bahena rivera testified something was later put inside the trunk of the car. then drove the men to a house next to a cornfield and was told that if he called police, his ex-girlfriend and daughter would be hurt. >> translator: because i remember that they said that if i would say something, they were going to do something to my family, my ex-girlfriend, my daughter. >> reporter: bahena rivera testified that once the men were gone, he opened the trunk and found tibbetts dead. he says he put her body in the cornfield and decided not to tell police out of fear. bahena rivera's testimony contradicting the prosecution's case that he told police he confronted tibbetts while she was running and blacked out on how she was stabbed and ended up in his trunk. the defense has rested its case. and closing arguments are scheduled to begin this morning. mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. >>> amazon is considering launching brick and mortar pharmacies across the u.s. that's according to a report by "business insider." the talks are mostly at the exploratory stage, and a roll

authorities arrested cristhian bahena rivera a month later and he led them to mollie tibbetts's body,born in san francisco and grew up in oakland before moving to iowa in 2009. cristhian bahena rivera will be sentenced in july to life in prison without parole. >>> in the south bay 36 new police officers have been sworn in to the san jose police to permit yesterday, this after officers rushed to the scene of the deadly vta shooting on wednesday. the mayor says officers have never played a more important role. >> you all picked one heckuva time to become police officers. as you would venture into a more violent world you are tasked with the duty to protect and serve. with scrutiny as police officers have never experienced before. >> over the last seven months they have been trained in driving, arrest control, and they will now go into the field training program for the next four months. >>> in the east bay a new class of officers was sworn into the oakland police department. 23 officers took the oath at yesterday's ceremony, the first since the start of the pandemic. over the last year

jurors finding this man, cristhian bahena rivera, guilty. rivera seen slightly nodding as the verdict was read. the court concluding that rivera was the man who killed the 20-year-old after she went for a jog in brooklyn, iowa, three years ago. the jury foreman speaking out. >> i thought was heart was going to pound through my chest to be honest with you. it was very -- it became very real for me because this is it now. we went through, you know, two weeks of this trial, and it came down to this, so it was very, very, very, very emotional at that point. >> reporter: at the end all the jurors were able to come up with the same verdict. >> even when we went through deliberation, we were all very understanding and willing to listen to each other and make sure that we were all on the same page. >> reporter: weeks after her disappearance her family desperately searched for clues. >> you can't give up hope. i mean i know if it were me that were missing, mollie wouldn't give up hope. >> reporter: that hope crushed after investigators said rivera, a

jurors finding this man cristhian bahena rivera guilty. odding as the verdict was read, the court concluding that rivera was the man who killed the 20-year-old after she went for a jog in brooklyn iowa three years ago. the jury foreman speaking out. >> my heart was pounding in my chest to be honest with you, it became very real for me because this is it. we went through two weeks of this trial and it came down to this so it was very emotional at that point. >> reporter: scene at the end all the jurors we able to come up with the same verdict. >> even when we went through deliberation we were all very understanding and willing to listen to each other and make sure that we were all on the same page. >> reporter: weeks after her disappearance her family desperately searched for clues. >> you can't give up hope. i mean i know if it were me that were missing molly would not give up hope. >> reporter: that hope crushed after investigators said rivera , a farmworker and undocumented immigrant, confessed to the murder leading them to her body in a

. >> cristhian bahena rivera, guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: the verdictst full day of deliberations in a case that rocked the heartland. >> he knew where the body was, and that was a big piece of the corroboration of his story. >> reporter: the disappearance of 20-year-old mollie tibbetts, who was last seen on a jog in july of 2018, consumed the town of brooklyn, iowa. surveillance video of tibbetts and this black malibu led investigators to rivera. the arrest of rivera, an undocumented dairy worker, became a lightning rod over illegal immigration. >> do you have anything to say? >> reporter: rivera told investigators in 2018 that he followed tibbetts, who he found attractive, and when she threatened to call police, he became angry and blacked out, later finding her body in his trunk. he led police to her body in this cornfield. mollie tibbetts captured the collective soul of america, as her parents told us in 2018. >> people see in mollie their own daughters, their own girlfriend, their own sister. >> reporter: prosecutors said tibbetts' family is reliev

a jury today finding cristhian bahena rivera guilty of murder for the dead of 20-year-old molly tib bits in brooklyn, iowa. she disappeared while jogging near her home in 2018, rivera kill herring and leaving her in a cornfield. the jury deliberate deliberating seven hours before reaching its verdict. >>> a man convicted of murder and says he didn't commit it is now celebrating his first night of freedom in nearly 30 years. eric riddick released from prison in pennsylvania today. he was sentenced to life behind bars in 1992 for murdering william catlit. the philadelphia district attorney's office saying riddick did not receive a fair trial. a single eyewitness recanting his statement. riddick now trying to adjust to his new life. >> new things happen for a reason. this moment, me being free, how do i make sense of that? i make sense of it by acknowledging that justice is in season. >> the exclusive interview with eric riddick airs tomorrow on "gma." >>> when we come back, america's movie theaters emerging from the pandemic. are summer blockbuster about to make a comeback? hing. new worko

a jury on friday convicted cristhian bahena rivera of first degree murder, tibbetts' killing back inlped fuel anger against undocumented immigration when it was revealed that the suspect had come to the united states illegally as a teenager. >>> and vice president kamala harris making history as the first woman to deliver the commencement address at the u.s. naval academy. harris spoke about the challenges facing the nation including the pandemic, climate change and cybersecurity. >>> on a lighter note now, time for -- [ air horn ] >> and straight from new jersey we've got janai. >> yes, it's time for "binge this," guys. and with the rundown of the very best entertainment this holiday weekend it is our girl daryn carp, the host of "people tv's reality check." daryn, love every time you're on with us. first up cruella de vil, if she doesn't scare you no evil thing will and now she's back on the big screen. give us the inside scoop. >> i grew up with cruella kind of scaring me as a kid so my inner child is coming out with this one. cruella is a live-action feature film that follows the

christian bahena rivera is charged with her murder, the prosecutor warned prospective jurors yesterday, some of the evidence to be presentedbe presd be hard to stomach. opening arguments will start tomorrow. >>> a 42-year-old man accused of being unruly on a flight to san francisco has been arrested. passengers say he was snorting a white substance, has touched a female passenger and refused to wear a mask on the flight sunday. the plaintiff off from jfk in new york, where police say that's where the man is from. it had to be diverted to minneapolis, where he was eventually removed from the flight. minneapolis airport police say the man has not yet been officially charged. >>> if you've ever felt the stress of weighing your bag, your checked bag at the airport, imagine having to weigh yourself for you get on a flight. the faa is currently reviewing a new weight and balance program, to make sure that smaller planes are safely balanced. the concern is that americans are getting heavier. but the faa and the airlines have not updated their estimated weight attribution. so now they are cons

>> reporter: according to investigators farm worker and undocumented immigrant christian bahena riveraoom new video showing what prosecutors is rivera following tibbetts. police say he admitted to seeing the young woman jogging while driving his car. and circling back around before exiting his vehicle to jog behind her. he says mollie threatened to call the police and they started fighting. >> what is the next thing that christian rivera told you that he remembers while he was on this road with molly tibbets? >> he stated that usually when he becomes angry or when he gets mad, he blacks out. so the next thing that he told me was that he remember him driving and looking down and finding the ear buds that belonged to mollie, and that is when he remembered that he had mollie in the back of his vehicle and the trunk. >> reporter: prosecutors say tibbetts was stabbed 7 to 12 times. a dna analyst testifying her blood was found in rivera's trunk. >> he remembers mollie being in the trunk. his admissions of taking her bloody body out of the trunk, putting her on his shoulder, taking her to the

cristhian bahena rivera given closing arguments today and matt, i remind everyone that adds you reportstory, you took us all the way through this tragic story back when mollie tibbetts went missing. >> we were on the ground and now mollie tibbetts deaths, the jury said that the two masked men were a figment of rivero's imagination and instead he stabbed her nine to ten times. his defense argued that the prosecution had limited access to homeland security and did not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. they did not provide a weapon. but apparently he confessed and said he became angry and hit her body. blood was found in his trunk. there will be the chance to give her a bottle and then we will expect this case to go to the jury today. we could have a verdict today. >> sandra: we will be watching this closely. at matt finn live on the ground there. bring us any breaking news as you get it. >> john: back now to our top story. the growing calls for transparency in the investigation at the origins of the covid-19 pandemic. david asher joins us now. he is a former state department officia

. >>> christhian bahena rivera, guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: the verdictberations in a case that rocked the heartland. >> he knew where the body was. and that was a big piece of the corroboration to his story. >> reporter: the disappearance of 20-year-old mollie tibbetts who was last seen on a jog in july of 2018 consumed the town of brooklyn, iowa. surveillance video of tibbetts and this black malibu led investigators to rivera. the arrest of rivera, an undocumented dairy worker, became a lightning rod over illegal immigration. >> you have anything to say -- >> reporter: rivera told investigators in he followed tibbetts who he found attractive. when she threatened to call police, he became angry and blacked out, later finding her body in his trunk. he led police to her body in this cornfield. mollie tibbetts captured the collective stooul of america -- >> people see their own daughters, their own girlfriend, their own sister. >> reporter: prosecutors said tibbetts' family is relieved. first-degree murder carries a life sentence in iowa. rivera who on the

askforaustedo.com car cart murder trial of mollie tibbetts documents a close as the jurors find cristhian bahena riverately after that verdict. >> especially for a lot of us, it was very emotional. people that have kids or hispanic culture and stuff like that. what we really had to do is put all of our emotions to the side and that's not what it was about. it wasn't about our own personal beliefs and stuff like that. we had to look at the evidence, the facts and stuff like that and based off of that, that's how we made our decision. carley: former homicide detective and fox news contributor ted williams investigated mollie's case in 2018 and he joins us now. good morning to you, sir. i can't believe it's been three years since this tragedy, mollie tibbetts, beautiful girl, died in 2018. what's your reaction to this guilty verdict? >> you know, carley, i got to tell you that i was overjoyed. you know, as you said, in july of 2018, myself and nicole castillo we were thought brooklyn, iowa doing an investigation for fox news of the killing of mollie tibbetts. this 20-year-old university of iowa student go