abc7 news begins with breaking news. the breaking news is out of best where the jury has reached a verdict in the boston marathon bombing trial. the court set to reconvene to announce dzhakhar tsarnaev' fate in the worst terrorist attack on united states soil since 9/11. >> in boston the announcement is expected at any moment. massachusetts banned the death penalty in 1984 but tsarnaev was tried in federal court so he could face the death penalty. >> tsarnaev attorney as mitted her client took part in the april 2013 bombing so a guilty verdict on some of the 30 counts

is widely expected but she said her client's brother was the mastermind behind the bombings. he died in a shoot out with police days after the attack. not jury fines tsarnaev guilty the same jury will then decide whether he gets life in prison with no parole or the death penalty. the pair of blasts at the finish line on april 15 2013, killed three people and injured 260. >> good morning, i am eric thomas here for kristen sze. >> you can see the painful injury suffered by an 82-year-old woman after being robbed and dragged by a car. the attacker toll her purse while she was closing the real door of an s.u.v. outside her home in oakland on saturday. amy hollyfield joins us with the victim's story. amy? >> yes, i just met with the victim. she is doing better. her spirits are up. she is familying okay. she said she does not want her

name or her face or her address shown on tv. she is still afraid of her attackers. >> how is your family? scared? >> well... [ inaudible ] >> the 82-year-old grandmother showed us her extremely bruised arm and said she was in intense pain the first two nights, so much pain she could not sleep. she is sleeping now and the pain has subsided. he is very grateful for her nape's surveillance video that captured attack and hopes to find the police who did this. they grab the woman's purse from her and she goes to the car and reaches into the car to get it back and they take off dragging her with them. she then falls to the ground. the camera unfortunately did not capture the license plate. this happened on saturday morning in oakland's diamond

district. police say they are still working the case and we will continue to follow up with them and bring you updates as they develop. >> a fremont family needs your help, the wife has a deadly disease and someone stole their only means of transportation from right in front of their home. anyone with information is asked to come forward. abc7 reporter is in fremont with the effort to get their vehicle back. >> yes, the keys were left inside the van. she has als but without her vehicle she cannot get to her doctor's agreements. this is what the van lacks like. it is custom designed for people with disabilities a ramp folds out to help kay get inside. kay and her husband, fill, live

together in fremont. both are retired veterans. the van is their own means of transportation together. they are hurt somebody would steal it in front of their own home. fill helped translate for kay would has trouble speaking. i try to get out of house as often as i can to go shopping, banking do the things that anyone would normally do. but without the van...i don't have an alternative mode of transportation. our granddaughter was here her week off with school and we planned to go to monterey bay with some excursions but without the van, kay is stuck ear in in -- here in the house. >> we met the thomas last area when we did the ice bucket challenge and phil dumped his water over his head. she has lived with als for 14

years. it attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord causing parents to lose ability to move speak, swallow, and event eighth beale. there is no cure. here is how you can help keep an eye out for the car, the license late is 31703bz. it is 2012 honda odyssey that costs about $68,000. it does have handicap plates. i got a chance to speak with police. they say it was reported stolen between monday night and tuesday morning. a news conference was wrap up of an escaped santa clara county jail inmate captured in miss. this is johnell carter and he overpowered a deputy at the medical center in san jose on march 6. he has been on the run until the

united states marshal service tracked him to a home in gulfport and took him into custody. authorities say carter's family helped with the escape. his brother joseph drove him to reno where he got on a bus. the brother has been arrested in helping with the get away. the sheriff wants to make sure nothing similar happens again. >> obviously we cannot prepare for everything that could arise but when it does happen, everything is under review and changes are made. >> the united states marshal broke his arm during the raid at the house and carter and waiting to be extradicted. >> police in san jose are investigating the latest murder. investigators say a 33-year-old sacramento woman was found shot to death near stoke street before 10:00 last night. the woman had been shot inside a white sedan park on the street and dragged out of car after the shooting and the man behind the wheel drove away. two other people were in the car stayed behind, a woman and child the victim near the killer and

the killing was not random. >> outrage and frustration on the streets of north charleston after a black man is gunned down by a white police officer. he was just fired from the job and now charged with murder. we are hearing from the victim's family. >> a police officer is behind bars. the f.b.i. is investigating. and a community is grappling with a senseless death. >> the officer michael slager of morals charleston, south carolina police department has been charged with murder in the death of the 50-year-old walter lamar scott. this cell phone video shot by a bystander shows the final seconds of the encounter on saturday morning starting with a routine traffic light for a broken tail light. the man had an outstanding warrant for child support and he fled to the field and slager fired the weapon eight times at scott's back. until that video came to light the north charleston police said

the officer fired on scott because he felt threatened. and that scott grab his stun gun . subject down. he grabbed my taser. >> when they became aware of the tape. it was over. done. charged. >> police drop an object near his body and it is not clear whether it is slager's stun gun or something else. >> i almost couldn't look at it to see my son running defenselessly being shot. it tore my heart to pieces. >> slager was denied born at a bail hearing on tuesday. he did not enter a plea. >> walter scott family said justice has been served but scott's civil rights were violated. they will be filing lawsuits. a paramedic bryan stow may have been awarded $18 million after being beaten by two fans

in 2011 but he will likely never see even a third of it. the doctors are responsible for just under $14 million of the award and lawyers will receive $3.6 million. the dodgers insurance company is expected to sue to collect $3.4 million which is legal. san francisco general hospital has a lien for $1.2 million leaving only $6 million for bryan stow but the medical costs and rehabilitation will top $30 million. house minority leader pelosi of san francisco could be losing the confidence of some of her colleagues. a couple of senior house of representatives members say new blood is needed to bring back a democratic majority in congress. massachusetts democrat lynch asked pelosi to give up her leadership post. in a statement a spokesman for pelosi reminded that she was re-elected unanimously in november including by those two gentleman. while there could be disagreements in the caucus, she

is remaining >> the governor will meet water and environmental and agricultural leaders in sacramento to talk of ways to conserve water. there are extreme drought conditions and the governor is trying to rally everyone to pull together and reduce usage by 25 percent. it is a new era and the route is forcing officials to take action and come up with new ways to save water. >> we will learn to get more out of less. that, really is the genius of california. i'm very confident wi were broken one . . this is an abc special report. good afternoon. i'm dan harris. we are coming on the hair briefly. the jury has reached a verdict in the trial of dzhokhar

tsarnaev, the young man that along with his brother set off dual bombs at the boston marathon on april 15th, 2013. three people were killed. 260 were injured. the jury has now found tsarnaev guilty on the first of 30 counts on which he is facing. that count is using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. this is a charge that carries the potential of a death penalty. so as we speak, the jury is revealing its findings on the remaining 29 counts but we do know this. this trial is now headed into a second and key phase. the death penalty phase. the same jury of seven women and five men will now have to decide whether dzhokhar tsarnaev will be put to death. he want to bring in abc's tom llamas. tom, guilt or innocence never seemed to be an issue in this trial? his own lawyer said at the start it was him but they did try to paint a picture of a young man that was naive and under the

sway of his older brother tamerlin who died in a shootout. the hope is that they will spare him the death penalty because he was under the sway of the brother. >> reporter: that's correct. that is the defense strategy. we won't know what the jury will decide until the sentencing phase as early as monday. the big story. the jury has reached a verdict in the guilt phase. it took them only about 11 hours, which is not a whole lot of time to come to this conclusion. you can imagine those jurors 16 days of tort uous testimony. more than 90 witnesses. they had to see that bombing video over and over again. they had to look at graphic images of some of the injuries. we know right now, many of the victims are inside court right now listening to the verdict as it is being read. we know the family of little martin richards his parents are there right now and one of the most haunting images of this entire trial was the richards

family standing ble martin by the fence, his mother is smiling and tsarnaev in the background. the prosecution showed he could see the family, he did not care about children and, in fact a phrase in closing arguments was "tsarnaev did not think the children were innocent and he does not like them because they are americans," something that resonated likely with the jury. >> and the martin richard will loom largely >> the jury is continuing to read the verdict. we know that on counts one, two, and three he has been found guilty. back to you tom give us color if you would, the detail on the death penalty phase. when is it likely to start? owe long will it run? what does it entail? >> potentially we know the prosecution will start open monday with three or four days and they will take a break because it will be marathon monday in over a week. they do not want any trial

proceedings during the boston marathon bombing, it will bring up too many bad memories. after that the 20 has a few days and the jury will deliberate and decide whether he should spend life in prison or get the death penalty. i spoke to victims and they have told me, some of thole, they he heap gets the death penalty and others say their children will never come back or get their legs back and they will never truly have justice. >> unspeak average help emotional issue for bought. we know on five of the 30 counts he has been found guilty by the jury and we should say that there were three people who died in the attacks two years ago including martin richard, the 8-year-old you can see on the screen. the death penalty phase is playing out because as tom mentioned the anniversary is coming up on the 15th and the second running of the boston mayor then after the day of the attack, the second anniversary of the attack the second

marathon itself takes place will take place on the 20th so it is an emotional time in the city of boston, no question. much more on the jury verdict coming up tonight on "world news tonight." updates an the clock at abc7news.com. thank you. we return you to our regular coverage. >> this has been a "special report," from abc7. >> that was the verdict in the boston marathon bombing trial and the defendant, dzhakhar tsarnaev will face a death penalty hearing. >> at home we will move on and look outside at weather which has been changing. drew tuma joins us. drew? >> it is absolutely gorgeous early afternoon. we are talking about sunshine breaking out the clouds and isolated clouds are dissipating. live doppler hd will show you a quiet picture out there and we are not tracking much in the way

of wet weather which is good because this morning some locations in the east bay picked up a quarter of an inch of rain. outside emeryville we have sun mixing with the puffy clouds and temperatures are in the 50s from san francisco oakland, san carlos in the mid-to-upper 50s and 57 in san jose and half moon bay at 55. another shot from the sutro tower camera showing san francisco soaking up the sunshine and 53 in napa and 55 in concord and livermore at 58. from the east bay hills we have clouds up there in some spots and some clouds have a chance through the afternoon to drop an isolated shower throughout the region. otherwise, we are turning warmer for thursday and friday and a dry pattern prevails through monday. we have low pressure responsible for the cycling showers yesterday morning and still close enough to bring us the left over sprinkles today and into the afternoon.

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