less lee johnson with the hammer. little guy got up and hit 17 points. no kobe, no problem. the lakers would pull away. in state championship they have 15 number one players. the spartans have been down there road before. this will be an interesting tip. >> they're a great team. there's talent all over the place. everybody is well coached now which is the real tough thing to deal with. . tie tonight's csi is taking on the drillers from bakers field. still making field goal wrath. they were spaced by a sunny rof. i'm gone. aebs 7 sports brought to you by a live come >>> it's going to start off chilly. chilly in the inland valley. numbers will come up slightly at 8:00 a.m. dan, carolyn. >> thanks very much. >>> the aquarium in southern japan provides a hands on experience. >> there's a handshake so you can properly introduce yourself. with a quick bait and switch move their fingers may wrap around yours for a moment. i think they're more excited about the food than meeting you. >> that's it for this edition of abc 7

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only days after telling investigators that she had no idea of what happened to 25-year-old cody lee johnsonis out of town buddies. >> reporter: but she changed her plea to second degree guilty. >> jordan, how are you feeling? >> reporter: prosecutors say not only was the killing intentional, they said the videotaped interview helped graham prove that she covered up her story. she maintained her story to two detectives. >> i got a tax saying he was going to -- >> reporter: she also cries to her mother who was briefly in the room. after she leads park rangers to johnson's body, graham's changing story undergoes it's biggest shift, she finally confesses to pushing johnson. >> i said no, i said i'm not going to let this happen. i'm going to defend myself. so, i let go and i pushed and he went over. and then i took off and went home. >> reporter: now that graham pleaded guilty, the groom's aunt said that johnson's family is grateful. >> it was very emotional, it's been a long haul for us. >> her attorney said that this morning that graham took the plea deal because it takes first degree murder o

only days after telling investigators that she had no idea of what happened to 25-year-old cody lee johnsonwn buddies that were visiting. >> reporter: but thursday graham changed her plea to second degree guilty admitting she pushed him off a cliff in glacier national park in july. >> jordan, how are you feeling? >> reporter: prosecutors say not only was the killing intentional, they say the videotaped interview helped graham prove that she covered up her story. >> i don't know anything more, any of the whereabouts or anything. >> reporter: in day two of the questioning graham maintained her story to two detectiveses. >> i got a text saying he was going to -- >> reporter: she also cries to her mother who was briefly in the room. >> i just want to go. >> reporter: after she eventually leads park rangers to johnson's body, graham's changing story undergoes its biggest shift, she finally confesses to pushing johnson but says it was an accident during an argument. >> he went to grab my arm and my jacket, and i said, no, i said i'm not going to let this happen this time. i'm going to defend myse

doesn't certainly mean she revealed all of the details but to your point for the family of cody lee johnson information from graham. but this surprise decision right at the point of closing arguments. >> yeah. >> she stunned everyone. i saw the alert that went off, that she decided to plead guilty. i don't think anyone saw this one coming. >> i don't think anyone saw this one coming. trial started on monday and here we are on thursday. closing arguments ready to take place. jury selection took a half day. the prosecution took about three days. the defense really only took a few hours. when i talked to the u.s. attorney's office in montana earlier this morning, what jessica fare told me, she is facing the maximum is life in this particular case. but there's a probation officer that will put together a set of guidelines and present that to the court. the sentencing is supposed to be held march 27th, 2015. as soon as she pled guilty she was taken out of the courtroom by the u.s. marshals and that's where she's being held until she appears back in court on march 27th. >> it is one of those biza

after a week of getting married she allegedly pushed her husband, cody lee johnson off a cliff in glacier park she says after an argument. prosecutors say she pushed him in the back, face first, plunging 200 feet to his death. she told police she hadn't seen cody after going to church and dairy queen. police have security camera photo of couple entering the park and their car leaving. cell phone records showing jordan was in the park after her husband's death. she create ad false email address from an imaginary person to cover her tracks. prosecutors, heather, expect the trial to last little more than a week. the jury pool is 150. it is so big because so many people in montanacase and they e can't get a fair trial. heather. heather: that imagine airy person named tony. what do we know about the couple's relationship in general? >> reporter: 39 witnesses prosecutors are calling, more than half are friends of the couple who say this marriage was a disaster waiting to happen and jordan was a loose cannon. even she expressed doubts about the wedding. the night cody died, jordan said the two a

with that, i will ask for questions from congresswoman ,elazquez, congresswoman lee and congressman johnson. did congresswoman lee leave? >> she left. >> ok, go ahead. congresswoman velazquez, johnson, and mr. hoyer. morning, everyone. here participating in congressional hearings, and this is the toughest one. lady.m a tough i wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone of you for your grace and your dignity. pray --pe -- father, i that those americans that have been ignored by the other side that are paying close attention to what is happening here in -- lisa, i would like to ask you a question. the last seven months have clearly been very tough on you. but you persevered and now you are on a brighter path. todaywould you have been unemployment for compensation emergency benefits? had the extrat unless you have experienced how the job market is today and the incredible -- you mayesearch spend three hours preparing for an interview. you have no idea what it is like to go through the world of the internet job boards. would -- i was facing a of taking -- actually, i enrolled. i have a b

with that, i will ask for questions from congresswoman ,elazquez, congresswoman lee and congressman johnson. did congresswoman lee leave? >> she left.

and i join senator lee, senator johnson and the others to call on congress to come together, let's fix this flawed program before it's too late and before we destroy health care in the united states of america. i get constant communication from my state of the problems that are there. this one i want to read to you by beth hatfield demonstrates the fear, the confusion, and the lack of accessibility that the care plan has at this time. i've tried many times over the past few weeks to purchase a healthealth insurance plan for f on the health care web site. i finally was able to complete an application but have not been able to choose a plan yet. twice i asked questions in the live chat room option but they would not answer. they told me to make a long-distance call to the help desk. i did but i couldn't get an answer there either. i was disappointed to find out that in order to compare plans, you had to first enroll. what other shopping experience do you have to sign up before you actually shop? now, i saw on the news that my personal information may be compromised from the web site. thi

the first shot after johnson's death that agent recants and said well i said that because johnson told me too but lee harvey oswald told the police officer who arrested him in the movie theater and because i interviewed the officer i am not a patsy right patsy is not saying i didn't do it well saying i'm going to said what is pat's but he also says i didn't shoot anybody they reporter shares did you shoot the president of the united states he yells out no sir i did not vest voice stress analysis of technology didn't exist in one thousand nine hundred sixty three tells us that every time i was one said he didn't shoot anybody every time he says that he that he has done nothing but take a pistol into theater he's telling the truth i think oswald it all got a rifle to the depository wow. i'm not we're not sure about that no one saw a rifle we saw a bag of undetermined length under his arm which he claims were curtain rods i'm uncertain about that but i do think this there's no way to be on the sixth floor and also be on the second floor ninety seconds later when he was not seen on the staircase but more

the first shot after johnson's death that agent recants and said well i said that because johnson told me to but lee harvey oswald told the police officer who arrested him in the movie theater and because i interviewed the officer i am not a patsy right patsy is not saying i didn't do it well saying i'm going to said what is pat's but he also says i didn't shoot anybody they reporter shows did you shoot the president of the united states he yells out no sir i did not vest voice stress analysis of technology didn't exist in one thousand nine hundred sixty three tells us that every time i was one said he didn't shoot anybody every time he says that he that he has done nothing but take a pistol into theater he's telling the truth i think as well does it all got the rifle to depository wow. i'm not we're not sure about that no one saw a rifle we saw a bag of undetermined length under his arm which he claims were curtain rods i'm uncertain about that but i do think this there's no way to be on the sixth floor and also be on the second floor ninety seconds later when he was not seen on the staircase but m

johnson. his district includes fort lee, the town affected by the bridge closures.a milbank from "the washington post." thank you both for joining me. >> thanks for having me, reverend sharpton. >> let me go to you first. this traffic jam was a serious problem. police and first responders couldn't make it to calls. are more investigations needed to get to the bottom of this? >> absolutely more investigations are needed. assemblyman, the chair of the committee has subpoenaed people and documents so the committee can look further into exactly what happened and what was the -- what initiated these closures of these lanes. why was it done? now, we know that chris christie's political appointees was behind it. we also know that mr. wienstein told the managers of the bridge and tunnels not to tell anyone. tell no one. >> who's mr. wienstein? >> that's one of the appointees by christie, one of his appointees. told the managers who run the bridge who said this was wrong to do, this was a bad idea, this will not come out well, the exact words. and when pressed -- when the as

sam johnson, in other conservative. leea well-known progress in california, sander -- on the wayse and means committee, voted against the agreement as well. a democrat from maine voted against it. democrat from new orleans the, against. steve scully's, chair of the republican study committee voted against it. announced he is going to run against john cornman in texas. he voted against it. indiana -- those are some of the notes. our two guests are coming up, kevin brady, chair of the joint economic committee. and the manager -- and a member of the budget committee voted for the agreement. from "wall street journal" this morning -- next call comes from rob in arizona. what do you think about the house bill? good morning america. my name is rob from arizona. what i would like to say is --tly to do with percentages corporate taxes may be up to 23% will we have to get out of the budget he'll. ii, when kennedy put the corporate rate down to -- basically it is all about the taxes. if there is a big political -- from the the no nat

assemblyman gordon johnson, a democratic who includes ft. lee and distinguished fellow at the progressive think tank. assemblyman, i'll begin with you. >> yes, sir. >> do you think the governor, out of the crassest, most, you know, petty motivations caused a traffic jam in your town to punish a democratic mayor there? >> i don't know if the governor actually made a phone call and told these individuals, mr. wildstein and mr. baroni to do this alleged traffic study and close lanes, but it sure seems to me that it was done on his behalf when the mayor did not support him when he was running for the election. >> wait, you think it is -- you have worked with this governor, you're a re-elected representative in the state assembly. >> yes. >> you think it's plausible that chris christie, or chris christie's confederates would do something like this? >> well, when this first came to light and the legislature asked questions as to what is going on here, at first, there was no response. then they came up with this traffic study because it favored ft. lee

second in command, the whip in the united states senate for the republicans, senators lee and cruz sent a letter to mr. johnson on november 15 regarding several issues, most of them focusing on the outright refusal of this administration to enforce immigration law as written. on friday we received a letter that can only be described as insufficient. he refused to answer, really, straightly, a single question providing his more -- -- quote -- "more general views as they exist at this stage." now, what kind of commitment is that? i'm going to give you some of my more general views as they exist at this stage, close quote. is that the kind of response the united states congress should expect about a man about to head this agency? i'm sure it's the kind of response the white house staff told him to give. mr. johnson's answers are critical to the ability of senators in this body to properly judge him. it goes to the essence of his qualifications for the post and one of the central areas of responsibility under his direction. according to senator mccain, senator johnson said the white house prevented him from giving

johnson and his firm. it has our leadership goal to high quality enterprises in san francisco and nurtures a business environment that supports strong economic growth as you will hear from mayor lee. it also established new benchmark for what is possible today for commercial development and you will happy hear from our company leader. john kilroy. i think you will understand that we are a huge believer of san francisco. we have demonstrated that faith in local management, resources and development. it has taken a big teamworking together very closely to bring us to today's ground breaking. that is a lot of people and we are glad to see to many people with us today. it's my pleasure to introduce one of the city's biggest visionaries and supporters. the mayor learned from the very beginning what a very exciting opportunity this has been and he's supported us every way through this development. i know my daughter will understand 1 day how special it is to have him here. please welcome honorable mayor lee. >> mike, thanks very much. congratulations to you and certainly to john and what a wonderful design concept you have here for sure. i'm really excited to see this go up. first of a

johnson family is memphis jax. he was born on october 8th. weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces. he watches kathie leemorning with mommy. >> our next baby is madison amira belgrave. she was born on november 18th in brooklyn, new york. her parents say they chose her middle name because it means princess in arabic. >> now to a baby born on october 14th, thomas wait hays. thomas was born needing a hair cut. >> i had more hair on me -- never mind. elaina faye rustler. this little darling was born on november 13th in evansville, indiana. her parents say that elaina loves to cuddle and is definitely daddy's little girl. >> if you want a chance for your baby to appear on the show, go to our website for details. >> you know we have sitting on a little sofa? we have one of our little adorable ones. this is our producer tammy's little darling ash lyn. >> and she's going to be in a fashion show! exciting. >> look how thrilled she is. now she's thinking, mistake. made a big mistake. all right. coming do you ever grab the cheesy pizza in the mall while shopping? >> we're going to show you how to pack good choices

acknowledge we have been joined by congresswoman barbara lee of california, congressman david sizzling of rhode island, congressman hank johnson of georgia, and congresswoman jackowski of illinois, our distinguished democratic whip of the house, steny hoyer, our ranking member on the small business committee. our cochairs will formally introduce our witnesses, but i would like to thank all of them for honoring us with their presence. we look forward to hearing your testimony. >> thank you. a member of the house republican leadership said "there is no appetite for extending unemployment benefits in the republican conference. today, we are not your to hear about appetite, but about hunger and about the hunger people across this country come a 1.3 million of them have for the dignity and the literal hunger these families will suffer on the 28th of december if benefits are not extended, and the hunger we should have as an economy for putting people back to work. the statements we will hear this morning will be more than ellen did. we look forward to getting back to work to extending unemployment benefits. >> thank you, madam leade

lee in the u.s. senate and the same state that hasn't voted for a democrat for president since 1964 in lyndon johnsonat same deeply red state is at least for the moment the 18th in which -- in the nation where gay marriage is happening now. joining us now from our chicago bureau is wayne bessen, founder of the lgbt rights group, and igor volski, think progress.org. so wayne, utah. did you ever think you would see the day when same-sex couples would get married in utah? >> yes, i did. but i thought i would be older than i am. this is amazing. and the symbolic value alone is going to go miles for us. the writing is on the wall. it's almost like one of those old new york subway train cars. that much of writing on the wall, that marriage equality is something we're going to see within our lifetimes. but quicker than we ever imagined. it's very exciting to watch this unfold. >> you know, igor, that's an important point. just last week, you know, new mexico became the 17th state where same-sex couples could marry. now a judge has made it possible in utah. i just want to say that again. utah. the idea that

johnson's baby of the week is sadie fern. oh, my goodness. born on november 4th in waterloo, iowa. her mom says little sadie loves to cuddle and watch hoda and kathie lee. we could get her in here. congratulations. go to klgandhoda.com for details and press connect. >> we have to talk about this shoe. it's $120. >> it's a real shoe? >> it's not, but it's -- >> it's a green grass shoe. >> it's just a festive thing. we thought you might like it. >> all right, we have the preview of all the big movies opening next week, but are they worth the price of the popcorn? jason kennedy is here. get me out of the twinsy! >> right after this. [ female announcer ] we give you relief from your cold symptoms. you give them the giggles. tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol cold®. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to y

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