He will also meet with the family of victims and local Law Enforcement. George w. Bush will also speak at the service. Laura bush and joe bide listen also be in attendancattendance. The Dallas Police department will get a helping hand from arlington pd working in conjunction with the service. Chief brown says he doesnt want something to go wrong during the visit. They plan to hold a candle light vigil to honor the victims. How is this visit shaping up . Reporter well, good morning to you as well. Lots of people heartbroken over here. They are waiting for the president to arrive. He cut his trip short to come here to dallas. He is faced with the daunting task after another senseless act of violence. With a city still heartbroken support keeps pouring in. Brent thompson was my fraentd i loved him. Nine others injured. Those in june form putting their lives on the line to protect others. This tribute blocks away from where Micah Xavier Johnson carried out his attacks and h e hatred for co
The freeways. Folks are getting a visibility from 680 over here, its way up in the East Foothills. I put it at over five miles away from the freeway. It is well over five miles. Up in the hills right here, no homes are threatened but theres a good deal of fire in these hills. Kris sanchez is there to find out more from the firefighters. re worried about the residents and the roadways but its well off in the distance. Because its so early folks are reporting seeing it from 680, 101 and over towards santa clara. Hot weather expected, kari, today, so we do have a fire danger i would imagine. I can see the smoke from where i live this morning. That may be something way in the distance that you will see but should not affect you as you go into this morning and early afternoon as they try to get that under control. Wind forecast, we have some very light winds coming in from the northwest at about two, three miles an hour. Mostly calm winds to start off the day. Picks up to ten miles an hour
In dallas last night, we did notice San Francisco Police Officers took special precautions, including placing police spotters on rooftops. Hundreds of demonstrators arrived at city hall to protest Police Violence against black people. This was a group that was loud. San francisco deputies prepared by cordoning off the entrance to city hall. The protest was in response to two high profile officerinvolved shooting this week. Alton sterling was killed in bat touj, louisiana tuesday. Philando castile was killed in st. Paul. He was pulled over for a broken taillight. This is still going on and we havent gotten to a point where we can love and respect each other no matter what color or sexual orientation. All lives do matter. But at the end of the day, it seems like black people are being killed more than other races. Cops are hurting people. We have to work first with our Justice System. You cant take out one cop if the Justice System is all fudged up. Were just repeating the bullying. This
At a candlelight vigil, remembering the five slain dallas officers. Brent thompson was my friend. He is a hero. The community and police side by side. What it did was galvanize us. A stark contrast to events around the country. Protests ever on killings of two black men spark outrage. We are now learning more about the sniper who targeted white officers and according to authorities was planning a much larger attack. Investigators say it was in this middle class neighborhood at a home shared with his mother where my kag Micah Johnson had a stockpile of bombmaking materials. His parents speaking out in an interview with the blaze. I dont know what to say to make anything better. I didnt see it coming. Authorities believe the 25yearold army vet fast tracked his plans to murder police. Dr. Brian williams was one of the doctors who worked to save their lives. We have to come together and end all of this. Dallas police chief says he has a solution. Serve your community. Continue be part of t
The intersection is shown not long after the shooting. The red pickup truck is the victims car. He was waiting for the light to turn green when a man walked up and shot him. A person in a white car just behind is crucial to investigators. That person was able to give police a good description to the shooter. Were trying to see what is the correlation between the person that we have detained and our victim. Was this a targeted purposeful murder or was this some type of road rage or some type of encounter that led to gun violence . Police are still looking for the gun the person detained didnt have a dwun on him. Were told the victim is a hispanic male in his 30s. Tonight the guard injured in a robbery is hospitalized and is turning out to be a hero. Heres vic lee. He was laying on the ground saying im going to die. Im dying. Im dying, and i basically was saying, youre talking. Thats good. Reporter combat experience paid off when he rushed to the side of a truck guard who had been shot s