fight over free speech continues. will karr is at his post in berkeley to tell us what went down. good morning to you. leading up to yesterday there were threats of violence. in the end it was very calm as we saw a massive police presence. even though ann coulter did not show up to berkeley hundreds of protestors did many voicing anger take her first amendment rights were surpressed. they wore padding and helmets and hockey gear looking like they were ready for a fight club brawl. five people were arrested. local authorities say there was no violence and no confrontations. you have police on one side and people blowing bubbles on the other side. it is strange. nothing is really happening. yesterday was peaceful, berkeley has seen violence break out several times this
trapped. about 130 feet up in the air for several hours yesterday. rescue workers had to use emergency access routes to reach the top of the ride, after ladders failed to do the trick. crews were able to harness each and every person and finally lower them to the ground. they were all safe. a new report from the department of homeland security revealing disturbing statistics about our nation s borders. dhs reporting a 15% surge in illegal immigration into the u.s., but the increase is not coming from mexico. will karr is live from our west coast bureau to tell us where. will? arthel, the surge is coming from countries once again in central america, just like we saw back in 2014. and according to the numbers that were released by the department of homeland security on friday, total apprehensions across the country jumped by 67,000 compared to 2015. border patrol arrests alone were up 23% this year. homeland security points out the
will karr is live from our west coast newsroom now. will? good evening, harris. throughout the course of the afternoon we ve spoken to family and friends of the two victims who you just named, the two lives lost here on friday. as you can imagine, everybody very emotional. the first who we were able to confirm through both friends and now authorities, 29d-year-old keir stoewart. veteran, toured in iraq. apparently just left active duty last year. a father of two children. friends tell us he was working in insurance after he got out of the army but wanted to become a truck driver. i spoke to his good friend amber butler. she served with him in the army. here s her reaction to the tragic loss. he was just a great person and he didn t deserve to die that way. he was not only a really good friend of mine but he was my brother in arms. kearre is a great person and he
will karr is live from our west coast newsroom now. will? good evening, harris. throughout the course of the afternoon we ve spoken to family and friends of the two victims who you just named, the two lives lost here on friday. as you can imagine, everybody very emotional. the first who we were able to confirm through both friends and now authorities, 29d-year-old keir stoewart. veteran, toured in iraq. apparently just left active duty last year. a father of two children. friends tell us he was working in insurance after he got out of the army but wanted to become a truck driver. i spoke to his good friend amber butler. she served with him in the army. here s her reaction to the tragic loss. he was just a great person and he didn t deserve to die that way. he was not only a really good friend of mine but he was my brother in arms. kearre is a great person and he
two officers fired into the father s vehicle in the first place. now, here s what we do know. investigators say these two officers were moonlighting as marshals. they were driving marked cars and turned on their lights to get the boy s father to pull over. but he did not. will karr live from our west coast newsroom tonight. so will, what led authorities to arrest the two officers? reporter: good evening, julie. this morning, the colonel of the louisiana state police department emphatically told me that 6-year-old jeremy mardis should never have died. mardis, who his family members say is autistic, was shot five times in the head and chest. initially the officers in question say they were serving a warrant on mardis father, chris few, and few led in his suv. but now investigators say they re not sure a warrant ever even existed. the officers, norris greenhouse and derrick stafford, said few tried to back into them with the car, so they fired, unloading 18