He did the right thing by groups there. If you look at some of the groups, theyre giving 20 cents to 40 cents on the dollar. And spending the rest for nice, lavish trips. He gave 100 . Controversy brings to light the issue of politicians using veterans as political pawns. If his heart were truly in the right place, he would have done some proper vetting early on, factoring in the Iowa Republican primary debate process. Politics is just a game and they just do what they have to to get elected. Youre going to hear the same thing from both sides. Whole government should be giving more to veterans. So as we walk around this country every day free because of these veterans. Its what this country is based on. They shouldnt use them as pawns but do everything they can for them. Reporter after the news conference, Hillary Clintons spokesperson tweeted this out. Everyone stop, close your eyes for a moment. Think about the conference you the press conference you just watched. Now, try to imagine
Knew him as rapper swipy are trying to cope with this loss. Derrick ward has our story. Reporter a rappers promising career, people and labels were starting to take notice, but its all spoken of in the past tense now. It was late last night. I got a text message that he had been shot. Reporter police say it happened around 1 00 a. M. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. Tony redz says the young man who took the stage as swipy brought more than rhymes and rap to his performances. He wanted to give to the people his creation. He wanted to give the people his artistry and what he was about. Reporter and he says give was always the operative word. He performed and he shook every kids hand and took every picture. Thats what the kids remember. Reporter d. J. Redz says swipys first questions were about when and where, not about how much the gig paid. He took his stardom and he used it in a positive way are. But im still doing it. Reporter seen here performing in the birthday bash, red
Explosion. You might remember we told you about the 911 call hours after the first building blew up. We knew back then that the caller complained about the smell of gas. Now we have that 911 call. A man makes that call after he was walking back to his apartment on arliss street and noticed a strange smell. He tells dispatcher he smells natural gas. He first smelled it on the outside of the building. Coming from the first floor. And then he went up the stairs. Still smelled it. The smell had been in the building for more than a few minutes so he called 911. Where inside the building . Its just like i want to report a strong smell of gas in the building going to on for like 30 minutes or more. Scott that tells us, this was a lingering smell of gas. If true, must have gone away by the time firefighters showed up on the scene. Now he wasnt the only one who smelled gas on july 25. Ill be back at 6 00. Scott taylor, abc7 news. Michelle scott. Thank you. You can listen to the entire call at w
He wanted to be the best. He worked for something he deserved. You got people that want to take it from him. Naive. Being in that lifestyle is naive, being a rapper. There is an outpouring of emotion on social media from shock to anger with some directed at his girlfriend. Police do not believe she was involved and any threats directed at her need to stop. New information on another weekend murder. Investigators say the gunman who killed a seven11 clerk in clinton, maryland shot the victim twice in his back and ran away without getting any money. The same man is suspected of holding up a hotel worker a short time later. There is a reward tonight for anybody who helps find the killer. Arlington Police Searching for a man who attacked a woman. It happened around 2 30 sunday morning. The man grabbed the woman from behind and forced her to grassy area by the gw parkway. He covered her mouth and tried to put his hands under her shorts. The woman was able to break free. Her attacker ran off
Strong on border security. As you know we are talking about building a wall. We are going to build a wall. Donald trump tonight on cnn addressing what has become the most bizarre. This morning reporters asked pope francis about trumps immigration position. A person that thinks the pope responded kicking off a political fire storm. Trump called the remarks disgraceful and issuing this cryptic warning. If in fact the vatican is attacked by isis, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. With only 2 days make their pitches, trumps rivals were dragged way off message today forced to dodge another trump controversy. The news cycle effectively hijacked. I like the pope. End of story. We have a right to control who comes in, and how they come in. Vatican controls who comes in, how they come in and when. About the papal issue, trump seemed to have backed off a bit. Perhaps realizing that a pro tracted battle with the bishop o