Walnut creeks first homicide this year. Overnight. 38yearold Courtney Brown gunned down blocks away from the police station. Very surprising. This is such a familyoriented place. This is where people come. We are here with our babies an our dogs. During the day, and in the evening, any time of night we come out that was the wrong story. Well work on getting the right ones to you, our story line continues online, can you see exactly what cap said after refusing to stand with his team as well as a statement from the 49ers on this issue i think we are going to the package, fans reacting to news of him sitting down during the national anthem. Reporter 49ers fans across america have taken to you tube to post videos burning quarterback Collin Kaepernicks jersey when friday night, he chose to remain seated for the national anthem. That seems pretty harsh. I dont know if they should be burning his jersey. Its preseason, he hasnt played in awhile, who knows . I think patriotism is an important
Now from abc7 live, breaking news. The breaking news is out of Los Angeles International airport where a false report of a shooting lead to panic in several terminals. The scare started around 9 00 tonight when passengers heard loud noises in the United Airlines terminal. Passengers mistook the noise for gunfire and ran fearing this was an active shooter. They ran out to the tarmac and it spread to other terminals as well. Police have no evidence a shooting took place, but it has caused a major disruption to flights in and out of l. A. X. The airport says all passengers will have to be rescreened before they board their flights. Good evening. Im eric thomas and now to our other top story. I know there are other players who feel the same way. I had players reach out to me. What do the other players really think about Colin Kaepernicks decision to sit down during the National Anthem through the rest of the football season . Despite the continue controversey surrounding him he was all smi
Out of Los Angeles International airport where chaos erupted after reports of an active shooter in one of the terminals. Several videos show the chaos, people running down the hallways and some gathering on the tarmac. An investigation at the airport found no evidence of a shooting. The situation did cause mass panic and flight delays. People barricaded themselves in restaurants and bathrooms. People were taken outside on the tarmacs. One man heading to san jose spoke about the panic. I just heard screaming and saw hundreds of people running like a black friday stampede but screaming, dropping, falling, everybody cleared out of the seats and ran to the back of the terminal and a lot of us tried to remain calm and make sure we didnt trample babies. The tsa started running everybody get out of the terminal. Lester holt had just arrived at the airport himself. This is video from him. He was coming from sacramento with his wife. They were headed into the terminal when they were warned to s
Decision not to stan during the National Anthem. Jennifer chan shared a picture. You can see kaepernick sitting down while the rest of the team is standing before the game. We talked to football began fans about it. Being a veteran and stuff, when you put that i understand his point of vow but that was not the right arena, especially with the unanimous them and that means so much more to other people. Absolutely he has a right to sit down if he wants to and certainly its an issue that we have that needs to be addressed in as many ways as possible and our athletes have the venue to broadcast that in a broad sense. Im going to major lee baseball player and we cooperate dare do anything like that in the 60s when oncarlos made political statements and took a lot of an individual to make that stand. Im sure hill beat him up but i d admire him. In an exclusive interview kaepernick said, quote, im not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and peop
By Colin Kaepernick has mean across the country weighing in on his position. His performance on the field now over shadshadowed but his preg protest. Weve got reaction from the 49ers head coach. And marianne, this is something the entire country is talking about. Reporter and people are tweeting both ways. Peggy, this is not the first time Colin Kaepernick has remained seated during the National Anthem. He did the same thing in an another preseason game. Lets look at what happened last night. You can see this footage from last nights game. Kaepernick is clearly sitting down while everyone around him is standing for the National Anthem. He told nfl Network Reporter steve weiss he was not going to stand up and show pride for a flag and a country that oppresses black people. Coach chip kelly had this response just a couple of hours ago. We recognize the right of any individual to choose to participate or not participate in the National Anthem and so does the league. The leagues statement