silver medalist nancy kerrigan.at shocking assault back in 1994, when her skating rival, tonya harding was involved. and this is even more tragic. her brother, accused of killing their dad after a drunken fight. nancy kerrigan had no comment as she pushed past reporters on monday. she is there to support her brother, mark, to is charged with the manslaughter of their father in january last year. >> daniel kerrigan spent the last few minutes of his conscious life, fighting off his drunk 45-year-old son. >> reporter: police rushed to the kerrigan home, after nancy's mother, brenda, called 911. >> oh, my god. i hope he's not dead. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> yes? >> please come right away. >> reporter: she told dispatch her husband fell to the floor. at one point, is yelling at her son. >> oh, god. i can't believe he's just -- >> is he breathing? >> is he breathing? just shut up. is he breathing? i don't know. >> oh, my god. i don't know. >> reporter: then, mark took the phone. >> what's your name? >> mark.

an emotional day for nancy kerrigan's family as her mother took the stand in support of her brother.rged with killing their father daniel in a drunken fight last year. >> if he's still here it would be 48 years today. >> today is your anniversary. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: brenda fought back tears while trying to defend mark who prosecutors say choked her 70-year-old husband. >> he was a welder. >> one minute. >> reporter: nancy kerrigan herself was overcome with emotion. >> then what happened? s>> he fell. just -- -- >> you're using your hand to gesture that danny fell -- >> just fell down. >> just like a feather coming right out of the sky. >> reporter: mark kerrigan was also in tears. he's on trial for manslaughter. prosecutors say that fight caused daniel's blood pressure to rise overwhelming arteries that were already blocked from a heart condition. they called the medical examiner to prove it. >> there's really no doubt in my mind but that the physical altercation played a role in mr. kerrigan's death. >> reporter: but nancy and her mother are backing mark saying daniel's hea

. >>> a criminal trial is now under way of nancy kerrigan's father. in massachusetts with the latest on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. what a sad day for the kerrigan family. a father dead, his son accused of manslaughter. prosecutors say nancy's brother mark choked his father in january of 2010 causing him to have a heart attack and die, but the family said the father had pre-existing health conditions and they are standing behind the accused. famed olympic figure skater, nancy kerrigan, a heart breaking drama in court as prosecutors allege her brother mark is responsible for the death of her father dan. >> this defendant grabbed his father around the neck with such force and shoved him to the kitchen floor. >> reporter: during opening statements in front of a packed court monday the prosecution claimed mark was angry that he couldn't use the phone and choked his father, causing him to fall and have a heart attack. they say he was drunk, presenting as evidence a bottle of scotch they claim he practically finished off. then m

. >>> and expect more tearful testimony today from nancy kerrigan's mother.ded her son who is now on trial for manslaughter near boston. prosecutors say mark kerrigan is responsible for his father's death because at the time, mark, they say, was drunk and he and his dad were arguing. >>> also queen elizabeth's historic trip to dublin ends today, but she'll continue her state tour elsewhere in ireland. >>> finally this half hour let's just call this guy, determination personified. >> those closest to him know him by another simpler name, superman. our dr. richard besser shows us why. >> reporter: what you're witnessing is groundbreaking. rob summers making history by standing up. to understand just how incredible this moment is, you have to go back to a summer night in 2006 when rob, a baseball player nicknamed superman, met tragedy. >> i was playing the best i ever had and was hit by a car in a hit and run while i was standing in my driveway. >> reporter: what do you remember from that time? >> i couldn't move my arms. i tried to yell and nothing would come o

the brother of former olympic ice skater nancy kerrigan did not play a part in his father's death.of the jury today, he was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter. his sister was there when the verdict was read. he was accused of causing his 70 year-old father's heart failure during a violent confrontation last year. she defended her brother while talking to reporters outside of the court room. >> my family has never believe that my brother had anything to do with my father's death. my dad would never have wanted any of this. >> market kerrigan was found guilty of a lesser charge, assault and battery he would be sentenced tomorrow, he faces up to two and a half years in prison. >> stay with us, more news coming up after the break. [music] >> @ 6:30 p.m. tonight is the story in one big block of lose. right now our top story. >> in san francisco, the area that was used as the command center to find allison bayliss, it is still there but no one else is here involved in what was a search, the authorities believe that she took her own life. she did that by jumping off a the golden gate b

they even traded down in the first round for ryan kerrigan.nt young players and a lot of them. they made a ninth picks today. they traded up for the fourth round choice. the skins picked a homegrown player running backs evan royster. a lot of insiders consider the redskins the winners of this year's draft. >> i thought we stayed to the draft. good. i thought we addressed a lot of needs. anytime you add 12 people and you feel good about who you added, you feel like to have some depth. every team needs that. we improved. >> that was a very good move for the redskins. ryan zimmerman will be out for another six to eight weeks before surgery on his abdomen. today, the club continued to soldier on without him. it was a beautiful day at nats park. jerry comes home. they were up 1-zero in the third. eli hits toe you deep left. he ties of the game. in the top of the seventh with the bases loaded, and the giants jumped ahead 2-1. there is one last chance in the night. the bases are loaded. brian wilson gets adam roach out. nats slose. >> it gets by the

. >>> the third day of deliberations of today, mark kerrigan charged with death of his father at the family home last year. jury considered the case more than 12 hours. >>> two astronauts from "endeavour" on a spacewalk outside the international space station right now. taking place exactly 50 years after president kennedy called for the u.s. to send a man to the moon. >>. >> and coming up later on "good morning america," our exclusive interview with oprah winfrey. the talk show icon gave one exit interview and we have it. that is coming up this morning on "gma." zblin >> interesting on her final day. >>> local news next. >> for others, the mirror ball trophy's latest recipient. with being fed on. we demand k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we all get k9 advantix ii. join us at poochprotest.com. [ male announcer ] ask your vet

. >>> the manslaughter trial of mark kerrigan, the brother of nancy kerrigan. their 70-year-old dad died last year following a fight in which mark was grabbed by the neck. nancy kerrigan is going to testify about her father's health but stands by her brother saying he's not responsible for their father's death. >>> mary tyler moore recovering nicely. she had a benign tumor remove in a four-hour operation. a spokesperson said she won't need any further treatment. 14 minutes after the hour. that eke's a check of the news. remind me to talk more in the morning. >> you didn't say good morning to anyone until that morning. >> until that moment. i saved it for everybody. there we have it. >> bill karins is back with a check of your forecast. >> good morning. bad weather. shifting to the east coast. to the great lakes in northern new england. a rainy day in illinois. slight risk of the severe storms in the carolinas. all >>> here is a look at our weather this morning. 40s and 50s outside, pretty windy. coming over the tops of the bridges this morning and out towards t

. >>> the brother of figure skater nancy kerrigan has been acquitted of manslaughter in the death ofather. prosecutors had argued that mark kerrigan triggered his father's heart failure when he grabbed his neck during an allegedly drunken fight. but his sister and mother had insisted all along he did not cause his father's death. kerrigan was convicted of assault. >>> well, democrats in the senate have voted down a controversial republican plan to replace medicare with a voucher program. our jonathan karl caught up with the congressman behind the plan who happens to be getting some high-level advice from a former president. >> reporter: he is the man democrats say wants to destroy medicare. and who some republicans blame for their stunning defeat in new york. as we followed paul ryan, look who he bumped into. mr. democrat, bill clinton. >> hey. >> paul ryan. >> how are you? >> reporter: he even got some surprising words of encouragement. >> i told them before you got here, i said, i said i am glad we won this race in new york. but i hope the democrats don't use it as an excuse to do

marked kerrigan was convicted of assault and battery in the january 27th in 1997.they grabbehe gs father by the throat and cost him to have a heart attack. mitg after the kidnapping elizabeth smart at knifepoint and sexually assaulting her. prepare laughner spent five weeks getting a mental evaluation, if he is will the mentally unstable he could be kept in custody under psychiatric evaluation to see if he can stand trial for the shooting when hope that injured, congresswoman gabby giffords. 580 east town in richmond to and central avenue, a big rig and a car in an accident. traffic is barely getting by. we are waiting for the clearing and to have an update on this hot spots and other stories coming out. share >>: the quick recap, they were then john edwards could be indicted soon, accused of using campaign donations to keep his mistress and aid in hiding. if attorneys are working on a sweet deal. president obama addressed both houses of parliament today. he touched on the alliance in the u.s. in the united kingdom. he also met with the prime minister in britain an

massachusetts jury has acquitted the brother of olympic skater nancy kerrigan of manslaughter in theirf their 70-year-old father. that was case a lot of people have been following. the brother a -- acquitted in his father's death, nancy kerrigan's father. >>> let's check in with sal one more time. right now we're looking at the last-minute commutes for westbound 24. itit looks okay getting up to the tunnel. bay bridge toll plaza has recovered. if you are driving in san jose, northbound 1011 slow up to sunnyvale. let's go to defer. >>> cloudy skies. >> cool temperatures, os for many. rein is -- rain is moving in. it will be a cloudy, cool day, with some rain and then clearing. not much warmer, if anything, cooler by sunday. >> wow. >> i know. i know what you are feeling. >>> that will do it for us. thanks for watching. >> bye now.

ryan kerrigan was the first rounder. jarvis jenkins and leonard hankerson were picked up in rounds two and three on friday. >>> and the skins drafted three players in a row from nebraska yesterday. in the fourth round it was running back roy hallu, in the 5th, dijon gems and wide receiver paul. and a westfield high school alum. and also albert robinson. coach shanna head said this is only the beginning. >> we're not going to address everything through the draft. we have a board and we have to try to get better and we got some additional picks and i think we helped our football team in a lot of different areas. we have a lot of different directions we can go. i can't share our whole game plan with you now for obvious reasons but we do have a plan. >>> well bad news for nats fans. ryan zimmerman needs surgery for a torn abdominal muscle. the injury first occurred at spring training and then he reaggregated it after playing just eight game this is season. >>> and the nats look to make it two in a row against the giants yest

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