marcy gonzalez abc news, new york. autria: authorities in california are questioning several people after two police officers were shot at. the officers were driving in los angeles when authorities say someone opened fire on them. they were treated for minor injuries and detectives say dozens of police officers police dogs and helicopter crew, and swat vehicles were involved in the search for the suspect. jummy: new at noon now, the u.s. attorney for d.c. is stepping down. he arrested his resignation today after serving five years on the job. he says he is returning to private practice beginning april 1st. his top deputy will become acting u.s. attorney. no one was injured after a fire truck went off a road in frederick county this morning. check out this photo from "the frederick news post." it slid off the road and into a ditch. right now, firefighters are taking equipment off the truck and then will be pulled out of the ditch. a minor collision this noon between a truck and a delta airlines flight caused some proble

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: we just learned within the past three minutes or so that second black box was found but it was empty. autria: update on last month's shooting at frederick high school that injured two teenagers. police say they have two people in custody. they were arrested this morning. and john gonzalez has more now on the charges. john: this afternoon, frederick county police say these are the young men who caused so much terror here at frederick high school back on february 4th. that night, there was a shooting out here in the parking lot while a basketball game was going on inside. police and school officials made the big announcement just moments ago and the commander in charge made it very clear this investigation is not over. they still want to do some follow-up interviews and there are possibly more suspects more arrests but today, these two men are behind bars facing a grand jury indictment. 21-year-old brandon tyler and 19-year-old chandler davenport both live here in frederick. poli

i'm marci gonzalez. >> that's marci.o good to have marci with us. >> so great to be here and to finally meet you in person. >> that's something. i have been here six months and so used to talking to you in the snow or something crazy going on. >> they let me come inside for once, thaw out a little bit. >> good to have you here. >> thank you. we will chat more with marci throughout the morning. i'm t.j. holmes. >>> a fallout over an indiana law. it is called the religious freedom act but critics say it discriminates against gays instead. >> some protesters are taking to the streets and social media. others say the law could hit indiana in the pocketbook. gio benitez explains it all >> reporter: with a firestorm brewing over indiana's new religious freedom act, the man in the middle governor mike pence coming forward to defend the law in an interview with our own george stephanopoulos. >> we're not going to change the law, okay but if the general assembly in indiana sends me a bill that adds a section and clarifies what th

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. a man in maine decided to donate a kidney to a stranger after seeing her plea for help. pretty unusual one. christine royals used the back window of her car as a billboard in a search for a kidney donor. she did this last november. josh leyton saw it and felt compelled to act. luckily, turns out he was a match. this spring, the father of the 11-month-old twin boys is going to give a kidney to her. >> so i looked at my wife and i said text her and i want to try. i need to try. honestly, it was just a gut reaction. i knew in my heart that it was the right thing to do and i think having children really resonated with me. leon: see how many organs that i have in there kidney heart. he says the whole experience is an example for their children that good deeds will go far. the community is also rallying around them by creating a go fund me page for josh is out of work. alison: what a special story. jay-z is shaking up the music industry with a new streaming service. it's called title. it is

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. autria: and this is not the first time suspicion has fallen on a pilot after a plane crash. november of 2013 33 people died after the co-pilot of a mozambique airlines plane locked the pilot out of the cockpit and that plane crashed. 217 people died in october of 1999 when the co-pilot of that egyptair flight cut the engines and turned the plane towards the atlantic ocean. shortly after taking off from kennedy airport in new york. and in february 1982 the captain of a japan airlines flight was declared mentally unstable after 24 of the 174 people on board died when the plane crashed near tokyo. kimberly: how do the latest developments about the pilot's actions make you feel about flying? suzanne kennedy is live at reagan national airport where she's been talking all day about flyers' concerns. suzanne? suzanne: well, kimberly here at national airport right now it's extremely busy if you take a look behind me you can see down at security lots of people traveling both on spring break an

marcy? >> reporter: police still aren't saying how many shooters they're looking for or if they even have a description. and while police are following up on leads we're told they are not close to making an arrest. on this rainy day in ferguson missouri, police are still out searching for the gunman. they say took aim and shot two officers wednesday night. last night protests outside ferguson police headquarters a calm contrast to the night before. one officer was shot through the shoulder the other in the face. president obama sharing his reaction last night on abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> whoever fired those shots shouldn't detract from the issue, they're criminals. they need to be arrested. >> reporter: police trying to track the gunman down closed in on this house yesterday just a few blocks from the shooting season questioning three people but still making no arrests. while last night a small group gathered by candlelight to play for peace and for those two officers. >> we must pull to

marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. alison: the federal aviation administration has a problem with people posting drone videos on line. a hobbyist down in florida received a letter from the f.a.a. of he posted a clip on you tube. jason haynes was told he could face fines for that. the letter said his video violate a ban on commercial drone use because there are ads on you tube. the f.a.a. is currently creating regulations for the commercial use of small unmanned aircraft. leon: all right. let's turn to the man with his own eye on the sky, doug hill. doug: like what i saw today. very warm almost early summerlike temperatures in a few spots west of washington while it still feels like winter east of the city. let's show you what i mean and what will be coming our way the next few days. beautiful image with sunrise this morning and gorgeous sunrise across the area. we wen through this period of mid level and high level overcast. it stayed chilly for a while and started clearing west of town earlier. as we come live right n

marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to marci. >>> and next to another great escape, this an unbelievable accident at a drag race in gainesville, florida. take a look at this video. that drag racer, larry dixon, coming toward the camera when his car suddenly breaks in half shattering into pieces. amazingly, he was walking and talking ight after this happened. not clear why his car simply blew up. >>> next to breaking news on ebola, the cdc announcing late today that it is rushing ten americans home from africa where they may have been exposed to the deadly disease. the health care workers all part of the same aid group and i want to bring in our chief health and medical editor, dr. richard besser. group of patients? >> we don't know but they may have been exposed to the health care worker who is being treated in maryland who's very sick with ebola. reportedly at some point that health care worker fainted and some of these people provided assistance and they all lived in close quarters together in sierra leone. the reason they're being brought back now when they're not even

rick back to you. >> thank you marcy. >>> another ebola patient is being treated at an american hospitalfected health care worker arrived at the health center in maryland this morning, we know that he or she contracted the virus in sierra leone this, is the 11th patient to receive treatment in the u.s. >>> a rare bacteria is detected in delaware the division of public health found a staff or mrsa the patient is 67 years old from newcastle county it's the only 13th confirmed case reported in the united states, it's only seen with people with underlying health conditions, vrsa. >>> a judge rejected the deal of the revel casino to glen straub for $82 million and that she lacked jurisdiction for the sale, and a loophole would have leave the door open for the casino to allow a higher bid. 19 other parties have expressed interest. >>> on the weather front this friday a nice way to end the work week, rain is on the way tonight and the weekend will be unsettled. sky 6 hd looking at pens landing this afternoon and we have seen sunshine for much of the morning though clouds are slowly but surely m

marcy gonzalez has more from new york. >> reporter: it's pretty in central park we got 4 1/2 inches of snow, but other areas got twice as much. a miserable start for march for drivers from kansas to new england. >> the roads are terrible. >> reporter: inasmuch as tone inches of snow -- ten inches of snow falling in someplaces, and thick layers of ice. >> there's nothing you can do. >> reporter: there were crashes and spinouts. this latest storm caused flight cancellations across the country. the log jam so bad five thousand people had to spend the night is at the airport in dallas. they are saying the same thing in massachusetts where they got more snow. the weight collapsing roofs including only the stables. rescuers working to save the horses inside. in boston, a fresh coating on top of the 8 1/2 feet of snow that has already fallen bringing the city a few inches away from the all time record. >> it's going to be difficult for the next month. >> reporter: they could break that record with another winter storm in the forecast for tomorrow. in new york, marcy gonzalez, channel 6 "actio

marcy gonzales is live with more. >> reporter: rick, investigators are holding a news conference right now, they say for the time being there are no signs of foul play but they are not ruling out the possibility that the plane may have been hijacked and they have successfully recovered recordings from the first black box. >> this is the battered black box this is one of the keys to figuring out what caused germanwings flight to crash in the alps yesterday. >> it will be possible to put it back together to make use of it. the airbus was traveling from barcelona to germany when after reaching 38000 feet, the plane quickly lost altitude and plunged to 6,000 feet before dropping from radar and slamming into a mountain. >> we don't know the buildup to that things that come to mind to me rapid decompression or fire on board. >> investigators are trying to figure out what happened and why pilots never made a distress call. crews are navigating tough terrain to recover the bodies of the 150 people on board. >> we cannot leave a victim in the mountains i think maybe tomorrow -- it will be soon.

marcy gonzales is live at the scene in new york city now with the details. >> reporter: rick we'll give you a live look, firefighters are out here all morning and night still trying to keep these hot spots under control. new york mayor bill deblasio was out here surveying the damage of this disaster leaving many people homeless and others fearing the worst. >> the rubble from yesterday's explosion and raging fire in the east village is still smolder, and at least two people are still missing. >> right now we are just worried and want to get him home. >> 23-year-old nicholas figueroa's family believe he was having lunch when the blast here tore through. >> all of a sudden i hear a huge boom and i look up and the building just went straight across -- >> sparking flames that ripped through the apartment building above and spread to several others before they crumbled. residents climbed down fire escapes to safety and others wheeled away on stretchers, at least 25 people hurt and four of them critically. >> i heard people screaming and it was crazy. >> reporter: utility crews visited the bu

lets go to marcy gonzales in new york. >> reporter: good afternoon, investigators don't know the motive it is clear though that this tragedy was not an accident. in the final moments before germanwings slammed into the french alps, the voice recording picked up the screams of passengers and the pilot locked out of the cockpit frank particularly pounding on the door silence as he hit the button to bring the plane down in a 10 minute long deadly decent. >> what activated i don't know but it could be analyzed as a willingness to destroy the aircraft. >> the new revelations gleaned from the black box voice recorder found at the scene. it started out normally and the pilot is asking the copilot to take control as he stepped out presumely to use the restroom the copilot then ignored the pilot's attempts to return and then heard breathing normally leading them to believe he did not suffer a medical emergency. >> we are forced to come to the conclusion that the flight was deliberately crashed. >> a horrifying realization of the families of the 150 people on board including three americans the r

marcy. uh, the last one silas wright, again, a senator and governor of new york in the middle of the 19th century. largely forgotten. what i'll conclude with this a person that again almost nobody knows that name but any people who collect banknotes or really have a passing interest know his portrait. he appears on this famous $5.00 bill. this is one of the top two or three most popular of u.s. bank note. that's this indian of the lakot a sioux tribe. he is the only native american depicted on a banknote. there's a lot of controversy when the snow came out because the headdress is not sioux, it's pawnee. this led to a lot of speculation about, well, is this a real indian, or is this somebody from the bureau of engraving them printed -- and printing that put on the wrong bonnet? it actually is the right person. it is just the wrong headdress. because here is an actual photograph of this indian. again, i depicted it here, but you can also see it, an example of this note for my collection. so t

marcy gonzales is live outside of the federal courthouse in boston with the latest. >> reporter: rick and sara after several failed attempts to have the trial move out of boston it's underway in this courthouse already today the prosecution has laid out the graphic details of the case and the defense told the jury they will not try to side step the involvement saying quote it was him. >> for the first time since two bombs blasted through the crowd near the finish line of the boston marathon two years ago survivors and victim's family members are seeing the suspect up close. opening statements began in dzhokhar tsarnaev's trial. he is pleading not guilty for the attacks that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. the defense was expected to argue that he was coerced by his older brother but the judge said that that argument could not be presented until after they reach a verdict and move into the penalty phase. the first on the stand is martin richards the father of the youngest person to die in the attacks. she is under investgation suspected of helping her husband buy

opening statements began this morning and abc's marcy gonzalez is in boston with the details. >> for the first time since two bombs blasted through the crowd near the finish line of the boston marathon nearly two years ago, survivors and victims' family members are seeing the suspect up close. opening statements began this morning in dzhokhar tsarnaev's trial. the 21-year-old pleading not guilty to 30 federal charges for the attacks that killed three people and injured more than 260 others. the defense was expected to argue that tsarnaev was coerced by his older brother killed in a shootout with police days after the bombing. the judge today said that argument could not be presented to the jury until after they reach a verdict and potentially move into the penalty phase. among the first witnesses expected to take the stand, the father of 8-year-old martin richard, the youngest to die in the attacks. and tamolin tsarnaev's widow will not testify. she's under investigation suspected of helping her husband buy some of the bombmaking materials. >> the fact that she's not being called as

and abc's marcy gonzalez has more on the effort to try to keep things peaceful. >> today, more protests in madison, wisconsin. outrage still simmering after unarmed 19-year-old tony robinson was shot and killed by a police officer. >> see the things happening first in new york and you're like what if we lived in that place? now we do. we do live in a place like that. >> police say around 6:30 friday evening, complaints started coming in about a man matching robinson's description fighting at a gas station and running through traffic. police soon tracked robinson down at this apartment. veteran officer matt kenny the first to arrive radioed in to report a disturbance inside. kenny reportedly forced his way in. the 45-year-old claims he was attacked by robinson and moments later. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> kenny shot the teen saying it was self-defense. though it's not clear if he knew robinson was unarmed. robinson was on probation after pleading guilty to being involved in an armed robbery last year. but his family says he was not a violent person. >> to die in such a violent, viol

here's marcy gonzales. >> reporter: the nurse who became the face of the ebola battle in america is aboutto start a new fight. nina pham says she's filing a lawsuit against the parent company of the dallas hospital where she contracted the virus. she claims that the hospital didn't train the staff to treat ebola.:&d and didn't give them proper protective gear. leaving parts of their skin exposed as they cared for ebola patient thomas eric duncan, who later died.5+f pham saying she was a symbol of corporate neglect.y5ú a casualty of a hospital system's failure to prepare for a known and impending medical crisis. >> we believe she can be a voice for other nurses so something like this never happens to another nurse in the united states of america. >> reporter: pham, who was cured in october at the national institutes of health -- >> i'm so incredibly thankful. >> reporter: -- is back in dallas with her dog, bentley. but says she is coping with the aftereffects, nightmares, body aches, and other health issues. texas health resources responding saying they support pham and remain optimistic t

marci gonzalez has been following the case. she's here with more. hi, paula and dan. shayanna jenkins has immunity. so she can talk freely about what she nose about that box and other key details and she won't face charges. she could potentially make or break the case for the prosecution. a pivotal moment. in the aaron hernandez murder trial. the former patriots' star's fiance on the stand, about to face the toughest questions yet. >> the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. >> i do. >> reporter: before court recessed for the weekend, shayanna jenkins testified for more than four hours, denying that hernandez had anything to do with the shooting death of his friend, odin lloyd, two years ago. >> i asked him if he did it. he said no. that was the end of our conversation. >> reporter: she admitted her fiance appeared drunk the day lloyd was shot to death. and telling the jury that hernandez later asked her to withdraw money to give to one of the co-defendants in the case. >> he told me to meet up with bo and give him mon

abc's marci gonzalez live in ferguson with the latest for us.ica right now police are wrapping up a news conference. they're still not saying if they have a description of the gunman but they say they are following up on many leads. no visible signs of the search on this rainy friday in ferguson but police insist they are still out intenderly working to track down the gunman they say ambushed and shot two officers wednesday night. [gunfire] >> reporter: the injured officers already home recovering by the time last night's much calmer protests began. >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: demonstrators again calling for more resignations after a federal investigation found widespread racism within the ferguson police department and city government. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> reporter: in this community, still healing after months of conflict and tension. >> we must pull together, heal together. >> reporter: prayers for peace. >> and lord, hear our cry. >> reporter: and for justice, calls echoed last night on abc's jimmy kimme

live in new york, marci gonzalez channel6 "action news."to you. >> a necessary move. thank you marcy. >>> live team coverage of the tragedy in the alps continues on world news tonight with david muir. that begins right after "action news" at 6:00 with jim gardner. >> back to our breaking news story from the city's feltonville section. as we reported moments ago police are on the scene here looking for suspects after a 17-year-old girl was shot and rushed to the hospital. this is the 700 block of herpness street in feltonville. police are looking for three male suspects in their 20's. the 17-year-old girl who was shot was taken to einstein university hospital. no word yet on her condition but again, she was a gun shot victim and the search continues for three male suspects in their 20's. we'll continue to monitor the story and bring you more information as it becomes available to us. >>> a woman who became severely ill while vacationing in the caribbean is improving in the hospital this afternoon. "action news" told you about the esmonds. th

yesterday they got a break in one and the world got a possible couldn't fabc's marci gonzalez live inre on the arrest of this eccentric multi-million fair. marcy. >> reporter: brian investigators aren't saying exactly what evidence led to this arrest but durst 's attorney is questioning the timing as he now faces a capitol murder charge: robert durst in a new orleans courtroom today, his attorney insisting the real estate hear heir is not guilty in the shooting death of his friends susan berman in 2000. >> rob durst didn't kill susan berman. >> reporter: a contrast to durst's chilling apparent confession. >> reporter: which aired for the first time just last night on the finale of hbo's documentary series of jinx. the six part series profiles berman's death as well as the unsolved disappearance of durst's first wife kathy in 1982 and the murder of durst's neighbor in 2001. in that case durst was acquitted after claiming self-defense. in interviews for the documentary he repeatedly insisted he was not a killer. off camera, though, while in a bathroom apparently unaware his microphone w

marcy gonzales has more on the selke family and the crash investigation. >> reporter: search teams scouring the steep remote crash scene in the alps for the victims, the 150 people that were on the flight are all presumed dead including three americans, two of them a mother and daughter from virginia yvonne and emily selke's family released their statement expressing their grief calling them two wonderful caring amazing people that meant so much to so many. >> we extend our deepest condolences. >> investigators are making progress in what caused the plane to drop 32,000 feet before slamming into a mountain yesterday, this black box was found at the scene and the cockpit voice recorder intact and now being analyzed. >> we succeeded in getting an audio file that contains useable tonights and voices. >> the french president says the casing for the second black box was also recovered and the flight data recorder was not inside. >> in that severe of an impact it's not that hard to break free. >> the victims are being mourned today around the world and the state department has not released the na

marcy began >> reporter: she insisted she followed all the rules. they responded to the revelation that child she was secretary of state she used a private email address for all of her government business and that was run from a personal email server at her home. >> when i got there i wanted to use one device for personal and work emails instead of two and it was allowed and it was a convenience and it was my practice to communicate with state officials on their accounts so they would be immediately saved. >> she turned over 55000 emails, only what she and her team deemed public business. >> it's established on a publically available website. >> some expect this controversy could hurt a possible presidential run. >> that she never came up with a full explanation for why she did it. >> in the news conference here clinton avoided talking about the impact that this could have on a potential run for the white house or if she may have done more damage by waiting a week to discuss this email issue. live in new york, marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news.

we have one public speaker then move into questions from my colleagues once we'll move back to our marcie. >> commissioner fewer so thanks for the presentation and thanks for staking so late i know it is really late so, yeah so i example i have a question about page 8 the recovery credit so the timeframe 3 hundred and 16 students we had it looks like for the graduating class of 2014 that would have been 2013-2014 timeframe >> seen some success in that area and figuring out some ways to beef that up so our students can come in with a leg forward a lot of our students already have early warning indicators so thank you for this presentation and we'll continue to have this discussion about continuation school and course schools and county schools. thank you. >> any other questions or comments? >> i also want to thank the team i think we're getting better and better at system

marcy gonzales are you live in new york with more. >> reporter: that is right, indiana's governor says it's a major misperception that the law does not allow for discrimination, but admits that the wording of the law needs to be changed. today indiana's governor mike pence promises to quote, fix the freedom of religious act. it allows business owners to turn away gays and lesbians and others if it infringes on their religious belief. >> it would be helpful to move legislation this weeks that make its clear that it does not give businesses the right to deny services no anyone. and boycotts connecticut and washington state and now new york banning taxpayer funding travel to indiana. and ahead of the final four basketball tournament in indianapolis this weekend -- the ncaa headquarters in indiana is reconsidering its long-term investment there. >> we have to say what are we going to do if this law goes into affect in july. some indiana democrats say that the governor's plan to reword it does not fix it now. >> the most clear decisive and understandable thing to do is to repeal the statute

and, as marcie cipriani reports, it appears that company wasn't the only target. >> "our website was down and taken over- by a group claiming to be isis- and warning "we are everywhere"- followed by a smiley face. >> "you couldn't access any pages, mobile, anything. the whole site was just black 41:33 with the banner on it." >> reporter :phil laboons- southside company- was one of several whose websites were hacked saturday. in cincinnati ohio- the islamic state banner covered websites for an inn -as well as a restaurant- and near dayton the banner took over the website for a racetrack. the messages in each case were identical to what appeared on eyeflow's site right here in pittsburgh >> "thought it was a joke, you don't really think about isis attacking you here." >> reporter :then laboon says he was instantly worried that his company or people may have been targeted for the charity work they do internationally. >> "when you hear about beheadings and things you don't think that isis can actually affect you it's kind of this other world over there and this is the first time they've

here's marcy gonszi gonzalez. it was him. those words coming from the attorney.the jury of ten women and eight men he was coversed into carrying out the attacks by his deceased brother tamerlan. when the surviving suspect planted one of the two bombs in the crowd nearly two years ago killing three people and injuring more than 260 others, he pretended to be a spectator but he had murder in his heart. >> get it over with. that's all i want. >> some of the family members and survivors came face to face with the accused killer for the first time including the father of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard. he is expected to eventually testify adding his heart-wrenching story. one described the bloody chaotic aftermath of the bombings after a scene from saving private ryan. several believe tsarnaev is guilty promising to stay open-minded as they consider whether he'll get the death penalty. >> if convicted he could get life in prison. marci gonzalez, abc news boston. >>> hillary clinton must now turn over personal e-mails from her time as secretary of state

. >> when do you think well will have a vote marcie? >> i hope as soon as possible. if republicans can look at the headlines and what's happening, they're not doing themselves any favors right now. if they're smart about it it will be next week and we'll have loretta lynch confirmed as attorney general. >> clarence page and marcie stech, thank you for your time tonight. >>> coming up over 17 million people tuned into the "empire" season finalist. we'll talk to one of the show's stars, ahead. sunday dinners at my house... it's a full day for me, and i love it. but when i started having back pain my sister had to come help. i don't like asking for help. i took tylenol but i had to take six pills to get through the day. so my daughter brought over some aleve. it's just two pills, all day! and now, i'm back! aleve. two pills. all day strong, all day long. and now introducing aleve pm for a better am. taxi. vo: after years of being treated like she was invisible it occurred to mindy she might actually be invisible. ♪♪ but mindy was actually not invisible. ooh, what are yo

marcy gonzalez has new information about what happened on that flight. >> in those chilling final moments before german wings flight 9525 slammed into the french alps, investigators say the cockpit voice reporter picked up the screams of passengers and the frantic thuds of the pilot pounding on the cockpit door. locked out intentionally investigators say by the co pilot. who stayed silent as he hit the button to bring the plane into a nearly 10 minute long deadly descent. >> which can be analyzed as a -- willingness to destroy the aircraft. >> the cockpit voice recorder started out normally. he stepped out of the cockpit presumably to use the restroom. when he tried to return investigators say the 28-year-old co pilot did not respond and kept the door locked. he's heard breathing normally until the moment of impact. >> they're listening to the breathing and considering the pattern they're hearing is consistent with somebody who is conscious conscious, alert and doing something that they intend to do. >> a horrifying realization for the families of the 149 other people who were on board. t

marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>> there is major upheaval today in yemen. it appears the city of aiden is about to call into the hands of shiite rebels. it comes after yemen's president fled his palace and rebels took over the international airport. it is the country's economic hub. the shiite rebels captured sanaa. >>> a warm welcome on capitol hill for the new president of afghanistan. he told a joint session of congress that his country owes a profound debt to the more than 2200 soldiers killed in afghanistan since 2001. he also promised to be a good steward of continued u.s. assistance to his country as it rebuilds. the speech comes a day after president obama announced he would leave 9800 american troops in afghanistan until at least the ending of this year. abc 7 news anchor cheryl jennings interviewed president ghani last month. >>> bowe bergdahl is being charged with desertion. military prosecutors accused bergdahl of abandoning his post in 2009 before his capture by the taliban. he faces a court-martial on three counts desertion avoiding military s

abc's marcy gonzalez reports. >> his name echoing through the wisconsin state capitol building. hundreds of students who walked out of class to march here. demanding justice for the is the-year-old shot to death by an officer. madison police say friday evening someone matching tony robinson's description was fighting at a gas station and running through traffic. >> police tracked robinson down at this apartment. veteran officer matt kenny the first to arrive radioed into report a disturbance inside. >> kenny reportedly forced his way in. the 45-year-old claims he was attacked by robinson and moments later -- >> shots fired. shots fired. >> kenny shot the teen saying it was self-defense. so it's not clear if he knew robinson was unarmed. the teen's friend and family compared to those of michael brown and eric garner. madison police say they learned from mistakes made in ferguson. the chief apologizing asking for forgiveness from robinson's family. while working to keep the ongoing demonstrations peaceful. and officer kenny is now on paid administrative leave while the justice dep

marcy gonzalez has the latest on the search. >> all 11 troops on board the blackhawk helicopter when it crashed are presumed dead but search teams are not giving up hope. spending the day fighting the fog, scouring the waters and the coastline along the florida panhandle. >> we have found some names and also aircraft parts. but we are still in search and rescue mode. >> the seven marines and four soldiers took off in the darkness from edwin air force base near pensacola last night taking part in the special ops training exercise when their helicopter disappeared around 8:30 p.m. it wasn't until hours later that search teams found the first pieces of debris. >> reer to us those who serve put themselves at risk in training and combat. >> the marines on board were from camp lejeune in north carolina. the army pilots and crew from the national guards unit in hammond, louisiana. >> the entire crew have several thousand hours of operating flying the blackhawk. >> the military still not releasing their names. >> the president expresses his condolence to the families service members and comm

abc's marcy gonzalez has more. >> it was him. words today from attorneys defending accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev telling the jury of 10 women and eight men he was coerced into carrying out the attacks by his now deceased older brother tamerlan. the prosecution saying when the surviving suspect planted one of the bombs in the crowd two years ago killing three people and injuring more than 260 others he pretended to be a spectator but he had murder in his heart. in court today some of the victims' family members as well as survivors came face to face with the accused killer for the first time. including the father of the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard. he is expected to eventually testify adding his heart wrenching story to the graphic eyewitness accounts already shared on the stand today. one describing the bloody chaotic aftermath of the bombings as "a scene from saving private ryan." several of the 12 jurors and six alternates have already said they believe that tsarnaev is guilty. promising to sta

live in new york marcy gonzalez abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> levi's and gap are taking aim at the indiana law. the san francisco-based companies issued a rare joint statement saying they are "calling on retail and apparel companies and other businesses to join us in speaking out against legalized discrimination." the statement goes on to say that both companies "proud to say we're open to business for everyone." >>> a final note -- on one final note, rather on, this. usc threatic director and player pat hayden tweeted, "i am the proud father of a gay son. in his honor i will not attend the college football playoff kmeeg meeting-- committee meeting this week. #diversity." >>> foul smelling drinking water on the east bay should be gone by the end of the week. the sour tapwater is running through homes and businesses of east bay mud customers. the company has received more than 300 complaints in the last week. officials say the water is perfectly safe to drink. it just may taste a little different. >> we've been hearing there's a metallic taste that are not used to or an earthy taste. the re

mar marcie gonzalez has the details. >> reporter: investigators are not saying what evidence led to the arrest. there are reports it is in part linked to what was uncovered by the filmmaker also. >> a stunning apparent confession. >> killed them all, of course. >> reporter: robert durst arrested charged in the 2000 shooting death of his friend susan berman just as the audio was about to air on the documentary serials -- seriesment -- the jinx. it investigated the his neighbor in texas in 2001. on camera for the documentary he repeatedly denied killing anyone. off camera while in the bathroom unaware that his microphone was on, the bombshell audio was recorded. it wasn't until two years later that an editor discovered and handed it over to police. lapd credited the warrant to disicial evidence that has come to light in the past year. >> we don't have that kind of power. >> reporter: the 71-year-old was taken into saturday at this new new orleans hotel where he was registered under a fake name and fake documents. the fbi believe he was flying to cuba. his attorney said he was seeking priv

abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: all 11 troops who were on board the blacklicopter when it crashed are presumed dead, but search teams are not giving up hope spending the day fighting the fog scouring get waters along the coastline of the florida panhandle. >> we have found some remains and also aircraft parts, but we are still in search and rescue mode. >> reporter: the seven marines and four soldiers took off in the darkness from edwin air force base near pensacola last night, taking part in a special ops training exercise when their helicopter disappeared around 8:30 p.m. it wasn't until hours later that search teams foujdnd the first pieces of debris. >> a reminder to us that those who serve put themselves at risk both in training and in calm ballot. >> reporter: the marines on board were from camp lejeune in north carolina the army and crew from hammond, louisiana. >> the entire crew had several thousand hours of operation flying a black hawk. >> reporter: the military still not releasing their names. >> the president expressed his support to the famili

in ferguson missouri marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> the author of the iconic book "to kill a mockingbird" it at the center of an elderly abuse investigation. some people in the alabama hometown had questioned whether the 88-year-old woman was capable of consenting to the publication of her second novel which is called "go set a watchman." a long time friend says lee is mostly deaf blind and in poor health. but a state official says lee was able to answer questions to the satisfaction of an investigator. >> a williams student died tragically this week after falling off a building. jeff goldberg is in alexandria with what happened. jeff? >> really sad time here at t.c. williams high school as students and staff are mourning the loss of the 17-year-old student. alexandria police say a lot of rumors are flying around the school and they are saying this is the result of a crime or something suspicious, that's simply not true. now, according to alexandria police yesterday morning at 7:45 they're saying that this taking place excuse me on park center drive in alexandria, the 17-year-old was fou

as abc's marcy gonzalez reports, clinton says the main reason she did so because she thought it would be easier to carry around one cell phone. >> hillary clinton addressing the e-mail controversy. responding to the revelation that while she was secretary of state, she used a private e-mail address for all of her government business. and that account was run from a personal e-mail server at her home. >> when i got there, i wanted to just use one device for both personal and work e-mails instead of two. it was allowed. it was for convenience. and it was my practice to communicate with state department and other government officials on their dot-gov accounts so those e-mails would be automatically saved. >> clinton has now turned over 55,000 pages of e-mails to the state department only what she and her team have deemed public business will be released. and that could take months. >> the release will be posted on a publicly available website. >> some now speculating this controversy could have hurt clinton's chances of a potential presidential run. >> the idea that she needed special ru

marcy gonzalez has more. >> following the anger and frustration in ferguson missouri, and new york city eric garner were killed by white police officers, a promise from the white house for change. >> we have a great opportunity coming out of some great conflict and tragedy to really transform how we think about community law enforcement relations so that everybody feels safer. >> president obama assembling a task force that today recommended that police departments across the country be more diverse, have community oversight and receive more training on how to deescalate confrontations. suggestions the white house will now consider. >> it will be good for police and the communities involved and the consequence will be good for the country. >> this comes as the department of justice prepares to conclude its investigation into the ferguson police department's practices. and claims that years of discrimination fuelled the community's outrage last summer. the d.o.j. report which could be released as soon as this week is expected to be scathing. >> i think it's clear that the need for wholes

i still have my guests and we are rejoined by dr marcy bawers. all of you are here because you are not only familiar with the topic because you are moving it from white house. how do you change something that is so deeply culturally engrained, miriam? >> i think what we are doing now, advocating. it is important. advocating, letting people know that the practice has no health benefits. it only has this - this disadvantage to the human body. i feel like just because we say it into law does not make it illegal, you know. we have to stand up and say anyone that does this will be arrested and prosecuted. countries are doing it, but females are being circumsised and nothing is being done. if they set an example with someone, people will take it into consideration and stop the factor and eradicate it. you were invited by the white house to give your recommendation on female genital mute liesation, what did you tell them? >> we told that that just like they treat other sexual assaults which are gender based on women and girls, we wanted the same thing.

marcy gonzales is following this story from new york. >> reporter: yes the investigation into this continues as fraternity members there have to be out of their on campus fraternity house by midnight. kicked off campus they are getting the last of their belongings out of their house in the university of oklahoma. >> are you embarrassed? >> extremely. >> the chapter shut down after video was released of members singing a racist chant. >> something that has been rehearsed and well known everybody on that bus was singing this chant proudly and confidently some students say it's indicative of this frat's history. >> nobody is shocked to see it. >> no. >> the house mother says she was surprised. >> i'm in shock. >> did you ever get any indication that there was anything like this going on? >> no, no never heard the song. >> a member of the chapter says the same, that this is not representative of the other 15,000 members, it's sad because this is not what s.a. is about. now the university is considering expulsion we show zero tolerance when it comes to racism. >> some think that o.u. has take and