. >> dave wagner has this live report from the scene of the crime. >> he's normally a very serene spot, now a crime scene here. dramatic end to a moment of horror that was captured on the morning news. >> a violent end to a shocking moment of horror. played out on live tv. two journalists from the cbs affiliate in roan oak virginia in the middle of a live interview, shot and killed as viewers watched. this is the broadcast right up to the point of the shooting. alison parker and 27-year-old photographer allen ward are dead. the woman being interviewed seriously wounded. as the photographer fell, his camera captured the killer's image, an early lead that helped police identify the suspect. a former reporter who went by the name of bryce williams. flanagan had been fired and filed a complaint of discrimination. >> he was an unhappy man. after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. and he did not take that well. >> he used his own video camera to capture the killings, and within hours posted that shocking video to facebook. as police searched for flanagan, he wa

in ferguson, missouri, dave wagner, nbc news. >>> police believe they've found the body of a kayaker who capsized in ed d in the river. the boat flipped, and the body was found near a yacht club and matches jones' description. the awe utopsy will confirm the identify. >>> a man accused of flying overseas to join isis. the 20-year-old wanted to build a small terrorist army with his brother and several friends. he was taken to federal court today after being captured overseas in jordan. >>> amtrak warned the train delays like we've seen in recent weeks on the northeast corridor and new jersey transit could be more common. an amtrak executive issued the warning. amtrak apologized for last month's delays caused by electrical problems in a century-old hudson river tunnel. the company says if a new tunnel is not built, commuters are in for more of the same. >> it's possible that these delays will become the norm at some point. >> even if a deal for a new tunnel system is approved, amtrak says it would be at least ten years before the project is complete. >>> coming up, a recall on baby clo

. >> our coverage begin with nbc's dave wagner live in moneta, virginia, tonight. dave? >> reporter: 16 hours after the shootings here, that tv live truck that's been surrounded by police tape all day long has been moved. it's a surreal crime that played out on social media and live tv. >> reporter: a routine early-morning interview on live tv turned violent. gunfire then a cut to the studio anchor, unsure of what just happened? >> okay, not sure what happened there. >> reporter: reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward were shot and killed. vicki gardner, who was being interviewed, was hurt. the gunman turned out to be vester flanagan, seen here through the photograph's camera. he was disgruntled former employee known as bryce williams when he worked as a reporter at the station. when he was fired two years ago, he was so angry police were called and escorted him from the building. >> eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. >> reporter: state troopers pursued flanagan into northern virginia where he crashed his car and

. >> dave wagner joins us live from moneta, virginia with more on that. dave?ah, jim and doreen, the community really is mourning tonight. 16 hours after the shootings, the tv live truck that has been surrounded by police tape all day long has finally been moved. that is a sad and surreal crime. it played out on social media and live tv as well. like many tv stations, the staff very close at the cbs affiliate here. allison parker is 24 years old. adam ward 27 years old. adam was engaged to the morning producer, and she in fact watched her fiancee get killed on live tv, trying desperately to reach him by phone there. he died as did alison parker. alison's boyfriend, as you mentioned, very close and very touched by this crime, very personally saying i loved her so much, and she loved me back. adam describes the general manager as a guy who would do any job you asked him. he was a lovable person. so a tight knit station. a tight knit community. tonight they're all devastated. >> dave wagner, thank you so much. that third victim is in stable condition tonight. vick

nbc's dave wagner is in ferguson this evening. dave, one year after the police shooting of michael brown, things are still very emotional. >> reporter: no doubt about it, raj. it's been a day of nonviolent protests. a group of protesters have been arrested for trying to shut down both directions of i-70, a major road that travels through here.ç also, 56 arrests at the federal courthouse in downtown st. louis. so it's been a day of nonviolent protests. there is a state of emergency tonight, and people in this community for the most part are hoping for a quieter night. emotions are high in ferguson as hundreds of marchers took to the streets following a night of violence and unrest. today's peaceful march was in sharp contrast to the violence that erupted here sunday night. as many as 50 rounds fired a year to the day after michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson. when the gunfire ended, one man was shot and critically injured by plain-clothes officers who authorities say returned fire after the suspect fire

in monette ta, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news.a, back to you. >> as we know, he leased this disturbing manifesto beforehand. tell us a little bit about the big takeaways, the frightening takeaways in this. >> reporter: this was a manifesto sent to abc news. we have not independently take an look at it, but they have released some of the quotes from it. i will read some things to you "why did i do it, i put down a deposit for a gun on 6/19/15, the church shootings happened on 6/15." "the church shooting was a tipping point but my anger has been building steadily. i have been a human powder keg for a while, just waiting to go boom." on this peaceful lake this morning, just terrible, terrible news happened here, a moment of horror live on tv. >> dave wagner, thanks so much, live in mow ne mow neto, thank us. >>> chris gordon is live at the fairfax hospital, where the suspect, vester lee flanagan, was airlifted before passing away this afternoon. chris, what happened there? >> reporter: jim, we were dispatched here to innova fairfax h

nbc's dave wagner with the latest now from roanoke. >> please join us now in a moment of silence. >> reporter: 24 hours after their colleagues were shot to death, a time of reflection and a moment of silence at roanoke's wdbj-tv. >> the performance this staff has been incredible. they cry, they hug and then they get the job done. >> reporter: 24-year-old reporter alison parker and 27-year-old photographer adam ward were in the middle of a live interview wednesday morning when police say a former reporter, vester flanagan, walked up and opened fire. parker and ward were killed. vicki gardner, who was being interviewed, was seriously wounded while her husband watched it all unfold on tv. >> and i immediately tried call her on her cell phone. there was no response. the next time i spoke to her when she called me from the ambulance. >> reporter: gunman videotaped the shootings himself and posted that video on facebook. police say after killings, vester flanagan faxed 23-page suicide note to abc news, outlining a series of grievances. flanagan then killed himself after a high-speed chase.

in monday etta, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news. >> as dave reported there, the general manager of wdbj described vester flanagan as an unhappy, angry man who was eventually fired. >> he had trouble at previous jobs. he sued a former employer of race discrimination 15 years ago. the lawsuit claimed a producer at a tv station called him a monkey. he also claimed a white supervisor called black people lazy. nbc10 has learned the significant others of both journalists have ties to our area. >> the reporter who was killed was dating the station's evening news anchor. hurst is from the philadelphia area, he went to conestoga high school and attended temple university. he tweeted this photo today saying, she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. he says the two recently celebrated her 24th birthday and just moved in together. >> the photographer who was killed was engaged to a producer at the same roan oak tv station. this is a photo from adam ward's facebook page that shows him proposing to melissa ott. she's an intern here at nbc10 news a few years ago

nbc's dave wagner bring us more from the ceremony today. >> reporter: they are the freshest faces of ♪ and the home of the brave >> reporter: today, captain kristen griest and first lieutenant shaye haver graduated at fort benning, becoming the nation's first female army rangers. >>> it is definitely awesome to be part of the history. >> reporter: both women are west point graduates who completed the same two months of grueling combat training as their male counterparts. >> i went to school with shaye and i knew she was a physical stud. >> reporter: but the army still doesn't allow women in direct combat roles. >> i think it's just a matter of time before you find women in combat units and principally as a result of these women getting through ranger school. >> rangers! >> reporter: more than a third of those who start ranger training don't make it past day five. >> we, ourselves, came to ranger school sceptical, with our guards up. >> reporter: it is a rigorous test of physical and mental strength, through mountains, woods and swamps. >> i was thinking really of future generations o

let's begin with dave wagner outside the tv station in roanoke with the growing memorial for those young victims. dave? >> reporter: the growing memorial outside the television station here. residents of roanoke as well as some broadcasting students showing up here to pay their respects. reaction ranges fromming anner to silence. >> please join us now in a moment of silence. >> reporter: 24 hours after their colleagues were shot to death, a time of reflection and a moment of silence at roanoke's wdbj-tv. >> the performance of this staff has been incredible. they cry, they hug and then they get the job done. >> reporter: 24-year-old reporter alison parker and 27-year-old photographer adam ward were in the middle of a live interview wednesday morning when police say a former reporter, vester flanagan, walked up and opened fire. parker and ward were killed. vicki gardner, who was being interviewed, was seriously wounded. the gunman videotaped the shootings himself and posted that video on facebook. police say after the killings, vester flanagan faxed a 23-page suicide note to abc news, outl

dave wagner, nbc news. back to you. >> the significant others of both victims are originally from our area. the reporter who was killed was dating the station's evening news anchor, chris hurst, who is from the philadelphia area. on the "today" show this morning, he said he spends his time thinking about alison and what she did for him and for everyone who knew her. >> she made us take these pictures sometimes when i didn't even want to smile but she brought a smile out of me that i didn't even know existed, and she did that with everybody else that she touched. that's why i'm just so thankful there are so many pictures of her and adam together and so many pictures of her happiness. that's what we'll have forever. >> meanwhile, the photographer who was killed was engaged to a producer at that same roanoke tv station. melissa's wedding dress arrived in the mail on the same day her fiance was killed. she is from gibbstown, gloucester county. she began her career as an intern right here at nbc 10 news. >>> now

in ferguson, missouri, dave wagner, nbc news. janelle, back to you. >> okay, dave, thanks so much. >>> an ambulance rushing to a miami hospital today suddenly became involved in another emergency. take a look at the chaotic scene after the rescue truck collided with a fire truck. the crash happened as both vehicles were heading to separate emergency calls. the force of the collision caused the fire truck to hit a curb and flip on its side. paramedics rushed 12 people, including seven firefighters, to the hospital. none of the injuries was believed to be serious. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, take a look. some black balls covering a southern california reservoir. we'll explain what's going on down there. >>> plus lagging behind, the airlines you should avoid if you want to reach your destination on time. airlines ranked a"the towhen itr >>> well, this is not the list you want to be on. united and american airlines ranked number one at the top when it comes to passenger complaints. the department of transportation says the number of

nbc's dave wagner.live in roanoke. these lives ended, so many others changed in this instant on live tv. tell us about where it all happened and how that scene place out in the roanoke community now. >> reporter: right now this is a very serene area here, smith mountain lake, now a crime scene. technicians behind me, they are processing this right now and there's a lot to process, including taking a look at an apparent manifesto that was sent to abc news. now, we have not seen this independently, nbc has not, but shared with us some of the words from it, in part, the alleged gunman here, vester flanagan, refers to the charleston church shooting blaming those for being his tipping point, two days after the charleston church shootings, he went out and bought a gun, said the church shooting was the tipping point but my anger has been building steadily. i have been a human powder keg for a while, just waiteding to go boom. jim, as you well know, this was not a controversial story they were working on. this

in roanoke, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news. >>> and our david culver was at the scene of that shooting all day yesterday. he is back here in the studio with us dig nothing some of the search warrants for the car that vester flanagan was driving. david? >> here is that warrant filed just today in fauquier county. more than a dozen items pulled and documented from vester lee flanagan's crashed rental car. we can show where you that pursuit ended on 66. officers found a glock happened gun with six magazines and added ammunition. virginia state police also discovered 17 letters with stamps, it's unclear right now who those were intended for. he also had notes and a to-do list, along with that rental car agreement. and police also found a briefcase, had some interesting items inside. at 6:00, we are going to walk you through what else they pulled that suggest flanagan may have planned to run for some time. wendy? >> thank you, david. >>> this heartbreaking story captured the attention of the nation and the world and don't have to look farther than the newseam to see it. people stopped to re

dave wagner live in roanoke, virginia, thank you for joining us. >>> stay with nbc 10 for continuing coverage. "nbc nightly news" will have a full report coming up at 6:30. >>> to this now. the message, we're your best option. septa said that ahead of next month's visit from pope francis. officials announced close to 200,000 papal visit rail passes are still available and more parking spaces are opening up. another change, septa says it will now keep running as long as it takes to get you back home after the saturday and sunday papal events. if you're worried about a long walk, septa's general manager says don't be. >> all of our drop-off locations are within a two-mile walk to logan circle. none of these distances are marathon walks. >> you can buy papal rail passes at septa ticket offices. it's a month before pope francis ++wkujr' philadelphia. a local response team takes part in an emergency drill. the fbi led homeland security s.w.a.t. teams and police from delaware county, chester, and montgomery counties, through a tactical drill on tinicum island, simulating a response to rock

. >> nbc's dave wagner has more on the fall out. >> business as usual on streets of ferguson, two days after police shot an 18-year-old man. last night demonstrators came face to face with police in riot gear. passionate but relatively peaceful. against the wishes of law enforcement, heavily armed members of the controversial oath keepers patriot group joined the crowd pledging to defend the constitution against all enemies. >> we're just americans trying to keep our fellow man safe. >> some of this community see a double standard. one year after the shooting of michael brown, mistrust of police remains an issue. >> as we look back one year later it has made positive change but we still have a long way to go. >> police say the critically wounded suspect in sunday's shooting shot at them first. his father has been told a very different version of events. >> from what i'm hearing he was running for his life and they opened fire on him. >> question, concerns and calls for change in a community still reeling from a turbulent and tragic year. >> that was dave wagner reporting on ferguson, m

nbc 10 national correspondent dave wagner has the latest. >> reporter: emotions are high in ferguson as hundreds of marchers took to the streets following a night of violence and unrest. today's peaceful march was in sharp contrast to the violence that erupted here sunday night. as many as 50 rounds fired a year to the day after michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson. when the gunfire ended, one man was shot and critically injured by plain clothes officers who authorities say returned fire after the suspect fired on them. >> he engaged the officers at the time. there were four officers who were in that van. all four fired at the suspect and the suspect fell there. >> reporter: police say the officers-involved shooting happened after a barrage of gunfire erupted in the streets, sending people scrambling for cover. >> we can't sustain this as a community as we move forward. we have other individuals out there who are armed right now. they are part of this group. we need the public's help. we can't do it by ourselves. >> reporter: store owners along one of fer

dave wagner, nbc news, roanoke, virginia. >>> in other news, all eyes are on the caribbean as tropical storm erika plots an unsteady course. the storm has dumped 12 inches of rain in some areas, triggered mud slides and is blamed for at least four deaths. so will it reach hurricane strength? here's janice huff. >> it won't happen for a while yet, probably over the weekend into monday. when it gets closer to florida. in the meantime, it's still a powerful tropical storm. you saw the rain and flooding that it producedinique dominica. it's headed toward puerto rico. the circulation is south-southwest of st. croix. top winds are at 45 miles per hour near the center. the winds aren't as intense as the rains are. it can produce up to 8 inches of rain, and in some cases, already produced a foot of rain. it's moving over puerto rico into tomorrow morning. that's how fast it's moving. into the bahamas and turks and caicos over the weekend. by sunday, it's approaching south florida and expected to become a category one storm and could make land fall anywhere on the peninsula. closer to west palm

dave wagner, nbc ws. chuck and sibilia, back to n u.to dave, thank you very much. >>> still ahead as we continre on news 4 new york at 5:00, a wrong-way crash on a queens street. what policey say happened behind the wheel to cause this deadly ene. > and an emergency on a new itrsey beach. a childmtrappedsunder a pile of heavy sand. we're there. >>> chick-fil-a fans, this is the news you've been waiting for. we finally know where the first ma nhattan location is opening. and when. >>> new at 5:00, a child rapped under a pile of sand on a new jersey beach. >> we're told the 12-year-old was digging a sand cave in surf city when things turned dangerous. news 4's tho greenberg raced to the scene. what's the latest out there? >> reporter: well, gys, a witness here on the beach told me she was shaking as she watched lifeguards work to revive that boy right here on the sand. we're told he was in stable condition when he was airlifted to the utspital, and officialst say this is an unfortunate reminder that digging

dave wagner, nbc news. >> congratulations to those ladies. we have come a long way. >> and we consider captain griest one of our own here from fairfield county, orange, connecticut. so congratulations to both of them. >> absolutely. janice, let's talk about the weather. >> of course this morning we started out with flash floods and heavy rain in a lot of spots. and this map shows where the heaviest rain fell this morning. and generally it was long island, parts of new jersey, and into the catskills and poconos. there was a bulls-eye of almost 3 inches of rain just offshore in long beach and jfk with 2.5 inches. we saw flash flooding in queens and nassau county and suffolk county. 1 to almost 3 inches of rain in monmouth county this morning and over pike county in the poconos, 1.5 to about 3 inches of rain there, as well. so there were just a couple of bulls-eyes here in there terms of the heavy rainfall. newark, less than .2. there is jfk with almost 2.5 inches of rain. so these isolated downpours just like a couple days ago, about the same.

dave wagner, nbc news. >>> the other outside an apartment building where three people were shot including a child. >>> what is turning into a very violent day for a city that is already unnerved by so much recent violence. this all started when shots rang out outside of a church. a man was found dead on the steps. that marks the city's 95th murder of the year. it was an emotional scene as family and friends of the victim showed up. >> and this was just the beginning. violent few hours here in our nation's capitol. all of this happening on east capitol church northeast. mark segraves is there with late breaking details for us tonight. mark? >> reporter: this is a sad scene that has been playing out dozens and dozens of times on the streets of dc. a young man shot to death in broad daylight. and i can tell you the aftermath has been heartbreaking to watch as his friends and family have been gathering here at the scene. as family and friends of the victim arrive they were held back by police. their grief and frustration erupting as they came to terms with the reality of losing a loved one to

but we begin with dave wagner in moneta, virginia. >> reporter: just 14 1/2 hours after those shootings it's a sad and surreal scene after a moment was captured on the morning news. it was a violent end to a shocking moment of horror, played out on live tv. two journalists in the middle of a live interview, shot and killed as viewers watched. this is the broadcast right up to the point of the shooting. the 24-year-old reporter, alison parker, and 27-year-old photographer adam ward, are dead. the woman being interviewed, seriously wounded. as the photographer fell, his camera captured the killer's image. vester flanagan, a former reporter who went by the name of bryce williams. flanagan had been fired and filed a complaint of discrimination. >> vester was not a happy man. after this incidents of his anger coming to the fore, he dismissed him. and he did not take that well. >> reporter: according to authorities, flanagan used his own video camera to capture the killing and then posted that video to facebook. investigators say he was live tweeting derogatory remarks about the victims. >> e

nbc's dave wagner is live in ferguson tonight. ve, one year after the police shooting of michael brown, emotions still running high. how's it looking right now? >> reporter: right now it is calm. it's been a day mostly of peaceful protests. earlier this evening there was a protest on i-70 which is the major interstate that travels through this area here. about three dozen protesters tried to block and in fact did block ten lanes of the interstate, both inside and outside lanes there, for a period of time. they were arrested. earlier today 56 demonstrators were arrested at the federal courthouse in downtown st. louis. again, peaceful demonstrations. people in this community, they're hoping for a quieter night. emotions are high in ferguson, as hundreds of marchers took to the streets following a night of violence and unrest. today's peaceful march was in sharp contrast to the violence that erupted here sunday night. as many as 50 rounds fired a year to the day after michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson.

dave wagner, nbc news. >>> retired a tf special agent and former host am negotiator clint van zandt spoke earlier on msnbc. he says flanagan appeared to be angry at the world and held that anger inside for a very long time, until this morning. >> this was going to be his last byline, his last story, and he wanted it -- he wanted to produce it, direct it, star in it and write the whole thing. it was all about him, even at his very last moment. >> van zandt says all of the evidence points to a shooting that had been planned for a long time tonight on "nbc nightly news," you can see pete williams' investigation into the tv crew killing, that's coming up at 7:00, right after this broadcast. >>> an update on a story we reported first on news4, metro buses stranded in dangerous areas, all because of the flip of a switch on the side of the bus. metro officials have said locks cannot be installed there because emergency crews need easy access. darcy spencer broke the story and joins us now with new reaction to those safety concerns. darcy? >> reporter: jim, we have been told that they are not abl

jepcon and dave wagner are at a block party that night in tinley park, illinois. >> we were just havingrs, maybe eating some food, and having a good time. >> but the events that are about to unfold are not, he says, witnessed through beer goggles. >> my son, justin, said, "look, there's strange lights," i believe. >> a ufo. it's moving. nobody believes me. >> they really didn't believe him. and then my brother-in-law, dave, said, "t.j., no, you need to look up." i'm like, "no, you guys are razzing me." "no, look up." i ended up turning my head -- you got to be kidding, what is this? >> i was very excited, screamed to t.j., telling him to get a camera and film it. >> i got it on tape! i have it! >> do you have it? yes, i have it! sounds like "seinfeld," but i have it on tape. >> three bright lights are hovering above tinley park. >> when you zoomed in on them, it became different colored lights -- blue, green, red, white, yellow. it was hard to actually get a solid picture where there was some consistency of what it was. >> it almost looks like it's a triangle of all three of them really