Next door. Christy smith joins us live. Reporter the woman was attacked right by the door to her building, which is that one that you see right there. Now, a Navigation Center for the homeless is planned right next door to that building behind the fence that you see. And opponents are saying that there are clear Public Safety concerns. They would like the city to stop construction on the Navigation Center. She was grabbed by a man when she tried to get inside her building last week, and that attack was caught on security tape. She points to what she sees as a drug and Mental Illness problem in the city and joined the group which has been opposed to the Navigation Center, and they filed a lawsuit over it. Today pointed to other recent incidents of crime across the neighborhood. Please take action. Dont build this year. You dont have the capability to properly manage it. Given the citys inability to keep the people safe from the effects of the shelter even before construction is finished
Of people their power. The controlled takedown of three cooling plants went a little out of control when some of the debris hit a power line. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 19th. So here we are. Trevor ault, first time on the anchor desk. Yeah. How do you feel . I feel great. For the fact that weve got a combined half a week of experience on this show anchoring today, i think things are going pretty well. Whoohoo yeah. I was just going to say, were getting to know each other a little better. From ohio, from philadelphia. Neither of us parents. End of list. Pretty good, though. There you go, welcome. Thank you, appreciate it. Lets get to all the stories happening and were going to begin this half hour with the mass shooting threats and the concerns of copycat attacks following the el paso and dayton attacks. Tristan wicks was arrested after he allegedly sent a series of Text Messages threatening a mass shooting. Police say they got a tip from an exgirlfriend an
Stolen early today starts right now good monday morning im phillip mena and im dara brown. Law enforcement across the country are on high alert in the wake of Mass Shootings in el paso and dayton over the weekending police thwarted not one but two more suspected attacks in ohio and florida. Nbcs blayne alexander has the details. Blayne, what can you tell us about these arrests . Reporter well, dara, one of those threats came on social media. The other came via text message. Theyre just the latest in a rash of threats were seeing across the country this is what police in new middleton, ohio, found when they raided the home of a 20yearold suspect. Ar15s, a rifle with a bay ned, bullet proof vest, and plenty of ammo this Instagram Video tippethd eo Community Center he was going to be identified as a shooter of the Jewish Center that kicked off a very intense investigate. Reporter the suspect attended the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia and even did this interview.
And teen vaping warnings. Hear from an 18yearold who says he got a hole in his lung from over using ecigarettes as the cdc looks into 94 possible cases of severe lung illness associated with vaping. Monday, august 19th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I think this is the metal falling and thats when i real ooilzd the trampoline was up in the tree. Severe weather across the northern u. S. In pennsylvania nine people were hurt when a Lightning Strike sent a tree toppling on to a tent at a swim club. Federal Authorities Say they recently foiled at least three mass shooting plots. Authorities arrested three different men in three different states. An Iranian Oil Tanker caught in a standoff with the west set sail from gibraltar after a court released it. The president says he is interested in buying greenland. Protesters poured into the streets of hong kong in a peaceful demonstration. Id like to see hong kong worked out in a very humanitarian fashion. I hope presid
Jose community is on edge after several brazen burglaries. One of the victims shares her story. Vivian was skyping with a friend when she heard someone pounding on her door. I didnt open because i didnt know who it was. It was about five to six times loud pounding. So i looked outside my sisters pounding to check who it was, and it was some guy, i dont know, looking very suspicious. And he kept looking around. And then he looked up, and i went away from the window. Reporter a short time later she heard a huge slam, and then silence. When she came downstairs, she spotted two men trying to come inside of her house, one of them possibly armed with a gun. I didnt know what else to do. So i just opened up my window and kicked out kicked out. I kicked out the screen. And sat on the roof for a bit. Reporter the home on the east side of town was one of four homes broken into just yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. In one, thieves made off with five guns. Two teenaged suspects are in custod