2016 include community assessment, a bridgeport traffifistudy, campground site analysis, a trail study, the leeds floyd Corridor Study and the Neighborhood Housing study. And with plans for cone park underway the city is looking for more grants to fund the multimillion dollar project. The parks and recreation director says there is already twopointeight Million Dollars in private funding for the park. There is also 850thousand dollars from the city and county. Yesterday the parks and recreation director was in des moines to secure final funding for cone park. We applied for a 318,000 community attraction, tourism, iowa, said matt
Already in the 30s early this morning. We will however deal with some passing cloud cover especially across northwest iowa with a little bit more sunshine out west, so well be sort of splitting the difference of that here in sioux city as winds diminish out of the northwest. With some melting today and calmer winds tonight, fog will jump back into the realm of possibilities for friday mornings commute. Another system will pass us by to the north on friday too which might produce a few sprinkles on an otherwise mild day, and those days will continue into the weekend with a slight chance of a light mix saturday night sunday morning with yet another passing frontal boundary. The biggest of our concerns though is with a low pressure system moving out of the southwest early next week. Its associated snow chances appear to be on track next monday night and tuesday along with strong winds and a shot of cold air moving in behind it, so be sure to enjoy the mild see graphics. Wx timer 40 a nigh
Differently. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Do we need an instant replay. This is the calgary flames. I think that accident might earn him a couple of days off. We will have more on that in just a moment. Our top story on a thursday morning, the donald trumpless Republican Debate hours away. So far trump isnt budging. It is adding a new wrinkle to the already wild race. Alexander. Reporter this will be the venue for tonights debate with or without donald trump. A source familiar with the situation tells nbc news that fox news ceo reached out to trump through the women in his life trying to see whether his decision to skip the debate is a done deal. Donald trump betting he is bigger than fox news. The republican frontrunner will be in des moines tonight but not at the final gop debate, instead touting a special event for veterans. Late wednesday trump defended his boyco
Rehnstrom. It has been two years since a homer Nebraska Family lost a loved one in a drunk driving accident. Tim today wednesday the man responsible for their loss, learned his punishment. Abc9s jess plue was in Dakota County District Court for the sentencing. Jess Russell Roberts junior was sentenced today to a minimum of 10 years in prison. This comes after roberts was found guilty of one count Motor Vehicle homicide of Tiffany Schmitt and two counts of driving while under the influence. Tiffanys family was at the court today. Anxiously awaiting to hear roberts sentencing. This happens to other families, this doesnt happen to our family said tami allison. Two years ago, everything changed for the family of Tiffany Schmidt after she passed away in a horrific car accident. The driver involved, Russell Roberts junior, was drunk driving and speeding which caused him to lose control. And overturn thevehicle. Roberts was sentedced to a minimum of ten years for tiffanys death as well as two