Billy's News

Today's episode covers a mix of current events. We're discussing the sentencing of Brian Walsh, who's been found guilty of murdering his wife Anna. The jury's verdict was a foregone conclusion, but the question was whether it was first or second-degree murder. We'll also touch on the case of Nick Reiner, who's facing charges for murdering his father, Rob Reiner. Other topics include the ongoing manhunt for the Brown University shooter and the latest on the Powerball jackpot. We'll also get an update on the new Avatar movie and the winner of The Voice.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. It is Thursday, December eighteenth, and we'll get

(00:03):
a mix of clouds and sun today. Highs in the forties,
close to fifty degrees today and close to sixty degrees tomorrow,
but windy and rainy, sunny, close to forty on Saturday,
and then in the forties on Sunday. Top stories. Sentencing
day today for Brian Walsh, found guilty of murdering his
wife Anna and dismembering her body. He's facing life in prison,

(00:26):
no parole. Here's one of the jurors on the verdicts is.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
To worry about that she had sudden death in bed
and he panicked and discovered of her body. The jury
did not believe that, So it wasn't really a question
of whether or not we would find him got guilty.
It was more question of murder in the first degree
versus murder in the second degree.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Walsh facing life in prison, no shot at parole again.
The sentencing set for this morning. Out on the West Coast,
Rob Reiner Son Nick appearing in court charge with murdering
Rhiner and his wife rhyderr Son appeared in court in
a suicide vest. Former Karen Reid lawyer Alan Jackson is
Reiner's lawyer. There are very very complex and serious issues

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that are associated with this case. They need to be
thoroughly but very carefully dealt with. The arraignment yesterday was
continued until January seventh. Latest on the manhunt for the
Brown University shooter not much more of the same. At
a press conference yesterday, they did show images of a

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second person who may or may not be involved. The
shooter is still out there. The good news three more
victims have been released from the hospital. The bad news
won is still critical. President Trump delivering an end of
the year addressed last night, defending what he's done so
far this year of his second term.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Nation is strong, America is respected, and our country is
back stronger than ever before. We're poised for an economic
boom the likes of which the world has never seen.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
And just announce the Academy Awards are moving starting in
twenty twenty nine. The Oscars will be seen on YouTube
until then they'll continue on the ABC. The new Avatar
movie hitting theaters this weekend, expected to do more than
one hundred million this weekend, and a college student from
Texas to Aiden Ross was crowned winner of the Voice
last night. No winner in the Powerball jackpot, the jackpot

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now climbing to one point five billion dollars. We've got
ed Shearon tickets at seven ten and eight ten this
morning at Lisa Donovan checks the Drive next