marcy gonzales is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi nydia, we are seeing the impact of this holiday, in some ways people are finding disappointing. >> an empty parking lot along what should be a loud and exciting parade route. organizers delayed the parade. >> we are saddened that they delayed the parade due to that reason. >> but the biggest parade made its way through new york city and demonstrators there led a march of their on as they made this way towards the parade police made several arrests. this is a national arrest, a national event and anyone that tries to interrupt it is callus indeed on this national day. >> plywood over the damage from the days. these kids have a different focus leaving their mark with the words they think ferguson needs the most. >> hopefully it's a message of hope. >> and many here are hopeful in part because of how peaceful last night's protests were and even on this holiday national guard troops are out in case there are problems tonight. marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you marcy. >>> world news tonight with david muir will have t

. >>> we will take you live now to abc news reporter marci gonzales in ferguson this evening. marci and foremost can you you hear us. >> reporter: yes, brian and shirleen i can hear you. given the scene we have watched play out from ferguson area right now it looks chaotic, there is smoke and differing reports as to whether that smoke is tear gas, or smoke that police are using, can you describe the scene, that you have watched play out tonight. >> yeah brian and shirleen we are in the media staging area. we are away from the protest but st. louis county police say that was not tear gas they are using smoke to break up the crowds which, in some places has become unrulely. police say that people had thrown molotov cocktails at them. there has been one police caravaned alleyed. there have been reports of gunshots in the crowd, so, all that is serious problems, with protesters out there, and police are doing their best to keep it under control. we are told a thousand extra police officers out tonight, as you mentioned the national guard has been activated they are here ready to of

marcy gonzales abc 7 news. robert mcdonald is expected to announce a major restructuring that could force people out of their jobs. >> we are getting a glimpse of what the that might mean for veterans. we continue here for the first for -- cert everyone getting ready to honor our veterans. hours before we stopped to pause and all -- and honor all who served in the armed forces, a health care change for veterans. today the department of veterans affairs to announce a major for the system that for years has been plagued with problems. speaking out on sunday, robert mcdonald also said he has a list while he to be fired ultimately would like to hire 20,000 additional health care workers. secretary mcdonald said moving forward, the department has three nonnegotiable goals to get back on track. create long-term excellence. this veteran likes what he is hearing. >> better opportunities for all. >> back here live, you can see everyone is walking freely through this hour. it will be a different scene come tomorrow. eigh

live in new york, marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. back here a kidnapping suspect is on his way from virginia to philadelphia today. 37-year-old delvin barnes is being transported here right now to face charges in the abduction of carlesha freeland-gaither. he was held in virginia where he is accused of kidnapping and trying to murder a teenage girl there, but authorities released him to philadelphia and is he heading to our area today. of course carlesha freeland-gaither, the 22-year-old woman was rescued in maryland after she was snatched from a german town neighborhood last week. barnes is due to return hereality 2:00 this afternoon and is slated for an initial court appearance this week. >>> and a cleaning crew found a man dead on newcastle avenue shortly after 9:00, they are calling the man's death suspicious and the park meantime is closed while the investgation continues. >>> a man is in litcal condition after a shooting in southeast philadelphia, the victim was shot at close range on the 7800 block of west passyunk avenue. the

marcy gonzales joins us live with the details. >> reporter: rick, the attorney for the victim's widoways that they went to court to keep this video from being released but they lost and now the widow is sharing video for a warning for the mall to increase security and to shoppers about the dangers potentially lurking. >> killed in a horrific carjacking at this upscale mall in north jersey, his widow shares never beforeeen surveillance videos showing them stalking the cars and then driving off. >> they are willing to stake out a place for a couple of days until they find the mark that they want and like an animal they pounce upon it. >> then on december 15th the suspects were back pouncing on this white car but when the driver did not show up, the attorney says the accused carjackers moved on to the next spot spotting friedland's range rover and taking his life and speeding off in his suv. >> i think this case is a wake-up call, if the malls want people to come and spend money at the stores located there, they have got to make it safe. >> no comment from the short hills mall which frie

abc's marci gonzales has more from ferguson tonight. >> good evening. >> reporter: there will not be a grand jury decision this weekend but beyond that we don't know when it could be a announced this community is wasting no time making sure that they are ready. protests and tensions, starting to grow, ferguson missouri waiting anxiously as a grand jury considers possible charges against the officer who killed unarmed teenager michael brown. >> i believe that he is going to get indicted. >> he will not be indicted. >> but i would like to see the state of missouri change. >> reporter: last night two masked demonstrators were arrested and federal officialness missouri also took two men believed to be linked to radical groups into custody. they are accused of trying to illegally buy guns and disrupt demonstrations and now preparations are underway for more potential problems, that could erupt once the grand jury's decision is announced. >> business owner says after the the looting, and violence here over the summer they have learned their lesson. so many of them have boarded up their win

marcy gonzales is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi nydia, we are seeing the impact of this holidayome ways people are finding disappointing. >> an empty parking lot along what should be a loud and exciting parade route. organizers delayed the parade. >> we are saddened that they delayed the parade due to that reason. >> but the biggest parade made its way through new york city and demonstrators there led a march of their on as they made this way towards the parade police made several arrests. this is a national arrest, a

as marcy gonzales reports, now the learning begins. celebration as a spacecraft landed on a comet. >> this is a big step for human civilization. >> it's been a long time in the making. for 10 years, it traveled 4 billion miles. wednesday morning, the philae was released from its mothership freefall nts and in for ac dramatic seven-hour dissent towards theomet it's very.rare you >> have >> a moment where something built why people has landed on something completely new and alien. ae is very small, only the size of a washing machine. canhis is the first time we look at the makeup of the comet. what many believe are organic compounds explaining how life on earth began. >> they will see a lot of new things. >> the orbiter will stay attached for the next year. abc 7 news. just landing has been trending on social media all day. age,n the wjla face but with love in our hearts for humanity, we can accomplish the impossible together. one love for all people. randy says imagine a bow and arrow and taking into account wind, gravity, movement of t

marcy gonzales is live in ferguson with the very latest -- >> good afternoon. they were more protests, but they were peaceful today. people were upset over the riots last night, and that officer darren wilson is a free man. outrage from coast to coast. today, for the first time officer darren wilson is talking publicly about the day he shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown, telling george stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview that while he is sorry , he would not have done anything differently. wilson remained in hiding, where yesterday he learned a grand jury decided not to indict him. the announcement sparked violent protests in and around ferguson, missouri. w rocksmonstrators thre and bottles at police. officers responded with tear gas. today, discussed and disbelief gust and disbelief as the community comes together to patch up some of the destruction. >> i am very disappointed. >> michael brown's family through their attorney shared their own disappointment, angry with how the case that sparked the unrest was handled. >> we object publicly and

. >> as marcy gonzales told us a few minutes ago, officer wilson is speaking out for the first time to george steph nop laws, officer wilson said he would not have done anything differently and his conscious is clear. you can watch that on world news with david muir. >>> and our coverage of the fallout in ferguson continues on 6abc.com. we'll have the latest updates and photos and videos of the unrest there, you can find our coverage of the piece. protests of philadelphia and the reaction of those upset by the decision including the mayor as you heard find it all online at 6abc.com. >> coming up on "action news" at 4:00, yogurt is good for you, but if are you watching your waistline, you should choose wisely. ali gorman has the diet detour details. >>> and a local none introduces a delicious cranberry sauce helping the homeless find job. alicia vitarelli goes in the kitchen with sister mary and all the go work that that delicious sauce does. >>> yogurt is a grace source of calcium and pro biotics but not all yogurts are created equal, some can detour your diet. ali gorman is at the big

marcy gonzales is following the mission and joins us live from new york. >> reporter: hi sara, yes the first of its kind attempt to tap into a 4.5 billion-year-old time capsule and could answer some of the big of the questions about the origins of life on earth. >> what may sound like science fiction is now science reality, a spacecraft landing on a comet for the first time ever. >> we definitely that the landing is on the surface. >> we are sitting on the surface and talking to us. we are on the comet. >> since blasting into space in 2004, the european space agency's rosetta spacecraft is sling shooting around the solar system to catch up with comet 67 p, it's as old as the solar system and it may hold answers to some of our planet's biggest mysteries. life emerged on earth or brought to earth by such a comet many billion years in the past. >> this morning rosetta launched a lander, roughly the size of a washing machine and lands on the comet 2.5 miles wide and speeding at 83,000 miles per hour. >> we have a go from the flight control team, already picking up this unexplained noise fr