MINNEAPOLIS IS LOOKING BUSY. GIVE YOURSELF A FEW EXTRA
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >>> IT IS TIME FOR A TOP STORY.
WE ARE GEARING UP FOR A BLOCK
AFTER HEARING ON CAPITOL HILL
THIS ONE.
THIS ONE.
THIS ONE. >> SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT
KAVANAUGH AND THE WOMEN
ACCUSING HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT,
DOCTOR CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD,
WILL TESTIFY BEFORE THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. >> THAT HEARING COMES ONE DAY
BEFORE A SCHEDULED COMMITTEE
VOTE ON KAVANAUGH'S NOMINATION
AND ONE DAY AFTER THE NUMBER OF
KNOWN SEXUAL ASSAULT
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM JUMPED
FROM 2 TO 4. MANY ARE STILL
BEHIND THEIR NOMINEE AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEFENDING
HIM AGAINST WHAT HE CALLS A BIG
FAT CON JOB I DEMOCRATS.
AS THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
KAVANAUGH GROWS SO DO THE CALLS
FROM DEMOCRATS FOR THE FBI TO
REOPEN THEIR BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >>> COMING UP, WE WILL HAVE A
SPECIAL REPORT FROM THOSE
HEARINGS STARTING AT 8:30 THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >>> WE ARE FOLLOWING ANOTHER
DEVELOPING STORY. WE COULD SEE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A HIGH
PROFILE CASE HEADING BACK TO
COURT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
>> MOHAMMED NOR FACING TWO
ONLY CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF JUSTINE DAMOND.
>> KIA EDWARDS HAS WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT CASE.
>>> TODAY ATTORNEYS ARE
EXPECTED TO ARGUE OVER WHETHER
THE CASE CAN MOVE ON TO TRIAL
PROSECUTORS SAY DOOR ACTED
RECKLESSLY THAT JULY DAY LAST
YEAR. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAY HE
ACTED REASONABLY.
ACTED REASONABLY. THEY HAVE ASKED THE JUDGE TO
DISMISS THE CHARGES.
IT IS A MURDER CASE OUT OF
MINNEAPOLIS THAT HAS DRAWN
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. TODAY
IT HEADS BACK TO COURT. X
OFFICER, THERE ARE IS CHARGED
WITH THEIR DEGREE MURDER AND
SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER FOR
SHOOTING AND KILLING JUSTINE
DAMOND, WHO CALLED 911 TO REPORT
A POSSIBLE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
WAS UNARMED WHEN THERE ARE AND
HIS PARTNER ARRIVED.
TODAY'S HEARING IS BASICALLY
ABOUT WHETHER THE CASE CAN GO
TO TRIAL.
TO TRIAL.
TO TRIAL. HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY
ARGUMENTS WE CAN EXPECT HERE.
NOR'S ATTORNEYS WANT THE
CHARGES DISMISSED, POINTING TO
A LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE.
THEY SAY HE FIRED HIS GUN IN
REACTION TO A PERCEIVED THREAT
OF DANGER NOT WITH A DEPRAVED
MIND REGARDLESS OF HUMAN LIFE,
WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER
MINNESOTA'S DEFINITION OF THIRD-
DEGREE MURDER.
DEGREE MURDER. THE DEFENSE IS ALSO SAYING
HANDS-OFF NORSE PSYCHOLOGICAL
RECORDS, CLAIMING SEARCH
WARRANTS VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE RECORDS
WERE PROPERLY OBTAINED. THEY
STAND FIRM THAT DOOR ACTED
RECKLESSLY IN USING DEADLY
FORCE AGAINST DAMON, A 40-YEAR-
OLD LIFE COACH, DUAL CITIZEN
FROM AUSTRALIA, WHO WAS ENGAGED
TO BE MARRIED AND WAS CALLING
POLICE FOR HELP JULY OF LAST
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. TODAY'S HEARING IS SCHEDULED
FOR 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON . THE
JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO LET THIS
CASE PROCEED, THOUGH, IT IS
UNCLEAR IF SHE WILL MAKE A
RULING TODAY OR ON ANOTHER DAY.
IN THE MEANTIME NOR REMAINS
FREE ON BAIL.
>>> DOZENS OF RESIDENTS FROM
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN ST.
PAUL SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THEIR
NEW NEIGHBORS.
NEW NEIGHBORS. >> POLICE TOLD RESIDENTS 11
SEX OFFENDERS ARE MOVING TO
DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE CITY.
PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS
AND CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT
STUDENTS WHO GET OFF THE BUS
WHERE TWO OF THE OFFENDERS ARE
REGISTERED.
REGISTERED. ST. PAUL POLICE SAY THERE ISN'T
MUCH THEY CAN DO TO CHANGE
PROTOCOL FOR OFFENDERS
REHABILITATING BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY BUT THEY ENCOURAGE
RESIDENTS TO CALL THE
NONEMERGENCY LINE IF THEY SEE
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS.
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS. >>> MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
ARRESTED A MAN A CONNECTION TO
A HOMICIDE ON EAST 21st STREET
AND BLOOMINGTON AVENUE.
POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO
SHOTS FIRED TUESDAY JUST AFTER
4 PM.
4 PM.
4 PM. OFFICERS THEN FOUND A MAN WHO
HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.
HE DIED LATER AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE SUSPECTS OR VICTIMS
IDENTITIES HAVE NOT BEEN
RELEASED YET.
RELEASED YET. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MAKING
PLANS TO COME BACK TO MINNESOTA
.
.
. >>
. >> HE
. >> HE WILL BE AT THE CIVIC
CENTER IN ROCHESTER NEXT
THURSDAY HE WILL HOLD AN
ELECTION RALLY. IT IS HIS
SECOND TRIP TO MINNESOTA THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. >>>
YEAR. >>> NOW DAYS WHEN YOUR PHONE
RINGS THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT
COULD BE A SCAM CALL.
ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM
FIRST ORION, A CALL BLOCKING
TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, HALF OF
CELL PHONE CALLS YOU WILL
RECEIVE ARE A SCAM.
HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF?
ADD YOUR NUMBER TO THE DO NOT
CALL REGISTRY.
CALL REGISTRY. >>> A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR
TARGET.
TARGET.
TARGET. THE COMPANY IS OPENING ITS
FIRST EVER STORE IN VERMONT.
THIS MEANS THE RETAILER
OFFICIALLY HAS A STORE IN ALL
50 STATES.
50 STATES. >> PRETTY COOL.
LET'S GO TO THE ONE THING YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY'S
FORECAST.
FORECAST.
FORECAST. >>> A COUPLE OF SPRINKLES IN
SOME SPOTS THIS MORNING.
MOSTLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE
METRO.
METRO.
METRO. TEMPERATURES MILDER THIS MORNING
, UPPER 50s. LOW 60s THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. A BIG DROPPING TEMPERATURES.
WE'RE