Lived. Wikileaks founder juneian assange giving up his long time protest. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Schools are closed in ferguson, missouri and governor jay nixon calling out the National Guard after tear gas and alludedding on the streets. Civilian gunfire hit at least two people. Earlier sunday, thousands gathered for a unity rally calling for peace but demanding justice for Michael Brown. He is that unarmed black teen shot and killed by a white Police Officer one week ago. The brown family will release more details from a private autopsy that shows the 18yearold was shot at least six times. We are in ferguson. Natasha, good morning. Why did the governor call out the National Guard . It was a third night in a row of violence here in ferguson, several people shot, eight people arrested. Police say there was molotov cocktails thrown, shooting and looting and that these attacks were premeditated and coordinated. This was one of the plash points, the
People. Im scared. A pair of teens accused of planning to shoot their high school. The tips that helped a plot before it was too late. Homeowners in detroit coping with major damage. Whats being done to help people recover from the once in a generation storm. Good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Another night of violence in ferguson, missouri, the latest protest started off peacefully again but ended earlier this morning with police using tear gas and stun grenade to say clear the streets. Dozens were arrested, at least two people were also shot. The National Guard is now in place to help protect a Police Command center. The president calling for an end to the unrest is dispatching attorney general eric holder to ferguson. Natasha is there. Who are police blaming for last nights violence . Del, police say everything was fine until just after 9 30 last night, then they say a small group of people began throwing Water Bottles from the middle and t
Working as a sound tech. I can assure you were following up every lead in this case. Lieutenant says she knows more than she can share without compromising this investigation and her detectives do not take sides. Theyre objective fact finders. I think the District Attorney is convinced of that as well. Peterson being held on 750,000 bail. Friends are using social media to voice their support. They have started a go fund me page to help pay legal bills we need to stick together because theyve got the wrong guy. We dont want to see this go further. The next court date is in two weeks. Tomorrow, temperatures have people lounging in San Franciscos dolores park. San francisco could reach nearly 90 tomorrow in october with higher temperatures inland. Spencer . You can see we have sunny skies aross the bay area. That is where weve been all day its been warm. And here are the look at the sky highs its warm, but not hot yet. 93 in santa rosa. Highest reading in the bay area. But there is warmer
Yourself right now. And abc news goes pink. Fur or colleagues, our mothers, our daughters, the Empire State Building lighting up tonight. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And we begin with new developments as we come on the air this evening in that first case of ebola, diagnosed here in the u. S. And tonight, the first images of the patient. His name is Thomas Eric Duncan. He was visiting family in dallas. This evening, all eyes on that hospital in dallas. Hes fighting for his life amid new questions about why he was sent home the first time he went to the hospital, telling nurses he felt sick. Meantime, elsewhere in that city, letters going home to parents. Schools being cleaned. Extra precautions being taken this evening as authorities try to track down everyone this man came into contact with. Dr. Richard besser standing by with your questions about the flights he took, about schools. But first, Abcs Cecilia Vega right there at the
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through the region and we are getting reports of damage across the region including a tornado touchdown in Wayne County.