Unresponsive in the bathtub of her atlanta home. It is unclear how that incident happened. In fredericksburg today, a murder case is going in front of a grand jury. Fredericksburg police say that vander briel killed grace mann back in april. Police say vander briel and mann were roommates. Multiple other roommates that he confessed to the killing. A grand jury in Fairfax County will hear from prosecutors about a Controversial Police shooting. County Police Officer adam torres shot and killed john geer two years ago. Torres claimed that geer appeared to be reaching for a victim. The county paid the family nearly 3 million to settle the civil lawsuit this year. Investigators are working to find the murder weapon in a deadly stabbing. The county Sheriffs Office says a man stabbed a husband and wife at the Anna Prayer Counseling Center last night. The husband died. His wife is in serious condition at the hospital right now. According to sheriffs deputies it happened during prayer services.
A few hours in the city of brotherly love before getting attacked. We begin this hour with the expansion of u. S. Military actions in syria. The steppedup rhythm of u. S. Attacks comes amid some new reminders about the dangers for civilians in syrians civil war. A fighter jet crashed into a market killing at least 27 people. Meanwhile an independent Monitoring Group called air wars says u. S. Lead air strikes against isil fighters in syria and iraq have killed more than 450 civilians. The u. S. Military says since the strikes began a year ago, only two civilians have been killed. There are concerns the policy could make the u. S. More directly engaged with the regime of syrian president , bashar alassad, and thats something the Obama Administration has pledged to avoid. Jamie macintyre joins us live from the pentagon with the latest. Jamie . Reporter david, the u. S. Has said all along, once the fighters it trained to take on isil got into harms way it would have a moral obligation to
Symbol of hate or whitewashing history . The confederacy actually happened so i dont think anyone benefits from erasing or attempting to erase any part of our history. Debate over massive memorial in georgia. Plus photo finish stunning shots from around the globe, the winners of National Geographics 2015 Photo Contest. Wind and drought are fuelling wildfires in california. More than 20 are burning tonight across that state. Devouring forests and forcing thousands of residents from their homes. The governor has declared state of emergency, and the National Guard has joined thousands of firefighters working day and night. Many struggling to contain one enormous blaze that tripled in size this weekend. The rocky fire in the foothills and canyons of Northern California is proving to be the most destructive of the wild fires scorching the state. It has incinerated nearly 60,000 acres and more than a dozen homes. It continues to burn for a sixth day, threatening thousands of structures forci
Gather in a prequel to the big first debate. Major issues were on the table but they mostly focused on the democrats. 13,000 people have evacuated their homes in california because of wildfires. Twenty fires are burning in the state, many in Northern California. It is still early in the summer fire season, but firefighters say what they are seeing is unprecedented. Jacob ward explains. Just over the riming, you can see behind me, it is literally hell on earth. The firefighters be deal with not just the local challenges of terrain and local climate theyre fighting against global forces. The western states of the u. S. Are on fire. Northern california is the latest casualty. We just passed a checkpoint where residents are no longer able to go. We are driving into a 60,000acre blaze that is defying all traditional expectations firefighters would have about a wildfire in Northern California at this time of year. The rocky fire should have peaked after two days, but at that point the firefi
Provide cooling but keeping that smoke in place. All the fires are across Northern California and that is smoke coming our way from all these fires and that is what we have been dealing with for several days now, burning in oregon as well. The way the wind direction is, its into the region so unhealthy conditions for the east by a, santa clara county, and they have been doing that a lot lately. The air quality in effect today. Humidity still dry north of us. Michelle . Neda, because you said the hot weather triggered the spare the air day, the fifth in a row, Jessica Flores is live with tips and warnings. Jessica . Reporter hey, good morning, michelle. Its the sixth consecutive spare the air alert today and what is triggering that, the heat wave we have seen for the last several days, causing dangerously smoggy conditions. You have probably seen the hazy skies if you have been out at all. The hot air, combined with smoke from nearby wildfires in oregon and california, causes the proble