opted to have a trial by judge, the same drudge -- the same judge that acquitted his colleagues, edward nero and caesar goodson. denied a motion to dismiss the indictment. rice faces several charges, voluntary manslaughter. officer goodson faces the most serious charges. a number of legal experts have stated that goodson's june acquittal could set the tone for rice and the other officers still awaiting trial. one analyst saying, "it does not bode well for the prosecution." we will continue to monitor the story. i am kevin lewis for "good morning washington." ofry: we are staying on top every new development in both of these breaking stories. we have the latest on air and on our website at wjla.com. breaking this morning as house destroyed after an overnight fire in fairfax county. autria: fire crews were called out to the lake barcroft area after a house went up in flames. suzanne kennedy is live on the scene this morning with the latest. suzanne: the fairfax county fire marshal is on the scene here of the house fire, a two-alarm fire that happened overnight. we have video from 1:00 this mor

. >> reporter: officers edward nero and garrett miller forced to testify against rice came to court today to support him. the judge said rice's failure to seat belt freddie gray in the police wagon violates police general orders but isn't a crime. gray's funeral was followed by rioting. the violence was quieted in part by the state's attorney's announcement that six police officers were charged. since then, three acquittals and a the prosecutor to drop the remaining police trials. some legal analysts agree. >> at some point in time you would have to think that the evidence is not going to support any further prosecutions of these police officers. >> reporter: other experts believe the commitment should not be measured by convictions. >> because the police are now on notice that the justice system stands ready to prosecute officers who commit crimes. >> reporter: as of now, police trials are scheduled here through october. that's the latest from baltimore, back to you. >> for the first time today we're hearing from the parents of a teenager from fairfax county who stepped on an explosive d

so far, two of the six officers accused in the case have bee one of those, edward nero, has called toestify in the rice case. officer porter, whose trial ended in a hung jury, could also take the stand. >>> police have a man in custody today charged in the murder of his estranged wife. 41-year-old daron odom turned himself in sunday. he faces murder charges in the shooting death of jemilla odom. police arrived and found the victim in a car with several gunshot wounds. she was pronounced dead at the scene. charged in the death of a 62-year-old woman. this happen friday in landover hills. when police arrived on the scene, they found lenice suffering from trauma to her upper board. her neighbor says this is an example of why members of the community should look out for community we have to be more vigilant as neighbors. >> police say the preliminary investigation shows the motive was robbery. >>> police believe speed may have played a role in a deadly car crash. this car went off the road and plunged into the potomac river right near the roosevelt bridge sunday morning. three people were

officers caesar goodson and edward nero were acquitted of all counts in two earlier trials.icer william porter was the first officer to go to trial, charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. , in december, judge williams declared a mistrial in porter's case after jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the charges after three days of deliberation. for more, we're joined by two guests. sheryl wood is a former federal prosecutor and legal analyst. kwame rose is a baltimore activist and producer with the real news network. he was convicted for failing to obey an order from law enforcement while protesting the december mistrial of officer william porter. kwame rose's appeal begins today. i want to start here in cleveland. last night, the republican national convention, one of the opening speakers was milwaukee county sheriff david clarke who spoke about t the recent police killings of african-american men, as well as the verdict in the lieutenant brian rice trial. news outis some good of baltimore, maryl

officers edward nero and caesar goodson both acquitted by this same judge and also judge garrett millerhis month in i nine days he's set to go on o trial. we'll find out at that time whether he elects to have judge williams decide his fate or too ask ago jury to be seated in his case. but garrett miller who again isi facing similar charges laterrget this month is in court right now with caesar goodson and edwarddw nero who were both acquitted byb this judge and we're just waiting for the misconduct in i office verdict to come in.om against baltimore prosecutors here.re they were zero for three not n winning any congestions in anynn of the cases the one that wenttw trial late last year william wii porter ended in a hung jury. so prosecutors are poised to be zero for four right now with twt other trials and the retrial of william porter set for lateror t this year.r. garrett miller this summer and then alicia white a sergeant sgn she'll be tried in october, anda the porter retrial set foriat f september. so we're waiting just that last verdict on misconduct in officec but, again, so far t

he'll face the same judge who acquitted edward nero andnd caesar goodson last night. nig secure gray with a seat belt a when he put flame that policet l van. van. >> disturbing story out of northeast d.c. 42-year-old larona steel is accused of luring three children into her apartment with the promise of popcorn and ice cream i. pe c once inside she locked thed t door and forced them tohe perform sexual acts on her.ct this happened last month inon in the 3500 block of clay place. p. police believe there may be more victims. >> 6:04 now. n hang today on capitol hill fbi director james comey in the hot seat. house republicans expected toxpe grille him about his decision not to file charges against hillary clinton for her handling of classifiedar e-mails.ils. yesterday attorney generaley gel loretta lynch officiallynch offc closed the case by accepting comey's recommendation. >> donald trump will make his way tumo washington today to tot meet with house and senate republicans as lawmakers get ala chance to learn more about his plans to unite the party.to unit meanwhile a

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