Body cam footage upsets Jean's parents, GOP Texans bash impeachment inquiry: Your Wednesday evening roundup

Video of Botham Jean’s final moments took center stage again Wednesday during the murder trial of Amber Guyger. This time, his parents had no choice but to watch their son die.  [Evening roundup]( 09/25/2019 By Wayne Carter Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Texas Ranger David Armstrong (on witness stand) says ear pods were found on the floor of Botham Jean's floor as he's questioned by defense attorney Robert Rogers (right). (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) AMBER GUYGER TRIAL [Botham Jean's parents watch son die after video catches them by surprise in Amber Guyger's murder trial]( Video of Botham Jean’s final moments took center stage again Wednesday during the murder trial of Amber Guyger. This time, his parents had no choice but to watch their son die. The Jean family left the room Tuesday when jurors first showed the dramatic body-cam footage of officers’ desperate efforts to save the 26-year-old, who lay dying on his apartment floor after he was shot by Guyger, a Dallas police officer at the time. But state District Judge Tammy Kemp asked to replay the footage Wednesday, sending the jury out of the room. The defense wanted to question a Texas Ranger about the location of Jean’s shoes on the floor and ask where he was when he was shot. As the video filled three large screens in the courtroom, [Jean's parents, Bertrum and Allison Jean, grew increasingly upset.]( Editorial: Dallas DA John Creuzot [risked derailing the Amber Guyger trial]( for a moment in the spotlight. Also: Local activists are demanding a re-investigation of a 2007 shooting [involving Amber Guyger's former patrol partner.]( ADVERTISEMENT IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY ['Sham,' 'careless,' 'bluster': Texas Republicans rip Dems' impeachment push as they stand by Trump]( Texas Republicans in Congress are standing by President Donald Trump. None of those conservatives appear to be cracking under the pressure of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to formally launch an impeachment inquiry against Trump over the Republican pressuring a foreign leader this summer to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. Instead, Republicans [are accusing their Democratic counterparts of rushing to judgment out of nothing more than spite.]( The GOP's defensive posture stood in stark contrast to the response from Texas Democrats in Congress. By the end of Tuesday, all 13 of those Democrats had announced at least an openness to beginning a formal impeachment inquiry against the president. That divide only grew on Wednesday in the wake of the White House releasing a rough transcript of the July call between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.   Commentary: The American voters, not Congress, [will render the final verdict on President Donald Trump's fitness for office]( writes Carl P. Leubsdorf.   Also: Pete Sessions says Democratic Rep. Colin Allred's support of Trump impeachment inquiry [could create a 2020 rematch]( of the 2018 race that saw Allred unseat Sessions.  FOOD & DINING [Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta buys Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse]( Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta, who owns the Houston Rockets, Golden Nugget Casinos and restaurant group Landry's Inc., now owns Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse and Del Frisco's Grilles. [Landry's acquired 100% of the two restaurants from L Catterton]( which has invested in dozens of brands, including Cholula Hot Sauce, Equinox, Hopdoddy Burger Bar and Peloton. L Catterton bought Del Frisco's Restaurant Group just three months ago, in late June, for $650 million. Fertitta's deal is expected to close in late October. The price was not disclosed. Del Frisco's is an Irving-based company founded by Dale Wamstad, who launched the first Del Frisco's steakhouse in 1981 in Louisville, Ky. Dee Lincoln, who is known in Dallas as the "queen of steaks," was a partner at the restaurant group for many years. The first Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse in Dallas opened in 1985 on Lemmon Avenue. With the acquisition of Del Frisco's, Fertitta's companies now own a fleet of steakhouses, including Vic & Anthony's, Morton's and Saltgrass.  Burrit-go: Chipotle [has installed a drive-thru "Chipotlane"]( at five of its North Texas restaurants.   Stirring up COCOA: Brandi Barnett is a teacher by day and foodie by night [who is bringing businesses together for fun-yet-focused food events.](  ADVERTISEMENT (Smiley N. Pool/Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Gallery founder and owner David Dike (right) and gallery director Tiara Jenkins move a painting on Sept. 12 at David Dike Fine Art in Dallas. With its rich earth tones, hard lines and dramatic shading, the painting is a stunning example of American Regionalist art from the 1940s. The gallery acquired the painting in May, and it will be up for sale on Nov. 9 at the Fall Texas Art Auction. [But the piece is a mystery — as is its creator, Michael G. Owen Jr.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Editorial: We wish that hate had no place in Dallas. [We know better.]( - Free association: What words define Dallas, according to Yelp users? Apparently, ["Kroger" and "Tex Mex."]( - Aircraft fatality: A McKinney teenager died when the plane he was piloting to Dallas [went down near Fayetville, Ark.]( FINALLY... [Katherine Bascone's life was destroyed by a rape in Highland Park, but justice finally prevailed]( From Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby: Just a few doors down from the crush of media and spectators hanging on every word of the Amber Guyger murder proceedings, a bittersweet story of justice played out quietly this week in another seventh-floor courtroom. This was a cold case of violence committed more than 30 years ago. An offense that began as a sexual assault but, three decades later, turned into capital murder. If not for a couple of lucky breaks — an Oklahoma law governing cremation and a painstakingly careful medical examiner — the killer of aspiring doctor Katherine Bascone would still be a free man. Yet any celebration of the verdict is muted by one disconcerting fact: [The golden ticket that finally put former physician George Guo behind bars sat, all but forgotten, those 30 years at the Dallas County crime lab.]( 👋 That's all for this afternoon! 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