A potential railroad strike would cancel all passenger rail service in the Commonwealth because Amtrak runs its trains over freight lines in Virginia. This comes on the heels of historic ridership numbers this summer saw the highest number of people ever to ride trains in Virginia since Amtrak began service in 1971. The route from Roanoke to D.C. for example more than doubled their number of riders compared to last year.
another deadly shooting in the u.s. but one that was especially shocking, as it happened on live television. a reporter and her cameraman were killed as they were doing a live interview. outside the roanoke, virginia television station where the pair worked people are leaving flowers and balloons. stunned friends and co-workers are honoring alison parker and adam ward. the gunman was a former report whoever worked there but was fired two years ago. vester flanagan later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. alison parker started working at wdbj after a summer internship. she was teamed with adam ward on the morning show. randy kaye has more on what brought them to journalism. i wanted to become a doctor
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according to his linked in that in profile. we also know that he wrote on a basketball blog, soliciting for male models, asks for atrackedive and muscular guys with need bodies. these sites aren t active anymore, it appears, and this was back in 2008. keep in mind he started working at the roanoke station in 2012. john? drew, what about the details of what the police found in his car. he had a lot of stuff in there that raises eyebrows. stuff that we knew would probably be found in there. the glock pistol, the phone, other things, but also this, john. handwritten typed notes, a to-do list, 17 stamped letters, and a briefcase that contained three license plates, a wig, a shawl, umbrella, and sun glasses.
gunned down. wdbj s anchor chris hurst said he is numb after the news. parker was his girlfriend of nine months and just moved in with him. she was the most radiant woman i ever met he posted on social media today and for some reason she loved me back. park er s last interview was with vicki gardner, the executive director of a local chamber of commerce. she was live on air when gun fire rang out. gardner was shot in the back and is recovering a hospital today. as this unfolds, wdbj stays on the story with a broken heart but not broken. because there s no greater tribute to great reporters than to keep reporting. this doesn t happen in our part of the country. but yit has. and we will be forever scarred by it. john berman, cnn, new york. amazing how that station in roanoke, virginia, just kept the story going up.