Have much more closer access to the white house than just one hour ago. The man jumped the smaller fence and then the higher fence right over there. We heard from this young woman who was just eat away when it happened. For three hours, the white house was on lockdown. Victoria pena, visiting from houston, witnessed it. Victoria he then took a deep breath and said, all right, lets do this. the man jumped the fence, even as the first family was home, enjoying dinner. Victoria and before you know it, he jumped over the. Hite house fence tried to slip over the white house fence, with documents in his hand. He stood up and started walking towards the white house. And a second, security was yelling at us to move back here towards 8th street. A man and a dog handler yelled at Joseph Caputo to get on the ground. He was carrying with him a binder and an envelope. It was a serious breach of the white house property. Is the latest in a string of several white house fence jumpers. It was pretty c
Reporter in the last 35 minutes we wrapped up a press conference. We found out the man who barricaded himself for nearly half a day has been identified as Michael Thomas taylor. 10 30 am he surrendered to police and neighbors captured moments on video camera as he came out with his hands up. That happened after hours of negotiations when George Taylor founder of National Veterans homeless support was just called and successfully talked taylor out of his condo. He says he was relieved this was resolved easily and shed light on what happened. Its ptsd. They can lay dormant but when you have marital problems it compounds other symptoms. Reporter this started around 11 00 last night and we was gunfire back and forth between taylor and Melbourne Police who at this time police said they cannot say much about the number or types of weapons that taylor was armed with but we know this started last night with a domestic disturbance call to police. Police say after 1 am taylor started firing and
Political debate. A decision is expected by late june. Same sex marriage is currently banned in 14 states. Coming up onuoc abc7 news at 5 00, the possible implications from todays announcement and we will hear from one of the couples that appeared in front of the Supreme Court in 2013. We have exclusive new information nowen ot murders of four men a week ago in San Franciscos Western Addition neighborhood. News reporter vic lee joins us live in the newsroom with a major break police have made in the case. San Francisco Police now have the car they believe was used in the shootings. Multiple sources tell abc7 news it was a rental car. Still no arrests. But perhaps this leads them closer. The car was rented from the hertz office here on main street in walnut creek last week before the friday night massacre. The four victims three of them identified members of the mcblock gang were shot at close range in their parked stolen car on laguna and page streets. Police say their executioners lik
It isnt just isis. Were dealing with north korea. Were dealing with iran. Were dealing with russia, were dealing with cyberattacks. It is an unprecedented set of threats that are out there. This not a time to kind of get in the trenches and not say anything. Ifill plus, combating Climate Change by transforming ponds once caked with salt into vibrant marshes teaming with wildlife. This pond in particular has been called a disneyland for birds. Were really trying to maximize the amount of habitat thats available to them in a novel way. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by c c supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your
Were dealing with north korea. Were dealing with iran. Were dealing with russia, were dealing with cyberattacks. It is an unprecedented set of threats that are out there. This not a time to kind of get in the trenches and not say anything. Ifill plus, combating Climate Change by transforming ponds once caked with salt into vibrant marshes teaming with wildlife. This pond in particular has been called a disneyland for birds. Were really trying to maximize the amount of habitat thats available to them in a novel way. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewer