EVENING... THE KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH
OF A 15-YE4@AR-OLD GIBBS HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT. A
SHERIFF'S OFFICE 4@SPOKESPERSON
SAYS DEPUTIES ARE
INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF
ZACH MUNDA4@Y. THEY SAY WHE
THEY FINISH THE INVESTIGATION
-- RESULTS WILL BE TURNED OVER
TO KNOX COUNTY PROSECUTORS.
K-C-S-O SAYS AN AUTOPSY WILL
BE 4@CONDUCTED. WE'LL BRING
YOU UPDATES AS WE GET THEM.
4@
BE 4@CONDUCTED. WE'LL BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE GET THEM. THE SEYMOUR MOM CHARGED
WITH AGGRAVATED NEGLECT AFTER
HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A
BATHTUB WAS IN COURT TODAY.
IT WAS A MOTIONS 4@HEARING.
HER BABY...NOW SIX WEEKS
OLD....IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
BUT RESUERS COULDN'T SAVE
HER 15 MONTH OLD 4@WHEN THEY
RESPONDED TO THE HOME EARLIER
THIS
MONTH. "BETHANIE CARRIKER" TOLD
911 OPERATORS SHE 4@LEFT THE TW
CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN THE
BATH FOR 10 TO 12 MINUTES. 4@
WHEN SHE CAME BACK 4@THE TWO
CHILDREN WERE BLUE AND
UNRESPONSIVE.
4@
CHILDREN WERE BLUE AND UNRESPONSIVE. IT HAPPENED ON 4@GREENFERN
TRAIL IN SEYMOUR.
PARAMEDICS RUSHED TO THE HOUSE
AROUND 2 4@THIRTY ON MAY
SEVENTH. AUTHORITIES
ARRESTED CARRIKER -- AND
SHE'S BEEN IN JAIL EVER SINCE.
10NEWS REPORTER COLE
SULLIVAN WAS IN THE COURTROOM
TODAY...AND COLE... THERE'S
NOW FOCUS ON THE MOTHER'S
ROBIN AND JOHN...4@
CARRIKER'S PUBLIC DEFENDER HAS
ASKED THE STATE TO PRESERVE
ALL THE EVIDENCE ON HER CE4@LL
PHONE. TODAY...THE 34
YEAR OLD WAS BACK IN COURT FOR
A MOTIONS HEARING.
SHE SAID NOTHING IN
COURT. HER PUBLI4@C DEFENDER HAD
FILED A MOTION 4@COMPLAINING
SHERIFF'S INVE4@STIGATORS HAVE
HAD CONTACT WITH CARRIKER
4@ WITHOUT HER THERE. HER
LAWYERS SAYS THIS IS A
VIOLATION OF HER RIGHTS.
SHE WANTED THE JUDGE TO ORDER
NO 4@CONTACT WITHOUT AN ATTORNE
PRESENT. INSTEAD JUDGE
HEAD-RICK SAID THE D-A'S
OFFICE SHOULD TAKE MORE C4@ARE
TO MAKE PROPER NOTIFICATION. 4@
CARRIKER IS DUE BACK IN
COURT ON JUNE 18TH. THAT
WILL BE FOR A PRELIMINARY
HEARING.
4@
WILL BE FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING. @
WILL BE FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING. WE'VE ASKED WHOSE
CUSTODY HER 6 WEEK OLD CHILD
IS IN....BUT THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS IT ISN'T RELEASING
THAT 4@INFORMATION.
NEW AT 5 - A MAN...
WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS BRUTALLY
MURDERED IN KNOXVILLE MORE
THAN A DECADE AGO...IS
PARTNERING WITH A SELF-DEFENSE
SCHOOL TO HELP OTHERS SURVIVE
4@ ATTACKS. CHANNON
CHRISTIAN AND HER BOYFRIEND
CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM WERE
CARJACKED AND KILLED IN 2007.
4@
CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM WERE CARJACKED AND KILLED IN 2007. AND AS WBIR 10 NEWS
REPORTER STEPHANIE HAINES
TELLS US....CHANNON'S
FATHER...GARY 4@CHRISTIAN...HAS
HAD SELF-DEFENSE IN MIND FOR A
WHILE. STEPHANIE?
ROBIN AND JOHN, GARY CHRISTIAN
SAID ABOUT SEVEN YEARS
AGO...HE THOUGHT OF WORKING
WITH SOMEONE TO PROVIDE
SELF-DEFENSE CLASSE4@S. 4@HE ME
ROY SH4@IELDS OF SMOKY MOUNTAIN
SELF DEFENSE...AND NOW THE
GOAL IS TO HELP WOMEN AND KIDS
GET THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO
SURVIVE.
IN THE CORNER OF SMOKY
MOUNTAIN SELF DEFE4@NSE
4@ SCHOOL... IS A MEMORIAL FOR
CHANNON CHRISTIAN AND
CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM. 4@SOT GARY
CHRISTIAN: IT'S AN HONOR TO
HAVE CHANNON'S PICTURES
HANGING IN ALL THESE PL4@ACES.
WOULD TRADE ALL THOSE PICTURES
TO HAVE HER BACK. THE YOUNG
COUPLE WAS CARJACKED AND
BRUTALLY MU4@RDERED IN NORTH
4@ KNOXVILLE IN 2007. SINCE
THEN...CHANNON'S FATHER...
GARY CHRISTIAN... HAS4@ ENDURED
TRIALS...RETURNED TO
FAITH...AND NOW HE'S FOCUSSING
ON A NEW GOAL. SOT: IF YOU
DON'T TAKE 4@SOME MEASURES TO
4@ PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN OR
PROTECT YOURSELVES, IT'S ON
YO4@U,. HE SAYS CHANNON DIDN'T
KNOW SELF DEFENSE. SOT: I WISH
I COULD GO BACK, I WISH THERE
WAS A NO MORE VICTIMS FUND OR
A SMOKY MOUNTAIN 4@SELF DEFENSE
THAT I COULD PUT HER IN
CLASSES IF THAT WOULD GIVE HER
A CHANCE TO GO HOMECHRISTIAN
AND ROY SHIELDS...THE SCHOOL'S
OWNER...MET AND REALIZED THEY
HAD THE SAME GOAL. SOT
SHIELDS: I NEVER WANTED TO
FEEL WHAT HE'S FEELING AND I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF I HAVE A LOT
TO OFFER TO MY DAUGHTER AND
OTHER KIDS. HE SAYS HE'S
HONORED TO WORK WITH
CHRISTIAN. CHRISTIAN AND
SHIELDS CO-FOUNDED THE NO MORE
VICTIMS FUND...WHICH WILL HELP
GIVE SELF DEFENSE SCHOLARSHIPS
TO 4@KIDS....HOPING THAT THEY
CAN SURVIVE...AND PREVENT
ANOTHER 4@TRAGEDY LIKE CHANNON
AND CHRIS. SOT GARY: EVERY
TIME WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THIS COMMUNITY, SHE'S 4@PART OF
IT.
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
SHIELDS 4@4@4@4@
SHIELDS SAYS @4@
SHIELDS SAYS MORE THAN 580 WOMEN HAVE COMPLETED HIS ONE-DAY WORKSHOP OVER THE
YEARS. AND 38 KIDS HAVE GOTTEN
SCHOLARSHIPS TO TAKE CLASSES
THERE.
4@ YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE CHRISTIAN NEWSOM CASE ON
OUR WEBSITE. 4@ SEE THE
STATUS OF EACH OF THE
DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN THE
CASE. PLUS, HOW THE 4@COMMUNITY
KEEPS CHRIS AND CHANNON'S
MEMORIES ALIVE. THAT'S
ALL AT WBIR.COM.
4@
MEMORIES ALIVE. THAT'S ALL AT WBIR.COM. EAST TENNESSEE SEEMS
DETERMINED TO START SUMMER
EARLY.
4@ WE'VE SEEN NEARLY 4@TWO
WEEKS OF SUNSHINE... AND WE
AREN'T -- MOSTLY --
COMPLAINING. THIS
FORECAST HAS GIVEN US DAY
AFTER DAY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO
EXPLORE EAST TENNESSEE GEMS
LIKE CADES COVE. IF YOU
CAN STAND THE HEAT... THAT IS.
4@4@ METEOROLOGIST CASSIE
NALL JOINS US NOW. 4@ CASSI
-- BOTH THE HIGH HEAT... AND
THE CLEAR SKIES COULD SOON
CHANGE ON US.
TODAY: PARTLY SUNNY AND 4@MOSTL
DRY IN EAST TENNESSEE. OUR
4@ SOUTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES
COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND
STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. 4@CHECK BACK FOR
UPDATES! HIGHS WILL TOP OUT IN
THE LOWER 90S. LOWS WILL BE IN
THE UPPER 60S WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THURSDAY: A WEAKENING FRONT
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION
BUT LIKELY WON'T DO MUCH FOR
RAIN CHANCES UNTIL 4@LATE IN TH
EVENING. THAT MEANS MUCH OF
THE DAY SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY
AND WE'LL WARM TO NEAR 90
DEGREES. LOWS WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE 60S THURSDAY
NIGHT. FRIDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS
POSSIBLE. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE 80S. LOWS WILL BE IN
THE MIDDLE 60S FRIDAY
NIGHT. SATURDAY: PARTLY SUNNY WITH
HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S. A
SPOTTY SHOWER OR STORM IS
POSSIBLE BUT CHA4@NCES ARE
MINIMAL. LOWS WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE 60S SATURDAY
NIGHT. SUNDAY: HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE 80S WITH VARIABLY
CLOUDY SKIES AND A FEW SPOTTY
SHOWERS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE 60S SUND4@AY
NIGHT. MONDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY WITH
HIGHS 4@IN THE M4@IDDLE 80S. LO
WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 60S
MONDAY
NIGHT.
MONDAY NIGHT.
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K-P-D
K-P-D SAYS IT'S FOUND A WOMAN FIRST REPORTED MISSING ON TUESDAY.
4@
WOMAN FIRST REPORTED MISSING ON TUESDAY. 78 YEAR OLD MARTHA
HUTCHINS IS SAFE. 4@ K-P-D
SAYS ITS GRATEFUL TO THE
COMMUNITIES WHO HELPED TO
LOCATE HER.
B TWO FIREFIGHTERS ARE
RECOVERING AFTER BATTLING A
HOUSE FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE BLOUNT COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A
HOME ON MUTTON HOLLOW ROAD
JUST AFTER 5 THIS MORNING. 4@
ACCORDING TO CHIEF DOUG
MCCLANAHAN... 4@MOMENTS AFTER
CREWS ENTERED THE HOME
SOMETHING EXPLODED... INJURING
TWO FIGHFIGHTERS.4@ ONE WAS
TREATED AT THE SCENE. THE
OTHER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL
HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.
FIRE CREWS FACED 4@SEVERAL
CHALLENGES WHILE TRYING TO GET
THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXPLOSION
AND SOME FLOOR COLLAPSES,
FIREFIGHTE4@RS WERE ALSO
BATTLING THE
HEAT. WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THESE GUYS
WERE KEPT HYDRATED. YOU
KNOW... WE KEEP WATER,
GATORADE AND ICE PACKS. WE
KEEP A REALLY GOOD EYE ON EACH
OTHER. THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US
GOING. THE GUYS ARE WORE OUT.
THIS WAS A TOUGH FIRE.
MCCLANAHAN4@ SAYS... IT
4@4@4@
TOOK 4@4@4@
TOOK ABOUT 4@4@4@
TOOK ABOUT AN 4@4@4@
TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR 4@4@4@
TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND 4@4@4@
TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A @4@4@
TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO CONTAIN THE BLAZE. THE HOMEOWNER AND 4@A FEW PETS WERE
INSIDE WHEN THE FIRE
STARTED... BUT LEFT WHEN THEY
HEARD THE SMOKE ALARM.
THE HOME IS A TOTAL
LOSS. 4@
HEARD THE SMOKE ALARM. THE HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS. A MASS MURDER CASE IN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS HEADING TO
A GRAND JURY.
4@
MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS HEADING TO A GRAND JURY. MICHAEL CUMMI4@NS IS
ACCUSED OF KILLING 8 PEOPLE IN
SUMNER COUNTY LATE LAST MONTH.
IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE
LARGEST KILLING IN STATE
HISTORY. CUMMINS APPEARED
IN COURT TODAY WHILE OFFICERS
TESTIFIED ABOUT THE CASE.
THE INTENTION WAS TO PUSH THE
CASE AND ITS CHARGES TO4@ A
GRAND JURY. THE JUDGE SET
A COURT DATE FOR AUGUST.
CUMMINS ALSO APPEARED IN A
SEPARATE COURT TODAY ON A
PRIOR CASE -- AND WAS
SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN STATE
PRISON FOR VIOLATING
PROBATION.
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER BROKE HIS SILENCE
TODAY ABOUT THE RUSSIA
ELECTION INTERFERENCE
INVESTIGATION. IT'S THE
FIRST TIME HE'S SPOKEN
PUBLICLY SINCE OPENING THE
4@ INVESTIGATION MORE THAN 2
YEARS AGO. CRAIG BOSWELL
BREAKS DOWN HIS RESPONSE.
4@
YEARS AGO. CRAIG BOSWELL BREAKS DOWN HIS RESPONSE. SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER
STEPS BEFORE CAMERAS -
BREAKING HIS SILENCE AND
TAKING US BACK TO WHAT STARTED
HIS 2-YEAR INVESTIGATION.SOT/
ROBERT MUELLER / SPECIAL
COUNSEL"RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE
OFFICERS WHO WERE PART OF THE
RUSSIAN MILITARY LAUNCHED A
CONCERTED ATTACK ON OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM."MUELLER
PUSHED BACK 4@AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S CLAIMS THE 4@RUSSIA
REPORT CLEARED THE PRESIDENT
OF ANY WRONG DOING.SOT/ ROBERT
MUELLER / 4@SPECIAL COUNSEL"IF
WE HAD CONFIDENCE THAT THE
PRESIDENT CLEARLY DID NOT
COMMIT A CRIME, WE WOULD HAVE
SAID THAT."4@MUELLER'S PUBLIC
STATEMENTS STUCK CLOSE 4@TO THE
REPORT HE RELEASED LAST MONTH
ON WHETHER THE PRESIDENT
4@ OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE BY
INTERFERING WITH THE
INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN
MEDDLING IN THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.SOT/
REP. JERRY NADLER HOUSE
JUDICIARY CHAIR"WE DID NOT,
4@HOWEVER, MAKE A DETERMINATION
AS TO WHETHER THE 4@PRESIDENT
DID COMMIT A CRIME"THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL SAYS HE NEVER HAD AN
OPTION TO CHARGE THE
PRESIDENT SOT/ ROBERT MUELLER / SPECIAL
COUNSEL4@"A PRESIDENT CANNOT BE
CHARGED WITH A FEDERAL CRIME
WHILE HE IS IN OFFICE. THAT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL."PRESIDENT
TRUMP REACTED QUICKLY -
TWEETING - CASE CLOSED.
4@
4@ 4@
4@
4@4@4@4@4@
@4@4@4@4@
ROBERT 4@
ROBERT MUELLER IS NOW A PRIVATE CITIZEN. HE SAYS HE WILL STICK TO THE REPORT IF
HE IS FORCED TO TESTIFY BEFORE
CONGRESS. 4@4@
HE IS FORCED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS. 4@
HE IS FORCED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS. SENATE LEADERSHIP IS
4@ REVERSING HOW IT HANDLES
SUPREME COURT 4@NOMINATIONS.
4@SENATOR MITCH 4@MCCONNELL
REFUSED TO HOLD CONFIRMATION
4@ HEARINGS FOR SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE MERRICK GARLAND IN
2016. HE SAID THEN --
THAT 4@CHOICE BELONGED TO
INCOMING LAWMAKERS. BUT
TODAY HE TOLD REPORTERS HE
áWOULD HOLD HEARINGS IN 2020
IF PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD A
CHANCE TO FILL A
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A LONG
LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE
COUNTRY--EVERYTHING ELSE
CHANGES.// BUTTED TO // WHAT
CAN'T BE UNDONE IS A LIFETIME
APPOINTMENT TO A YOUNG MAN OR
WOMAN WHO BELIEVES IN THE
QUAINT NOTION THAT THE JOB OF
A JUDGE IS TO FOLLOW THE
@
MCCONNELL @
MCCONNELL HAS @
MCCONNELL HAS ARGUED @
MCCONNELL HAS ARGUED THAT @ THIS WOULD 4@BE DIFFERENT THAN 2016 BECAUSE BOTH THE SENATE
MAJORITY AND THE SITTING
PRESIDENT COME FROM THE SAME
PARTY.
4@
PRESIDENT COME FROM THE SAME PARTY. A BUDGET CUT PROPOSED BY
THE KNOX COUNTY MAYOR IS IN
LIMBO. THE KNOX COUNTY
4@ COMMISSION DECIDED TO DELAY
ITS VOTE ON A CUT TO INDIGENT
CARE, UNTIL ITS JUNE 6TH
MEETING. THE CUT AMOUNTS TO A 30
PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE
PROGRAM. IT CARES FOR MORE
THAN ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE --
AMONG THE COUNTY'S POOREST.
THE FUNDING WOULD GO FROM
4 MILLION TO JUST UNDER 3
4@MILLION DOLLARS.
COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO DELAY
THE DECISION 10 - 1. WE'LL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON THEIR FINAL
DECISION IN