Transcripts For WMUR America This Morning 20160921

From charlotte. Violent protests lasted through the night after the shooting of a black man by a black police officer. At least a dozen officers have been injured including one who was hit in the face with a rock. Protesters shutting down interstate 85, fires were set and at least one walmart looted. Overnight officers used tear gas to try to break up the crowds and s. W. A. T. Teams have been mobilized. Chaos in charlotte. [ chanting hands up, shoot ] overnight protesters hitting the streets clashing with police in riot gear and damaging several vehicles in widespread demonstrations lasting at least five hours. Dozens of protesters then converging on a major highway blocking traffic and surrounding several 18wheelers putting out the contents and setting them on fire. Theyre on the back of the trailer as we speak right now. Reporter a Television News after police shot a black man, 43yearold keith scott yesterday afternoon. The officer who was also black says scott got out of his car holding a firearm and posed a threat. At this point all we know is theyre in the apartment complex pashing lot, and this subject gets out with a weapon. They engage him, and one of the officers felt a lethal threat and fired his weapon because of that. Reporter investigators say they recovered the weapon that scott was carrying, but the mans family says he was disabled, was holding a book, not a gun and was reading. This morning the mayor of charlotte pleading for calm and promising answers. And the officer involved by the way in that shooting has been placed on administrative leave. Its a normal procedure, of course, following a Police Involved shooting. Traffic, meanwhile, is moving again on i85 but a reporter from our station has seen people trying to break into a walmart store. So that story clearly still lets move on to the other story were continuing to follow. The terrorism charges against this suspected bomber, ahmad rahami, accused of using weapons of mass destruction. The fbi has searched a restaurant in perth amboy, new jersey, where rahami once worked. Theyre also poring over a journal following a shootout with police. This as rahami remains in the hospital this morning and amid new questions about red flags authorities may have missed. Abcs maggie rulli has the latest. Maggie, good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis and diane. Officials say they found his fingerprints at the scene of that he bought bomb materials online months ago. As authorities continue to build their case against rahami, were also learning more about the suspect behind these attacks. We now know that federal officials had been warned about suspected bomber ahmad rahami years ago, and the 28yearold had been planning and plotting saturdays attacks for month. In this chilling new video we see what authorities believe is rahami about to plant bombs in allegedly set off in new york. Explosion from the gar panel can. Reporter powerful powerful enough to shatter windows about 400 feet away and propel a nearby dumpster 120 feet injuring 31 people. The criminal complaint also revealing a journal found in rahamis pocket following his shootout with police. In it antiamerican rants and praise for the late radical islamic cleric anwar al awlaki. These new details come as the fbi confirms it knew about rahami having been warned by his own father in 2014. And what did you tell them . I told them you got a connection with this guy. Reporter he later took back those comments and the fbi never questioned his son. The fathers accusation came after his sons yearlong trip to pakistan, now a key part of the investigation. While overseas rahami married and had two children. The fbi is now questioning his wife. Basically were trying to get a picture of him through her. Reporter authorities are s are poring over rahamis actively looking for another suspect, theyre not ruling it out either. So, kendis and diane, some relief but still plenty of questions. Yeah, including where is his mother who left the country some months ago. Maggie, thank you. And both the new Jersey Police officers who were injured in that shootout with rahami are now out of the hospital. Officer peter hammer who was grazed in the head was greeted by a crowd of cheering officers as he was discharged. Officer Angel Padilla is the one who spotted the sut vest. And another major republican figure is making no bones about the fact that hes voting for hillary clinton. Former president george h. W. Bush told dozens of people at a reception in maine he will not be voting for the republican president ial candidate. No one else in the bush family has declared support for clinton but only his grandson so far has endorsed trump. And speaking of trump, the campaign is blasting a report accusing him of settling lawsuits with money from his the Trump Foundation allegedly paid more than 250,000 to resolve two cases against two of trumps private clubs prompting Hillary Clintons campaign to call him a fraud. We get more now from abcs david wright. Reporter the Washington Post accused trump of using his foundation as a piggy bank to settle lawsuits against his companies in possible violation of irs rules. When trumps Maralago Club faced a 120,000 fine for having too big a flagpole, trump settled the case by pledging 100,000 to a veterans charity. The check came not from trumps own pocket but from the foundation. Foundation money also paid to settle a lawsuit brought by a golfer against trumps club in westchester, new york. 158,000 to the golfers favorite charity. Trump has bragged about how much money he gives to charity. Do you want to reveal how much you paid to charity . I think i revealed over a period of years ive given over 100 million to charity. I think 102 million or something thereabouts to charity. Released his tax return, theres no proof. The foundations tax returns show the last time he made a personal contribution was eight years ago. Since then according to the post, he spent 12,000 of the foundations money at a Charity Auction to buy a helmet signed by tim tebow and shelled out 30,000 for two portits of himself including this one. David wright, abc news, new york. And the Trump Campaign is denying any wrongdoing. They call the report biased and released this statement saying, in typical Washington Post fashion theyve gotten their facts wrong. The Trump Foundation has no paid board, no management fees, no rent or overhead and no family members on its payroll. All contributions are reported to the irs and all Foundation Donations are publicly disclosed. The u. S. Is Holding Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy in syria. At least 20 people were killed in the air strike monday night. Officials say within one minute of the attack, the u. S. Tracked russia denies it carried out the air strike and says a cargo fire caused the damage. The u. N. Has canceled all aid delivery for the time being. To Northern California now where residents of vallejo were ordered to shelter in place because of a strong odor. The Fire Department says it got more than 500 calls about the smell of gas on the citys south side. So far crews have ruled out a natural gas leak or burnoff from a refinery. And in southern california, theyre getting some much needed rain. The remnants of hurricane paine moving through and the rain forced a rare rain delay in last nights padres game. Palm springs got more than a half inch of rain. Its the most since early january. Still ahead, how wearable fitness trackers can make you heavier actually. 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Another injured after their spy plane crashed in Northern California. It happened during a Training Mission for a u2 spy plane from Beale Air Force base. The pilots had ejected before the plane had crashed into a rural area sparking a 250acre wildfire north of sacramento. The ceo of wells fargo was grilled on capitol hill even told by senators he should resign. John stumpf offered an apology for questionable practices at his bank, which is alleged to have opened millions of accounts without customer permission in order to meet sales quotas. But Senate Banking Committee Members noted that only low level employees were fired. Your definition of accountable is to puhe to your low level employees who dont have the money for a fancy pr firm to defend themselves. Its gutless leadership. I am deeply sorry that we failed to fulfill on our responsibility to our customers, to our team members and to the american public. Stumpf admitted that no Senior Management has been fired because of the scandal. So unity on capitol hill. Well, there is another Corporate Executive who is on the hot seat on capitol hill today but this time its a pharmaceutical company. Abcs mary bruce has a preview. Reporter Heather Bresch facing new questions about the role her mother played in promoting her blockbuster product. You should always carry two epipens. Reporter mylan is already under fire lifesaving treatment used by severe allergy sufferers from 100 in 2009 to more than 600 today. Usa today reporting breschs mother gayle manchin, the former head of an Education Group led an unprecedented effort encouraging states to require schools purchase products like epipen, a campaign that reportedly drove the devices to become staples in schools. The drugmaker now pushing back saying in a statement that the report is factually inaccurate and that hundreds of thousands restrictions. Mary bruce, abc news, washington. 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Investigators now confirm they found the drug pcp in Terence Crutchers suv but a lawyer for crutchers family says the drug is being useds a distraction from the real issue why police used deadly force. A lawyer for officer betty shelby says he ignored Police Commands before the video was recorded. Shes screaming at him, stop, stop, stop. He walks up to the window, faces and then his left hand goes into the car window, and thats when she fired her shot. The window was up, so how could he be reaching into the car if the window is up and there is blood on the glass. Local and federal investigations are now under way to determine whether criminal charges against officer shelby are warranted and whether crutchers civil rights were violated. This was an interesting one, viewers watching the livestream of a man playing pokemon go in new york city got more than they the man was attacked in central park after midnight. His camera capturing in realtime the attacker punching him in the head knocking him to the ground. Now, he was treated for a swollen jaw. The thief got away with three cell phones. And violence at a philadelphia high school. A fight broke out between a student and a teacher. The pair punched and kicked each other. At one point the student is actually placed in a headlock. The altercation apparent ly with assault. The teacher has not been charged. A new Study Suggests fitness trackers arent going to help you lose weight. People using the trackers lost about five pounds less than those who did not wear them. The studys author says that doesnt mean you should give up on your tracker. Just dont lean on it too much when it comes to slimming down. You cant just put it on and then expect the pounds to melt away. By osmosis. You actually have to do the fitness part of it. Brangelinas big breakup. How the couples friend, george clooney, reacted to being told on camera about the news. 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Well, since the new york area bombings, weve seen people publicly show their gratitude to Police Officers and other first and now two other unlikely heros are getting well deserved praise, as well. Wabcs Michele Charlesworth has their story. Hero, no, i wouldnt go that far. But i just doing the right thing. Reporter the bomb was in a nice new backpack sitting on top of this trash can by the elizabeth train station. Ivans friend lee who is homeless had just mentioned he could use a backpack. All of a sudden we look on the garbage can at the top of the can, and it was a pretty new looking backpack sitting on top of the can. Reporter it was just sit it was actually sitting on top of the garbage can. Reporter they walked around with it for awhile and then the contents alarmed them. I said we need to go to the Police Station right now. He says, why . I said, this is a bomb. It wasnt the cartoon bomb with the ticktock, ticktock clock. No, but it had wires. It had wires. These are things none of us probably would do. I mean you see a backpack in a garbage can, nobodys inclination is to want to go to it and open it up. Wants to honor you. Whats your reaction . I think thank you. Im just glad i was able to realize what the situation was and react in such a way that thank goodness no one got hurt. Reporter meantime, lee still has a problem. Im still backpackless. Thats all you have. Hold this up. This is your bag . This is my bag. Were going to return to our top story briefly now. A night of violent protests in charlotte, North Carolina, following a Deadly Police shooting. Thats right. This is in response to the shooting of keith scott, and this all is unfolding about a mile from the unc campus there on a very busy interstate, interstate 85. Protesters came out. They damaged police cars. They injured a dozen officers and the mayor there calling for calm. We should point out our steve sean now on daybreak, a driver exposed himself to a bus of students. The evidence that they were able to provide. Reporter new charges and new jersey. Im maggie rulli coming up. Kevin we lose some of the warmth. When it will feel like autumn coming up. Sean running out of water. Many private wells are running dry as the drought persists keeping well companies busy. No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now wmur news 9 daybreak. Sean good morning