This change of heart coming after swift backlash online from celebrities and lgbtq advocacy groups. Were now getting our first look at some of the video in the patriots latest scandal. The man who shot the video of another team says he never intended to give it to the patriots football staff. He has been suspended by the team. Those are some of our top stories this monday, december 16th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have darla in for janai, coming from wabc, looking good. She sent me the nicest note, thank you, janai. She doesnt do anything nice for me. We all know why. We love you, kenneth. Its great to have darla here again from our flagship station, wabc. Lets begin this half hour with the controversy in the stands of the army navy game. Cadets and midshipmen flashing hand signals on live tv that could be associated with white power. Several students from west point and the Naval Academy are now at the center of an investigation over the gesture recently labeled as a hate symbol
A young woman talks about being with Oliver Williams and in his final moments. She hopes his family find comfort in the fact he was not alone when he died. Good evening. Williams was killed on a bart train earlier this week. It happened when he tried to stop a sleeping homeless man from having his shoes stolen. We spoke with the woman there when it all happened. Thats right. I spoke to 22 yearold nursing student. Right here on the college campus. She tried to save the life of a man on bart. He eventually died of stab wounds. Shes a frequent rider. Shes also wheelchair bound and legally deaf. She got on the train that day she got a really uneasy feeling about a barefoot man who got on the train with her. His behavior was erratic. And i just kind of got uncomfortable. She saw the shoeless man enter the train car and tried to steal a shoe from a sleeping homeless man. The fellow bart passenger williams jumped up and told him dont take the shoe. The man left and returned demanding williams
He makes it look easy right now. And the United States is onto the quarterfinals. This was a tremendous routine. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition from rio and new york. Can we start by saying its a Beautiful Day. Can we show you a shot of the most decorated u. S. Woman in olympic track and field history. That is Allyson Felix. She now has [ applause ] a dramatic finish to the 400 also it was the finish that people will be watching for a long, long time. It was a dive that ended in basically a photo finish. Today is also the final day of gymnastics. Simone biles is looking to bounce back on the floor. She finally proved by the way that shes human, all right. She lost her balance on the beam. Ende you have to give it to 16yearold Laurie Hernandez. She made the most of her lone individual even
Resistance against what he calls a tyrannyical government. Do you want to die out here as a free man . Reporter he is no longer a free man. He pled guilty to a federal conspiracy charge monday admitting to the judge he helped take the protest to the next level. He did not agree with the charge, he understood he before taking part in the oregon standoff, he organized the armed antimuslim rally. I am 100 willing to lay my life down to fight against tyranny in this country. Reporter ritzheimer is facing up to 3 years in federal prison. Prosecutors will recommend two and a half years when he is sentenced in may. An arizona rancher died in a shootout toward the end of the standoff in oregon. Officers shot Lavoy Finicum after they say he reached for a loaded gun. Investigators declared that shooting justified back in mar march. A woman in a wheelchair was hit and killed by a drive. She was in her 50s she died at the hospital. If you think you may have seen something, you are asked to call ph
Doesnt have an arrest record had an arrest record since 2011. We never had anything negative to say about him. Reporter he is part his family pulling long days at the store for his wife. The arrest is good news for the community that does not bring back the families loved one. He took someones life for a it was not worth it. The family he devastated will suffer forever. Reporter that family just releasing a statement saying this has brought peace to the family. We will put that on the website abc15. Com. The question lingering, why the suspect shot. We are wondering will bring the details to life. This is our patio. The weather alert strong monsoon storm bringing hail to the valley. This viewer is in press kept prescott showing all that hale. Hail. Lets get over to laura as you track your forecast. We were watching the storms and some severe, numerous warnings and now it is the valleys turn. No advisories or warnings to tell you about but the clouds filter in. Thunderstorms developing