making news in america this morning, breaking right now, violent protests erupting overnight after a deadly shooting by police. demonstrators damaging police vehicles, setting fires on an interstate, the new video coming in right now. the suspect in the new york faces federal charges. see the evidence investigators say ties the suspect to the scenes, plus the missed signals from his own family. we're live with the latest. new questions about donald trump's charity. accused of using donated money to settle lawsuits for his businesses. overnight trump's campaign responding. and a police officer on a collision course after a truck driver suddenly tries to ram his

good wednesday morning. we begin with that breaking news from charlotte. violent protests lasted through the night after the shooting of a black man by a black police officer. >> at least a dozen officers have been injured including one who was hit in the face with a rock. protesters shutting down interstate 85, fires were set and at least one walmart looted. overnight officers used tear gas to try to break up the crowds and s.w.a.t. teams have been mobilized. chaos in charlotte. [ chanting hands up, shoot ] overnight protesters hitting the streets clashing with police in riot gear and damaging several vehicles in widespread demonstrations lasting at least five hours. dozens of protesters then converging on a major highway blocking traffic and surrounding several 18-wheelers putting out the contents and setting them on fire. >> they're on the back of the trailer as we speak right now. >> reporter: a television news

rocking their news van and smashing a window. the crowd started gathering after police shot a black man, 43-year-old keith scott yesterday afternoon. the officer who was also black says scott got out of his car holding a firearm and posed a threat. >> at this point all we know is they're in the apartment complex pashing lot, and this subject gets out with a weapon. they engage him, and one of the officers felt a lethal threat and fired his weapon because of that. >> reporter: investigators say scott was carrying, but the man's family says he was disabled, was holding a book, not a gun and was reading. this morning the mayor of charlotte pleading for calm and promising answers. and the officer involved by the way in that shooting has been placed on administrative leave. it's a normal procedure, of course, following a police involved shooting. >> traffic, meanwhile, is moving again on i-85 but a reporter from our station has seen people trying to break into a walmart store. so that story clearly still developing and we will continue

let's move on to the other story we're continuing to follow. the terrorism charges against this suspected bomber, ahmad rahami, accused of using weapons of mass destruction. >> the fbi has searched a restaurant in perth amboy, new jersey, where rahami once worked. they're also poring over a journal following a shoot-out with police. this as rahami remains in the hospital this morning and amid new questions about red flags authorities may have missed. abc's maggie rulli has the latest. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. officials say they found multiple bombings, also evidence that he bought bomb materials online months ago. as authorities continue to build their case against rahami, we're also learning more about the suspect behind these attacks. we now know that federal officials had been warned about suspected bomber ahmad rahami years ago, and the 28-year-old had been planning and plotting saturday's attacks for month. in this chilling new video we see what authorities believe is rahami about to plant bombs in

that pressure cooker bomb he allegedly set off in new york. >> explosion from the gar panel can. >> reporter: -- powerful powerful enough to shatter windows about 400 feet away and propel a nearby dumpster 120 feet injuring 31 people. the criminal complaint also revealing a journal found in rahami's pocket following his shoot-out with police. in it anti-american rants and praise for the late radical islamic cleric anwar al awlaki. these new details come as the fbi confirms it knew about rahami having been warned by his own father in 2014. >> i called the fbi two years ago. >> and what did you tell them? >> i told them you got a connection with this guy. >> reporter: he later took back those comments and the fbi never questioned his son. the father's accusation came after his son's year-long trip to pakistan, now a key part of the investigation. while overseas rahami married and had two children. the fbi is now questioning his wife. >> basically we're trying to get a picture of him through her. >> reporter: authorities are s are poring over rahami's

learn more. they say that while they aren't actively looking for another suspect, they're not ruling it out either. so, kendis and diane, some relief but still plenty of questions. >> yeah, including where is his mother who left the country some months ago. maggie, thank you. and both the new jersey police officers who were injured in that shoot-out with rahami are now out of the hospital. officer peter hammer who was grazed in the head was greeted by a crowd of cheering officers as he was discharged. officer angel padilla suspect and gave chase. he was saved by his bulletproof vest. and another major republican figure is making no bones about the fact that he's voting for hillary clinton. former president george h.w. bush told dozens of people at a reception in maine he will not be voting for the republican presidential candidate. no one else in the bush family has declared support for clinton but only his grandson so far has endorsed trump. and speaking of trump, the campaign is blasting a report accusing him of settling

the trump foundation allegedly paid more than $250,000 to resolve two cases against two of trump's private clubs prompting hillary clinton's campaign to call him a fraud. we get more now from abc's david wright. >> reporter: "the washington post" accused trump of using his foundation as a piggy bank to settle lawsuits against his companies in possible violation of irs rules. when trump's mar-a-lago club faced a $120,000 fine for having too big a flagpole, trump settled the case by pledging $100,000 to a veterans charity. the check came not from trump's own pocket but from the foundation. foundation money also paid to settle a lawsuit brought by a golfer against trump's club in westchester, new york. 158,000 to the golfer's favorite charity. trump has bragged about how much money he gives to charity. >> do you want to reveal how much you paid to charity? >> i think i revealed over a period of years i've given over $100 million to charity. i think $102 million or

>> reporter: but since he hasn't released his tax return, there's no proof. the foundation's tax returns show the last time he made a personal contribution was eight years ago. since then according to "the post," he spent $12,000 of the foundation's money at a charity auction to buy a helmet signed by tim tebow and shelled out $30,000 for two portraits of himself including this one. david wright, abc news, new york. >> and the trump campaign is denying any wrongdoing. they call the report biase saying, in typical "washington post" fashion they've gotten their facts wrong. the trump foundation has no paid board, no management fees, no rent or overhead and no family members on its payroll. all contributions are reported to the irs and all foundation donations are publicly disclosed. the u.s. is holding russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy in syria. at least 20 people were killed in the air strike monday night. officials say within one minute

a russian jet over that area. russia denies it carried out the air strike and says a cargo fire caused the damage. the u.n. has canceled all aid delivery for the time being. to northern california now where residents of vallejo were ordered to shelter in place because of a strong odor. the fire department says it got more than 500 calls about the smell of gas on the city's south side. so far crews have ruled out a natural gas leak or burnoff from a refinery. and in southern california, they're getting some m rain. take a look at the radar showing the remnants of hurricane paine moving through and the rain forced a rare rain delay in last night's padres game. palm springs got more than a half inch of rain. it's the most since early january. still ahead, how wearable fitness trackers can make you heavier actually. plus, we're going to return to that breaking news, the violent protests erupting overnight in north carolina

growing after a police involved shooting there. the officer is now telling her side of the story. hear why she says she opened

? police dash cam video here capturing a wild chase on a utah highway after pulling over the pickup truck driver, it reverses crashing into the cruiser as you saw. it continued into a parking lot where the suspect hits the police vehicle yet again. the guy was eventually arrested. he's facing several charges. one u.s. air force pilot is dead. another injured after their spy plane crashed in northern california. it happened during a training mission for a u-2 spy plane

from beale air force base. the pilots had ejected before the plane had crashed into a rural area sparking a 250-acre wildfire north of sacramento. the ceo of wells fargo was grilled on capitol hill even told by senators he should resign. john stumpf offered an apology for questionable practices at his bank, which is alleged to have opened millions of accounts without customer permission in order to meet sales quotas. but senate banking committee members noted that only low level employees were fired. >> your definition of accountable is to push the blame to your low level employees who don't have the money for a fancy pr firm to defend themselves. it's gutless leadership. >> i am deeply sorry that we failed to fulfill on our responsibility to our customers, to our team members and to the american public. >> stumpf admitted that no senior management has been fired

committee, ott a democrat or a republican came to his defense during that hearing. >> so unity on capitol hill. well, there is another corporate executive who is on the hot seat on capitol hill today but this time it's a pharmaceutical company. abc's mary bruce has a preview. >> reporter: heather bresch facing new questions about the role her mother played in promoting her blockbuster product. >> you should always carry two epipens. >> reporter: mylan is alreadynd for raising the price of the life-saving treatment used by severe allergy sufferers from $100 in 2009 to more than $600 today. "usa today" reporting bresch's mother gayle manchin, the former head of an education group led an unprecedented effort encouraging states to require schools purchase products like epipen, a campaign that reportedly drove the devices to become staples in schools. the drugmaker now pushing back saying in a statement that the report is factually inaccurate and that hundreds of thousands

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returning to our top story, violent protests have erupted in charlotte, following a deadly police shooting. demonstrators brought traffic to a stop on interstate 85 breaking into tractor trailers and even setting fires. >> police say they shot 43-year-old keith scott, a black man tuesday afternoon because he had a gun and posed a threat. but scott's family says that he had a book, not a gun, and they say he was disabled. it's the sixth police killing in that city in the last year. charlotte's mayor calling for calm.

oklahoma, protesters gathered at police headquarters demanding the officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man be fired and arrested. investigators now confirm they found the drug pcp in terence crutcher's suv but a lawyer for crutcher's family says the drug is being useds a distraction from the real issue why police used deadly force. a lawyer for officer betty shelby says he ignored police commands before the video was recorded. >> she's screaming at him, stop, stop, stop. he walks up to the window, faces the suv and then looks at her, and then his left hand goes into the car window, and that's when she fired her shot. >> the window was up, so how could he be reaching into the car if the window is up and there is blood on the glass. >> local and federal investigations are now under way to determine whether criminal charges against officer shelby are warranted and whether crutcher's civil rights were violated. this was an interesting one, viewers watching the livestream of a man playing pokemon go in new york city got more than they

they saw him get violently mugged. the man was attacked in central park after midnight. his camera capturing in realtime the attacker punching him in the head knocking him to the ground. now, he was treated for a swollen jaw. the thief got away with three cell phones. and violence at a philadelphia high school. a fight broke out between a student and a teacher. the pair punched and kicked each other. at one point the student is actually placed in a headlock. the altercation started when the student was late to class. the student has been charged with assault. the teacher has not been charged. a new study suggests fitness trackers aren't going to help you lose weight. people using the trackers lost about five pounds less than those who did not wear them. the study's author says that doesn't mean you should give up on your tracker. just don't lean on it too much when it comes to slimming down. you can't just put it on and then expect the pounds to melt away. >> by osmosis.

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checking our top stories, protests have erupted in charlotte, north carolina, following the police shooting of keith scott. a dozen officers were injured in the demonstrations as police cars were smashed and fires set. police say scott posed a threat and was armed. his family says he was disaged holding a book not a gun. authorities say the suspect in the new york and new jersey bombings bought ingredients for ahmad rahami now facing charges that include the use of weapons of mass destruction. his father alerted the fbi two years ago about his son, but agents found no evidence of a threat. let's take a look at today's weather, shall we. heavy rain along the east coast. strong storms in the upper midwest and thunderstorms in the southwest as well as across the rockies. and expect some showers for parts of the west coast. well, since the new york area bombings, we've seen people publicly show their gratitude to

responders. >> and now two other unlikely heros are getting well deserved praise, as well. wabc's michele charlesworth has their story. >> hero, no, i wouldn't go that far. but i just doing the right thing. >> reporter: the bomb was in a nice new backpack sitting on top of this trash can by the elizabeth train station. ivan's friend lee who is homeless had just mentioned he could use a backpack. >> all of a sudden we look on the garbage can at the top of the can, and it was a pretty new looking backpack sitting on top of the >> reporter: it was just sitting on top of the garbage can? >> it was actually sitting on top of the garbage can. >> reporter: they walked around with it for awhile and then the contents alarmed them. >> i said we need to go to the police station right now. he says, why? i said, this is a bomb. it wasn't the cartoon bomb with the ticktock, ticktock clock. >> no, but it had wires. >> it had wires. >> these are things none of us probably would do. i mean you see a backpack in a garbage can, nobody's inclination is to want to go to it and open it up.

wants to honor you. what's your reaction? >> i think -- thank you. i'm just glad i was able to realize what the situation was and react in such a way that thank goodness no one got hurt. >> reporter: meantime, lee still has a problem. >> i'm still backpackless. >> that's all you have. hold this up. this is your bag? >> this is my bag. >> we're going to return to our top story briefly now. a night of violent protests in charlotte, north carolina, following a deadly police shooting. >> that's right. this is in response to the shooting of keith scott, and this all is unfolding about a mile from the unc campus there on a very busy interstate, interstate 85. protesters came out. they damaged police cars. they injured a dozen officers and the mayor there calling for calm. >> we should point out our steve

this is abc15, taking action. >> reporter: i'm justin pazera live in phoenix. phoenix police -- they are called to a dispute at an apartment complex. police are just getting on scene. the dramatic ending coming up. and riots break out after a deadly police shooting, and dozens of officers have been injured in this one. we'll be going live there. this is scary stuff. 4:30 on this wednesday and a lot to get to. >> i saw some water on the roadways, and also the lightning, iris. >> yeah, we had quite a show yesterday. did you catch it last night? here's the new video storms move through mesa.