Thank you for joining us. Tonight, growing outrage over the death of a young black man who went to a store for iced tea and never came home. Dead after a confrontation with police. Now, a new cry for racial justice. We caution you, some of the images are disturbing. Heres deborah roberts. I dont think my anger will change. Reporter nearly a year ago, her 23yearold son elijah died just days after police confronted him as we walked home from a convenience store. His family calls it excessive force. Officials called it justified. Elijahs case was closed. Disappearing from headlines until now. To be clear, im not just calling it assault. Im calling it murder. Reporter in the wake filled to coast. Even in elijahs home state of colorado. It hurts. Everybody is screaming names, but im like, last year it would have made a big difference. The george floyd case was a gamechan gamechange gamechanger, opening up the door for all sorts of stuff with law enforcement. Reporter this weekend, demonstra
Fortunately staying far enough out to sea so that south jersey and jersey shore only saw cloud cover. Heavy rains were well off shore. As that storm continues to strengthen and pull off to the north east, it is generating some pretty good swells. Matter of fact heres a live view looking down at the the Atlantic City beach and we have three to 4foot waves, good three to 4foot waves battering the beaches once again this morning and that is producing those rip currents. Matter of fact some beaches yesterday in avalon were closed because of the rip currents that were developing and some beach erosion that was taking place. The beach patrol is out there right now. They will be surveying things to see if they can open up the beach this morning. Heres the call for the beach, rip current risk once again is on the moderate side, you have to pay close attention to the life guard. Wind north at ten to 15 miles an hour. Sea of three to 5 feet. Rough surf. 86 degrees in the city. Jersey shore aroun
Under and look for them. As much as he wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. We knew it was going to be a recovery mission. To help shoulder the burden, everyday people are pitching in. These are National Guard members taking a break at a houston area mattress store. The owner stepped up to help out in a time of need. Laura anthony is in houston, helping shoulder some of the reporting duties. Laura is traveling with a convoy of rescue boats. Heres what she reported earlier this afternoon. Lets take a look in front of us. This is an intersection, a beautiful residential neighborhood. Lots of folks still have their cars here. They may be in those houses . Yeah. As a matter of fact, for every person weve gotten out today, weve had four tell us they didnt want to leave. Reporter we just went by a group of guys on the second floor of an apartment. You were telling them, some of these boats may not be here later. Yeah. Earlier there were a lot more boats a
Councilman says ending daca would create a hard fip fship f young people it protects. These youngsters are graduating from our high schools, serving in the military. Theyrelso at the University Level that are demonstrating leadership, education, strength, and most of all, helping the economy. Reporter as of 2015, there were nearly 400 dreamers attending classes here at uc berkeley. At this point, its unclear how an end to daca would affect their educational status. Laura anthony, abc7 news. We expect the president to make the announcement tomorrow on the daca. Outside to a live look at what we just cant ignore. Poor air quality around the bay area. This is a live view over San Francisco. Were seeing slightly hazy skies over san jose in this live picture of 101. Also in the north bay, heres a live look from our camera on top of mt. Tam. Well get a closer look with Leeann Melendez in just a minute. But first, lets check in with Spencer Christian on our Current Conditions. As you pointed
Interferen interference one way or the other. The Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe will serve as acting director until the white house find a replacement. He started his career at the fbi going after russian mobsters. Right now were looking at a plane thats taking off from Los Angeles International airport with comey on board. About 15 minutes ago we saw comey get on that plane. We watched his motorcade head to the airport. There were conflicting reports as to whether he would still deliver his speech. He is on a private jet, no longer being allowed to use the fbi plane. Cornell, he used some pretty colorful language, too, i understand . He calls this a tuesday night massacre, comparing the firing to what president nixon did back in the 70s, firing a special prosecutor looking into watergate. While looking into russian meddling in the 2016 election, he calls comeys firing inappropriate. You need Law Enforcement thats independent and one thats not affected by politics. And this also sends