The death of 17yearold teenager Trayvon Martin. Now we want to show you a live picture in San Franciscos Mission district. You can see Police Vehicles lined up in the streets, a large crowd is gathered at 24 7 and valencia and on Mission Street from 16th to cesar chavez, which was closed by protesters tonight, anger at the verdict. Police on standby, monitoring the situation. So far, things have been peaceful. Earlier tonight protesters began gathering outside of the florida courtroom. Civil Rights Groups have had a close eye on this case from the very beginning saying there were racial undertones in the shooting of the unarmed black teen by the volunteer neighborhood watchman. The family of Trayvon Martin was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read on advice of their attorneys. They have sat here for four weeks and i dont know how harder step of the way, what they had to endure, the pain of hearing gunshot after gunshot after gunshot, same call, faces of the son in the morgue,
Drugrelated death of one of the hit shows favorites. This is as his family speaks out. And its easy to forget all this amidst the hoopla with the baby, how did the royal family turn it all around from being not that popular . Good morning, america, as royal contraction watch continues i think in week three now. That should be branding, by the way. Gma branding. The whole world wants to know will this be the big day that kate gives birth. We will go blind the scenes of royal baby match. Amy and others are there to talk to the media, and how they are dealing with the great media circus. Amy just got there, lama has been there for weeks. Theres an elaborate hazing ritual. Well show you that. And reality show Honey Boo Boo, she is retiring at the advanced age of 9. I was asked if she had a nickname. As if this is not a nickname in and of itself. Sorry. A little behind the scenes moment. I thought that was cute. This is a great day for us you do the show without me. You will like this story
In northwest washington, two vendors were selling water today, doing better later. Touristsational mall, are trying to stay hydrated. We came prepared with our bottled water, because we know what it is like Walking Around in south carolina, and it is humid, it is hot. Driver,ng as a pedicab they have to know about it. You have to take care of yourself. When we got out here about 20 minutes ago, there was a Second Quarter of players playing volleyball. They had intended to stay past 5 00, but they packed it in a minute or so ago. These temperatures can become a so we havea alert, to stay safe. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. And to check that your anytime of the day, download our abc 7 app on your smartphone. Verdict forilty George Zimmerman, protests still around the country. Protests in some 100 cities are being planned for saturday, and there are calls for even felony charges to be brought against the Neighborhood Watch volunteer. We have the latest on this emotional case with steve. Pr
2013. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a thursday. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Tamron hall and al roker are here. I think a lot of people will have something to say especially in los angeles where there have been a lot of violent protests. But we want to get to the socalled mountain fire. It is raging in Southern California. Right now emergency officials ordering mandatory evacuation for the resort town of idlewild. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. 6,000 people have been ordered out of this area, some 2200 homes are threatened. This is a fastmoving fire fueled by those explosive dry conditions. Its moving in the direction towards homes. Yesterday afternoon the winds had shifted, light winds pushing it toward the desert. Today we have the winds shifted pushing these flames towards home. We know at least 35 square miles have been charred. This area is a tinderbox. Many of these mountainsides have not burned
At 6 00 a close up look at the key bridge with the Eastern Shore in the humid haze behind it. Sharon has a bunch of accidents to tell you about, marty is over at first warning weather. Lets take a look at a steamy and hot day start. 72 degrees right now. Dew point of 70. Air is close. Same temperature as this time yesterday. By lunch 92 going to a high of 95. 93 out of the glare of the sun at dinner time this evening, don. Suddenly several problems on the pavement. Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz Traffic Control. Thats right, we have four accidents. 83 southbound after belfast. The second one on 83 southbound the jfx. That one right near northern parkway off to the right shoulder. Two accidents in the city, one of them is on north high land avenue at pulaski highway. A pedestrian is involved in that accident. One more on north, north east avenue. No delays on the beltway or 95 in the southbound direction. Thats a live look at the west side of the beltway. Already getting busier there at 7