Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. wnba star brittney griner s surprise plea while on trial in russia. brittney griner carrying a picture of her wife while walking into court today, pleading guilty to drug charges, telling the judge, quote, i had no intention on breaking any russian law. griner arrested for bringing vape cartridges of hashish oil into the country. the charges carrying up to ten years in prison. and after writing president biden, telling him she s terrified, u.s. embassy officials in court today hand-delivering the president s response. rachel scott is at the white house. back here at home, new details tonight about the suspect charged in the deadly parade shooting in illinois. abc news speaking to his father, who claims he had no warning this was going to happen. why he says he has no regrets helping his son obtain a gun permit. and what he is now saying about
Recipients, including the youngest person ever to receive the honor. and remembering actor james caan. his iconic roles as sonny corleone in the godfather and brian piccolo in brian s song. and the remarkable career that followed. good evening, thank you for joining us on this thursday night. i m whit johnson, in for david. we begin tonight with the surprise plea from wnba star brittney griner on trial in russia. the case being closely watched back here at home, with pressure building from the white house to gain her release. griner today pleading guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges, arrested for bringing vape cartridges into the country of hashish oil. explaining to the judge they were placed in her luggage by accident. the basketball star detained for 140 days now, faces up to ten years in prison.
Guantanamo bay detainees five years later, he was brought back to the united states. prosecutors had asked the judge to give bergdahl 14 years in prison. let s get over to fort bragg. let s get over to fort bragg right now, nick valencia has been there where all of this has been playing out. what has happened? hey, kate. no jail time for u.s. army bowe bergdahl. he has been given a sentence reduced his rank to e-1 the judge ruled that he has to give $1,000 of his salary for the next ten months as part of the fine. he s also been given a dishonorable discharge. the prosecution was recommending up to 14 years in prison for bergdahl. the defenses desperate to try to keep bergdahl out of another day of confinement suggested this dishonorable discharge. this week in testimony started with the surprise plea from bergdahl himself asking for forgiveness, apologizing to those service men who were injured while on the hasty search and rescue operations, trying to recover him in afghanistan. a lot of this testimony this week also focused on his mental
States, they saw state senators being recalled. you have a smaller electorate in recall elections but that did seem to deflate some people in these key swing states across the country on being able to pursue further gun control legislation. a last minute guilty plea in the newlywed who killed her husband by pushing him off a cliff. she told her husband she a quote, surprise for him. we ll talk with michelle segona regarding this surprise plea. plus, senate republicans are vowing to block the bipartisan deal approved by the house last night. rubio plasted the deal once again this morning. i m in compromise just for the sake of compromise so we can feel good about each other is not progress for the country. you can find us or me at tamron hall and my team at news
Going to take steps to block these calls. secretary fox actually went on saying that they are now trying to determine if allowing cell phone calls on the plane would be even fair to consumers. so not a done deal at all, chris. rene, keep tracking it for us. thank you very much. sure. a surprise plea in the murder trial of a montana newlywed accused of pushing her husband of eight days off a cliff. jordan graham shocked the courtroom by pleading guilty to lesser charges. here s kyung lah with the stunning reversal. reporter: former bride now inmate with her sentencing months away. in a last-minute deal, graham pleaded guilty to second degree murder in exchange for dropping a first degree murder charge. she came clean before the federal judge about what really happened the day her husband died at glacier national park. she and the man she married just eight days earlier, cody johnson, got into a heated argument. graham said she told her new husband she wasn t feeling like
Investigators found a device of some kind on the roof of the home, but they don t know exactly what it is yet. no one, thankfully, was injured but the fbi and l.a. county bomb experts are on the scene. coming up, a gunman goes on a deadly rampage inside a school in brazil. 13 people killed and several others wounded. we ll have the details on what happened. plus three weeks ago when i started, i thought he was probably born in this country and now i really have a much bigger doubt. donald trump says he s sending investigators to hawaii to investigate president obama s citizenship. this as trump s popularity among the tea party surges in a new nbc poll. plus, a couple accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for decades enters a surprise plea. we are back in three. can a trading site help make you a sharper trader? mine can. td ameritrade can. they ve got trading specialists i can call for help. and paper trading.
Hi, everyone, i m tamron hall. coming up on news nation, waiting for word out of the white house where president obama is meeting with speaker boehner and majority reader reid. we ll get the reaction from tom harken, congressman tom graves and sheila jackson lee on the possibility of a government shutdown. also, we have a live report from japan, where the strongest aftershock yet has rattled that country. new details for you. and a man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for two decades enters a surprise plea in court. that is all ahead on news nation in about 15 minutes. and breaking news we re following right now. a possible pipe bomb ex explosion near a synagogue in santa monica, california. police say some kind of device hit the roof of a jewish meeting center, one block from the santa monica synagogue. at least 100 people in the area have been evacuated as pipe bomb experts investigate the blast.