That bullet hole in the wall above that crib. The bullet went through a screen window through a bedroom wall, lodging in a humidifier in the boys bedroom. Five shots were fired last night around 11 00 oclock at sixth and walnut streets but one of them traveled a block away to the apartment inside the boat house apartments. Police say this came a week after shots were fired from the same location. The police chief telling us tonight this very well could have been a homicide. Imagine your three year old and a bullet passes that close to him. Youre just sitting there watching tv and the second thing the people that are handling these firearms, they have no idea when they pull that trigger in that split second where that piece of steel is going to go. Reporter now, police are afraid this may be a sign of escalating violence in this area. Especially because after two shootings from this same location in a weeks time they are very concerned. I can tell you police just came over to give us a
Smoke fairly common in metro tunnels. The agency is supposed to have a plan to get people out, but a d. C. Lawyer filing a lawsuit tomorrow says instead of a plan the passenger here were left figh for air in the midst of chaos. Malbert rich is still wearing his Georgetown Hospital wristband. I understand theres smoke on the train. He said that the train wont move until the train thats already in the plaza gets out. Reporter rich says several Metro Transit Police were in his car yelling into their radios. This is the transit officer on the train. Ask them to move that train off the platform. Just constantly screaming to command trying to turn to the fifth channel or this channel and nobody could even get that train out. What a crock. Reporter rich said he sent what he thought was a final text. I told my mother that i loved being her son and i told my kids i loved being their dad. Reporter a half dozen plaintiffs have now signed onto that lawsuit. At lenfant plaza, bruce leshan, wusa9. G
Britain. And here at home, california and new york are passing through the 50 tax rate barrier. Is anybody looking at how tax hikes fail the test of Economic Growth . Back here in the u. S. , could it be michigan which used to call itself the workers Paradise Union state is now moving towards new antiunion righttowork legislation and it looks like its going to pass . But first up, budget talks resume between Speaker John Boehner and president obama today. With just 25 days to go, lets keep tabs on where we stand. Reports of a conservative backlash against Speaker Boehner simply not true. He has the solid support of his leadership and the rank and file. But there is concern among some in the gop that they are at risk of becoming the party for rich people while president obama and democrats stake their claim on the middle class. And my tax rate flexibility with higher heres what the president said earlier today. Im not going to sign any package that somehow prevent prevents the top rate
Thats where you find us right here on capitol hill. We will tell you whats happening in our nations capitol and give you a chance to get involved in the conversation at 86655press. How about a big news today . South carolinas jim demint announced he is going to resign from the senate to head the Heritage Foundation. That is good news not senate. At a time gets rid of one of the most whacko extremist members of the senate. Bad news for the Heritage Foundation because they are going to be known as just a bunch of rightwing extremists. We will find out about that. First lets check in with Lisa Ferguson with this mornings current news update. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. The president has a pretty light day on his schedule today, just a morning meeting with his advisors and this afternoon, he will sign into law the Child Protection act of 2012. Now, that law protects children against child pornography, sexual abuse and sex trafficking by giving Law Enforcement more power to protec
Crash that ran into a wall southbound 101 on with lanes all reopened. In fairfield, we have report of a serious accident involving a semi truck and up to ten vehicles. This is worker 80 coming up to highway 12 which is a major accident. We have several folk saying it is complete standstill. We have lanes mocked. We will give you more information on that. You can track your traffic at apple app and google play. From emeryville, this is the bay bridge as you make the turn over to treasure island. It still looks clear. Eric and kristen . Several residents in bay area counties are asked to keep their windows shut and avoid the smoky air as a recycling fire smolders in redwood city. Abc7 news reporter, matt keller, has the latest on that fire that started yesterday. Matt . Kristen, we will show you why people are asked to keep theiren withs shut. You can see the smoke and steam coming off of the heap. It has been burns if 16 hours. Equipment is being released as the incident is space deesca