Fairgrounds Management Corporation to reup the lease offing to pay more in rent and insurance offering to pay more in rent and insurance, but still he said it became clear the county didnt want motocross in the area and abruptly ended talks. It would be nice if fairgrounds management corp. And the supervisors could reconsider and give us a year or two years and then end it, but to suddenly just cut us off like this is tragedy. Reporter back in the early 80s it was the heyday of racing at the socalled san jose mile, a large loop that drew riders from all over the world. Rick ryan remembers those days. Right where were standing i remember this being the bleachers over the mile and it had car races here and all kinds of stuff. They keep shrinking it and taking everything more and more away. Now we dont even have car races around here anymore. Reporter dorene payne has raced at the fair grounds nearly 50 years. Why is that okay to take away all our history . Reporter the next generation of
We continue to tprol breaking news. A power outage disrupting service on the train to the plane. Over the station. Where travelers were forced to board shuttle buss for the airport. And online. For the latest updates on the breaking story. A boulder judge today rejected prosecutors request for prison time. In the case of a former cu student athlete. Conducted of raping a fellow student. The this highlights the need for community conversation. About how the justy system handles cases like this. We have the story from the some say this is similar to the case of a california judge. Handing down a 6 month sentence to a Stanford University swimmer. Convicted of raping an unconscious woman. Here the boulder judge had the option of sending convicted rapest to prison for up to life. Instead handed down a much more lenient jail sentence. Jurors in a District Courtroom convicted 22 yearold austin of felony sexual assault. Prosecutors say in march of 2014, he said he was going to take care of wom
Of the president ial election, then lets make sure that all of america kl participate in that process. That means lets remove any obstacles toll voting in every community. But we havent seen a hearing in the house or the senate. I mean, i just dont understand. No hearing on Supreme Court nomination. No hearing on the Voting Rights act when the Supreme Court told us, go fix it. What exactly is going on. The American People are wondering. You see a lot of frustration out there directed at washington because oftentimes there are so many Critical Issues that we simply fail to deal with. Im just hopeful today that as occasion tomorrow of these two american heroes being honored, representative johnson and representative lewis, that we can get back to doing the business of the American People in the spirit of service that they themselves have displayed through their lifes work and deal with something some central to our democracy, which is the right to vote in an unfettered faction. And i yie
Tournament. Well, good friday morning. We start with the extreme weather across a portion of the country. Tens of millions of americans impacted. First up a passenger plane heading to new york truck by lightning and forced to make an Emergency Landing. Passengers saying it sounded like an explosion. In texas hail, some of it as big as baseballs causing all sorts of damage. Heres a look at the radar. Those storms, some of them severe moving across the southeast right now. Abcs Lauren Lyster with the details. Reporter in the skies over new york thursday night. And brickyard 4233 just got hit by lightning. Everything okay . Yeah, dont send us through there again. Its pretty bad. Reporter an American Airlines flight struck by lightning. The plane damaged on the rear wing forced to make an Emergency Landing on the way from north its the first time for me. There was a flash of light and big explosion. The plane dipped about 100 feet, i dont know, it just felt like i was on a roller coaster.
This hour a mixed picture there. Very much a flat situation. Cac is down a fraction and dax index as well, right around where it opened up 17 points. Overnight in asia, slight gains across the board there, very much a fractional situation with markets not moving much overnight in asia. Our top store as many as 10 gunmen in mali apparently attacking a luxury hotel taking a number of people hostage including foreigners, including french citizens. Identity of hostage takers are not known but believed to be islamic militants. We want to bring in former pentagon official, aei scholar Michael Rubin and Washington Examiner reporter, David Drucker in washington. Michael, you actually stayed in this hotel. What should we look for in the active hostage gun situation . Maria there is precedent here. If you remember back in 2008, there was terrorist hostage taking in mumbai, india. That didnt end well. One of the problems we have if these terrorists are intent simply causing carnage, inspired by t