Girlfriend. Pesas friend. Saelee grabbed a gun from the car and fire it. Emptying the magazine. Within of the round hit pesa. His Attorney Says his client was simply trying to protect himself against the group charging at him, hurling racial insults. He was acting in selfdefense against a, hate crime assault. Last april, the trial ended with a jury acquitting saelee of most attempted murder charges. But they hung on at tempted murder and assault with a firearm charge related to pesa. Then two weeks agoat judge released saelee while he awaits a new trial on the deadlocked charges. Da spokesman alex bastion. There was brain matter on the pavement as a result of the gunshot wound. And we were complete opposed to this release. Though on a gps monitoring device and other courtordered condition his release shocked and angered pesa and his friends. He spent 4 1 2 years in a, locked away, while i spent 4 1 2 years in, in this institution, bettering myself, and every day, trying to, improve mys
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Very busy morning here on this wednesday. Were going to start with that breaking news in afghanistan. A deadly explosion going off in what is considered a highly secure part of kabul. It is lined, of course, with foreign embassies. Afghan Officials Say a suicide car bomb killed more than 60 people and injured roughly 300. That blast went off in the height of the morning rush in whats considered the citys safest area. And you can see some of the early images were getting, quite a powerful blast that blew out the windows and destroyed more than 50 vehicles. That death toll expected to rise. The nationalities of the victims are not yet known. Of course, were going to continue to stay on top of this breaking news. That explosion in the heart of kabul this morning. And also breaking overnight, a midair scare for jetblue passengers flying from new york to San Francisco. The plane forced to divert to grand rapids, michigan, after a passengers laptop battery caught fire. I was stunned. I knew
Becoming the youngest competitor ever to qualify for the National Spelling bee. How shes preparing to go up against kids twice her age as the showdown kicks off this morning. And good morning, america. So 6yearold edith fuller about to make a little history at the spelling bee. Youngest competitor ever. But the big question is could she solve President Trumps spelling challenge . Could she spell covfefe . Or covfefe. The v is silent. Covfefe. Youre right, george. Youre right. He broke it down. To that extent. 12 06 tweet this morning. Never finished it. Covfefe. That tweet, that word, covfefe, covfefe, whatever you want to call it has sparked more than a million tweets and jimmy kimmel saying, what makes me sad is i know ill never write anything funnier than covfefe. And as george alluded to he responded to it on twitter and found humor in it. Well have much more on that in a bit. First we want to get to breaking news. A devastating attack rocking afghanistans capital near several emba