Hospital. This gentleman was disturbed in some way, the way things transpired at some point in his life. I would appear things were spiraling out of control. Jeff he sent a 23page letter to abc news saying he was motivated by the racism shown in the recent Charleston Church shooting and expressing admiration for the guantanamo in the Virginia Tech and the columbines many kers. Columbines massacres. The colleagues are forced to mourn as they continue covering the news. We are in a state of shock here. You can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. Its hard to its really hard to even comprehend. Jeff parkers boyfriend the wdbj evening anchor tweeted the heartbreak and a picture calling alison the most radiant movie he ever met and consoling adam wards fiancee who worked as a producer at the station. I cant tell you much they were loved by the wdbj7 team. They both were in love with other members of the team here. Our hearts are broken. Jeff Vicki Gardner the tourism official who w
In this area, they were part of our community. Reporter the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, rushed to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Parker and ward died. Colleagues at the roanoke cbs affiliate where they worked, devastated. Parker is described as an ambitious reporter. Anchor chris hurst tweeted, we were together almost nine months, it was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrate 24erd 4th birthday. Ward was engaged to a producer at the station. They were set to move to charlotte, where his fiancee had just got an new job. As you saw in that story, the press conference has reporters from all over the nation, i want to show you here what is going on along the side of the road here. You have just as many reporters, dozens and dozens of reporters here, the one reporters not missing not here, missing at this house, wdvj 7, they are not out here and i turned to one of my colleagues at the local affiliate here in the
Roanoke area. Well have more on their lives in just a minute. State police say they were able to track the alleged shooter up i81 where it hits i 66 which is where a trooper started following him. Bruce leshan picks up the story from his live location which is just off i66 near front royal. Bruce . Reporter yeah, lesli, you know, it was just minutes after troopers started following the troubled reporter that he crashed just the other side of these trees here. All right, guys. Hes got something in his right hand and he reached for something. Reporter the troopers knew that Vester Flanagan was armed and dangerous. His picture from the shooting scene had been flashed around the world. Not yielding. Going to call it as a pursuit call. Copy in pursuit now, subject did not stop. Reporter the pursuit did not last long. 104, shots fired. Comb shots fired. Reporter within minimum copy shots fired. Reporter within minutes troopers heard a gunshot and a crash, although it is still not clear in wh
Also this morning Northern Irelands Power Sharing Government is expected to collapse today triggering a Snap Election to the stormont assembly. The inquests will open today into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed in a Terror Attack on a Tunisian Beach A year and half ago. The pound falls to a 31 year low, after reports suggest the Prime Minister will push for a hard brexit. Ill look at what it means for us and our money. In sport, Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are out of the premier League Title Race after their defeat to everton. While Manchester United Rescue A Point against liverpool, thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The draw moves liverpool up to third place. And carol has the weather. Good morning. The weather this week is quiet and benign compared to last week s top today cloudy with patchy rain and a drizzle but some of us will see sunshine. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump has promised a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a pri
To the vest but drumming. A lot of anticipation around who it will be. We are told that both have been invited to town for this announcement tonight and that only a handful of people here at the white house actually know who it is. Meeting with Cyber Security experts at the white house, President Trump teased tonights big announcement on the voursup court. Well be announcing a Supreme Court justice who i think everybody is going to be very, very impressed with. Reporter but washington is reacting to the firing of acting attorney general sally yates. Yates refused to defend mr. Trumps temporary travel ban and questioned whether restricting travel from majority muslim countries is legal. For the attorney general to turn around and say im not going to uphold this lawful executive order is clearly a dereliction of duty and she should have been removed and she was. Reporter democrats applaud yates for standing up to the president. She said she would and she i admire her. He needs to be able