Experts say if you have one, take action now. Abc7s senior investigate evening reporter Lisa Fletcher joins us to tell us more about this. First, what is the standard . Why didnt ikea comply . Lisa the standard is something that the industry voluntary complies with. Each chest has to withstand 50 pounds of weight while open without toppling over. Most in industry abide by the idea. Ikea decided instead they would provide wall anchors, something common in european homes but foreign to most u. S. Consumers. In a matter of seconds, a curious child climbs up a piece of furniture and suddenly pinned beneath it. I went to the dresser. I saw his little head pokes up between the dresser and the bed. It had trapped his neck. Lisa gaucheries son jackies son was the first to die from the dresser. Enough is enough. Elliott kay runs the Consumer Product Safety Commission and encouraged ikea to launch a recall a year ago. The company only agreed to a repair Program Offering free wall anchor it cans.
Words with the driver and pulled out his metro handgun and said, im the police. You dont want this. Eric, the victim had to stare facefirst at smiths semiautomatic pistol. The 40yearold said he was afraid for his life but managed to copy down smiths license plate number. Montgomery county officers quickly caught up with the offduty cop fleeing in his ford mustang. They determined that smith was a 15year veteran of the Metro Transit Police department and today he pleaded guilty to seconddegree assault and misconduct in office. He also had to resign from the department plus give up his taxpayer funded pension which would have provided him with thousands of dollars of retirement benefits. He pulls up on the side and he has his pistol pointed. He goes, what now . Im the i said, you better be jesus christ if you are pointing a gun at me. He said, what . Im the [bleep] police. With what is going on today you are a white officer pointing a gun at a black guy in his car for no reason. Kevin a
Three explosions that hit the third Busiest Airport in europe. Scott mcfarland scott macfa at the live news desk. They are focusing on the International Arrivals and departure areas where there have been several explosions at the ataturk airport. This is just coming in to the live desk. The latest report is that at least ten people are dead. Some of this footage is showing people being treated for injuries as well. The number we have right now, ten victims, ten people dead, comes from the turkish justice media. At least 40 people are injured in addition to those who died but that number, of course, is going to change as the evening progresses. The turkish government is calling this an attack a suicide vests were being worn by the attackers. The explosions occurred outside the International Arrivals area at ataturk airport. Turkey has suffered several bombings in recent months. More information as it comes in. For now, im scott macfarlane. A man has died after having a confrontation wit
President obama is briefed on the events and is keeping an eye on the events. There has been a ground stop for all registered Airlines Heading to turkey but its important to note that there are no u. S. Passenger airlines that fly directly there. The u. S. Consulate is telling u. S. Citizens in turkey to directly contact their concerned family members back here in the u. S. But so far we have not heard of any reports of u. S. Casualties in these attacks at the airport. At the live desk, im chris lawrence. Chris, thank you. We look at weather now. Severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for parts of our area. Doug, whats in store for us . That would have been Doug Kammerer who told us that there is a warning and watches are up all over the place. We are expecting thunderstorm weather coming our way any time soon. Well hear from doug in a couple of minutes. New video that shows the confrontation that occurred outside of the white house and shows the chaos that followed. It is rare to see
The storm was intense, and what it left behind is the big problem today. Take a look, power lines closing roads. Trees taking out houses. It is a mess out there. News4s derrick ward is live along pierce drive in Silver Spring, one of the hardesthit spots. Derrick . Reporter well, indeed it was. Take a look. You see this crew from the tree service just finishing up. That doesnt look like a lot of work, but i tell you it was a lot of work here to get big trees off of houses and reduced them pretty much now to chips. But its been a tough morning for these guys. Take a listen. The damage in this Silver Spring neighborhood runs the gamut. Some residents saw little to moderate damage, mostly branches. Mostly branches here too. The problem is it was still attached to the tree when they came down. The shadegiving days are over for this one. Thtr neighbors yard. Before crashing down on his roof, it did a number to this back porch. Its been heck all morning. This is a mess. Reporter this oak cou