Transcript for ABC News Live Rundown: Thursday, December 8, 2022
THIS WEEK AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE
NEWS IN POLITICS ON SUNDAY
MORNING.
>> AFTER 294 DAYS DETAINED,
WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER IS
FREE. THIS VIDEO OF HER RIGHT
BEFORE SHE WAS RELEASED TO U.
S. CUSTODY WAS TAKEN BY RUSSIAN
STATE MEDIA. GRINER'S WIFE,
CHERELLE, BEAMING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE TODAY.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT EMOTION I
HAVE RIGHT NOW IS GRATITUDE FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS ENTIRE
ADMINISTRATION.
>> GRINER IS NOW ON ROUTE TO AN
ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN
ANTONIO, TEXAS. ARRESTED IN
FEBRUARY AT A MOSCOW AIRPORT
FOR CARRYING HASH OIL, SHE WAS
SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS ON DRUG
SMUGGLING CHARGES. THE U. S.,
BROKERING A DEAL TO EXCHANGE OR
HER FOR A CONVICTED RUSSIAN
ARMS DEALER, VICTOR BOUT, WHO
IS WAS SERVING A 25 YEAR
SENTENCE. BOTH PARDONED AS PART
OF THE DEAL.
>> THE FDA HAS EXPANDED ITS
AUTHORIZATION OF BY FAILING TO
COVID BOOSTER SHOTS TO CHILDREN
FROM SIX MONTHS TO FOUR YEARS
OLD. THE VACCINES TARGET
OMICRON SO VARIANCE AND ARE
AVAILABLE FROM PFIZER AND
MODERNA. THEY'VE BEEN
AUTHORIZED FOR 5 AND OLDER IN
OCTOBER.
IT COMES AS HOSPITALS TO THE
COUNTRY ARE STRICKEN WITH
HIGHLY -- THE CDC STILL NEEDS
TO GIVE ITS AUTHORIZATION AND
SIGN OFF BEFORE THE SHOTS CAN
GO OUT TO THE NEWLY ELIGIBLE.
>> A NEW CONGRESSIONAL REPORT
SAID THE WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
CREATED A TOXIC WORK CULTURE
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. THE
REPORT FROM THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM SAID
THAT THE TEAM OWNER, DAN SNYDE,
PARTICIPATED IN THE MISCONDUCT
AND THAT SNYDER INTERFERED WITH
THE HOUSE INVESTIGATION AS WELL
AS AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION. THE REPORT ALSO
CRITICIZED THE NFL, ALLEGING
THAT IT DIDN'T STOP THE
COMMANDERS INTERFERENCE WITH
THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION,
AND MISLED THE PUBLIC AND HOW
IT WAS HANDLED. ATTORNEYS FOR
THE TEAM CALLED THE REPORT
ONE-SIDED AND SAID THERE IS NO
NEW REVELATIONS. THE NFL
DEFENDED THE INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION, AND SAID THAT IT
IS COOPERATING WITH THE HOUSE
INVESTIGATION.
>> AND OFFICIALS IN
PHILADELPHIA HAVE IDENTIFIED
THE VICTIM OF THE CITY'S
LONGEST UNSOLVED HOMICIDE IN
THE CITY.
THE BOY FOUND DEAD AS --
WOODED AREA OUTSIDE THE CITY
1957.
POLICE SAY HE HAD BEEN SEVERELY
BEATEN. OFFICIALS CREDITED
POLICE WORK AND DNA ANALYSIS ON
COMING TO THE ANSWER OF THE
BOYS IDENTITY. STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR JOSEPH AUGUSTUS ZARELLI'S
DEATH.
>> >> NICK CARTER HAS BEEN SUED
FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THE PLAINTIFF, SHANNON, SAID
THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
BY CARTER IN 2001, AFTER
MEETING HIM FOLLOWING THE
BACKSTREET BOYS CONCERT IN TO
COMA, WASHINGTON, WHEN SHE WAS
17 YEARS OLD. THE LAWSUIT ALSO
SAYS THAT SHE CARTER SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED THREE OTHER WOMEN,
ONE WHO IS ALSO A MINOR BETWEEN
2003 AND 2006.
>> I BELIEVE THAT NOTHING HAS
AFFECTED ME MORE, OR HAD A MORE
LASTING IMPACT ON MY LIFE THAN
WHAT NICK CARTER DID.
>> A 17-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO STUDENTS INTERVIEW
WITH POLICE REVEALS MORE
DETAILS ON THE DEATH OF NEW
MEXICO STATE BASKETBALL PLAYER,
AND HER ROLE IN LURING PETE TO
CAMPUS.
>> SHE SAID THAT BRANDON TRAVIS
PRESSURED HER INTO SETTING UP
PETE AS RETALIATION FOR A FIGHT
THAT OCCURRED WEEKS EARLIER,
AND THE POLICE INTERVIEW SAYS
THAT THE THINGS WERE NOT
SUPPOSED TO ESCALATE. SHE THEN
--
I FELT SO BAD.
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