as union soldiers spread paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across the united states as a day of national celebration. juneteenth is a reminder. it is a reminder of what black people in america have been through and what black people have overcome. it is a commemoration of our resilience. our ingenuity, and most importantly our capacity for joy. our joy is worthy of celebration, and on this day we remember that our freedom must be honored, nurtured and pr
Press conference moments ago. David before we get to donald trump and all that, lets go to peter barnes at trumps rally with the very latest. What is happening there, peter . Reporter hey, david and melissa. Were waiting for donald trump to show up, he is running 20, 30 minutes late. This hang far on outskirts of rome is packed. Several thousand people are chanting trump, trump, and usa, usa as speakers trying to stretch to buy time for him to arrive. We expect to hear a lot more of trump from trump in particular. As you know he says he is counterpuncher. If he gets punched he likes to punched back. Somebody who punched this morn in new york was ohio above john kasich, without mentioning trump by name, lit into him. Here is what he said. Some who feed off of the fears and anger that is felt by some of us and exploit it, feed their own insatiable desires for fame and attention. That could drive america down into a ditch and not make us great again. Reporter okay, i expect we might hear
Jackson is staying, the occupants of the apartment called police on us and said we were suspicious people. Police came back, realized we were with channel 7 and said everything was fine. Indianapolis colts tell us theyre aware of the arrest but had no further comment. No comment from jackson. Reporting live im jennifer donaldon, back to you in studio. All right. Thanks, jen. Uhhuh. Temperatures topped the 50degree mark outside today but dont get used to it. Yeah nice and pleasant out there. Chief meteorologist doug hill in the stormwatch 7 Weather Center with a look, of course of the changes headed our way. Hi, doug. Hi there. We should be used to this roller coaster pattern weve had. Warmer colder warmer colder. Were in the warmer phase. 53 right now outside of the belfort furniture center. Live look at Bell Haven Country Club in alexandria. Gorgeous afternoon. Somebody on the golf path there, on the cart path. Beautiful day to golf with temperatures in the 50s. 53 at dulles. 58 degre
Is a alert situation where this is a shooting investigation. Shots were fired here on the campus grounds earlier this morning. We do not know if anyone was hit by that gunfire. If perhaps this suspect shout shot and wounded anyone. That information is not being released at this point. The helicopter Fairfax County Police Helicopter is on scene and a heavy Police Presence as they continue to look for the armed gunman who, again, is simply wearing a hospital gown. Ill send it to zach kiesch who has been following the story all morning long as well. Reporter we saw the four police cars just pull up. As you mentioned this morning, the hospital is on lockdown this morning. Theyre searching for escaped prisoner after shots were fired. We heard from employees, patients residents in the area. Everybody is told the same thing. Be careful, expect the guy is armed dangerous. The combination of this active situation, as we see more cruisers pull up now. That in combination of people trying to arri
Travel into the area. I hope they catch him. Locals thatot of camp there. They are well protected and theyre going to protect their family. To get what is coming to them. For many here, a just sending, but perhaps bittersweet after an emotionally charged week that started in a running home and boulevard. As grateful as we are, we also remember the other victims in this case who lost their lives. City police are investigating a Sexual Assault in west baltimore. It happened monday morning near the sunoco gas patient. Baltimore investigators are looking into the case but according to the victims family, the 17yearold was waiting for the bust when she was abducted pit she was taken to the back of an abandoned house and she was raped, she was sexually assaulted. We are looking for justice. The man has not been caught yet. We would love to get some information from the communities. The dayy members for warning communities about what happened and asking for people for clues to help find the s