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montgomery, alabama, pushing the mid-90's. factor in the humidity, that is really hot even this early. with that comparison as highs, we have a chance of storms. combine the cold front with severe weather the last couple days, you have heard about ana. made landfall north carolina coming inland, getting weaker. the national hurricane center issued its last update. said monday afternoon it will be due south of the region. it will have a possible influence to enhance the moisture, give us a shot of widely scattered showers and storms. not a lot coming. no chance of high wind or widespread heavy rain, but the combination of heat and humidity, scattered storms in the afternoon and evening. tuesday, detectors do not go down, they will actually spike. hine. take away the humidity with the dry air, breezy southwest wind the highest combination of the easier possibility to heat up the dry air. more cloud cover develops monday . happy mother's day to you. it will be mild, but human. may be able to get away without the light jacket. get

he says, you just got to look at that. >> i called montgomery, alabama.d, did you have a shooting at a liquor store. they said, yeah, one individual was killed, one was seriously wounded. >> the only evidence was a set of fingerprints. >> they ran it against the national database, including immigration records, and found malvo's print. >> then around the same time, we got a phone call from a man who lived in washington who said we needed to take a look at these two guys and he named the two guys muhammad and malvo. he said the kid's nickname out here is sniper. >> and, all of the sudden, it all started falling into place. >> the tipster says the two practiced shooting at a tree stump in his backyard. atf and fbi immediately send field agents to retrieve the stump. >> we asked our people to do it low-key, keep it very quiet, don't tell anybody. about an hour later, someone came in to chief moose's office and said, look at the tv. >> agents from the fbi have just finished up their search. >> the helicopters and the news people were out there watching our pe

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the real-time temperatures today, all the heat in the deep south 93 montgomery, alabama jackson, mississippi 90. i tripped a little there. you think it's funny, but that happen. charleston, west virginia, 91 degrees. what we have as soon as tomorrow, a combination of this front with severe weather the last couple days. ana churning away, moving inland. the combination of the heat and humidity in place will increase the rain chances. it's not going to be until afternoon, evening. ana and the national hurricane center has issued their last update. the location tomorrow, close enough to the region and the upper peninsula to increase the moisture, enhancing rain chances. tuesday, the system is long gone and very weak. the strongest wind under 40 miles per hour. once that swings in, we could have our storm chances increase in the afternoon and evening. as the front passes tuesday, it will not cool down immediately. we will take down the humidity. tomorrow morning, mild, very humid. clouds, it will not look pretty, but you may be able to get to school and work without a light jacket. as soon as a,

. >>> joining me now from montgomery alabama, ms mitts and ms ricketts.er their time they cofounded a group designed to help people re-entering the workforce. a lot of people probably don't realise how hard it is wowed ban the box, to re-enter. tell us your own story, was it community? community. >> yes, it was hard, almost impossible to get a job. when i applied. they'd listen to me talk, then hire me and tell me they couldn't keep me because i had been incarcerated. >> was lying an option? >> yes, i could have done that, but i felt like - i didn't answer the box. i said i would explain in person, but never got a chance to explain in person, because they knew. >> melinda, how about you, did you find it diff to be honest about what you had been through. >> yes, i did. when i first got out i ploied for a training programme at an automotive manufacturer and i went through the interview process, and they asked me where i had been, i was hon. . they closed the interview down and total me thank you for applying, but we cape use you. >> did you start the busine

edad fue golpeada hasta quedar inconsciente, en un intento de cruzar desde ese celma, hasta montgomery, alabamagracia y amor cual radiaba, fue un honor conocer a la persona te invito a martin luther king para un evento que conocemos cÓmo "domingo sangriento". la congresista el movimiento si se puede, de eso se trata el movimiento de derechos civiles. >> utiliza como ejemplo el trÁgico caso de anthony, en nueva york que muriÓ 1994 luego de que un oficial de policÍa realizÓ una maniobra en el cuello que lo asfixio. >> estaba la primera fila porque no querÍa perder esta vitamina que nos dan esta mujeres. >> dio el golpe mÁs duro antes de que llegÁramos al paÍs. a mÍ el racismo, es bien real. reportera: y segÚn ambientadores se espera que el prÓximo aÑo este evento, tan poderosos se realice centrado en mujeres hispanas, quÉ mas? conductor: un nuevo informe sobre el desempleo, no revela noticia muy alentadoras para los hispanos. reportero: la economÍa creÓ 223.000 empleos en abril y la tasa general de desempleo cayÓ levemente al 5,4% a nivel nacional. pero por quÉ la tasa de desocupaciÓn de los hisp

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. >> reporter: lindsey davis abc news, montgomery, alabama. >>> now to the story getting a lot of attention on social media. it is about the son of the fallen police officer who got a really nice surprise from a complete stranger. cantor brownly bid on his father's old patrol car. price soared higher than colorado teenager could afford. he took it all in stride, and then this happened. >> coming your way mr. seawell, thank you much. $60,000. >> here is your car. >> he said it was his plan all a along to make winning bid for the brownly's. the auction raised more than $70,000 for a charity that helped the families of fallen police officers. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 12:30 she's back, find out which jersey shore city this 16-foot great white shark is less than 5 miles from. >>> meantime, lets look live from sky six cameras from the jersey shore in atlantic city. nice afternoon there. meteorologist melissa a magee will check your weekend forecast from accu weather when "action news" continues in just a moment. >>> if you are heading to the jersey shore this weekend you are not alone.

. >> southern hospitality flies right out the window during a legislative session in montgomery, alabamaay ends with a bang. or more literally a punch. >> oh! >> uh-oh. there it is. that was quite a punch. that was a roundhouse punch it looked like. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> journalist rhonda colvin covers the state senate for alabama public television and was there that day. >> it was the last day of the session, so usually they stay until about midnight, getting a lot of last-minute legislation through. it was very mundane, actually. >> but mundane quickly turns to exciting when senators from both sides of the floor start spatting. >> and you can see between mr. barron and mr. bishop there was a heated exchange. >> republican senator charles bishop and democratic senator lowell barron, both notoriously outspoken, begin to argue heatedly. >> you definitely see when you watch the tape that there are some words being exchanged and you're not quite sure what they're saying, but you knew that there was an argument at least. we didn't know, you know, what the outcome would be, but we j

his badge to john lewis in reconciliation in 2013 after the beating that john lewis took in montgomery, alabama. a very powerful notion. it's a notion that i think we need to understand. there are causes and issues that are bigger than either party, and if we can't rally behind our intelligence community, the law enforcement community, and don't get me wrong, i don't think the fbi can do it. i know they go to work hard every single day to try to keep us safe and secure. i don't want my remarks to be misinterpreted. but they can't do it alone. and we really need to integrate their capability along with the dedicated professionals we have at the local level. that's what kind of drove the company -- this is a global scourge and we're going to be at this for a long time. and we need the congress of the united states between now and the end of the year to deal with that opinion that we got with regard to section 215 of the patriot act. it would be irresponsible to eliminate that. but i think the court gave us a very good pathway. you need to connect the information you seek with a specific request,

the name of frank strong was taking his 4-year-old daughter from raleigh, north carolina, to montgomery, alabama. they paid $1,200 for two seats on delta airlines which seems like a lot to me. when they booked them, apparently they said, you know, we don't have any seats together right now. so check in at the counter when you go there. so when he checked in to the counter, he asked to be seated next to his child, who is pixilated there with the bunny ears. >> she's four. >> she's four. he said right now i'm 11 rows away from her. she's four. i would like to be close. they said sure you can be. that will be $88. on top of the $1,200 he had already spent plus the $25 for a bag. he said if that's the only way i can be next to my kid, i'll pay it. he got on the plane and realized there were all those empty seats. what is delta doing to me? >> he felt as though he was being taken advantage of particularly because he was going to say i want to be near my 4-year-old daughter. crazy as that sounds. when there were plenty of space on that plane for them to sit together. he said i felt as if i didn't have

the one that jumped out thomas everyone was 2013 montgomery alabama, sheriff kevin murphy. he took his hat off and gave it to a freedom writer, congressman john lewis who had been beaten in 1951. a powerful moment of reconciliation. a batch from us a sheriff to john lewis. at the end of the day, with the racial divide in this country the sadness and tragedy that we have seen in the last year involving our police and law-enforcement and the black community, a group of historians said that this is the special moment. we celebrated that. host: some of those in attendance, jim molen, the president of allegheny college. here is a portion of what he had to say. [video clip] present molen: in 1961, 1 of the great freedom writers against racial segregation -- riders against racial segregation was beaten outside the greyhound bus station in montgomery alabama. he was protesting peacefully and with attacks. like most of us in america, he knew as he suffered those close, there would be no police department coming to his aid. over 50 years later, in 2013, the freedom wriders return for

. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news montgomery alabama. >> thank you.rview tonight on the "nightline." >>> now to rob and the weather. >> we have hail in parts of lubbock, texas. this is the small stuff. ? some areas, they'll have quarter-sized hail. this is the small stuff. we don't sweat it much. check it out across parts of lubbock, swamping roadways and parking lots there. an inch and a quarter was the record. they have had a very very wet spring. ten inches of rainfall this year already. they typically get 19 all year. they could use the rain fall right around here. wichita falls. western parts of oklahoma. i think the heaviest will be jacqui: hapappy friday,verybody. we are endinthe work week o nice note, another great day with temperares in the mid to upper 70's a added cloudud >> this weather cast brought to you by cottonenll ere. try to integrate a little bit. >>> coming up here, "world news tonight" anchor david muir with a shocking investigation. these air bags meant to keep you safe. >>> and dress code dilemma, the teen sent to detention for

. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news montgomery alabama. >> thank you.e got some hail across parts of lubbock texas this is the small stuff. we don't sweat it too much. there was rain that was the heavy enough to do damage in the flooding department. check it out across parts of lubbock. inch and a quarter. they had a very, very wet spring. ten inches of rainfall this year. they typically get 19 for the year. they could use the rainfall around here, wichita false up through western oklahoma. it will be toward dallas and in in northward into minneapolis. that's what's happening nationally what's what's happening locally. >> reporter: we have not had much rain around here, either rob, but we're looking for some over the weekend. nothing on storm tracker 6 live 6 this morning. we have a nice afternoon clouds and sun on the weekend spotty thunderstorms. cottonenll ere. try to integrate a little bit. >>> coming up here, "world news tonight" anchor david muir with a shocking investigation. these air bags meant to keep you safe. >>> and dress code dilemma, the

that he is here in washington ostensibly trying to ward off civil war, his granddaughter is in montgomery alabama dedicating the new capital of the confederacy by rating the new stars and bars. susan: we've been showing you some of julia tyler's letters and here is one she wrote to her mother about the civil war. she wrote that the southerners are worn completely up to it and will not be tempered with any longer. not a good predictor of what ultimately happened. her husband died in 1862. someone asked how the civil war impacted her life after john died. edna: she leaves and goes to staten island to live with her mother. she spends the entire war -- i think she actually goes to bermuda for a short. of time. she is not in sherwood forest. she is impacted financially by the war because she loses her enslaved laborers. she returns their to try to get some kind of order but she doesn't live there again i don't believe. she spent the remaining years in richmond. she has rented a home there so she spends a lot of time in richmond but not in the county. susan: what is the public perception of her? taylor

. >> reporter: for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news, montgomery, alabama. >> thank you.night on the "nightline." let's turn to weather and rob. >> we have hail in parts of lubbock, texas. this is the small stuff. in some areas, they'll have quarter-sized hail. that will do some damage but this is the small stuff. we don't sweat it much. check it out across parts of lubbock, swamping roadways and parking lots there. an inch and a quarter was the record. they have had a very, very wet spring. ten inches of rainfall this year already. they typically get 19 all year. they could use the rainfall right around here. wichita falls. western parts of oklahoma. i think the heaviest will be dallas. northwood, into parts of minneapolis tomorrow. >> or, i am meteorologist mike nicco breezy and brighter this afternoon compared to this morning. 50s at the northwest san francisco and the rest of the us in the 60s. my seven-day forecast is drizzle possible on saturday morning and again on monday and otherwise dry >> this weather cast brought to you by cottonelle. some cotton-like crowds t

his granddaughter letitia is in montgomery, alabama dedicating the new capital of the confederacy by raising the new stars and bars over that building. susan: we've been showing you some of julia tyler's letters and here is one that she wrote to her mother about the civil war. she wrote, "the southerners are warned completely wrought up to it and will not be tampered with any longer. if such a thing should occur it will be more unfortunate for the north. not a good predictor of what ultimately happened. her husband died at 1862. dave murdock asks us how did the civil war impact julia's life especially after john died? so what happened to her after john died? edna: she leaves and she goes to staten island to live with her mother and she spends the entire war there. i think she actually goes to bermuda for.(crosstalk)yes, yes, so she is not at sherwood forest. and of course she is impacted financially by the war because she loses her enslaved laborers, first of all, and she doesn't really -- she returns there to try to get it into some kind of order, but she doesn't live there again, i

union army is going to concentrate -- capture mobile and move into the interior of alabama towards the capital of montgomery. in late april, having gotten word of what is happening to the east, taylor and camby will start to communicate and will meet between their armies. the meeting happens that the mcgee farm. -- the meeting happens at the mcgee farm. just like bennett farm and appomattox, a private home. it was near the railroad, that is why they chose it. they will get theirre two different ways. general camby chose it. they will get ther two different ways. general camby wants to make it a formal and hospitable occasion. taylor comes down the railroad line with one aide on a railroad hand car being pushed by two slaves. they will meet at the mcgee house and quickly come to terms. this is the mcgee house. it is still there. it is the original -- only original surrender location anywhere, to survive. the original house in the original location with the original furniture inside. the chairs and table. it is a private home. it was open as a museum but did not have enough visitation to stay open. i got to m

teske is the private historically black university located in alabama, east of montgomery. [applause] mrs. obama: thank you so much. let's let our graduates rest of the selves worked hard for those seats. let me start by thanking resident johnson for that very gracious introduction and for awarding me with this honorary degree from an extraordinary institution. i am proud to have this degree. very proud and thank you. thank you so much. i want to recognize major general williams can't -- congressman -- congress one sewall sue all of, the trustees, the faculty, the staff here at teske university. thank you, thank you so much for this warm welcome, this tremendous hospitality and i am so glad to be here. before i began, i want to say that my heart goes out to everyone who knew and loved eric marks, junior. i understand he was such a talented young man, a promising aerospace engineer who was well on his way to achieving his dream of following his footsteps as a -- of the tuskegee airmen. eric was taken from us far too soon and our thoughts and prayers will continue to be with

alabama and even into georgia. here we go here for today, this afternoon into tonight. montgomery birmingham and then atlanta. there will be very heavy rain showers, thunderstorms and could even be flooding localized because it's a street. there's a lot of pavement in atlanta. a lot of pavement in houston. pavement doesn't soak in. when rain runs on pavement it runs off and that's what we'll have in atlanta and charlotte as well. one more spot to take you to detroit, chicago, indianapolis cleveland, cincinnati could see some severe weather today. not a lot of severe weather like we see in the plains but a thunderstorm with hail gusty winds and maybe some wind damage. we'll keep watching that for you. carol? >> all right. thank you, chad. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," iraq says forces have surrounded ramadi and it's about to retake the city. is it true? we'll talk about that next. in just this one moment, your baby is getting even more than clean. the scent, the lather, even the tiny bubbles of a johnson's® bath are helping to enhance the experience. the touch of your hands is stimulating her senses. nu

. >>> to alabama war tractor trailer plunged off an overpass killing one person. this was late friday night near downtown montgomery the truck burst into flames and no word at this point on whether or not the fatality is the driver of that truck. >>> today washington, d.c. police chief is one of 90 people who will be awarded the 2015 ellis island medal of honor. the chief is in new york to accept the award in new york. it's given by the national ethnic coalition of organizations. a group created to celebrate the diversity of american people. also receiving the honor new york yankees legend rivera and tv host meredith viera. >> i am drooling if you are still looking for a police to take mom nick giovanni says this one may be it. >> reporter: it's marriage made in fried food heaven. now being battered, and bladesed in downtown -- blazed in downtown dc. >> donuts and it's great combination. >> reporter: doesn't sound healthy astro donuts and fried chicken serving up both and sandwiching the two together. >> it's play on chicken and waffles. >> reporter: he is one of the former captain of the capitals and set up shop i