chris lawrence is not far from there with the latest on the investigation. chris? >> reporter: yeah i just got off the phone with law enforcement who said so far the bomb squad has not found any explosive material on board that gyrocopter. they have moved it now. i'm going to take you straight to video to give you an idea what we're talking about here. this gyro commenter handed on the west front lawn of the capitol a few hours ago as we take a look now. witnesses say they saw it coming in over the national mall. flying over the mall and over the capitol reflecting pool at about 20 to 40 feet. witnesses say it handed with a thud bounced once. that the man stayed inside. the pilot stayed inside the whole time that the capitol police were right there. they were watching this the whole time. the capitol police with guns drawn. came up to it and he did not get out until ordered to do so by the capitol police. now, we don't know exactly who he is. but we do know that a man named doug hughes, a 61-year-old mailman from florida has been posting things on a website and tol

. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live defkt chblgtsk. just a day day after the arkansas passed the religious objections bill, the governor is asking for changes. governor asa hitchison says he won't sign it as is. he's telling lawmakers they need to make it mirror a federal law that protects religious minorities from the government. >> this is both about substance, getting this legislation right, and also about communicating. we're a state that recognizes the diversity of the workforce. >> a maryland state senator is urging governor larry hogan to ban all state-traveled funding to indiana because of its new law. the governor says his own family could be designed service if someone objected to his wife's previous divorce. but he called the request a political stunt. muriel bowser instituted a similar travel ban and she's not alone alone. coming up jay gray will dig into more of the laws. >>> five protesters were removed from the u.s. supreme court today after disrupting the proceedings. it is the second time this year they've disrupted th

chris lawrence at the live desk with a new revelation. >> yeah jim, pat, that lawyer says baltimore police failed to use a seat belt and strapped gray into the back of a police van, and that may have led to his fatal injury. investigators have said before they think gray's spinal cord was severed while he was riding in the van, but they the haven't been able to pinpoint the cause of the injury. if gray wasn't belt in, it would be a violation of department policy issued just nine days before the arrest. that requires all prisoners to be restrained by a seat belt. now, there are new protests going on right now in baltimore, and tonight a local church is holding a prayer service for gray's family. wheel have more on that later. for >>> also "first at 4" today, a change of venue for charles severance, the man accused of three murders in alexandria. the judge moved it to fairfax county. he is accused of killing three women between 2003 and 2013. prosecutors laid out many of their evidence including an incredibly ballistics connection between the murders. northern virginia bureau chief julie car

news 4 chris lawrence is live at our desk with what's happening, chris? >> during earlier tonight, officers hauled away at least two of the protesters for disorderly conduct and destruction of property and at one point demonstrators surrounded a police car downtown. >> hands up don't shoot. >> the majority of the protesters have been peaceful not provocative. the tension did flare up at one point when a small group got very close to officers and the police started shouting at them to back up. maryland governor larry hogan sent state troopers to help with crowd control and baltimore city officials have been urging people who work downtown to go home early. >> we need justice in the city of baltimore. we need justice in every street corner in every neighborhood like never before. >> a group of ministers held a prayer vigil tonight just a few blocks from where freddie gray was arrested. the ministers say they represent more than 100,000 and are trying to bring the city back together. a civil rights group is launching its own investigation into gray's arrest

. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. the u.s. and iran have extended their talks for one more day as they try to hammer out a preliminary agreement to limit iran's nuclear program. just a few hours ago secretary of state john kerry finished meeting with iran's foreign minister in switzerland both were supposed to be headed home by now. u.s. officials say they don't want to ignore the possibility of reaching an agreement, what's keeping the two sides apart? the u.s. is demanding that the initial deal has to lay out specific limits on what iran can do with its enriched uranium. iran wants more general terms the u.s. also wants to remove sanctions over time. iran wants them gone up front. the deadline for a final deal isn't until the end of june, but if nothing gets on the table right now there very likely will be no deal to make by then. at the live desk, chris lawrence. >> thanks chris. >>> nearly a dozen people were taken to hospitals after a dump truck rear-ended a metro bus today. chopper 4 was over the scene that happened just

news4's chris lawrence joins us live with what drivers can expect. chris? >> reporter: jim, we've all been there lurching from one light to another. now the district is trying to unclog some of those bottlenecks and in less than three hours will change the timing patterns on hundreds of traffic lights like these. that's the sound of drivers crawling through another intersection and running out of patience. >> it's extremely frustrating. >> it's very frustrating. >> reporter: it's dupont circle, and it's not the only backup. >> in the circle yeah it's terrible. you have to stop constantly. >> reporter: commuters go from one red light it another. they can't go even when it's green and end up blocking pedestrian crossings. >> it's crazy. i don't know how you can manage it. >> reporter: that's what they try to do here. >> we're able to watch realtime traffic. >> reporter: starting tonight, d.c.'s department of transportation will activate new timing patterns at more than 600 intersections. it's the heart of the district, from 23rd street to north capital, flori

chris lawrence has the latest. chris?doreen the justice department says senator menendez accepted millions of dollars from a doctor and, in return helped him collect millions from medicaid. but tonight, menendez says he's innocent and federal prosecutors are, quote, dead wrong. senator menendez might as well have walked into a campaign rally. prosecutors indicted the new jersey democrat on 14 criminal counts. they say he used his office to help a florida eye doctor with medicare billing disputes and help get visas for several of the doctor's girlfriends. court documents say that menendez received nearly $1 million in cash and contributions, including lavish vacations at the doctor's caribbean villa. >> i'm angry because prosecutors at the justice department don't know the difference between friendship and corruption and have chosen to twist my duties as a senator and my friendship into something that is improper. >> the doctor in question ophthalmologist is south florida. back in 2012 he received more than $20 million fro

. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. university of virginia dean of students single an open letter to rolling stone magazine and calling its reporting defamatory. she single a four-page letter say. today. she said the story about the gang rape did immeasurable damage. quote, using me as the personification of a heartless administration, the rolling stone article attacked my life's work. i saw my name dragged through the mud in the nation's press and have received numerous abusive, vitriolic and threatening e-mails, letters and phone calls. in the letter she was painted as a false friend to the alleged victim jackie. the reporter claimed she was more interested in keeping sex assault numbers down than actually helping the victims. ramos said none of that is true and apologies from rolling stone are too little too late. >> all right. chris lawrence. >>> a congresswoman has chosen to make a the private matter public. >>> and take look at the temperatures. starting off at 41. only rising 54 to 56 during the afternoon. exerci

that's where news4's chris lawrence is. chris, i understand they could see this from all over. >> reporter: jackie people here could smell it they could feel it in their lungs, but we have been hearing from people all over the area, and they've been e-mailing us tweeting us images of what they saw. for a few hours tonight a single black cloud stood out among the monuments. but the ground it burned and burned and burned. and folks who lived nearby thought their neighborhood was on fire. >> it seemed like as if the sun was being blocked out it was so thick. >> oh my gosh. turn behind you. >> reporter: they shot in cell phone video of the black cloud blanketing the sky behind your homes. >> you can smell it. >> it smelled like burnt rubber and particles was flying from the smoke. >> but it was black where we were. >> reporter: so dark you could see it from -- >> hydesville, no problem. >> reporter: larry ward snapped this picture while working on a roof. >> i looked off in this direction and saw smoke, lots of smoke. >> this is

chris lawrence went looking for answers today. he joins us in northwest washington now. chris?rter: jim, at 8:00 tonight, transportation officials are going to switch hundreds of traffic signals to a new timing system. and tonight we're learning just how much time they expect to save you. can tell you red means stop and green means go. but in northwest d.c., it's more like one long, slow slog. >> it's an hour just to get out of the city. >> reporter: commuters say the traffic lights don't help. >> sometimes it seems that they should be more synced so they can move the traffic along. >> reporter: ddot will change the timing at more than 600 intersections from 23rd street to north capitol florida avenue to 395. and if it works as well as updates in other parts of district commuters should see a difference. >> it reveals the extent of the p.m. peak from five hours down to like close to four hours. so, you know that's 60 minutes it does matter. >> reporter: but tonight it's just the beginning. >> the definition of out on the street so they will be traveling up and down they will be

news4's chris lawrence shows us how it works. >> reporter: i'm chris lawrence along massachusetts avenue just off dupont circle. we are just a few hours away from a major initiative to retime the lights in the heart of the district. right now we're talking about well over 600 intersections in the heart of the city 14th street, constitution massachusetts dupont circle, all of these areas see massive bottlenecks not only for drivers but sometimes for pedestrians as well. ddot is going to start tonight retiming some of those intersections hopefully to decrease the commute a little bit, get people moving, and over the next four weeks they will be tweaking these intersections trying to figure out the best way to get traffic moving. coming up on news4 at 5, we'll take you inside this plan and let you know what to expect. >>> a hot spot for cool treats is open this afternoon. but the future of kline's freeze in manassas is up in the air now. this could be its final season at its current location. >> i have chocolate and vanilla. >> the kids love it. it's fun. >> reporter: the landmark business

news4's chris lawrence is at the live desk with new details for us. >> jim, senator richard black says he's not doing anything differently since the capitol police called to let him know. in fact, he's almost treating it as a badge of honor. the islamic state puts out a magazine and that magazine just issued a very short list of enemies, a former cia official, former presidential candidate rick santorum and state senator black. it's a bit unusual that his job as virginia state law not foreign policy but senator black is a purple heart recipient, also a u.s. marine. he flew choppers during vietnam, also a former pentagon lawyer who wrote a letter to syria's president last year to thank him for defending christians. the magazine calls him the american crusader. >> i'm proud to be a part of that group. if they want to come after me, so be it. they won't be the first. they might not be the last. >> mr. black has been outspoken in his criticism of isis, and he's warned that if damascus falls the islamic state will take over syria and jordan and lebanon as well. at the live desk, chris lawre

at the live desk chris lawrence back to you. >>> at 5:30 what's up with the water?ts of two local counties are concerned about the funny liquid coming out of their taps. we got a new explanation from the wssc tonight about what's causing the discoloration. >> four homicides in three weeks in fairfax county. northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert is live with what they have in common. >> reporter: as you said these cases do share some similarities. all the victims are hispanic. in two cases, the victims' bodies were left in wooded areas behind neighborhoods. just in the past three weeks, homicide detectives have unraveled the yellow crime scene tape four separate times following thursday's annandale murder police arrested ubaldo jimenez for killing his roommates of sorts. >> they were essentially squatting in an unoccupied apartment. >> reporter: the suspect and victim said to be homeless. the first this recent string of homicides happened here on march 16th. police found the body of william leyva. they say he suffered trauma to the upper body. they've still

we're joined now by chris lawrence. what's going on there? green shirt on.l us more what's happening. >> reporter: i do. they pulled me out of my service project which is actually painting one of the murals inside. you can take a look behind me. you can see one of the other projects going on. they're building some flower boxes to help beautify some of the grounds here at houston elementary school. it's an elementary school here in northeast d.c. with me here is andrew stein. he's with city year d.c. one of the partners on the project. just how big is this project? not only locally but nationally? >> reporter: well nationally we've got 750 projects across the country. 90,000 volunteers. here in d.c. we've got 3,000 comcast nbc universal volunteers across the greater washington area. then here at houston elementary school in partnership with city we've got 500 volunteers friends, family and community members to help beautify the school today. >> let me just ask you. taking it down just to this school right here what kind of work is being done here? what is it

. >> chris lawrence joins us now. >> just got new information about the guard who was killed.alive at the prince george's hospital with details. >> reporter: we've learned that his name is lawrence bucknell. he's 59 years old. he's a married man. right behind me his family is inside the hospital right now. we were here in the last hour when a lot of the family members started arriving. i can tell you that a lot of them were visibly distraught as they were going in. i spoke with one man who told me he was mr. bucknell's cousin who said he also works in security and the family started getting the call about an hour or two ago to come to the hospital. i also spoke with sources here at the hospital who say mr. bucknell was still alive when he was brought here earlier tonight but he passed away about 7:20 so less than four hours ago, from that gunshot wound to the chest. again, the family is still inside. we'll be working to try to get some more information, but the bottom line is lawrence bucknell 59 years old, a married man shot dead at the krens us bure census bureau. >> jackie

chris lawrence and now back to you. >> a driver thrown from his car, the crash just on the other side of the arlington t bridge. >> at one point he had no pulse but one of the first people to come up on the crash scene happened to be a second-year medical residents. >> i feel appreciative that i was able to help someone. >> reporter: emergency medicine resident helped save a man's life. >> this is why -- basically why i went into medicine and why i'm doing what i'm doing. >> reporter: he had finished his shift at george washington university hospital and was driving home around the t bridge around 2:00 this morning and saw a gmc suv flipped over near this curb. the driver was laying in the street. >> and i looked at him, tried to talk to him. he was not responding. he was gasping for air. at that point i just leaned over and checked his pulses. >> reporter: seconds later the doctor says the 26-year-old who has not been identified lost his pulse. the doctor did cpr. >> it was a very stressful moment. it was a terrifying moment for me. >> reporter: arlington fire rescue arrived and cont

. >> reporter: now that 13-year-old, as chris lawrence told you at the top of the show, is the one who made that chilling 911 call asking for help. let's hear that call right now. >> stay low to the floor, close the door okay? cover the cracks of the door with wet clothes, towels clothes, drapes or anything else that is readily available. how many people are in the room with you? >> my little sister. it's too hot. >> okay then stay low to the floor. just tell your little sister to stay low to the floor, okay? >> stay low to the floor. >> reporter: now, as you can hear that 13-year-old made a great call in trying to help his family his sister. firefighters are investigating the cause of this fire. it's worth mentioning here at news4, we like to tell you the little details can hopefully save lives. the smoke alarms were not working in this house. the homeowner's german shepherd woke up the family barking really loud and subsequently saved this family. firefighters say this is a reminder to make sure that your smoke alarms are working properly in your house. live here i'm shomari stone ba

everything that happens over the weekend with breaking news alert on our nbc washington app and join chris lawrence tomorrow for news 4 at 6:00 and 11:00. >>> new tonight, alexandria is making its official recommendation for the site of the proposed potomac yard metro station. the city's preference is the station closer to the potomac yard shopping center near the existing target store. now metro and the alexandria city council will hold a series of public meetings to get input on the plan before moving forward. >> quite a sendoff in cincinnati today as two people are going to washington to appear before the supreme court. they are part -- they are plaintiffs in an historic gay marriage case. the court will hear the case on tuesday. here in d.c. we've got a small preview of what to expect next week. faith leaders gathered to defend traditional marriage. human rights campaign meanwhile discussed marriage equality. the court's ruling this summer could decide whether any state can legally ban gay marriage. >>> fairfax county public schools are confronting the issue of gender identity and whether to to

>> chris lawrence thank you. >>> new tonight, that investigation into excessive force in baltimore, and others in south carolina and tulsa, oklahoma are leading to calls for congressional hearings on police body cameras. south carolina senator tim scott is requesting those hearings. he says cameras would better protect officers and the people they serve. senator lindsey graham leads one of the committees that would host the hearings. he says it's a great idea, but so far nothing has been scheduled. >>> and a grand jury is going to decide if a fairfax county police officer will face charges for shooting and killing an unarmed man. officer adam torres shot john geer in 2013. during a standoff. others say he had his hands up. sussex county just agreed to pay $3 million to settle a wrongful death suit. the commonwealth there says he hopes the grand jury will reach a decision by tend of the summer. >>> in virginia a foster father has been locked up accused of killing his 1-year-old foster son. investigators say ka'ron mason suffered burns to his face his torso, and his neck all of this back

reporting live on capitol hill chris lawrence news4. back to you. >>> developing tonight, fairfax county police looking for potential victims after arresting their own public information officer on charges of child pornography. officer bud walker is charged tonight with possessing and the intent to distribute child porn. walker has been a spokesman for fairfax county police for the last six years. investigators were led to walker by a tip from a blogging site. according to police that cite said child porn had been uploaded to its servers from a home in fairfax county. officers determined that home was owned by walker. >> this matter is disappointing to all of us including all of the members of the fairfax county police department who put their lives on the line each and every shift. >> now walker was also a school resource officer at south county high school from 2006 to '09. he is being held tonight without bond. >>> and now emergency work is under way after a pedestrian bridge collapsed right on to some metro tracks. the repairs mean

chris lawrence takes us on that route. >> reporter: the president is dying but his killer won't be caught so easily. john wilkes booth meets up with his co-conspirator and they head south to what is now mound clinton. try to imagine this place without the cars trucks and stores. this was all tobacco fields. and right now. here new cut road. the proimary stagecoach line between d.c. and southern maryland. they arrived at surratt's tavern. a known confederate safe house. >> he knew this was a trusted place to stop. however briefly. >> reporter: booth is on horseback. >> his leg is broken when he gets here. he will not physically set foot inside. >> reporter: mary would hang for what she does next. fetching a package that had been stashld here just for booth. >> in that package were binoculars which would serve him well in his he is came. >> reporter: the most important items were hidden in the loft. >> this is really what booth was after. >> absolutely. he is needing these two guns. >> reporter: they know they have to keep moving so they push on further south. >> reporter: around 4:00 in th

at the live desk chris lawrence. >> thank you chris. >>> changing the way you watch tv. consumer reporter erika gonzalez checks out a potential game changer, paying for only the tv channels that you want to watch. >>> scars still healing 20 years later, the tragic event in our nation's history that so many people will reflect on this weekend. >>> custom tv is coming to verizon. >> erika gonzalez is here with what means for you. erika? >> starting this sunday customers will have the option to buy a package of channels they will watch. fios custom tv, the service starts with a base package of about 30 channels and two additional themed packages like sports or kids channels for $55. a special package after that costs 10 more dollars. so the good news verizon says there's no contract associated with the service, and if you want to change the specific themed packages you can do so on a monthly basis. while the news verizon bundle does not include internet it does bring huge competition to less expensive streaming services like netflix, like amazon and hulu. back to you. >> th

. >> nbc's pete williams talked with our chris lawrence and explained why it took so long to give the all-clear at the capitol. >> we got the word pretty quickly that it was a suicide, so they seemed to have passed the word through the law enforcement community quickly about what it was, but the reason the lockdown lasted so long is because of the extra luggage that was there. >> the bag. >> they wanted to keep everybody clear and safe. capitol police notified everybody. it was a joint operation, capitol police fbi, secret service, metro police all of these people involved that are in joint terrorism task force. >> and we are going to post any new developments on our nbc washington app on your smartphone. >>> police prince william searching for this man accused of kidnapping a woman from her home. we first told you about the kidnapping yesterday. since then the 25-year-old victim found alive. he broke into her apartment, cut a roommate with a kitchen knife, and forced his way into her bedroom. he pulled out a gun and forced her to go with him. >>> when students go back to boyy high sc

>> chris lawrence thank you. >>> getting ready to trade the drizzle and fog for heat and strong storms. big weather changs coming our way tomorrow. veronica has details. v.j.? >> it will be stormy for i think a period of time tomorrow afternoon. again, right around this time. but right now we're in this cool pocket of air and that's interesting because of what's going on. just off to our west around western maryland areas of western west virginia tracking some storms here. this is where part of that weather system right now. you can see how electrified this line is. it's bringing some high winds pap lot of lightning with it. and yes the red, the bright red, these are tornado warnings for morgantown that storm advancing up into pennsylvania areas of western virginia also. so this whole area of severe weather pivots to the east anywhere from i 81 right through i-95 for tomorrow. so we could see downpours, gusty winds, lightning, all of it along with something else that you're not going to like. but again you'll want to tune in for the timing of these storms. we veal that coming up. >>> a

. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. the former head of the cia just got the bill for mishandling classified material. today a federal judge ordered david petraeus to pay a $100,000 fine and sentenced him to two years probation. but this plea deal means petraeus avoids prison. his career was destroyed by an affair with a womanbiography, a fellow soldier also married with kids. >> today marks the end of a 2 1/2-year ordeal that resulted from mistakes that i made. >> while paula broadwell was writing the book, she was given binders of classified documents from his time commanding the war in afghanistan. she saw strategic notes, conversations between petraeus and president obama and even the names of covert operatives. petraeus had to resign from the cia, a stunning fall for the four hiv star general. i covered and crossed paths with general petraeus in iraq and afghanistan afghanistan. his celebrity status did not always make him extremely popular with other officers but even his rivals respected his intellect. today in co

i'm chris lawrence in for tonight. >> we thought it was going to be warm today. >> and because our temperatures aren't as warm the threat of severe weather in the d.c. metro area areas back to the west and north highly unlikely but for the remainder of the afternoon and evening hours going to continue to monitor the potential for some storms that could still be severe to develop in parts of southern maryland and the northern neck. look at the range in temperatures. from 60 in washington to 78 degrees in luray and 57 for those of you in frederick. now, why do the temperatures not warm up? well it took a while for a warm front to lift north of the area and plenty of cloud around. that marine layer kept us cooler for many locations. now, the severe weather threat for the remainder of the afternoon and early evening hours, some strong storms still possible in part for the northern neck charles, st. mary's county calvert counties and extreme st. mary's county. we can't rule out some severe thunderstorms there. the main threat would be high winds and hail. on storm team 4 radar, only some meager show

. >>> joining me now is host of msnbc's "the last word" lawrence o'donnell and host of "all in" chris hayes. thank you for joining me. lawrence, you are a son of boston. there's going to be a lot of analysis regardless of the sentence. what's interesting to me is the city of boston has found a ten-point gain in support for sparing dzhokhar tsarnaev's life. there hasn't been an execution in boston in almost 70 years. it's been -- there hasn't been an execution since 1947. what do you think it accounts for the gain in support to spare his life? >> it's not clear to me. but i'm sure that bill and denise richards' op-ed column saying they'd rather spare his life has to be a big factor. and in the horrible scorecard of cornage we have for that day, no family suffered more than the richard family. dead son. daughter lost her leg. mother had severe eye injuries, multiple surgeries. father also injured. and so they are probably the clearest voice that everyone will hear from victims. but as you just showed the victims are not in any way unanimous about this. they go back and forth on it. bost

chris hayes. >> lawrence that police line moved for the first time in eight or nine hours. it just moved up and when it moved up people ran. a bunch of projectiles came in. you can see now people chucking water bottles at the police at the glass bottle that just broke behind me. police have their riot shields up. it's mostly -- it's mostly water bottles, but they're definitely project projectiles being tossed at the police. there's maybe about a hundred, possibly max 200, 200 people. the police now crouched as you can see in that position. their shields are raised for incoming projectiles. they've increased the amount of area that they have taken, reinforcements that have been fed to them from behind these buildings have come through so that they can claim a larger portion of ground. and you can hear now probably -- i don't know if you can pick it up on my microphone you can hear the sound of broken projectiles being tossed at them. they are holding their position, however. >> chris, this is rachel in new york. have they told you as media to leave? >> it's very unclear. ear

chris hayes. >> lawrence, that police line moved for the first time in eight or nine hours. it has not moved all day. it just moved up and when it moved up, people ran. a bunch of projectiles came in. i saw a few rocks, a few bottles. you can see now people chucking water bottles at the police, at the glass bottle that just broke behind me. police have their riot shields up. it's mostly -- it's mostly water bottles, but they're definitely projectiles being tossed at the police. there's maybe about a hundred, possibly max 200, 200 people. the police now crouched, as you can see in that position. their shields are raised for incoming projectiles. they've increased the amount of area that they have taken, reinforcements that have been fed to them from behind these buildings have come through so that they can claim a larger portion of ground. and you can hear now probably -- i don't know if you can pick it up on my microphone, you can hear the sound of broken projectiles being tossed at them. they are holding their position, however. elijah cummings is still out there in the cro

lawrence. >> thank you, rehema ellis, nbc news. we're joined by chris hayes, once again, he's at the corner of pennsylvania and north where the only disturbance occurred tonight. that was broke out just about an hour ago so any of the video you are seeing from us that shows you the confrontational developments of the evening, that is at least 50 minutes old, some 45 minutes. this has been a calm situation, hasn't it for about the last 40, 45 minutes. >> it's a pretty calm scene here. things are just -- the police have stayed here -- on the street corner and they were able to clear this area like you noted about an hour ago, some exchange, projectiles and pepper balls thrown, as well, someone toure said appears to have been instruct by a rubber bullet and a few others were although i have no personal confirmation but a pretty quiet scene and i believe reverend al sharpton i believe is joining us also in washington. rev, your reaction as to how things played out. >> well, i think that so far it has been relatively successful in terms of not having an esca

chris, what's the situation there now? >> lawrence it's pretty calm. they have succeeded in taking this area. though now have a s.w.a.t. vehicle behind us. the s.w.a.t. officers aren't even in their riot gear. in a relaxed posture, basic will i, we have a situation where they have managed to take what was the epicenter of congregation today and disperse it which i think was going to be the biggest challenge in terms of observing the curfew. we were in ferguson the first sign of a bottle thrown meant the tear gas came out, they marched forward, total, complete zero tolerance escalation. that has been a very very different story here in baltimore tonight where the baltimore police took a lot of incoming projectiles, they selectively used pepper balls which are much less toxic than actual tear gas. they create smoke, but they don't create that wrenching, burning sensation. so it was a much much lower key, more patient response, at least on this intersection in this corner compared to what i saw in ferguson this summer. >> chris, thank you. we'll be checki

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lawrence. >> thank you, rehema ellis, nbc news. we're joined now by chris hayes. once again, he's at the corner of pennsylvania and north where the only disturbance occurred tonight. that was -- broke out just about an hour ago, so any of the video you are seeing from us that shows you the confrontational developments of the evening, that stuff is now at least 50 minutes ole. some of it 45 minutes ole. this has been a calm situation, chris, hasn't it for about the last 40, 45 minutes. >> it's a pretty calm scene here. things are just -- the police have stayed here on the street corner, and they were able to clear this area like you noted about an hour ago, there were some ex-changes, projectiles and pepper balls thrown, as well, someone toure said appears to have been struck by a rubber bullet and a few others were although i have no personal confirmation but as of now, but a pretty quiet scene and i believe reverend al sharpton i believe is joining us also in washington. rev, your reaction as to how things played out this evening on the first night of the curfew.

lawrence expressway. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >> reporter: police got the call just after 11:00 this morning. a robbery at the sunnyvale strip mall. within minutes upon arrival, an officer involved shooting. initial reports from dispatch, detailing the frantic moments that led up to it. a deadly confrontation between the suspect and the police officer. >> we're still investigating what happened in the alleyway. officer contacted the suspect and shooting occurred. a knife was located at the scene. >> reporter: sunnyvale officials say a man was shot by the responding officer, taken to a local hospital and declared did. neighboring business owners were stunned by what happened. >> you never know what's going to happen when you get up in the morning. >> reporter: steven has operated this business since 1989. he can't recall such a chaotic scene. >> we've had our tips snatched once or twice. but nothing near like this. >> i thought it was firecrackers or something. like people were playing around or something. >> reporter: the police officer who was alone when the shooting took place has

chris, back to you. >> thanks for keeping that straight mark. here's what we know about the security officer killed at the census building. lawrence buckner had been married for 36 years, leaves behind a wife a son, and four fwrin. grandchildren. he served in the u.s. army before spending more than 20 years in security. our team coverage continues. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in suitland. what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: as you sate buckner was a family man. his family is feeling that loss and so are his co-workers. >> it was very fast. >> reporter: as news spread throughout this federal building that it was security officer lawrence buckner who was shot and killed outside the census bureau yesterday there was shock. >> just totally quiet. it was pretty much what i could say is it's quiet. >> reporter: police say ronald anderson was arguing with his girlfriend in front of the bureau yesterday evening when buckner intervened and was shot and killed. >> these guys, you know they stand out here in the rain, the snow the 85-degree weather you know and they're always there for us. and it's pu

lawrence o'donnell. it's time for "the last word." on hard ball tonight, it was president obama versus elizabeth warren with chris matthews playing theimore where hundreds are gathering in protest. they will tell you that they simply don't trust the police. >> outrage over the death of a man who suffered a spinal injury while in police custody. >> the justice department has announced it's opening its own investigation. >> to determine whether any prosecutable civil rights violation occurred. >> vote to confirm loretta lynch this week. >> in a

lawrence o'donnell. it's time for "the last word." on hard ball tonight, it was president obama versus elizabeth warren with chris matthews playing the part of elizabeth warren, sort of. >>> breaking news out of baltimore where hundreds are gathering in protest. they will tell you that they simply don't trust the police. >> outrage over the death of a man who suffered a spinal injury while in police custody. >> the justice department has announced it's opening its own investigation. >> to determine whether any prosecutable civil rights violation occurred. >> vote to confirm loretta lynch this week. >> in a new senate compromise over president obama's stalled nominee for attorney general. >> drop the delays, drop the excuses.yr >> as soon as we finish the bill -- >> people expressed in the media. >> the longest delay ever for an attorney general nominee. >> this embarrassing episode for your party mind you. >> stay tuned, hillary clinton's new tour. >> connecting with everyday americans. >> we need to make being middle class mean something again.Ñg=xz >> continuing the aggressive fund-raising. >> spending his time connecting with ever

lawrence. good evening we're here at the corner of west north and pennsylvania near the cvs. not far from where chris hayes was reporting a short time ago. the police have continued to advance just a few more feet i think we can say as you've been reporting this is a period of relative calm over the last hour or so. the curfew came and right now all we can see here is mostly media, very -- not very many residents here at all. a few dozen here have gone about a block down have been on the side -- most people have dispersed over the past hour. there had been some firecrackers thrown, perhaps a molotov cocktail or two. no tear gas or anything that we've seen that the police were able to disperse the crowd. without any major confrontations. that is something that residents here have been wanting and it appears at this point it's something they have achieved. no arrests from our vantage point. as you can see behind me there are armored vehicles. the police had been in full riot gear now just seems to be holding some batons a few more officers over here are maintaining their position. and you hear the poli

chris. we're going to be watching all of it. >> rosa thank you very much. we'll check back with you. >>> in maryland a census beauregard is dead after being shot by a kidnapping suspect. the guard, lawrencea couple fighting in a car. when he approached to help he was shot. the driver sped off, leading officers on a high-speed chase through washington, d.c. buckner and another officer were shot. the alleged kidnapping victim is safe. >>> a wisconsin man is in federal custody this morning, accused of trying to join isis. the fbi arrested joshua van hafton this week at chicago's o'hare airport after he was flown back from istanbul turkey. the 34-year-old nearly pulled it off, was not able to find help crossing the boarder to join the islamic state in syria. fbi agents say they know that because he posted several times about it on facebook. >>> well much more on the tornado outbreak in the midwest. now with the sun about to rise we will get our first daylight look at the devastation. is we have a live report ahead. >>> we know how it ended in south carolina. how did it begin? we now have the dash cam video. what does it tell us about what went wrong in this situation and what needs to change