is it firecrackers or molotov cocktails? can you tell what it is? >> reporter: i don't know exactly. putting a gas mask on. >> okay ron -- >> i don't know exactly what it is that's being thrown in the air. i don't know exactly what it is. what it is is a firecracker. somebody is telling me they think it is tear gas. let's move back. let's move back. setting up barricades here. let's move. move back. getting into our vehicle. are we still running? >> ron, we saw at least one projectile thrown at the police that was flaming and smoking as it landed at the police -- at the feet of the police. did you see anything thrown at the police? >> yes. i saw water bottles and so forth and then when they fired these incendiary devices, people picked them up. people picked them up and threw them at the police. what we see here they're trying to block the road. people who are out here trying to block the road and what was happening last night, a lot of different places there were huge fires at intersections where people were burning trash, burning cars trying to bl

firecrackers. the ceo was introducing the mayor and told him governor.as actually pretty funny >> to become governor by accident. >> i think it was an accident. the whole place was laughing. >> was christie laughing? >> no. the largest company in the us, monster when it comes to food and grocery shopping. 500 jobs to jersey city and then added an additional 100 jobs and are hoping to expand. >> are they touting this as an accomplishment? and they are closing the distribution center on long island. how are they spending this to be some great new thing? >> he told me that they were given an offer in pennsylvania and it was a better offer but they decided to stay here. >> i don't buy that. there are tax breaks and credits that will come down the line. >> it might have sounded better until you include the transportation a precious market. they need new york city as bad as jersey city apparently needs them. >> giving an internship. they offer jobs before other people. there was a part of th hi, i'm jared the subway guy and this is my story. young guy eats too

as we come over here, last night people were throwing bottles and firecrackers at the police, then they fire to gas. tonight, nothing of that sort. there was a fight at this intersection that got a lot of attention. found out later it was between two brothers, one of whom was insisting he go home and follow the curfew, the other do not want to, so i much better reason for a fight than what we saw last night. reporting live in west baltimore, tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, tom. tonight's demonstration showed a different tone and feel from the violent riots monday night. a total of 235 people have been arrested, that night and now. about 100 of them have been released. by law anyone held 48 hours without receiving charging documents has to be released. alison: tonight, united voices questioning the city's response to the crisis. a crowd of leaders and gang members are pressing for answers. some criticize the curfew, others demanding an update on the investigation into freddie gray's death. richard reeve is live at baltimore city hall with this. richard? richard: certainly a dif

. >> i heard it and it sounded like firecrackers. >> but that sound was indeed the sound of gun fire, a vehicle pulled up three miles away at the lukoil gas station at plymouth meeting, the clerk saw someone badly injured and called 911. the victim was taken to the hop where he died a few hours later. the neighbors in the area say the senseless gun violence has to stop. >> you have a lot of outside people moving in and they have not adjusted to a way of life that you don't have to carry a gun and shoot at everybody. >> there are reports of a second person inside of that vehicle that was shot and wounded and neither the montgomery county prosecutors office or the police have confirm that information. reporting live from norristown, walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> walter, thank you. >>> police have not identified the suspects in a center city abduction, a 53-year-old woman was kidnapped from a parking garage on chestnut street after she left her job on jewellers row saturday afternoon the men wanted the codes to the safe but she didn't have them. she was beaten and choked and t

it sounded like firecrackers. >> but it was indeed the sound of gun fire, seconds later a car pulled up at the lukoil in plymouth meeting. the clerk saw someone was badly wounded and called 911 the victim was taken to the hospital and died sometime later this is particularly upsetting because of how quiet this neighborhood has been. >> it's always a crackpot that decides to do something dumb. >> i don't feel safe. it makes me question whether i should be living around here. it makes me want to move out of this area. >> reporter: the victim's identity identity has not yesterday been released. anybody with information is asked to call norristown police walter perez channel 6 "action news." >>> philadelphia police are looking for 16-year-old christina hough she was last seen at 5:00 sunday evening at 17th and south hough and her 14-year-old brother left a family members home to visit with friends on south street she and her brother somehow got separated and she has not been seen since. >> it is finally a done deal for revel, the sale of the former casino to glen straub was completed sho

i might even give wagner a slight advantage except for the putter of spieth is hot as a firecracker.we know that holmes is in the masters, be know that jordan spieth is in the masters, but wagner pulls this off, he gets into augusta, the same way he did for his very first pga tour victory seven years ago in this very tournament. >> i mean you want to have a hole that will separate you when you're nervous and this 18th hole the leaders really played it well. basically on 18 they made two pars and a birdie. the rest of the field is a million over par. so i guess obviously these guys are playing better than the rest of the field. >> so headed to another playoff. ninth in 21 pga tour events this season. >> shell oil company will do the draw here. j.b., you'll draw first. johnson, you draw next. jordan. >> i get what's left. >> one. >> two. >> one, two, three. good luck, gentlemen. >> the playoffs have been the norm johnny this is the fifth in the last eight. that we've seen a playoff on the pga tour. >> yeah the tour is full of really good players, but nobody's really you know extending

i might even give wagner a slight advantage except for the putter of spieth is hot as a firecracker.we know that holmes is in the masters, be know that jordan spieth is in the masters, but wagner pulls this off, he gets into augusta, the same way he did for his very first pga tour victory seven years ago in this very tournament. >> i mean you want to have a hole that will separate you when you're nervous and this 18th hole the leaders really played it well. basically on 18 they made two pars and a birdie. the rest of the field is a million over par. so i guess obviously these guys are playing better than the rest of the field. >> so headed to another playoff. ninth in 21 pga tour events this season. >> shell oil company will do the draw here. j.b., you'll draw first. johnson, you draw next. jordan. >> i get what's left. >> one. >> two. >> one, two, three. good luck, gentlemen. >> the playoffs have been the norm johnny this is the fifth in the last eight. that we've seen a playoff on the pga tour. >> yeah the tour is full of really good players, but nobody's really you know extending

then many guys with their faces covered threw firecrackers at the police. soon after the tear gas started coming into the crowd. not long after that, a lot of the crowd th things at the police dispersed. it is been a very unusual, surreal night. we have seen a mixture of a lot of things, one of them being a street party. >> this is far from over. tom: there are 2000 national guard troops and 1000 police office from all over maryland, d.c., pennsylvania, and new jersey. mayor: this combined force will not tolerate violence or looting. tom: today, residents began to understand the full damage of the riots. this is the inside of the cvs that was looted. there were some outbursts and more arrests. but it was nothing like what we saw monday. before the curfew set in, city marching bands came near the scene of son of -- some of monday's unrest, sending a message. >> baltimore is not what they say it is. >> everybody out here is not bad. >> this is baltimore right here, confident black men and young ladies. tom: a mixture of protests, the police, or lookers, and s

. >> everyone thought it was firecrackers. >> reporter: mark king says the parents of the 7-year-old rushed him away after he was struck. >> no, it is not happening. they took the boy away and we don't know how he is doing. >> that was heather reported. the boy is being treated for life-threatening injuries. the shooters, we are hearing that five or more mad are involved and police say they might be linked to a dark colored car. >>> trying to confirm reports of an officer involved shooting. d eputies chased a female suspect through santa rosa into a commercial area we are told that speeds topped 100 miles an hour per the chase ended when deputies surrounded the suspect. it is unclear what led up to the shooting but the woman was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds. alex savidge is headed to the scene and he will have a report in the next hour. >>> millions of californians don't have a financial incentive to conserve water because many live in apartments they don't have individual water members. these states a senator wants to change that. >> reporter: like any california gary

>> i thought it was a firecracker. i wasn't sure, honestly. >> reporter: and then what did you see? >> we saw a lot of police scrks gather around the front of the capitol. >> reporter: inside, tourists were told they couldn't leave. elizabeth hayes is visiting from pittsburgh and was stuck in the capitol visitor center for more than two hours along with about 100 other tourists. you're sitting there. you don't have any information. what are those minutes like? >> they're excruciating. it felt like hours. i never thought somebody would commit suicide when i was taking a tour of the u.s. capitol. >> reporter: robert bishop knows what he'll tell his family, who were at the festival nearby. >> and i'm just thankful that the guy did not turn around and take anybody else, that he took himself out. he didn't hurt anybody else. >> reporter: including you. >> including me. >> reporter: bliss accomplice have not revealed the shooter's motive or if any other weapons were found. the lockdown was lifted, jim after about two and a half hours. >> axelrod: mark, thank you. two days after a deadly t

. >> i thought it was firecrackers or something. like people were playing around or something. the police officer who was alone when the shooting took place has been placed on routine paid administrative leave. >> a nationwide gang bust targeted 50 people here in the bay area. it led to the arrest of people tied to four street gangs. they raided homes over the past mornt. all 50 people are being prosecuted on state charges. in all the homeland security officials charged 913 suspected gang members. >>> a boston jury convicted surviving boston n marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev of carrying out that deadly attack. he was found guilty on all 30 counts and now faces the possibility of the death penalty. prosecutors argued the 21-year-old self radicalized muslim was intent on committing miss murder. >> we're all going to move upon with our lives. we're all going to get back to some sense of normalcy. hopefully when this is all done. so closure, i don't think so. >> a jury will decide whether to sentence tsarnaev to death or life in prison. his brother died in a shootout with police

> police are investigating -- neighbors tell "action news" that they thought the gunshots were firecrackers going on and shortly after a man was spotted inside of a vehicle and badly wounded. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. people say that they have put the community on edge. >> they haven't adjusted to a way of life that you don't have to carry a gun and shootd at everybody. >> police say a motive for the shooting is stilt unclear at this hour. now to accuweather and the gloomy day as head fort tri-state region. lets go outside to sky 6 hd checking out wilmington at this noon hour. get your coats ready because the temperatures are about to drop. meteorologist, david murphy is outside with the details. >> we are still mild sara i could do without the suit jacket on the terrace and every now and then you see the sun break through its clouds we are still dealing with scattered spotty shower activity in delaware and south jersey and sometime you see this pop up near philadelphia and out towards lancaster county these are light nuisance showers that don't last all that long, a

have their chinese new year and there's no pejorative statement against the chinese they drums, firecrackers, and noise everywhere. when the -- have their event the inconvenience us in our sacred worship. when you have the gay pride parades, the same is done. when we have fleet week airplanes are flying all over the place keeping out noise but at 215 p.m. when people are in a state of sadness and bereavement, 2 of your insensitive officers have the unmitigated gall to come and tell us a cup hush. shut up. your keep it up too much noise because the neighbors are complaining. your officers have the judgment of a cat to ignore whatever any neighbor said and came and salted this black faith community. we need -- that's why chief -- not tomorrow -- we need like yesterday that the police sensitive sensitivity training that you are dragging their feet on right now and we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of your acting like we don't have a serious problem in this town. thank you. >> presidentthank you. your time is up. >> clerk: this is a serious matter. not that shut me down or these othe

exploding like firecrackers. >> ahead in the next hour, free range parenting is again under fire.ay in the park alone old-fashioned common sense or a case of modern neglect? you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. >> announcer >>> well, federal >>> well, federal regulators are sounding an urgent alarm on an increasingly had popular alternative for smokers e-cigarettes. >> that's right. they're exploding in popularity, but sometimes exploding like firecrackers causing a potential for serious and even permanent >> e-cigarettes are erupting in flames burning mattresses. this one even skyrocketing into the ceiling. >> i'm freaking out. i just had an electronic cigarette blow up in my hand. my hand's burned pretty bad. >> sales of this tobacco replacement doubled from 2012 to 2013 and are continuing to grow. nearly 5 million americans now using e-cigs. >> the popularity of e-cigarettes is exploding. >> sometimes literally. >> i just heard a pop. >> mike from texas says he was holding his e-cig at work when this happen

vividly there was these three kids who, it was chinese new year, and they would they would light firecrackersnd throw them at him. and it just scared him. and i remember these kids were bigger than me, and i like, beat myself up about it all the time but like, you know you witness this stuff, and there's nothing you can do about it. well, you think there's nothing you can do about it. but that's the thing is that... there needs to be like an actual forum for this kind of discussion for... i don't think there is. i don't think...not to my knowledge, maybe it's changed since i've been in grade school but to my knowledge there hasn't been any. so i mean... you know i think it depends. my son, my younger son now is 33. but when he was in high school... he told me, he came home one time, and he said he was standing with a group of young men... and a young woman walked by who had down syndrome, and he has a brother with special needs, so he's very sensitive... to individuals with special needs. and he said that, one of the guys in the groups said, "hey, michael... there goes your girlfriend. and he

new day and i'm feeling good and definitely focused on you know the main thing, my nickname was firecrackers going the alcoholwhole show is going to happen. i hope that happens tonight. >> ryan sandberg says he could be a spark plug. >> they have changes in the lineup darren rough starts in left, and carlos ruiz is at the bat. jeff back to you. find me some gloves now please. >> we have to get her a hat. >> four more games left in the sixers season against the wizards, they are trying not to lose seven straight. if you turned off the flyers game after their big lead, same finish islanders come back to tie it with 28 seconds left, steve mason thinking we are going to overtime but here comes the flyers 3 seconds left, brayden schenn shoots a terrible shot and it goes in flyer win and that kept new york from clinching the playoff spot. >> day before the masters and tiger woods big return he is on the course for the par 3 contest with his kids and girlfriend lindsay vaughn. how about the putt in there and there you go a big hug from daddy. the shot of the day doesn't come from the shortest on th

. >> i thought it was firecrackers or something. like people were playing around or something.ice officer who was alone when the shooting took place has been placed on routine paid administrative leave. >> a

. >> 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 been placed on routine paid administrative leave. >>> an elderly woman is recovering after she was badly bruised during an outrageous theft that was captured on security video in oakland. watch the highlighted area on the right of this video. a person jumps out of a passing car and grabs a woman purse as she was closing the door of the suv. the 82-year-old woman was then taken, dragged by the thieves as she tried to get her purse back. the victim did not want to be identified talked about what happened. >> how is your family? are they scared? >> scared. but told police already. >> you can see how bruised the woman's arms got during saturday's robbery. police are asking the public for help to identify the thieves and vehicle. >>> a san francisco man was acquitted of robbery this week after telling a jury he entered a home because of a drug-induced psychosis. he s

about ecigarettes they have become popular as a substitute for smokers, they can explode like firecrackersls on how to avoid the dangerous accidents. >>> kevin james is back on patrol as our favorite security officer in mall cop ii. taking over the time square studio. can't wait for that. had a -- hilarity ensues. >> reporter: my girls wants to see that. let's take you to the maps, northeast extension southbound lehigh valley blocking the left lane, a new accident coming in now, expect slowing here. here's big news we're talking about, vine street expressway looking good now approaching the schuylkill expressway, but the vine will close between the schuylkill expressway and broad street midnight to 5:00 a.m. each night this week weather permitting it's a new four year construction project to rehab the bridges over the highway that will be trouble if you travel during those hours. it >> reporter: we're off to a cool start, 72 degrees, well off the average of 63. if you're about to run errands today, wait until noon, you're looking good. 71 is the 3:00 p.m. temperature. 72 by 4:00 p.m. 6:00

. >> i didn't think it was bullets it sounds like firecrackers. >> but that was actually the sound of someone inside of the vehicle getting shot repeatedly. then the same vehicle pulled up at the lukoil gas station in plymouth meeting, they called 911 and the victim was taken to the local hospital and was pronounced dead sometime later. people around here said it's just not suppose to be this way. >> it's scary stuff can happen anywhere though. >> anybody hates to hear about people dying and getting murdered like that, it's unnatural for someone to just kill somebody it's just not suppose to be. >> now the victim's name is not released but anyone with information is asked to call norristown police. walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> walter thank you. >>> atlantic city's casino got good needed news the eight surviving casinos have profited up 4% last year and the sale of the revel is finally done now, florida developer paid $82 million for the hotel and resort. it cost $4.2 billion to build and never turned a profit. it closed just afternoon hours before the deadline four previou

. >> just like a firecracker. you'll see it again. now this clash is incredible because it underscores the tension between the right of the individual and the right of the government to protect the public. that's a core political issue here on so many things. like other states, california law requires children and pre-kindergarten, to, yeah, be vaccinated against communicable diseases such as polio, chicken pox, mumps. along with 17 other states, california also has what we call the personal belief exemption or pbe, which allows a parent to avoid vaccinations if they so desire. so there's the clash. >> we already have that personal exemption here in california. let's talk about the data, larry. what is the number for why vaccinations matter, and in california, do we have a higher rate of people who are opting out of vaccines compared to other states? >> yeah, let's talk about we had that measles break, right? wynne measles are a very highly contagious disease. it can even cause death. more than 70% of the 100-plus victims -- 143 -- ha

flying over and i'm also hearing pops going on which it's hard to tell if that's gunfire, teargas, firecrackers. you just don't know on a night like this of what's going on. but clearly there are parts of baltimore now that are burning. and that's what you're watching whether it be the street fires that we're seeing burning here the community center the cvs earlier, and there's a lot of folks willing to let their city burn. when they came out, there were folks cutting their fire hoses to let things burn. >> can you still hear me? >> reporter: i can still hear you, sean. >> earlier in the day the police were almost in retreat as rocks and bottles were being thrown at them. you're saying now they're getting mora gresse aggressive and moving into the areas where all of this is happening and the protesters are? >> reporter: it does seem like they're getting a little more more aggressive as things are going on. about an hour ago, we were at a street corner no more than a hundred yards from here and the protesters or rioters or looters, call them what you want came and they just looted these stores i

. >> everybody thought it was firecrackers. >> reporter: he says he watched as the parents of of a 7-year- old rushed him away after he was struck at least once. >> no, it's not happening, no it's not. they took the boy away. we don't know how he's doing right now. >> reporter: now i asked those relatives if they had any update on how the little boy is doing. the last they were told he's in surgery. police say they continue to look for the suspects, but they also tell me they did find evidence that two different handguns were used in this shooting. >> all right, our thoughts and prayers with with that 7-year- old boy. >>> there was also a shooting in san carlos. a man shot and wounded a relative inside the home. it happened just after 4:00 in the afternoon. investigators say the 66-year- old suspect apparently thought he needed to defend himself from a family member and opened fire, shooting a 33-year-old man multiple times. the victim was conscious when he was taken to the hospital. authorities haven't said whether they arrested the older man for the shooting, or if it may have been

>> i do wolf a little bit, no question that yemen, you know, is a firecracker right now, but i believe saudis have a plan and i think we are in a great position right now, we are supporting our ally our ally asked us to come down and take a look at this to show -- to project power, which we are the finest projecting power across the sea in the entire world, and, you know, right now, we just want to make sure the iranians can motor in but, you know i don't think we're not speculating. we have intelligence. no one is going to say it. we have intelligence to say there's lethal aid on those ships and we just want the iranians to know that we are there in support of our allies, not to allow them to take them off those ships. we won't be the ones if it comes to that the saudis will be the one with the big aircraft carrier like "the teddy roosevelt" behind them as a backdrop. >> hope it doesn't come to that the iranians decide not to take those weapons if, in fact, there are weapons on those ships and try to get them to those houthi rebels because that could be a huge huge conflict to be sure

inmate, the inmate lights this and when it goes down, strikes the matchheads, basically acts like a firecracker, and shoopts tckeho shrapnel out. >> but the majority of inmate-manufactured weapons or shanks, designed for slashing and stabbing. the ease with which lethal weapons are made is shocking. this san quentin inmate who goes by the name speedy, agreed to show correctional staff and "lockup" cameras just how simple it can be. he starts by using a roll of toilet paper as a crude forge to melt plastic coffee cup lids. >> i'm making a weapon right now. melting this plastic down into a shape. what i'm doing is, i'm trying to get a little wad of it to where i can -- i have something to work with, you know what i mean? so, what i'm doing right now is, i'm molding. this is like playing with clay. and what i'm doing is -- is, i got to get it all this way, like here, and then once i get it like this, i'll show you. >> i think it amazes me how fast it can be made and sometimes who's it's used for. sometimes for us. sometimes for another inmate. >> got to have air going to the bottom of this thing o

concern now about e-cigarettes, popular alternative for smokers but they can actually explode like firecrackers. one store owner says the explosions were rare but when they do happen it's mostly during charging. >> education of the customers is probably the most important things that we can have to make sure the customer understands what they can do wrong to make the product safer. leon: sales of e-cigarettes more than doubled from 2012 to 2013. nearly five million americans used them. the food and drug administration is hoping to regulate e cigarettes by the end of june. actor ryan reynolds is ok after being hit by a car in vancouver last week. reynolds' publicist says the actor was walking when he was struck by a papparazzi driving a car through an underground parking garage. reynolds wasn't hurt and police are looking for the driver. alison: a kanye west concert ended earlier than expected in armenia over the weekend. police shut down the free concert after the rapper jumped into a lake and his fans followed him. west was visiting country with his wife kim kardashian. security guards waded t

a lot of confrontations and then all of a sudden there were these munitions fired or thrown, firecrackers, whatever they were but caused the crowd to start to disperse and people were coughing. the first things going back and forth at the police i say they appear to be plastic water bottles thrown at the police. they responded or perhaps they initiated this, as well by banging their shields with their batons moving forward and then you saw what happened. but, again, now i guess a half hour -- i lost track of time, 45 minutes later, things are calm. the streets are quiet. there are no people in that direction or that direction or in that direction, as well. and the police are here holding their ground telling us to stay out of the street but mission seems to be accomplished. what's going on in other parts of the city it's unclear. but here it's quiet. the police work is done because there's nobody here. >> ron allen, thank you for that report. joined by jason downs, he is one of the attorneys representing the family of freddie gray, the 25-year-old man who died in police custody. the prote

a lot of confrontations and then all of a sudden there were these munitions fired or thrown, firecrackers, whatever they were but caused the crowd to start to disperse and people were coughing. the first things going back and forth at the police i say they appear to be plastic water bottles thrown at the police. they responded or perhaps they initiated this, as well by banging their shields with their batons moving forward and then you saw what happened. but, again, now i guess a half hour -- i lost track of time, 45 minutes later, things are calm. the streets are quiet. there are no people in that direction or that direction or in that direction, as well. and the police are here holding their ground telling us to stay out of the street but mission seems to be accomplished. what's going on in other parts of the city it's unclear. but here it's quiet. >> ron allen, thank you for that report. joined by jason downs, he is one of the attorneys representing the family of freddie gray, the 25-year-old man who died in police custody. the protests of that are what has given us all of the events t

confrontations and then all of a sudden there were these munitions that were fired or thrown, firecrackers, whatever they were but they caused the crowd to start to disperse and people were coughing. there were things going back aennd forth at the police, i say, they appear to be plastic water bottles thrown at the police. they responded or perhaps they initiated this, as well, by banging their shields with their batons moving forward and then you saw what happened. but, again, now i guess a half hour -- i lost track of time, a half hour, 45 minutes later, things are calm. the streets are quiet. there are no people in that direction or that direction or in that direction, as well. and the police are here holding their ground and, again, just telling us to stay out of the street but at this point the mission seems to be accomplished. what's going on in other parts of the city it's unclear. but here it's peaceful it's quiet and the police work is done because nobody is there. >> ron allen of nbc news, thank you for that report. we're joined now by jason downs, he is one of the attorneys repr

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they've become a popular alternative for smokers but sometimes can explode like firecrackers, abc's ryanning to you, ryan. >> good morning, lara. millions are using e-cigarettes and those numbers are growing but vapors and those around need to beware because they're leaving some with serious injuries. e-cigarettes erupting in flames. burning mattresses. this one even skyrocketing into the ceiling. >> i'm freaking out. i just had an electronic cigarette blow up in my hand. yeah, my hand is burned pretty bad. >> reporter: sales of this tobacco replacement more than doubled from 2012 to 2013 and are continuing to grow. nearly 5 million americans now using e-cigs. >> the popularity of e-cigarettes is exploding. >> reporter: sometimes literally. >> i just heard a pop. >> reporter: mike from texas says he was holding his e-cig at work when this happened. >> i'm pretty glad that i didn't have it up to my face. it could have been worse. >> reporter: this store specializing this them says these explosions are rare but when they do happen it's mostly during charging. >> so you can't just stick thi