the supreme court heard the oral arguments in masterpiece cake shop, the civil rights commission tuesday. jack phillips s lawyers and respondents, along with their lawyers made their remarks outside the supreme court following the orbital oral arguments. i michael ferris. thediscussion was lively, session was longer than the scheduled hour because there was such interest on all sides of the case. this is the first time in american history where there is serious consideration of compelling people to deliver a message that is contrary to their beliefs. freedom of speech means the ability to refuse to speak a message you do not agree with and the freedom includes a context where other people might be offended. we recognize, on each side of this question, people will be offended. if that was enough to curtail someone s religious freedom are really freedom of speech, this would no longer be the same country founded over 200 years ago. because the essence of america has been fo
more than expose himself and grope the women. but they say it could lead to more than that. and they re hoping to find him before it gets that far. reporting live in east charlotte, mark becker, channel 9 eyewitness news. all right mark, thanks, we have new information on breaking news we re following out of east charlotte, minutes ago, channel 9 confirmed the search you see here happening in a pond is tied to an investigation into a murder that happened sunday in mount holly. chopper 9 over the scene where we are watching divers in the water with that boat there. we know that they re not looking for a weapon. but we re not exactly sure what evidence they are trying to find. we ll stay on the scene and we ll keep you updated right here on channel 9. hundreds gathered today in raleigh to remember a man authorities say was shot and killed by a police officer this week. akil s death sparked protests and vigils all across the city. the police chief has said that officer dc tw
with new developments. follow him at gsuskinwsoc9. charlotte fire and charlotte mecklenburg police searching a pond right now on albemarle road. i want to go straight to jenna deery. what can you tell us? reporter: it s activity that captured the attention of neighbors who live across the road next to the pond. we have divers in the water. it s not a big pond. neighbors say it s not deep. it s about four feet deep. we have charlotte fire in the water along with medic on stand by. but we were told that any information about this has to come from gaston county police who we have not gotten in touch with yet to get additional information. what we have gathered here taking a look at chopper 9 sky zoom from the aerial view is that these divers are in the in the water they re looking for. no car. no weapon. but this is a police matter led up by gaston county police. so a very curious situation. neighbors have been asking us if we foe what s going on. we re trying to get answers n
into a school bus. kids were hurt on that bus. luckily, they survived. the city, to be honest with you, i don t know how to describe for how to people feel. for it to be in the wake of 9/11 and to bring back the freshness of the panicked calls of those who didn t know what was going on, couldn t reach their loved ones, who had loved ones at that school. the scale is different. the destruction is different. but the feeling is the same. as you will hear this morning, so many are left with the same questions. can you avoid something like this? is this just part of normal life now even here in one of the safest cities in the shadows of one of the safest places in the world after what happened on 9/11. a lot of things are brought back. a lot of new questions as well about the man who did these murders, about him doing it in the name of terror, how it can be prevented going forward. troubling questions that often don t find satisfying answers. let s start with what we know happened
may this christmas season bring peace to your hearts, cheer to your spirit, and joy to the world. baby, you just ain t seen nothing yet here s something that you re never gonna forget baby, baby, baby, you just ain t seen nothing yet. brian: i like bright christmas trees i like them at the white house and on our veranda. ainsley: have you put up your christmas trees yet? steve: this week. brian: i m still growing mine. i m going to chop it down soon and hope to bring it inside soon. ainsley: where is your tree farm. brian: it s expensive. we used to buy trees with the roots and plant them in the backyard. steve: you said younger. i remember that five years ago. ainsley: he was younger then. brian: yes, i was younger. we had seven years of trees in the backyard and above ground pile. collapsed one year and wiped out all the trees and broke our spirit. then we got back on the horse and then they started buying on a regular basis. spending all this money for a tree get