From andre himself. He knows he says that that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. I try to live my life to make her proud of me. Im never going to give up. Never going to give up on anything that i feel is important. And and thats her. And thats her. Thats living for her. Thats honoring her and honoring her name. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im lester holt. Thanks for joining us. Anks for. Next at 11 00, a somber night at a mall, the extra precautions parents are taking after a traffic accident. And claims of hazing at a San Francisco fire academy. The news starts in 30 seconds. Nbc bay area news starts now. I know accidents do happen and stuff like that, but thats a terrible thing. Right now at 11 00, a tragic start to this Holiday Weekend. A little boy dies after being hit in the parking lot of a crowded bay area mall. Good evening, thanks for being with us. On this friday night. That little boy was holding his mothers hand whe
Together and being given the same punishment. Some of those parents did talk to us. However, they asked we did not show their face because theyre afraid the School District will retaliate against their students. They would take a how would you say it . Roughhousing to a level that didnt need to go to mean theyre kids. They no one hurt anybody. Its a little harsh. The evidence being put in front of us doesnt command the type of punishment theyve gotten. If there was something more serious we would want to prosecute, not by school administrators. These students were all students at culpeper high school, and again, culpeper Public Public schools document make any sort of statement or comments to fox 5. We did reach oute today, and most of these parents tell us they have hired attorneys and they are fighting the suspensions with an appeal process. Reporting live in culpeper, al scan a dra limon fox 5 local news. New tonight police in Prince William county are investigating a burglary and s
Air. Reporter all day we have been trying to get a comment from Upper Darby School officials. I sent them this detailed email with questions, like where has the superintendent been . Do they care to address the allegations made by that state representative . What about the assertion that Justice Department is investigating something . Lastly, however is School Capacity determined based on a students background. A statement just put out district pointed only to the fact that dunlap was retiring after using Vacation Time and they challenged allegations raised by state representative davidson. We also paid a visit to doctor dunlaps house, nobody answered. Some parents say that they are only getting half of the store friday district leaders. Do you think you ruffle feathers. I think he did through the grapevine. Reporter well now in a statement from a district spokesperson she also challenged the comments of the state representative saying they were most likely politically motivated. Now d
Free. Its august, remember that. But at least on radar now, theres not much to speak of. We do have mid level cloud cover. Streaming through the area. The temperatures hey weve made it to 80 degrees. Thats our 9 oclock temperature at Tampa International. Brandon, 81. 80 in sarasota. 80 in clearwater. With at rain chances today some, lets say 50 to 60 percent. High temperatures are going to squeeze way back in the mid to upper 80s for later today. All right. Thank you, dave. 9 01 if youre with us we have a roadway shut down in the plant city area. This is all due to a deadly road rage incident. So mlk thats affected. We will get to details in just a second with live report. From a traffic standpoint it will be shut down forbes to wilkinson. Thats your area of concern eastbound and westbound. Forbes traffic is getting through northbound southbound direction, so your work around here really u. S. 92 and sydney road and telling folks through the morning 92 a bit jammed up you can easily ge
With the latest on the firefight. Reporter this fire now stands at nearly 4,000 acres, 22 contained. Behind me a much different story than yesterday when there was a lot of smoke. Now its everywhere and thats because of the wind. Firefighters slowed down the spread of the loma fire but now theres a new concern up ahead. We do have some concerns tomorrow with possible forecast to 30 to 40mileperhour winds at the ridgetops. Reporter the cooler weather is bringing winds that could shift the loma fire. A team behind the scenes is hard at work. Im the incident meteorologist. Reporter bob is the loma fires only meteorologist. He works 24 7. We basically predict the weather for that incident specifically. Reporter bob then gives that information to this man. Im the fire behavior analyst. Reporter he predicts what the fire wants to do based on the weather, fuel and fire history of the area. Their main goal help firefighters fight the fire while keeping them safe. We are giving them as much inf