and in those few moments in the video, they got him off the top of there and pushed him through the crowd and shortly thereafter, anderson, things took a turn for the worst. a small portion of the crowd gathered, they marched down south flores and began setting cars on fire. the cars, i remember you vividly standing in front of a car on fire. right. that was close to the police station where he made these statements, correct? very close to it, but we should also draw a distinction. that was right in front of the ferguson police department on south florson there. at the same time we heard about the grand jury s decision, we also got word on west florson, a few miles away, we started hearing about looting started to take place, the buildings starting to be set on fire. that was independent of what happened there in front of the ferguson police department. i think there might be a tough argument to say that what he did there and what he said there
jon: well, these debates could be critical. they start in denver october 5th. we ll be watching. i m sure you will be too, erin mcpike, real clear politics. thank you. jenna: back out to tunisia to the capital of tuniswer watching a developing situation. the black smoke on the screen was being described as around the embassy. what we re learning now some protesters were able to get over the wall. maybe we shouldn t use word protesters because maybe we should use rioters at this point because that is what is happening in tunisia. they re setting cars on fire in the embassy. that is one of the reasons we re seeing black smoke. we re seeing reports a single report at this time, some rioters set fire to an american school there in tunis. that potentially also could be where the smoke is coming from. a slightly confusing situation as we re watching this live scene develop. scenes throughout the day in tunisia and quite frankly throughout the day in a few
jon: a chaotic scene after an nba playoff game in oklahoma city. a gunman opens fire into a crowd of thousands leaving an arena. rick folbaum is in the newsroom following this story for us. reporter: jon, we ve seen violence after sporting events before. rowdy fans celebrating a big win, doing stupid things like setting cars on fire. three people shot, one of them critically raising stupidity to a whole new level in oklahoma city. inside the chesapeake arena in okc, hometown thunder beating l.a. lakers advancing on in the nba playoffs. fans heading out after the game understandably excited about the big win. take a look at scene outside the stadium. something happened that led to someone pulling out a gun and opening fire. we mentioned one person in critical condition. the other seven shooting victims are expected to eventually be okay.
nomination is his, if he pulls off an illinois upset. spring nearly sprung. what the heck is this? no joke. more in an a foot of snow on the ground in flagstaff, arizona. more on the way, too. bizarre. a major late winter storm shutting down the interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. in nebraska and oklahoma, the trouble is tornadoes. look at this. storm chasers captured this twister in the town of willow, oklahoma. reynolds wolf is tracking all of the severe weather. dozens of occupy wall street demonstrators arrested in ugly pictures in lower manhattan. they re trying to reoccupy the park. and how sweet it is. the sweet 16 is set after 11th seeded north carolina state, upseeded georgetown. up next for n.c. state, kansas on friday. we begin with breaking news from france. three people, two children, have been killed on a shooting outside of a jewish school in toulouse, france. several people were reportedly injured by this gunman. security has been ordered tightened a
determined citizens come together. reporter: mitt romney now has a chance to change the storyline. john mccain will appear with him today in new hampshire and give him his endorsement. rob and paula? all right. thanks, karen, for that report. and we ll check with you again in a few minutes out there in des moines. stay with abc news on line and on the air all morning long as we sort out what is next for the republicans. in other news, we are getting more insight into what may have motivated the los angeles arson suspect. investigators say harry burkhart may have gone off the deep end after his mother was charged with 19 counts of fraud including failure to pay for breast enlargements. at her court hearing, burkhart lashed out in an anti-u.s. rant. later that night police say he started setting cars on fire. here s in new york, a man