Reporter now during the long effort to try and bring her husband home Elaine Weinstein had expressed great faith in the government and the efforts of the u. S. Government to bring her husband home. Late today the white house issued statements and say theres an investigation going on to try and figure out what went wrong. The congressman for this region, john delaney, is asking, he says hes outraged by what happened. He says that the u. S. Needs to do more tasmar sha we can rescue hostages to insure that we can rescue hostages and work with families and hes going to introduce legislation to try and make everybody more accountable and to make that effort more responsive and more effective. Reporting live in rockville, bruce leshan, wusa9. Now to the protests over the death of freddie gray, they popped up again today in baltimore as the investigation into how he was injured in Police Custody continues. Garrett haake is live at city hall where todays demonstrations began. Todays demonstrat
This is the same church where freddie gray will be laid to rest on monday. Tonight first the protesters gathered at city hall and marched through all downtown baltimore through the inner harbor and up mlk and camden yards and slowly back towards the Western District. Five days in a row of protests, i talked to one pastor who said this is the start he hopes of something much bigger. Take a listen. I think that theres got to be a persist not traction so that the city hall and the Police Department know its not an event. Its a movement and now its much larger than freddie gray. Reporter im hoping to hear from some of freddie grays family members here at this vigil. Then later tonight well led back over to the Western District which has an even larger Police Presence tonight bolstered by some 30 members of the Maryland State Police ordered out by the governor today. The hope is they wont be needed and everything keeps calm. Well see how the evening develops. Garrettmaker, wusa9. Well look
Its inexcusable and theres no place for it on the Police Department. Reporter before throwing in the towel Thomas Lawyer claimed selfdefense saying the officer thought the handcuffed boy was about to spit on him, which the suspect had done in previous encounters. Prosecutors pointed out there was no need for thomas to enter the cell to start with. States attorney Angela Alsobrooks said there is no protecting bad cops in Prince Georges County. This is definitely not ferguson. It is likewise not what were seeing in Baltimore City and one of the critical differences between this case and the cases weve seen across the country is that this conduct was discovered and brought to us by our Police Department which is why the chief of police is standing with me today. Its because of the trust in the community that weve been able to drive down crime the way we have and anyone who violates that trust, i will take appropriate action immediately. Reporter alsobrooks says her prosecutors will ask fo
Worker was abducted in pakistan in 2011. He along with italian giovanni la tort at that wereportea were killed. What we didnt know, tragically, is that al qaeda was hiding the presence of warren and giovanni this this compound. It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of war generally and our fight against terrorists specifically mistakes, sometimes deadly mistakes, can occur. Reporter Elaine Weinstein and her daughters say they are devastated and heart broken issuing a statement saying, those who took warren captive over three years ago bear ultimate responsibility. Neighbor Rebecca Adele helped decorate the street with yellow ribbons as a show of hope. Now she dreads taking them down. Im not ready to. Theyre for the family and i couldnt imagine if it were mine. Reporter congressman john delaney worked with weinsteins family trying to get him released. To think about the way he spent the last several year fz his life in some concrete cell possibly on a dirt floor who knows how t
Performing on just collapsed during a rock show. Look at this. We just missed it. We will show you the video right now. Nding close to the stage and those who jumped in to rescue the performers relayed what they saw. The pieces of wood started to collapse and a falling of faces. I just saw this shock and look of shock and this moan of silence after it collapsed. A moment of confusion and screaming from parents and faculty and staff and a rush to the stage. I was in shock because i watched approximately 20 to 30 people fall into a pit. It is still hitting me. One girl has nails in her leg and she was taken out on a stretcher. One with a dislocated leg. One woman about my age had scrapes and cuts on her face. It seemed to be from nails from the stage. That was the first person i helped out. I went and talked to her dad. I got her out of there as soon as she could. Then i just stayed there and i tried to comfort a womans daughter that was down there. Pictures really so scary. Westfield po