as the recording shows, beebo's intent was not to harm anyone. he was right to say there are so many who loved him. >> reporter: be,ebo is the nickname the family gave him. before giving the statement, the family said a prayer. they said it is the faith that is helping them. christine and dave. >> kyung lah. thank you. >>> baltimore police say an officer caught on video beating a man has resigned. the video from saturday is disturbing. for 12 seconds, you can see the officer pummeling the man been h pinning him to the ground. this started when the officers approached him to speak to him. officers are required to do that anytime they make contact with a citizen. the situation escalated when the man refused to provide identification. baltimore's police commissioner is deeply disturbed by the incident. >>> terrifying moments inside a las vegas clothing shop. a security guard fired a gun at the manager. police say it started over the weekend when the guard had an argument with his boss. he left the store and returned with a handgun. he tried to shoot

as the recording shows, beebo's intent was not to harm anyone.s right in saying there are so many people who loved him. >> reporter: beebo is a family name for him. before giving the statement, the family said a prayer. they said it is the faith that is helping them. christine and dave. >> kyung lah. thank you. >>> baltimore police say an officer caught on video beating a man has resigned. a warning, the video from saturday is disturbing. for 12 seconds, you see the officer pummeling the man before pinning him to the ground with an arm across his neck. the incidents -- incident began when the officers approached him to speak to him. officers are required to do that anytime they make contact with a citizen. the situation escalated when the man refused to provide identification. baltimore's police commissioner is disturbed. >>> to california, firefighters making progress on the holy fire. the blaze, we are told is 41% contained. authorities have lifted evacuation orders in lake elsinore. more than 11,000 people are remaining under mandatory evacuat

it may seem difficult for those watching at home to believe, but beebo was a warm, compassionate man. a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. this is a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events. the fbi say they are working alongside agents from the national transportation safety board to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, but they believe richard russell was the only person on board. the nobel prize winning author, sir vs naipaul, has died at the age of 85. his best—known books include a house for mr biswas, a bend in the river and in a free state, which won the booker prize. born in trinidad to an indian father, many of his works focused on the traumas of post—colonial change. the author, paul theroux, said vs naipaul had been "one of the greatest writers of our time". the writer, playwright and broadcaster — farrukh dhondy — is a close friend of vs naipaul. he‘s been sharing some of his memories... i really got to know him when the bbc called me and said,

a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone, because he was kind and gentle to eacherson he met. a clamp—down on dangerous cyclists, but campaigners say government plans are simply skirting round the edge of road safety. it has been 60 years in the making, but will it finally be lift—off for nasa's daring mission to the sun? dina does the double. asher—smith sprints to gold in the 200 metres at the european championships, to add to her 100 title. and the competition is intense as we take on the paralympic champion in boccia. cani can i get you to move forward a little bit? certainly. sorry, david, amlin little bit? certainly. sorry, david, am i in your way? good morning, well, it is not as cold as it was this time yesterday, but there is a good reason for that. it is particularly heavy across wales in south—west england, but most areas will see some wet weather at some point today. i will have the full forecast coming up a little bit later on. it is sunday 12 august. our top story: the family of the airport worker who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airpo

it may seem difficult for those watching at home to believe, but beebo was a warm, compassionate man. encompass who he was ina it is impossible to encompass who he was in a press release. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone, because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. this is a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events. the fbi say they are working alongside agents from the national transportation safety board to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, but they believe richard russell was the only person on board. a new offence of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling is to be considered by the government, in an effort to improve road safety. it would see cyclists who kill pedestrians treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers. but campaigners say the consultation launched today is just tinkering around the edges and a full review of road—traffic offences is needed. simonjones reports. kim briggs was knocked over by a cyclist in london in 2016. sh

. >> friends and family called richard russell beebo, say he never wanted to hurt anyone. >> just did a loop de loop. >> says despite the video of the 29-year-old doing stunts in the plane he stole, there's so much more to the man they called beebo. >> on behalf of the family we're stunned and heartbroken. may seem difficult to believe but warm and compassionate man. >> worked at airline more than three years, handled baggage, worked on tow line. taking off from seatac airport and performing aerobattics while tried to convince him to land. >> flying around, needs help controlling his aircraft. >> not that much help, played video games before. >> owned by horizon air, part of alaska airlines. talking to air traffic controllers offered clues about state of mind. >> got a lot of people that care about me. it's going to disappoint them since they knew i did this. >> did not have a pilot's license, joked with controllers about his skills. flanked by fighter jets. russell, who is married, told controllers the plane was running low on fuel, crashed on small island in puget sound 30 miles fro

it may seem difficult for those watching at home to believe, but beebo was a warm, compassionate man. a press release. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. this is a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events. the fbi say they are working alongside agents from the national transportation safety board to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, but they believe richard russell was the only person on board. cornwall is "struggling to cope" with "unprecedented mass tourism" this summer according to visit cornwall, the county's tourist board. it said that it has actively stopped promoting two beaches because of problems caused by overcrowding. porthcurno beach and kynance cove, traditionally quieter beauty spots, have seen an influx of visitors after social media promotion. local people said traffic gridlock was making some communities unsafe. malcolm bell, the chief executive of visit cornwall, told me why he thought the

"beebo" was a warm, compassionate man. >> reporter: as he criss-crossed the seattle area, controllers urged russell to pay attention to his direction, fuel and speed. >> man, have you been to the olympics? these guys are gorgeous, holy smokes. >> yeah, i have been out there. it's always a nice drive. >> reporter: eyewitnesses saw the plane flying erratically and uncharacteristically low. two f-15 military fighter jets scrambled to intercept it. the "horizon air" turbo prop -- known as a q400 -- is a $32 million aircraft. the 76-seat plane took off from sea-tac at 7:32 pm. air traffic controllers lost contact with him at 8:47 pm. during that time, sea-tac, the country's ninth busiest airport, delayed 75 flights, diverted 9 flights to other airports, and five flights were cancelled. russell was killed when the plane crashed onto a remote island in the puget sound: >>> we came out by boat to see for ourselves what the crash site looks like on ketron island, but it is so thick with forest you can't see from the water that a plane even went down here. >> the doors in airplanes are not keye

beebo was a warm, compassionate man.ithful husband, a loving son and a good friend. >> reporter: airline officials say of course russell was allowed to be around airplanes as part of his job. but they say they are taking a look at whether security procedures need to be changing. clayton sandell, abc news, seattle. >>> a highway patrol officer was killed in a crash on interstate 80 80. he died on friday. the officer was a 19-year veteran of the department. some vacaville streets were shut down yesterday as law enforcement officers escorted his body to the funeral home. "the vacaville reporter" posted this picture on its facebook page. a memorial fund has been set up on his credit union. go to abc7news.com for a link to donate. you can show your support through this facebook badge that we've created. just go to the abc 7 news facebook page and you can share it. >>> new this morning, crews have fully contained a wildfire in the fairfield area that forced evacuations. the nelson fire burned 2,100 acres and destroyed a home i

"beebo," his family called him, describing richard russell as a warm and compassionate man.voice of richardrussell: "i've got a lot of people that care about me, and uhh... it's gonna disappoint them to hear that i did this."before pulling off an aerial stunt and after gently refusing air traffic control's attempts to convince him to land the stolen plane safely, russell apologized to the people he thought he was disappointing.voice of richard russell: "just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it, until now."the n-t-s-b said sunday the crash took russell through several lines of 100-foot-high trees.crews recovered the flight data recorder over the weekend; the n-t-s-b expects it to arrive in washington, d-c, on tuesday for analysis.russell posted a video on youtube last year about his job working as a ground service agent for horizon air. officials say it's that job that enabled him to tow the plane out of a maintenance area and take off -- without authorization -- from seattle-tacoma international airport on friday.the pierce county sheriff's department describ

. >> reporter: some of those friends just saw the guy they called beebo at their tenth high school reunion. one of them saying he appeared in good spirits. >> thank you. >>> in baltimore, the brutal beating of a man by a police officer is drawing new attention to the issue of police conduct tonight. it happened only yesterday, and the officer involved has been suspended. the incident recorded on video by a friend of the man who was beaten. we get more from nbc's morgan radford. >> reporter: a harrowing moment caught on camera. a bystander recording as two baltimore police officers approach a man shouting. as one officer strikes him on the chest. moments later, a flurry of punches. the officer tackling him to the ground where he lay bleeding on the concrete. the man, 26-year-old deshone mcgreer. >> it was so dehumanizing, demeaning. this wasn't an arrest. this was a beat down. >> reporter: in a statement, the baltimore police department says the officer has been on the force for just over a year and that the incident escalated when mcgreer refused to show his i.d. his lawyer says the same o

>> officials want to know how and why richard "beebo" russell took a plane for a joy ride before crashing it on an island near seattle before killing himself. >> would call this a wakeup call for the airlines. >> captain ross aimer is a united airline pilot. he said there was nothing stopping him from getting to the plane as an employee. >> i was quite surprised that a person that claims to have had only background in video games was able to start this airplane, taxi it out, and actually take off and do those maneuvers. >> i think i'm going to try to do a barrel roll. >> robert reeves trained with russell. >> you don't get taught about how do the engines but you pick it up like how the buttons in the cockpit work. >> he spoke with russell on a regular basis. he added he was one of the hardest working employees there. now, anne-marie, aviation experts are predicting this incident will lead to changes including tighter background checks for all airport workers. anne-marie? >> i bet. john schiumo here in new york. thanks a lot, john. >>> well, fired presidential adviser omarosa manigault-new

a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone, because he was kind and gentle to eachts, but campaigners say government plans are simply skirting round the edge of road safety. it has been 60 years in the making, but will it finally be lift—off for nasa's daring mission to the sun? dina does the double.

family members refer to him as beebo. they say they are not in heartbroken. they say russell was a warm and compassionate man. those close to him described him as a faithful husband, loving son and a good friend. >> it may seem difficult for those two watching at home, the trend i was a warm compassionate man. it was impossible to encompass who he was in a press release. he was a faithful husband, loving son and a good friend. reporter: we know the fbi has 30 to 40 people here on the ground and ntsb is supporting none with any. they are working to get the black box and that could shed some more light on how this all happened and what exactly happened during the very dangerous joy ride. they have released statements thinking air traffic controllers in traffic controllers and the pilots who they say did an incredible job. liz appeared liz: thank you so much. appreciate it. leland: a live look right now as one speaker at the podium at the shut it down protests here in washington. the latest from that rally and from the unite the right rally as they unfold your d

"beebo," his family called him, describing richard russell as a warm and compassionate man.voice of richard "i've got a lot of people that care about me, and uhh... it's gonna disappoint them to hear that i did this."before pulling off an aerial stunt and after gently refusing air traffic control's attempts to convince him to land the stolen plane safely, russell apologized to the people he thought he was disappointing.voice of richard russell: "just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it, until now."the n-t-s-b said sunday the crash took russell through several lines of 100-foot-high trees.crews recovered the flight data recorder over the weekend; the n-t-s-b expects it to arrive in washington, d-c, on tuesday for analysis.russell posted a video on youtube last year about his job working as a ground service agent for horizon air. officials say it's that job that enabled him to tow the plane out of a maintenance area and take off -- without authorization -- from seattle-tacoma international airport on friday.the pierce county sheriff's department described russe

a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone because he was kind and gentle to each personis a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events and jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. >> martha: he said himself there are people who care about me who are going to be so disappointed in what i am doing. this is a tragedy this family but raises questions. about a terrorist who gets a job working at an airport could do the same thing with disastrous results for other people. >> that's true. how could someone steal an airplane. it's easy to steal an airplane. they not set up to have large amounts of security. the airport has security. in fact this airport added additional screening to have a badge to number that air. the airplanes are not that hard to fly. many airports don't have that level of security. someone could walk on the air field and get in an airplane and fly it. it's not that surprising. i will say one word of caution when people are nervous about this, this was a person who didn't have any red flag. he didn't have something in h