Sister station in springfield, missouri. Thank you for being with us. Thank you, jen. The best prayers and best wishes of all of the folks of southwest missouri and northwest arkansas to the wdbj 7 and roanoke area. Our hearts are broken with the viewers. We are here to help you get through this. We need everyones help and love and support. All right. This morning, Law Enforcement officials across the state are continuing to piece together the information about what happened. It started all on the air as a story about the 50th anniversary of Smith Mountain lake. Police say Vester Flanigan is a former wdbj reporter who went by Bryce Williams on the air. The Sheriffs Office says he left the lake area and rented a car and headed north on highway 81. A license plate reader on the Virginia State police car spotted the vehicle. He led troopers on a cahase. He was dead at the hospital yesterday afternoon. Flanigan was fired from wdbj . 2013. The general manager has described him as an unhappy
Missing flight 370. U. S. Intelligence assessment shows that someone flew the plane off course deliberately. This report was prepared months ago and not intended for public release. A new analysis puts a spotlight back on the two pilots. Malaysian investigators say there is zero evidence of unusual behavior by the pilots or cabin crew before the flight. Meanwhile, on reunion island new debris washed ashore in addition to the wing component found earlier. Remnants of what looks like a suitcase were found thursday. For more on the investigation, Senior Correspondent nima elbagir has more. Reporter good morning, miguel. That new piece of debris is giving credence to the theory that investigators believe the countercurrent could be pulling the debris from what was presumed to be that initial search sign off the coast of australia. All the way to the other side of the indian ocean. They are trying to pinpoint that and the importance of that really is to give them a broader sense of where el
In search for missing Malaysia Airline 370. A preliminary assessment by u. S. Intelligence finding that someone controlling the plane deliberately flew it off course before it disappeared. Two u. S. Officials briefed on the assessment says it was prepared months ago and not intended for public release. Malaysian investigators say there is no evidence of unusual behavior by the pilots for the cabin crew before the flight. Meantime on reunion island new debris has washed ashore in addition to the wing component found earlier. Remnants of what looks like a suitcase were found thursday and searchers are out scouring the shoreline for more. Senior International Correspondent nima elbagir has more. Reporter good morning, alison. The focal point will continue to be the stretch of beach. It plays into the broader theory that investigators are working with at the moment that perhaps a wider counter current is responsible for bringing debris from the initial search site across the indian ocean a
Williams, the name he used on tv as a reporter. He used that name until he was fired. He details a long list of grievances and expresses admiration for Virginia Tech and columbine shooter. He also points to the Charleston Church massacre as a spark for his crime. He writes, the Church Shooting was the tipping point, but my anger has been building steadily. I have been a human powder keg for a while waiting to go boom. He claims he was the target of racism in the workplace and previous employers blocked him from getting a new job. Writing i tried to pull myself up by the bootstraps, but the damage was done. When somebody gets to this point, there is nothing to be said or done to change their sadness to happiness. It does not work that way. Meds . Too much. For more on the shooting and the history, lets bring in cnns brian todd in virginia. Reporter we have information on the shooters movements. Authorities say he left from this location and drove northwest toward the roanoke Regional Ai
Kosik. Its 5 00 a. M. In the eastern. Overnight, authorities in baton rouge say they foiled a plot to attack police. This safer the death of alton sterling. Three men have been arrested, men who place say stole guns intending to shoot Police Officers. Authorities say one suspect is still at large. And thats not the only threat facing police there. Cnns Boris Sanchez is in baton rouge with the latest. Reporter miguel and alison, officials tell us they have ever reason to believe there is potentially a fourth and maybe more suspects involved in this plot to harm Police Officers in baton rouge. This all started late friday night into saturday morning, after officials tell us there was a burglary at a Cash America Pawn shop here in baton rouge where they say they saw one suspect outside fleeing the scene with a handgun. He reportedly told officers that he and a group of people were, quote, reportedly looking to get bullets for protests following the death of alton sterling. Officers raided