a time of celebration for amanda knox, raffaele sollecito and their families, the tragedy of meredith kercherrgotten. >> the kercher family has paid the ultimate price. i wish that they would not always go by what the prosecutor says. because the prosecutor is absolutely obsessed with this one person, and actually they could have had some closure long ago if he had just pursued the most logical trail. >> i don't think the prosecution has admitted that through the objectivity of their evidence they can conclude who participated and/or not. and the fact that it has been put out there for so long that i may or may not have had something to do with the murder, they can't let go of. they just -- they -- the idea that someone knows what happened or was a part of what happened and isn't saying anything and isn't being held responsible is maddening. i understand that. but it's not -- i'm not responsible for what happened. i didn't do it. i wasn't there. i don't know anything more about it. >> this is a case where there's dna evidence that shows that the murderer is in prison but yet there's this feel

well, meredith kercher's brother and sister were present in court last night for the verdict. n. they gave a press conference this morning. take a listen to what lyle kercher had to say. >> no matter what the decision and when it is finally upheld or not, you know, nothing's, of course, going to bring meredith back. you know, nothing will ever take away the horror of what happened to her. the best we can hope for is, of course, finally bringing this whole case to a conclusion, you know, and a conviction, and everybody can then move on with their lives. >> reporter: stephanie and lyle kercher also saying that should it come to an extradition order for amanda knox, should italy's supreme court make that ruling, that they would support her extradition from the united states. we're also getting an update on amanda knox's co-defendant, raffaele sollecito. he was found guilty of meredith kercher's murder last night, sentenced to 25 years in jail. we understand from italian police in the northern italy city of udinay, which is located near the border of austria and slovenia, the polic

told police she was in the house the night of the murder and saw her boss, nightclub owner and meredith kercher go into meredith's room and she heard screams. amanda's statement adds, i am very confused. i imagined what could have happened. police apparently didn't bother to check the facts about him. they immediately arrested amanda knox, her boyfriend and patrick for the murder of meredith kercher. police announcing to the public, case solved. julianna medini admitted to us, without evidence, he knew almost the moment he arrived and laid eyes on amanda knox and raphael they were involved in the murder. prior to the forensic investigation, prior to everything really, your intuition or your detective knowledge led you to amanda knox and raphael? >> translator: after the first few weeks, we were convinced because of the behavior of the two people and especially amanda, that they were both involved in the crime. >> reporter: but almost immediately after the arrests, manini had a problem. the third suspect, patrick, had an airtight alibi. he was in his crowded bar that night. he could not have bee

meredith kercher's family is looking forward to when the whole ordeal is over. >> nothing of course isoing to bring meredith back. not going to take away the hoar wore of what happened to her. the best result would be finally bringing this whole case to a conclusion and a conviction and everybody can move on with their lives. >> she is now living in seattle. she will fight this latest ruling. she released a statement saying, i am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict. having been found innocent before i expected better from the italian justice system. this case is far from over. but it could mean a diplomatic battle between italy in the united states. knox can appeal again to the supreme court but if it is upheld she could face extradition to italy. for that to happen they would have to appeal to the obama administration. right now it is unlikely she would be sent back because the united states has double jeopardy clause in the expedition treaty. in th this case is a long way from conclusion. >>> suspect tsarnaev will face the death penalty. the department of justice announcin

told police she was in the house the night of the murder and saw her boss, nightclub owner and meredith kercher go into meredith's room and she heard screams. amanda's statement adds, i am very confused. i imagined what could have happened. police apparently didn't bother to check the facts about him. they immediately arrested amanda knox, her boyfriend and patrick for the murder of meredith kercher. police announcing to the public, case solved. juliano menini admitted to us, without evidence, he knew almost the moment he arrived and laid eyes on amanda knox and raphael they were involved in the murder. prior to the forensic investigation, prior to everything really, your intuition or your detective knowledge led you to amanda knox and raphael? >> translator: after the first few weeks, we were convinced because of the behavior of the two people and especially amanda, that they were both involved in the crime. >> reporter: but almost immediately after the arrests, menini had a problem. the third suspect, patrick, had an airtight alibi. he was in his crowded bar that night. he could not have been

the family of meredith kercher is speaking out this morning. >> this is the family reacting to that guilty verdict of amanda knox from that court in italy. we want to remind you that you can listen to amanda knox exclusively on abc. she will be talking with robin roberts on "good morning america." we are going to monitor this. >> let's talk about the forecast. 25 degrees out there. this time yesterday, it was 13. >> 10 degrees at least. so much better. >> everybody else was in the single digits with the exception of reagan national. let's take a look at these numbers. hello, 20's. so good to see you. 25 degrees in morningside, 27 in manassas. 25 degrees in gaithersburg. bwi at 23 degrees. we are all in the same boat with these warmer temperatures and we can thank the cloud cover along with wind coming in out of the south. our forecast today, 25 degrees at 9:00. partly sunny into the afternoon hours. our high today, 43 degrees. what about the weekend? we will discuss it when i see you again. >> thank you. right now we are moving across the board of the major interstates. accident free repor

according to the police, a knife found at sollecito's apartment had amanda knox's dna and meredith kercher's dna on it. crucially knox made a confession, which was later recanted. and there was a bloody footprint in the bathroom that prosecutors say belonged to sollecito and a bloody shoe print next to kercher's body. they also said that was the foot print of sollecito. a homeless man said he saw the couple near the house the night of the murder. the cuts on the body didn't match this knife and an appeals court ruled in knox's favor in 2011. but now as they go through the levels of the italian justice system, she has been convicted, again. i want to bring in steve moore, former fbi special agent. wrote a book about this case and you saw him in erin mclaughlin's report and also significant work investigating this for the knox family. cnn legal analyst and former homicide prosecutor paul callan joins me, as well. paul, in the united states, this is a case that arouses passionate points of view. and the majority of americans who follow this case believe that amanda knox is innocent. why do you

meredith kercher's body found in her apartment. the investigators said she was killed the night before. amanda knox and her boyfriend% found guilty. an appeals court acquits both of them largely on evidence that the dna evidence was flawed. since she was released she has remained at home near washington. >> reporter: who can forget her emotional return to america. >> i want to say thank you to everyone who believed in me, who defended me, who supported my family. i just want my family the most important thing to me right now and i want to go be with them. thank you for being there for me. >> reporter: what happens now? will italy demand knox be sent back? will the u.k. agree? bill: president obama with a new plea to the top companies in america to try to get people working again. >> the jobs market is the long-term unemployed. because they have been unemployed so long, folks are look at that gap in the resume and they are weeding them out before they even get a chance for an interview. bill: walmart, apple, ford, they are urging th

sheut it is in italy that stands accused of murdering her flatmate meredith kercher. it was shortly before the deaths that amanda and raffaele dating.o started these pictures show him leaving the police station in northern italy near the border with austria. the police detained him and confiscated his passport. it is reported he may have been trying to flee. >> as soon as i got the news ,hat there was a guilty verdict they took my passport and all my documents. i came right immediately back. i will fight until the end. we will prove, we will show in many ways that i had nothing to do with this murder. family welcomed the guilty verdict but accepted it as another stage in the long process. >> we are still on a journey for a factth, and it may be we don't really know what happened that night, which means we will have to come to terms with. >> diverted to reinstate the original convictions based on the first trial in 2009. what was the main evidence llecito?knox and so the prosecution said the dna of both meredith and amanda was on the knife believed to be the murder wea

since the beginning, her face has eclipsed that of meredith kercher.he had been in italy for two months when she was sexually assaulted and stabbed in her own bedroom in november, 2007. when amanda and raphael was seen kissing within hours of her body being found, it seems suspicious and they became the focus of attention. investigators and prosecutors quickly came up with a theory they had been involved in a sex game that went wrong. , knoxa sensational trial and select she tell were convicted. sollecito were convicted. her brother said he would never be able to find forgiveness. >> i think anybody would need to read in detail or know what happened to her. they would never forgive somebody did that to their sister or daughter's. >> lawyers will now appeal the convictions. >> the latest turn in what is a very complicated legal proceeding. the u.s. government said today that it will seek the death dzhokharor 20-year-old tsarnaev, the man accused of committing the boston marathon bombing with his brother. davidre, i'm joined by willis. what is the u.s. g

found guilty once again by an italian court for the 2007 murder of the british exchange student meredith kercher was found with her throat slit. knox was today sentenced to 28 years behind bars, but she says she won't go back to italy to do any more jail time. >> found guilty of murder for the second time yet amanda knox says she is innocent and she'll do everything she can to prove it. >> i'm going to fight this it's not very end and right and it's not fair. i really hope that people try to understand that, like, when you have overzealous prosecutors and when you have a biased investigation and coercive investigations like these things happen. >> new york knickerbockers and ex-boyfriend raffaele sollecito were both convicted in 2009 for the murder of meredith kercher in 2007. the british student was found stabbed to death in the house her and knox shared in italy. knox and sollecito received 28 and 25-year sentences respectively but both were acquitted in 2011 after a lengthy appeal. that was challenged in 2013 and their acquittal was overturned on thursday by italy's highest court. raffaele so

amanda knox served four years behind bars for the killing of this woman, meredith kercher, knocks' then roommate in great britain. the case became a sensation, calling her foxy knocksy, and the prosecutors claim knox and her boyfriend stabbed, slashed the roommate, during a late night of drinking and drugs. an italian appeals court overturned the conviction saying the evidence was bad. the police botched. i. so knox came home to seattle so close to being off the hook, but not anymore. amanda knox says she watched on television with us yesterday and as the court reversed themselves again. she flew straight to new york to tell her side of the story. she spoke on "good morning america" about the moment the verdict came down. >> my fiction -- my first reaction was, no, this is wrong, and i'm going to do everything i can to prove it is, and i felt very determined and my family felt very determined. but it was only on my way here i really got my first cry. >> that from gma on abc this morning. now the case raises all sorts of legal questions, like whether italy can force the united states' ha

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>> well, meredith kercher's family speaking out today.er and sister, stephanie and lyle, were present in court for the verdict last night. speaking out for the first time this morning, talking about how meredith kercher, they will never get her can ba. also saying they would support amanda knox's extradition from the united states if that should happen. take a listen to what they had to say. >> no matter what the decision and whether it is finally upheld or not, nothing is going to bring meredith back. nothing will ever take away the horror of what happened to her. the best we can hope for is finally bringing this case to a conclusion and a conviction an everybody can then move on with their lives. >> reporter: their lawyer has long tried to get a conviction and told cnn he approves of the court's decision. >>> with the sochi olympics about a week away, concerns about terror threats continue to overshadow the athletes. now, in an exclusive interview, president obama is speaking out saying russia is aware and capable of handling the danger

a italian court convicted knox and her boyfriend of the murder of meredith kercher.was overturned in 2011. before the verdict, knox said she has no plans on returning to italy without a fight. >> i'm definitely not going back willfully. they'll have to catch me and pull me back, kicking and screaming. >> extradition will only be considered if knox loses an appeal to italy's supreme court. amanda will join us live this morning on "good morning america." >>> nominated for noble peace prize for the second time, pakistani teen who was shot in the head by taliban because she spoke out about education rights. she was flown to europe for treatment and has been living there. the noble peace prize will be announced in october. >>> one of the top democrats in the house is calling it quits. henry waxman of california says he will retire at the end of the session. he was responsible for landmark legislation on health and environment issues. the 74-year-old waxman says it is time to move on and give someone else a chance. but he admits, he is frustrated by the partisan stalemate

. >> reporter: the 26-year-old convicted of killing her roommate, meredith kercher in 2009.fter spending four years in prison, knox's conviction was overturned. due to unreliable evidence. and she flew home to seattle opening up to abc's diane sawyer. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> >> reporter: the acquittal was overturned. her boyfriend received the same ber verdict. the concern now is that italy will use its extradition treaty and ask the u.s. to send her back to italy. >> how could they not. they have a convicted felon on the book. >> you will obviously fight it. there is no way she is going back over there. >> this case can be appealed to italy's supreme court. rafael in italy, was sentenced to 25 years and was ordered to hand over his passport, john and marci. >> brandi hitt, thank you for that. we will talk hear from ammanda knox on "good morning america." >> the justice department statement says sar nie ef pleaded not guilty. the two bombs last april killed three and wunded hundreds. boston's mayor opposed the death pe

. >> reporter: hi, well the victim meredith kercher's brother and sister speaking out this morning saying nothing will bring back meredith. their lawyer has long argued for this conviction. meanwhile, outrage among amanda knocks's supporters. they're saying she and sollecito have been railroaded by the italians. guilty once again. the amanda knox murder trial far from over this morning after knox was last night slapped with her second conviction of the murder of british student meredith kercher. this is a third time an italian court has heard the case. the judge overturned the original conviction due to errors in the investigation. she returned to the united states and made no appearance in this trial. last night, a woman believed to be amanda knox was whisked away by family members. knox released a statement saying i am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict. i expected better from the italian justice system. now the court has sentenced knox to 28 1/2 year in prison. knox's ex-boyfriend, sollecito was also convicted. he was on hand to hear the verdict. and the kercher family keep

. >> this has gone on for six years and three months since the murder of meredith kercher, and in aroundnd 45 minutes we will get what will, in effect, be the third verdict in this case. amanda knox is awaiting this verdict, we're told she is with her family in seattle, washington, waiting to find out whether or not she will once again be found guilty of the murder of meredith kercher. her lawyer is confident she will be acquitted once again. he said in his final rebuttals in court today, quote: it is not possible to convict a person because it is probable that she is guilty. the penal code does not foresee probability, it foresees certainty. of course, amanda knox and her former boyfriend, avenue fell sell see toe were found guilty back in 2009 and acquitted in 2011 on the basis that some of the evidence seized from the home that iowa hand da knox shared with meredith kercher had been contaminated by mishandling by those investigators. now, if amanda knox is found guilty this time around, it is likely that the italian courts would seek her extradition from the u.s., although they heavy

the family of her dead roommate, british student meredith kercher reacting to the guilty verdict. >> the verdict has been upheld. and again this time, so we hope obviously come the end of the trial, we're nearer to the truth and an end so we can just so people remember meredith who she was and draw a line under it as it where. jenna: its not over yet. jonathan hunt with more. >> reporter: it was emotional amanda knox on "good morning america" today, seemingly stunned at this second guilty verdict. obviously very frightened at the possible extradition of her to italy and once again, saying that she was not involved in the murder of meredith kercher. listen here. >> i really hope that people try to understand that, like when you have overzealous prosecutors and when you have a biased, biased investigation and coercive interrogations like these things happened and i'm not, i'm not crazy. it just, it puts you in a position where you feel like -- >> reporter: knox has said that she would have be quote, dragged, kicking and screaming back to italy to face justice and that 28-year prison te

the 2007 murder of the british student, meredith kercher, is what they were charged with.s radio's courtney walsh is live in italy with the latest on this huge story today. hi, courtney. >> reporter: hi, martha. well, it's been another dramatic turn, the murder trial of the british exchange student, meredith kercher. 28 1/2 years for amanda knox and 25 for her lover, raffaele sollecito. after 12 hours behind closed doors and four months of hearings in the retrial, the jury upheld the original guilty verdict for the stabbing death of kercher, who as you may recall was found half naked in a pool of blood in a house she shared with knox the night after halloween in 2007. as you said, today's ruling overturns the 2011 appeal that set the pair free after four years behind bars. neither were in the courtroom today for the verdict, though raffaele attended in the morning and then did not show up later, saying he was too stressed. knox remains in seattle, saying she feared being condemned again for a murder she did not commit. both knox and sollecito deny helping rudy guede to kil

. >> to get to it, did you ki kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? have not told police? that you have not told in this book? >> no, i don't. i wasn't there. >> but just as knox was beginning her new life again, italy's highest court overturned her acquittal last year. she couldn't believe it. >> i'm going to keep fighting this. i'm going to keep fighting this and i'm not going to stop fighting this. that's all. the truth will come out and that's all. >> in fact, one truth that is known is that this man, local drifter rudy guede is in jail, convicted for the murder. >> he sits in 16 years in prison. and i might add with good behavior, he's allegeable and will probably receive daytime release this year. so while amanda and raffaele is being convicted trial after trial after trial, the real killer is going to be out of jail. they searched that crime scene for two months and they were not able to find one nanogram of amanda knox's dna. >> are you excited to see david? the statue of david. >> oh. >> long gone is the fresh faced 20-year-old who originally

first they were found guilty, then innocent in the stabbing death of knox's former roommate meredith kercherly. they say all of this back and forth with the courts has been tough. >> then to have media attention and the fact it's drawn out for six years makes it incredibly difficult for us. >> reporter: family said this morning that they are not sure the entire truth has come out about this. it's unclear what is going to happen to knox. she is going to appeal, that process could take a year even if the high court there upholds her conviction, then we deal with extradition. there are 190 countries including italy that have extradition treaties with the united states. it's not clear how that's going to play out. it may put federal officials here in the u.s. in a difficult position having to send her back to italy to face that conviction. >> that woube a significant fif amendment issue. the "today" show is going to cover the story with reports from italy and an interview for the attorney for raffaele sollecito that's coming uf after "today in the bay." >> 6:32 now. meteorologist christina loren

this was the third trial for knox and her former boyfriend were convicted of murdering meredith kercher back in 2009 acquitted in 2011. knox returned to seattle after her acquittal and was not in italy when yesterday's verdict was handed down. she was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. the final decision on whether to extradite knox to italy will rest with the state department. federal prosecutors will seek the de--death penalty against one of the man accused of masterminding the boston marathon bombings. prosecutors say, dzokhar tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan, planted two homemade bombs near the finish line of the marathon killing three people and injuring 250 margaret the attacks triggered a manhunt that led to dzhokhar's capture. police shot and killed tamerlane \ tsarnaev during the manhunt. dzhokhar has pleaded innocent. no trial date has been said. >>: that i think they were just a mad instead of more embarrassed. >>: it could have and probably should be handled later. a district spokesman says there will review the notifications and should have given the kids a grace p

she and her ex-boyfriend convicted yet again in the 2007 murder of her roommate meredith kercher. >> this morning, police picked up the ex-boyfriend near the italian border. raffaele sollecito was picked up. knox will begin fighting extradition from the u.s. peter van sant is here with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. seattle's amanda knox had refused to return to italy for the third trial saying she had suffered greatly from what she describes as a wrongful and perverted justice system. knox woke up this morning a convicted murderer. amanda knox and her former boyfriend raffaele sollecito guilty again of her roommate meredith kercher. >> we might never know the truth. we can only go by what's out there in the courts the documents. >> we were all just shocked, and i think upset. but we're all ready to fight. >> reporter: in a statement, amanda knox blamed her latest conviction on overzealous and intransient prosecution, reliance on unreliable testimony and evidence, and character assassination. amanda knox at a cafe in seattle had spoken to a reporter from the lond

an italian court has once again found amanda knox guilty of the murder of her former roommate meredith kercher. guilty of a crime that has been at the center of an international media firestorm for more than six years. her former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito, was also convicted after nearly 12 hours of deliberations by 2 judges and 6 jurors. sources tell abc news, knox felt sick as the verdict was read, saying in a statement, i am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict. having been found innocent before, i expected better from the italian justice system. this has gotten out of hand. days before the verdict, knox spoke to guardian films. it was aired by the bbc. >> definitely not going back willingly. they have to catch me, and pull me back, kicking and screaming into a prison that i don't deserve to be in. >> reporter: knox's parents told us late today, they are stunned but befind. >> the emotion i pick up on is anger. >> anger helps us to fuel the fight. probably years more of fighting for this. >> reporter: how could this happen? after being convicted of her roommate's murder in 200

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guilty verdict against knox and her italian ex- boyfriend in the stabbing death of their roommate meredith kercher back in 2007. both knox and her former boyfriend were freed in 2011, when the original verdict was overturned. knox returned to the u.s., her attorney said they will appeal this new verdict stomach justin bieber might not have been legally drunk when he was arrested last week in florida. but a preliminary toxicology report released today shows the pop star had hot and prescription drugs in his system. the report says bieber had traces of thc in his system along with the key ingredient and an anti- anxiety drove such as xanax. he's facing charges in florida as dui and resisting arrest along with charges in canada involving an alleged assault on a limo driver last year. >>> super bowl xlviii in new jersey less than 72 hours away. but in two years the bay area will host football's biggest event. and super bowl planners from here are also there taking notes . >> todd bombs flew in from pleasant hill this morning, and now he is in new york on super bowl boulevard having a blast, and he's h

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this was the third trial for knox and her former boyfriend --- who were convicted of murdering meredith kercherin 2009. then acquitted in 20- 11. knox returned to seattle after her acquittal - and was not in italy when today's verdict sentencing her to more than 28 -years in prison was handed down. the final decision on whether to extradite knox to italy will rest with the state department. hundreds of thousands of strollers are being recalled due to a risk of broken fingers, and even amputation. britax has announced a recall of 216- thousand strollers. after eight people reported injuries strap. the company says, one person if he had his had their finger partially amputated. isthe recall affects b- agile, good to b-agile double and bob motion strollers. sold from 2011 to 2013. the big game means larger- than-life a big screen tvs. measuring tape. it the haven't got her to get any better hurry. kron4's gate slate has the story for you next. 626 on the clock a tweet about the trio's is prompting an apology now from the president of an msn the secret is to just conservatives might hate it chills

american exchange student convicted by an italian appeals court for brutally killing her roommate, meredith kercher, now sentenced to 28 1/2 years behind bars. >> amanda's upset. we were all just shocked and i think upset, but we're all ready to fight too. >> reporter: now living at home in seattle, the 26-year-old said she felt sick as the new guilty verdict was read saying in a statement, "i have been found innocent before. i expected better from the italian justice system. this has gotten out of hand." after spending four years in an italian prison, knox was cleared in 2011 because of unreliable evidence. she returned to the u.s., wrote a book and then learned italy's highest court had ordered a new trial. >> i felt like after crawling through a field of barbed wire and finally reaching what i thought was the end, it just turned out that it was the horizon. >> reporter: so what's next? knox is almost certain to appeal. if italy's high court upholds the guilty verdict, the question of extradition would come into play. >> how can they not ask to have her extradited meaning they then have a convict

sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison for the 2007 murder and sexual assault of her roommate, meredith kercher. knox herself wasn't in court this time. she stayed home in seattle. but in a statement she said i am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict, having been found innocent before. i expected better from the italian justice system. and just five days ago she talked about her fear of a guilty verdict. >> it would feel like a train wreck. they would order my arrest, and the italian government would approach the american government and say extradite her. and i don't know what would happen. >> reporter: but she may never have to go back. the judges tonight did not order knox's extradition to italy, aware that the case could drag on through the courts for years. knox's attorneys say tonight they will appeal the guilty verdict to italy's supreme court, turning this highly controversial case into a game of judicial ping-pong. with amanda knox's future once again in the balance. keith miller, nbc news, florence. >>> that u.s. air force cheating scandal involving nuclear missile launch off

meanwhile, we're hearing from meredith kercher's family. 007 murder has taken its toll. >> losing somebody close to you is difficult, losing somebody at that age, and obviously in horrific circumstances that meredith was killed is horrendous. you know, to have media attention -- worldwide media attention and it's been drawn out over six years make it is incredibly difficult for us. >> the presiding judge has 90 days to write the arguments behind the jury's ruling. after that, lawyers have 90 days to appeal the decision. knox's lawyers say they will file an appeal, then. >>> president obama says he's confident he can still get things done in washington despite his constant disputes with house republicans. he told cnn's jake tapper he hasn't lowered his expectations for his presidency. >> and so, in no way are my expectations diminished or my ambitions diminished, but what is obviously true, we have divided government right now. the house republicans, in particular, have had difficulty rallying around any agenda much less mine. and in that kin

knox were both convicted in an italian court for the death of her roommate, british student meredith kercher. she's been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison. knox has been back in the u- s for the past two years. the final decision on whether to extradite knox to italy will rest with the state department. >>darya:hundreds of thousands of strollers are being recalled due to a risk of broken fingers, and even cut off. britax has announced a recall of 216-thousand strollers. after eight people reported injuries from pulling on the release strap. the company says, one person had their finger partially amputated. the recall affects b-agile, b-agile double and bob motion strollers. sold from 2011 to 2013. for more information go to our web site kron four dot com. does >>james: pavlovatoyota is telling dealers to for stop selling six car and truck models. over safety concerns about the seats in those models. toyota says the seat fabric in camrys, avalons, siennas and tacomas from the 2013 and 2014 model years. does not meet fire standards. part of the heated seats are supposed to be made of m

. >> reporter: the brother and sister of the murdered meredith kercher were in court to hear the verdict. they clearly believe that the united states should now extradite amanda knox. >> i imagine it is a difficult process in a country such as the u.s. didn't choose to go along the laws they themselves uphold and extraditing convicted criminals and leaves them in a position not to. >> reporter: an interesting development with amanda knox's exby friend raffelle sollecito. he was discovered in a hotel just six miles from italy's border withaustria. his lawyer said he was not trying to do that. his passport has been seized and he will find out if he is headed to jail when the supreme court of italy rules on this in 12 month's time. >> what a long ordeal for all of the family members involved. >> we have new reaction on the death penalty sought in the boston bomber. victims and families expressing satisfaction with that. one of the last to leave the hospital in boston. >> you know, which i go back and forthwith that. the death pen alley is a little to easy. i rather have him suffer, you know

. >> today, meredith kercher's family says that the lack of the closure on her murder has taken a tolln them. >>> and the firefighter at the heart of the death investigation is leaving the firehouse for good and that is only part of what we have learned about this case. >>> i'm liz crenshaw, and how do the salt treatments on the road affect your paint on and high i and then here comes the change, and 1:00 a.m., we will see the shower activity, and moving through, and oh, no, no, look at this. i messed that up, and look at what i am talking about here, because we are seeing the snow out of this, and i am going all of the way through, and there is the with 1:00 period again, and watch this as we move through the day. we are going to see the chance for snow coming in around 9:00 in the morning, to the entire area except for areas down to the south, and this is something that we will be watching closely. monday could be snowy earlier in the morning, and so we will watch that closely over the weekend for you, and high temperatures tomorrow, into the 40s and the 50s, and we will be into the

meredith kercher's family is calling for her to be thrown back in prison.d conservatives as racist. but are they really sorry at that network or do they feed the culture of intolerance? geraldo rivera, who has worked for nbc, is here live in about two minutes. >>> i have never met geraldo in person. i wish i was there. and here is one man with many voices in his head. >> sometimes when you ask me a question to someone who doesn't want to answer, they just say stuff that doesn't relateify to what you're talking about. i was one of those guys, man. >> the one and only, frank caliendo and all those voices that he spouts out. he and dr. phil will be here because "fox & friends" final hour on this friday, that's a lot of f's, starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> there you got the sea gals at 45th and broadway. they're heating up the so-called super bowl boulevard as we listen to rodney atkins, he'll be performing live midtown manhattan in this hour of "fox & friends." >> one of my favorite songs right there. we are thrilled to have him. right now we're actually going to tos

today reacting to the reinstatement of the guilty verdict in the murder of her former roommate meredith kercher. and they e reinstated the murder verdict handed down to her and her ex-boyfriend raffaele sollecito. today, eye titalian police took sollecito into custody near the austrian border, and knox returned to the u.s. after 2011 after an appeals court acquitted her. she can stay here in this country until the appeals process continues, and that could take a year. while knox is vowing to fight the verdict, her former boyfriend has surrendered his passport to the italian police, and it has brought attention to the intricacies to the italian judicial system. >> and there are three trials with different conclusions. and here to explain all of this is correspondent pete williams. and pete, good to have you with us, but what is the next move for her? >> well, she will appeal, and last time it worked for her, and they in essence threw it out and it is now the second round that convicted her and she is undoubtedly going to appeal again in the eye titalian court >> and how many times can she do tha

court decision to uphold murder conviction of her and her boyfriend, accused of killing roommate meredith kercherhan hunt live in the newsroom. this was such an emotional interview this morning amanda knox did. obviously this is weighing on her very heavily, even though she's here in the united states. >> she was extremely emotional as she talked to robin roberts on "good morning america" on nbc. she said she was stunned at the verdict. she and frightened at the very thought of being extradited to italy. she said once again that she is a victim here. >> and i really hope that people try to understand that when you have overzealous prosecutors and biased investigation and coercive investigation like these things happen, and i'm not -- i'm not crazy, it puts you in a position where you feel like -- >> a development today, too, with her ex-boyfriend also found guilty for a second time, of course, raffaele sollecito. he was discovered this morning by italian police in a hotel just six miles from italy's border with austria leading, of course, to some speculation he might be trying to flee the country

after being convicted of murdering her former roommate, meredith kercher in 2009 and serving four years cleared after a stunning new trial found the original evidence unreliable, returning home to seattle writing a book and telling all to diane sawyer. >> did you kill meredith kercher? >> no. >> were you there that night? >> no. >> reporter: but italy's highest court overturned the acquittal and ordered a new trial, oddly this time italian prosecutors completely changed their theory. in the first trial knox was accused of killing kercher during a drug-fueled erotic game. this time prosecutors said the murder was actually driven by a fight over a dirty apartment and an unflushed toilet. through it all knox now sporting a new short haircut at home in seattle avoided the trial finishing her degree at the university of washington and worrying about what's next. her former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito is still on trial for murder and will be in court today. >> there is no evidence now and there never will be any evidence so until this matter is completely resolved and resolved favorably, it

overturned that acquittal, finding them in effect once again guilty of the murder and assault of meredith kerchernda knox shared an apartment in italy. she is guilty according to the court and is, quote, illegally in her own country, signal they will at some point try to seek her extradition back to italy to serve those 26 years in jail. >> the guess is, it's only that, they'll have a very hard time making that happen. i'm shepard smith in time swear. we'll wrap up things here. a quick look at the dow on this thursday before the super bowl, and that shows me that we clearly don't have the dow. there it is. the dow is up. that's great news. here comps cavuto. >> would you hand over your personal information to a criminal? if you're signing up for obamacare it could be happening. welcome everybody. i'm in for neil cavuto. this is "your world." remember when health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius asked this? >> isn't it true there is no federal requirement for navigators to undergo a criminal background check. >> that is true. states can add an additional background check and other fe

it was knox's housemate, meredith kercher. she was stabbed to death over and over and over in their rented villa back in '07. knox and that boyfriend, raph l raffaele sollecito were both convicted and sentenced to 20 plus years in prison. in 2011, an appeals court acquitted them for lack of evidence. it changed again and italy's highest court sent the case back to a different court saying, retry it, start over. those verdicts finally came down yesterday and knox got a longer sentence than before. 28 years. she says, it hit her like a train. >> i'm going through waves of emotion in response to it. my first reaction was, no. this is wrong. i'm going to do everything i can to prove that it is. i felt very determined. my family felt very determined. it was only on my way here that i really got my first cry. this really has hit me like a train. i did not expect this to happen. i really expected so much better from the italian justice system. they found me innocent before. how can they say it is guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. i wi