And breaking news, a massive manhunt that stretched from right here in california to idaho has come to an end. Just minutes ago, we learned the suspect in the amber alert case has been killed and the teenage girl he abducted is safe. Good evening, everyone. Im heather holmes. And im Ken Pritchett in for ken wane. 40yearold James Dimaggio was located in a remote wilderness area near cascade, idaho. Officers respondented him, along with 16yearold kidnap victim Hannah Anderson from the air at their camp site. This afternoon, s. W. A. T. Teams went in and shot dimaggio after a confrontation. It is not clear if dimaggio was armed. Hannah anderson is being taken to a hospital to be checked out. We now want to go live to idaho, where a News Conference is under way, giving us the latest information on this amber alert case. Lets take a listen. Hannah anderson is okay. Were told she has been brought now and is on her way to the hospital. [ no audio ] the press conference now, cant hear the audi
Keeping an eye on the weather for you, with their precocious prognostications. Watch out for any poodles. Well, weve got kid forecasters coming up. Before we get to that, we have some real weather to talk about this morning. Take a look at these pictures on a saturday morning. These are from overnight. Ginger covering this breaking weather news. Killer flash floods in colorado. Truly harrowing scenes playing out, after more than an inch of rain fell in 40 minutes, sending torrents of water through one small town. This is one scene out of many. As we said, ginger will have much more coming up. As many as 15 States Affected this morning. Also, a big break in a massive manhunt. A car owned by a suspected san diego kidnapper is found in a remote wilderness area in idaho. Why police now believe the 16yearold girl thought to be with him is alive. A potentially huge break in this story. Its a relief to know shes alive. But they also have to find her. Also this morning, a breastfeeding confron
The reaction. Mark . He didnt talk about federal prosecution of medical marijuana but eric holder wants to scale back on the amount of prison time for what he called lowlevel nonviolent drug offenders. Hes going to instruct u. S. Attorneys to reduce charges to limit those mandatory minimum sentences. At the American Bar Association meeting this morning attorney general holder call forward a gnaw approach to inen forcing drug laws. Very mandated a modification of the justice departments charging policies so certain low level, nonviolent drug offenders will no longer be charged with offense thats impose draconian mandatory sentence autos holder says since 19 80s the countrys population increased by a third but federal prison population has gone up 800 . We cannot simply prosecute our way to becoming a safer nation. Holder says hes trouble bid a report black male drug offenders are receiving sentence thats are 20 longer than those on white males convicted of similar crimes. This isnt just
Seen her before. She says hosting gma has been her dream. Now, shes heading into the anchor chair with us. Hey, everybody, are you ready for a good morning, america . Good morning, america. All of our viewers in the west. Robin and sam off today. Great to have ginger here. Lara to my right. Different angle. We have a lot to get to this morning. Including the latest the alarming sinkhole outside of orlando. We have live shots right now, from our sister station, wftv, over the huge sinkhole. Josh is here with the latest josh . Were going to take a look again at video, it shows that sinkhole swallowing a resort villa, not far from disney world. People woke up in the middle of the night to a great cracking sound and word spread that the building was starting to collapse. Everybody was told to get out and fast. Another section of that complex is also sinking. All of this happening just a few miles outside of orlando, in the town of clermont. They had no warning. First the lights went out an
Good evening, and thank you for joining us, b. A. R. T. Trains will be rolling tomorrow morning. Both sides in the labor dispute are in contract talks right now in oakland. Negotiations resumed shortly after the judge issued a 60day cooling off period, pushing back any possibility of a strike. Bay area commuters who make nearly half a million trip on b. A. R. T. Each day are breathing a collective sigh now that a b. A. R. T. Strike will not happen tonight. Thats excellent news. Im pretty sure the commuters well be happy. In a ware reekend a weekend hearing, the judge granted the request for a cooling off period so negotiations can continue while trains keep running. B. A. R. T. Management and the unions remain at odds over wages, benefits and pensions. In statement. B. A. R. T. Says, while we are glad there will be no laborrelated Service Disruptions we regret an agreement has not been reached. The first contract expired june 30th and workers win on strike for four and a half days. Bot