Who knows what other cases that chester who represent the molester may be involved in. He has been an expert 1s for dozens of trials but now he is under arrest if disturbing link between the cases and the elaborate lies hes accused of telling. Might three of Police Protests in charlotte. The new demand from the crowd as torturous an officerinvolved shooting continue. I felt like the trust had been lost and what happened, you know, with our sewage crisis. The fallout confronts sewage releases into the tampa bay area. The two improvements the mayor of st. Pete wants to help welcome. Im mark wilson. And im kelly ring. Thanks for joining us. A man whose been a defense witness in dozens of trials needs a defense his own tonight. The polk county sheriff says 57yearold chester gridkowski pretend to be an Expert Witness on Computer Forensics and took part in many child porn cases. Fox 13 tease evan lambert is in our newsroom. What does this mean for those reporter kelly, it could mean those de
And we begin with a news alert right now out of charlotte , North Carolina. For the second night in a row, the streets have been filled with violent protests. The governor of north state of emergency in the city. And the National Guard has been sent in. It started last night as a peaceful prayer vigil, but quickly got out of control with angry marches. One person in the crowd was . Shot and critically wounded by another civilian. Four Charlotte Police officers were also wounded by the protestors. All the injuries are considered minor. Officers in riot gear had to disperse the crowd with flash grenades and tear gas. Several Office Buildings and restaurants were also damaged and looted. Stems from the deadly shooting of a black man tuesday. Keith scott was killed by a . Black police officer. After police say he refuesed several orders to drop a gun. Scotts family claims he didnt have a gun. But a gun was found at the scene. And here in tampa. One officer just faced a very similar scary s
Routine. Every traffic stop, you have to be careful and on target. You never know. Reporter Steve Gutierrez is a nineyear veteran. Wednesday around noon he pulled over a vehicle on north 12th and east 142nd avenue. Rayford was in the passenger seat as officer gutierrez got off his motorcycle. I told him to stop. Reporter the surveilla it turned into a parking lot brawl. What is going through your mind when he lunges towards you. You go back to your training. I know he is a big size. Reporter gutierrez used his taser and chased after the suspect but rayford got away. He is a violent repeat offender with previous charges of armed robbery, carjacking, assault. This is an encounter that you see the officers doing the best that they can to deescalate the ation and reporter and that hcso pointing out to me today that how gutierrez handles himself this week shows why he was named the hispanic deputy of the year for his county. Live in tampa, ryan smith, abc action news. Thank you, ryan. Also
Signed and refuses to get rid of. We learned the president will make a major announcement of afghanistan announcing that 34,000 u. S. Troops will return home from the region exactly one year from today. Thats about half the troops there now. Joining us now, maryland congressman chris van hollen, Ranking Member of the house budget committee. Thank you for joining us. Great to be with you, tamron. First, what are the expectations for the president tonight . Well, i think as you said the president s going to lay out his plan for xik growth, for job creation but focusing on the fact it is not good enough just to have Economic Growth for the folks already at the very top. That we need broad based Economic Growth where wages and middle class americans go up, where their incomes go up so that we can all participate in growing the economy and weve made progress. Weve had 35 straight months of job growth over 6 million jobs created but i think the president would be the first to say thats good
Hi, everyone. Im tamron hall. Following the president s last chance to go big. According to our First Read Team. Mr. President , hows the speech . Well find out tonight. That was the president a short time ago walking outside the oval office telling reporters theyll have to wait to get specifics on tonights state of the union but we are learning more about the speech, especially when it comes to the economy. White house aides tell nbc news all the president s initiatives will try to answer three different questions. One, how can the United States create more jobs at home . Two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs . Three, how does the nation help those working hard to make a decent living . All themes the president outlined in the Reelection Campaign. Goals in manufacturing, energy, education, National Security and the deficit. Real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs. Top republicans including senator mcconnell already critical of the spee