now to the stunning testimony from the accused killer of molly tibbetts. she was 20 years old. this man now claims that his confession was not the whole truth and he didn't speak up sooner because armed men had threatened his daughter and her mother. matt finn is live at the courthouse in iowa where the defense has just rested its case. matt? >> martha, as we were inching closer to the end of the trial portion, it was quite a moment when cristhian rivera took to the stand in his own defense. we now have stunning testimony from illegal immigrant, cristhian rivera. some of his testimony contradicts what he previously told police in his confession about how 20-year-old molly tibbetts was brutally stabbed to death. rivera claims on the night tibbetts went missing, he took a shower at home. two masked armed men got into his house. they instructed him into his car and to drive to molly tibbetts' town where they circled here on her jog. rivera says one of the masked men called the other jack, which is the last name of molly tibbetts before. they all drove to a cornfield and then the t

eh, still. >> martha: we're now awaiting a verdict in the case against accused killer of molly tibbettsra, a mexican national is charged with here murder in the first degree. if he's not not guilty, the jury could receive lesser offenses. matt finn is live in davenport, iowa. matt? >> in closing arguments a short while ago, rivera's defense told the jury that yes, molly tibbetts' blood was found in rivera's trunk and it was rivera's car seen on video circling molly tibbetts and that cristhian rivera confessed to dumping her body in a corn field. the defense claims two masked men held him hostage and the state failed to prove that it was cristhian rivera that killed molly tibbetts. the defense said there was increased pressure to solve the case so they ignored other leads and bright rivera in for what the defense claims was an improper interrogation with an inexperienced interrogator. in the closing arguments for the state, the prosecutor said there's a mountain of evidence that proves cristhian rivera stabbed tibbetts to death 9 to 12 times in a fate of rage and rejection. the prosecuti

rivera claims he dumped tibbetts' body then later realized his cell phone and keys in mollie tibbettsll phone and fit bit on the side of the road and claims he kept it all a secret because he claims those masked men threatened to harm his daughter and her mother, his ex-girlfriend. >> do you remember being asked in the interview by ms. ramiro if you were covering for anyone? >> yes. >> and you told her that you were not; is that correct? >> correct. at that moment i was really scared. >> i understand that you may have been scared, but you chose not to tell him, correct? >> correct. >> rivera is charged with first degree murder. he has pleaded not guilty. this case is expected to go to the jury tomorrow. we could be on verdict watch at some point tomorrow, lawrence. >> lawrence: thank you, matt. it's got to be really demented to confess to a murder and make up this nonsense in a court of law. another tragic incident another family dealing with the loss of a relative in this time idaho 22-year-old conner holcomb was killed when his pickup truck was hit by a semi-truck last week. police

the man accused of killing mollie tibbetts now says he was abducted the night tibbetts was murdered.'s andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, a courtroom bombshell in the murder trial of mollie tibbetts. the man accused of killing the t 2 h ity of iowa college do it. instead, cristhian bahena rivera claims he was kidnapped and forced to drive two masked men and one of them killed tibbetts whose body was found in a cornfield. on day six of the trial, the 26-year-old mexican national took the stand in his own defense recounting this never before heard theory. >> did you tell law enforcement the truth that night? >> translator: not all. >> reporter: he testified that on the day the 20-year-old was killed, he got out of the shower to find two strangers in his living room. bahena rivera, who speaks little english, says the men wanted him to drive them in his car, one man armed with a gun, the other with a knife. >> translator: that i shouldn't do anything stupid and everything was going to be okay. >> reporter: as they drove, bahena rivera says they passed tibbetts running three to four

they say that he admitted that he call to killed mollie tibbetts.lacked out, and then the next thing he remembers was leading police to the corn field where he dumped her body. police say that her blood was found in his trunk and number three, rivero's car was seen circling where she was last seen john dominic jogging. the police tape shows him stocking the area where she was last seen alive. a neighbor said that he turned over his home surveillance video hoping that it would show something and apparently that video led them to molly's alleged killer. he spotted the black malleable driving around town and he question the driver, christian rivera, whether he knew about mollie tibbetts and at first he lied. >> did you ask the defendant about mollie tibbetts when he encountered him? and what was his response? >> he said that he knew there was a girl missing from brooklyn but he didn't have any knowledge that would be useful to us. >> he has pleaded not guilty and the defense is a appearing to try to plant seeds of doubt. there also pointing towards mol

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. >> you led officers to molly tibbetts' body, is that correct? >> translator: yes. >> reporter: during cross examination they questioned his story. >> you told officer ramiro that you confronted molly tibbetts on 385th. is that correct? >> translator: yes >> you never mentioned two other men, is that true? >> translator: correct >> you told officer ramiro that you were angry at molly tibbetts, is that true >> translator: i think so. >> that was darby sparks reporting. >>> new polling reveals some startling numbers about the number of americans who believe in qanon conspiracy theories the study found that republicans are more likely to believe in them a shocking 20% of americans agree that a storm was coming that will sweep away leaders and restore power to rightful leaders. 15% overall agree that american patriots may have to resort to violence to save our country and 15% also believe that this country is controlled by a group of sane worshipping peds doe files who run a trafficking operation. >>> one storm hit manassas, vir virginia, and brought

a big piece of the corroboration of his story. >> reporter: the disappearance of 20-year-old mollie tibbettseen on a jog in july of 2018, consumed the town of brooklyn, iowa. surveillance video of tibbetts and this black malibu led investigators to rivera. the arrest of rivera, an undocumented dairy worker, became a lightning rod over illegal immigration. >> do you have anything to say? >> reporter: rivera told investigators in 2018 that he followed tibbetts, who he found attractive, and when she threatened to call police, he became angry and blacked out, later finding her body in his trunk. he led police to her body in this cornfield. mollie tibbetts captured the collective soul of america, as her parents told us in 2018. >> people see in mollie their own daughters, their own girlfriend, their own sister. >> reporter: prosecutors said tibbetts' family is relieved. now, first-degree murder carries a life sentence in iowa. behanna rivera who said on the stand two masked men killed tibbetts and put her body in his car, plans to appeal. major. >> garrett: adriana diaz, thank you. at the capitol

the prosecution hammered home it was not jack, molly tibbetts' boyfriend, that led police to tibbetts? >> no, i did not. >> did you place corn stalks on her body in order to conceal her from anyone that may be looking? >> no, i did not. >> mr. jack, did you have anything at all to do with the disappearance or murder of molly tibbetts? >> no. >> that's all i have. >> we talked to some of molly tibbetts' family on the ground and tell us they're satisfied with the state's case. the defense could rest any day now and this case could go to the jury, bill. >> bill: matt finn watching it from here. thank you in iowa today. >> dana: president biden has repeatedly promised a sthift to clean energy will create good paying union jobs at home. a new report is raising questions about that pledge. according to reuters the biden administration will rely on other countries for the raw materials needed for electric vehicles calling it a blow to u.s. miners. we're here with more. scott is from the cato institute. a big free trader. i imagine that you might think that getting supplies from other places

selected, 8 women and 7 men they were told there would be graphic images shown of stab wounds of molly tibbettsistian rivera is an illegal immigrant in the us and mexico, stamp tibbetts to death and dumped her body in a cornfield. tibbetts went missing after she went for a ride and didn't show up in her hometown of brooklyn, iowa. they have 18 witnesses who could testify at the trial could go for two weeks. they say it will not take that long. the trial date has been changed due to covid but also supposed to be in brooklyn, iowa, 100 miles away from here where she was killed but because of the pretrial and how much attention it gained, they moved it to hear and the opening statements started 8:30, bringing you update to everything. >> keep us posted in this case. jillian: progressive district attorney larry krasner wins the primary in philadelphia as the cdc, a surgeon violent crime. and early test for a progressive criminal justice movement nationwide as he becomes a strong candidate for reelection in november and promises measures like shorter probation and cash bail. rafael warnock compares

you have molly tibbetts' blood in his trunk.ion becomes shaky, but certainly the forensics are devastating. so the defense tries to keep creating this smoke screen. he was interrogated over 11 hours. he was given the wrong miranda rights the first time around. he was not allowed to sleep. he stated that he was tired 61 times during the span of 11 hours. so he keeps trying to create the smoke screen because the defense has to somehow try to overcome the devastating evidence that stems from her blood found in the trunk. >> gillian: those kinds of smoke screens are sometimes effective, are they not? we've seen alleged murders get away with sort of lesser evidence than this. being read miranda rights incorrectly or being interrogated incorrectly. something in the process going awry derailing the trial. >> exactly right. that is because the standard is so incredibly high when it comes to finding criminal liability of an individual. it's beyond a reasonable doubt. so the defense is trying to create some type of defense. they even brou

live on the ground in iowa, the latest in molly tibbetts's murder trial.ents it to begin today in the trial for the illegal immigrants accused of killing molly tibbetts. todd: ashley strohmeyer joins us with what we can expect. >> reporter: the opening statements are starting this morning starting at 8:30 at the scott county courthouse, the jury selected we women in 7 men. they were told there would be graphic images, they were asked about that but none of them have an issue with that. 26-year-old kristin there is an illegal immigrants in the us from mexico who stands trial for murder one after telling police he stabbed tibbetts to death and dumped her body in a cornfield. after she went for a run and didn't show up for work the next morning in her hometown of brooklyn, iowa, they have 18 to 20 witnesses they can call to testify, the trial could go 10 weeks, 10 days to two weeks but some say it won't that long. the trial date has been changed due to covid but also from brooklyn, i just got county because it gained so much attention. the trial starts at 8:3

: we have breaking news coming out of the courtroom where the suspected killer of 20-year-old molly tibbetts killed in iowa while she was jogging. apparently the man who is accused of killing her, an illegal immigrant, has just testified under oath claiming that two armed men masked men appeared in his home, then ordered him into his car and ordered him to circle molly tibbetts as she was jogging. we are know a morning break in the testimony right now. there is more to come on this. when he took the stand under oath he also testified he paid a coyote to cross the river in texas to get into the united states and now he is saying he didn't kill molly tibbetts on his own. he was forced to do it by two armed masked men. this story now taking a different turn and as it breaks, news when they reconvene and testimony goes on we'll bring you the very latest in this molly tibbetts killed in 2018 jogging, 20 years old. you see her there on the left. we've always wondered what had happened. this illegal immigrant cristhian rivera at the heart of the case has just put it off on two unknown, masked peopl

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, the 20 year-old mollie tibbetts originally from oakland disappeared while out on a run in brooklyn,ck in july of 2018 jurors eached a verdict after about 7 hours of deliberations yesterday and today prosecutors allege rivera farm worker attack tibbetts while she was running and then dumped her body in a cornfield by rivera will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> the daughter of famed berkeley author and financial journalist michael lewis has died in a collision near truckee, 19 year old dixie louise was being driven by her friend 20 year-old ross schultz. the 2 were recent grads from berkeley high. the crash occurred at 03:20pm, tuesday on state highway 89 just north of cabin creek road. that crash is under investigation in michael lewis, who is the author of moneyball released this statement about his daughter's death saying we loved her so much and our in the kind of pain none of us has experienced. she loved to live in our hearts are so broken they can't find the words to describe the feeling her mother tabitha and i and her brother. walker and s

mollie tibbetts was born in san francisco and grew up in oakland before moving to iowa in 2009.era will be sentenced in july to life in prison without parole. >>> in the south bay 36 new police officers have been sworn in to the san jose police to permit yesterday, this after officers rushed to the scene of the deadly vta shooting on wednesday. the mayor says officers have never played a more important role. >> you all picked one heckuva time to become police officers. as you would venture into a more violent world you are tasked with the duty to protect and serve. with scrutiny as police officers have never experienced before. >> over the last seven months they have been trained in driving, arrest control, and they will now go into the field training program for the next four months. >>> in the east bay a new class of officers was sworn into the oakland police department. 23 officers took the oath at yesterday's ceremony, the first since the start of the pandemic. over the last year oakland ha seen adramviolent y apintece ief laent g the first academy w they emphasized de-escal

mollie tibbetts captured the collective soul of america. >> people see in mollie their own daughters, their own girlfriend, their own sister. >> reporter: prosecutors said tibbetts' family is relieved. now, first-degree murder carries a life sentence in iowa. behanna rivera who said on the stand two masked men killed tibbetts and put her body in her car plans to appeal. major. >> garrett: adriana diaz, thank you. at the capitol today, republican senators succeeded in block creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the january 6 riot.ev not even the mother of a capitol officer who died after the assault could persuade enough republicans to vote yes. cbs' kris van cleave has more. ( cheering ) >> reporter: nearly five months which senate republicans condemned at the time as an assault on democracy, many of those same senators today blocked the approval of a 9/11- style commission to investigate how it happened. >> the motion is not agreed to.m >> i'm just terribly disappointed that so many republicans refused to even look at a bipartisan, down-the-middle look at it because they're a

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valerie castro has more details. >> christian rivera is guilty of the first-degree murder of mollie tibbettsprosecutors wrapped up their case in an iowa courtroom thursday the undocumented farm worker stood accused of attacking college student mollie tibbets as she went out for a jog in the summer of 2018 it was nearly five weeks before police saying he led them to her decomposing body hidden in a corn field in iowa she had been stabbed 17 times. investigators say the video captured his car in the area the day tibbetts disappeared her blood was found in the trunk of his car, and he partially confessed, but in a twist, he took the stand in his own defense during the trial with a new scenario, claiming two unknown men, armed and disguised, forced him to dispose of tibbetts' body after they stabbed her and put her body in the trunk of his car speaking through a translator, he never mentioned the men out of fear his own family would be harmed >> what did they men say or do >> translator: that i shouldn't do anything stupid and everything was going to be okay. >> there weren't two other guys. tha

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as an illegal immigrant found guilty in the murder of mollie tibbetts.will hear from one of the jurors. arthel: we have live fox news team coverage. alex hogan on the mollie tibbetts case and aishah hasnie following the worder crisis -- border crisis. but first, charles watson as the travel surges, what's happening there, charles? >> reporter: arthel, it's been consistently busy here at douglas international airport. you probably wouldn't know it because the lines are a lot smaller, but i promise you there were long lines this morning for as far as the eye can see. this is an indication that the airports expect ourlines were ready for the -- and the airlines were ready for the memorial day crush. american airlines alone expects 300,000 customers to fly with them from charlotte. as you look at the national picture, airlines are expecting to see crowds comparable to pre-pandemic levels with more than 2.5 million people traveling by plane to memorial day weekend destinations according to aaa. and for some, that's a positive sign. >> well, honestly, i forgot

it was quite a moment yet when the illegal immigrant accused of murdering molly tibbetts took the stand own defense claiming two masked armed men took him hostage and killed tibbetts leaving him with tib its' body in his trunk. during his initial interrogation he led police to tibbetts' body. rivera told a female officer he brought them there saying i did it, didn't i? then on the stand yesterday rivera tried to retract a lot of his confession including what he said when he brought police to tibbetts' body. >> and your response was i brought you here, correct? >> i don't remember, but if it is in the interview, it is true. >> you also told her i did it, didn't i? do you recall that? >> the truth, no. >> rivera claims that these two uneye dent filed mask men threatened to harm his daughter and ex girlfriend and why he lied to police. he has been charged with first degree murder and pleaded not guilty. >> bill: matt, thank you, matt finn in iowa. dana has more. >> dana: we have to bring in criminal defense attorney jonna spilbor. i want to play some of the cross. let's listen here. >> you

learn about california's nicest, smartest beast at johncox.com >> dana: day four today of the molly tibbettsowa. last week the jury saw graphic images of her slain body and a dna analyst says blood in the suspect's car matches tibbetts. >> the screen test indicated the presence of blood on those swabs and the dna profile that i developed matched the known dna profile of molly tibbetts. >> dana: more on the trial and how the defense can even put a case together in the face of evidence like that. let's bring in nancy grace host of crime stories on fox nation. >> i think the statistics that were cited by the dna expert are overwhelming. the blood of molly tibbetts was found in the trunk seal of the car. you know, when you slam it right there at first it had been overlooked but statistic is it's her blood to a 1 in 8.7nanillion. certainty. almost too much for a civilian like myself who is not a scientist to take in. that's her blood. now, we have a blow for the state because his initial statement to police was thrown out. the interpreter that was speaking forgot a part of miranda. but then after

to make its case in the trial of an illegal immigrant accused of killing iowa college student molly tibbettsheir case yesterday arguing for first degree murder charges. with the lead case agent testifying tibbetts text messages showed she posed no danger. >> there are all these different factors that would push that person into a higher risk of becoming a victim. molly tibbetts didn't have any of those. molly tibbetts probably had the nicest text messages we've ever read. we had a hard time finding something negative about molly tibbetts. >> bill: jonna spilbor joins us. >> dana: now the defense has somebody on the witness stand. where does it go from here? >> i think we're going to see more of what we saw in the prosecution's case in chief here, dana. i don't expect any perry mason moment. the defense is hanging on a one-two punch. one, somebody else could have committed this murder and two, the prosecution can't fill in the middle. in other words, they can put rivera at the beginning of this crime and certainly put him at the end of this crime but the middle is still murky. the defense is

the source close to this case tells us up to 10 family members of molly tibbetts are expected to be heretibbetts family, quote, is very sure things will end up how they should. the family hopes it goes as quickly and smoothly as possible. 24-year-old christian rivera pled not guilty to first degree murder in the brutal stabbing death of 20-year-old molly tibbetts. he faces life if prison. she was out for her daily jog july 2018 when she vanished. intense manhunt lasted for weeks until rivera led them to her body in a cornfield and confessed to gruesome details of tibbetts' death and drank her body into that field. tibbetts' blood was found in his trunk and warned jurors in the case will hear graphic evidence about the violent death of a young girl. the jury of 15 people with three alternates is made up of eight women, seven men, our producer observed the majority of these jurors appear to be white. if we get a list of how they self-identify we'll update you. kristin rivera was here illegally working on a nearby farm. her father wrote he wants justice but not for his daughter to be a part

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the he know rivera is charged with abducting stabbing and killing 20 year-old, mollie tibbetts tibbettst for a run in july of 2018 and was never seen again. her friends and family were left searching for answers or really hurting or she. >> means the world to me. police arrest a rivera a month later. they say he was in the country illegally defense attorney dmitri shaq of age is not connected to the case. he says rivera's immigration status will play a role in the trial. well, if he's entirely mean he's not here on a visa. he's simply. >> illegal. as a matter of law, you get this point. be deported after being subjected to hear. now, if he's convicted him of murder then you'll have to serve a sentence here and then be deported to be ever gets out investigators say rivera confessed to approaching tibbetts as she ran killing her in a panic after she threatened to call police and hid her body in a cornfield. he allegedly led police to her body which had been buried underneath leaves the trial was moved to a different county because of the pretrial publicity of the case in every case that h

meanwhile out in iowa the mollie tibbetts murder trial will resume in two hours.ld wind up going to the jurors. ashley strohmier joins us with more as the illegal migrant charged in her killing shockingly took the stand yesterday, ashley. >> yeah, it was shocking. good morning, steve, christian rivera's defense rested its case but it was after that shocking testimony in court take a listen to what a little of what he had to say. >> you drove the two men in your malibu to the cornfield where you dumped mollie tibbetts, correct? >> yes. >> and you're telling us that you drove back to your home alone. >> yes. >> and these two men just disappeared? >> that's right. >> rivera claims the two masked man with a gun and knife showed up in his living room and told him to get in his car which was that black chevy malibu that's been popping up throughout this trial. he then claimed they ordered him to stop jogger who tibbetts. two men claimed they knew his daughter and mother and quote said if i said something they would take care of them. now, throughout the trial, law enfor

authorities arrested rivera a month later and he loved them to mollie tibbetts's body.co in group in oakland before moving to iowa in 29 riviera will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. >>> 62% of americans have received at least one shot of a covid vaccine. president biden set the goal is to get to 70% by july 4th. otmiion are million peop partially vaccinated. the cbc revised its mask guidelines for summer camp. staff and campers don't need to wear a mask if they are fully vaccinated. as always, state and local health orders will take precedence. >>> is now okay to get all of your vaccinations at the same time. you are inoculated for covid- 19. today, area health officials announced a change in their guidance that asked people to wait 14 days to get other vaccinations after getting the covid shot. they are confident it is safe to get immunized simultaneously against covid and other preventable diseases. >>> travel is picking up again with the holiday weekend. you may have noticed the highways today, this is expected to be the busiest day at oakland internat

. ♪♪ >> welcome back, day 3 of the trial for the illegal immigrant accused of killing molly tibbettsto begin later this morning. >> on surveillance video showing prosecutors say it could be vital in this case. >> reporter: prosecutors called law enforcement officers to the scene, they showed surveillance video we will show you hear of a person they believe is molly tibbetts running through a neighborhood next to a black ship in malibu who drove up and down the area several times, prosecutors say that car was given by 26-year-old christian rivera. the officer who interviewed rivera in spanish said he told her during the 11 hour interrogation tibbetts tried to slap him and joking behind her. he claims he didn't remember what happened next saying he gets angry and lacks out. law enforcement said he gave a partial confession. >> what happened to her, there was i brought you here, didn't i? that means that i did it. i don't remember how i did it. >> reporter: she remembers he shrugged his shoulders when asked if he felt that he said no. romero said the next thing he remembered was driving

. >> day 3 of the trial of the illegal immigrant accused of killing molly tibbetts is set to begin latershown in court, prosecutors say could be something in the state. >> reporter: prosecutors called law enforcement to the stand yesterday and showed key portions of surveillance. we will show it here, the person they believe is molly tibbetts running through a neighborhood and moments later a black chevy malibu drove up and down the area. prosecutors say that car was written by 26-year-old christian rivera. the officer named hamlin romero said he told him during the 11 hour interrogation tibbetts tried to slam him and started screaming and jotting behind her, that is when he claimed he didn't remember what happened next saying he is angry and blacked out and eventually gave up session and led authorities to tibbetts's body. take a listen. >> what happened to her, answer was i brought you here, didn't i? that means that i did it, i don't remember how i did it. >> romero, the woman you heard from remembers he shrugged his shoulders when she asked if he felt bad and he said no, he told her

. >> the trial begins for the illegal immigrants accused of killing molly tibbetts.nfession to the matter is the defense interrogated his voice understand. good morning. >> reporter: opening statements kicked off the murder trial, they been postponed many times especially recently due to covid but the illegal immigrants accused of murdering molly tibbetts. the defense d for their opening statements until later on in this trial but the state asked the jury to find christian a very guilty. prosecutors saying surveillance video does show rivera's chevy malibu allegedly circling molly to bits on that fateful run. the mayor confessed to authority got out and started running next to her and became angry when she said she was going to call the cops. he claimed he blacked out and remembered he was driving with molly's buddy body in the trunk and through over his shoulder and dumped her body under cornstalks in a field, they are trying to get the confession thrown out because he was not read his full miranda rights. prosecutors in court pointed to video and dna evidence to be

be mindful and aware that they were going to be showing graphic images of the stab wounds of mollie tibbettsto death and then dumped her body in a cornfield. tibbetts went missing after she went for a run and didn't show up to work the next morning in her hometown of brooklyn, iowa, which brooklyn iowa is about an hour -- i'm sorry, 100 miles from where we are right now. the state says they have 18 to 20 witnesses who could possibly testify as this trial could go anywhere from a couple of days to two weeks. but, some are saying it's not going to go that long. the trial date has been changed many times. most recently because of covid. it was also moved from brooklyn, iowa, where this happened to scott county because the pre-trial is what gained so much attention. as i said less than an hour from now this trial is going to start and i will be sitting in on that trial and bring you all of the latest developments. back to you. brian: all right. thanks so much, ashley. steve? steve: thank you, brian. the nation's oldest consumer protection agency launching a new ad it companies pushing woke cultu

the man being accused of killing twit-year-old university of iowa student mollie tibbetts.an bahena rivera given closing arguments today and matt, i remind everyone that adds you report on the story, you took us all the way through this tragic story back when mollie tibbetts went missing. >> we were on the ground and now mollie tibbetts deaths, the jury said that the two masked men were a figment of rivero's imagination and instead he stabbed her nine to ten times. his defense argued that the prosecution had limited access to homeland security and did not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. they did not provide a weapon. but apparently he confessed and said he became angry and hit her body. blood was found in his trunk. there will be the chance to give her a bottle and then we will expect this case to go to the jury today. we could have a verdict today. >> sandra: we will be watching this closely. at matt finn live on the ground there. bring us any breaking news as you get it. >> john: back now to our top story. the growing calls for transparency in the investigation at

wholeheartedly belies guilty. >> reporter: both dalton jack and his brother were out of town the day that mollie tibbettsand she had been standed 7-12 times. as you said, ainsley, day two of the trial starts here at 8:30. in just a couple of hours -- actually, a just a little over an hour from now back up and running for the second day. back to you guys. ainsley: thank you, ashley. that is terrible. jillian has some news for us. >> reporter: let's begin with a fox news alert. israel and hamas are expected to reach a ceasefire after more than a week of fighting. both sides are reportedly working on an agreement that could be finalized within the next two days, but it comes as they continue to take strikes with gaza city being hit early this morning. hamas rockets struck homes in southern and central israel. [background sounds] you can see video showing people running for cover as more rockets were fired into israel from remember not. israel responded with artillery fire. >>> a wild high-speed if police chase in florida ends up with five juvenile suspects in custody after that horrific crash. the suspects

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breaking from washington at this hour. >> dana: a man accused of 20-year-old iowa college students molly tibbettsa 26-year-old illegal immigrant allegedly stabbed tibbetts out on an evening run three years ago. they are body was found a month later in a corn field. rivera could face live in prison without parole if convicted. let's bring in nancy grace from fox nation. nancy, when this -- as this trial gets underway there was a lot of publicity. one of the questions is going to be finding a jury that says that they can listen impartially to the case. >> that's right. a lot was made of the case not only because of the nature of the crime, the brutal murder of molly tibbetts, but because the alleged perp in this case rivera was an illegal immigrant, is an illegal immigrant. it became very political. not what the victim's family wants. long story short you have to take politics out of voir dire jury selection. i don't think it will be that difficult to do. surprise to the media not everyone listens to what we say. i believe they will find a fair and impartial jury. >> dana: congresswoman hinson comm

that mollie tibbetts told him that she would call the police, get away from her.s car. he takes her to a cornfield where he dumps her. and in august of 2018 he actually led police officers to where her body was in that cornfield. emily: ted we have a confession and video and him leading them to her body. what do you see is the biggest challenge for the prosecution now. >> the confession. he confessed to blacking out. he didn't confess to actually killing her. i think what has happened is that the defense in this case is going to try to focus on mollie tibbetts boyfriend dalton jacks. they also want to focus on the confession -- to say it was coerced confession and going to try to get that confession thrown out. emily: ted, thank you for your analysis. we will stick with you as the trial continues to unfold. thank you and good morning to you. all right. still ahead. corporations are put on notice with a new ad campaign targeting companies for putting politics over their customers. the woke politics pushback is next. ♪ how do you like me now ♪ how do you like me now

. >>> new developments in the murder case of mollie tibbetts. disappeared on a ran in iowa and it's been nearly 3 years since her body was found in a cornfield and investigator say her accused killer, farmworker and undocumented immigrant, cristhian rivera, confessed to the crime and led them to the remains but now new courtroom video shows that he followed her in the moments before her death. >> cristhian rivera told crisths remembers while he was on the road with mollie tibbetts . >> he stated usually when he becomes angry or he gets mad that he blocks out. >> he has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. the very latest in the case were clued included the evidence that they have coming up on gma at 7:00 a.m. >>> a federal judge ruled on 20 motions in the upcoming trial of elizabeth holmes who is accused of falsely claiming there was technology that could rent dozens of test with a single drop of blood. the judge will not let them hear about hotels or other personal items she used and she is pleaded not guilty and the trial has been pushed

. >> molly tibbetts an incredible young woman, a person came in from mexico illegally and killed her.f many we have tremendous crime trying to come to the borders, to the family of molly tibbetts, all i can say is god bless you. >> rivera's trial was delayed several times most recently because the coronavirus and in 2019 and judge from the initial interview with law enforcement because rivera was not properly read his miranda rights, defense attorney claimed they want more evidence to be suppressed, rivera is charged with first-degree murder and faces life in prison without parole if convicted. eric: tragic. thank you. arthel: lgbtq members of the new york police department are speaking out after organizers at the pride parade decided to be on police officers in taking part in their events for the next four years, aishah hasnie has more. >> were talking about the world's largest pride celebration not just be any police officers but banning gay and lesbian officers who are proud to wear the blue, organizers of a new york city pride parade say law enforcement can no longer participate a

an illegal immigrant is found it's of first degree murder in the killing of mollie tibbetts. came nearly three years after mollie was found stabbed to death in her small iowa town. jackie ibaÑez joins us live with more as one juror speaks out jackie? >> juror says the case hit home but he feels confident with the guilty verdict. take a listen for yourself. >> especially for a lot of us, it was very emotional. you know, people that have kids. what we really had to do is put all our emotions to the side and that's not what it was about. it wasn't about our own personal beliefs and stuff like that. we had to look at the evidence and fact and stuff like that and base off of that. that's what we made our decision. >> jury deliberated over seven hours. at the end of the day reed and the other seven jurors had no doubt in their minds when it come to convicting christian rivera of first degree. >> any doubts or anything that anybody had? we kind of talked everything out and made sure we were all on the same page. with something obviously like this or anything else, you want to have 10

the disappearance and death of molly tibbetts made nationwide headlines. police say illegal immigrant 24-year-old cristhian rivera stabbed her to death and dumped her body in a cornfield and a month later confessed and led them to the body. the big shock in the murder trial rivera chose to take the stand and under oath gave stunning details claiming two masked armed men forced him to follow tibbetts, killed her, they drove to a cornfield and they left tibbetts body in his trunk. the prosecution says there is overwhelming evidence pointing toward rivera and the two masked men are figments of rivera's imagination. >> they vanished out of thin air. walked away in a cornfield after killing the young woman and they leave him with transportation and a cell phone. that makes no sense at all. >> rivera's defense says the state cut corners. felt pressure to pin this case on rivera and did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that rivera is the person that actually stabbed tibbetts to death. >> then they have no scientific evidence that connects him to the -- they wa

. >>> opening arguments begin in the murder case of mollie tibbetts. iowa college student was murdered in 2018. christian rivera is charged with her murder. >>> santa clara county is now in the less restrictive yellow tier. the move comes with a new set of work place rules. the county wants employers to verify employees' vaccination status. >>> and extremely dry conditions in the north bay have prompted marin county officials to declare a drought emergency. residents are being asked to cut back water use where they can. >>> we have windy conditions already this morning. gusts 30 to 60 miles per hour from sfo on top of mount deablow. that is ahead of the dangerous winds. it goes through 5:00 tomorrow morning. >>> we have a sig alert in san jose due to roadways flooding . there appears to be a crash in the area. we are working out the details now. expect delays on northbound 101 to northbound 880. >>> number seven, the cables to scale up half dome at yosemite national park are back starting today. a limited number of permits are available. >>> we are hea

. >>> it's been nearly 3 years since the body of iowa college student mollie tibbetts was found in ad finally some justice for her family. as a farmworker has been convicted of her murder. now a juror is speaking about the verdict exclusively to gma, >> we the jury find the defendant cristhian bahena rivera guilty of the crime of murder in the 1stb0. >> reporter: this morning a ici murder trial of iowa college student mollie tibbetts. jurors finding this man cristhian bahena rivera guilty. rivera seen nodding as the verdict was read, the court concluding that rivera was the man who killed the 20-year-old after she went for a jog in brooklyn iowa three years ago. the jury foreman speaking out. >> my heart was pounding in my chest to be honest with you, it became very real for me because this is it. we went through two weeks of this trial and it came down to this so it was very emotional at that point. >> reporter: scene at the end all the jurors we able to come up with the same verdict. >> even when we went through deliberation we were all very understanding and willing to listen to e

indoctrination of children into these radical orthodoxies. >> testimony continues today in the mollie tibbettsce he started jogging behind her that's when he claims he doesn't remember what happened next. >> good samaritans jump in to help a florida deputy under attack. >> put your hand behind your back. put your hand behind your back. >> both men will receive the citizens award for helping the deputy. ♪ it's a good morning ♪ brand new day ♪ nothing in my way ♪ steve: looking at the cruise port in cape canaveral. that cruise ship just docked there you know how it is 7:00 they start serving breakfast and people start getting off. brian: i hope. so is the cruise industry back? i didn't think it is. gavin, did you find out. steve: i think it's heading that way they are going to try to reopen particularly down in florida. by the way, we were talking earlier. we showed -- carley showed that great shot that john daly made yesterday. i said, you know, he is watching right now. within 10 seconds he wrote back yeah, i'm watching. one of you said he was probably out partying last night. ainsley: that wa

rivera, did you kill mollie tibbetts? d immigrant christian bahena rivera confessed to the crime. leading them to the remains. in the courtroom new video showing what prosecutors is rivera following tibbetts. police say he admitted to seeing the young woman jogging while driving his car. and circling back around before exiting his vehicle to jog behind her. he says mollie threatened to call the police and they started fighting. >> what is the next thing that christian rivera told you that he remembers while he was on this road with molly tibbets? >> he stated that usually when he becomes angry or when he gets mad, he blacks out. so the next thing that he told me was that he remember him driving and looking down and finding the ear buds that belonged to mollie, and that is when he remembered that he had mollie in the back of his vehicle and the trunk. >> reporter: prosecutors say tibbetts was stabbed 7 to 12 times. a dna analyst testifying her blood was found in rivera's trunk. >> he remembers mollie being in the trunk. his

. >> announcer: then, molly tibbetts' trial drama. the accused man takes the stand. see what this witness had to say about her boyfriend. >> there was a message that said that he would break up with