he was involved in the stabbing death of new york city college student tessa majors. ncluding felony murder. they say that the teen admitted he was there when the attack happened but claimed he wasn't the one who stabbed majors. a judge could decide whether prosecutors can use the 13-year-old as evidence in the case. david lee miller is live at the courthouse in lower manhattan. david lee. >> trace, that hearing is still going on behind me in family court. moments ago, we learned that a trial date has not been set. the 13-year-old is going to go to trial on march 16th. during the hearing, some of which took place behind closed doors and judges chambers, we are told that the 13-year-old were handcuffs, he was dressed in black, wearing sweatpants, a coat, and a hoodie. he was leaning over that defense table with his head down during some of the proceedings. the topic today was whether or not the 13-year-old should be released before trial. the defense arguing that he should be set free, saying that the horrific nature of the crime itself should not be the sole reason in

that charge essentially means that the murder of tessa majors occurred during the commission of otherelonies. the boys attorney maintains the was only a witness to what happened, and he should not be held legally responsible for her death. an attorney for the city acting as a prosecutor in the family court proceedings today says that the 13-year-old at some point picked up my knife that was dropped by one of his accomplices during this robbery that turned deadly. as this hearing takes place, which should be underway any moment, police are awaiting the forensic results of a task that is being conducted that could lead to charges against a 14-year-old who they believe may have wielded the knife that resulted in the death of 18-year-old tessa majors. the hearing, underway now. >> dana: all right, david lee miller, thank you. now to the growing tensions between the u.s. and iran. after an iranian backed militia tried to storm the u.s. embassy in baghdad. militia members have since pulled back. telling fox news earlier today that president trump has a plan, but he is not going to tip his h

the nypd said tessa majors was stabbed to death while walking and in upper manhattan park.e are as many as three suspects involved. criminal defense attorney bob bianchi is here. wow, this case has taken so many twists and turns. at one point the 13-year-old said, "i give the knife to somebody else." the 14-year-old was on the run, the police arrest him finally, and the 14-year-old is out of jail now. how do we follow this? speak with the strange thing. from a prosecutorial standpoint, this is the only thing i could read in the tea leaves paid the 13 euro gives a detailed confession, which will be argued today as whether that is admissible. he gives information with respect to these other two teens. one of which they bring to the police station, question m, and then they released him. if he had given information they felt was credible, they probably would have been -- >> leland: when you say "he" -- they have the 13-year-old saying that's the guy, though. >> this is what's strange about it. that could mean the 13-year-old 'statement is not completely accurate, which is bett

he was arrested in connection with stabbing death of tessa majors last month. 's lawyer tried getting him released promising he would stay out of trouble. the murder trial is scheduled to start in march, two other teenagers have been questioned and released. congress returning to work with and impeachment heavy schedule. lawmakers set to argue over house democrats fight to obtain secret grand jury materials from robert mueller as russia probe and they will weigh in on whether white house counsel don mcgann must comply with a subpoena from the house judiciary committee. all of this as josh holly threatens to introduce a measure to dismiss articles of impeachment against donald trump. breaking overnight iran now threatening retaliation after one of its top generals is taken out by a us airstrike was a former member of us special forces says the us must be prepared for retaliation. how he thinks the trump administration should respond when he joins us live next. >> we are back with a fox news alert, quote, harsh retaliation. iranian officials bowing to fight back

he claims his friend slashed tessa majors during a new robbery in new york city park last month.e is one of 3 teenagers accused in the stabbing attack. police released the other two suspect after questioning them last month and the mother of those two missing children in idaho now linked to a recent murder attempt. a relative says someone shot at him outside his arizona home. he believes a doomsday cult is behind the incident and the disappearances of joshua val oh and timely ryan. >> i don't know what happened to those kids. if i can say anything to them i would say tell the truth. >> police think the children are in danger and that lori and chad know what happened to them. chad is believed to be the leader of that called. the ex-fiancÉ of houston avenue started died in a drug overdose. sources tell the daily mail nick gordon passed away after a series of heart attacks on new year's day in florida. three years ago gordon was found liable in the death of bobby christina brown who overdosed in a bathtub in the home they shared in 2015. brown's mother whitney houston drowned in a b

during a robbery in a new york city park last month, one of 3 teens accused in the stabbing of tessa majorsother two suspects were released after questioning the last month. the mother of two missing kids in idaho, a recent murder attempt, one of lori's relative send someone shot at him outside his hours on the home. he believes a doomsday cult is behind that incident and the disappearance of joshua fallow and kylie ryan. >> i don't know what happened to those kids. if i could say anything to them i would say tell the truth. jillian: police think they are endangered. chad is believed to be the leader of the cult. rob: the first captain america film, accused of being a real life villain. molly fitzgerald charged in the murder of her mother. she was found stabbed to death inside her kansas home two weeks ago. molly is behind bars, had a small role in the captain america film. the next fiancÉ of whitney houston's daughter. sources told the daily mail that nick gordon passed away after a series of heart attack on new year's day in florida. three years ago gordon was found liable in the death of

that boy is one of three allegedly involved in the stabbing of an 18-year-old tessa majors. she was stabbed while walking in a new york city park just a few days before taking her freshman exams. a judge there is expected to rule whether the 13-year-old's statement can be used as evidence. >>> and happening today funerals for several people killed in a small plane crash in lafayette, louisiana, will be held. five people died in the accident over the weekend. investigators say it could take more than a year to find out what caused that plane to go down. the plane was headed to orlando for the peach bowl. lsu versus oklahoma. among the victims carly mccord. >>> president trump plans to ban most flavors of e-cigarettes this week. tomorrow the president may announce bans on mint, fruit and dessert flavored e-cigarettes. changes that are possible lar wi popular with teens. the trump administration promise a ban on all flavors in september but leaders threatening to with hold political support. >> make no mistake it is a public health crisis. this policy won't do it. it will prote

that boy is one of three allegedly involved in a stabbing of 18-year-old tessa majors last month, stabbed while walking in a new york city park a few days before taking her freshman exams at barnard college a. judge is expected to rule whether the 13-year-old's statement to police can be used as evidence in the case. >>> an adventurous end to 2019. a b.a.s.e. jumper was parachuting inparachut parachuting outside of phoenix and that's when his parachute got caught on a rock. he was suspended hundreds of feet aboveground. rescue crews strapped the man to their helicopter and cut him free from the parachute lines. >>> president trump plans to ban most flavors of e-cigarettes this week but it comes after some compromises. tomorrow the president may announce bans on mint, fruit, and dessert flavored e-cigarettes popular with teens. now the president is saying menthol and tobacco mrafrs will remain on the market. originally there was a ban on all flavors. >> if the goal is reversing the use of e-cigarette epidemic, and it is a public health crisis this policy won't do it. it will protect the in

13-year-old suspect is charged in connection to the stabbing death of the 18-year-old student, tessa majorspolice say about the teen and at least two others were intending to rob her near campus. she managed to stagger up some stuff from the park before collapsing in a crosswalk. david lee miller's live outside the courthouse. david lee, what else are we expecting to see today?

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