Why president obama renamed north americas tallest mountain, and why its causing controversy. This is Al Jazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city im randall pinkston. The tekz texas man charged in the executionstyle shooting of a Houston Area Police officer is due in court this morning. Police are trying to find a motive but think the officer may have been targeted because of his uniform. John henry smith here. Whats the suspects family saying . Randall, the mother of suspect shannon miles says her son could not possibly be guilty of killing Deputy Darren goforth because he was shopping with her at the time according to her. Authorities say the tenyear veteran of the force was gunned down around 8 30 p. M. Friday night from behind at a gas station near houston. Miles was taken into custody a half mile from the shooting scene. He has an extensive arrest record over the last decade, but theres no previous interactions between the suspect and the deputy. The Harris County sh
Direction. Everyone is expected to survive. Nbc bay areas mike inouye has been staying on top of the latest developments. Joins us now. Mike, five hours later how bad is backup . Look behind me, kris. We have traffic jammed up. Danville all the way to the scene. Just got word the latest word is that four of your northbound lanes are now open, that means only the right lane is closed at the scene just north of main street. But still all this traffic jammed up. That damage to the Center Divide as well as the right shoulder guardrail thats whats a big distraction now. Big chunks of that cement barrier are gone thats a big distraction. Theyre hoping to have all lanes cleared hopefully by noon. Repair work might continue for a while. Thats the slow drive getting in toward walnut creek. The rest of your bay showing a nice easy friday midday drive. Except in the north bay we have one issue west 37 still closed out of vallejo to mare island. Why . Lets look at video from a chopper. This truck
No deaths have been reported. Translator many people live here. I believe lots of them are still buried under the mud. Shenzhen is home to one of chinas largest industrial complexes. Authorities believe the growing amount of dirt and construction debris became unstable, triggering the disaster. A satellite photo from 2002 shows a deep quarry that used to be the site of a mountain, but the scene has totally transformed in this image from last year. The picture show s that deep quarry now filled. Locals say the pile of waste grew to 100 meters in height in two years. It became unstable. Other residents told nhk they had lodged a complaint with government officials about the dangers posed by the mound, but nothing was done. The staterun Xinhua News Agency says methods for managing waste from construction sites are subject to inspection and approval. Authorities are now trying to determine whether proper procedures were followed for the waste being dumped at the site. Reporter Many Police
For. No deaths have been reported. Translator many people live here. I believe lots of them are still buried under the mud. Shenzhen is home to one of chinas largest industrial complexes. Authorities believe the growing amount of dirt and construction debris became unstable, triggering the disaster. A satellite photo from 2002 shows a deep quarry that used to be the site of a mountain, but the scene has totally transformed in this image from last year. The picture show s that deep quarry now filled. Locals say the pile of waste grew to 100 meters in height in two years. It became unstable. Other residents told nhk they had lodged a complaint with government officials about the dangers posed by the mound, but nothing was done. The staterun Xinhua News Agency says methods for managing waste from construction sites are subject to inspection and approval. Authorities are now trying to determine whether proper procedures were followed for the waste being dumped at the site. Reporter Many Po
This home at 561 black brook is a large home. It is 3200 square feet. Visually, we can tell you it has a lot of eves. Flames have spread extensively through the structure. Some of the firefighters we talked to expect to be here long into the night. In the last 30 minutes, we spoke to chief richard o brien. He says no one was home at the time of the fire. No injuries. That is a positive. But the home appears to be a total loss. We will give you updates as they become available and more later on at 6 00. Adam sexton, wmur news 9. Josh the man suspected of causing a crash that injured several secret Service Agents did not have a valid driver s license. That driver did not survive. Tonight, we re learning more about the moments leading up to the crash itself. Wmur s Jennifer Crompton is live at the Wakefield Police reporter bruce dansforth died at the scene. His passengers, a girlfriend and family friend, were hospitalized. As for the four secret Service Agents, a spokesperson tells us tha