A live look at the Martin Luther at the Martin Luther king junior memorial on in washington, d. C. The holiday was signed into law by Ronald Reagan and was celebrated by all states inure to thousand. Crowds gathered her early this morning for a reef laying ceremony and remarks from jeh johnson. We will show you battle ceremony this evening at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Today at 12 30 p. M. , coverage of the annual National Action network rockfest honoring Martin Luther king jr. Which will feature the reverend al sharpton and others. Coming up today, president obama will take part in an mlk Service Project at the boys and girls club of Greater Washington d. C. We will show you that as well later in our program. Ming. We are hearing from members of congress commenting on the holiday today from twitter [no audio] [no audio] tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the Union Address would live coverage at 8 00 p. M. Eastern including the president speech the gop response delivered by
Revealing the 22yearold may have been shot eight times during a Police Encounter that has sparked waves of protest. Each one of these bullets independently possessed a fatal capacity. Reporter the examination was performed by pathologist dr. Bennet omalu, famous for his studies of chronic head trauma in professional football players. He says the findings suggest that clark was standing sideways when the first shot was fired. And the injuries caused made him, shoved him around, and he turned around, and his back was facing the officers. Reporter the familys autopsy claiming six bullets hit clark in the back, and a seventh to his side. Show your hands. Gun, gun, gun Reporter Police fire 20 rounds at clark who is unarmed while they were responding to a report of vandalism. The Sacramento Police Officers Association has defended the
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Unarmed man was shot and killed by police in his grandmothers yard. Well get to those stories in a moment. But we firstart with President Trumps twofront legal woes. Stormy daniels lawyer is is trying to get the president to do something he hasnt done publicly in days now. Speak. Her side filed a motion in federal court demanding they be allowed to depose the president about that 130,000 payment possibly more. The other front is his russia woes. Unable to add a heavy hitter, his legal team has gone to what appears to be a very thin bench to take on the special counsels investigation. Lets start at white house with kelly odonnell. Lets start with the deposition. What specifically are they asking for and what response from the president s people . Reporter the attorney b for Stormy Daniels wants to get the president on the record to go through the facts as they u see them about the relationship and the payment that was made. The 130,000 contract, a nondisclosure agreement filed just befo
The president did fire another cabinet secretary. David shulkin is out as secretary of Veterans Affairs. A white house source blames shulkin for distractions. And he is being replaced by the president s doctor, Ronny Jackson, a man who the president insists is highly qualified. Some veterans groups already raising concerns about this nomination. Abby phillip live at the white house with the latest. Still more turnover, abby. Reporter good morning. Yes, every week here at the white house apparently we are turning over a new leaf in terms of staff. And this time it is the v. A. Secretary David Shulkin who has been really on the reasons for qui ropes for quite some time and President Trump named his white house personal physician into the role of v. A. Secretary. But shulkin has been in a long standing dispute with political appointees in his agency and on his way out the door, he wrote today in the New York Times oped talking about his experience serving in the trump administration. This
The chances someone gets hurt . And breaking news out of hollywood. Arnold schwarzenegger undergoing emergency surgery. And the miracle on ice. The accountant pulled from the stands, called in to play professional hockey. How he saved the game. And good evening. Welcome to world news tonight. Im tom llamas in for david. And we begin with the results of a private autopsy on Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man fatally shot by police in sacramento. An infrared camera and helicopter, you see it there, showing clark running through his neighborhood into his grandmothers backyard. A Police Bodycam then recording officers firing 20 times. Tonight, that new autopsy revealing that clark was struck eight times, including six bullets to his back. The police had said they fired on clark because he was charging towards them. The new autopsy raising doubts about that claim. Abcs Kayna Whitworth starts us off from sacramento. Reporter tonight, an independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Ste