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let's go places. >> reporter: in the hardin county courthouse it is zach adams's turn to defend himself a cell phone expert. he determines that although zach adams's phone may have been in the same place as holly bobo's at times on the day of the crime, at other times that day, zach and holly's phones were far apart. >> at 8:17, holly's phone is over in this area. and at 8:16, zach adams's phone is over here, and they're miles apart, okay? >> reporter: but it's not just about creating reasonable doubt -- thompson is shooting for reasonable certainty that the real killer was someone else. for assistance she turns to terry dicus -- the former lead investigator removed from the case because of unwavering belief that his old nemesis terry britt is the predator who murdered holly. >> in your opinion, what is the strongest evidence implicating terry britt? >> he's the kidnap and rapist in decatur county. he's the one that would be willin' to do this. >> reporter: aside from his notorious rap sheet, you'll recall that britt had a wafer-thin alibi, and the cadaver dogs alerted on his car. >> wh

month, zach adams death penalty murder trial gets underway in an ornate, chandeliered courtroom in hardinach adams, standing alone as the face of evil. his husky appearance strikingly different from the gaunt man seen in preliminary hearings two years earlier. prosecutor paul hagerman delivers his opening statement in a voice so quiet, many strain to hear. >> he took her. he raped her. he killed her. and he almost got away with it. >> reporter: jennifer thompson is zach adams' defense attorney. >> he did not, as a matter of fact, know holly bobo, and had never even laid eyes on her. >> reporter: when holly's mother, a school teacher, testifies, a surreal moment. she knows her daughter's alleged killer. she taught zack adams in the 4th grade. she's keeps her composure until she's asked to identify some of holly's belongings. >> is this her car key. >> yes, ma'am? >> let's take a minute. let the jury file out, please. whoa. get a nurse. >> reporter: now prosecutors introduce a recent discovery, what they consider the murder weapon, a pistol allegedly once owned by shayne austin. it had been

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hardin began his career at the western region office and also oversaw performs and national audits for the northwest region. welcome sir, i look forward to hearing your perspective. lastly we have miss ann, m coffee. a company mr. harden to respond the question as ann coffee also joins us from the office of the inspector general. she's served in -- she began her career at the office of inspector general subsequently worked as a special agent with the oig and wen over to the department of homeland security. following her return to the office of inspector general in 2005, miss coffee led the special operations division and then the investigation, liaison and hawk line division. welcome to you ma'am, i look forward to your testimony. mr. lips. >> good morning mr. chairman, ranking members staff and members of the committee. let me start by thank youing you for the recognition of the secretary produced leadership and the hard work of our staff, certainly in n s df but also nationwide. the staff has worked overtime to make sure everybody gets fed and we appreciate that. i'm honored to be he

i'm down here in orange county and hardin county, we're still doing rescues., having folks getting back into their homes. some have started the long process of cleaning up. i know that you just said congress is now going to start helping. believe me, my staff and many of my colleagues, this thing doesn't just cover the nine counties of the 36 district of texas, this is 36 counties big. it's a massive area. we been working overtime and being in contact with emergency operation officials. we been getting stranded folks the resources of first resources are getting them out. we felt literally hundreds of people were going to help thousands of people with the fema disaster process which is not beginning. we are not returning to washington on tuesday, which is tomorrow and were going to pass nearly an 8 billion-dollar package. this is been requested by the president. i concur 100%. this is just the first of several supplements we will need. fema is burning through billions in cash reserves quickly. we need to replenish the and small business administration. were wor

and also their groundwater station in hardin county which has been running continuously without interruption0 years. it is truly a historic landfall of epic proportions that just overwhelmed our system. >> molly: are you beginning to see the water go down there? >> we reached the crest in the river today around 1:00 p.m. it will crest further south at rainbow bridge on sunday, and so i think we'll see it a slow drop over the next week and i hope that will allow the city to get back in there and assess the issues and address the issues to make permanent fixes to the system. >> molly: some of the most dramatic video came out of port arthur beaumont. people barely getting out of their home with a trashbag maybe just was shoes and then the shelter in some areas flooded with water as well. to have insight into where those folks are now? >> we have evacuated out of the airport about 4000 residents to dallas and parts north. we have a hurricane protection levee that has 20 pump stations and it they are 20 stations to remove water. the rainfall that we saw exceeded all design capacity so you cannot

so we work hardin kre ment-- ha we are extremely concerned about hurricane irma. >> is everybody out and everyone who could be expected to evacuate other than first responders? >> we have a couple of hard core people that are staying. it concerns me tremendously. but we have gotten almost everyone out. >> mayor, we're going to be hoping for the best for you and your community and all of our friends on the florida peninsula. thank you very much for taking the time to be with us. we know you have other concerns on your mind, the mayor of key biscayne, florida. which bricks us to cal perry here with us in new york. he's been checking out what it looks like for people who are still trying to get out. and welcome, first of all. secondly, this has been a moving target and all night long and into tomorrow, we'll be talking about the people who got out of miami, drove across perhaps on 75 to the west side of florida, where now they could live long enough to see the eye of a hurricane. >> people are already interacting to what bill karins said, i left miami and headed west. keep going, find s

is hardin batteries. it to build and etf. copper and silver is important to solar panels.rlet: thank you so much. julia: a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news. amazon may be bringing to hipotle and shake burgers to your door. commonwealth anchor lustral you plans to add more ranges for their ipo. that is according to people familiar who say the business could be valued as high as $3.2 billion. they plan to complete the offering next year. jpmorgan is working on reparations for the spinoff of the unit. that is your bloomberg business flash. scarlet: it is time for our stock of the hour. shares of intercept pharmaceutical plunging follows 19 liver disease patients who died from the company's treatment. joining us to talk about the story, abigail doolittle. abigail: it is pretty amazing. how their sleep investors are -- how bearish lee investors are reacting. chronic liver disease drug that what happened was last week, they announced 10 patients had died from the drug, big dosages. the update came out with a warning letter saying they are aware of 19 deat

hardin, as you stated in your testimony, rig made 19 recommendations intended to assist fns on their quality control program. would you summarize those recommendations? do any carry any weight more than others and if so, has fns addressed them to the satisfaction? of those closed out, what has the delay? i know that's a lot. >> i think the most rig can't recommendation we had in the report is the first one that talks about looking into the cost benefit whether we should move away from the two tier system. fns is acting on that right now and have a request for proposal out and comments and are looking at that. a two-tier process can work but it has to be managed the right way as mr. lipps said. and we're looking at that. others we have implemented making sure there's guidance out there if you're going to use consultants, there wasn't guidance before. clarifying guidance for qc workers clarifying their qc reviews and making sure they have the right type of federal oversight making sure they ask the proper questions. there's only five that are continuing to be open and haven't reported

hardin, as you stated in your testimony, rig made 19 recommendations intended to assist fns on their quality control program. would you summarize those recommendations? do any carry any weight more than others and if so, has fns addressed them to the satisfaction? of those closed out, what has the delay? i know that's a lot. >> i think the most rig can't recommendation we had in the report is the first one that talks about looking into the cost benefit whether we should move away from the two tier system. fns is acting on that right now and have a request for proposal out and comments and are looking at that. a two-tier process can work but it has to be managed the right way as mr. lipps said. and we're looking at that. others we have implemented making sure there's guidance out there if you're going to use consultants, there wasn't guidance before. clarifying guidance for qc workers clarifying their qc reviews and making sure they have the right type of federal oversight making sure they ask the proper questions. there's only five that are continuing to be open and haven't reported

show you some remarks from some of the opening statements of the hearing from senators corker and hardin and the nominee himself, former utah governor jon huntsman. >> i want to thank everybody for their cooperation moving through that. it's very much appreciated. i'll give a brief opening statement and i'm sure mr. cardin will go the same. europe and eurasia are home to closest partners and chal eggs. formed for the people of the west nato remains vital to the security of europe and the united states. european union is also a critical partner in trade, politics, global humanitarian efforts. additionally united states. oldest and best allies france and united kingdom are european countries. we look to the bureau of eurasian affairs to manage relationships with the united states, reasserts itself on the world stage. russia, russia's bad acts complicate much of the good that the united states tries to do. the russian federation possesses not only the second most powerful military in the world but also a seat on the united nations security council where its veto protects war criminals such