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assault weapon. >> repor confirmed by news 4 a howard university alum shot in the hea whi demanding just frs michael brown. th governor of missouri calls i a war zone now. tonight i no sign that it is letting up. >> here is what we know right now. the protests continue on the streets er msour followi shooting of an unarmed k teenager there. despite e violence no military resoues will be sent in but the sta highway patrol will take over security in ferguson tonight meanwhie rallies are plann h in the district and across e country amid calls for juic >> war team coverage. we beginh ay on the ground fonmissouri. >> repor the anger and anxie continues to build in fergusongh now. >> it's a powder keg. we all recognize that. >> repo: the city's police chief talked about the ongoing chaosga today but later than he had planned.
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tensionfl a protess initially took control microphones. after a fourth straight night of violen between protesters and police -- >> each t this goes on people are getting more restles >> rep pnt who met wh aney general eric holder e on vacation in marths ey called for calm on bo sides. >> now is the time for healing and peace and calm on the stree of ferguson. now is t time for an open and transre process. >> missouri's governor heard from angry residents. >> the police have no respect at all for e community. >> repor later the governor announce a shift in strategy turni c of security over to the state highway patrol. >> i grew up here and this is my communi and my home and therefor means a lot to me persona we break this cycle of violence and build
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trust. >poerl officers on the groure again gearing up for what could be another rough night understanding wh has already happened here. >> last night we started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us and then a molotov cocktail and gun fire went off. >> repor cce about what could c next. there no curfew in place and no indicn from protesters that they plan to take a step back. jay grayc news, ferguson, missou >> two of the most frightening pictures local connections. one is th picture of a howard univeit gr who says she was shot whi protesting peacell kristing continues our team coverage from howard where another ral is about to begin. >> repor howard university is setting up for a prayer vigil happen tonight for michael brown and also a former student.
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calming the violence in fergusons former howaruntyu maya white wa h in the protest. this picture is posted to her instaamaccount. white appears to be in an ambulan head wrapped in a bandage >> we are having a prayer vigil in support michael brown and of maya white, the howard alum who graduated and is injured as part of this. >> repor white was very active campus. the uner confirms she is recover a missouri hospitatonht meanwle picture taken by howard tsinval their has up in protest. studen s the photograph is phase one >> putting our head together to formutet the next plan of action is we are taking it a day at a time. >>eptth prayer vigil starts t at 8:30 on campus here on the yard and the public
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is invited to attend. live at howard university, kristinwright, news 4. and journalists caught in the css fire. a tv news crew was hit with tear gas last night. they ran away and left equipment behind. pe moved in and took down the ligh and cameras. in a separate incident two reporte including one from the "washingpore arrested briefly. >> the reporters say they were assault arrested and released like nothing happened after other journalists started calli asking questions. both wk here in d.c. last night they were in ferguson worki out of a mcdonald's near the protest. one says officers came in and told them they had to leave becau tpo didn't think it was safe. he was taking cell phone video of the rs o hd and packing up with the other. he said that made the officers
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angry an things got out of hand. >> awe tried to make our way out i got conflicting informatn t whh door to go to. as i turned around i dn'wa the oic to think i was trying to stall. i kept walking i said i need to pause for a second to rdjt it. they s let's take him and put me in handcuffs and restraints all t w yelling at me to stop resisting as i was yelling i'm not resisting. you can arrest me i'm fine. i'm not going to resist. stop resisting which was horrifyi >> he sa the officers took them to the police station and processebu released without being charged. no one would give them the names of the officers who arrested them. > reporters covering the protest are taking steps to protect themselves against more tear gas. our affiliate in st. louis
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proseti has rested. a arrested for shooting a d.c. police officer was in court today. tonight are looking into his crimina as police continue to lo for the guys who were with him. reactn from the widower of a navy yvi >> i can picture how it went down my mind. >> why he says it took hours before he was told what really happed. >>epte roadwork is happeni here but a little too close to home for some over here. will project impact you? i'm adam tuss. the st coming up. welcome to september. wait, it not september. it is stl august but temperat like it overnigh avere 70 degrees. tonight 61 in d.c. 50s in the outlying areas. some locations dropping 30 degrees overnight. how lo will itram moderator.
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todd becomes the 11th host for the pro which is the longest runningh in television history andrea mitchell will moderate this sunday's edition of "meet the press" here on news 4. von is here with a look at the weather forecast. more won august weather. some clouds here and there. >> behind the weatherfront proving with e clouds, very cool conditions overnight. cooles abt two weeks. we ha se the waves of cool move throh all summer long here we go again. outside you see more cloud cover hanginon. we took a look at that and just as the numbers had been for the summer. 45%, nearly 50% of our summer we have seen the high temperature belowa news 4.
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we're staying on top of a trench e potomac, maryland twworkers trapped but said to be alert and breathing. we will get le po fm the s i exploding.
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>> why did it take so long to find outt happened to his wife th day? why did others live so long with so mu uncertainty that day. tonigh 11 the investigion into mmio gap on this major local military base and what could be done to preve t from happening again. oulre gh at 11:00 >> k scott. the trip back home to the united states started in war torn afghani and then it was on to dov air force base. tonig t body of major general harold green is at rest in arlington. his de marking the highest ranking ic member killed in combat since vietnam. david cr to show us how the mitamonhonored this fallen officer. >> major general harold green was highly decorated, resume reflecti4 yrs of service to his country. he was a husband and
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for whatever reason the dirt wall collapsed. >> just one last question. can youl us anything about the two men who were trapped? >> they were part of the crew, there we a number of other workers involved, as well. it is early on. we are focused on the rescue mission g now. i don't have any details of what may hav l up to it. >> we appreciate your time and your effa your help. we hope those guys get out of there as quickly as possible. thanks. thanks.
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