this designates ronald johnson. ronald johnson ran toward king drive. that chase was also broadcast. when you view the dash cam video you will notice that the position of this vehicle does change and that is done in response to the radio communication that the male is running eastbound on 53rd toward king drive. the vehicles are in a position where they end up blocking each other in and that results in a foot chase. the officers from these vehicles exit their vehicles and begin a foot chase. you will see that on the video when it is played. ronald johnson runs to king drive. he will then turn and proceed in this direction, right in the direction of where officers hooper and monti are positioned on the sidewalk. officers hooper and monti hear the radio communication that the male is running in their direction. they have their weapons drawn and they proceed northbound towards the direction where he is situated. he runs toward them. they observe a weapon in his hand. they attempt to take him into custody. at that point, ronald johnson engages in a struggle

johnson and the others. those officers were in the process of peeking to t is -- o ing to the car to investigate the shooting. but then others observed ronald johnson near that very same location. those officers saw that mr. johnson was carrying a gun and ordered him to stop and drop the weapon. mr. johnson did not comply with the officer's orders and instead, ran from the officers while holding the gun. he initially ran from 53rd street, turning south on to king drive where he encountered the original two officer who were on the scene and speaking with the other occupant of the vehicle. these two officers were observed mr. johnson with a gun and they drew their weapons and ordered johnson to stop and drop the weapon. mr. johnson slowed down and indicated that he would comply with the officers' orders. one of the officers reholstered his weapon to free up his hands to arrest him. but johnson was able to break free of the officer's grasp, and he fell to the ground. another occupant of the vehicle confirmed th

((sharie johnson)) > thanks for joining us. i'm sharie johnson. we're only a few days from 20-16. and as people get ready to ring family... safe road advocates are urging people not to drink and drive. 8 news now's mauricio marin is live with how some are working to stop drivers from making a mistake they can't take back. ((mauricio marin)) lots of people on the road this holiday seasson. either coming into town or heading out to visit loved ones. as the new year approaches... stop dui advocates say this is a very dangerous time on the road. and are asking everyone to look out for each other. according to the national highway safety administration--- more than 700 people are killed in alcohol related crashes nationally in the month of december alone. the leaders of the group--stop dui say these deadly crashes can be prevented. they say if you're hosting a new year's eve party---there are consider. making sure guests aren't off and getting behind the wheel. safe road advocates urge people to assign a designated driver before starting to drink. ((sandy heverly/stop dui "always alway

./// ((sharie johnson)) > an off-duty cop shoots a relative. it happened late last in north las vegas. let's go straight to mauricio marin live at the scene with details on why authorities say this happened: police are calling it an accidental shooting. saying a metro office and her husband were asleep when the relative who also lives with them unexpectedly came home. which spooked the off-duty officer and her spouse. police say the accidental shooting happened in this neighborbood near west ann road and allen lane in north las vegas friday night. north las vegas police say the incident happened around 11 last night. an off-duty metro officer was sleeping at home with her husband. they heard something that startled them . when the husband and wife heard something---they drew their guns and started shooting at a person approaching them. their relative who also lives in the same house with them. the woman was shot at least one time she was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. once again---police say this was an accidental shooting. n

((sharie johnson)) > new years and one of the biggest parties in the nation... will be right here on the famous las vegas strip. but if you don't want to deal with the massive crowds.. you can have the best seat in the house by allowing us to bring it to you live. 8 news now will be live from the best locations on the strip, downtown and where locals are... bringing you live music and strip entertainment... including matt goss, the jabbawockeez... and mat franco. our broadcast kicks off at 10pm... and goes through midnight./// ((sharie johnson)) > and during our special, one lucky viewer will get their mortgage paid for a year. we've teamed up with our sponsor... gavish real estate... dollars. we'll randomly choose 8 finalists to attend the zowie bowie show at red rock on new year's eve... and we'll announce the winner during our live special! to enter... just head to our our 8 new now facebook page, community pride facebook page or website. you must be at least 21.. have a mortgage or lease on a home and be in good standing with the lender and owner./// ((shari

((sharie johnson)) and i'm sharie johnson in for kirsten . it's 5-oclock. in just a few hours, the republican presidential candidates will take the stage for 20-15's final debate. ((brian loftus)) donald trump may be the front-runner, but he's likely in for a fight with ted cruz. dianne gallagher is live with a preview. heading into tonight's republican debate, donald trump has a huge lead, at least in the national polls. he has crossed the 40-percent mark in a national poll from monmouth university. that's more than the next three competitors combined. the polling began last thursday, just days after trump announced his plan to temporarily ban muslims from entering the u- s. backlash, but as we've seen with trump before, that just strengthens his support. take a look at this poll from abc news, suggesting nearly 60- percent of republicans back the proposal. it's no surprise to the billionaire businessman. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "i have many friends that are muslims, and i will tell you, they are so happy that i did this." coming up fast

are pet tech gifts worth the ((sharie johnson)) charlotte reed.. a pizza delivery worker got an early christmas present.. thanks to a church in augusta georgia. they ordered a pizza during a service... and had her deliver it.. on stage. ((chuch pastor: we wanted to bless you with a love offering of $1,321.27. (cheers!) ((sharie johnson)) the pastor called the delivery woman's dominos earlier in the day.. and asked them to send their hardest worker to their church. so dominos sent dawn smith. smith.. and is a single mom. she was shocked by the 4 figure tip.. and says she will use some of it to help someone else in need./// ((sharie johnson)) > that's all for 8 news now live at noon.. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and twitter. have a great afternoon.///

i'm sharie johnson. tonight metro police are investigating after a man was found dead inside of a car. details are limited right now. here's what police have told us. a man was found shot to death around four pm near the i-15 and sloan. the car was parked on the side of the road... and a weapon was found near the car. we'll update you as we learn more./// ((sharie johnson)) > nevada highway patrol is investigating near searchlight. authorities say 3 motorcycles were involved. one persond was pronounced dead at the scene. we're told traffic was slowed down in the area as police investigated but according to the nevada department of transportation traffic is now all clear in the area./// sharie johnson > another busy day for presidential candidates traveling around the nation... to try and win over voters. one group of local activists... pushing to end youth violence and senseless killings... has gotten the attention of at least one presidential hopeful. 8 news now's mauricio marin joins us with more about

((sharie johnson)) > thanks for joining us. i'm sharie johnson. former county commissioner tom collins is facing some trouble. sources tell 8-news-now he was arrested last night... for driving under the influence. this comes just months after he abrutly resigned from the county commission. according to the booking records at the clark county detention center... a 65- year-old named clarence weldon collins was arrested for d-u-i 8:00 last night. our i-team says clarence weldon is collins' legal name. we left a voicemail with the former commissioner but he has not responded. collins abruptly resigned his family matters. and shortly after resigning... collins annonced he planned to run for mayor of north las vegas ((sharie johnson)) and this isn't collin's first run in with the law. back in 2012... he fired a gun at a tree on his property in north las vegas... he pled guilty to disturbing the peace in that case. and later that same year... his bull got loose and hit a woman who tried to corral him. /// sharie johnson > at the same time the news comes

-- lady bird johnson?etty: she's always been to pick she's alwaysne-- one.to picdepicted as a plus she was the first modern first lady. she had a big staff and important project. she wrote a book estimate she left. -- as soon as she left. there was a mystery about how her mother died. there were a lot of things about her story where i thought i just wanted to write about her. after she died, many of the papers became available, her unpublished diary. she wrote a big 800 page book. she recorded eight times that much. i was dying to get my hands on that. i got the final segment of this june. it was a very big help. brian: where did you have to go to find the diary? noty: remember, she did keep a diary in the usual sense of writing everyday. she did not type. she recorded. she did not record everyday. the base she could not get to it, she had a big brown envelope she could in--days not get to it, she had a big brown envelope. be transcribed. who transcribed it did not always understand her accent. i was told

sharie johnson > a desperate plea for help. how a father breast fed his baby boy after his wife's... sudden death. it all started with a facebook post. how it ended... coming up. mother's tragic death, a fatfinds overwhelming support after he asks for help... breast feeding his baby boy. emily sinovic explains how it all started with a facebook post. > this was the facebook post from alex green, a dad...who says "helllo everyone. my sister just invited me to this page. i'm a new single father to brody. he's 8 months old. his mother died 4 months ago. he went on to write this: "his mother wanted to breast feed him unil he was a year old. brody and i live in bend but have not had any luck finding milk there. " alex green posted this on behalf of his son brody, now eight months old. brody lost his mom after her tragic and sudden death, but green didn't want to give up on her wishes to have her son breast fed. his request for help has been met by hundreds of supporters who have donated or posted their (alex green/father) "i can obv

sharie johnson > thanks for watching 8 news now at 11. to las vegas now dot com. - you are being watched. the government has a secret system-- a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. i designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything-- violent crimes involving ordinary people. the government considers these people irrelevant. we don't. hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. you will never find us. but victim or perpetrator, if your number's up, we'll find you.

((sharie johnson)) mauricio... what types of guns are people purchasing as they go in looking sharie... we asked about that at the gun store. irwin says he's really getting a lot of interest for guns defense. like small handguns and home defense shotguns. saying they nearly ran out with those types of firearms the days after the san bernardino shooting./// ((sharie johnson)) > while some are arming themselves... others in the valley are joining together... calling for peace and unity. about 200 followers of islam... judaism... christianity and more gather tonight at a local mosque for an interfaith vigil. organizers started the event... by reading the names of all 14 people killed in the san bernardino mass shooting. the prayer vigil was dedicated to all the victims... involved in the growing number of violent acts which are people. according to organizers... the violence is creating fear and hateful backlash towards american muslims. (( khalid khan/islamic society of nevada, "please, this kind of religion face on

tom johnson said he could not just sever the relationship. he was involved in the johnson business.hey went to lady bird, which so many people did. and she talked to lyndon. according to tom johnson, she said to lyndon just because tom , is loyal to bill moyers doesn't mean he isn't also loyal to you. and so it was mended, a little. brian: back to business. how did their business start, and what was it? betty: lady bird had a journalism degree. she was the first first lady to have 2 degrees, and the only one up to hillary clinton. although now they all have two degrees. she said she always wanted to own a newspaper, but it was too expensive. they could not afford to buy one. in 1942, a station in austin came up for sale. a station that was losing money. she had money inherited from her mother, who had died a long time ago. and partly from her uncle claude, whom she was named for. claudia was her real name. out and buyjust go that without doing research. she went to a member of the fcc who had been a johnson friend. she said, do you think it is a good idea? he says yes. she buys the

"i knew johnson's wife was applying."ust the fact that he was on the committee in the senate, the committee in charge of the fcc, we don't have to say anything more. brian: the station was sold, and at one point, johnson worked for the los angeles times. the amount of money that was distributed, how did you find it? betty: i use printed sources. there were some subjects that became too complicated to follow up individually, like certain gifts he gave the staff members. i relied on other sources, like the wall street journal. i've never heard those amounts were wrong. brian: you talk about president johnson having a falling out, after going out of the white house with walter cronkite. what was the falling out about? betty: when he left the white house, both johnson's, i think they were the first couple to do this, they signed contracts to write books. lady bird's got out by 1970, and lyndon's by 1971. their money goes to the lbj library. lyndon was to do an interview with walter cronkite, but he felt the editing did not do

((sharie johnson)) and i'm it's 5-oclock. nine republican presidential hopefuls took the stage last night... in their last debate of 2015. ((brian loftus)) dianne gallagher is live here in las vegas... with a recap. front and center in the 5th republican debate as expected: national security. during that there were a lot of interesting sub-plots between the candidates. many of those that have been struggling on the campaign trail seem to find their stride. last night's debate centered around one key topic: national security with particular emphasis on isis, islamic extremism and immigrants. front-runner donald trump has driven the campaign conversation so far... with his plan to build a wall on the border with mexico, and his desire to temporarily ban muslims from entering the country. candidate) "we're not talking about isolation, we're talking about security. we're not talking about religion, we're talking about security. our country is out of control." trump wasn' the only candidate laying out strong security measures. (te

((sharie johnson)) and i'm sharie johnson in for kirsten . the who's who in politics are descending upon las vegas for tonight's gop debate. ((brian loftus)) it's taking venetian.. dianne gallagher is live outside the hotel with a preview. heading into tonight's republican debate, donald trump has a huge lead, at least in the national polls. he has crossed the 40-percent mark in a national poll from monmouth university. that's more than the next three competitors combined. the polling began last thursday, just days after trump announced his plan to temporarily ban muslims from entering the u-s. it's a move that may have gotten backlash, but as we've seen with trump before, that just strengthens his support. take a look at this poll from abc news, suggesting nearly 60-percent of republicans back the proposal. billionaire businessman. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "i have many friends that are muslims, and i will tell you, they are so happy that i did this." coming up fast on trump is texas senator ted cruz. a pair of polls shows hi

((sharie johnson)) > from i-pads and tablets to smart phones. electronic devices are hot christmas gifts. but 8 on your side consumer advocate michelle mortensen... has a warning tonight for parents before you put those presents under the tree. mary ann morgan is buying a lot of tech gifts this christmas. ((mary ann morgan/grandpare nt: all my gifts basically are tech gifts )) and she's pretty savy about it. ((mary ann morgan:grandpare nt on the child i'll fix that so he can't actually go on the internet )) experts say you should set up parental controls...befor e you even wrap ((adam whitney: internet crimes task force those apps have an age range where you can say what's appropriate what's not. )) adam whitney with internet crimes against children task force says most devices have parental controls for websites and apps. ((adam whitney- internet crimes task force go through the user manual and look for parental controls to be able to set up that specific device)) whitney says parents should also physically keep an eye on what their kids are do

/// ((sharie johnson)) ((sharie johnson)) > wall street isn't showing any jitters ahead of the expected federal reserve announcement. the feds may nudge interest rates higher at its policy meeting today. ahead of the announcement./// ((sharie johnson)) > today... the nevada legislature will be meeting for a special session called by governor sandoval. sandoval issued the proclamation last night. he wants lawmakers to consider business tax incentives -- for the electric carmarker faraday future. the chinese- backed automaker wants to build a one billion dollar plant in north las vegas. the session gets underway tonight and is expected to wrap up within a few days./// ((sharie johnson)) > one of the worst in the nation. the new graduation numbers for nevada.. and the group of students.. officials say are really struggling. plus. ((customer: "i just cried. it's amazing someone would have this much compassion during the christmas season)) ((sharie johnson)) a secret santa makes sure families in need can have a merry christmas. just how much he paid.. anonoymously at two walmarts./// < this

((sharie johnson)) and i'm sharie johnson, in for i'm kirsten. it was a showdown on the strip... as presidential hopefuls duked it out in the republican debate. ((brian loftus)) dianne gallagher is live outside the venetian.. with a wrap up of the debate. dianne? last night's debate centered around one key topic: national security with particular emphasis on isis, islamic extremism and immigrants. front-runner donald trump has driven the campaign conversation so far... with his plan to build a wall on the border with mexico, and his desire to temporarily ban muslims from entering the country. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "we're not talking about isolation, we're talking we're not talking about religion, we're talking about security. our country is out of control." trump wasn't the only candidate laying out strong security measures. (ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate) "what my legislation would do is suspend all refugees for 3 years from countries where isis and al qaeda control substantial territory" (ben carson/(r) presidential candidate) "i don't care whether it'

((sharie johnson)) new hampshire will hold its primary on february 9th. /// sharie johnson > what a busy day with the rebels on the road and the holy war in vegas. chris maathuis is here to sort out the good and bad. ((chris maathuis)) that holy war that was staged in las vegas came down to who ran out of ammo first. because both teams came out firing... utah in the first half and byu in the second. you'll see how it unfolded.. one ute calling it ridiculous. plus... the runnin' rebels needing a bunch of ammo to bring down the wildcats. sports is coming up next here on 8 news now. "now, nevada's first ya wondered how unlv would respond on the road at arizona. they found themselves in the desert facing the nationally ranked wildcats, who never lose at home. this is unlv's next to the last non conference game of the season... after this one they're home with south dakota then open league play on the 30th. so a chance to beat another ranked team, but arizona has won 45 straight home games. rebels fighting in the first half, trailing just two.. and isn't this kind of nice to see d

officers pursuing him or fired as he ran. >> but the attorney for the johnson family insists johnson did not have a good on him and that the video isn't clear enough to show that he had anything in his hand. >> they turned and pointed and no one can argue with that video, that he did not turn. he did not point. >> alvarez says her investigation relied solely on the city's independent police review authority or ipra. but the johnson family attorneys say the officer who did the shooting was never actually interviewed by alvarez or by ipra. >> this is a joke. it's the blind leading the blind. >> he says the officers never gave sworn statements about what happened until after they had all watched the video that night. >> they got their popcorn ready because the video of this incident, the murder of ronnie johnson was being played on the screen. >> johnson's mother was furious about johnson's decision. >> if that would have been anything in her family that got killed like that, they would have been charged with murder. >> the mayor says he is not going anywhere despite despite calls for r

johnson has run from an area where shots had recently been fired. mr. johnson resisted arrest. johnson ran into a public park and towards an occupied police vehicle arriving on the scene in that park. based upon an objective review of the evidence and the law, we have determined that the prosecution could not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the actions of officer hernandez were not reasonable and permissible under the laws of the state of illinois. >> michael oppenheimer joins me now from chicago. and you just heard the state's attorney there for cook county. she's essentially saying i can't make a case. what is your response? >> i did hear her. i heard this morning when she spoke for over an hour and gave a weird convoluted description of everything. and showed a second video, that had nothing do with this shooting and said that was going through the officer's find when he fired those shots. i think her investigation has been a joke. the state's attorney's office called me on friday night to see if i had any evidence to give them 14 months after the shooting of ronnie

((sharie johnson)) > a historic agreement to protect our future. the new climate change plan world leaders have made to eliminate the use of greenhouse gases... and the criticism it's getting around the world./// over a new global climate change plan to reduce and then eliminate the use of greenhouse gases. the hope of the "paris agreement" is to avoid the damaging effects of global warming. brian webb reports. > gavel after 10 days of talks, nearly 200 countries agreed to fight global warming by limiting greenhouse gas emissions. they pledged to switch from burning oil, coal and gas to clean and renewable energy sources like solar power, for decades to come. (general ban ki moon / u.n. secretary ) "the agreement demonstrates solidarity. it is ambitious flexible credible and doable." it calls for the global average temperature rise to be held to less than two-degrees celsius-- that's three-point-six degrees fahrenheit. and even lower if possible. $100 billion will be given from rich countries to poor countries to help them move away from fossil fue

johnson: nice to be back here. i want to thank those who are up -- toy the interfaith thank the interfaith leaaders who are up here with us as well as other members of the community. i know i speak to most people in this room, including those up here with me, when i begin these remarks by saying, my fellow americans. as i've said for some time now, we're in a new phase in the global terrorist threat. it includes terrorist-directed and terrorist-inspired attacks. it includes plots from overseas and the potential for the long -- lone wolf actors in the homeland. this new phase requires a new approach to counterterrorism and homeland security. this must include outreach to muslim communities across the country. over the last two years, i have been to boston, new york, brooklyn, suburban maryland, minneapolis, chicago, columbus, ohio, houston, los angeles, and other places for this purpose. one of the most meaningful discussions i have had on this tour was in june of this year, here at the adams center. with leaders of

somethingould write that he knew johnson wouldn't like. johnson was very thin-skinned. but then johnson also realized that drew was doing a lot of favors. a lot of people would tell johnson that. there are excerpts where leonard marks, a good friend of both of them, would call and tell drew that the president is really down on you about the thing that you wrote the day before yesterday. and i told him that you are doing much more for him than he and thatr appreciate he should appreciate the good things you do and not the bad things. and arthur goldberg would call and say the same thing. johnson is pretty smart. he knows he can't have everything his way. i think occasionally, he would say that to drew. brian: what would you said to there is a reason to buy this book, what is the advantage? what do you get out of it? tyler: you get a history lesson that is fascinating, that is done by a man who was so remarkable, who would remember everything and could put little pieces in context and remember something that he did way before that relates to something that is happening to

johnson is pretty smart. he knows thay he can't have -- he knows that he can't have everything his way. i think occasionally, he would say that to drew. brian: what would you say to folks, the reason to buy this book, what is the advantage? what do you get out of it? tyler: you get a history lesson that is fascinating, that is done by a man who was so remarkable, who would remember everything and could put little pieces in context and remember something that he did way before that relates to something that is happening today. and that makes a context that, i think, makes this history of the 1960's is a fascinating history. look at all the things that were going on. civil rights and the war in vietnam and the great society that johnson was trying to get going. the cold war was up and down. all of those things were happening. and drew put it in a context that makes it so interesting and very readable. and you talk to true drew. you talk to all the key players. you can open that book up to almost any page and fi

./// ((sharie johnson)) > metro police say a man arrested in indianapolis... is wanted on a murder charge here in las vegas. 30-year-old damien ford was arrested wednesday in indiana on an unspecified warrant. he was being held... pending extradition to nevada... to face charges in the murder of dwayne autry taylor back in november. the shooting happened at a downtown apartment complex near an elementary school. police said taylor and ford fought in the parking lot before taylor was shot. the shooter then fled the scene./// ((sharie johnson)) > firefighters say hot ashes from a fire pit are to blame for an early morning house fire. it happened around 4 a-m near lake mead and jones. authorities say winds gusts blew the ashes from the pit in the back patio to the house next door.... igniting the side of the house and the roof. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. the red cross is now assisting the pair. the owners of the fire pit said they thought the fire was completely put out before they went to bed. las vegas fire and rescue... says hot ashes can ret

so what is the plan that secretary johnson's going to announce? >> well, i will let secretary johnson speak to that, but the president also spoke about steps congress can take. you heard a lot of rhetoric from those republican candidates on the trail. that's not a surprise. it's campaign season. but congress can act to authorize an aumf, they can act to prevent terrorist os the watch list from having access to guns. if you can't get on a plane, why should you have access to guns? that's something we will continue to push them on in the coming days. >> when it comes to defeating isis overseas, train and assist local partners has not worked so far to try to defeat isis and their growth. is this the beginning of an intensified campaign to get war-weary americans back into a mindset of the fact we might have to put boots on the ground to combat isis in a more doll declarative way? >> there's no question we are in a new phase. over the last couple weeks since paris, the united kingdom, germany, several of our other partners have stepped up military eff

((sharie johnson)) > two men are dead... after their car jumped a sidewalk and smashed into some street lights. night... on charleston at mohawk street. according to metro... the car was speeding when the driver lost control.. and hit two light poles. medical responders pronounced the 31-year-old driver and 27- year-passenger dead on scene. we're waiting for the conorer to release their identies. this wreck brings the number of traffic related deaths in metro's jurisdiciton up to 123 this year. /// ((sharie johnson)) > we've learned the name of the man... who police say was shot to death at the plaza hotel by his wife. the coroner says 48-year-old david cordova of north las vegas died due to a gun shot to the chest. according to metro police... his wife... maria escalante opened fire on him... police say it all happned while their child was in the room. the child is now in protective services. escalante is being held without bail pending an initial court appearance... on tuesday. she faces one count of murder with a deadly w

illegal poaching and habitat loss./// ((sharie johnson)) > that's it for us. we'll see you again for 8 news

johnson is showing the nfl what we who had seen johnson play in college already knew... david presents a triple threat. he has 7 rushing touchdowns, 4 receiving and one kickoff return. and more importantly he has helped the cardinals to a 12-2 record and they are a full 3 games ahead of dreamed his rookie season would go like this. "i was just coming in trying to success early on. i would say like a dream, it definetly felt like a dream just to just to do all that and our team did something pretty good." johnson is the first player in cardinals and three touchdowns in the a single game... johnson looks to keep his momentum going this weekend the take on the packers. the uni basketball team is starting to recieve some national recognition after there 81-79 victory over the fifth ranked iowa state cyclcones saturday in the big four classic. the panthers recieved 15 votes the latest rankings. the iowa state cyclones fell 5 spots following there first loss of the season to the panthers down to number 11 mvc player of the week because of his performance in the big four classi

a different officer shoots johnson in the back. you don't actually see johnson fall to the ground. alvarez said the video is not good and has no sound, but it was strong enough to help her decide that the shooting was justified. >> mr. johnson resisted arrest and ran into a. part towards an occupied police vehicle that was arriving on the scene. >> alvarez said the fact that johnson was shot in the back while running away was not enough to convince her to the officer was in the wrong. >> johnson could have easily turned around and quickly fired at the officers pursuing him or even fired as he ran. >> the attorney for the johnson family insists that johnson did not have a gun on him and that the video isn't clear enough to show that he had anything in his hand. >> the biggest lie is that they said he turned and pointed and no one can argue with that video that he did not turn, he did not point. >> alvarez said her investigation relied solely on the independent police review authority. the johnson family said the officer who did the shooting was never interviewed by alvarez or ipra.

and marcus, where is johnson now?. marcus: johnson bonded out of jail this morning and is to have no contact with any minor child. des moines police reports show there were two incidents that occurred between johnson and the 16-year-old female student. the first was december 1 when johnson used his position as a teacher to gain access to the student's personal cell number and call her. two days later, johnson pulled her out of class, and took her to his own class room where johnson allegedly kissed and touched the victim. we spoke with the mother of a varsity girls basketball player. she tells us she never noticed anything inappropriate between johnson and any of the girls on the team. she says the charges against johnson hit the girls hard. >> i think it is really important they lean on each other. i know counseling services were available to the the team as well as other students in the school, and i relaly think it is important they turn to each other and support each other through this. marcus: johnson has been a a

"tig" johnson went before a judge this morning. the teacher and coach is accused of sexual exploitation by a school employee and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. channel 13's jannay towne has more on what led to the charges... she joins us live outside roosevelt high school. a 16 year old student told police that she and johnson, her former teacher, had grown close. the district says he taught special education here at roosevelt and has been with des moines schools since 2001. but in her report to authorities, she claims what johnson did last week made her feel uncomfortable and trapped. the man described as a "friendly appeared in shackles before a judge.. 01:00:55 you're charged with assault with intent to commit and sexual exploitation of by a school employee 02 46 year old gerald "tig" johnson is charged with making "sexual roosevelt student. according to court documents, and girls basketball coach began calling the girl last week. then on december 3rd, johnson is accused of taking the student out of class and bringi

bruce johnson's christmas display stands out. "it took about five years to actually wanted to go live with it," said bruce johnson. by no means is it a large display. but what it does get--- a lot of cars to stop. "i think it looks nice and pretty," said jesse vargas. "[be]cause they sing," said olivia struss. it's an interactive spectacle of lights. and you can participate from your car. probably one of the coolest things is that you can set your radio to 88.9 fm and then watch the display go to the rythm of the music you're listening to. "there's 40 songs in my library right now," said bruce johnson. "you can drive around the block 40 times and not see the same thing," said bruce johnson. all the displays are made from miscellaneous parts johnson has a welder shape for him. he says that's what costs him the most. "my electrical bill for this display to run for a month goes up $12," said bruce johnson. multiple switch boxes communicate with a master board to sync the lights and music together. "it was really fun to take songs ap

so you had lyndon johnson finally made it into the oval office in 1963. that was following the assassination of president kennedy, lyndon johnson said himself, he said there are three pillars of segregation that i am going to knock down. he knocked on the first massively with the 1964 civil rights act, he knocked on the second which was voting which was the 1965 voting rights act. he said my final move will be to get a competent, gifted, african-american on to the united states supreme court. that was thurgood marshall who graduated number one harvard university law school. so marshall was the right man, in the right moment, at the right time in this country's history. >> what was the final vote?, any democrats voted for and against, republicans won against? >> republicans won against? >> the final vote was 69-11. that seems wide but it is not. if the southerners had a stop, the white house at 60 votes or less than they could have filibustered the nomination and marshall, or the white house could not have withstood a filibuster. so in reality, the white h

eddie told president johnson that. he also said, what i will do though, i will go around and visit as many of the southern senators and northern senators and western senators as i can, especially the ones who are on the fence about thurgood marshall, and i will try to persuade them to vote for thurgood marshall. and so that helped. there is no doubt that that health. >> host: what was the political breakdown, the partisan breakdown? >> guest: will, most of the democrats were southern democrats. so they were the ones who went against the marshall. marshall got a lot of help from republicans, eastern republica republicans. and one of the big heroes of the hearing was everett dirksen of illinois, who would send letters to people telling them this is a signature moment for the united states of america. and we need to show our mettle by confirming thurgood marshall to the supreme court. so it was one of those things that we don't see a lot in washington now. it was bipartisan. in the end it really was big and that's how thu

of course so many heres were lost that way, john russell johnson. >> johnson was a purple heart recipient but that award bass lost for decades, as paul burton shows us. >> it's a legacy 74 years in the making. >> it's still unbelievable i think i'm still in shock. >> and a treasure that even the family was unaware was missing, seaman john russell johnson. >> today we are able to at least give back to the family of seaman johnson, a small tribute. >> johnson died on december 7th, 1911 in the attack on board perp harbor, the brockton was 23 years old. >> hurt the family so much, they didn't want to talk about it, my grandmother, my grand >> today at the vfw johnson's extended family was given his purple heart first given to his wife he will more in 1946. >> find out years later, a little late, better late than never. >> purple heart has been here at the brockton vfw for the past 60 years, kind of forgotten all until a volunteer stumbled across it. >> we decided that it -- that we should find the family because they deserve to have it. >> so many people don't even know about pearl harbor tod

the government seems to jeh johnson: that is a good observation. highlights the new environment we are in which includes the very real prospect of terrorist inspired attacks that can happen with little or no notice. model are relying upon a for how we inform the public that does not accurately take account of the current environment which is why in the us, it isf a lot of important to create this new level of information for the public. to the public there is a real prospect of terror inspired attacks. this is what we are doing about it and what you should do about it. some months ago, you activatingthis -- this system. the fbi director has talked about the parry owed around july around july. jeh johnson: we have been consulting with inter-agencies, on this and we have reached a point where we could not only rolloff a new system but announce it today. >> two thanks. -- two things. had different situations in los angeles and new york. mixed messages for the public. will things change with this new system? will there be different messages from the lo

johnson to choose sides has been growing.he tried to give one ear to the war of hawks in america, one ear to the dove, but both ears to neither. >> we halted bombing in the north in hope that the government in hanoi would signal its willingness to talk instead of fight. but i regret to tell you that no signal came during those 37 days. >> johnson feels alternately outraged that he's being attacked in this way when he is doing the best he can. >> until the day they decide to end this aggression and to make an honorable peace, i can assure you that we speaking for the united states of america intend to carry on. >> a large committee of responsible lawyers has examined the united states' legal position in vietnam. its conclusions, briefly and bluntly are, that the united states is violating the united nations charter, the geneva agreements and finally, violating the united states constitution which says only congress can declare war. >> when the congress tried to ask questions about the vietnam war, they found it very difficult

johnson taught special education. according to court documents, she was in his classroom last more than an hour. during that time, she told police she felt trapped when she claims johnson told her he wanted to have sex with her.. then kissed and touched her. news of johnson's arrest was quick to spread on social media. but students we talked to today aren't so quick to judge the innocent until proven guilty teacher and coach. aj rose 10:02:27 no one really knows what to believe or think because he was really a great guy. everybody liked him, he was a good coach. i mean, he was a friendly teacher- he was always there to help . 41 nathan riley 10:04:56 we've had a few practices together and shared courts with him. we just really never expected it because he's a really nice guy 02 the district says another teacher is covering johnson's duties in the classroom and another coach on the court. he bonded out of jail today, but is under a no contact order.. meaning he can't have any contact with the 16 year old student or go

it shows the police shooting of rubbled johnson. prosecutors saying that there will be no charges filing against the officer who shot johnson. he was 25 years old. it follows the release of the video. the shooting of la kwan mcdonald was shot 16 times. thanks for joining us. i'm del walters in new york. the news continues live from london next. >> this is al jazeera. venezuela's election victory. and smog in beijing as the paris

the johnson administration had been consular treaty approved. the johnson administration had been hesitant to pursue the agreement due to its all-consuming attention to the vietnam conflict. the senate republican leader, edward arcs, actually oppose the treaty. morton, a former state department official, took the initiative not only for his party but also for the senate. first, he persuaded former president eisenhower to embrace the treaty, which removed a great deal of potential partisanship from the equation, and then morton used his knowledge on the subject matter and reputation as a former state department official to convince two thirds of his fellow republican senators to favor the pact, forcing leader edward derksen to change his position. once morton had succeeded in securing strong republican , he prodded a hesitant president johnson to weigh in with democrats. lbj obliged, and ultimately, the senate approved the treaty. morton's success reflects how power in the senate often fluctuates depending on the circumstances. senator, even one

lyndon johnson is a common murderer. >> johnson did things that no other president did.hts, great society. he should have been somebody that every young person and every liberal would have celebrated, but they didn't. he became the vietnam war president. >> we'd been told repeatedly that we're succeeding, we're defeating them. they can't hold out. johnson kept saying, there's light at the end of the tunnel. >> this is a cbs news special report. saigon under fire. >> the enemy in vietnam has demolished the myth that a live military strength controls that country. >> the american embassy is under siege. inside are the vietcong terror squads that charged in during the night. >> the tet offensive was an enormous game changer. they were shooting up the american embassy. they had hit dozens of cities all over vietnam. it was a tremendous shock. >> we have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winter-spring offensive. we do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. >> he was unable to be honest with the ameri

johnson resisted arrest and mr.nson ran into a public park and towards an occupied police vehicle that was arriving on the scene. >> reporter: and she says the fact that johnson was shot in the back while running away was not enough to convince her that the officer was in the wrong. >> it could have easily turned around and quickly fired at the officers pursuing him or even fired as he ran. >> reporter: but the attorney for the johnson family says he did not have a gun on him and the video is not clear enough to show he had anything in his hand and that is not all. >> the biggest lie is that they said he turned and pointed and no one can argue with that video that he did not turn, he did not point. >> reporter: she says her investigation relied solely on the city's independent police review authority or ipro but the johnson family attorney says the officer who did the shooting was never actually interviewed by her or by ipro. >> it's a joke and the blind leading the blind. >> reporter: the officers never gave sworn

gerald "tig" johnson turned polk county jail. he's charged with "sexual exploitation by a school employee" and "assault with intent to commit sex abuse." the des moines school district says he is on administrative leave.. pending the results of the investigation. a pleasant hill babysitter is headed to prison for abusing kids in her care... christina williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. she was arrested in may after video surfaced showing her abusing three kids at her daycare. she was originally charged with five counts of child endangerment... but three were dropped as part of a plea deal. williamson said she's working to better herself... and receiving treatment for several mental health issues. the man who went on a shooting spree in pleasant hill learn his fate today... a jury found pete polson guilty of attempted murder... two counts of assault... and six other charges in october. he hit two people and narrowly missed a third when he opened fire last year. all of the victims polson's sentencing is set for 8 - 30

lonny pulkrabek / / johnson countysheriff "the old way of doininit was wait ununl you got help, well now yououot an active s soter, you're an officer on the street you're in, there's no waiting anymore." johnson county sheriff lonny pulkrabek says every deputy in his department undergoes annual active soter training. the reason he says -- because events like what took place wednesday in san bernardino have become an all too common occurrence. "that's just one of the unfortunate things of today's world." dave wilson / johnson county emergency manager "locally since sandy hook we've funded through homeland security grants, training statewide for alice instructors and have trained locally over 21 instructors." johnson county emergency management coordinator dave wilson is on the front end of training more than just law officers to deal with active shooters. the 21 people his agency has alice trained have prepared thousands of teachers, business people and other officials how to respond to an active shooter. "it's changed dramatically, we never used to teac lockdown, and now it's basical

johnson resisted arrest and mr. johnson ran into a public park and towards an occupied police vehicle that was arriving on the scene in that park. based on an objective review of the evidence and the law, we have determined that the prosecution could not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the actions of officer her nnanz were not reasonable and permissible under the laws of the state of illinois. >> let's dig deeper on this. i want to bruing in ryan young n chicago. and civil rights attorney charles cole man who is with me in new york. ryan, this video comes days after johnson's mother was live on this show with brook. she demanded that this video be released. she said that the gun was planted on him. walk us through what this video shows. >> we have seen the video a few times and we went to that lawyer's office for ronald johnson. they are claiming that gun was planted afterwards, that he could have been shot in the back and had the gun not fly out of his hand. they kept saying once people saw this video they