biden will run, biden and hillary share so much of the same base which makes it interesting dynamic to watch. jenna: where will you watch next, phil, how he frames his argument. what i will find next when he finally makes decision, which is supposed to have been 48 hours, more than 48 hours ago. what i m, the role that biden plays for democrats sort of like the rolls he plays for barack obama. if something goes terribly wrong with hillary clinton he is there to fill in. it will be interesting to watch how he expands past that. how he makes the case he is more than just being backup for hillary clinton. jenna: interesting, you lead this up nicely to a next sound bite we have, joe biden talking about the republicans. take a listen to this. whenever there is problem i get sent to the hill. which by the way is useful use of my time. because i really respect the members up there, and still have a lot of republican friends.
jon: in that horrific church beating case that left one teenager dead and his brother in serious condition. the surviving victim is testifying against his half in an effort to determine whether there is enough evidence to hold her. six congregants, including teenager s parents are accused of beating them at times with electrical cord supposedly to get them to confess their since. rick leventhal is outside the courtroom in new hartford, new york. reporter: jon we re expecting horrific testimony from the brutal attack in word of life church. 11-year-old christopher leonard will be there to testify against his after sister, sara ferguson, who is one of six defendants including chris s parents, charging with beating chris and his 14-year-old brother lucas for 14 hours because lucas threatened to leave the church and described as cult by neighbors and some former members.
also the severe weather threat will continue tonight. plus heavy rains stick around through the weekend in much of texas and the plains keeping flooding a major concern into next week. jon: we are awaiting new details on the alleged beatings at a church in upstate new york that left one teenager dead and his 17-year-old younger brother in serious condition. as the 17-year-old survivor testifies in the hearing at least against one of his attackers and 33-year-old half-sister for her alleged role in a quote, counseling session, the police say it included strikes the boys with an electrical cord to get them to confess their sins. talk about with troy slayton, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. wendy patrick is a trial attorney. welcome to both of you. i just can t think of a more horrific case. these, the parents of these boys accused in this horrific crime,
the state of mind of one of the alleged attackers of the victim could play a critical role in the outcome of this case. jenna: emergency responders become the victims after they rush to help a woman in need who police say targeted them in vicious attack. also more stabbing attacks in israel, as prime minister benjamin netanyahu make comments even his supporters are criticizing. what he said and why it is causing such an uproar. dramatic rescue on the high seas, as a sailor facing fierce winds and huge winds risks his own life. but it doesn t cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn t pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs.
down pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. 189 americans were killed including ken s older brother david. ken ornstein joins us now. he s the filmmaker behind the documentary that helped crack the lockerbie case. did the f.b.i. other other agencies involved in this investigation, have they said why it was your documentary that did it? i don t know that they have said that. i know that they are aware of the reporting that it was doing, the reporting frontline has put out. and two days before we aired the final segment they made their