That is happening right on the streets of washington d. C. Hundreds of protesters turn out to demand action in the Michael Brown case. Good evening. Im chris lawrence. Today marks two weeks since a Police Officer shot and killed the unarmed teenager, and the support for that officer continues to explode online. A page raised more than 300,000 for officer wilson and his family. Its surpassed the amount collected for Michael Browns family. White house officials will attend browns family monday in st. Louis. President obama ordered a review of the federal program that provides military equipment to local police. Officers used Armored Vehicles as they faced off with protesters in ferguson. Rallies were held across the country today, including right here. Lets see what motivated protesters knew in d. C. Reporter it began with a rally at st. Vernon square. Before long, the crowd spilled into chinatown. Hands up dont shoot reporter the goal was to get the attention of the patrons and, to some
Reporter after testimony concludes in the mcdonnell corruption trial the former governor talks about his own human frailness and whether he forgives Jonnie Williams. Good evening. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. The battle to put a stop to ebola which is ravaging west africa right now starts right here. 20 volunteers will potentially put themselves at risk starting next week in an ebola vaccine test trial. We spoke with a doctor leading the effort. Reporter the World Health Organization says the number of ebola cases could eventually top 20,000, six times as many known about now. There is need for urgent action. The world has never seen an outbreak of ebola like this. Reporter its why dr. Anthony foucht with the National Institutes of health realizes what he and colleagues are about to embark on is so important, a trial for an ebola vaccine. Well go very slowly, give it to three individuals, wait a while, give it to another three, wait a while. Reporter 20 people will be administere
Reporter well, you can expect a lot about things that hes already been on the road talking about, plus a lot about taxes too. Betty, hes going into this with a bit of a bump. Our new nbc news wall street journal poll gives him a bump and as for americans who are satisfied with the economy it is still less than half, but the highest number we have seen in more than a decade. Our job now is to make sure that every american feels theyre a part of our countrys comeback. Reporter tonight in the first ladys box, a crosssection of the americans that the president is targeting. A woman had surgery on a brain tumor, thanks to obamacare. I remember laying there and just thinking, wow, im just really grateful and blessed that i had insurance. Reporter carolyn reed, a government loan helped her expand the business. Now we have seven stores and we have over 100 employees, and so things have worked out very well for us. Reporter tonight president obama will urge congress to cut taxes for the middle
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