first, out of fairness and equity to the life that joe mcknight jr.ived, as well as the life that ronald gasser lives, this investigation is not going to be moved or influenced, coursed, changed in any way by any external force, comments or otherwise. i cannot control what's on the social networks and if we want to continue to be silly, that's fine. what i can control is when people in this community decide to demonstrate that they do so peacefully. and they do so in accordance of the code of jefferson parish as well as the state of louisiana. if those laws are not abided by, they'll be arrested and put in jail. because if we are truly worried about fairness and equities to all the parties involved, they'll allow this investigative process to proceed in the deliberate and incredible manner that it should and will be conducted in that fashion like all other investigations and not unlike the reputation that this organization has had for dozens upon dozens of years. so let me make that perfectly clear from the get-go. let me also state that we are not go

the sheriff revealing something else about joe mcknight, and his relationship with the department? >> reporter: that's right. the sheriff saying the man who raised mcknight was a sheriff's deputy. >> thank you. >>> we turn to president-elect donald trump, and reports of a call with taiwan. it's believed this could be the first time a president-elect or president has talked with taiwan since 1979. could this cause problems with china? meanwhile, hillary clinton's popular vote earning her more votes than any other candidate other than barack obama. here's tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump hunkered down in trump tower. after taking the transition on a wild ride to cincinnati, capped by a surprise announcement. >> we are going to appoint "mad dog" mattis as our secretary of defense. >> reporter: mattis, a hard charging retired general. a 41-year veteran of the marine corps. mattis served as head of u.s. central command, overseeing the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> they say he's the closest thing to general george patton that we have. and it's about time. >> reporter: tru

no denying ronald gasser killed joe mcknight, why would gasser be released and not charged? >> because under louisiana law, looking at justifiable homicide, if you are in your vehicle and i'm going to presume that for a second, that mr. mcknight tried to get into mr. gasser's vehicle, he's justified in shooting him and the sheriff basically alluded to that yesterday in a press conference that justifiable homicide may play into effect into this case. >> a lot said there is no video of the incident and gasser was not tanning over mcknight when he was shot. gasser's prior record as you heard in the piece he was arrested in 2006, another rage road identical location. is this going to factor into this investigation? >> it will not factor into the investigation of this particular situation, paula and i'll tell you why, i worked a lot of murders and what happens is a person may have been charged with murder in the past or a suspect but you have to look what's in front of you and i think that's what the sheriff is trying to do. if he is charged, it becomes more relevant once you get

into its however, another 1,300 jobs are slated to go to mexico. >>> former usc standout and jet joe mcknight was shot and killed outside new orleans. they tell us it was a possible road rage incident. ems acted quickly performing cpr on mcknight on the highway. the suspect is 64-year-old ongoing investigation. >> at the present time we are interviewing a number of witnesses, as well as mr. gasser at the bureau is that mr. gasser did, in fact, shoot mr. mcknight. >> mcknight was a highly recruited new orleans football star who also plays for the kansas city chiefs as well as the cia joe mcknight was just 28-years-old. >>> people remain without power from the deadly weather and wildfires. four tornadoes killed five people in alabama and tennessee. an additional 11 people were killed by the massive wildfires in eastern tennessee that started late monday night. gatlinburg remains blocked to the public with a mandatory evacuation order. they are putth out structural look at this, on wednesday morning, this photo was taken of these heroic firefighters, after battling the fire for over 33 hours. th

gasser admitted to shooting joe mcknight jr. >> reporter: mcknight's family and supporters outraged his killer was released from custody and has not been charged. >> i want answers. i want the truth to come ou thing. it's a right or wrong thing. >> reporter: according to records released by the sheriff's department gasser was arrested for a violent fight during a road rage incident in 2006 at a gas station at the same intersection where he allegedly shot and killed mcknight. charges from the 2006 incident were later dropped. on thursday, investigators say witnesses reported seeing the two men arguing. the sheriff telling abc news mcknight was not armed when gasser fired those shots from his car. mr. mcknight and fire shots into him. >> reporter: still the sheriff says charging gasser before a thorough investigation was completed would be a rush to judgment. mcknight's family overcome with emotion. >> i lost a friend, i lost my everything. >> reporter: and the sheriff is saying this case is very personal for his department. the man who raised mcknight was a sher dan. >> all right, eva, w

. >> according to police joe mcknight was shot earlier yesterday in a jefferson parish intersection. nd another man got in a verbal altercation and then moments later shots were fired. the suspect, 54 year-old ronald casper stayed at the scene after the shooting. he is in custody and being questioned. mcknight plays for new york jets and kansas city chiefs. >>> senseless and tragic, many reacting to the story on social media including new york jets. team tweeted rest in peace joe mcknight, our thoughts and condolences with his loved ones. new york jets reporter eric allen reported in 2011 we asked joe mcknight who his best friend on the jets was and he said, everybody is my best friend, that was joe. >>> and kansas city chiefs also tweeting our thoughts and prayers are with joe mcknight and his family. this is a heart breaking loss. >>> you will remember last april former saints player will smith was fatally shot during a confrontation during a traffic accident. smith's widow was wounded. a 28 year-old was charged with his murder. >>> 6:41. disaster averted after a student fires a sho

here with the angry reaction this morning after the latest twist in the case of former nfl player joe mcknight. we want you to look at this flood of tweets from people in the pro football community. mcknight was shot and killed in an apparent road rage incident in louisiana and the next day the police decided to release the shooter. they have not charged him. we're now learning that the same man was involved in yet another road rage incident in the same location. abc's eva pilgrim is in gretna, louisiana, for us. hi, eva. >> reporter: good morning. ten years ago according to court documents, ronald gasser was accused of beating up a man at this gas station in an apparent road rage incident. now this week at this stoplight he admits to shooting a man. this morning, new details about the man who police say admits to shooting a former nfl running back during what authorities are calling a road rage incident. >> we definitely need answers. >> why was he released? >> they have usurped and krrpted the criminal justice cyst. >> reporter: he shot joe mcknight three times. the jefferson parish coroner

joe mcknight was shot to death in new orleans. ronald gasser shot him as he stood outside of his carpal tunnel he -- he was only 28. he is the second nfl player to die this year because of a road rage incident. infected with hepatitis b or c after a dentist did not clean his weapons properly. >>> anthony weiner in trouble again. that story is coming up momentarily, but the white house says president pervez musharraf says it makes sense for men, but they remain committed to an all volunteer military. >>> here we go again. anthony weiner is being fined again for using $2,000 from his 2013 mayoral bid in new york city on phone and dry cleaning bills, and we will pay $65,000 in fine. >>> that's a quick look at what is going on on this friday. >>> happy friday! 23 days until christmas. i have to start shopping. the obamas brought in the holiday spirit last night, lighting the christmas tree nor the last time. >> leaving the white house, can you believe that? that's crazy! >>> good morning, everybody, and t.g.i.f. i'm jan geoffcoat. >>

. >>> former usc standout and jet joe mcknight was shot and killed outside new orleans. they tell us it was a possible road rage incident. ems acted quickly performing cpr on mcknight on the highway. ongoing investigation. >> at the present time we are interviewing a number of witnesses, as well as mr. gasser at the bureau is that mr. gasser did, in fact, shoot mr. mcknight. >> mcknight was a highly recruited new orleans football star who also plays for the kansas city chiefs as well as joe mcknight was just 28-years-old. >>> people remain without power from the deadly weather and wildfires. four tornadoes killed five people in alabama and tennessee. an additional 11 people were killed by the massive wildfires in eastern tennessee that started late monday night. gatlinburg remains blocked to the public with a mandatory evacuation order. they are putth out structural look at this, on wednesday morning, this photo was taken of these heroic firefighters, after battling the fire for over 33 hours. there they were getting a well needed nap. >>> buzz aldrin is waking up in a h

gasser pulls his weapon from between his seat and the console and fires three shots at joe mcknight, killing him. >> and eva joins us live tonight. eva, it's still unclear what that former nfl player might have tried to do? >> reporter: david, no word if mcknight was trying to get in that car. the sheriff says gasser claims he was being threatened, but some witnesses contradict parts of his story. here in louisiana, the use of deadly force can be justified if someone is trying to get in your car. david? >> eva pilgrim with us from new orleans. eva, thank you. >>> we do have new reporting tonight after that horrific and deadly fire in oakland, california. tonight here, for the first time, video from inside the warehouse, well before that inferno. the burned-out building now a crime scene tonight. investigators weighing charges, even murder. and that new video showing dangling wires, broken plumbing inside. and tonight here, the heartbreaking final text messages from loved ones who were trapped. abc's kayna whitworth in oakland. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, we're seeing tho

player joe mcknight. >> we conducted over 160 interviews. >> reporter: he would not say what those eyewitnesses revealed or what specifically was seen in surveillance video that led authorities to make the arrest. >> mcknight can exits his car. there continues to be a verbal altercation. mr. gasser pulls his weapon from between his seat and the console and fires three shots. >> reporter: it was an unusual news conference with the sheriff becoming increasingly defensive about how his office handled the investigation. >> for those who have criticized the men and women of this organization and the strategy, decisions that we made relative to that, tough. i don't care. >> reporter: he then proceeded to read out loud offensive social media posts related to the case. >> "i know that norman is a piece of (bleep) and you stood behind that white boy with that (bleep). you won't even stand with your people. you self-serving (bleep)." >> reporter: can you explain why you felt the need to read some of those foul comments? >> in this society today, are demanding immediate results, and we're castigating peop

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>> advising joe mcknight's family, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you for having me, tamron >> as someone who's been involved in a criminal justice system from a cop to a prosecutor and then a judge and then also having been in charge of the civil rights division for the department of justice in louisiana, i find the sheriff's statement to be somewhat surprising. there's always been a self-defense statute on the books but look to cases in the past and see what the community traditionally does. this is not the professional fbl pl player killed and a trial as a result of the mr. will smith. but when we look at the cases in this community and will smith's case, by the way, has been in prison since he shot will smith on a million dollar bond and another case that took place two years ago in jefferson parish where a 75-year-old black grandfather shot a 27-year-old white male and he was arrested immediately after firing his gun once with the white male standing at his side door of the car and placed under half a million dollar bond. it was unprecedented and what's extraordinary by

residents back into the city of gatlinburg for the first time since they were forced to evacuate. >> joe mcknight was a local legend but his story has a tragic ending. mcknight was killed in a co driver. >>> the ceo of starbucks will step aside in the spring. >> yeah. he is going to become the ceo of the starbucks across the street. because there a lot of them! >>> i'm gayle king with norah anthony mason who is here. always good to see him present. >>> president-elect donald trump is taking his victory tour on the road holding his first public events since winning the election. he went to indianapolis yesterday to celebrate a deal with heating and cooling giant carrier. he saved hundreds of jobs from moving to mexico. last night, the president-elect went to cincinnati, ohio, for the first rally in what he is calling his thank you tour. mr. trump hit some of his favorite talking points from the campaign and took a shot at his former opponent. fighting hillary, didn't we? there is no way that donald trump can break the blue wall, right? we didn't break it. we shattered that sucker. shattered it. sh

reggie bush, running back for the buffalo bills and also knows joe mcknight, knew joe mcknight, theyeads "he didn't deserve to die that way. and then this man stands over him and shoots him again like some kind of wild animal, sickening." there's a lot of information we don't know, you heard from the sheriff's department but let me bring reggie in. reggie bush is on the phone with me. reggie, i am so sorry that this has happened to joe, can you first just tell me how you found out? >> well, i first found out through some friends. i stay in exact a lot of my buddies that i played with and that i went to school with at usc and right when i found out through one of my friends and it sent shock waves through everybody else, all of our teammate, coaches, people that play with him, that knew him, rex ryan, our head coach at buffalo, i think they drafted him so he knew him very well. our offensive coordinator was his running back coach so a lot of people knew him and it sent shock waves, i think, through a lot of us because we knew who he was, we knew the type of person that he was and it's

gasser would be let go without charges after he admitted to gunning down former nfl running back joe mcknight during a road rage incident. the sheriff says there's more to the story. >> mr. gasser did not stand over mr. mcknight and fire shots into him. >> reporter: despite earlier rumors, police say mcknight got out of his suv after a heated exchange with gasser from their respective vehicles. mcknight walked up to the passenger side of gasser's sedan when gasser fired his semi- automatic handgun from inside his car. >> the three casings were located within the vehicle. >> reporter: then the futile effort to revive mcknight, as gasser waited for police, handing over his weapon, later giving a statement before being let go pending further investigation. >> the easiest thing for me would have been book 'em, dano. right? but the fact of the matter is, in trying to flesh out the details, we chose not to do that. >> reporter: mcknight was born and raised here, leading his high school team to several championships, star at usc, picked up by the new york jets, and later the kansas city chiefs. >> g

>> reporter: investigators say ronald gasser shot 23-year-old joe mcknight three times. the former u.s. standout was hit in the handle, shoulder and chest -- in the hand, shoulder and chest. >> mr. gasser admitted to shooting joe mcknight junior. >> the communities is outrage his killer was released from custody anne not charged. >> i want the truth to come out. >> reporter: according to records released overnight, gasser was arrested for a violent fight during a road rage incident in 2006 at a gas station at the same intersection where he allegedly shot and killed mcknight. charges were later dropped. on thursday, investigators say witnesses reported seeing the two men arguing. the sheriff saying mcknight was not armed when gasser fired the shots from his car. >> mr. gasser did not stand over mr. mcknight and fire shots into him. >> reporter: still the sheriff said charging gasser before a thorough investigation is completed would be a rush to judgment. the family is overcome with emotion. >> i lost a friends, my everything. the sheriff saying this case is very personal

hite investigators believe that joe mcknight was killed in an act of road rage. >>> it is very disgusting he would take advantage of an elderly woman like that. >> in a heartless scam a 74-year-old planning her own burial was victim. how they say a conman tutor out of money. tonight. >> thank you for joining us. first up tonight. captured after two years of hunting, police have arrested jette reginald bellman for killing an 18-year-old in his front yard. we are at tampa police headquarters. evan, how did they put this together? >> well it took dna in anonymous tips and lots of inve this case together to finally make an arrest. and when they do and ended one chapter and begin another. >> the memories never fade. >> i remember carrying him around when you just three pounds 12 ounces. >> of his friends?of his son's life. >> i cannot hear found him laying here. we were holding hands. remember being lathered in his blood from my fingertips to my son died after being shot shortly after midnight on january 5 2015 in his front yard. >> you know i miss him. i wish he was here that was my man. ever

one reason says mcknight and gasser were arguing. >> him and joe mcknight. you heard gunfire. three shots. >> the suspect was just standing there with the gun waiting, standing there with the gun until the police came and they asked him to put the gun down. >> police say mcknight was not in his car. mcknight played four seasons in the nfl and spent this year in the canadian football league. >>> overseas now. the u.n. says the number of people fleeing the city of aleppo has topped rather at 400,000. more than 225,000 are trapped in the city that is pounded by russian and syrian forces. debora patta reports from aleppo. >> reporter: thousands of civilians who fled rebel-held aleppo, even the weather deserted them. huddling under blanket for warmth, they sleep cheek-to-cheek in make-shift shelters. for many, this is their first meal in days. the united nations estimates that 200,000 are still inside eastern aleppo trapped between the syrian army and rebel fighters. the relentless shelling continues. the u.n. has in the fighting to allow for the evacuation of the deliver of food a

. >>> the new york jets held a home of silence to honor former team member joe mcknight. he died last week after being shot in a road rage incident. >> abc's eva pilgrim reports from new orleans. >> reporter: that new surveillance video showing what happened on the road just four minutes before the shooting. two cars, matching the description of the ones involved in that road rage incident. the blue car in front. the silver suv following behind. nfl running bk drove a silver suv. authorities say ronald gasser stayed at the scene and admitted to the deadly shooting. many still asking why he has not been charged. >> so when we shoot and kill somebody, the question is -- it's a homicide. the question is, is it justified or not. >> reporter: authorities telling abc news, gasser was in his car when he fired those shots. and now, confirming, blood was found in his car. >> the louisiana law, if someone justification to shoot them. >> reporter: the sheriff promising a thorough investigation, adding that gasser is not a flight risk. >> you know, joe mcknight played for the jets an

omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: two people frantically tried and failed to save joe mcknight's life with c.p.r. after he was shot three times in a busy intersection in suburban new orleans. ronald gasser waited for police to show up and admitted shooting mcknight. >> mr. gasser did not stand over mr. mcknight and fire shots into him. mr. gasser was in his vehicle when he fired three shots. >> reporter: gasser was questioned and released a few hours later without being charged. sheriff normand wouldn't say exactly why but said there were, "statutes that provide defenses for certain crimes." gasser's release outraged local activists,ing including lowell n.a.a.c.p. president gaylor spiller. you think he should still be in sheriff's custody? >> he should be in jail now. he shouldn't be free. if he was-- if he was a black man, a man of color, we all know that-- we see this every day on news-- he would not. >> reporter: gasser could have his day in court. scott, sheriff investigators are still talking to the d.a. about possible charges. >> pelley: omar villafranca, thanks. hiring is

joe mcknight died last night in. he played for the new york jets shot him several times and then waited for police to show up. despite this urgent attempt to save his life, former nfl player joe mcknight died in the middle of a road in jefferson parish, louisiana. >> the shooter in this case who stayed on the scene relending wished his weapon to our officers. >> reporter: witnesses told deputies she saw gasser arguing in the intersection with a 28-year-old athlete. >> there were statements being made that i told you not to mess with me. >> reporter: lance harris was >> you heard gunfire. three shouts. suspect just standing there with the gun until the police came and they asked him to put the gun down. >> reporter: mcknight grew up in suburban new orleans. when he lost his home to hurricane katrina, he moved in with his high school coach. >> he had a great personality. he always had a smile. he was a little bit of a jokester. >> reporter: in 2006, mcknight earned a football scholarship to usc and he was considered th

there is no question here that who killed whom that he shot and killed joe mcknight. the question is, is it justified? what he's going through is the different evidence and he wants to talk to new witnesses that they located on facebook but have not found in person to talk to them. that's what they are trying to do now. a you wi all the questions from the media or naacp or others are not going to rush their investigation, they're going to takeheir time and do it right and see if any charges will come about or not. kate. >> all right, and as far as the protesters go, there were other questions about that, jacob, there is a threat of a protest of the highway there. the sheriff says they're not going to shut down any highway. where does that stand? >> reporter: we have been outside of the build ing and outside of the naacp, we have not seen any protesters. on the other side of the building, there is a small number of them and they asked if a portion of the highway should be shut down so they can protest. the sheriff says no. if you go there and don't listen to our calls