peaceful, nonviolent protests, including taking a knee at a football game to point out that black men, unarmed, black teenagers, unarmed, and black children, unarmed, are being killed at a frightening level right now. and so nonviolently, peacefully, while the eyes of this country are watching these games, they take a knee to bring our attention and our focus to this problem to ensure that we fix it. that is why they are doing it. i can think of nothing more american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights any time, anywhere, any place. amen. that was beto o rourke running against ted cruz.
situations, i can tell you your recollections in the immediate aftermath are never consistent. you say life or death situations. we ve seen antwon rose getting out of the car and fleeing it, not running for the officer. that situation, whether or not the officer saw something previous, he saw there were two weapons recovered and antwon rose had a magazine, a pistol magazine on his person. does that give him the right to shoot him in the back? no. we can t say that right now. unarmed, but as you noted had this magazine. thank you for being here. again, we will hear from the d.a. in just minutes and you ll see it here live. meantime, president trump s national security adviser is in russia today and he s in moscow working out the details of a possible meeting between vladimir putin and president trump and next, how could that play out and what putin said about u.s.-russia relations. or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal.
tomorrow afternoon and evening, we ve got a threat, too, from greenville to huntsville and back into colorado. excessive heat in the southwest. if phoenix makes it to 110 or more tomorrow, it will be the first time this year. david? but it could be a difficult night ahead. ginger, thanks. we ll see you in the morning on gma. in the meantime, to the deadly police shooting in east pittsburgh. 17-year-old antwon rose, unarmed, shot three times and killed as he ran away from a traffic stop. well, that officer had been sworn into the force just hours before the shooting. and what we ve learned tonight. abc s kenneth moton on the scene for us. black lives matter! reporter: tonight, increasing outrage over the police shooting death of a 17-year-old boy lead to hundreds protesting in downtown pittsburgh. no justice no peace! reporter: sources say east pittsburgh police officer michael rosfeld, sworn in just hours before, opened fire on an unarmed antwon rose as he ran away fr
disappointed by the video. he is bringing in a former county prosecutor from an entirely separate independent investigation. when he said he said the behavior was unacceptable. it needs to stop immediately. here is video from the first arrest on may 23. robert johnson, unarmed they say he refused to sit down and showed body language that he wanted to fight. they say there is no justification for the use of force. after reviewing, the police department placed five officers from thatincident only if and two more officers from an unrelated rest prior . they said they are also handing over the criminal probe to a neighboring police department hoping it will restore the community trust. simply put, the investigators will shine a glaring light on the areas where we have fallen short. and they will help us fix it.
the crisis. we track statistics on crime and texas as it relates to illegals. we know we have a problem. 600,000 crimes, 1200 homicides. i ve talked to police, agencies and our state. it s a significant problem we need to address. harris: border patrol has told me what this will allow them to do, to be able to go to the front lines while our national guard is able to do some of their other duties, unarmed, an extra set of eyes. that sort of thing so they can better do this. attorney general, i ve heard you say that there s only so much even the states can do. absolutely true. the federal government has a lot more authority to do what our state can do. we are limited in what we are allowed to do. this is actually extremely helpful. if it frees up border patrol and