We begin today with a Major New Development in the investigation into the death of an iowa man on the lake of the ozarks last year. A Missouri State trooper is now manslaughter in the drowning of Brandon Ellingson. This is the last photo of ellingson alive. In may of 2014. He was arrested for alleged drunken boating. Witnesses say Missouri State trooper Anthony Piercy put the wrong life jacket on ellingson while he was handcuffed in the police boat. Ellingson fell out of the boat and drowned. Trooper piercy said he was never told how to use the life vests and a jury ruled the death accidental. The investigation was also plagued with conspiracy of a cover up by the state patrol. That prompted the original special investigator to step down. Today prosecutors said they are charging piercy because theres enough evidence to prove he put ellingsons life in danger that day. I have charged him with wrecklessly causing death. It relates to unjustifiable risk being taken. Ellingsons family has n
Starting around the world. A big bash right here in times square tonight. Ryan seacrest live with us, Jenny Mccarthy taking you behind the scenes. Its gmas new years rockin morning as we say good morning, america. Im not going to say it as well as Jenny Mccarthy just said but good morning, america. A little more bounce, amy. Gma weekend anchor dan harris is here, sara haines and tom llamas as well. We are counting down to tonights big celebration right here in times square. Take a look at the ball getting ready to drop just hours from now and the first new years celebrations have already kicked off, fireworks welcoming in 2016 in auckland, any zealand. It blows my mind that theyre so far ahead of us. They will be over their with our ball drops here. Into that. Im not great at math but able to get there. The College Football playoff. Two big bowl games kicking off on espn, the team mascots from clemson and Michigan State right there on an astroturf carpet. I dont know if you can see it.
Activist george takei. Anytime you need to say the word gay, you can simply say the gay. You could safely proclaim your supportive to gay marriage. If youre a no more festive mood, you can march in the takei pride parade. We will speak with george takei about the attack on gay rights, growing up in a japanese internment camp during world war ii. And we will look at how fracking poses not only a threat to the nations water supply, but also the air. This stuff starts happening and i noticed there into my noseing up and there is this heaviness on my chest, and it feels like an elephant sitting here. It feels like somebody is choking the air out of me. I cant get a breath. Fracking the eagle ford shell. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brewer hasernor jan vetoed a bill that would have allowed businesses to deny service to lgbt people. In recent days, the bill generated a nationwide chorus of condemnation, n
Reality is he has not won the presidency with legal votes cast. Right now joe biden is ahead in both the popular vote and in the electoral college. Also right now neither the president nor his campaign have provided any evidence to back up their claims of electoral fraud. Now were starting to see some republicans on capitol hill speak out. Adam kinzinger tweeted quote, we want every vote counted, yes, every legal vote, of course. If you have legit concerns about fraud, present evidence and take it to court. Stop spreading misinformation. This is getting insane. Now the Trump Campaign is trying to find that evidence by setting up a hotline at the campaigns headquarters in arlington, virginia asking supporters to tell us what you are seeing and to report cases of voter suppression, irregularities and the president waits in the white house to see if any of his legal challenges stick. The other big question at this hour is if joe biden does hit 270 today and declares himself to be the winn
Next colorado pneumatic democratic governor debates hiding in the 2022 gubernatorial race. Issues include inflation in the ob or crisis. The nonpartisan report with amy walter, rated this solidly democratic. Host welcome to the university located in the heart of western colorado and Grand Junction. Im john marshall. Im pleased to serve as moderator of our 2022 form tonight. This broadcast is made possible with the cheap Grand Junction daily sentinel, and care cc. To our live video stream where southern utah tribal radio, four corners radio and we have kb ut. And kb and k. Bulger on katie and you. And pay oni and kb nf. And on k ffr in winter park. We welcome listeners a public radio. Unlike other forms. Tonights event is completely produced by sea and new factly in students. And unlike other debates it is intended to give candidates ample time to discuss their thoughts on policy matters and our state. I would like to welcome democrat and jared policy and heidi to Grand Junction. Thank