jonathan hunt, thanks.former colorado cop is a free map after a jury found him not guilty of murdering his wife. no sign of a smile from him or any emotion. but he did hug his attorneys after hearing the verdict. he had faced second degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, ashley, new year's day 2012. she was fount shot in the head. at first they called it's suicide. later re-opened the case after a neighbor said he heard the husband confess. prosecutors argued the position of the gun and the large amount of blood on the wall and the man's shirt show he did murder his wife but the defense pointed to a suicide note that ashley wrote months earlier and the husband is not guilty. >> fallen for any april fool's joke today? there's the tombest joke about me buying a newspapers in oxford. it's not funny and who wants the company -- i guess our company has wonderful newspapers. kennedy is here with some funny things that happened on april fool's day, 25-cents for the new york post. >>> going to make

fox's jonathan hunt takes a look at. hundreds of big screen movies are made each year..ven top named actor admit nothing is a sure bet. nothing is guaranteed, unless it's star wars.wars very collaborative. it's called show business. there's tension andtens responsibility to art and commerce. there's never a guaranty.rant no one -- no one ever sets out to make a bad movie, but bad movies still happen. i think you have to get over the fear and take risks and know if > even if you have a perfect script. s on jar winner russell crowe remembers being skeptical to signing on gladiator back in 2000. we were shooting and writing and shooting and writing as we went. we often get together and laugh about that because that's the biggest bullet dodge you can get in this business, not only for it to be financially successful, but for it to win the best picture. a film like this is a lot less of a gamble because you spread it over 10 people. the gamble is spread out over the d.c. universe and it's me and margo. there was no one else attach. there was no script.crip the suicide squad c

uren: jonathan hunts, thank you. the golden state warriors, their star curry wl miz two weeks with anee injury. >> t tre's no -- nothing ical needed, like i said it unfortunate but we have a ga itwo days and we will focus on tt and we will move forward thbest we can. cheryl: also i in the playoff oklahoma city thunder eliminining the mavericks moving onto rouound two. forecasters we weather in the cenentral part of the country. we have forecast w with the weather machine. the fed gives a two-day meetetig today, thahat's going to be a market mover. right now s&p up 3 a and three quarters, nasdaq up by 5 a and a half, you' w watching fbn:am, fifirst look at morning markets and breaking news. show me movies with romance. show me more like this. show me "previously watched." what's recommended for me. x1 makes it easy to find what you love. call or go online and switch to x1. only with xfinity. show show me more like this. s. show me "previously watched." what's recommended for me. x1 makes it easy to find what blows you

jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with those details. hi jonathan.eporter: this is extraordinary video shot on the us side of the border by a mexican journalist. that journalist was shooting scenes at that border post when first one man then another simply shimmied over the 20 foot fence from the mexican side down onto us soil. both of them were carrying what appeared to be matching backpacks. you then see them run across the street and then they noticed the woman filling them. they just are at her to stop. she doesn't stop. then one of the men says to the other, she's still filming and at that point they quickly run back across the street and straight back up, over the fence in a manner as you can see there which clearly suggests this might not be the first time they've actually scale that fence. as for what was in those backpacks, we can't say for sure but their behavior suggests whatever it was might not have been legal area drug smugglers of course have actually go over the border and under it in bringing their contraband into the united states a

our chiefcorrespondent jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with the details and we know folks in california love nothing more than a good car chase . >> really, and this one is you say was one for the ages.it all began heather with a burglary south and east of downtown la. the two suspects in that burglary then took off in that blue mustang convertible. driving crazy speeds with the roof down in the rain i might add.they traveled some 30 milesin all , straight to the heart of hollywood . at the famed walk of fame and then they decided it was time to stop for donuts and we are not talking about the dunkin' donuts kind of donuts, take a look at them above the hollywood freeway. that's what they were doing, entertaining and frightening other drivers in pretty much equal measure. the cops at that point nowhere in sight. then they decided to get back on the 101 freeway. it was very busy as you will see in a moment. still no cops in sight. in fact the only thing that nearly stopped them was a t nz tour bus. that's one of those buses that takes tourists around la that took these liberty spots such

jonathan hunt, fox news. > how many decades have thehe simpsons been up and running. >> forever..rong it still gets great ratings,rati too. when we come backs, what's being donees that's going to allow you to get your online purchases faster. when will spring return? he's begun forgetting words. forgetting where he lives. but when the day comes when he forgets who i am, i'll still know who he is. the first time we said i love you we didn't use words. we simply held each other's hands. we still are. i lost my dad to alzheimer's. preventing alzheimer's is within our grasp. let's double the budget of nih and get it done. i'm david trone and i approve this message. > a potential game changer mayl be in the works for thos ge who like to shop online. the us government is looking at recommendations that could clear the way for commercial drone c flights over populated areas. this could speed up the introduction of drone deliveryev and news gathering flights according to the recommendations drones weighing about a half a pound or lease would be allow to essentially fly unrestricted over

. >> did you not hear jonathan hunt's report?as a trump supporter gets out of his car and all of a sudden there is a bloody face? you can't possibly be justifying that. >> i'm not justifying it. >> justifying jumping up and down on a police car. >> not even coming close to justifying. when people come close fearing what they have. open borders and free stuff in california. >> then they can protest peacefully, go. >> in the 60's, i was there. i was arrested in washington. there is a possibility that it gets so big that the movement that eric describes is counter acted by a movement even larger than the pro-trump movement. you have this huge wave of disruption that people realize that a trump president might be something that the nation cannot sustain. i think there is -- that is my nightmarish vision. >> it helps trump. what helps trump the most. you see these guys with the mexican flags. >> that's awful. >> that takes people, independent people who don't know about trump one way or the other. you know what? i don't want to see th

correspondent jonathan hunt live in los angeles with more on that. reporter: it's a stunning turnaround for leslie merritt junior has who has spent seven months in jail since being arrested for that stream of shootings that took place along the phoenix area freeways and terrified drivers there. there were 11 shootings in all. leslie merritt is the only suspect ever id by cops from the moment he was arrested he's maintained his innocence and import, merits attorney told a judge prosecutors main evidence against him, and alleged link between the shootings and the gun once owned by merritt has simply fallen apart. >> potentially the only evidence was the link between the gun pond by mister merritt and the bullets. the state own expert now says the identification or match thatdds made is not exist or did so with all due respect your honor, mister merritt , there's no evidence against him to show that he's responsible for this. reporter: after that lead, the judge refused merits failed to zero and he was released. he says he wants to get home and be with

fox news's jonathan hunt is in l.a. with the latest. reporter: the most popular state in the nation is now the official leader in the ongoing battle over the minimum wage. the first to lay out a definitive plan for moving to $15 an hour. now that rate won't actually be reached until 2022, with incremental increases in beginning in 2017 with a 50-cent hike from the current level of $10 an hour. as he signed the plan into law governor jerry brown said it was simply the right thing to do. >> it's a matter of economic justice. it makes sense and will help our entire state do much better for its citizens. reporter: nearly one in three california workers, some five 1/2 million, will be affected by increase but critics worry about pressure it will put on small business. california chamber of commerce and the state's restaurant association both warned increases are too much too fast. and critics say it could be devastating for small businesses in particular. >> you may have a situation where you raise this rate, where everybody has to make a mi

chief correspondent jonathan hunt following this one for us from los angeles. long was he in custody? reporter: he has been held for seven months so far, martha. since he was arrested for that string of freeway shootings in arizona, around the phoenix area, that terrified drivers there as you can imagine. in all there were 11 shootings. leslie merit, jr., the only suspect ever identified by police in the case but from the moment of his arrest to the moment he stepped out of lower buckeye jail in phoenix last night he has maintained his innocence and his attorney said yesterday his release was long overdue. listen here. >> he is elated. i mean he has been locked in a box 23 hours a day for seven months. he missed thanksgiving. he missed christmas. he missed his daughter's first birthday. it is overwhelming for him. reporter: now for his part, merritt said he was simply excited to get home and see his kids, martha. martha: so what prompted the judge to release him now? reporter: well, ballistics evidence basically of the cops said a gun once owned by merritt was u

reporter jonathan viglioti tells us how the man hunt came to a close. >> reporter: belgian prosecutors finally have the so- called man in the hat. he's one of the terror suspects rounded up in raised and brussels on friday. during interrogation, authorities say he admitted he's the person in surveillance video seen next to the suicide bombers in the brussels airport. he is also linked to the paris attacks last november. he was caught on a gas station security camera two days before the coordinated massacre in the french capital. he is one of 4 men charged in belgium for participating in the terrorist attacks. authorities say one of the suspects in custody is osama [ indiscernible ] he's accused of being the second man at the deadly train station attack. they look for additional accomplices and work to counter fierce criticism they haven't done enough to battle terrorism. cbs news, london. >> belgium's prime more says the investigation will be helped by plans to recruit 1,000 more officers for the federal police force. >>> two men were arrested after police say one of them threatened a

amy aubert picks up the hunt at 5:00. jonathan: the need for starbucks doesn't just extend for folks with two legs and two arms. furry folks are involved. michelle: wi will explain that coming up. bickers on the campaign trail. but not between the candidate candidates. >> a quick thinking young man. he sounds the alam to save 40 people's lives. >> a police involved shooting leaves a 20-year-old man with serious injuries but the gun discharged accidentally. i'm jeff goldberg. jonathan: we have gotten the new information about a shooting. they shot a burglar last night on laurel on the indus food international market. jeff goldberg has more on the investigation. what happened? jeff: we are learning new details. first, it happened accidently and the officer involved tried to help victim and tried to console him after the gun discharged, act the 20-year-old suspect. the burglary call came in last night at 11:20 at the indus food international market in lauren. police arrived and found a suspect. 15-year-old male running from the scene

jonathan: that's great. alison: very funny. florida hunters showing off a huge fine. owner wast west farms hog hunting with his son, a guide come into being hunters and came across his huge alligator. the alligator weighed almost 800 pounds. is 1045rd weight pounds. jonathan: that thing has not missed a meal. coming up directly at me, five inches from my head, i to i. jonathan: he tried to save an injured eagle. the length this man went to try to save an that story, next. alison: a blast from the past. when a man found in his basement linking his home to the war of 1812. that is still ahead. countdown to opening day brought to buy window nations, troub only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this mess

jonathan: coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the results are in from the latest round of the water tests in flint michigan. we will tell you what they show. michelle: later, bargain hunting with your taxes. look at the w on this year's return. jonathan: but first, joce sterman shares another snippet from the mouse and the motorcycle as we celebrate beverly clearry's 100th birthday. joce: neither the mouth or the boy was surprise each could understand the other. two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles spoke the same language. jonathan: this is a health matters that i a letters. gordon care company ortho removing a class of chemicals from the product. they are planning to phase out niatanicanoids by 2021. these are chemicals wildly believed to be harming bees and are used to control garden pests and plant diseases but they are arming bees so they will stop -- harming bees so they will stop production of the chemical. michelle: recent water tests in flint, michigan, show officials are making ro gress to reduce the lead levels. team from virginia tech held a press conference to announce the findings. mark edwards, a professor, and students collected samples from home

hunt for a cold-blooded killer and any possible cutlasses. >> -- any possible accomplices. >> there is a strong possibility these individuals are armed and extremely dangerous. jonathan: the crime scene, a gruesome massacre in rural ohio. aght people, including six-year-old boy, found dead, separate homes. three small children, including two infants were spared. the police believe that all the victims were related. >> it's heartbreaking. the one mom apparently was killed in her bed with the four-day-old right there. jonathan: a local high school was put on lockdown. the ohio governor john kasich, campaigning out of state, says his office is monitoring the situation. "reports we are receiving our tragic beyond comprehension." the motiveear what is, but investigators are trying to track down whoever is responsible. stay with us for all updates. michelle: 7 on your side with a consumer alert, more than one million cars being recalled by fiat chrysler to clear up confusion about the transmission. apparently the gear shift design makes it too easy for forget to put the vehicle and out,before getting resulting in rollaway cars, leading to 41 injuries. the automaker will en

jonathan: so as the capitals now are gearing up for the second round series against the penguins a caps scavenger huntagain today offering free playoff tickets. sadly, a lot of fans came up short. in fact, as mike carter-conneen reports, one man ripped his pants wide open trying and failing to rock the red. watch. mike: all day wednesday, washington capital fans scrambled to win eight pairs of playoff tickets in a massive scavenger hunt. >> we have a loyal fan base and we want to find go to the playoffs will have the opportunity. mike: every hour on the hour the team tweeted a new clue guiding fans to a series of locations across the region. >> we were sitting in my car when the clue came out. it's literally down the road from my apartment. she is like, "i don't care if we get a speeding ticket." we're racing over. mike: most cases they arrived in ten minutes shouting "rock the red" to claim the tickets. >> a few stop signs we ran through. mike: this washington mon tented clue took fans a half hour to figure out. one complained on twitter about running full sprint down the national mall, 40 miles from

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hunting season. 703-236-9220. that is the number. we'll be right back. >>> the colorado thing was unfair. i know the rules very well. i know it's stacked against me by the establishment. jonathanin the world of politics it's getting interesting. loud complaints from the campaign trail that the process for the candidates is so hard to navigate that anyone challenging the system is at a major disadvantage. the most noise made from donald trump. but he is not alone and he has a legitimate beef. scott thuman is joining us. donald trump and bernie sanders are both making points. people are saying they have argument. scott: we talk to former presidential candidates to talk about that. mike huckabee and martin o'malley told me they know it can be a corrupt, confusing system. but it's also not a shock or a mystery. meaning it's how you approach it and how you handle it that determines if you are campaigning say in january or if you make it to november. jonathan: got it. scott: while they hopedded to be sharing a stage in november as nominees, mike huckabee and martin o'malley were instead promoting a tv show stead in the american revolution. these days it's the ballots instead of bull