one and we'll continue to fight voices that try to divide us. sam: this is one of many services planned including one at the national cathedral and another at the main mask on massachusetts. reporting from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. announcer: from abc7 news. breaking news alert. [yelling] leon: protesters and police clash in baltimore following a a mistrial ing the case of officer william porter. of sixthe first baltimore police officers on trial for charges in the death of freddie gray. declared a mistrial after a young jury on all four charges against officer porter. continue the live team coverage of this breaking announcement. community reaction and what otherould mean for the officers who are waiting their trials. let's get to maryland bureau chief brad bell who has been following the trial every step of the way. he is live with the latest.

you witnessed quite a bit this afternoon. brad: yeah, it has been a busy afternoon. right now it is fairly quiet. this is the scene outside the courthouse where we got the word that the jury was hung. there is a group of a dozen two dozen, maybe protesters that is making a big circle around the city hall, around around the block. they are peaceful. they are chanting. signs.e carrying but yeah, word came down this afternoon that this jury was deadlocked. the judge declared a mistrial. has also announced that this officer will be tried again. we have an update. now says that he will meet with the attorneys tomorrow. ahead and getgo scheduling worked out for a new trial. so there was some protest when out.came people saying that they were angry. perhaps not understanding that there would be a retrial. that there was not a guilty plea. you can hear a young man had

something to say as he walks by me now. that is what is going on. they are peaceful. heavy police presence. not long after the judge declared the mistrial we heard the mayor of the city asking people for peace and calm. >> mayor rawlings-blake: all believe in justice must have respect for the outcome of the judicial process. ofs is our american system justice. brad: now, we also heard this afternoon from freddie gray's familyand the attorney. with regard to this notion angryeople should be about what happened here today. the attorney said simply the angry so no one else should be. freddie gray's stepfather had this to say. >> we are not at all upset with them.

public beould the upset. could.d the best they brad: back now live. see ra group of bicyclists appearing up the road. they are part of a group that 300.themselves they are advocates for peace. they are out here tonight as well. again, only hint of any sort of violence we have seen is when a young man was yelling things up in the faces of the sheriff deputies. we have learned now he was yelling threats about burning things down and yelling profanity in the face of a police officer. he was taken into custody. there was a quick skirmish. things calmed down. what we're seeing tonight is peaceful protests. courthouse.s in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you, brad. for the most part things have stayed calm. baltimoreidents in heard of the mistrial in the officer porter's case. kevin lewis is live in city

and hasm baltimore more from his position. kevin? hi, there. throughout the evening we have seen protesters and activists displaying their opinions in a variety of ways. brad was just showing you many using their voices. i want to introduce you to a named paul rucker. paul, you brought into the lawn in front of city hall a display that certainly captured the attention of many. display?the what did it represent? >> i brought a series of coffins. not real coffins. they are musical instruments cases. this is one right here. with american flag. i want people to remember freddie gray was a human being the one on trial today. porter was on trial. a lot of times the victim is on trial. i want to bring attention to

growing over the years and increasing over the years of the people that have been killed by the police, whether it's accidentally or case.lect in this kevin: we have video of what of what the show display looked like when the cityas out in front of hall. what was the response you got from people passing by drawn to display? >> it was unbelievable. they came to display and they shook their head and that the numbers are increasing and they understood what it represented. kevin: in some ways does this convey the point of the message you and many others across?ng to get rather that shouting outside the courthouse? all think it takes delivery method for change. we need people protesting. art.ed people making we need people who are being activists and working on the policy to change things. in order to change any kind of broken system we need to angle.h it from every

>> and this was elaborated, did you come up with the idea today? or had this been in work this piece of art for weeks before? part of a piece about children that were slaves. earlier this year at the creative alliance. early on, in america, children, slaves were as young 5. not many people know that. if you look at the burial ground in trifecta, new york, 15,000 to 30,000 sleighs in tri beca, new york. me samyou say the still holds true with freddie gray. >> we need to see him as a person. we can't see freddie gray as an older adult. youngd to see him as a person. people that need to be held werentable for his death older adults. like porter is like 26. he is an adult. he didn't follow the protocol during a process. not following the procot led

death of freddie gray. there needs to be againstbility held him. kevin: thank you for joining us. rucker, artist/activist that lives in the city of baltimore. out 41 cello and violin cases draped with the theican flag, got them in car to demonstrate the number of people he says being unjustly killed by the police the u.s. send imback to you in the studio. leon: you got it. saying a peaceful demonstration there, we are watching something else with more friction in it on the left of the screen. we'll keep an eye on that scene here. we don't know where this is. downtown area where brad bell set up a while ago. we will keep an eye on this to happens hear. the crowd walking through is scene. goingaid many have been through the area on foot and

bicycles. be a't appear to conflict. we're keep an eye on this. police are at the ready. the baltimore commissioner plans to immediate with the interfaith leaders tonight about the trial and talk about in thiseep the peace all over town. let's get now to horace holmes live in baltimore with that part of the team coverage tonight. horace holmes? arece: i'm in an area you familiar with because i know in april you were here. pennsylvania avenue, north a at the center of the riots. c.v.s. behind me. we are showing video of what happened in april. the c.v.s. behind me is what we saw on air live burning back in april. the death of freddie gray. but now you can see all the people are starting to gather. be a protest, prayer vigil coming off in a few minute here. the police commissioner is expected to come also. people are gathering. this crowd is growing. we are here now with pastor

wesley west. whose church is down the street. watched it all going on. i'm sure a helpless and sad feeling for you. how are you feelings tonight? >> i'm frustrated and i'm about what has taken place in our city. the mistrial today, of course, it's not a not guilty verdict goodowever it's not a sign. horace: people are calm. up through the city. went through baltimore on the thehere and it is calm on street of baltimore. do you feel it will remain that way throughout the night? >> preferably, that is what we are praying for, for peace. we also want justice. whatever it takes to bring about justice in the city. right now. i think that people, the peaceful demonstrations it's important. we don't want the damage, the community.r but we want to get the messag out we will not sit back and

the same thing to happen communities. horace: protest and prayer on the corner of northwest and pennsylvania avenue in baltimore. peaceful night. horace holmes, abc7 news. leon: thank you. let us now how the crowd grows through the coming hours. no surprise that the mitt trial has been a major topic on social media. chris papst has been following that from the newsroom. he has the latest. what are you seeing at this hour? chris: not only are people getting news on social media but they are able to give their opinion. that is what we are seeing here with the freddie gray situation. a lot of emotion tied to the case to what we saw earlier this year. whate are seeing happened today earlier this afternoon. it was a announced mistrial. they took to social media to

give opinions. pulling up the instagrams and the facebook tweets. and we want to show you a couple of them. three of them. saysperson right here, someone is responsible for freddie gray dying. kill himself in a van full of officers. figure it out. a lot of people's messages are here.r to this lady this next one is similar. someonepolice arrest without cause, have the person die in their custody and no responsible? in the third one we have down here, protesters shout "the whole damn system is guilty as hell. -- freddie gray did not die in vain." a retweet. but seeing what is happening on the street of baltimore and taking to social media. to get ae going hashtag and take a look people say a lot of things about

this. a lot of opinions on both sides. will monitor it for the rest of the day and possibly tomorrow and in the future. we have five more trials here, possibly six if officer porter is retried. newsroom, chris papst, abc7 news. leon: thank you. the future trials could turn today. happened we'll be watching it all. stay with us at abc7. we follow any new information in this mistrial. of william porter case. we have updates throughout the newscast. wjla.com alerts on and facebook. still to come on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- and the cyclists pedestrians keeping them safe on local street. details on a new campaign the district. doug: i'm doug hill in belfort furniture weather center. partly cloudy skies now. rain on the way. we have rain tomorrow. still to come on "abc7 news at

leon: tonight we continue to follow breaking news from baltimore where a judge declared a mistrial in the of baltimore police officer william porter. he was charged in the death of freddie gray. the judge declared the mistrial after the jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict of the four charges after deliberating for three days. baltimore city state attorney, officer plans to retrial porter. we're told. the retrial date should be tomorrow. he is first of six baltimore police officers on trial for

the charges in gray's death. if porter's retrial will affect the trial date for the other five officers. nation's terrorism advisory system is being updated. the lowest level called a bulletin is for the general threats. the other two elevated and will be levels activated when there is credible information about a specific threat. public should expect increased presence of law enforcement across communities the weeks ahead. more stringent security should anticipated at public places and events. this may include the heavy presence, additional es on bags. screeninge of technologies. leon: that system took effect today. color coded system is long gone now. the official says the new homelandlevel gives securitymore flexible ways to a -- security more flexible ongoingalert of threat. president obama will visit san

bernardino, california, on friday and meet with the those who died in the terror attacks this month. 14 people were killed. hurt.e married couple opened fire at holiday gathering. the president will hold but is unexpected to appearances.ic he will make that stop on the way to spend christmas in hawaii. muriel bowser and other city officials released an action plan to make the streets safer pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. it's a task force of 30 community groups and residents. the goal is to make the safety and monitor street conditions. they have concern about speeding and too many people are dying as a result of the traffic accidents. >> we have more mode of transportation, more people peopleur roads, more sidewalks. more people riding the bus.

movement period. leon: 24 people died in planic accidents and the is to decrease traffic accidents by 2024. the officials voted to range the rate to .5%. ends seven years to avoid financial crisis. today, the first major bank to the rate. race ofw raise the the rain. >> 100% for tomorrow. 100%.ely see >> close to it. move in and out. by the everything rush hour toorrow it will start clear. this is a beautiful sunrise. up bright and early. shared that.

use it for the backdrop. 41.nd we continue above normal temperatures but not as many as recently. the low.2 is we are seeing the clouds increase from the west. temperatures are cooling down. hagerstown. in leesburg. 48 in baltimore. overnight we see clouds continue to increase from the west and the southwest ahead front. 40 degrees in colder suburbs beltway.ide the there could be showers on the rush hour but most hold it off until 9 zer or 11:00. good news for commuters. to georgia,ming alabama and mississippi. southwest to the region tomorrow.

by we get to 9:30 in the morning most of the steady rain will move in south and west. it may rain heavily. byording to update tomorrow, rain should be decrease by 9:00 tomorrow night. clearing sky develop west ridge. friday.loudy on high of 43. wind chill in 30's. this.not used to monday we will go to 56 shower.and chance of warmer weather tuesday. showers winds. for 70 christmas day. that is the latest.

craze. hotter thanhing that is the caps. robert: but thepy saturdays are not so. they finish off four-game road against the second best team in league. upset?y pull off the thej.

robert: the caps are rolling in ottawa where they won two out of the three. sixthll go for the straight home win in verizon. holtsby playing the way he is, that can happen. the fewesting goals per game in league. in wins with 19. that is probably why they are off to the best start in history. puck drop against ottawa tonight at 6:00. meanwhile, the wizards slide as they finish up the road trip. they finished with the spurs, 25-5. just beat the jazz by 40 points. the last time the wizards bradley bealurs, beat them with a last-second three. this time there is no bradley bale. football, redskins back at work to prepare for the bills

sunday. but the skins are in driver's 67. at back on the field know youing they control the destiny. the final games there is no question they will be in the playoff. can it be comforting? some.hought, to ricky doesn't want to think far ahead. >> don't think about what is at stake or when you first play. or the division title. is remind us. remind us to win this game here. an importance. don't think this is the division. if we lose this we have to wait for giants to do this or dallas to do this. we don't want to go through that. take care of what we can control. robert:on the injury front, jackson missed fraction with a kneecap. jay gruden said he is optimistic that jackson will sunday.

he is very needed. leon: it's unusual to see the skins practicing in short sleeves a week before christmas. doug: wouldn't be different if buffalo. in robert: keep it going! forecast.t item the cloudy skies roll in night. rain is likely. the steadiest rain move in metro to the end or after the morning rush. sunshine is breezier weather for friday. 48 degrees. saturday, party louddy. wind chill will come to play. times.ke the 30's at we will have an update on the timing to the rain and the 11:00. tonight at leon: we keep an eye on the outlook in baltimore for you throughout the evening at

breaking news tonight. the mistrial just declared in baltimore. a hung jury in the freddie gray case. the first of six officers charged with gray's death, after that controversial ride in a police van. tonight, the protests and police urging calm. also, at this hour, the swelling crowds for donald trump tonight, after some opponents came out swinging. and what trump is promising now. the dangerous evacuation. passengers injured as they're raced off the plane. the jet going off the taxi way. the economy tonight. the major headline involving your credit cards and your mortgage. and what you should do right now with interest rates going up. and "star wars" blocbuster sales. will it break a record? harrison ford and carrie fisher both here tonight. what we never knew about the first "star wars" and what she