still maintain jack parker and doug taylor's innocence. the jury has spoken and we will respect that decision.

still maintain jack parker and doug taylor's innocence. the jury has spoken and we will respect that decision. we will continue to fight for our clients and hopefully justice will prevail. >> we are pleased with what the jury did. they were gone for an hour and came back with the right verdict. there was substantial evidence doug taylor accountable. >> sentencing will take place in the next few weeks. >>> the governor wants to sue the with energy department for the failure to get january 1 nuclear fuel deadline. the savanna riverside project is intended to turn weapons grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel. it is years behind schedule. since it is not operating by what the government was supposed to remove one metric ton from the south carolina by 1 january. the governor has told the state attorney general to proceed with legal action to collect a $1 million daily fine. >>> republican presidential front-runner donald trump has decided to drop out of thursday night import i would debate. the reason? he says he is unhappy with

the substantial evidence of five people this gambling organization and they held jack parker and doug taylor accountable.>> sentencing will take place in the next few weeks. >>> the namemeof a homicide shooting of the columbia va hospital in the capital city, 42-year-old damon james was wanted on murder charges in connection with the death of his girlfriend in texas from two years ago. it looks like he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. it started when investigators got a tip that he was in columbia. they notified the fugitive task force and found him yesterday. investigators say he fired at them when they tried to arrest him and officers returned fire. during that exchange for the corner believes james shot himself. we spoke to the ex-girlfriend's family in houston they were happy to finally get some closure tonight. smith this was a dangerous individual who had killed someone in texas who traveled into the columbia area and officers confronted him. he chose to shoot it out. the officers. and we believe that some point he took his life inside the vehicle. >> anyway, it gi

quicker decision from the latest jury to hear the government's gambling case against jack parker and doug taylor. the trial began just yesterday and by the noon hour today, had reached closing arguments. by 4:00 p.m., the jury had made a decision finding the two guilty---for a second time after their first convictions in 2013 were overturned by the 4th circuit court of appeals. jack parker had been known to many in this area as a go-to guy for betting on sports. it was something he admitted---even arguing that he paid his taxes on what he made from being a bookie. but the government took him and others to court in the wake of the double murder case against his son brett--found guilty of the april 2012 murders of brett's wife tammie and his friend and bookie business partner bryan capnerhurst. prosecutors said brett, jack, tammie, bryan and several others all had varying degrees of involvement in the sports betting business. assistant u-s attorney winston holliday---who told us after today's decision that it wasn't difficult to decide to re-try jack parker and doug taylor. i respect the court's r

charles, the jury began working on the case against jack parker and doug taylor at around 3:00 pm. that, after a lightning quick trial that began only yesterday. both parker and taylor were convicted of violating federal gambling law back in 2013, but their appeal was successful---the convictions overturned by the 4th circuit. the appeals court said prosecutors had dragged their feet providing discovery material to the defense. this time around, the jury has heard nothing about the crimes that led to the federal gambling case. that of course, the april 2012 double murders by jack parker's son brett----convicted of setting up and carrying out the killings of brett's wife tammie and his bookie business partner bryan capnerhurst. both gunned down inside an ascot estates neighborhood. it was during the investigation into those murders that federal authorities targeted brett and jack parker and others on the gambling violations. today's testimony included an appearance by cpa ben staples---who helped the state nail down its case against brett parker. today--he was called as prosecutors

dawndy--the retrial of jack parker and doug taylor moved very quickly. opening statements yesterday---ananclosing arguments late this morning. both men have been down this path before. convicted in 2013 on federal gambling charges---but those convictions overturned by the 4th circuit court of appeals. the appeals panel said the government had dragged its feet in providing the defense with discovery material. jack parker of course, is the father of brett parker---now serving two life sentences for the april 2012 murders of his wife tammie and their mutual friend bryan capnerhurst---who was partners with brett parker in his bookie business. the sports betting operation came to a crashing halt on the day of the murders in irmo's ascot estates subdivision. the killings and the trial that followed were highly publicized here and nationally. but there's been no mention of them in this brief trial. lawyers have skirted around the issue and tried to focus on the accusations here parker and taylor violated federal anti-gambling statutes by being part of a ring of

jack parker and doug taylor will soon be sentenced after being convicted for a second time yesterday. their first convictions in 2013 were overturned. the case came to light following the investigation into the 2012 murders of tammy parker and bryan capnerhurst. parker's son brett was convicted on two counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. prosecutors said brett, jack, tammie, bryan and several others all had involvement in sports betting businesses. columbia mayor steve benjamin is calling for a new and improved city in the new year. benjamin set a positive t te hardships in his annual state of the city address last night. the mayor called for rebuilding after the flood in innovative ways. he also voiced support of fiscal responsibility and addressed a state supreme court ruling that found the city was improperly transferring money from its water and sewer fund to other departments. "we've cut over $3.4 million in transfers from our water and sewer fund and invested over $420 million in maintenance and improvement to our water and sewer infrastructure." he also talked abou

after just little more than a day, the retrial of jack parker and doug taylor has now moved to closing arguments. last summer, the u.s. appeals court threw out their gambling convictions. the case arose from the investigation into the 2012 murder of tammy parker and bryan capnerhurst. parker's son brett was convicted murder and sentenced to life in prison. authorities say their investigation into e murders revealed an illegal gambling business. jack parker and taylor were convicted in connection with the gambling operation. the court of appeals found prosecutorial misconduct and ordered a new trial. we are in the courtroom and will have updates throughout the day on wis news 10. the south carolina lawmaker who proposed registering members of the media is now talking about his bill... to the media. mike pitts held a press conference just about an hour ago. will whitson was there. it could be looked at as the ultimate customer service complaint- representative pitts addressed 9 press outlets in the state house, laying press. pitts filed a bill a couple weeks back- proposing what he bill.

leonard:"*breathes** clearly disappointed in the verdict today, still maintain jack parker and doug taylor innocence, but the jury has spoken and we respect that decision, obviously, we will continue to fight for our clients, and hopefully justice will prevail."winston holliday, assistant united state attorney with the district of sc: well we e real pleased by what the jury did. they were gone about an hour, they came back with the right verdict, there was i thought substantial evidence of the involvement of five people in this gambling organization, and they held accountable for doing that. 3 sentencing is expected to take place in the next few weeks.. 3 we now have the name of the homicide suspect who died in a shooting monday near the dorn v-a hospital in columbia42 year old damon james was wanted for murdering his girlfriend in houston, texas back in 2014.the corner says it looks like he died from a self inflicted wound to the head. it all started when investigators in houston got a tip that james was in columbia. they notified a fugitive taskforce here a couple weeks ago and monday th

an illegal gambling operation that was run by parker and his dad jack and his business partner doug taylor. the men were found guilty in federal court in 2013 of gambling charges. the convictions were overthrown because it was determined by an appeals court that the prosecution failed to disclose evidence in a timely manner. after retrial, parker and taylor were found guilty for a second time. jurors deliberated for one hour before finding both men guilty a federal gambling charges. the defendants did not take the stand in this case. sentencing will take place in the next few weeks. >>> richland up at his age up 35-year-old matthew, deputies say he shoplifted electrical tools from three different home improvement stores. they say he stole two junkets from the home depot at the village at sandhill. if you know his whereabouts call crime stoppers 888-crime-sc >>> we now have the name of the homicide suspect who died in a shooting monday near the va hospital in columbia. 42-year-old damon james was wanted for murdering his back in 2014. the coroner says it looks like he died from a self-infli

jack parker and doug taylor will soon be sentenced after being convicted for a second time yesterday. their first convictions in 2013 were overturned. thee case came to light following the investigation into the 2012 murder of tammy parker and bryan capnerhurst. parker's son brett was convicted on two counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. prosecutors said brett, jack, tammie, bryan and several others all had involvement in sports a richland county woman has been arrested for reportedly abusing a 91- year-old woman in her care. miriam reese turned herself in to investigators yesterday. richland county deputies say reese neglected and abused the 91-year-old who was unable to care for herself inside her own home. surveillance video inside the victim's home caught the abuse. deputies say the victim relied on reese due to physical health conditions. reese has been taken to alvin s. glenn detention center. a bill making its way through the state house is aiming to specify rights to film or photograph police without the threat of arrest. the measure was approved by the senate jud

there at the horseshoe pit, doug taylor was pitching horseshoes. he's watching these guys go over. no one's getting shot, no one seems to care. i'm serious. he just went -- he run over, he went over. about that time, a guy running laps. he had on running shorts and tennis shoes. he comes around and he saw doug go over. he stops and running in place. he shrugged, too, and he went over. >> 15 minutes later as the seventh inmate was climbing over, a guard in another tower finally took notice and fired a shot, striking the last escapee in the shoulder. >> the way it used to work here, they had a big steam whistle. when they would have an escape, they would blow the whistle. when you hear the whistle blow, you get a shotgun and your dog and go to the woods. because the inmates, back then there was a $25 bounty on the inmates. >> within three days, all the men were captured. james earl ray was discovered hiding in heavy brush, not far from the prison. eventually new security measures were installed including razor wire and motion sensors. if a prisoner gets past these deterrents, they st

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i was down one way to and yet harry only sean taylor camera operator is the cowboy fan in the studio. wow with all the changes coming to that area which doug rode feed and seed fell victim to the property owners who have to move into the property harry says he'll still try to operate online at the age of seventy five he'll just kind of see what happens regarding finding another will take a look at the forecast and as a few minutes ashley was seven they also coming up but i want to look outside because we are seeing mostly cloudy skies but in particular the shot overlooking downtown norfolk because we've been looking at this all morning and we've been seeing cloudy skies but we are now starting to see some peeks of sunshine and so notice that we're people see those clouds clear out as we head through the morning hours it is mild out there all the rain moved through overnight forty eight degrees right now an orphan with forty six and newport news forty seven right now was the city overcoming and in the mid forties and while of silence of very mild start to the morning we should be starting off in the thirties here's a look at satellite and r

doug kammerer is available on the weekends. saturday and sunday. >>> high school basketball, demas demassa. jason tatum went for 40 against the stags. this one came down to the wire. down two. kellen taylorgame to ot. in ot, holtz, he finished this game strong. 20 points for the senior. they take down. >>> top quarterback recruit duane haskins has switched his verbal commitment from maryland to ohio state. considered one of the best pro style quarterbacks in his class. so many coaching changes on the maryland staff, he tweeted this afternoon. it's been a dream of mine to play for ohio state since i was eight years old. and my heart, well, buckeye #nation. >> in my dreams, he was a terp. >> he'll be playing the terps. >> he broke my heart. >> the rich ♪ ♪ i believe i can fly >> that's gospel singer yolanda adams at the concert hall. a powerful tribute to dr. martin luther king jr. the kennedy center in georgetown university have been teaming up for 14 years to honor dr. king. >>> people in minnesota, they're used to being cold. and this week they're having a little fun with it, because you've got to, right? it's been around zero degrees in minneapolis. so one guy decided to take a pair of

an illegal gambling operation that was run by parker and his dad jack and his business partner doug taylor. the men were found guilty in federal court in 2013 of gambling charges. the convictions were overthrown