Moment in the struggle against apartheid, and look behind one of the most famous photos of mandela, taken the day he was released from prison. Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more porous. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. The exmarine for a trip that lasted much longer than it should have is home
Breaking news oakland. Officer is shot and search is going on right now for the suspect. Live pictures from sky 7 hd. Good evening. Now this is happening not too far from the oakland coliseum. We give you perspective open the map. 1700 seminary avenue. Few block from international boulevard and nimitz freeway. Sky 7 hd is live over the scene right now. Lets bring in allen wong who is with police in the neighborhood and joins us live by telephone. What can you tell because what is going on. Right now police have several streets closed off and conducting a yard to yard search with canine for 3 suspects involved in the shooting of that officer. The Mayors Office says the officer was shot in the arm during a stop in the 1700 block of seminary avenue. Thats about a mile west of mills clem. Earlier police were searching the Rainbow Recreation Center not far from her but so far no arrest made. All went down around 6 30 this evening at harmon and seminary avenue. We havent been told what spark
Ray bogan a look at the crowd and the protesters which seems all friendly thus far . Reporter good morning to you, neil we want to give a quick look at the security measures that are in place. There is about a sixblock perimeter around the center and there are armed members of the National Guard here a vehicle barrier and then well show you the pedestrians in a moment but were in an area with a lot of merchandise and people Walking Around and you can see that line to get in is building and those people are waiting at about a 10foot pedestrian fence. You cant get any farther than that if you dont have a ticket and as you mentioned, the mayor is expecting somewhere in the range of 100,000 people to be here tonight, so its going to be very very busy. Now, yesterday the mayor put out an emergency order which has since been rescinded but there were a couple of key lines in there that are still important in terms of safety and security. One is that he had received intelligence from local Law
Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more for us. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. Bottom line, the 85yearold the exmarine for a trip that lasted much longer than it should have is home. It happened quickly without any prior announcement, the flight from pyongyang to beijing, and Merrill Newman final
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