Welcome everybody. I like how you instantly got silent. Welcome. On behalf of the National Press Club Journalism institute , i am happy you are joining us on this room and on cspan. I am the executive director of the National Press Club Journalism institute where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. This is a really Important Program in service to that mission. I want to tell you a little bit about how it came about. Back in april, ava to burn a was given an honor as part of the Free Expression words. As she accepted her honor she talked about Nipsey Hussle and dedicated it to him. She talked about the la times and their coverage. I want to show you what she said. Tonight i want to dedicate this award to someone who was and is important. Someone who used his arts in dynamic ways. He is a rap artist, and entrepreneurial activist from the part of the country i am from. Very close to compton, where i grew. His name is Nipsey Hussle. He told the truth th
Spans q a. Coming up next, a discussion on the la times coverage of the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle. Reporters from the la times joined the National Press Club Journalism institute to talk about efforts to change the negative image of South Central los angeles. The rappers rise to philanthropy, diversity in newsrooms, and writing authentic stories for an underrepresented community. This is about one hour and 10 minutes. Welcome everybody. I like how you instantly got silent. Welcome. On behalf of the National Press Club Journalism institute , i am happy you are joining us on this room and on cspan. I am the executive director of the National Press Club Journalism institute where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. This is a really Important Program in service to that mission. I want to tell you a little bit about how it came about. Back in april, ava to burn a was given an honor as part of the Free Expression words. As she accepted her honor she t
Crying and she was across the bed with blood all over her face. And journ received a rabies shot and dozens of stitches during a four hour surgery. She can see but they had to sew it all together. And animal control on the scene investigating and officials are not able to say how the raccoon entered the building or if it was a trap from earlier. Its difficult to try to do the assessment we need to do. Rogers says she began renting the apartment this week and lni says that the owner does not have a rental license for the property and neighbors say that raccoons are such a problem they avoid walking on sidewalks near empty lots they are not scared of you but im scared of them. We were not able to speak to the landlord and police say they are investigating the infan looks like she will make a full recovery. Channel 6 action news. Thank you, jeff. Chester police are investigating the shooting of a teenager this morning. The incident happened at 8 50 in the back of the house at 9th and enge
And that hint of falllike weather is in the air. 71 westlake. And 72 lakewood and strongest winds on the lakeshore. Next few hours 76 and 71 at 8 00 and we will not have any lakeeffect showers like last night. Here is the latest on hermida. 50mileanhour winds passing over charleston, South Carolina. Look at all this rain. Tornado watch on sometimes you get mini tornadoes that can spin up. Flooding is a big concern. Flooding throughout the course of the weekend and warnings on the jersey shore here. Maryland, delaware, virginia, thats because this thing will stall out over the mid atlantic and create a lot of problems. Creating coastal flooding throughout the Holiday Weekend. Not a pretty scene on the east coast of the United States. If you are traveling out this heads up. Could be pretty nasty and even a lot of beaches closed. For that, lets go to denise and chris. Denise thats right, jeff. Tropical storm hermida is making for a stormy day across the southeast bringing heavy rain and s
He did not get far because officers were also outside of the home. The suspect took off running trying to get into the stolen car, but officers had him blocked in with their vehicles. At that point he tried to steal an officers car. When that didnt work, he took off running again and was tackled by an officer which led to a struggle. The struggle then became very aggressive on the suspects part when he grabbed one of the officers guns and tried to remove it from the holster. They aggressively struggled with this suspect who was trying very hard to remove the at that point our witness statements and our evidence are suggesting that the gun was discharged during the struggle. Another officer then shot the suspect. Police say the officer who shot him has been with the department for more than 10 years and is on routine administrative leave. Two officers were hurt in the struggle and treated and released from the hospital. The aurora theater shooting victims have been offered an ultimatum,