jean casarez, thanks so much. for information on the macneill verdict including testimony from this riveting trial, head to cnn.com. >>> boy, some of the latest pictures we're getting from parts of the philippines. scenes of utter devastation after super typhoon haiyan. >> oh, my god. >> i want to get right to cnn's paula hancocks in tacloban, philippines when got the worst. paula, what's going on right now? can you give us a sense? >> okay, it may be tough there. we have lost paula's signal to try to get that up. boy, you can see from the scenes of this, they were saying, this is such a fierce storm. we've got winds 235 miles per hour. and look at how massive this storm is. i mean, the width of it going all the way from just to give you some perspective, canada to florida. >> to south florida. a huge storm. >> something to equate it to. >> with a huge impact. we have a story now. we couldn't get paula hancocks on the phone but let's listen to the report. >> reporter: she lost three of her daughters in a matter of

jean casarez is covering the trial. >> did he have a nickname? >> doc. >> do you know why he had that nickname? >> because he was a doctor. >> reporter: in shackles understand heavy guard, three inmates who served time with martin macneill told the court he confessed to killing his wife without actually saying it. >> doc, they say you murdered your wife. he was like, no, i didn't murder my wife. if i did, they don't have any evidence so, you know, you know, it's like, doc, they said you murder -- he's like, naa. >> they told me that you killed your wife. and he said, if they could prove that, do you think i'd be sitting here talking with you? i said, did you do it? he said best trial. >> reporter: macneil was helped with medical issues and regularly worked out with them in the yard. >> and i was like, whoa, doc, you're talking ill of the dead, you know what i'm saying. he got this look on his face like he didn't want to talk about it anymore and walked off. >> i don't want to be crude but when you say "b" of his life, what do you mean? >> he call

cnn correspondent jean casarez has more. jean, why did the indictments take so long? >> you know, wolf i think we need to look at the time line. as you just said, the football players were convicted in march of raping a 16-year-old high school girl. the grand jury, then, convenes in april, the grand jury are for adults. and the grand jury heard from 23 witnesses, there were 18 days of testimony. the grand jury doesn't meet every single day, and during that time the investigators had to investigate, and as we heard from the attorney general and as we knew, this case is all about text messages, photos, video, they had to look through hundreds of things that would become the needle in the hay stack that would become the received. and if you're talking about a needle in a hay stack you delete things. so that made it more difficult for the investigators. but ultimately, i think the question many people have is why only four people were charged. and the answer to that from the attorney general is that the grand jury spoke. they heard from many people. they could have indict

cnn correspondent jean casarez is joining us now. what about that, jean? jean, why did the indictments take so long? >> you know, wolf i think we need to look at the time line. as you just said, the football players were convicted in march of raping a 16-year-old high school girl. the grand jury, then, convened in april. remember, the grand jury are four adults. 123 witnesses, there were 18 days of testimony. the grand jury doesn't meet every single day, and during that time, the investigators had to investigate, and as we heard from the attorney general and as we knew, this case is all about text messages, photos, video, they had to look through hundreds of things that would become the needle in the hay stack that would become the evidence. and if you're talking about a obstructing judge, trying to hide things that occurred, you're only deleting things. so that made it more difficult for the investigators. but ultimately, i think the question many people have is why only four people were charged. and the answer to that from the attorney general is that th

and i felt her with us in there. >> that was jean casarez reporting. dr. macneill will be sentenced january 7th. his attorneys did not say whether they will appeal. >>> a grand jury indicted 11 people in connection with a confrontation between an suv driver and swarm of bikers in new york. one of those indicted, an off duty police detective riding with the bikers on september 29th, footage of the incident went viral after being posted online. the bikers accused of assaulting the suv driver in front of his wife and two-year-old daughter after he hit three bikers with his vehicle. >>> the iran nuclear talks will likely end today without an agreement, that according to reuters. six of the world's major powers, including the u.s., are in geneva, negotiating the future of iran's nuclear program. if no deal is reached, talks could continue in a few weeks. britain's foreign secretary says there's been good progress, but flexibility is needed to broker a deal. >>> he vowed to block all presidential nominations until he gets answers on the benghazi attack. senator

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jean casarez was in the courtroom and has this reaction from the doctor's children who pushed for years for his conviction. >>> we, the jury, having reviewed the evidence of the testimony in the case find the defendant as to count one, murder, guilty. [ shouts ] >> as to count two, obstruction of justice, guilty. >> screams of emotion echoed through the courtroom as martin macneill heard his fate sealed. seven long years after the drowning death of his wife michelle in their family bathtub. her daughters and sisters shaking and sobbing uncontrollably as they shed bittersweet tears. >> when it happened, we were kind of like, did we hear that right? it's so surreal. we've been waiting for this for so long. >> after 14 days of testimony, it took the eight-person jury nearly 11 hours to come to a verdict. despite relying on circumstantial evidence, prosecutor chad grunander had told the jury to do the right thing. >> we're absolutely thrilled. it's an amazing moment to meet with the family. this has been so long coming for them. emotionally, they found alexis summers to be totally credible.

we're going straight to our own jean casarez at the courthouse in just a moment. your "new day" starts right now. good north to you. thank you for being wit

do the right thing and convict martin macneill of murder and obstructing justice. >> jean casarez, cnn, provo, utah. >> we will talk more about that with richard herman and avery freedman in a minute. >>> this just in. we are learning iran nuclear talks will likely end today without agreement, according to reuters. six of the world's major powers, including the u.s. are in geneva, negotiating the future of iran's nuclear program. iran's foreign minister said a few hours ago said if there's no deal today, talks could go on for another week or perhaps ten days. britain's foreign secretary has been very optimistic about this, saying there has been very good progress, but flexibility is needed to broker a deal. we will have much more after this. [ female announcer ] we give you relief from your cold symptoms. you give them the giggles. tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol cold®. does your dog food have? but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. 18 percent? 20? new purina one true instinct

jean casarez out front. >> reporter: macneill not only admitted he killed his wife, he bragged about it according to his former cell mate. jason asked hack kneel about his comfortable shoes not available to other prisoners. >> they were specially made, i guess. >> so you were asking how do i get a pair of those as a joke? >> yes, yes. >> what did he say? >> he said, no, you can't. i said well how do you get away with that? he said i can get away with a lot of things. >> did he say he murdered his wife. >> he didn't say it like that but he said i'm getting away with murdering my wife. >> he was the fourth of five inmates to testify for the prosecution. the others did so off camera, still incarcerated and fearing for safety by snitching on macneill. the inmates testified macneill confessed to killing his wife, but without actually saying it. >> he said he gave her some oxy and sleeping pills and got her to get in the bathtub. >> did he say what he did next? >> later on, he just said he had to help her out, and i asked him what that was, and he said he held her head under the water for

cnn legal correspondent jean casarez is standing by in steubenville. this seems like a sweeping indictment of the system, almost. >> reporter: you know, there's really three themes i would say of the charges today. first of all, the cover-up. second of all, allowing underage children to drink and contributing to the delinquency of a minor and finally for school administrators and teachers, failure to report when you suspect child abuse. now, of course, the superintendent is facing the most serious charges. they are three felonies there. the attorney general's office now says that he could face five years in prison. you have a wrestling coach, failure to report suspected child abuse, not necessarily at the school at all. you also have a young man who was an assistant football coach who is charged with allowing underaged teens to drink. this is what we've learned from the attorney general's office. it's his parents' home, they own the home, he lived there. apparently one of the parties took place there and he witnessed it that night. we're talking august

. >> jean casarez, cnn, provo, utah. >>> update on the san francisco woman found dead inside a hospital stairwell last month. the sheriff reported on wednesday deputies are the wrong description of the woman and failed to search the area where she was found. lynn spaulding was discovered 17 days after she disappeared. the medical examiner has not yet relieved the cause of death. >>> 19 minutes past the hour. >>> so this may work for santa claus but chimneys and burglars don't make the best combination and ask richard brandon who is in jail this morning after trying to break into a naples, florida, home through the chimney. he got stuck. his accomplice panicked and asked police at a nearby 7-eleven for help. it took firefighters 30 minutes to get brandon out. >> when i first saw that, i thought the defendants richard branson! i was like, wait a minute! that guy is everywhere! richard brandon. >> stupid criminals, right? >>> remember the kevin ware story? he is back. after suffering a gruesome leg injury. he's on the court now. >> i can't wait to see what he looks like. >> can't wait. lif

jean casarez is out front tonight. >> reporter: prosecutors say there is no question how michelle macneill died and it was at the hands of her husband martin. >> the result of drowning. >> it's your opinion beyond a reasonable doubt of drowning. >> it's my opinion within reasonable certainty and beyond. >> reporter: on the day of her death, dr. macneill called 911 after his young daughter ada found michelle in the tub. >> witness for the state. >> the state calls dr. herper. >> reporter: they say it's likely michelle suffered as she slowly drawn in a bathtub. >> the person both after a period when dropped in the water, initially he doesn't want to enhail water, but then because he feels the need to breathe, eventually he's both inhaling water and swallowing water. >> reporter: prosecutors say martin macneill forced his wife to have cosmetic surgery using his medical expertise to play him with a mix on post surgery medication to drawn her. the defense says she had a long-term heart condition and that was the cause of her death. >> i didn't find any evidence. >> reporter: cardiologist said f

jean casarez is live in provo, utah. she has been up all night. she's been following this trial, and i know everyone, jean, gosh, everybody has to be so exhausted, especially when this verdict was read. how much -- what did they say? what did the daughters say once it was done? >> they were overcome, just like you're saying, with emotion, and they were shaking as the jury walked in, and stoic silence in that courtroom. because you didn't know which way this verdict was going to go. you know, during the course of the night, the jurors just didn't want to go home. and they had four different questions, one being they wanted gloves to be able to open up the sealed evidence, which was the last item of clothing that michelle macneill was wearing when she was found in the bathtub, a dark-colored shirt. and then, we knew a verdict was close, because the final question said, we are about to make a determination, but first, we want to listen to the 911 call. and it wasn't more than 20 minutes later, we learned there was a verdict. >> we, the jury, having r

jean casarez, cnn, steubenville, ohio. >>> joining us is ohio attorney general mr. mike dewine. attorney general, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. thank you. >> let's start with the general and then move to the specific. there was a call for accountability. what do you believe was done as a pattern of conduct by those charged by the grand jury? >> well, you know this grand jury met for a long time, 18 days. these were citizens of jefferson county. steubenville. i think they did a very, very good job. they heard from 123 witnesses. the first go-around with the two individuals, the young men who were convicted of rape, we were holding the young people accountab accountable. but we also have to hold adults accountable. as you can see from the charges, the grand jury is doing just that. >> for what? what did these adults do in general? within we say covering up, hindering prosecution, obstruction of justice, these mean things to us as attorneys but to the rest of the people, what kinds of conduct are we talking about? >> well, i'm going to talk in general term

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the trial moved to the sentencing stage in january, but cnn's jean casarez sat down for an exclusive interview with macneill's daughter, alexis summers, in provo, utah. jean? >> reporter: christie and victor, mac macneill's daughter refused to believe that her mores death was natural. even within investigators turned away, she went to them, i know my father killed mid mother. one of the bases for the defense, though, was that alexis was father. that she was so angry at her father for cheating on her mother that she would do anything to get back at him. the jury has now spoken, but i sat down with alexis to set the record straight. >> as to count one, murder, guilty. as to count two, obstruction of justice, guilty. >> what was going through you before that verdict was read? >> i was just shaking, i was trembling, i was so scared and nervous. we knew the verdict was going to be coming at any moment and the culmination of so many years, fighting for this. >> your father's reaction when the verdict was read, he was nonemotional. just stood there. there seemed to be an acknowledgement at

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let's get some perspective and context with jean casarez, our legal correspondent, live in steubenville. first and foremost, put this in perspective for me and tell me how significant these indictments are today. >> i think this is extremely significant. especially the superintendent of schools. you know, we heard from the attorney general's office that he went to work today, just seemingly as a normal day, to head up the school district, and now he has learned he's been indicted, facing seven years in prison, and here are the charges. tampering with evidence, obstruction of justice, two counts. obstructing an official proceeding, and falsification. but there are a couple other interesting points with the people who are indicted. first of all, a former assistant football coach to the football team of steubenville high school, he is charged with allowing underaged drinking and contributing to the delink wnsy of a minor. the attorney general's office tells me that one of the parties that was held that night in august of 2012, when we now know a young woman was raped, it was held at his pa