courtroom for the trial of new jersey versus police officer gary spath. mike: it is extremely rare for police officers to be put on trial. this was a police officer who claimed he was doing his duty. and in the course of doing his duty, he was indicted for a criminal offense, manslaughter. reporter: witnesses say the teen had his hands in the air in a gesture of surrender at the time of the shooting. thelma: it s proven evidence. he surrendered. that s murder. he just shot him when he gave up. paul: listen, this was a tragedy, but phillip was a kid who had a gun who shouldn t ve had a gun. gervonn: it just didn t fit the narrative of a young boy that grew up in this community. i mean, this was teaneck. walter: to me, the facts in the case are so obvious, at least in this instance. we re going to get justice (music) reporter: we reported this morning defense lawyer robert galantucci surprised everyone in the courtroom, especially the prosecution team, by calling the defendant
answers in akron, after the fatal police shooting of a young black driver their attorney saying he was shot 60 times the city bracing for more protests with body camera footage set to be released the latest turn in the legal battle over abortion the new ruling from the texas supreme court. the last-minute rescue at sea. crew members plucked from raging waters just as their ship was going down the research just in how effective are your vitamin supplements? and a new twist on fourth of july celebrations with prices soaring and fire dangers growing the cities ditching fireworks for drones announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. 50 million americans are at risk for severe weather tonight. storms that are only adding to the chaotic and rocky start to the holiday weekend. just today, more than 4,000 delays and more than 600 cancellations, and late today, a ground stop for arrivals at two of the nation s busiest airports another major
Commissioners. Chief scott and director hawkins. I am captain mahkota of the Major Crimes Unit , and im honored to be here tonight to present to you kevin, Sergeant Kevin. Quadro. Quadro of the robbery detail. Sergeant quadro is a 11 year veteran of San Francisco Police Department, having joined the department in 2012. Sergeant quadro is the grandson of retired sfpd Sergeant Elmer quadro, with whom sergeant quadro shares the same star number. Number 1253. Sergeant quadro began began his career at tenderloin station and then was assigned to the midmarket foot beat. Sergeant quadro was promoted to sergeant in 2018 and was assigned to patrol at mission station. Sergeant quadro transferred to the robbery detail and has been an outstanding member of the robbery detail since 2019. Sergeant quadro is a dedicated, hardworking investigator. The running joke in the robbery detail is that he spends as much time helping his coworkers on their cases as he spends working on his own cases. While not
And hispanic heritage month has a star. How a former u. S. President s play list sets up a bay area voice with a sweet sound of success. You know, so much to be proud of in our beautiful bay area this weekend. And amazing music weekend in San Francisco. We have our friend shawn chitnis. He is live bright and early this morning at Golden Gate Park with the preparations under way for the hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival. We also know that many of you will be at portola Music Festival at pier 80 and theres gianna my buddy with all the traffic. But first start with another friend of mine, meteorologist jessica birch with what we can expect for the weekends weather. All right, lets dive straight into it. Its friday and we made it to the weekend and boy, we have a cool start throughout the bay area. Clear skies over the Santa Clara Valley this morning. We are waking up in the 50s and later into this afternoon, the weather is going to stay mild for us and i mean were talking about 70s this
Noose israel tight around my neck am an analogy ive used many times. I think it is appropriate. I family and supporters have seen that tightening of destruction of our lives. Amy we will speak to ravi along with his wife amy gottlieb and she will attend President Trumps state of the Union Tonight as guest of native alaska is. Then we go to new jersey where ice detained two fathers thursday as they dropped their children off at school. A third father had sought sanctuary in a church. We will be joined by his pastor. All of that a more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In another shakeup at the fbi, the agencys second highest official Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe abruptly resigned from on monday. This comes just under nine months since President Trump fired fbi director james comey. Many consider his departure as well as comeys firing as part of President Trumps resistance to the fbi investigation into trumps ties to russ