Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. A make shift memorial continues to grow in dallas where five Police Officers were killed by a sniper last thursday. We learn today the gunman taunted police during two hours of negotiations before authorities killed him with a robot bomb. The killer said he was targeting police in revenge for the Fatal Police Shootings of two black men in minnesota and louisiana last week. Those deaths lead to tense protests and dozens of arrests in st. Paul and bat on rouge last night. We begin in dallas with manual bo hor quez. After the initial round of gunfire Dallas Police chief david brown said in an interview today the gunman laughed at Police Negotiators and scrib eled letters on a wall with his own blood. And that Micah Xavier Johnson an army veteran put his military training to use when he targeted Police Officers, killing and turning parts of Downtown Dallas into a war zone. I was right there. Reporter 25 year old Dallas Police vet ral james dupuch ru
An activist with the group black lives matter is from baltimore. Police, youre under arrest. Reporter he was streaming live on his phone as he was arrested for standing in the roadway. Colonel Mike Edmundson heads the Louisiana State police. What is captured is just that moment. Whats not captured is the moments before that yes, its live. Yes, its realtime, and yes, we believe the public has the right to know. But lets have them have the right to know everything. Reporter the day after sterlings death, louisianas governor John Bell Edwards called for a federal investigation. That decision has been credited with helping to maintain peace. I wonder if you ever had a moment where you wondered whether this would turn into a ferguson or a baltimore. Well, sure. Thats one of the reasons why we were as quick as we were to make decision. We wanted to engage. Reporter late tonight the activist Deray Mckesson with black lives matter was released from jail. Elaine, right now resources are coming
The situation under control Marcella Robertson reports from havana. S t been really devastating for the small town of urbana here you can take a look at the massive amount of destruction this fire has left behind nearly half of those years marina is completely destroyed. We know that it took firefighters nearly four hours to get this fire completely under control and weve also been told that two people died as a result of this fire were told they were sleeping in their boat at the time that it started we also know that in more than twenty votes have been completely destroyed the boathouse on site is completely destroyed as well and whats really the most shocking to so many people at this point is that investigators believe that this fire was started intentionally. Coming up tonight on thirteen years now at five oclock well have much more on this arson investigation and also hear from friends of the two people who died in the fire in urbana. Marcella robertson thirteen years now and you
Off right now on 95. Actually around cottman avenue. You can see right here, 13minute drive time if youre headed southbound through the work summary here. All lanes open. Watch out for the shoulder. Average speed 62 miles per hour. No delays or problems. On the 42 freeway in new jersey, five minutes northbound or southbound from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. No problems on the walt and the rest of the area bridges are doing just fine. The tac pal, the ben, the betsy ross are all nice and clear. In cheltenham, an accident scene on east glenside avenue and north avenue. A wild story here. Breaking news, a man fleeing from police carjacked a driver, taking two unwilling passengers on a ride. Those passengers are safe. The man is it still on the run but he left behind an unbelievable clue. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in south philadelphia. All right, katy, lay this out for us. What happened there . Reporter chris, a lot happened this morning in south philadelphia in a very short a
Forecast. There he is. Hi, bill. Its a beautiful start. The humidity is low. Skies are clear. The numbers, at this hour theyre falling. 49 degrees in the pocono mountains. 59 in trenton, wilmington at 60, 66 in philadelphia. Were running a bit cooler than yesterday. Just like yesterday, low humidity well see lots of sunshine. Clear skies at 6 00. 65. By 9 00 up to 71 degrees. We still see the northerly wind. The humidity stays low. Warming into the upper 70s by noontime today. In ten minutes ill have the neighborhood by neighborhood forecast for you, show you how warm it gets where you live. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic on a friday morning, jessica. On a friday morning in the last month of the summer had is actually a good thing for commuters. We do have to head out the door. We pretty much avoid a lot of delay and jam up for friday morning, right before the weekend, especially you can see a threeminute drive time. Headed westbound, westbound lanes right in here from