Sons a monster. How could a son do that . But why, bart . This is the question everybody wants to know. Why . How could a father do the nearly impossible, forgive him . I dont understand it. I look it at it as a miracl the desire for revenge had gone. He wants to save his son no matter what. He had to go to that length to feel alive. We can all live twice. Im david muir. And im elizabeth var fwgas this is 20 20. Death row. It is ominous. It is cold. It is a place you look at it from the outside and you know what happens inside. Reporter in a race against time, 38yearold thomas Bart Whitakers final days are ticking down on death row. Now, he awaits a destiny that seems all but assured. Execution, by lethal injection. His father, kent, spends these final days in a desperate hunt for mercy. On this savoring what may be his last visit with his son in prison. As we were leaving, we put our hands up to the glass and he puts his hand up on the other side and we smile and say we love you. And
Sons a monster. How could a son do that . But why, bart . This is the question everybody wants to know. Why . How could a father do the nearly impossible, forgive him . I dont understand it. I look it at it as a miracle. The desire for revenge had gone. He wants to save his son no matter what. He had to go to that length to feel alive. We can all live twice. Im david muir. And im elizabeth var fwgas this is 20 20. Death row. It is ominous. It is cold. It is a place you look at it from the outside and you know what happens inside. Reporter in a race against time, 38yearold thomas Bart Whitakers final days are ticking down on death row. Now, he awaits a destiny that seems all but assured. Execution, by lethal injection. His father, kent, spends these final days in a desperate hunt for mercy. On this savoring what may be his last visit with his son in prison. As we were leaving, we put our hands up to the glass and he puts his hand up on the other side and we smile and say we love you. An
A case is in the public interest. This has proven to be in the public interest. There have been protests and halls family has spoken out saying they did not believe he was armed. The Mayors Office released not just the two seven minute body camera videos of the two responding officers but also the 911 call transcripts that sent those officers back to that home on christmas day. The Mayors Office trying to paint as complete a picture as possible of what led to that split second decision on christmas day. Went inside the house. The video shows a fast moving, chaotic scene as a pair of mpd officers return to a house in northeast washington for the second time in an hour. Reports of some kind of domestic incident. As they approach the home a woman warns the man inside has a knife. One officer gets up the back staircase and orders a neighbor out of the way. Through the open door we and the responding officer see javon hall ar inch knife. The officer orders hall to drop the knife three times
The first real rain storm of the headaches last week. A tippedover semi in livermore resulted in a traffic standstill. Minutes stretched into hours for trapped drivers. By the afternoonlivermore also so mudlsides. While the rest of the bay area dealth with downpour, hailes and eventually rainbows. Reporter now a week laterthe bay area is bracing for rain yet again. To make things go a little betterchp has some reminders. Slow down to avoid hydroplanning turn on your headlights brake earlier and leave extra following distance never drive through standing water since you don tknow how deep it is and perhaps most important get out the door a little earlier so you feel a little less rushed during the rush hour. Jr it is snowing in lake tahoe. This is a picture taken at squaw valley this afternoon. A resort spokesperson says they got a few flakes today. Most tahoe ski resorts are expected to open at the end of this month. Some have already opened. This upcoming storm system could mean more
One man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Joseph Aponte, Sr., a city of Sugar Land employee who was killed in a collision with a car