. >> michelle traconis is expected back in court today, convicted of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his ex-wife. what we're learning about the early hours of the investigation as traconis family speaks out. >> plus remark rescue two illinois police officers giving this dog cpr to save his life. >> thwarted thieves. >> how a group of teenagers stopped these porch pirates from stealing packages and leaving an impression. >> the rodent leaving its mark on chicago, cementing his place in history. on this friday, january 12th. >> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. >> good morning everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we begin with a barrage of u.s. missiles raining down an iran backed militant targets in yemen, a us led coalition launched dozens of airstrikes overnight, taking direct aim at houthi rebel locations. >> the houthis say at least five of its fighters were killed and the operation was in retaliation for nearly 30 attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. and it's fueling more fears. the mideast war could widen.

. >> day two, expected in the trial of michelle traconis. she's accused of helping her boyfriend at the time, fotis dulos cover up the suspected murder of his ex-wife, jennifer dulos, in her connecticut home in may 2019. dulos friends and loved ones were in court yesterday, including her 88 year old mother for the start of the long awaited trial. a connecticut jury watched body camera footage of officers on the missing persons call for dulos, discovering what appeared to be blood on a range rover parked in her garage on the right. >> passenger side of that vehicle on the floor. i observed what appeared to be a footprint, uh, a red reddish and color could have been a footprint of blood. >> police allege fotis dulos waited for jennifer dulos to return home from dropping their kids at school, attacking her in the garage and trying to clean up the scene. police believe he then drove off with her body in another suv that she had, which was later found abandoned at a local park. surveillance video shows dulos discarding the trash bags and a rolled

the trial of venezuelan socialite michelle traconis brings the end of the love thriller that the whole day. a businesswoman, the daughter of a famous heart surgeon, is accused of helping her boyfriend hide the traces of a brutal crime, the murder of a mother of many children. in the picture is the same victim, jennifer doulas, his wife. luxury real estate builder fotis dulos. in 2019, the couple's marriage began to crackle at the seams, they began to furiously divide houses, children, money, and as is usually the case, there were scandals; here a mistress also settled in a broken marriage. the plan matured on its own. fotis, a confident detective, decided to get rid of his wife, and his new fighting girlfriend supported him in this. look, it looks like blood. this is footage of the search of dulos' mansion. on the day of his wife's disappearance, the police came across brown spots in the garage. my instinct told me. something creepy happened: the last time jennifer's suv was caught on camera was when she was taking the children to school, returned home and seemed to disappear into the

start for free at godaddy.com >> bill: the trial of michelle traconis is underway charged in the connectioned the nation's attention four years ago. jennifer dulos reported missing on may 24th. days later details emerge about a bitter divorce battle as police search trash cans in nearby hartford, connecticut for evidence. only days after that both traconis and her boyfriend were arrested and eventually released only to be rearrested again in september. by january of 2020, mr. dulos was charged with murder and home confinement before he died after a suicide attempt behind bars, wow, you got all that? jonna spilbor, criminal defense attorney. good morning to you. you were with us four years ago as we went through this. here are the charges against the ex-girlfriend. conspiracy to commit murder. tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. on the prosecution, you say this will be a tough one for them. why? >> yeah. because, bill, in order to prove the top charge here which is the conspiracy to commit murder, they first have to prove that there was a murder. prosecution does not have that