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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday April 12th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today, O.J Simpson is dead.

Plus, Iowa clears the way allowing for armed school staff.

And we look at a January 6th challenge at the Supreme Court.

O.J Simpson has died.

The football star and actor's life took a shocking turn

when he was accused of killing his ex-wife,

Nicole Brown Simpson, and a man who was with her the night of the killings, Ron. of

his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and a man who was with her the night of the killings, Ron Goldman.

O.J. died on Wednesday of prostate cancer, according to a post on social media,

attributed to the Simpson family. He was 76. For more on OJ Simpson and

one moment in particular I spoke with USA Today National Correspondent Marco Delacava.

Marco thanks for hopping on the excerpt today.

You bet.

So Marco, we're talking in the wake of O.J. Simpson's death, and as he wrote, really the defining

image he leaves behind for many is of him in that white Ford Bronco rolling away from

police back in the 90s. Marco remind us what happened here and what's your memory of that

day? Well I do remember it vividly.

I remember watching it standing in front of a television

transfixed like much of the nation.

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