craig ellingson, brandon's father: "so, it's the start of justice for brandon." he says the whistle blowing of retired trooper randy henry helped balance out the testimony, which the family felt was unfairly stacked against brandon. nov. 25/randy henry, retired trooper: "i said, 'tony, i was going to support you through all this, but i said, you're lying to me. i said, 'we're done, i'm not going to support you at all, you killed this kid and now you're lying about it. you're not very remorseful if craig ellingson, brandon's father: "they were afraid he was going to muddy up the water because he wasn't going to tell....he was going to tell the truth. they didn't want the murros talking, who were actually witnesses out on the water, they wouldn't let any of the girls talk." it's a tragedy he felt could have easily been avoided. craig ellingson, brandon's father: "and i think brandon felt safe with that cop because he was a cop, and you know, serve and protect. you know, he's going to take care of me and he was going to get fined and that was going to be it, and he

brandon. little love for you today whats was pletcher 2 5th birth day. >> i didn't give him anything yet. he got sight today and man eight tackles >> i look around nfc east. jumping to 5 point league cowboys tough draw visiting packers at lambo. green bay bust today wide on. james stark. 30 yard touchdown run. packers take it 28 to 7 and nfc seeingt still not pretty but eagles still tied atonight division for redskins and washington visits in two weeks and ghints miami tomorrow nigh night. brandon if i told you beginning of this season 6-7 after week 14 would lead division what would you have thought. >> blowing smoke. that is not our goal our goal to win as many as we can. esnn sal pal teeno has insight. after owner in the locker room toll the team to play answerin answeringy. as he was coming out of coach's office talking to chip kelly jeffery lurie grabbed me and said did you see the tee shirts i gave the tem 53 angry men i think we have something going there. in the locker room after the g

brandon, thank you so much.nce again the eagles lost to the redskins yesterday and they'll not make the employoffs and taking on the giants in meadow plans next week. that will do it tonight. for the entire sports sunday crew i'm ducis rogers thanks for watching see you back here crew i'm ducis rogers thanks for watching see you back here next week i'm karen rogers. and i'm alicia vitarelli. tonight on fyi philly. outfits to save the day! 2015 is coming to a close...we tap local designers to ring in the new year in style! they look so fresh! 'tis the season for pies and we're digging in! its christmas it's what it's all about. we meet a local family whose dazzling light display has gone nationwide. we check out a new show for the new year. wow this is pretty cool. and hit the city and suburbs with a massive list of things to do. hi everyone and happy holidays! we are at our 6abc studios. and it is gloriously decked out for the season.they say home ist is, that's why we're here and that's why, when it came time t

>> he's nice. >> stephen: brandon niederauer over here-- brandon-- can we get a light up on brandon? brandon is in your new show-- let's put that up there-e- "school of rock" which opens december 6. ( cheers and applause ) >> he's something, that kid, he really is. >> stephen: yeah, he's amazing, he's incredible. are you having a good time in the "school of rock," brandon? >> yeah! >> yeah, he'd better say that... >> stephen: that's show business, right there. well, i'm an enormous fan, too; have been since i was about that age, over there. you are the composer of "joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat," "jesus christ superstar," "evita," "cats," "starlight express," "phantom of the opera," "sunset blvd." you've had the hits, you have the oscar, the golden globe, the seven tonies, three grammies; a sir and then a lord-- is lord better than sir? >> it's very difficult to say. you try saying lord lloyd webber. it is a nightmare . just forget it. >> stephen: is it-- it's like alfred lord tennyson, is it lord lloyd webber? or lloyd lord webber? >> i will get it wrong particularly

four months after brandons death ... trooper piercy claimed he had never been taught how to use life jackets and a "it's tough to live everyday because i have to walk by his room everyday and see he's not there." during the investigation, allegations of a coverup between the missouri state patrol and special investigator amanda grellner surfaced... "the people that were trying to cover up and protect anthony piercy need to exposed also."grellner then removed herself from the ellingson case and was replaced by william seay... it's been nothing but a cover up since the beginning."now...afte r nearly two years of fighting for the truth...brandon's father says he can find some closure " i think brandon's smiling down on us and appreciates what we are doing and we are not going to quit until we get justice." piercy turned himself into been placed on leave without pay. the lawsuits after their son's death... one patrol, the other coroner's office. both are pending.. authorities are still waiting to learn the cause of a death o

the night team's brandon gunnoe in boston with more. brandon? >> kim: adam, this happened here when everybody was at work. somebody saw this man drop that package off and they then called police. police were everywhere as the bomb squad worked to detonate that device. >> oh, my god. >> wow. [explosion]. >> brandon: bomb techs blew up a suspicious suitcase in the middle of the financial district. >> it was pretty loud. and that's still unsettling for a lot of people, especially with happens right down from where you work. >> brandon: police say 350-year-old james derepentigny dropped the suitcase by the rear tire of a marked homeland security vehicle in boston friday morning and could be seen leaving the area in a hurry. wires and a power source which drew their attention. >> brandon: five hours later he was arrested at gunpoint in lawrence by a single officer but wouldn't say a word about why he >> he said, "i'm not going to say anything without a lawyer," he was talking about the weather. >> brandon: the blast was controlled but it surprised ev

in the newsroom, brandon gunnoe, 7news. >> nancy: brandon, thank you. we will bring you the president's address live here on 7 nbc. we'll carry the entire address starting at 8:00, and once the president is finished, we'll head out the pittsburgh for sunday night football between the steelers and the colts. >> nick: also on 7, a babysitter from forever facing alarming accusations. police say he beat a four-year-old child he was hired to take care of. 7's kelley o'hara live in dartmouth with more on what we know right now. kelley, the main question now, is there any update on the child's condition. >> kelley: nick, that little girl is doing okay. she's just fine. police tell us she was taken to the hospital but later released and is now safe at home with her parents. but this is the man that police tell us in dartmouth is responsible for attacking that little girl. richard pinheiro, they arrested him last wednesday and charged him with assault and battery on that child. we're told this all happened last week. sitting several children at the apartment of

our justin surrency spoke to brandon ellingson's father. justin.... joins us first on 13 with more...justin? missouri state patrolman anthony piercy has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors say he improperly handled the arrest of clive's brandon ellingson directly leading to his death... wrecklessly

steve: a big development in the brandon ellingson case tonight. arrested the clive man now facing involuntary manslaughter kcci's ryan smith live tonight with reaction from brandon's ryan, this has been a long-awaited announcement for the family. ryan: steve, 18 months after the drowning death on the lake of the ozarks, brandon's father tells me this validates his long and oftentimes frustrating fight for justice in the case. craig: it's a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of tears. i miss my son. ryan: craig ellingson tonight relieved someone is being held accountable for his son's drowning. a missouri special prosecutor announcing an involuntary manslaughter charge for trooper anthony piercy. william seay spent 2015 reviewing new evidence in the case. william: i reviewed, in its reports -- records with regard to mr. piercy's training and expertise. ryan: piercy admits he put the wrong lifejacket on brandon, who went overboard in a patrol boat handcuffed in may 2014. while a missouri jury ruled brandon's death accidental, his family continued to

that night brandon went to the emergency room. the medical report from that evening states that he had pneumonia and a white area inside his mouth that appeared to be peeling. and my brother went home and he put on facebook that he was scared to go to sleep. and he didn't wake up the next day. brandon's autopsy report found that he had non-toxic doses of methadone and an anti-depressant in his system. it attributed his death to a combination of a drug overdose and pneumonia. despite the autopsy report, brandon's family believes that his death was work-related. >> what do you think killed him? >> i think it was the chemicals. i've never seen anybody's throat swell up, or their whole entire face swell up the way that his did. >> osha issued the company a citation for failing to test the space for hazardous atmospheric conditions and another for failing to train their employees. >> the company wasn't doing atmospheric testing. this is the very beginning of the safety program especially with regards to confined space. you gotta know w

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in may of 20-14, brandon ellingson drowned while in handcuffs at lake of the ozarks after being fitted with the wrong life jacket... justin surrency has the story, first on thirteen... it's a good thing but it's been coming for a long time."new information aims to overturn missouri state trooper anthony piercy's innocence in the may 20-14 drowning of brandon ellingson... " i've filed the charge of involuntary manslaughter against anthony piercy today" for the ellingsons, a death clouded in mystery is beginning to surface... "anthony piercy deserves what he's getting and he'll have his day in court but he knows what he did missouri state patrol for allegedly boating while intoxicated...witnesses say a handcuffed ellingson was wearing a life jacket that wasnt fitted he fell out of the boat and drowned... " i have charged him with months after brandons death ... trooper piercy claimed he had never been taught how to use life jackets and a accidental... "it's tough to live everyday because i have to walk by his room everyday and see he's not there." during the investigation, allegations of

brandon gunnoe, 7news. >> he looks thrilled. >> brandon has the better which hewy hair than that guy did. >> it's a compliment. really. >> brandon has which hubakka hair. >> for a happen that's a very good thing. >> i'll keep that in mind. >> coming up. next grade jedi born in minimum chester. we'll introduce you to a little boy given a unique name inspired by the "star wars" premier tonight. >> plus david ortiz back in boston and talking about his plans to >> all right. so hours before the latest "star wars" movie debuts, a jedi is born in winchester. this is little baby reiker. he has a unique and timely middle name. jedi that's the middle name. good stuff, right. >> and new at 6:00. his parents are talking about the decision to use the force when picking his name. 7's jonathan hall live in winchester with more. hey, guys, you're going to be some big fans to do this. mom and dad had been together with this idea, even when their first they decided as the cue data approached if this baby was born on the opening date for the "star wars" movie it would have to be a sign and they would

a big development friday in the brandon ellingson case. the missouri state trooper who arrested the clive man is now facing and voluntary manslaughter charges. trooper anthony piercy is off the job without pay. he turned himself in to a mid-missouri county jail friday, 18 months after that deadly day on the lake of the ozarks. is this the day you've been waiting for? >> it's the part of the journey. ryan: a journey craig ellingson says has taken far too long. 18 months after his son drowned on the lake of the ozarks, the trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> based on what he did to my son, and his wreckless abandonment and gross negligence, and what he did to brandon obviously shows what kind of human being he was. ryan: anthony piercy admits he put the wrong lifejacket on brandon, who went overboard, handcuffed. while a missouri jury ruled brandon's death accidental, his family continued to push for criminal charges. he knows that we're doing justice for him, and he's happy about that. ryan: special prosecutor william seay spe

>> brandon graham telling the owner he motivated him and the eagles to play angry.he angry birds with a huge upset over the patriots. and tonight, brandon tells me the birds found themselves again. >> i think with us, we always knew what we could be, but to actually see it now and to actually see it happen, i think everybody really believes it, you know, and like man, we can do this again, next week. we have to come with that same energy, that same vibe and start early. >> brandon trying to get some more sacks tonight. sacks of toys for kids this holiday season. brandon's teammates were there supporting him as well. sixers with a change at the top. owner josh harris hired hall of famer jerry to be the chairman of basketball operations. he's going to be above gm sam hinky. usa today reports that adam silver played a role in this. jerry says he will decide whether to continue with hinky's plan or tweak it. >> sam is in the position where he will make the call on the final decision, but that's after a lot of collaboration and discussions. >> i don't expect like radical

brandon. adam, every parent i spoke to today said they were glued to television waiting to hear the verdict and the family of colleen ritzer making a very public promise. >> after a verdict was reached family of kohl reason literatureser expressed how they were feeling. this guilty verdict while the beginning of justice for colleen is certainly no cause for celebration as there can never committed. the remaining is tremendous and painful absence in our lives one that sadly can nevada been replaced parents of young bright high school math teacher said they wanted to thank everyone for their support and they will continue to share their daughter's story to help others. have been a number of individuals in addition to our family and friends who provided a shoulder to cry on, a cappive favorites quotes there something good in every day. colleen never gave up and neither will we. we will not allow colleen's remembered. in statement school superintendent said we know colleen's message. no matter wha

brandon joins me now.urkey, we are also joined by a woman whose pictures and stories brandon started posting this weekend. brandon met my executive producer on the street last month, asked to take his picture, and posted his picture on him and his son on humans in new york but that has no bearing on his invitation to join me today. why are you doing this? >> for the blog, i stop random people on the streets of new york city. i found that through what i learned about interviewing people, i've been able to travel other countries and meet people there and tell their stories. the population of people i've been most drawn to are the stories of refugees. i interviewed refugees that were going across europe. and most recently i went to jordan and turkey and interviewed refugees that had been approved for resettlement in america. the tragedy of their stories has been completely eye-opening to me and it's a story i also want to be able to tell to my audience. >> aya, you were 7 years old, living in iraq when the ir

falling out of piercy's boat while special prosecutor said piercy recklessly caused the death of brandon ellingson. piercy is expected to turn himself into authorities today. our justin surrency is following this story and will have more on our evening newscasts. des moines police arrested a man after they say he violated a no- contact order and broke into a home on the city's south side. police say 41 year old joe inside...he attempted to overdose. it took an hour for police to southeast 6th street. farnum was first transported to the hospital and is now at the polk county jail. he is charged with violating a no- contact order and interference with official acts. today family and friends will gather at a church to remember an iowa state student who was killed crossing lincoln way in ames on monday. visitation for 18 year old emmalee jacobs is today at the center point united methodist church from 4 to 8 p-m. funeral services for the teenager will be held at the center point urbana high school at 10-30 tomorrow morning. and the investigation into emmalee's death is about to get much hard

jack: now to brandon ellingson. on the lake of the ozarks last may, the west des moines valley grad drowned after he was arrested, accused of boating while intoxicated. ellingson was put in handcuffs by missouri state highway patrol trooper anthony piercy, and then fell off the boat while piercy was driving back to shore. jack/1shot: today a special prosecutor has filed charges in the drowning case of brandon ellingson . missouri state highway patrol trooper anthony piercy is charged with involuntary manslaughter. brandon ellingson's dad, who lives in clive, says the family has been fighting for this day since the beginning. it may be the first step toward justice. but the family expects it'll still be a long process. jack: "we're just getting started. we're just starting to get our foot on the throttle and we're pushing it, and we're getting into the fast lane on the interstate now. " ellingson's family has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the highway patrol of negligence. the family has also had some help from iow

brandon first responders say they checked a few houses and nearby barns. at this hour -- there are no new leads. now let's check in with storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel for your first forecast. any chance of a white christmas 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: it's not looking likely that we will see a white christmas. we'll show you that in the storm track 7 day forecast here in just a few minutes. temperatures have been pretty seasonable today. we started out in the upper single digits and lower teens. now we are up in the 20s and 30s. temperatures won't be dropping too much tonight. right now winds our out of the south from 5 to 10 miles per hour, but will be picking up tonight. that will help keep our temperatures from falling too much. here's the storm track 7 live weather network camera across eastern iowa. it's a here's the satellite and radar. no rain, but clouds are increasing and there is the chance for areas of drizzle tomorrow. details coming up. five-year-old girl is released from jail

there's brandon boykin, who's done a good job coming in and taking some snaps off these guys. >> al: and our fourth and goal. that will all but wrap it up as they turn it over on downs and pittsburgh can run the clock out. >> cris: exactly what the steelers needed, a big-time performance in a game they had to have and they got it done. >> al: big nights for a lot of guys. ben for 364 and four touchdowns. deangelo williams, a 5.2 average. came in averaging 4.9. great game and a great year for him. and antonio brown, just another one of those nights and days he does it so often. >> cris: pick out a few guys on the defense too. a big night tonight as well. jarvis jones, that early interception will set the tone. brandon boykin was one. >> al: landry jones will finish it out with a kneeldown, and that will take us all the way to the end. >> thank you, man. all the best to you, you know it. >> al: so 7-5 are the pittsburgh steelers and the indianapolis colts are at .500 now. their three-game streak is over. and i'm just waiting for the clock to go to zero and it's all official. the final

we're expecting a case update in the drowning death of clive native brandon ellingson today. the special prosecutor investigating the case is expected to make the announcement at 11:00 this morning in missouri. ellingson died at the lake of the ozarks in may of 2014 while in missouri state patrol custody on suspicion of boating while intoxicated. the trooper who arrested him admits he did not properly put a life jacket on him. stick with kcci on air and online for the latest on this case. elizabeth: this morning, a boone mother is pleading with the court to put her child's accused sexual attacker behind bars. >> everything was taken away from her. all of her rights were taken away from her. elizabeth: this woman's recovering from what she says was a traumatic encounter with 16-year-old clayton tullis. police arrested the teen in august for sexual abuse. court documents show tullis performed a sex act on the girl and took sexually explicit pictures. a district judge waived the bond requirement and released tullis. >> this happened to my daughter when he was being supervised by

a big development friday in the brandon ellingson case. the missouri state trooper who arrested the clive man is now manslaughter. trooper anthony piercy is off the job and without pay today. is this the day you've been waiting for? >> it's the part of the journey. ryan: a journey craig ellingson says has taken far too long. 18 months after his son drowned on the lake of the ozarks, the trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> based on what he did to my son, and his wreckless abandonment and gross negligence, and what he did to brandon obviously shows what kind of human being he was. ryan: anthony piercy admits he put the wrong lifejacket on brandon, who went overboard, handcuffed. while a missouri jury ruled brandon's death accidental, his family continued to push for criminal charges. >> i think he's smiling down and he knows that we're doing justice for him, and he's happy about that. ryan: special prosecutor william seay spent 2015 reviewing new evidence in the case. boxes and boxes of reports, records with regard to mr. pierc

brandon's dad craig ellingson says there's no word on what the announcement will be. a boone mother is begging the court to put this teen back behind bars. 16-year-old clayton tullis is accused of performing a sex act on a 5-year-old. >> i've seen what it's done to my daughter and the changes that it's made in her life. eric: now that woman fears other children are at risk. police arrested the teen in august for sexual abuse, but he was released from jail. the teen is not allowed to be around anyone under age 18 but the victim's mother says that is not enough. this morning, a search for a missing teen now turns into an investigation into his death. thursday afternoon, polk county authorities discovered the body of 17-year-old sam kemp. his body was found in a pond off highway 141 near granger. sam was last seen in that area saturday, after leaving a house party. investigators say it is too early to determine whether foul play was involved. elizabeth: a new trial date for the des moines teenager charged with beating his grandmother to death. 17-year-old noah laprei is

brandon smith was not allowed into the press conference. apparently he had no accreditation. he tweeted to reporters inside. to a face under investigation, by the u.s. federal department of justice. >> it's been a narrative phenomena, chipping away at the city's account of what happened. the video becomes public, and the degree to which that has rocked the city, and opened up penalties that we could hardly imagine - we are all absorbing the moment. >> the video - a lot of these things were kept out of reporters hands. the main reason is it makes them questions. >> if we come with the questions, sometimes their best course of action is to stall until something else pops up in forgotten. >> forgotten or glossed over. if you are a reporter working in the chicago tribune, the sun times, c.b.s. chicago, there may be sources at the city hall that you may want to preserve, access that you may want to compromise, which is why stories by the police are better told by journalists working outside the main stream institution. >> it's a good question to ask of mainstream news organization

you kept driving it, brandon kept driving it.d you have any feeling or have some kind of intelligence that there were things on these tapes that were not being revealed? >> yes. the lawyer for the family came out and stated that he had seen the video, and that it revealed that mr. mcdonald was shot 16 times, conflicting the fop spokesperson initial reports saying he was shot one time. immediately then knew that it was a coverup, and as you said, rahm emmanuel, our mayor, or the mayor of this city, he was in an election cycle and he paid the family $5 million and i think all of us think he gave that to hush them up. >> he paid a $5 million settlement, the city did, brandon, when the years i've been out here, involved in a lot of these struggles, i've never seen a settlement with a family that never even filed a lawsuit or even a notice of claim for a lawsuit. >> it did strike me as fishy, though, the timing of it, and you know, the timing of the charge itself, the charge of murder for this officer, didn't come from the state's att

, good to see you, brandon smith, chicago journalist. and again, he was instrumental in getting the laquan mcdonald shooting video released. coming up tomorrow in our series, five days in chicago, a look at the new generation of leaders in the black community. >>> the streets of baltimore remain calm after the jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of porter, in connection with the death of freddie gray. john terrett is in baltimore now, and john, is it fair to say that for many justice won't be served in that city until someone is held responsible for freddie gray's death? >> uh-huh. i think that that's a good way of putting it, tony. you remember in the aftermath, there werer skirmishes. by and large, baltimore has remained calm and peaceful. very different from what we saw last april, but for freddie gray's neighborhood, west baltimore, no verdict means no justice as you were saying. and so for them, the fight goes on. take a look. >> there's no way that these people should have been able to walk. and a mistrial. it's just unfair.

brandon gunnoe is live in salem with the latest. >> 21-year-old male not conscious but breathing. >> is there only one patient >> there's two. that's part of 911 call after explode killing him. >>> the tire -- they were feeling up a tire and it exploded. it happened just before 8:00 this morning amount rocking ma'am park mall. 22-year-old employees fixing a large truck tire on an industrial tire changer when it exploded. investigators trying to figure out if problem with the equipment or if it was overinflated or a defect in the tire. detectives have been there isn't it happened. they will go through theers and check the machinery. they will figure out exactly what happened. at this time we're not 100% sure. the auto worker pronounced dead a short time later. the customers throne to hospital with serious head injury. sears released this statement first and foremost are thoughts and prayers are with the family p of the soeshg and we send our deepest condolences to them. we send our thoughts and concern to our customer injured in this >>> obviously not shipping you expect to happen at

we have breaking news right now concerning the drowning death of clive native brandon ellingson. ryan smith has the new information. reporter: for more than one year calling for criminal charges against trooper anthony piercy after their son drowned while in missouri police custody. within the past hour we've charging piercy with involuntary manslaughter. special prosecutor willaim seay made the announcement in morgan county, missouri after a lengthy review of the case this year. trooper piercy arrested ellingson on suspicion of boating while intoxicated and admitted to using the wrong life jacket. drowned. piercy said he wasn't properly trained for water patrol but a morgan county jury cleared him of criminal charges last year. that changes today with this long-awaited announcement. we are working to contact the missouri highway patrol for comment. and get reaction from brandon's father craig and will continue to update online at kcci.com. mollie: ryan, you've covered this case since the beginning. what do you think has happened in the past year to bring about this charge? repor

brandon? >>> listen, last week hilary clinton said that donald trump had "a penchant for sexism" so when donald heard bill clinton would be hitting campaign trail for his wife, he said bill had a pen chant for sexism so in inappropriate. bill clinton is hitting the campaign trail in new hampshire and donald trump has already fired off a preemptive potential potentially risky strike against the former president and his wife democrat hilary clinton. the g.o.p. front-runner tweet federal government hillary thinks she can unleak her husband with his term record of women abuse while playing the women's card on me, she wrong . >>> the trouble for donald trump bill clinton remains the most popular democratic surrogate and somebody popular with the same groups donald trump himself struggles with in an interview president obama touched on the negative tone . >>> i don't think this country think this country works best on hate, i don't think this country works best on cynicism . >> reporter: the preside

the nightteam's brandon gunnoe joins us now to show us who they were and the people they left behind. >> reporter: relatives waited in the gym for their loved ones and the end of the night, there were more than a dozen people left in the gym and pass officer said there were no more buses left. a picture of the exact moment ryan find out his boyfriend had been killed and until that moment he could only hope that daniel kaufman was alive. >> i immediately freaked out and him. >> reporter: they were together for three years and kaufman ran the coffee shop at the center. also killeds a michael wesel, a father of six and coached youth soccer. and a health worker played santa for children. sister and nicholas a loving husband. >> i'm sure he went down fighting. >> reporter: his wife jennifer says her husband and the gunman knew each other and they were both environmental health inspectors. >> he worked with him and he never had anything bad to say. >> reporter: he lost a hundred pounds after struggling with diabetes and recently had a possible kaunsous grout removed) he war traditional scre

brandon gunnoe is live in danvers with more on this holiday heart break. brandon. >> adam, family members told me that inspectors told them that their christmas tree and other decorations were a fire hazard. being thrown away. >> homeless families staying boston danvers hotel said during a room inspection they were told their christmas trees would have to go. when i said what had to go he said the tree. i said christmas is in three days what do you mean tree has to go. he said it has to go. it's rules it's been in rules. michelle a mother of five said an inspector told her christmas tree was a fire hazard. if she didn't get rid of it she would get a noncompliance report and that could jeopardize the apartment she's waiting on. so i picked it up in front of him tossed it in trash my six-year-old started crying and said santa claus has no place to hut presents i'm happy i have a roof over my head and my children these children associated christmas with slaws. tenants living program say next day there was note informing them they could have christmas tree. de

this video shows him on the left and brandon on the right dancing. the talented junior was known as the photographer to go to. a talented student who brandon says was a true leader. >> you don't want to believe it? >> no, not at all. finally it's like wow, another one of my close friends. either late this night or early this morning to confirm that it was him. this morning it has been a whole cyclone of emotions and feelings. that's when my heart dropped. >> reporter: callaro was hospitalized with non-life lenting injuries. non-life threatening injuries. we're live at the park debra alfarone wusa9. >> this young man just had so much more to give. thank you. brandon has set up a gofundme page to help pay for his funeral services. where she a link on our wusa9 app. >>> some angry backlash over the islamic homework assignment shutting down schools today. officials in augusta county say they took the action as the safety precaution. students in a world geography class were asked to copy religious calligraphy. in this case it was a classic arabic phrase o

brandon joins me now.rkey we are joined by a woman whose pictures and stories he started posting. he asked to take his picture and posted the picture of him and his son on humans of new york. that has no bearing on his invitation to join me today. brandon, why are you doing this? why are you posting these stories of refugees? >> i had just kind of stopped random people on the streets of new york city. i found that through interviewing people i've been able to travel other countries and meet people there and tell their stories. the population of people i've been most drawn to are the stories of refugees. i've done two different trips. i interviewed refugees going across europe. i went to jordan and turkey and interviewed refugees approved for resettlement in america. the tragedy of their stories has been eye opening to me. it's a story i want to tell to my audience. >> you were seven years old l e living in iraq when the iraq war began. what was that war like for you as a 7-year-old? what do you remember of

a group of men shot at brandon perry's home and brandon perry went to retaliate and in football star. >> that's exactly correct. >> reporter: the chief said perry was shot and killed by a rival gang three hours later. classmates honored the sophomore who grew up in a high-crime area of knoxville and became the potential. rob black was his coach. a guy that, you know, worked harder than anybody, it seemed like, and a guy that made the right choices. and that gave him a chance, you know, to be successful. and he is a success story. >> reporter: as zaevion's family and football team prepare to bury him the day after christmas, knoxville police are still actively looking for three more gang members they say are suspects. s that's because police believe in total five dpaing members all fired randomly at zaevion and the teenagers around him. the three young girls who zaevion shielded were not hurt. >> axelrod: david begnaud with heartbreak in knoxville. thank you. celebrating a film that's an unstoppable force at the box office. new robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief th

brandon. adam, kim somebody spotted the kids in raynham. you should have seen out excited they were to be back home here safe when they ran to the front door. >> this is at moment so many twoer hours miss 5 yaerl steven home safe. i'm just glad they are home. home safe, you know, it's, it seemed like it lasted a week long. but if has ab long television hours a mother of child 47-year-old valerie mcgrath. being taken into custody. police say she took the children sunday at one:30 in afternoon. promised to return them to their father at 5, but instead, police say she turned her her cell phone off rented a car in fall river and in radar never game can being. they found them, they are safe. i'm going oh pick them up now. moments after stee carrigan found out his kids were safe and minutes before he was reunited with them in raynham where they were spotted at mcdonald's. >> it they were smiling, you were they were keeping them entertained pretty well. they like i said they seemed like they were just away for day. they are both excited about goin

night team brandon gunnoe now in andover where we talked to that plow driver. brandon. >> yeah. that's right liz that plow driver cut a. man cut in front of him other man said they were both turning and clipped each other. what we do know this is quickly turned into an is if fight and another man pulled a gun out. >> he comes flying in. a snow plow driver set a man cut in front of him when he pulled more snow, that same man attacked him. i opened door i the good out of truck immediately grabbed me through me to ground. then snow plow driver said it could turned deadly he told police he pulled a gun on him. pushed me back. stepped back, you know he drew his weapon. and pointed it right at me. it's scary. you know, it's, not what you expect in an over at 10 o'clock in morning. it happened tuesday morning antiover. in court he was charged with assault and battery with a dangeous weapon telling police pulling gun out was stupid thing to do. he also claimed the snow plow driver attacked him grab thing him by a jacket and punching him. neighbor said he only saw tail end of the fight b

or maybe in downtown brandon south dakota. back to you josh. ... it's monday, time for another edition of caleb gilmore of monticello kicks off our rose bowl edition of big ol fish. he caught the rainbow at sny magill stream. taylor gukeisen of dubuque shows here brother isaac the great bluegill she nailed. adam despard has a firm grasp of the five pound channel cat he caught and released near clarksville. how about this mr whiskers. mackenzie lang landed it while fishing with4her grandparents in minnesota. jack abel hit the jackpot in northern wiwionsin. big muskie! audrey bunten is all smiles with the northern she caught. and not to be outdone, owen abel caught the brotehrhrf audrey's big ol fifi. young maddox drummond of donahue landed his first fish at uncle dick's pond. kaizer dyer of coralville nailed this rod bended at the coralville rez.. and way to go buddies ro. stacie and kalebebane with some ice cats from the neighbor's pond. with all my fishing friends, this is john campbell reporting. ... normally on mondays, we'd be at the first aven