Shes one of hundreds demonstrating outrage over the two separate Police Shooting deaths of castile in minnesota and alton sterling in baton rouge. To watch that on social media was some of the most traumatizing footage that ive ever seen in my life. Reporter the multicultural crowd held signs that read, quote, stop police brutality, stop racist police and stop racial terror. Philando castile was at a traffic stop where police shot him. In baton rouge, they opened fire, killing him. We dont know what happened before the video footage. We dont know w were watching police who we all pay for them to protect us murder their own citizens. I just i dont understand how nothing is being done. Reporter the crowd grows as more than 3,000 people march from the white house to the capitol demanding president obama and Congress Stop what they decide is police brutality. Youre here protesting. Whats next . Im going to continue protesting . Reporter why . Because black lives matter. Reporter now, tonig
Minutes. God bless america land that i love a preview for you of tonights capitol fourth of july concert. The National Mall will be filled with people celebrating our independence day. Rain is a factor. Security will be tight. News 4 molette green joins us live near the Washington Monument to let us know what to expect. Reporter you know what, on a day like this, looking at the flags that surround the Washington Monument are especially meaningful. We expect thousands of people to come on down and enjoy the day full of festivities, even with the threat of rain looming over the Fireworks Show tonight. When you come on down to the National Mall, you should know there are eight access points. Most of them opening at 10 00 this morning. A couple of them opening at 2 00 p. M. Where visitors will get a security always tight, especially with so much heightened awareness around large events and this one expected to be large as usual. For the big concert on the west side of the capital, that sta
Deductions on ragan smiths floor exercise, 14. 5. That is not how it felt in the building. Gabby douglas is pacing back and forth. She is on the balance beam. Gabby can make some progress. She wants to keep things heading in the right direction with her new main coach. Pretty good night for gabby. She can be a little bit better just about everywhere. But this is a routine. This really separates athletes, being able to be right there. She is supposed to connect that into a leap. She second guesses herself. Back flip with a full twist. That was awesome. Another opportunity here to connect. A little bit off on all of these connections. Of all skills in the entire routine that was the easiest sk obviously a deduction, a full point off. The dismount, combination. Heading towards the finish line here, not time for andrea joyces post night interviews but they will be available shortly at nbcolympics. Com. There are certainly things that happened tonight that you want to know what the reaction
Tim yes. Al this shouldnt take long. You wonder how many of the women will be shocked by what they hear. Tim Mykayla Skinner could be shocked and Maggie Nichols will be devastated. A year ago she was definitely on the team. Was the only athlete in the usa that competed all four events in the gold medal runs. Ragan smith with a tremendous future. It will be hard for her, for all of them. But you know what . I think the rationale is strong. Al you know, these young women have been hearing the word rio for four years now. In your world, nastia, the World Championships are great. The nationals are great. You are constantly surrounded by Olympic Rings every day. Nastia absolutely. You live your life to compete at the olympic games. No matter how many World Championship medals you have. Like simone biles. To complete the entire thing. She wants multiple gold medals at the olympic al are you surprised it took this long . Tim i am a little bit. Al you had it wrapped up. Tim you know, think the
For his safe recovery, including the 30 people who stopped to help. Jay korff just spoke with cruzs son. Jay just a short time ago, we spoke with christian cruz, understandably emotional outside of George Washington hospital. He is the 19yearold son of 45yearold marcelino cruz. The family is devastated, but they are grateful that he had a Second Chance at life. His father has multiple head and facial and neck injuries. Despite all of this damage, mr. Is expected to survive. The family is especially grateful to the Good Samaritans who remove the tree off of his car so that firefighters could save him. Forirst i want to thank god giving us another opportunity at life. And for everyone who took and despite themselves possibly getting hurt they chose to help a guy who is clinging to his life. That means a lot to me. I do not know, what to expect, whether he would be alive or dead. He is one of the strongest members in our family. And he is pushing through. Oddly enough, the victim in this