jason hudson, 29 years old, jennifer hudson's brother.even if there was no direct forensic evidence. certainly, enough to convince members of the jury that he was giltdty, sunny. >> that's right. it was very much a circumstantial case. a strong circumstantial case with the evidence that you just outlined. what's interesting to me is the jury didn't ask for a lot of evidence to be taken back into the jury room. they did ask for those cell phone records and so it goes to show you that that blueprint, that sort of social media blueprint or cell phone blueprint is very important when prosecutors try cases. it can place the defendant at the scene of the cripe. that's clearly what happened here. >> the fact that he is guilt of first-degree murder, does that mean he will get life without the possibility of parole or is there a possibility of parole or we don't know yet? >> reporter: no, there is no possibility of parole. he will get life without parole. the sentencing guidelines are cemented. there is no leeway here for the judge. when the sente

mother, then shot jason hudson twice in the head. prosecutors said balfour then drove off in jason hudson's suv with julia's son and shot the boy several times in the head. three days later his body was found in an abandoned vehicle several miles away. >> pictures, it was very, very hard because they were very graphic. we knew we had to stay focused. >> jennifer hudson who was in florida at the time of the killings taneyed every day of the two weeks of testimony. -- attended every day of the two weeks of testimony. hudson did not speak after the verdict, but cook county state's attorney anita alvarez had spoke with hudson and her sister julia moments after it came down. >> they are relieved and we hope this verdict gives them some sense of justice. >> the defense says june 8 they will file a motion for new trial. balfour's attorneys say someone else in the neighborhood targeted the family because of the alleged drug dealing by hudson's brother jason, but they didn't have any evidence to support that theory. >> wisdom martin, thank yo

the murdered mother brother jason hudson also saw julia hudson seven year old son. prosecutor said william balfour, julia hudson is strange pause but at the time of october 2008 killing angry that while julia hudson did out of the marriage and was seeing somebody else and testified he repeatedly threatened to kill her and her family. prosecutor telling the jury this defendant fuelled by jealousy and armed with jason hudson to gun went into the house to carry out the threats. william balfour defense attorney countered in the close said all a big story note dna or fingerprints connect william balfour the crime and result of police been under pressure to solve the case because of jennifer hudson celebrity. >> exciting afternoon. you had so much circumstantial evidence in the case both sides took advantage of. >> taking advantage circumstantial evidence prosecution for example pointed the fact witnesses said they saw william balfour the defendant with jason hudson gone and the bmurder weapon saw him with a weapon of lot of them look like that's amonte 45 caliber gun. po

jennifer hudson wept and looked at her sister before smiling. she gave evidence early on in the trial and had been there every day since it started. >> the lead prosecutor said that jennifer hudson had assisted police in pinpointing the time of the murder. >> she helped set the time of the crime. her mother would always text for the first thing in the morning. that day, there was no text. it usually came between 9:00 and 11:00, florida time. when she woke up and there was no text from mom, that was odd. in addition, whenever they did tax back and forth, mom would respond automatically. when mom did not respond, it was clear that this crime was over at 10:00 a.m. penn. >> william balfour's defense attorney says there will be an appeal. >> there are several legal matters that we have for the appellate court to look at. there was some continuances that were not granted that affected our ability to be fully prepared. there were things on the motion to squash arrest. there are other issues and we will have to take our time to look at all of them. >>

hudson silently cried as the verdict was read. jurors say her daily presence in the courtroom played no role in their decision. >> her celebrity had nothing to do with it. this was not, for us, the jennifer hudson case. >> reporter: her cinderella story has captivated millions. from one of chicago's worst neighborhoods -- ♪ you have to act like a woman >> reporter: -- to the glitz and glamour of hollywood. catapulted to fame with "american idol," tehn an oscar-winning performance in "dream girls." hudson went on to sell millions of albums and these days, she's the voice of weight watchers after a stunning weight loss herself. ♪ freedom is mine and i know how i feel ♪ >> reporter: hudson's career was at its peak when her family was gunned down in 2008. the trial cast her in a role she never wanted, witness. hudson was the first person prosecutors called to the stand. the actress and singer, now a mother herself, rarely speaks about losing her loved ones. she sat down with robin roberts last year and shared those lessons she learned

balfour is hudson's former brother-in-law. said he was angry because hudson's sister would not reckoncile with him. he's facing a

the american singer and actress, jennifer hudson, seized the man who killed her mother, brother, and a nephew found guilty of murder. -- sees the man who killed her mother, brother, and nephew found guilty of murder. venezuelan police questioned a crossword compiler on suspicion of -- the president of greece is expected to call the country's political leaders for an emergency summit in the 48 hours in a final attempt to form a new coalition government. the president will be attempting with three different party leaders have failed to do in days of talks. >> could this be greece's next prime minister? his popularity was a promise to put an end to prosperity. the polls suggested that he would win 28% of the vote. that is one reason why he rejected an entry by socialist leader evangelos venizelos to join him and other parties in a coalition. mr. evangelos venizelos is unimpressed. >> i regret the petty politics with a view towards elections are not suitable at this crucial moment. even if elections are repeated, what will change? nothing. the mona changes here for everyone. -- the momen

hudson. >> what did he make the boat out of?it's going to be a documentary and james hasn't built his boat yet. the project starts this fall, but this is sort of a trailer for the film, filmed on some of their scouting missions that they did on the hudson river. >> i can't believe the amount of waste that i'm seeing just in this trailer that they've put together. there are lots of things that he could use. >> you know what would be pretty lucky? if someone was throwing out a boat. >> you find a kayak on the side of the street. >> the hudson has 315 miles of navigable river that he can get through? >> you betcha. not only is it navigable, but he's going to have challenges in some rapids. did i mention he's going to take his boat up on the source on his bicycle? >> oh, wow. >> so his garbage boat has to fit on a bicycle but also have to be able to navigate rapids? >> you got it. he's not going to be completely alone. he's going to be ghosted by survival expert phil wrigley. there will be somebody off in the distance if james gets

alex perez was in the courtroom and joins us from chicago the morning with reaction from hudson hudson'sand the jurors themselves. good morning, alex. >> reporter: paula, good morning to you. jurors insist this case was not about jennifer hudson. it was about man whose jealous rage became deadly. ♪ you told me you'd bring back ♪ >> reporter: she has fame, fortune, an oscar, grammy, and a golden globe. but a chicago jury has given jennifer hudson the one thing she's coveted most since 2008 -- justice for the murders of her mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. hudson didn't speak to the swarm of media covering the case. but did thank prosecutors after the verdict. >> she was very emotional. emotional but relieved. >> reporter: in the courtroom, hudson held her fiance's hand and silently cried as the decision was read. the jury deliberated for 18 hours over the course of three days. poring over testimony from more than 80 witnesses, including hudson, and 500 pieces of evidence. jurors say hudson's stardom played no role in their decision. >> her celebrity had nothing to do with it. this

remember say the fame was not a factor. >> this was not a case about jennifer hudson for us. this was a case about william ball for so for us, her celebrity really had nothing to do with it. >> hudson did not comment after the verdict. >> j.p. morgan seo admits it is a huge embarrassment. the nation's largest bank lost $2 billion because of a trader that was managing a strategy to balance risk. those losses will likely shake confidence in the banking sector beyond the walls of j.p. morgan chase and now we're learning there may be an additional billion dollar loss to come. >> facebook co-founder is giving up his citizenship. edgardo sovereign stands to reap billions from the ipo later this month. the move could help him cut his tax bill and avoid capital gains taxes on future investments. meanwhile the better known founder of facebook was courting investors in the south bay today. mark zuckerberg is trying to get them excited about the ipo. >> it was silicon valley's version of a star-studded premiere. even a few well-known moles in attendance. any companies you like? >> quite

including hudson, and 500 pieces of evidence.say hudson's stardom played no role in their decision. >> her celebrity had nothing to do with it. this was not, for us, the jennifer hudson case. >> reporter: just about one hour before the verdict, the jury told the judge they were divided and wanted to review cell phone records. that was the decisionmaker. those records contradicted william balfour's alibi. >> he could in the be in two places at the same time. >> reporter: prosecutors say he shot and killed the family because his estranged wife wanted a divorce and was seeing another man. balfour's defense argued there was little physical evidence. no fingerprints or dna linking him to the murders. the majority of the evidence was circumstantial. >> a lot of people will be very surprised by this verdict. we live in an age of csi. you can't convict someone unless the dna is there. in a sense, this is an old-fashioned verdict. >> reporter: jennifer hudson released a statement last night thanking prosecutors and saying her family prays

mother, donnell donaldson, her brother jason hudson and her nephew julian king. home the point repeatedly in closing arguments that this is a case built only on circumstantial evidence. they said, for instance, that neither balfour's d.n.a. nor his fingerprints were found on the gun used in the killings. the defense attorney amy thompson said, quote: every piece of d.n.a. excludes william balfour. the one person in all of chicago we didn't -- we know didn't do it is him. and then pointing at prosecutors, she dramatically said "they know, as they sit here, they have failed to prove their case. they are trying to confuse you." >> shepard: and the prosecution says this is really a simple decision for this jury to make? >> yeah. they said in their closing arguments that balfour is, as they put it, drowning in a tsunami of evidence. they said that this is, of course, very circumstantial in terms of the evidence that they have put on. but they said circumstantial evidence is no less powerful. they also pointed to some physical evidence. including a cell phone signal fr

jennifer hudson attended every single day of testimony.these are live pictures outside the courthouse in chicago. it looks like a bank of microphones are set up there as the media will await jennifer hudson and her family to leave the courtroom after the sentencing there today. ♪ [ music ] >>> brian, you like that. he was jamming. an 18-year-old musician from south carolina is adding her own twist to a popular tune. noah rearranged the hit, sexy and i know it, to give it an acoustic sound. the cover is going viral after being featured on a few websites. >>> a trip to the dentist can cost hundreds, thousands of dollars, but not today. long lines for free dental care coming up. plus, a reporter fired for stripping says she did nothing wrong. how she is fighting back. and mitt romney is labeled a bully, but he is getting support from a surprising place. stay with us. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's

hudson started to cry.r darnell, her brother jason and her 7-year-old nephew were murdered by balfour in 2008. they said jennifer wanted to be t in the courtroom. >> she said this is my mother. if it were me, she would be here every day. >> reporter: jurors say hours before the verdict they were divide 9-3 in favor of a conviction. >> three of us who just needed to see the picture a little clearer. there were still some holes or gasp per se that needed to be filled in. what we did was we just took what we had and began to break it down a little further. once it made sense we were all able to come to a unanimous decision. >> balfour's defense team says they respect the decision. >> but we do disagree with the verdict. it's always been our position and it still is that william balfour is innocent of these murders and we're hoping the appellate court will take a look at this case with a very critical eye. >> reporter: the defense argued that a lack of dna and eyewitness was not enough for a guilty verdict. the

jennifer hudson is thanking the prosecutor and jurors. she released a statement friday after the jury convicted her former brother-in-law william balfour in the murder of her mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. prosecutors described the actions of a jilted husband. he was the husband of sister julia at the time of the murders. we'll have more in the next hour. >>> boston university president robert brown is calling the death of three students who were studying in new zealand a terrible tragedy. they were killed when their van drifted near the side of a road. the van then rolled when the driver tried to correct course. at least five other b.u. students were injured, at least one critically. they were on their way to hike a spectacular volcanic crossing. >>> defense lawyers tried to get the charges thrown out friday, arguing that the prosecution hadn't proven its case, but the judge decided to leave that up to the jury. >>> thousands of fans attended junior seau's funeral on saturday. that's where he played 13 of his 27 football seasons

william balfour is accused of killing hudson's brother in this case.the police released the 911 recordings to the public, in a response to a request by the media. >>> a man accused of shooting seven people to death in a college at oakland, pled not guilty. he planned the shooting rampage at oikos university as revenge. he faces a special circumstance of committing multiple murders, making him eligible for the death penalty. >>> an emotional day at the john edwards trial. the jif of andrew young, cheri, broke down on the stand. the judge dismissed the jury to allow her to compose herself. testimony was cut short in the afternoon after young suffered a migraine. >>> consumer safety advocates are sounding the alarm on america's cosmetics industry. the average woman applies 12 beauty products to her body every, single day. that's actually 120 chemicals, including formaldehyde and other carcinogens ganed in europe. but they will allow the fda to regulate makeup and shampoos. for now, experts recommend using products with fewer ingredients. >>> and babies bo

william balfour was convicted for killing hudson's mother, brother, and nephew. balfour was the ex-husband of her sister. prosecutors built a circumstantial case. witnesses testified that balfour threatened to kill the family in the past. jurors stated the star wasn't a part. >> for us her celebrity really had nothing to do with it. it's unfortunate that it was her family, but this was not for us the jennifer hudson case. this was the people of illinois against william balfour. >> hudson thanked prosecutors, police, and others who helped convict balfour and asked for prayer for his family. >>> an argument over an empty beer can has left one person in the hospital this morning. a man saw another man throw a beer can on the ground. the man asked him to please pick the can up. but police say the suspect argued back saying who do you think you're talking to and began punching the man in the face. city officials haven't been responsive enough to complaints about loitering and other crimes near the building, residents say. >> we want people to feel secure in terms of b

it's located at the marine transfer station at 59th street and the hudson river.he flow of the hudson river and the flow of garbage -- it's a giant system of circulation that's all in flux. my function as an artist, as artists have always done, is just to set up some kind of frame in which it's easy to look at something. now, i want people to see this. really i want them to see it because it's theirs. it's not my material. everybody's in on this. "flow city" is a proposal for a public art environment to enable people to enter into an operating waste disposal facility. this is the passage ramp of "flow city," and what you're looking at is the skeleton, the sub-structure that will go away and be covered with a running spiral of recyclable materials. these materials are in flux. they've lost their identity as garbage, and they are being transformed already as the walls, floor, and ceiling of the ramp into something new. the glass bridge is another kind of philoshical room. the bridge compresses all the juxtapositions that make the piece. on one side, you see the more

this its our first reaction to the verdict from the hudson family.fer and her sister julia release aid statemed a statemen- william balfour is julia's ex-husband. there were no surviving witnesses after the murders. so this case against balfour was a circumstantial one. jurors say it came done to evidence about balfour's cell phone that suggested his location on the day of the murders. prosecutors painted balfour as a former gang member who went after the family in an act of vengence, because julia refused to reconcile their broken marriage. the defense pro posed some one else may have committed the murders in the crime ridden, south side chicago neighborhood. but they had no evidence to support that. those in the courtroom couldn't help notice tears streaming down jennifer hudson's face when the verdict was read to. night the jur say says the osca winning actress wasn't their focus. >> this wasn't a case about jennifer hudson. this was a case about william balfour. for us her celebrity had nothing to do with it. >> some of us tried our best to make

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hudson broke down in tears as the verdict was read. jurors say the entertainment appearance had no impact. >> this is not a case about jennifer hudson for us, this was a case about women yim bal four her celebrity had nothing to do with it. it's unfortunate this was her family but this is not for us the jennifer hudson case. >> bal four faces live in prison. his attorney plans to ask for a new trial. >> nba player chris anderson of the denver nuggets has been excused from the team after the house was search bid detectives looking at internet crimes against children. highways not been arrested or charged and is cooperating with authorities. a law enforcement agency tipped off the child crimes unit launching an investigation. authorities took the computer and other tight yims. he is better known as bird man because of the wings on arm autos uc berkeley trying to finalize a deal to end the occupation of university-owned land by protestor who's so far refused to leave. the group has been camped out on a piece of land in albany for nearly t

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william balfour killed hudson's brother, mother and 7-year-old nephew.nifer hudson was the first of more than 80 witness to take the stand for the prosecution. >>> former police officer of killing a man in the bay area was back in court. he's asking to have his conviction overturned, served a year in prison for shooting oscar grant. the incident led to protests in the bay area, grant's family is upset they didn't know about the hearing this week. >> we're angered. we're hurt, and we're here to express that we felt that we were denied our right to be at this hearing. >> the community, the family, the friends, we're not going no where. we will follow you wherever you go, we will make your life miserable like you made wanda's life miserable, bobby's, the community's miserable. we will follow you and make sure you will never enjoy life again like you're trying to. >> grant's family says he went to court because he wants his job back with the transit police. >>> a florida woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a gun in the air. marissa alex

for the first tame we were hearing the 911 calls made after singer jennifer hudson's mother was foundred in her home. prosecutors played the calls for the jury in the trial of the accused killer william balfour. investigators say julia hudson arrived at the house in 2008 and found her mother dead on the floor. >> what happened? >> i don't know. she is on the floor and i see blood coming from her head. >> breathing? >> i don't know. i just ran up to the house. >> jewel why hudson's ex- husband is on trial for the murders of her mother, brother and son. >>> facebook wants to make it heesier to come to the aifd those in need of a transplant. the social networking site is allowing users to enroll as organ don'ters and facebook users who are already organ donors can add the information to their profile page. interesting. >> very interesting. >> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, it's starting to feel like may out there as temperatures start heating up. it's toasty. updated first alert forecast is still ahurt. >>> first the stocks followed by last night's multi-match numbers. copd

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the accused murderer is hudson's former brother-in-law. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," record losses forony and a move to save thousands of post offices. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning. markets overseas slid. tokyo's nikkei lost nearly 0.5% after a wild day of trading. hong kong's hang seng also dropped 0.5%. >>> we'll get the report from cisco and labor claims. >>> on wall street, the concerns over europe's debt whoas sent blue chips lower for a sixth straight day. the dow was down 97 points while the nasdaq lost 11. >>> weakening u.s. demand is causing oil prices to inch lower. crude oil prices have fallen about $10 a barrel over the last week. analysts face fears of a weakening global economy are slowing demand. >>> tough competition in the electronics market has sony reporting its worst ever annual loss. sony lost about $5.7 billion in the last year. it's the fourth straight year the electronics giant was in the red. >>> the british phone-hacking scandal didn't seem to hurt news corp.'s bottom line, beating wall street's

there was the hudson. miracle on the hudson's sully sullenberger will join us.o shoot him because he was curious. don't you want to know what it fees like to get shot? apparently he did. he's not even the dumbest guy in the story because his friend said, sure, no problem. that guy. 25-year-old sean moscow is facing charges of reckless endangerment but claims he only gave in after several requests. he only shot him in the leg. his buddy is expected to make a full recovery. seriously? >> i expect to see this video on comedy central within the next month or so. >> thank god he didn't hit a major artery. >> who is dumber of the dumb, the guy who wants to feel what it feels like to get shot or the guy who shot? >> the guy who got shot. shoot me. >> i've never been that curious. >> i'm not at all curious. not at all. i don't need to feel that. still ahead on "starting point," a hero punished. we'll talk to the clerk who has been suspended without pay after stepping in to stop a customer from beating his 6-month pregnant wife and latest episode of man versus gator. don

hudson teared up and bit her lip in the chicago courtroom when the verdict was read.t took three days to convict her former broker in-law. the former gang member was jealous that his estranged wife, julia, hudson's sister, was seeing another man. >>> a san francisco man lost a lot more than his car when it was stolen this morning. the thief also took his dog's wheelchair. the 13-year-old pittbull has a spinal injury and he needs his wheels to get around. he doesn't care about the car. he just wants the wheelchair back. since word got out on the internet he has received several offers to replace the $500 device. his best friend offered to pay for a new one, but they will have to do without his device to get around. poor thing. >>> let's get a check on the gloria -- the glorious forecast we have coming our way. >> what a great mother's day it will be. >> beautiful weather for mother's day. it is changing though for mother's day. let me show you the highs for today. most of the inland areas in the 80s and the 90s. it was up to 90 in san jose and 86 in santa rosa. san fra

one of those keys matched jason hudson's white suv, the one found abandoned on chicago's best side after the murders. the body of yulian king was inside. but police never tested the keys until three years after the murders. and they weren't recorded in the evidence log at the time. why is the big question? here's our legal analyst. >> the defense said the police detective, another one, did not actually inventory the keys until sometime in late about a month later. so i expect that tomorrow the closing arguments they'll be making something big about that. >> reporter: and in contrast to more than a week of testimony by more than eight state witnesses. the defebs was short. just two detectives called lasting 20 minutes total. during which detective greg jacobson admitted he made a mistake on his original report written right after the murders. a 12 hour time difference on when evidence was found. >> i expect prosecution will say, it says that but he didn't realize that until this past week when he was asked to look at it again. officers do make mistakes. they're human beings. i expect they

fiber one. >>> singer and movie star jennifer hudson and her family have a verdict. a chicago jury found hudson's former brother-in-law william balfour guilty on three counts of first-degree murder. prosecutors say balfour killed the oscar winner's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in a jealous rage over the ex-wife dating another man. balfour faces a mandatory life sentence in prison. >>> case not dismissed. today a federal judge refused to throw out campaign corruption harges against former presidential candidate john edwa edwards. the judge disagreed saying federal prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence to proceed with this case upon the judge said, quote, we will let the jury decide. edwards is accused of using campaign doning as to hide his pregnant mistress. >> everybody knows that he committed a number of sins and then lied about them and the other problem for edwards is that the jury may not know all of the context of campaign finance law. they may not know that this is not the typical corruption case. >> edwards' defense team will begin presenting