This is an empty canister of pepper spray that police used on the crowd. This all began when you had a group breakthrough a barricade that police had set up to keep people from going into the Convention Center where donald trump was speaking. From there, things quickly descended into chaos. You had a number of people who were throwing bottles and throwing rocks at Police Officers. Police showed remarkable restraint, not really arresting anyone. What they tried to do was to get the crowd to thin out. They were pushing them back in full riot gear. You had Police Officers on horseback. Then finally, you had Police Use Tear gas to try to get this crowd to disperse, and ultimately, thats what seemed to work. Its quite surprising what we saw, given throughout much of the afternoon this was a peaceful protest. You had well more than a thousand people assemble here in front of the convention hall, people who were criticizing Donald Trumps rhetoric when it comes to immigration, some of his comm
Redefined the role. President obama and first lady obama offered that assessment. Joining past president s and World Leaders paying tribute to mrs. Reagan today. Nancy reagan died from Heart Failure this morning at her home in los angeles. She was 94 years old. Mrs. Reagan will be laid to rest beside her husband of 52 years at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in simi valley. California. We begin with bill plante who covered the reagan white house. The first lady of the united states, nancy davis reagan. Reporter it was a role that fit her like a glove. Wife and partner to the leader of the free world. And it was a long way from where she started. Anne Francis Robbins was born in new york city. They called her nancy. And when she was adopted by her stepfather, a prominent neurosurgeon, she took his name and became nancy davis. Do you always have to keep your promises . Reporter hollywood called and she became a supporting actress in a number of films including the next voice you
Officers says, im fired. Dude, im fired. An abc news exclusive. Inside rikers with its history as one of the most violent jails in america. Diane sawyer inside tonight. And graduation day. You need to meet our very little persons of the week. Good evening and we begin tonight with that alarming scene playing out at the white house late today. A man walking right up to a white house check point with a gun. Authorities say he would not drop it. It triggered an immediate lockdown at the white house. The secret Service Opening fire. The gunman injured but he survived. The Vice President was at the white house complex but he was secured. Jonathan karl at the white house tonight. Reporter Police Officers in Tactical Gear race to the white house as a frightening situation unfolded just a block away. It was just about 3 00 p. M. Not far from the south lawn. A man walked up to a white house checkpoint carrying a firearm. Secret Service Officials say he was ordered to drop the gun but refused, w
Hello, everyone. Donald trump says his tax rate is nobodys business. And American Voters do not have a right to see his tax returns before the election. He made those comments today in an interview with abc news. Frankly, our country doesnt know what theyre doing with our money or tax money. Thats part of the problem. So i fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible. What is your tax rate . Its none ofio your busines. I fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible. The Presumptive Republican nominee still says he will release his tax returns as soon as the government finishes a routine audit. More on that later. He hopes that might be some time before the november election. The billionaire says americans wont learn anything from his returns. But critics have been blasting him for refusing to release them. Donald trump also today denied that he is softening his stance on banning foreign muslims from entering the United States. But he also called it, well, kind of a suggestion.
Sleeping on the airport floor because of the lines. So the tsa has made some changes there. But the bottom line to the situation is that they are simply shortstaffed by somewhere in the neighborhood of 4500 to 6,000 officers nationwide. And the reason for that he will surely talk about is in the Previous Administration they overestimated how many people would be joining tsa precheck, that estimated screening process. As a result, they dont have nearly enough people going through a precheck. They have far too many people going through regular checkin lines just as the volume of airport passengers surges across the country. Now at record level, expected to grow even more over the coming summer months. So, jose, as we now head into memorial day weekend, which as you know is the unofficial kickoff to summer and as more and more kids get out of school and more families fed out on vacation, it is likely to be a tougher situation at many airports across the country. The tsa chief himself as m