So as of this hour the county police in missouri Highway Patrol are taking over security in ferguson missouri two officers, one from the county, the other from a neighboring force were shot during a mostly peaceful protest last night now a manhunt is underway for whoever opened fire. Eric holder has harsh words for the shooter. What happened last night was a pure ambush. This was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson this was a damn punk. Punk. Trying to sew discord in an area that is trying to get its act together and bring together a community that has been fractured for too long. This disgusting and cowardly attack might have been intended to unravel any sense of progress, but i hope that does not happen. Diane eastabrook is live for us in ferguson, any update on the search for those responsible for this . Reporter tony what i can tell you is today several people were taken in for questioning, but those people have all been released. No one is in custody. There have been n
Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Welcome to news 4 today on this friday the 13th. A mixed bag of weather. I like 13. Thats right. Your birthday date. Tom kierein has more on the friday morning headlines. Yeah lucky kayday for us. Half moon in the southern sky now. There is the Washington Monument under a clear sky. Chilly morning, though. Near freezing. And then a mild afternoon again. Rain looking likely late tonight and into saturday. Much of saturday looking wet right now. Temperatures are near or below freezing nearby suburbs. That includes Prince Georges County montgomery, Fairfax County. Much of Northern Virginia, Shenandoah Valley right near freezing as is Southern Maryland. Near the bay, just low to mid30s. Storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, no rain here locally. But there are showers in southwestern virginia, North Carolina it will stay well to our south this morning. Then this area of rain much farther to the weather that will be tracking toward us by later this evening
Armored russian personnel carriers. The red cross is looking at those truck to say make sure they contain only humanitarian supplies. Flash flooding leads to a dangerous mud slide in nevada. The streets in one community turned into rocky, muddy rivers. Good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. There is a new calm in ferguson, missouri. Protestors were out in force last night but it was very different from the explosive scenes we saw on wednesday. The Missouri State police in charge of security, taking off their gas masks, walking with the demonstrators. In new york, boston and other cities, thousands gathered to protest the killing of Michael Brown and protest the Police Tactics in ferguson. Diane he is at her brook is live there for us. Why that this shift in tone in the protests yesterday . It was really incredible. I was out here until 10 00 last night. It was almost like a festival. This was by far the largest protest weve seen all week. In spite
Korea. In a century after the panama canal opened, work is underway on a rival passage from the atlantic to the pacific. Good to have you with us. Peace in ferguson, missouri barely lasted 24 hours. Today, the community is cleaning up a mess from looting overnight. Peaceful protesters fought off people breaking store fronts. Investigations have begun, fbi agents going doortodoor searching for witnesses last week when a Police Officer shot and killed Michael Brown. Once again, we are waiting on a live brief from ferguson, missouri. We will bring that to you as soon as it happens. First, diane esterbrook is joining us live there. I know there has been a lot of activity. Whats been happening so far today diane . Reporter the cleanups have commenced today from some of the looting that we saw last night. We are, as you mentioned, waiting for this press conference to start with the governor and captain ron johnson from the missouri Highway Patrol. Earlier this afternoon, about two people tur
Outpouring of angst, about both the substance and the process, what captain jackson and his team are attempting to do consume, captain johnson is to make sure that folks have a chance to keep their voice as well as keep the peace at the same time, thats our focus. inaudible areness. I thin i think everybody a clear change of tone and operational activities yesterday anand ill stand by the captain. Theres a possibility inaudible inaudible what are we doing to prepare . I think there are a lot of steps along the way that are going to cause angst and pressure. Thats natural here and appropriate, quite frankly. There was an officer involved and a young man killed. There is accurate real energy and so i think well look at those guideposts and engage he them accordingly. But were hoping to make sure that during this process, this difficult, challenging process that there is focused energy and peace for businesses and people of this community. Governor will the protesters be allowed to protes