Out. You can see the confrontation there between officers and a protester. There have been a number of arrests. We have more now on the decision and where the case goes from here. Reporter the grand jury indicting one of the officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed in march when Louisville Police served a search warrant of our home. Brett hankison was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting into nearby apartments during the police raid. No indictments were announced for the other officers involved in her death. The decision before my office as the special prosecutor in this case is not to decide if the loss of miss taylors life was a tragedy. The answer to that question is unequivocally yes. Ahead of the announcement, Louisville Police braced for possible demonstrations. The department canceled officers vacation and dayoff requests in anticipation, while crews boarded up windows of the citys federal courthouse. I assure you, we have
Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin this hour with Tropical Storm ophelia. Just hours after making land fall in north carolina, heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds, are hitting much of the Eastern Seaboard today. North carolina, maryland, and var are all under a State Of Emergency right now. And the storm is already knocked out power to more than 50,000 homes. And businesses. With those outages expected to grow. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center and Polo Sandoval is in pelican island, new jersey, watching the impact and feeling it there. Lets begin with you, allison. The National Hurricane center issued a new advisory moments ago. The biggest change that we noted is the sustained winds have calmed down ever so slightly, dropping down now to 50 miles an hour. Still gusting up to 65. Look at the scope of this storm. You have so many of these Outer Rain Bands far away from that center point. And the center is still over north carolina, and you have
Driver for months and said he knew immediately when the bus was late picking new malden something was off with the driver. He just seemed like to be moving in a fog. Like there was something not quite right. Reporter he said the bus was packed, some passengers standing up on board and the ride was rocky from the start. Hy we hit the curb a few times, up on curb a few times, he hit a tree, he hit a van. Reporter all this time riders leaving but when the bus hit the van and driver got out, looked and hopped for help of he climbed off when Police Arrived and pulled the bus over if stoneham. Im getting off. I dont want to be on this bus any more. Reporter right now that bus driver is off the job pending an investigation. He faces chars of leaving the scene of an accident and Transit Police say they are looking into whether or not he was under the influence prescription drugs of recording live from melrose, kimberly bookman, 7 news. Anchor also breaking right results of the president ial el
After midnight, very little in the which of accumulating snow. One to two inches of snow in the area shaded in blue. Downtown boston coating to an inch and then we have rain on the way for toll. We will talk more about that coming up. Anchor be sure to stay with 7 news for complete coverage of the bitter blast and then that warmup thats under way for any updates any time just download the 7 news mobile app or check online at whdh. Com. Anchor we are following breaking news out of dedham of Fire Fighters battling on a two story home on bridge street. The scene still very active. Crews on the roof trying to get that fire under control no. One is hurt of the Officials Say a wood stove is most likely blame here. Well keep you updated andrews work to put out blames still burning inside the walls of the building several homes going up in flame across the state. This raging fire is just one of three that broke out in that city alone overnight. In weymouth crews had to battle three hours fires
This is the cbs morning news for friday, may 16th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Lighter winds and lower temperatures are forecast today in Southern California where firefighters are battling a slew of destructive wildfires. This morning just in san diego county, seven fires are burning out of control. More than 10,000 acres and more than a dozen homes have been destroyed and a badly burned body has been discovered in carlsbad. Since the fires began tuesday, 125,000 evacuation notices have been issued. The city of san marcos is one of the hardest hit. The fire there surged late yesterday. Reporter annemarie, good morning. The fire is burning out of control in san marcos. You can see some of the burned out rubble behind me. The good news is crews are actually starting to gain control of some of the other fires that are burning across san diego county. The question now is what is the weather going to do when the sun rises. From the air and on the ground, fi