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welcome to "world news tonight." anger on the streets of america. demonstrators clash with officers. nearly 200 people arrested. highways blocked. police using smoke bombs. growing outrage over the deadly police shootings of two black men. >> you're under arrest. plus, the activist posting live video of his own arrest. the shooter's journal. new details about the gunman in dallas. his extensive notes describing a plan of attack. the final, cryptic message he left behind. split-second decision. the hero mother wounded. using herself as a shield to protect her son. tonight, her emotional story. death in the ring. the spanish bullfighter gored on live tv. the first to die in 30 years. his heartbroken wife watching in the stands.
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the delta jet diverted. sickened passengers rushed off the plane. how did dangerous fumes get into the cabin? good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the wave of anger and grief sweeping across america tonight. nearly two dozen officers hurt in st. paul, minnesota. the huge crowd going across the interstate. and protesters clashing with police in baton rouge. and deray mckesson
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footage while he's being arrested. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tonight -- a nation nearing it's boiling point. protestors being tackled in the streets. police tasing this man. a demonstration overnight in st. paul, minnesota, turning violent. protestors throwing fireworks at police. clashes in the chaos. authorities say some protestors threw rocks and even molotov cocktails. the crowd shutting down an interstate. police using smoke bombs to clear out demonstrators. 21 officers were hurt. 102 protesters were arrested. >> this is not about grief, this is not about protest, this is about rioting, this is about violence. >> reporter: in baton rouge, angry confrontations. >> we are not trying to start any violence, but sooner or later if something doesn't happen, violence going to come behind this. >> reporter: more than 100 arrested. deray mckesson, a member of the black lives matter movement, live streaming the moment police handcuffed him.
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>> they're arresting deray. >> reporter: the anger ignited by those shootings of two black men by police. on tuesday night, that close-up killing caught on camera in louisiana. alton sterling losing his life. on wednesday philando castale, a black man shot and killed in the driver's seat of his car after two cops pulled him over in minnesota. the protests are now spreading. cities from coast to coast, marching in solidarity. there have been peaceful protests today, and they're expected to continue through the night. which is when the tempers have flared the most. >> thank you. and the country also mourning the deaths of five police officers shot in dallas. the gunman trying to
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final message in his own blood. a memorial to the fallen five officers growing by the hour. here's matt gutman with new details. >> reporter: tonight, new details of the shooter's plan and his delusion coming into focus. including plans for a far more devastating plot than thursday's ambush. >> the suspect had been practicing explosive detonations, and that the materials were such that it was large enough to have devastating effects throughout our city and our north texas area. >> reporter: micah johnson lived in this middle class home, where the fbi found an arsenal of bomb making materials, guns, and a journal. >> in this journal are the tactics he employed in killing people. >> repor
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14 people at a peaceful black lives matter protest thursday. was it just a target of opportunity? to hasten his plan? >> he used it as an opportunity to leapfrog his plan. >> reporter: he took up a sniper's perch in this parking garage, officers below hemmed in by protesters, were easy targets. police saying johnson, an army vet, used his military training during that ambush. five officers losing their lives. >> we now know that police had trapped him on the second floor of this college. >> we had negotiated with him for about two hours. and he just basically lied to us, playing games, laughing at us, singing, asking how many did he get and that he wanted to kill some more. >> reporter: johns
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wounded. >> we believe that he wrote in his own blood on the wall. >> reporter: the police chief then gave the s.w.a.t. team the go-ahead to send in a robot with a bomb, an unprecedented move, saying it likely prevented more deaths. do you think that decision was warranted? >> i believe it was, it saved lives. >> and we're learning new details about the moment the bomb went off? >> reporter: yes, there were people inside the building when the s.w.a.t. team detonated the bomb, but all of them were safely evacuated a little bit later. >> thanks. and a candlelight vigil for the fallen officers will
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the president returning home from a trip early. h saying demonstrators attacking police sets them back. >> it's a reprehensible crime and needs to be prosecuted. and the crisis in america having an impact on the race for president. eight days until the republican convention. and hillary clinton expected to receive her long-awaited endorsement from bernie sanders this week. here's david wright. >> reporter: after a bloody week of gun violence, today donald trump accused the president of living in a fantasy world. "look what is happening to our country under the weak
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tweeted. "president obama thinks the nation is not as divided as people think. he is living in a world of make believe." as early as this week, trump is expected to choose his running mate. among the candidates being vetted, retired army general michael flynn. flynn is a registered democrat. and when abc's martha raddatz asked him about abortion -- >> i think women have to be able to choose. >> reporter: he gave an answer that the conservative wing of the party won't accept. trump has struggled to articulate his own views on the issue. >> i am strongly for choice, and yet, i hate the concept of abortion. >> reporter: more recently, trump veered sharply to the other extreme. >> there has to be some form of punishment. >> reporter: later, trump backtracked on that. this week, hillary clinton may finally get the endorsement of her only rival for the nomination. abc news has learned clinton and bernie sanders are discussing a possible joint appearance this week in new hampshire.
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brought the presidential process to a pause. but now, the republican convention is just over a week away, and the debate will resume in earnest. tom? >> thank you. now, a passenger plane being forced to land in virginia. karen travers has the story. >> reporter: tonight -- a midair mystery. delta flight 1817 is halfway from atlanta to denver when the pilot radios for help. >> service delta, as we said, we need assistance at the gate. yes. >> you do need assistance? okay, thank you. >> reporter: a dozen passengers complaining of nausea, dizziness and rapid heart rates. >> people started hitting their red buttons. same thing was happening to three or four
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throwing up violently. >> reporter: the plane making an emergency landing in tulsa, oklahoma. paramedics ready to assist. the tulsa fire department telling abc news a few of the sick passengers showing slightly elevated carbon monoxide levels. >> this is isn't a ground service problem. something problematic was happening with one or more of the engines. >> reporter: a hazmat team inspecting the plane, but with the doors open the carbon monoxide levels drop back normal. those sick passengers also back to normal after some fresh air. delta airlines tells abc news technicians are checking out that plane, but tom, there's still no answer as to what caused the carbon monoxide vels in those passengers to spike. tom? >> karen, thank you. now to the dangerous storms breaking out in parts of the country tonight. heavy downpours blinding drivers in alabama. and in california, firefighters battling a huge wildfire north of los angeles.
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being forced from their homes. >> reporter: tonight, 18 large wildfires raging in the west across eight states. in santa clarita, california, this brush fire engulfing the hillside, forcing nearly 2,000 residents from their homes. dry conditions and strong winds making the battle fierce for firefighters. in boulder county, colorado, this blaze at 330 acres. already ravaging three homes. one, belonging to a firefighter on the front lines. at the same time, storms soaking the midwest. overnight, torrential downpours drenching parts of texas, knocking down trees and causing flash flooding north of dallas. and hail pounding minnesota. some the size of tennis balls. spotted in north dakota. >> and rob is here with the forecast. lots of severe weather, right? >> 70-mile-an-hour
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eastern montana, fargo, more coming tonight. and minneapolis to des moines and omaha, can't rule out an isolated tornado. and fire dangwarnings for california, and the heat, denver hitting 100 for the first time in two years. that's hot. >> thank you. overseas, the gruesome sight on live tv, a famous matador, killed. gloria riviera on the reactions from spain. >> reporter: at first, top matador victor barrio, stares down his opponent. a bull weighing more than 1,000 pounds. the crowd, including his young wife sitting in the stands, watching every flick of his
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wrist. but in an instant, tragedy unfolds. barrio gored and violently tossed in the air. while the horrific scene is broadcast live on television, barrio is still on the ground. the other bullfighters trying to distract the animal so they can rush barrio away. but the bull's horn sliced through his chest. barrio, just 29 years old, died at the hospital soon after. the first matador killed in the ring in spain in more than 30 years. his wife raquel sanz said to be devastated. later tweeting, "i have no words. my life is gone. i have no strength." while bull fighting is seen by some as an historic part of spain's cultural identity, critics view it as barbaric. two regions have banned it. condolences have been pouring in for barrio. his wife, thanking well wishers and saying she hopes her husband is in a better place. tom? >> gloria, thank you.
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he's denying the allegations, and tonight some famous tv women are coming to his defense. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: the case against fox news chief roger ailes widening tonight. ailes telling her, allegedly, you have to lay with the big boys if you want to play with the big ones. four other women in the new york magazine article wish to remain anonymous. the allegations coming
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gretchen carlson filed a lawsuit saying he ended her fox contract after these actions. tonight, several female fox anchors are coming to his defense, including maria bartiromo. and ailes' attorneys are asking for confidential arbitration, but carlson's attorneys are asking for a public trial. tom? >> thank you. tonight, the emotional story. and later, the race against time after a girl falls into a deep well. how the dramatic rescue played out.
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>> coming up at 6:30, a deadly assault after our car plunges into the potomac river. one person escapes and tells authorities about to others trapped inside the sinking car. new details about who helped crews find the wreckage. >> they had no regard for their own lives. >> an emotional look into the ambush in dallas from a shooting survivor. as we learn new details about the gun man's final moments. plus, a break from the stifling heat. sh night lets us know how long the comfortable air will stick around. your side.7 news on >> two people are dead after a car careens out

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