. >> reporter: denise brown, nicole's older sister, remembers rushing to her mother's room. >> she says, "your sister is dead." and i said, "oh my god, he did it. he killed her." >> reporter: "he" being oj simpson, denise's former brother-in-law. detective lange was stunned at this sudden new lead. >> that was my first inkling that perhaps simpson was involved in this. >> reporter: nicole's family, devastated in an instant, continued the grim task, and called her best friend kris jenner. >> i was like what? what do you mean nicole died? i was like, it was devastating. i think i almost passed out. it was just the worst feeling you could possibly imagine. >> reporter: kris had known nicole since 1978. they met through her former was simpson's best friend and attorney. kris adored simpson too, she said, like a big brother. >> he was very charming, a lotta fun to be around. you could tell he was the type of person who really enjoyed life. >> reporter: kris and nicole had become fast friends and the two couples were like family. now, all of that was suddenly gone. >> everyone's life changed.

. >> reporter: later denise brown gave the jury a chilling account of how simpson brutalized her sister right in front of her. >> picked her up, threw her against the wall. picked her up and threw her out of the house. >> reporter: was it tough to go in there and recount what you had seen? >> yeah, it was. i had just lost my sister. yeah, everything was just right there. i mean, just so fresh. >> reporter: prosecutors also focused on the timeline of the murders to show that simpson was alone and unaccounted for at least an hour. enough time to kill ron and nicole. >> people call mr. kaelin. >> reporter: kato kaelin took the stand to testify about that night he was with simpson. but first came one of those "kato moments." >> did you think your friendship especially living on his property might send acting roles your way? >> i didn't think that. i don't think we're going for the same parts. i was just being me. it wasn't about the spotlight. it was just me. how i am. >> reporter: whose side was kato kaelin on? >> oh, that's a great question. he certainly wasn't on ours. he was on kato's s

company says the campaign isn't going away and it will just be refreshed. >> romona: the browns have come up -- >> denise: the browns have come up empty in the free and then coming up tomorrow. >> candy and chips and everything in the vending machine. tomorrow on cleveland 19 news in the morning it is national pack your lunch day. find out why packing this >>> now, this is the serpentini sports report on cleveland 19 news. >> tony: this is a tweet that the cleveland brown put out this morning. the executive vice president soshi brown says free agent retention is key for the browns. after which they went 0 for 4. nobody expected the browns to break the bank today. they are not one or two players away. they have to do it primarily before the draft, but it was a tough day and a rough debut for the front office. they have blown up the offensive line and pulling their offer to mitchell schwartz off the table because he insisted on testing the the market responded and the chiefs got him for $6.5 million. alex mac is an atlanta falcon turning down alt more money from the browns to sign a five-year deal worth $5

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browns are looking around for a new qb. that's coming up in sports. back to you. >> denise: mark, always entertaining. tell us what you think about the browns dumping johnny manziel. you can leave your comments on twitter, facebook or cleveland 19.com. >> denise: state and local investigators are looking into the explosion yesterday at a construction site at crocker park in westlake. one inspector told us a leaking propane tank may have fortunately no one was hurt. and the state fire marshall is investigating a fatal fire in bay village. we brought you the breaking news last night at 11:00. crews responded to a house on nick nickerbacker road. they found a woman dead inside. >> romona: nancy reagan was laid to rest. guests gathered at the ronald reagan presidential library to pay tribute to the former first lady. mrs. reagan died on sunday at 94 4 years old. she was berry read next to her husband. >> romona: back at home, a family is between a rock and a hard place. >> denise: they have serious health issues and they are now forced to find a new place to live. tiffani tucker with the ordeal. >> they ar

.@ p>> denise: several stories@ coming out today concerning@ our cleveland browns.@ one concerns linebacker@ bryant.@ he was suspended four games by@ the nfl for violating the@ league performance enhancing@ drug policy.@ bryant was arrested on@ christmas morning for having@ adderall and oxycodone on him@ without a prescription.@ and alex shiner is stepping@ down as the team's president@ at the end of the month.@ he has been in that role for@ more than three years.@ as a consultant to the browns@ through the end of the year.@ p>> romona: tonight cleveland@ 19 has discovered more@ problems at the construction@ alpha silt downtown.@ we've told you how inmate@ continue to escape the@ facility most of the time just@ walking out and not coming@ back.@ court officials are@ investigating claims of an@ inmate and employee caught@ having an inappropriate@ relationship there.@ scott taylor originally broke@ this story and is back with@ the new details.@ scott?@ p>> reporter: a nonprofit@ called the oriath a house@ runs the jail and they refuse@ to give us details.@ last month we told you about@ the ha

president since 2013 he will continue to serve as a consultant to the browns through the end of 2016. >> denise: and some bombshell breaking news today in the o.j. simpson murder case. could the murder weapon finally have surfaced in the 1994 killing of nicole simps and ron murder trial in history and o.j. simpson's home a knife was found as it was being demolished. it could be a knife that a police officer didn't tell anybody and kept it for almost 20 years. teri okita has the latest. >> reporter: los angeles police announced a knife that a construction worker allegedly found on the construction property formerly owned by o.j. simpson. >> lapped -- l.a.p.d. was aware of property recovered at a rockingham property at possibility of the site. >>> a worker who help 11:00ed the home turned it over to an off duty l.a.p.d. years ago. when detectives discovered the now retired officers had the knife they launched an investigation and said the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. >> he was an l.a.p.d. officer. >> i don't know what his statement is. that's the only information we ha

no team wants to pick up $2 million johnny is owed and browns will be on the hook for browns don't. denise, you called it a turbulent two years. he went from draft league to draft night and wrecking his reputation and we'll see, maybe his career. maybe he can bounce back. 30 other teams in the nfl watching what he does now. will he enter rehab, stick with the program and stay out of the tabloids. that's what a team will watch for to take johnny manziel. he put out this statement i would like to thank the browns for the opportunity they gave me two years ago and we all hoped building a championship team for cleveland and i will remember the support i received from the organization, my teammates and especially the fans. >> think about what's gone down in the past few months. johnny spiraled out of control. his agent bailed and none of those things were a wake up call. >> and i said this at 4:00. i like johnny manziel. when he says we thought we were putting together a championship team he had no commitment to the team. >> dan: ever see a rookie implode to this scale? >> tony: i have seen pla

cleveland.com saying browns are interested in marvin jones. >> denise: we continue to follow breaking news on that fire in brunswick. we just got this video and new pictures from the scene sent in by a viewer. the red cross is now helping people who are displaced from their homes. the fire is at the hickory hill apartments on beverly hills drive. if you are not familiar with the area, you might know maple side farms, this is right across from maple side. our crew is there on the scene working to learn if anyone was hurt and how the fire started. look for updates on cleveland 19 news this morning at 4:30 a.m. >> jeff: a warm morning coming up. we will be warming into the low 60s in the afternoon. >> denise: thank you for joining us tonight. night. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. which is why, for every american who's not being paid what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- and there are far too many of you- she understands that our country can't re

. >> denise: i'm sure all of the men think she is a hottie. a former browns player lashing out at his former team and >>> now, this is the serpentini chevrolet sports report on cleveland 19 news. >> tony: the jacksonville jaguars have one thing in common with the browns. they haven't had a winning season since 2007 either. he signed down there because he said he wants to win take that with a grain of salt. he deserves to get paid and 35 million and he signed there because the browns for some reason didn't want them. >> i am the last to bash the city of cleveland. it is just as confusing to me as it is to the fans and the city of cleveland and everybody on the outside looking in. how do you lose two pro bowlers and an up and coming right tackle and, you know, one of the best returners as well as up and coming receiver in one free agency class? i don't know. he does president know, but he will join me on the mcdonalds sports zone following cleveland 19 news. quarterfinals at the q. they were in trouble against eastern michigan. they trailed by as many as 12 and

brown. rob 2 shot and i'm rob williams... denise does traffic single lane closures in the left lane of north and southbound i-71 at socialville- fosters road bridge mile marker 22 to 23 beginning at 8 p.m. through friday, march 4, followed by double lane closures at 11 p.m. work will switch to the right and center lanes of north and southbound i-71 with all lanes reopening by 7 a.m. the following day. today, an area of houston. american astronaut scott kelly is greeted by family...including his twin brother mark kelly. vice president biden's wife...jill biden...was also there...welcoming him with beer...and apple pie. kelly spent 340 days at the international space station -- more than any other american astronaut. he returned yesterday on a russian rocket in kazakhstan....and say she's happy to be back. it's great to be back in texas on u.s. soil. it's just unbelievable feeling to be back here on planet earth, back in our great country, back with my family and my friends." scientists will now compare how kelly's body compare how ke

the first snap isn't months away and browns fans are looking for answers now. >> denise: that's right. the nfl is clarifying the decision on josh gordon's reinstatement. >> tony zarrella is live at the q to sort it out. >> the owners in boca raton to sort it all out and josh gordon and colin kaepernick and who wants to trade the left tackle and josh gordon, news broke that he applied for yes instatement on june 20th. under the 60 day rule, that's how much the nfl has to make a on sunday, no word came down and the nfl clarified it. we are not bound to 60 days if we are still examining and looking for answers. it could happen any day not and like the nfl had to release a statement or decision on gordon. and kaepernick and browns said we are not actively looking to trade for the 49ers quarterback it was his agent who called us. he called us to kind of kick the tires and to do that he had to get permission from 49ers who wanted to move kaepernick and doesn't mean browns were actively looking to make a move for him. robert griffith iii may be a better option than kaepernick for a decision.

the first snap isn't months away and browns fans are looking for answers now. >> denise: that's right. the nfl is clarifying the decision on josh gordon's reinstatement. >> tony zarrella is live at the q to sort it out. >> the owners in boca raton to sort it all out and josh gordon and colin kaepernick and who wants to trade the left tackle and josh gordon, news broke that he applied for yes instatement on june 20th. under the 60 day rule, that's how much the nfl has to make a

niners want a second round pick and the free agents who left the browns are speaking august today. are saying coming up at 6:00. >> denise: a first-of-its-kind procedure designed to treat people with heart failure. that's what caused the death of former first lady nancy reagan. coming up, how this approach works and how it could help millions of others. >> dan: plus local children helping others by getting hair cuts this story has your heart >>> live from cleveland's newscenter driven by don joseph toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. live pictures from simi valley, california. the public paying respects to nancy reagan before her private funeral tomorrow. even in death the former first lady is having appear impact raising awareness about the disease that ultimately took her life congestive heart failure. it is said to be the leading cardiac killer responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the u.s. each year. >> researchers right here in ohio are hoping to change that. catherine bosley joins us. >> reporter: this is groundbreaking research out of columbus. half the heart failure patients with a certain typ

. >> denise: he doesn't seem bothered he could soon be out of a job. the cleveland browns are free to release the troubled quarterback. tony zarrella has more. it doesn't wind him. >> tony: it doesn't end. we are an hour and 3 minutes in and a lot of players on the move and johnny manziel is still a brown for only how long sasha brown and paul podesta knows and meantime writers taking shots at the browns tonight not because think let alex mack leave going to the falcons for almost today. some agents are unhappy with the way they are treating them. nobody feels bad for the agents. and the browns have a plan. we are looking at a complete overhaul and doesn't obviously include travis benjamin for $24 million. here is what powers that be had to say in the free agency. >> we have to build this football team the right way moving forward. as i said earlier we want to make sure we have a sustainable football team, one that can be really good not just this year but years to come and there's no quick fixes in the national football league and how it unfolds as we move forward will un

. >> denise: i think he was just >> tony: i think he was trying not to laugh. robert griffin iii made an impression on the browns. he said we are not going to rush things. there is is rampant speculation including him to cleveland by the end of the week. griffin was in berea and hue said it went great. signing rg iii does not mean you don't get quarterback number two in the draft. why not do both? we were caught up in this 60-daytime frame as in he applied for reinstatement on july 20th and 60-days have come and gone and where are you, nfl? nfl said we are not limited to the time frame. if we need more information we will announce a decision, quote, when appropriate. so stay tuned. 2 could happen tomorrow and it could happen in a month. >> romona: he needs to stay away from johnny manziel. didn't i read he was in vegas with johnny. >> tony: lebron knows what he is doing with twitter. doing. [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. honey! [laughing] honey? our ultra-fast internet with home wifi keeps your devices connected, [laughing] anywhere in your home. [laughin

denise for today... including several starters. our sara celi is live at paul brown stadium with the update. and sara...4 o'clock the bengals to re- sign their guys...or risk losing them right? the bengals have to sign... and they may have to dip into agency to replace any player that free agency offically kicks off today at 4pm. vobox gfx here's a look at who's up... george iloka... marvin jones... adam jones... reggie nelson... mohamed sanu... andre smith... rumors are flying... according to overthecap.com... the bengals enter the 2016 season a high amount of cap space available.. over $36 million... live dbl box joe and jeremy... will of course be all over this today... and so will fox19now.com... the season starts september 11th. when a transit worker in pennsylvania found more than 15- thousand dollars... he says he didn't even consider keeping it. "first, i saw some envelopes, then i moved those envelopes, and that's when i saw the first $2,000, and that's when my heart skipped a couple. i had to turn it in, that's just the way i am, i had to turn it in." bob tracey made the discovery

denise: all right, jeff. now at 5:00 we are following three breaking news stories from the cleveland browns and it is not good news. we start with the latest johnny manziel video. yes, there's another tape. radar on-line published this video which appears to show the troubled browns quarterback smoking marijuana.

reporter: i think, denise, they've been saying the same thing all along, if the team plays as well as we know they can play and they hit their shots, they'll be fine. this is the brown hotel. we have a bigger crowd tonight than thursday night. you see hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people packing in here making it very hard for us to hear. the only thing they don't have -- they have passion. the only thing they don't have at villanova is a good goat. take a look at this. >> let's go nova! >> reporter: nova's chant is way better than the kansas' slow chant we heard today. ♪ >> reporter: kansas' goat way better. lots of nova fans were at the festival. the kansas goat whooped the nova goat in a race. but up in the highlands neighborhood -- >> this is louisville, kentucky -- >> reporter: spinelli's is owned by a philly guy who came west and decided to stay. his family now has a bunch of locations in and around louisville. >> we want to show them rocky and the great food that we do have and the great rolls we have. >> reporter: the rocky balboa and their cheese steaks all served on rolls imported daily and they're good. that's legit. villanova fans in town have pi

. >> denise: he is fair game for which could make him the highest paid center in nfl history. tony zarrella is here. there's a chance he could stay with the browns. >> tony: there's a chance. there's a lot of play and from the browns perspective they have to decide if they want to dish out $10 million while they rebuild. sochi said if mack will stay with the browns they will get a deal done before he opts out. he is opting out leaving $24 million on the table and hit the market next wednesday. from mack's perspective he is one of the highest paid about $8 million a year. and hue jackson said last week he completely understands. >> they have a right to do what is best for them and their families. if that happens i don't want to sit here and say we will give the season away. we have to find players to fit in those positions and move forward and we will do that if >> tony: mack isn't the only starting lineman for free agency. the right tackle, those two would be big losses for the browns. if you are the browns, the price has to be right. dan? >> dan: thank you, tony. >>> high school athletes are swept into america's heroin epidemickic and it all st

brown died from drug intoxication...and immersion in water. she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home in january of 20- 15...and died 7 months later. now let's check in with denise...who's keeping an eye on your morning denise does traffic single lane closures in the left lane of north and southbound i-71 at socialville- fosters road bridge mile marker 22 to 23 beginning at 8 p.m. wednesday, march 2 through friday, march 4, followed by double lane closures at 11 p.m. work will switch to the right and center lanes of north and southbound i-71 with all lanes reopening by 7 a.m. the following day. a new triple-a report out this morning shows 87 percent of us have morning shows 87 percent of us have done something the wheel...in the past month! behaviors include distracted driving, driving while impaired, drowsy driving, speeding, running red lights or not wearing a seat belt. the biggest the wheel? talking on a cell phone. 66% of us say we've talked on a cell phone while driving within the past 30 days. another 42 percent admit to reading a text message or email while driving in the past 30 days. still ahead...the major store...that's offering some major deals toda