flanagan ii. he killed a reporter and camera man live on the air in virginia today, and he s from the bay area. flanagan cited the church shootings in south carolina as one motivation for actions today. he described himself as a powder keg, ready to explode. and that is apparently what happened this morning when a reporter and photographer he used to work with were conducting a live interview. this is as much of the video we feel comfortable showing. he is described as a 41-year-old disgruntled employee of the station. he shot himself after the pursuit and died a few hours later. laura anthony is live with reaction from his family. laura, let s start with you. reporter: that is right, dan. flanagan lived and worked on the east coast, but he grew up in oakland and still has family here in vallejo. we heard from a very somber family spokesperson. our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims families and wdbj television station family. reporter: a spokespe
visit and a vigilante turned candidate in mexico we look to the final in berlin and the start of the women s world cup. and novak djokovic takes a step towards a first french open title. we go to roland-garros coming up we begin in iraq, where there has been heavy fighting between i.s.i.l. and iraqi security forces. most of the violence is happening in anbar. security forces backed from the air by u.s. coalition forces have been using antitank missiles to stop i.s.i.l. suicide bombers driving explosive explosive rigged vehicles. 22 iraqi soldiers at the airbase were killed after i.s.i.l. attacked the bases. in samarra, north of baghdad, iraqi forces say they killed 55 i.s.i.l. fight ners fighters in a bid to push them back imran khan there s widespread fighting how is the attempt to push i.s.i.l. back going? well if you are a casual observer of all of this you may be forgiven for thinking that i.s.i.l. is winning. they made significant advances, and pushed iraqis
the accident happened in mclaren park at around 9:00 last night. as you can see it was very dark at the scene. this is near sunnidale and persia. investigators say the bicyclist was a man in his 20s who apparently rode into a roadway from a trail. police are trying to determine if the bicyclist rode into the cruiser or if the car hit the bicyclist. authorities say the driver will undergo toxicology tests. protesters marched through oakland last night calling for the end to new rules regarding protests. nearly 100 people walked through downtown and then sat and blocked west grand and telegraph. that intersection reopened around 11:00 last night. the marchers were calling to an end to a policy that limits nighttime demonstrations. bold and clever action by a bus driver may have saved a kidnapped 3-year-old boy as allen wong tells us that action helped police nab the suspect just before he and the victim boarded a b.a.r.t. train. reporter: the bus driver s a hero. absolute
reporter: but vta bus driver tim watson was determined not to let that happen. watson was driving his bus toward the fremont bus station when he gotten a alert from dispatch be on the lookout for a 3-year-old boy with plaid shorts and red crocs, the very description of the teary eyed boy sitting with the man in his bus s back seat. i wanted to look at the clothing article on the little boy without the gentleman knowing what i was doing. so i was just looking around looking under there and i saw his red shoes. and that was a red flag for me to call this in. reporter: watson was told to make his way to the free moment b.a.r.t. station where police would be waiting. a ten-minute drive, but the bus driver stayed calm. we continue like normal like nothing s happened. we don t want to alert him that anything s different. reporter: once at b.a.r.t. watson waited for police to get in position then opened the door. police arrested the man and took the boy to safety. the bo
let s turn to rosemary. it s a beautiful start. yeah. for some it s finally going to feel like summer. we have temperatures climbing today. we will be from cool along the coast to warm inland and it s the start of a warming trend that will take us into the 90s for some by the end of it. areas of the east bay. partly to mostly cloudily. the north bay waking up with clouds. we get into areas of the east bay. concord mostly sunny this morning. we are going to see this peel back as we get in to the second part of the morning. early part of the afternoon. i think we will be partly to mostly cloudy. it ll be along the coastline. 58 in concord right now. 58 in oakland. 54 san francisco and low 50s for nevado and along the peninsula we have 59 mountain view. as we get into again the second part of the morning mostly sunny skies. a least away from the coast around the bay and inland communities will be warming up. we will have the gray skies along here. upper 50s to low 60s for the