18 people have died. and breaking news in the erin andrews case. what we ve just learned. good evening. great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the new headline in the o.j. simpson murder case. the l.a. police confirming they are testing a knife found on his former estate. chased by police for hours in the white ford bronco. the weapon never found after two found stabbed to death. the jury finding o.j. not guilty. but amid reports this is not consistent with the murders, but matt gutman is in brentwood, california, tonight. reporter: tonight that knife, another tortured twist in the o.j. simpson case. the lapd today saying the knife was allegedly found by a construction worker on o.j. simpson s property during in the late 1990s, and are investigating whether it could be connected to the brutal stabbing of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman in 1994. this individual wanted to turn it over to law enforcement. reporter: the la
it with words including embarrassing, suicide, and implosion. it left many republicans feeling they were banging on the cockpit door of a party that had been hijacked with no idea where the g.o.p. was headed or whether it would land in one piece. here s major garrett. millions and millions of people are coming to vote for the republicans, and joining the republican party because of me. reporter: donald trump today sought to take control of the republican party just hours after clashing with his rivals at the 11th g.o.p. debate. this little guy has lied so much here we go. about my record. here we go with the personal stuff. he has lied so much. reporter: the rift between trump and the republican establishment continues to grow. trump canceled his saturday appearance before an annual conference of conservative activists, drawing ridicule from ted cruz. he was told there were conservatives that were going to be here. conservatives were skeptical of trump.
employees cooked. a knock down drag out fight police say that ended in the brutal stabbing murder of a ch chef. based on crime scene evidence, it appears that this 54-year-old female was involved in violent struggle, not only did she have the deep cut to her neck, she also had some bruising to her face. there was lot of blood, and also some of the kitchen equipment was knocked over. a piece of kitchen equipment was actually laying on top of her body. reporter: now police are looking for this man who goes by the name knoll. police say he s a person of interest in his late 20s and drives a white suv. today stunned neighbors peer into the restaurant windows trying to comprehend the incomprehensible. anthony is a frequent customer and even has lee s op his facebook favorites. i was shocked. i was shocked. as a matter of fact, i was going to come here this week. reporter: on emily street where the victim lived true disbelief. neighbors say she work long hours to pro void
around a wall along the u.s.-mexico border, but trump was short on specifics in sioux city. trump says immigration is the key to his economic plan. we re also gonna get jobs for the people who are here, trump said. by working to zero out a trade imbalance that, he says, costs the u.s. $400-billion in china, and $70-billion in japan. they re leaders are beating us, said trump, they re smarter, sharper, and more cunning. the billionare businessman says, if elected, he d negotiate better deals to cut tariffs, and sell more american-made products overseas. nobody can do it like i can do it, trump said. trump says those steps could prompt u.s. companies to create more jobs. and, he made a promise. if i don t get rid of $100-billion in four years, get rid of me, trump said. few in this room would agree to do it as trump tries to shore up support with less than 100 days until the iowa caucus. in sioux city, with chief photographer jordan ogren, matt breen, ktiv news 4.
all of the winning powerball numbers in last night s drawing. wow, so weird to say half a billion dollars. but that means saturday s jackpot will be a monster. so far estimated to be about $675 million, the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. you saw these scenes all throughout the last day or so, people lined up until last night s deadline. the powerball players were on fire with lottery fever, you might say. most buying multiple tickets for a shot at financial freedom, but with the odds at about 1 in 292 million, they had a better chance at becoming president of the united states. those odds, by tay, are just 1 in 10 million. for the record, last night s numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 and the powerball, 17. all right. so now moving on to a serious weather situation that s developing on the west coast. and there s so many different things they re dealing with, flooding, tornadoes, mudslides and swamped highways all from a series of storms clobbering the coast. cal