Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present

Actor Timothy Busfield has just learned he's getting out of jail.  A New Mexico judge denied the prosecution's motion to keep Busfield behind bars, pending trail.  Busfield has been accused of improperly touching two boys on the set of a show. Amy and T. J. watched every emotional and fascinating moment of the just-wrapped hearing that left Busfield's wife, Melissa Gilbert, in tears. 

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The assistant attorney general for civil rights says the DOJ will pursue criminal charges against the group of people who stormed a church where they believed its pastor worked for an ICE field office.  Ex CNN anchor Don Lemon was with the group and live-streamed before, during and after the protesters stormed the church.  Amy and T.J. discuss their thoughts on what took place and whether “committing journalism” as Lemon put it, is a justification for covering the protest. 

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A six-year-old disappears in a bustling Florida mall. Minutes later, his parents’ worst nightmare begins. On this episode of Killer Thriller, JoBeth Williams ("Poltergeist", "The Big Chill") takes us deep inside “Adam,” the harrowing true story of the 1981 abduction and brutal murder of Adam Walsh that riveted a nation and shattered one family’s world. Williams, who portrays Revé Walsh, unpacks the gut-wrenching guilt and sorrow of a mother who stepped away for “just a minute,” the unbearable search that followed, how the crime tore at a marriage and ignited a father’s obsessive crusade for justice.

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Oh the irony of this headline on Martin Luther King Jr Day.  The Pentagon has reportedly readied 1500 cold weather special troops to deploy to the streets of Minneapolis to assist the already 3 thousand immigration officers on the ground.  Meantime, Governor Tim Walz has said he has the Minnesota National Guard on standby to also go in and protect the streets, potentially setting up a disturbing scenario of federal troops and state troops with very different agendas. 

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Emmy award winning actor Timothy Busfield wants out of jail as he fights child sex abuse charges.  Busfield just filed a motion that details the criminal history of the parents accusing Busfield of inappropriately touching their twin boys on the set of “The Cleaning Lady.”  In addition, Busfield submitted results of a lie detector test he voluntarily took and a psychosexual evaluation he underwent, hoping to support his insistence of innocence. 

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Major news outlets are reporting this morning the DOJ is criminally investigating Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for impeding immigration enforcement through their public statements after the shooting death of Renee Good.  This major headline comes after a judge issued a restraining order, banning ICE agents from retaliating against peaceful protesters.  And while President Trump seemed to back slightly away from his threat of invoking the Insurrection Act, he reminded Minnesotans that he will use it if he needs to, in the coming days. 

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This week, the parents of 27-year-old Elle Greenberg are hopeful, after fighting for nearly 15 years to have their daughter’s death ruled a homicide. Greenberg was found dead by her fiancé in January of 2011 with more than 20 stab wounds, some in the back of her neck, and a 10 inch knife in her chest.   2 weeks later, investigators ruled it a suicide, but now the medical examiner who performed Greenberg’s original autopsy is saying her death should NOT be designated as a suicide.

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58-year-old Paul Caneiro is facing quadruple murder charges, accused of killing his brother Keith, his sister-in-law, his 11-year-old nephew and 8-year-old niece and then setting their home and his home on fire to cover up the crimes. The prosecution has been establishing motive this past week, playing the final phone calls between the brothers, Keith’s voice heard in court asking his brother angrily where a missing $78,000 had gone. Amy and T.J. go over the details of the evidence and where the defense is headed with their “third” brother alternate theory. 

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The streets of Minneapolis are filled with heated protests following the second ICE shooting in just one week.  President Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the unrest has  done little to calm the tensions.  Amy and T.J. go over the growing reaction to Trump’s threat and what recent polling suggests Americans feel about ICE agents in Minneapolis. ”

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The au pair at the center of the Brendan Banfield aggravated murder trial finished a grueling day of cross examination late Wednesday, and at times she grew visibly frustrated with the line of questioning. 25-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhães repeatedly told Banfield’s defense attorney that she could not remember key moments in the planning and lead up to the murders. Thursday’s testimony began with detectives describing the bloody aftermath of the master bedroom, as jurors took in photos and descriptions of the murder weapons, bloodied clothing and crime scene.

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