what is your message to meredith kercher's family?sically, i feel a lot of compassion for their situation. and it is horrible. because their daughter is no more in this world. but i'm not responsible for that a. me and amanda, we had nothing to do with this crime. and i don't -- what i really want is that we don't need this tragedy more victims. meredith had been -- has been horribly murdered. and if it came to my sister, i will get crazy, as well. but i'm just begging to look at the real facts and the truth about this case. >> okay, let me bring in john kelly, quickly, john. what do you think will be the outcome of this latest stage of this? and how do you feel about the legal process? >> well, it is different than o ours, this is the third time around they will be making the hearing for evidence of guilt and innocence, so this will be a legal ping pong deal with the fate of amanda and raffaele hanging in the balance. it is a difficult situation, a human tragedy for meredith kercher's family. >> john, you have always been a strong su

what is your message to meredith kercher's family?sically i feel a lot of compassion for their situation. and it's horrible. because their daughter is no more in this world. but i'm not responsible for that. me and amanda, we had nothing to do with this crime. and what i really want is that we don't need this tragedy more victims. meredith had been horribly murdered. and if it came to my sister, i will get crazy as well. but i'm just begging to look at the real facts and the truth about this case. >> okay. let me bring in john kelly quickly, john. what do you think will be the outcome of this latest stage of this? and how do you feel about the legal process? >> well, it's a little different than ours, first of all. this is the third time round where the court's going to be hearing evidence and making a decision about innocence and guilt. and quite likely it will go up on appeal again regardless of the results. so this is going to be a legal ping pong battle probably for the next five years with the fate of amanda and rafaele hanging i

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and her boyfriend were sentenced to 26 years in prison in 2009 for the murder of her flatmate, meredith kercherhe was found dead in 2007 with a slit throat and 43 stab wounds. she is also believed to have been raped. prosecutors said it was the result of a drug-fueled sex game gone wrong. amanda knox, after changing her story several times, said she was not home at the time. but police discovered her dna on the handle of the kitchen knife while the victims dna was found on the blade. independent forensic experts concluded the dna evidence collected was unreliable. following a court appeal, both defendants were acquitted. amanda knox returned to the u.s. where she received a warm welcome. her family had engaged in a powerful media campaign to clear her name. >> we are thankful that amanda's nightmare is over. she suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit. >> italy's supreme court overturned the sentence, with new ground for a new trial. >> is it possible that in the case of a murder with a sexual background, traces in the room where there murder took place were not tested? it is jus

knox served four years in prison for the murder of her british roommate, meredith kercher. she was retried and acquitted in 2011 and has been a free woman since. italian authorities ordering a new trial to re-examine forensic evidence. knox is not required to attend the trial and did not travel to italy. the catholic church is gaining two more saints. pope francis announces pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii will be declared saints this april. the pontiff will canonize them together, saying it's aimed at unifying the catholic church, since both popes have critics and admirers. for "teen kids news," laura ingle, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> the men and women of america's military put their lives at risk to keep us safe. a lot of us take their service and sacrifice for granted. but not the kids at one school in brooklyn. tyler has the story of their ongoing effort to honor fallen heroes. >> we've reported before about mckinley junior high school. what started as an unusual art project has grown over the years. the last time we visited this school, the students w

she and her then boyfriend were accused of killing knox's roommate, meredith kercher. back in the u.s. knox re-enrolled in college, found a new boyfriend, and wrote a book. but then this spring, a crushing blow. the italian supreme court ordering a retrial. knox told diane, it was incredibly painful news. >> i felt like, after crawling through a field of barbed wire and finally reaching what i thought was the end, it just turned out that it was the horizon. >> reporter: knox has always said she's innocent, that she's not the sex-fueled murderess she was made out to be. but she told britain's itv last week she won't return to italy for her retrial. >> i have plenty to fear because i was already imprisoned wrongfully, i was already convicted wrongfully. >> reporter: if knox is convicted again, italy could ask the u.s. to force her to return. >> what are the chances that italy would seek the extradition of amanda knox? >> it's hard to put a number on the chances, partly because extradition is really about 90 percent politics and ten percent law. >> reporter: knox will now

they were accused of killing knox's roommate meredith kercher.x is living in seattle and has no intention of returning to italy for the trial and her attorneys say she is not legally responsible to be there. >>> police are investigating a deadly stabbing in southwest baltimore. skyeye chopper 13 was over the scene in the 330 block of benson avenue. someone stabbed a man there and he died a short time later. the victim's name has not been released. there is no word on what lead to the stabbing. a person of interest is in police custody. >>> too little too late. that is what maryland lawmakers are saying about a lawsuit aimed at stopping the state's new gun laws. gun advocates are asking the judge to stop the laws from going into effect until their lawsuit is resolved. doug gensler says the case has no merit and was filed days before the law went into effect. it bans dozens of assault weapons in maryland and requires buyers to hand over fingerprints. >>> the road rules change officially for maryland drivers. police can pull them over for having a c

he's currently serving 16 years for the murder of meredith kercher. >>> our breaking news out of sanrancisco. a hazmat situation at a hotel there. evacuations under way at the raddison fisherman's wharf. chase cane is there with the latest. what scan you tell us right now? >> reporter: five people had to be taken to hospital although we're told they should be okay. nothing incredibly serious. it was a rather scarry scene. this is beach street one block off embarcadero. police and fire tell us there was a maintenance worker inside hotel who apparently discovered a bear repellent that's similar to pepper spray. apparently in handling that bear repellent pepper spray, the maintenance worker set it off. the fumes got sucked into the ventilation of the hotel and of course they showed up to evacuate and get everyone out because people inside the hotel were complaining of coughing and itchy throats. three floors of the hotel, all evacuated. although they just started letting people back inside the hotel now. fire crews wrapping up and leaving. so, again, nothing too serious. it was rather s

italian court ordered new dna tests on the knife that is believed to be the weapon that killed meredith kerchers trial. >>> frightening road rage incident on a kentucky interstate caught on videotape. one driver pulled a gun on another driver and fires right at him. the man from indiana has been arrested. those are our top stories on this tuesday. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> all right. good tuesday morning, october 1st, everybody. we're going to begin this half hour with the government shutdown and lawmakers failing to resolve it on capitol hill. the house and senate met late into the night over funding the government. >> the sticking point remains a link by tea party members between funding and obama care. karen travers is live on capitol hill and is live with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, diana and john. congress could not avoid a shutdown. now the bigger challenge maybe how they get out of the shutdown. the house is back in session at 10:00 a.m. the legislative process will begin at noon. as for whe

request has denied new dna tests on the knife that was allegedly use to kill knox's roommate meredith kercher. amanda knox is not in court for this retrial. >>> accusing kenyan security forces of looting their stories after last week's deadly terror attack. many are returning to the stores to find jewelry cases smashed and inventories knocked out. >> rouhani is making the question that aviation authorities look into the possibility of resuming direct flights between iran and the united states. it's been more than three decades since the islamic revolution halted those flights and rouhani's request could be an effort to neled build on the growing budding relationship between the united states and iran. it include a phone call last week between president rouhani and president obama. no everyone, however, is happy with the seeming thawing relationship between the u.s. and the iran and especially not the leader of israel. our john sciutto explains. >> reporter: president obama met with the american ally most skeptical of any nuclear deal with iran. a point netanyahu made clear. >> iran is its own

prosecutors say knox and her former italian boyfriend were accessories to the murder of meredith kercher and both were convicted and spent four years behind bars before their convictions were overturned by italy's high court on appeal. jon: we're learning new details about a crazy scene that unfolded on capitol hill yesterday afternoon. a woman leads police on a wild car chase through the streets of washington after trying to ram her way through a check point leading to the white house. that sparked a chaotic scene and chase through the heart of the nation's capitol with police and secret service in hot pursuit. the whole thing gets ended and the car gets stuck and the woman is shot dead, all of this with a one-year-old child in the car. catherine herridge is in washington. catherine, what are we learning this more r morning? >> reporter: fbi agents were on the scene at marion carey's condo in connecticut. based on information at fox they left after 8:00 eastern. they're gathering her electronics including phone records as well as computer web histories to piece together what she was doi