Begins now. Good morning, from ferguson, missouri. Im martha raddatz. Where weve seen another night of chaos and violence in the streets, despite authorities declaring a state of emergency and imposing a fivehourlong curfew. Police firing teargas. Making at least seven arrests. At least one person shot by an armed protester and is in the hospital. Were tracking every angle this morning. Missouri governor jay nixon will be here shortly. But first, all the breaking developments from abcs steve osunsami. Reporter as soon as the governors curfew began, so did the nights chaos. No justice no curfew reporter overnight, the s. W. A. T. Teams moved in, firing smoke canisters and teargas at people in the streets. You must disperse the area immediately. Reporter someone was shot by an armed protester and had to be hospitalized. Now in critical condition. Police promised to be kinder and gentler, theyre now defending the use of tear gas. We got a report of a shooting victim. They did deploy tear
Styling the president s for 60 years. From abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. Im martha raddatz, and as we come on the air this morning, breaking news from ferguson, missouri, where abc news has confirmed officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the Ferguson Police force. The big question, will that resignation calm the protests in ferguson and around the country . Lets get right to it with alex perez, who joins us now from ferguson with the very latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, martha. A relatively quiet night of much smaller protests here in ferguson, just two arrested. Wilson says he hopes his resignation will bring peace. Darren wilson, a threeyear veteran of the Police Department in ferguson, said he had hoped to continue in police work, a job he told George Stephanopoulos that he loved. I greatly enjoyed working in ferguson, i did. Put that in the past tense, not going to happen again . Do you really think its possible . I me
This week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. Im martha raddatz, and breaking right now, it has apparently happened again. A third american murdered by isis in a disturbing and graphic tape released just hours ago. The terror group claims it beheaded 26yearold peter kassig, a former army ranger from indiana captured while working with an aid group in syria. Chief investigative correspondent brian ross joins us now with the latest. Good morning, brian. Well, good morning, martha. U. S. Intelligence officials are working at this hour to formally authenticate that video, but the gruesome images posted by isis leave little doubt about what happened. A former u. S. Soldier in iraq, kassig went back to the mideast to syria as an aid worker featured two years ago by cnn. We each get one life and thats it. You get one shot at this. Reporter during captivity kassig converted to islam and changed his name from peter to abdulrahman. From their home in indiana, his parents, paula
From abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. Im martha raddatz, and as we come on the air this morning, breaking news from ferguson, missouri, where abc news has confirmed officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the Ferguson Police force. The big question, will that resignation calm the protests in ferguson and around the country . Lets get right to it with alex perez, who joins us now from ferguson with the very latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, martha. A relatively quiet night of much smaller protests here in ferguson, just two arrested. Wilson says he hopes his resignation will bring peace. Darren wilson, a threeyear veteran of the Police Department in ferguson, said he had hoped to continue in police work, a job he told George Stephanopoulos that he loved. I greatly enjoyed working in ferguson, i did. Put that in the past tense, not going to happen again . Do you really think its possible . I mean, do you think they would accept me
Where weve seen another night of chai yos and violence in the streets, despite authorities imposing a fivehourlong curfew. Police firing tear gas. Making at least seven arrests. At least one person shot by an armed protester and is in the hospital. Were tracking every angle this morning. Missouri governor jay nixon will be here shortly. But first, all the breaking news from abcs steve osunsami. Reporter as soon as the governors curfew began, so did the nights chaos. No justice no curfew reporter overnight, the s. W. A. T. Teams moved in, firing smoke canisters and tear gas at people in the streets. You must disperse the area immediately. Reporter someone was shot by an armed protester and had to be hospitalized. Now in critical condition. Police promised to be kinder and gentler, theyre now defending the use of tear gas. We got a report of a shooting victim. They did deploy tear gas in an effort to move back and get to the shooting victim. Reporter all of this after state of emergency