With Martin Savidge, who is in for fredricka whitfield. I will hand it off. Thank you very much. Nice to see you. Lets get started. It is the top of the hour. Welcome to the cnn newsroom. Im Martin Savidge in for fredricka whitfield. Here are the top stories at this hour. New details about that disturbing rape case in a small town of subenville, ohio. Last hour city leaders talked about their investigation. Early in the case during the first week after we were made ware of this incident, we obtained this video. I, too, as all my officers who investigated this, were appalled by these morally inept statements made. The new prosecutors, special prosecutors for the high attorney a. G. s office, everything was submitted to them. They decide what charges, if any, would be filed. The charges to be filed mentiond are against two 16yearold boys, malik rich monday and trent mays. Theyre accused of raping an underage girl while she was allegedly drunk or unconscious. That trial is slated to start
Next list. Im sanjay gupta, thanks for watching. Hope to see you here next week. Its 2 00 p. M. In the east. If you are just tuning in, thank you very much for joining us. These are the top stories were following right now in the cnn news room. Weve learned that president obama will nominate chuck hagel to be defense secretary. That will happen tomorrow. The former senator from nebraska is a vietnam war hero, he served on capitol hill for a decade. But his confirmation process wont be smooth sailing. Hagel angered some lawmakers for supports talks with hamas. And supporting sanctions on iran. This is an controversial pick, hes an an ta tag nistic figure when it comes to iran. He would face tough questions about his opposition to the successful 2007 troop surge in iraq. Its been two days since his plane vanished and the fate of Vittorio Missoni is still unknown. His priest plane left venezuela on friday, but never made it to caracas. So far, search crews have not spotted any signs of a
Suing their savior. A man wins the lottery, and a month later, hes dead of cyanide poisoning. Were on the case. And as joe biden huddles behind closed doors on the issue of gun control, Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg begin their fight against the nra. Good to be with you here on this tuesday. Im Brooke Baldwin. And i want to begin with the plane boeing says will define the future of the air travel. But for the last month or so, if youve been following this with us, the 787 dreamliner has made most of its headlines really for all these mechanical problems. Here is just the latest, just a couple of hours ago, this Japan Airline, 787, was preparing to leaf above then when it started leaking fuel. So guess what happened . Flight had to be canceled. And just yesterday morning, same airport, bostons logan airport, small fire broke out on yet another Japan Airline 787, just about 30 minutes after its arrival from tokyo. All the passengers and crew, they had already left the plane, but t
Find something to be grateful for. Thats it for us tonight, its been an extraordinary year, thanks for watching. From cnn World Headquarters in atlanta this is early start weekend. I have been coming to the show for years. This is one of the biggest crowds ive ever seen. Gun dealers ignore protesters. The fashion mogul who dresses the hollywood elite missing. Now a desperate search for his airplane. Its a new year. Hows that budget going . Practical advice on how to get your money in order. It is sunday, january 6th. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. We start this morning in stanford, connecticut, where a gun show went on as planned despite the tragedy in newtown just a short drive away. It featured antique weapons, but that didnt stop protesters from calling it insensitive. Stanfords mayor had asked organizers to reconsider having the event but some gun enthusiasts were eager to attend. Anybody who has no feelings for what happened up there, somethings wrong with them. Okay. But,
Martin savidge in for frederiri whitfie whitfield. If you are just tuning in, thank you, we are glad to sigh. Here are the stories making news now. A show of defiance today from syrian president , Bashar Al Assad. In front of his supporters, the syrian leader gave his first public speech since june and effectively thumbed his nose at the International Community, insisting his vision of syrias future will lead the country out of crisis. Al assad also refused to work with the opposition, calling them enemies of god who will go to hell. Al assad has lost all legitimacy and he has to step down, the state department says. Search is on right now for famed fashion director vittorio missoni. He, his wife and four others were on a plane that disappeared off the coast of venezuela this weekend. He helps lead a fashion empire worth millions of dollars. As you drone attack killed 17 suspected militants in pakistans tribal region today that strike near the Afghan Border injured three, according to