reporter: like a politician running for office, holder posed for pictures wednesday at a ferguson diner and later met in private with the family of michael brown. steven portnoy, abc news, ferguson, missouri. now to another round of severe weather where a tornado touched down in the detroit area causing some serious damage. sirens went off warning the funnel cloud was approaching with 75-mile-an-hour wind. witnesses say the most frightening aspect was the tornado s nearly deafening noise. which drove them to take cover. it blew branches off trees and flipped over a few cars. before moving through the area. meantime, clean-up is under way in the western states slammed by floodwaters and dangerous lightning. forecasters warn this round of stormy weather may just be the start of more to come. here is abc s brandi hitt. reporter: the threat of more severe weather slamming the west. from flash flood warnings to lightning.
dozens of rockets into israel. israel carried out several air strikes in gaza in response. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will not call off its gaza operation until rocket fire out of palestinian territory has stopped. and here in new york city, palestinian supporters unfurled a large flag on the manhattan bridge last night. the flag, palestinian colors, you see it there, read gaza boycott divestment sanctions. it hung as palestinian supporters marched across the brooklyn bridge. the second breach of security on a new york city bridge in a month. now to ferguson, missouri, where they saw a night of racially charge d protest marchs last night. the police in the area coming under scrutiny for a second police shooting just this week. reporter: this morning, concerns with police releasing this video recorded by a passer-by as st. louis police shot and killed a man tuesday. they say he had a knife. the police department released the footage saying it is
running for office, holder posed for pictures wednesday at a ferguson diner and later met in private with the family of michael brown. steven portnoy, abc news, ferguson, missouri. now to another round of severe weather where a tornado touched down in the detroit area causing some serious damage. sirens went off warning the funnel cloud was approaching with 75-mile-an-hour winds. witnesses say the most frightening aspect was the tornado s nearly deafening noise. which drove them to take cover. it blew branches off trees and flipped over a few cars. before moving through the area. meantime, clean-up is under way in the western states slammed by floodwaters and dangerous lightning. forecasters warn this round of stormy weather may just be the start of more to come. here is abc s brandi hitt. reporter: the threat of more severe weather slamming the west. from flash flood warnings to lightning. an idaho woman claiming she was struck filming a storm.
calming influence on the area. reporter: now everyone here braced for another long night and morning of demonstrations. there was some rain, thunderstorms in the area. that might have slowed down the demonstrations. we have to wait and see, devin and michelle. thanks to tahman bradley reporting live this morning from ferguson, missouri. it s peaceful in the suburb of chicago following a nearly two-day nearly day-long hostage standoff. harvey police stormed the house but didn t fire a shot. while freeing two adults and two children being held by two armed men. earlier four other children were released. those two armed men are in custody. an emotional verdict in a murder trial in sacramento, california, led to brawls inside and outside the courthouse. two gang members were convicted of murder in the shooting death of a young mother caught in the crossfire of a gunfight. a third convicted of voluntary manslaughter. and a fourth was cleared. the victim s mother says she feels like
six last night, but also allowed three runs. her team from philly defeated by the youngsters from nevada. tonight davis team plays the team from chicago in elimination game. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 21st. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. great to have you with us. we begin this half-hour with new developments in the police shooting case of michael brown. they come against a backdrop of more protests last night in the streets of ferguson, missouri. but this time, fewer in number and dampened by a thunderstorm. abc s jim avila has the latest from ferguson. reporter: the fate of 28-year-old ferguson patrolman darren wilson seen in this new video receiving a department commendation six months ago is now in the hands of 12 grand jurors who began reviewing evidence behind closed doors. the prosecuting attorney says he will not rush the process and doesn t expect a decision from the grand jury which meets only