Than their white counterparts. When you see the higher numbers in terms of contacts between police and minority communities, that also increases the likelihood that youre going to have forceful interaction. We have to deal with the overpolicing of lowincome africanamerican communities in our country. It is a pervasive problem. Reporter in places like minneapolis, where mr. Floyd died, africanamericans make up just over 19 of the total population. But account for a whopping 63 of arrests. I feel like being a black sixfoot man in america, im a threat. Reporter akiel carter was on his way home from church with his white grandmother when police pulled him over. He says the next thing he knew, guns were drawn and he was ordered out of the car. In the suburb of milwaukee where akiel was detained, blacks are only 5 of the population. But accounted for 62 of arrests made in 2018. A rate 20 times higher than white arrests. I was so terrified for my life, because i dont know whats going to happe
Nights cowboys raiders game used a folded piece of paper to measure for a dallas first down. The raiders coach seen saying no way afterwards. Dallas went on to quick what was the winning field goal in a 2017 victory. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. Couple of weird calls in the sunday games yesterday, but uh, it is how it is. A lot on the line right now, too. Exactly. We begin this half hour with the Third Largest wildfire in california history. Some multimillion dollar homes in the Santa Barbara community of montecito have been leveled. One firefighter recorded flames and smoke surrounding his truck. We get more from abcs marci gonzalez. Reporter fire crews waging an allout war against this massive, unrelenting wildfire. Crews climbing the california hills with chain saws, axes and shovels, desperately trying to get the upper hand. The inferno now burning for two weeks. The wall ott smoke at one point so thick it n
Whatever. And mounting criticism for an snl cast member. Pete davidson made fun of a congressional candidate in afghanistan. We will dive into that. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is monday, november 5th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. The midterms are one day away. 26 hours until polls open in the east deciding the 35 senate races and 36 races for governor. A new nbc news have democrats with an edge in the ballot. The latest Washington Post poll shows 69 of registered voters under 40 say they are certain they will vote. That is up from 44 in the last midterms. A lot riding on if democrats can flip the house. Cnn political director David Chalian with the breakdown. 7 0 districts in play. Republican . 31 in yellow. True toss ups. Of those, 30 of them are currently held by republicans. The president going all out in the home stretch holding three rallies today in three states. Ohio, illinois and missouri. He will be joined by a special guest. Someo
Being recounted all across the state, all have to be tallied up by thursday. But the president is saying a recount is a waste of time in his opinion tweeting an honest vote count is no longer possible, ballots massively infected. Worth noting here, state officials have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Kerry sanders is in Broward County for us. Reporter youre looking over high should my shoulder here at the machines that will be counting the votes. They brought in two more because they have 700,000 plus votes to run through the machines. I have to go into a whisper here because the canvassing board is getting ready to reis assume what they are going to do. But critical as they make sure that the machines will count accurately. The Governor Scott campaign for u. S. Senate has now filed a lawsuit and among the things that are stated in the lawsuit, and this will be in court in about 30 minutes, he says in the lawsuit as long as the supervisor of elections here in Browa
New investigation . Are House Democrats preparing to launch a n President Trump and hush money payments made during the campaign . What our team has just learned. Also tonight, the murder mystery. Could an amazon echo become the star witness in a murder trial . What the judge in the case has just ruled. Plus, the abc news exclusive. Robin roberts, oneonone with michelle obama. What the former first lady wrote in her new book about her rage and her fear when it comes to President Trump. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. High winds, exactly what firefighters feared most, are now hitting Southern California. Fueling the out of control wildfires. This, as the death toll is growing. A quarter Million People have been told to get out and stay out in Southern California, as the woolsey fire triggered mandatory evacuations, including the entire city of malibu. The fire on the move towards several new neighborhoods. Many homes threatened, and at least two co