breaking news in the january 6th investigation into former president donald trump. special counsel jack smith plans to present evidence at trump s trial next year that his continued support for capital rioters showed he intended to inspire violence on january six as part of a conspiracy he led to overturn the 2020 election. let s get more now on this with cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid and former federal prosecutor, renato mary adi. tell us what we re hearing here and why dissociative again. this is fascinating because this is the first time the special counsel has really laid out exactly how they are going to present large parts of their case before a jury next march. they listed all the specific evidence that they intend to present. at a high-level, they are going to argue that, look, since january 6th, former president trump has continued to show public support for the capitol rioters. for example, he has suggested that, if he is reelected, he coul
Was the plea deal that was agreed to on monday. And just a short time ago the judge approved the terms of that deal. Lets take a look at the details here. 12 months, thats the sentence. And former Fairfax Police officer adam torres has already been behind bars for about ten months now. And hes going to get credit for that time already served. So he will be free very soon, were told. Now, under the deal torres pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, thats a lesser charge. He had been facing seconddegree murder. Now, the victim, john gere, unarmed involved with a confrontation with police on the doorstep of his springfield home in 2013 following a domestic call to police. Now, torres opened fire killing the father of two. Now, the victims mother spoke in court just a little while ago. She said where is the justice for john. And just a short time ago within the last half hour she spoke to the media in front i would like him to have gone to the penitentiary for some years. So that ever
Warrant, was able to go and recover an ak47 from the individual involved and over 180 rounds of ammunition. Reporter the chief says the Police Departments gun Recovery Unit puts itself in harms way every day to get these Deadly Weapons off the street. For them to have to put their life on the line against these guns every single day and sometimes the same people with new guns over and over again, thats unacceptable. Reporter now in the case of the 17yearold there are also charges of child pornography. Ill have more on that coming up at 6 00. Unbelievable story, pat. Were waiting now to see what effect todays not guilty ruling will have on the three remaining officers charged in the death of freddie gray. The Police Van Driver Caesar Goodson faced the most serious charge in this case. It was seconddegree murder. With the means two officers have been acquitted and the third ended in a mistrial. Todays decision is a major setback for those future cases. Chris gordon is live with reaction
There was an incident at a gas station in which a bathroom was damaged. The four swimmers, including rockvilles jack connor, tried to leave but were confronted by Security Guards with guns. They paid cash to cover the cost of the damage and then left. Police also say they could face charges of vandalism and giving false testimony. We have live coverage for you. Lets begin with wendy rieger in rio with some new video. Hi, wendy. Reporter here is whats happening tonight swimmers jack conger and gunnar bentz are no longer in police custody, but their passports are, so theyre stuck in rio as is swimmer jimmy feigen while ryan lochte is in the United States and not saying anything. This afternoon the Brazilian Police are saying plenty. Their shutdown headline was no robbed. This is video from the gas station where the four s stop. Police say the swimmers told them that lochte started getting stupid and some damage occurred to the restroom. You see the men exit and get into their cab. The ga
Asianamerican religious cultures, about 1000 pages and what is this about . The Asian American international and Pacific Islanders are a Diverse Group of full. Group of people. What is common is not that obvious. The publisher approached me several years ago to see if we could really develop an encyclopedia that would be comprehensive over what is going on in the religious scenes for the asianamericans and the Pacific Islanders. That is the reason that this came about. What i did not understand at that point was that the Asian American religions are very complex, and the spokes of the religious scenes in the u. S. , not that clear. So how do we bring this together in an encyclopedia that is more of a comprehensive understanding of the current religious scenes, and that was the challenge. How long did this take you . It started in 2008. Several years. You are one of the editors and understand this gentleman to your left, and you invited the doctor to come on board, and how did you come