. >> hi you know mayor james knowles was not up for re-election, but was on the minds of voters. he's taken a lot of heat in ferguson since the riots. some are asking him to step down, and say if he doesn't, they want him recalled. >> print your name on the line. >> voters in ferguson missouri cast ballots for three new members. barbara wished she could elect a new mayor. >> i'm not happy with him. i have not had a chance to sign a petition if someone comes to my door i will. >> reporter: she could get her wish. >> this is the petition. >> reporter: nick and others are signing a petition to recall mayor james knowles. >> i'm an advocate for good government in ferguson. in order to get good government in ferguson things will have to change. the mayor in one of those things. >> reporter: knowles in his second term as mayor ended some when he said there was not a racial divide in his community after a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teen and came under fire for a federal report citing bias and ferguson's police department and municipal court. that led to the resig

the mayor is one of those things things. >> knowles in his second term as mayor angered some last summer when he said there was not a racial divide in the community when a white officer shot a black teen. the investigation report led to the resignation of other city officials, and the city remains divided on whether knowles should stay or go. >> i don't think anybody could have done much better with everybody attacking him on a constant bases. >> he had to know of the discriminatory culture. or else he's incompetent. there is no way around this. >> he has been the voice and sometimes i haven't thought that he had a good voice. >> they've worked so hard, and they've been under so much pressure that i just--i think that it's an insult to the community. >> knowles said that he has no intention of stepping down. he said he does not take this recall effort seriously. diane estherbrook al jazeera, ferguson missouri. >> of course, we're keeping watch on another story. the jury has reached a verdict in boston at the trial of sow car tsarnaev. this happening without two full days. deliberations.

at a recent forum city council candidates were divided on whether knowles should stay or go. >> he's done a job that i don't think anyone in the room could have done better with anyone attacking him on a constant basis. >> he had to know about the discriminatory culture, or else he is incompetent. there's no way around this. >> ferguson voters were divided. >> he has been the voice. sometimes i just haven't. i thought he had a good voice. and including the mayor, they have worked hard, and have been under so much pressure. i just - i think it's an insult to the community, to be honest with you. >> now, we talked to the mayor, and at this point he had no intention of stepping down and he is not taking the recall effort seriously. >>> what would it take for him to be recalled? >> well what it would take is 15% of the registered voters. they'd need to gather 1900 signatures for there to be a yes, no referendum put to the community. >> thank you >>> on the national political scene senator rand paul launched a 2016 presidential cal pain the first- -- campaign the first-term senator announ

check out the amazing photos of her mother, tina knowles' wedding.blue ivy, who just turned 3 hitting the dance floor with daddy jay z. another one of her looking cute in a tiara with mom and dad. >> dig the white suit, huh? >> yeah. and then, how about look closely at this. the whole family snapping a goofy pic. sticking out their tongues. you have to do a serious pic, a goofy pic. leave it to the carters and the knowles to do just that. everyone dressed in white. all looking great. >> solange. >> nice work, dan. >> there's the tiara. >> this family is always fashionable. they can do whatever they want. exactly. >>> and guys finally, revenge is a dish best served right to the face. hear me out here. take a look at this fun family game to see what i mean. the idea is like a russian roulette meets jack in a box. you have to crank the lever until the pie is spontaneously hurled into the player's face. unfortunately, you can see the little guy, the grandson gets it first. and the grandpa is like eating it up. he's just laughing like crazy. >> is that wh

leave it to the carters and the knowles to do just that.iously, dressed in white for the occasion. all looking great. >> solange. >> nice work, dan. i'm impressed. >> there's the tiara. >> before memorial day, too. >> this family is always fashionable. they can do whatever they want. exactly. >>> and guys, finally, revenge is a dish best served right to the face. hear me out here. take a look at this fun family game to see what i mean. the idea is like a russian roulette meets jack in a box. you have to crank the lever until the pie is spontaneously hurled into the player's face. unfortunately, you can see the little guy, the grandson gets it first. and the grandpa is like eating it up. he's just laughing like crazy. >> is that whipped cream or shaving cream? >> i'm hoping it's whipped cream. it could be shaving cream. i would be chowing that down if it was whipped cream. >> what other sadistic games does this family play? anything involving a nail gun? >> i think it's fun. really? i'm not sure if they're on a sugar high. or what? the laugh

>> hey tina knowles has tied the knot. it happened on a yacht in california on sunday.he's about that cougar life married richard lawson all white ceremony and all the usual suspects were there beyonce' jay-z blue ivy and so long. beyonce' took to her social media instagram and posted a picture of her and her mom on monday and it was like thee hundred people there. they was on a yacht and you know oddly enough, knowles wasn't there. >> no surprise there. >> head crack always a pleasure, my friend. good to see you thanks for the information and insight. >>> after fox 29 news at 10:00 we've got two hours of new and inn tow taken many for you. tmz and inside edition follow beside midnight and midnight chasing news at 12:30. >> an arizona police officer slams his cruiser into an armed man walking along the sidewalk that. man did leave the hospital two days later. >> you don't want to do this! you don't want to do this! >> police say that man went on a crime spree in february. did you hear that crack. that crack was the firing avenue gun. officers say he was firing that gun

tina knowles and the actor tied the knot over the weekend on a yacht in california. this is the second marriage for tina who divorced matthew knowles in december 2011. leon: coming up just ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00 rolling out. take a look at the newest metro cars ready to hit the tracks. alison: this week marks 150 years since the assassination of president abraham lincoln. we are showing you a side of the man you may not know. leon: and the big sneeze. sticking with a local doctor about what's making this allergy season so much of a drag. present company included. cleanup continues from a series of deadly tornadoes that struck northwest illinois last week. alison: here's the story of one home owner who lost her home in this twister and how a simple facebook request turned into a giant gesture of good will. reporter: a day after her home was destroyed, lauren hinchey found help. >> family friends, i'm a schoolteacher. reporter: on friday morning, word quickly spread on social media that her home in illinois was one of the dozens levelled by an ef-4 tornado. >> i p

knowles sunny and through the middle of the day today, you'll notice those winds starting to increasegain, but it's not going to be as gusty as it was yesterday. radar, nice and dry. this is great news for any easter egg hunts going on today, and it will stay nice as we go through the afternoon hours. here's future weather. as we go through your easter sunday, at least through the first half of the day, by 7:00 a.m. this morning, temperatures still in about the 40s for most of us. suburbs, you'll be in the 30s, 9:00 this morning, sunny, 50 degrees. winds start to increase by 11:00 a.m. especially. temperatures by then in the mid-50s. we do stay dry today, clouds stay up to our north, and then we go into your monday and we'll see even warmer temperatures to start off your workweek tomorrow right around the upper 60s. some areas could be close to 70 degrees. and notice the clouds keep increasing through the day on monday. those rain chances return as we go into tuesday. now, phillies home opener for tomorrow, southwest wind expected blowing out to center field, with around 10 to 15 mile

ruth sheldon knowles came from an oklahoma oil family. her book "the greatest gamblers" told the industry's history. rockefeller stayed out of the drilling end because he didn't want to lose any money. he was the one who always wanted to -- he wanted to make the money. and when he saw that there was such a thing as drilling dry holes and you could lose money it was obvious to him in the beginning that there was going to be as much money lost in looking for oil as there would be made by finding it. schoumacher: rockefeller bought the oil that other men drilled refined it, and sold it. by 1869, he had the largest refinery in the country. and a year later standard oil of ohio was born. when competition squeezed profit margins, rockefeller squeezed the competition. willing competitors were bought. unwilling competitors found themselves cut off from railroads pipelines, and credit. by having the monopoly that he had originally -- which in refining and in pipelining -- he was able to control the price of oil for the producers. and the independe

lterge ist movie, and tennis balls and garden hose. >> yes. >> but momma knowles, she's so fabulous. i wonder, yes, you better have it together. >> if he was in the move any 1982, let's find out how old he is, richard lawson. >> there he is. >> okay. >> there he is. >> wonderful. >> he is handsome. >> yes, nicely done. >> well, how cool is that. >> the fashion designed divorced -- what. >> fashion designer. >> fashion designer. >> yes. >> he is 68. >> well, he looks good. >> he does look good. >> yeah. >> okay. >> let's get to quincy. he is still getting ready to run. >> he says he will dot broad street run. >> i'm just trying to get my core together, and the thing is, does your shoes, do your shoes matter, we will find out coming up next. >>> it is 8:45. it is already beautiful out there. it will be a gorgeous day, of course, one down side is the pollen count. today, it is pretty high, yeah, we've got mapel, juniper, alder, tree pollen basically out there right now as trees start to budd, and tomorrow though the pollen count looks better because we have rain in the forecast. so, tak

leave it to the carters and the knowles' to do that. everyone dressed in white. all looking great.nce's -- nis work dan. >> there's the tiara. >> this family is always fashionable. they can do whatever they want. exactly. >>> and, guy, finally revenge is a dish best served right to the face. hear me out here. a fun family game. to see what i mean. the idea is like a russian roulette meets jack in a box. you have to crank the lever until the pie is spontaneously hurled into the tas. you can see the grandson gets it first. and the grandpa is like eating it up. he's just laughing like crazy. >> is that whipped cream or shaving cream? >> it could be shaiing cream. >> whatever sadistic games does this family play? anything involving a nail gun? >> i think it's fun. really? i'm not sure if they're on a sugar high. the laughter is contagious. >> the kid's not laughing. >> he did when the grandpa got it. >> i would love the play a round of pie in the face. >> look out! >> no! >> are you up for it ron? >> are you going eat it? >> absolutely. >> come on ron, get in there. >> soupy sales. >>

council has been inept and impotent at initial the united stating the change of the the mayor, matthew knowles did little or nothing, pretty well disagreeing with the report. all the firings of judges police and others lost their jobs because the department of justice, the city government has done nothing since the scathing report came out. >> thank you mr johnson. we'll report on the elections tomorrow on al jazeera. just ahead in this newshour police in brazil camp down on football fans. zoe will be here with that and the rest of the sport in a couple of minutes. minutes. >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> the turkish football league has been suspended after a gun attack on a fenerbahce bus. the attack occurred while the league leaders were travelling to the airport on saturday. they had beaten a nearby team. 5-1. no players were injured. the bus driver was taken to hospital for treatment. fenerbahce are the current turkish champions. >> translation: i would like to stress the union of clubs unanimously supported suspension of the supe

knowles -- notice the jackets though. we're a lot cooler though.st >> wednesday morning, roads are a little damp but i've got say not any huge problems. let's take a look outside right now and see what's going on. this is the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill. we had those showers move through. you can see the roads are already drying out. looking pretty good. westbound just a little slow at times approaching the schuylkill. flying on 422 eastbound near 29, that's where we're seeing the slow go. about 21 miles an hour here. slow from approaching oaks to route 23 and mass transit on time so far dave. >> most of our sprinkles and showers so far this morning have been in south jersey and delaware. karen but there are some out by harrisburg and lancaster that might start coming through southeastern pennsylvania again. a little bit later on in the morning hours. 44 degrees in spots town right now. 43 in ax ford, 41 in quakertown. all of these numbers i'm showing you way chillier than they were yesterday when we were up around 60. 51 in h

tina knowles got hitched. this amazing yacht. it was a party boat.uld be a little more opulent. >> not crazy for beyonce's mom. >> we're assuming that beyonce was paying for it. >> that would be demeaning for the man, right? >> what? if i was marrying beyonce's mom, i would write an email to "all my children," i quit. >> the kardashians along with kanye have just left armenia. kanye right before he left did a concert. at the end he jumped in a lake. >> i feel like every time he walks out there, he may walk on the water. >> drake was performing on stage and madonna came out and just started making out with him. drake's face was like grossed out by her.

bombs going all over the place knowl to different targets. we do to the best of my any kin knowledge, have the ability to stop those incoming in a way that would give any kind of ntries assurance that cities, countries, are safe from baa ballistic missiles. that's why, again, the fact that t even though u.n. skurtecurity council resolutions made clear that baa lizllistic missiles needed to be on the table, they are not in the framework. in terms of china real quick i ti would also -- in 1993 -- i went to china several times. been there on human rights trips many times.g on c i've held -- i will be holding my 50th congressional hearing on chi ma inna in a couple weeks.ude as the abuse of human rights in in china is almost without magnitude, as well as intensity. without comparison anywhere in the world. xi jinping, the leader of the country, is a dictator. he was not elected by the people. i his ruling clique use executions of christians, buddhists, anyone who gets out of hands labor huma activists. now, when president clinton delinked human r