An hour and a half after the first collapse, more of the huge tree fell into independence avenue. That time police had everyone away from the tree and no one was hit. Workers then spent the rest of the afternoon taking down what is left of the big tree. Many of the tourists and others stopped to watch. There is no rain or wind, ice or anything like that to cause it to fall. Something like this is unusual. Sam and as you can see, what you can see back there are the remnants of the work they are doing. They are right there in front of the Longworth House Office building. They have basically taken the tree down. They have taken it down and i guess they are clearing the debris from the street. Obviously, rush hour has started now. No traffic is moving along independence avenue. Speaker paul ryan issued a statement of the family of the worker. He has a wife and two children. Reporting live from the u. S. Capitol, im sam ford, abc7 news. Nancy sam, thank you. Also breaking this afternoon, th
Your kids to school with sunscreen . The surprising rule in many school and the growing fight to change it. And i thief. The man allegingedly steals mor than 100 phones at the coachella festival before getting busted. How the find my phone app busted him. This is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Let me be the first to say happy tax day. Thank you, i love forward to this every day. We have an important guest. Senator Elizabeth Warren is here. She will probably poo poo this, but some are saying shes releasing a book today. This could be an unic 2020. You are poo pooing it . I am poo pooing. Well talk to senator warren in a little bit. Lets start with the nationwide man hunt for the socalled facebook killer. We have the latest on the search. Well start with jacob rascon in cleveland this morning. Reporter good morning. The tips are pouring in from across the country. Reported sightings as far away as philadelphia, but so
Capitol grounds. We saw another portion of the branch collapse as well. It is still an unstable, unstable tree. The man was pinned under a large portion of the tree for a period of time. He was given cpr. He was unconscious at the time. They got him out from under the tree and transported him to a local hospital. He is said to be in Critical Condition. Here along independence avenue, a large portion is closed to the public. A large contingent of u. S. Capitol police are investigating. There are tourists at the u. S. Capitol but they have to walk around the area. The part of independence is closed from Second Street to first street in southwest. About three or four blocks of independence avenue closed off after a large portion of the tree fell on an adult male. We dont have his identification at this point. We dont know if he was a staffer here or a tourist. It appears he was alone. He is in Critical Condition at a local hospital as the u. S. Capitol Police Continue their investigation.
Now, the victim is just 16 years old. She was home for the thanksgiving holiday. In fact, the first time she had been home since february. She had been away at a boarding school in iowa. She was shot and killed in the courtyard area of the Potomac Gardens housing complex before noon on friday in broad daylight. It happen nd the 1200 block of i street southeast. She was shot multiple teams. Witness many as a dozen shots. We dont know if she was targeted, this was random. Her family members described her as a young, beautiful person who enjoyed going to school. Well have more later in the broadcast. Back to you. Thank you. Zblncht and developing now in the, three people have been shot in two incidents. The first happening after 1 00 brought to the hospital and around 4 00, Police Responded to another shooting. A man was found unconscious on howard road. Homicide detectives are still working the case. Now to havana, workers are busy gets the citys revolution plaza ready for tributes. Thou
Good monday morning, everyone. Hope you had a nice holiday weekend. Were going to get started with Donald Trumps twitter rampage. He was railing against the recount effort under way in three battleground states. Trump is back in new york, gearing up for another day of meetings as he considers more cabinet picks. The president elect spent much of yesterday sending a barrage of tweets, taking aim at Hillary Clintons campaign and lunching explosive fraud. This morning, donald trump seething on social media. A series of tweets if the president elect, saying serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire, and california. So why isnt the media reporting on this . Serious bias. Big problem. And i won the popular vote. The the you deduct the million mls of people who voted a recount in wisconsin. Now, Hillary Clintons campaign joining the effort. It could expand to michigan and pennsylvania. Its unlikely a recount would change the results. Trump calls the recount effort a scam. Adding so much