his wife told omar villafranca she knew every time he left for work, the worst could happen. >> it was always, give a kiss before we leave and be safe. and he had always prepared me for the worst. >> every officer and every family in certain situations, like they answer a domestic call, those are always volatile. but this -- >> that's what makes this so much -- that's what makes this so much different. if i knew that he was pulling someone out of a burning car or he was in an accident or he was protecting someone, it would be different. but this, him being -- a sniper, purposely picking him -- and purposely murdering him -- is just different than him being at work and trying to do your job and being hurt. i could always make sense out of all the times that he came home hurt. where i had to go to the hospital because he was hurt. i could make sense out of it. and this one, i can't. >> for the medical teams trying to help the victims in the dallas attack, the scene was chaos. the staff of the baylor university medical center said there was no warning and no time to prepare as off-duty st

omar villafranca. thank you. >> the dallas killings were motivated in part by a fatal police shooting in baton rouge, louisiana last tuesday. well, today a search warrant provided an explanation to why an officer shot sterling. according to the warrant, two officers saw the butt of a handgun in sterling's front pocket. they say that sterling was shot when he reached for it. the justice department is investigating. since the shooting there have been nightly protests the baton rouge, mostly peaceful, but nearly 200 have been arrested for blocking roads. today law enforcement officials criticized president obama in a private meeting at the white house. they complain that he is not expressing enough support for police. mr. obama said the lawmen were forgetting his past statements. the vice president was also in the meeting and later today we asked joe biden about the availability of the armor-piercing bullets. dallas' mayor has blamed them for penetrating his officers' vests. mr. vice president, the dallas

omar villafranca is at the scene. >> reporter: the deflated balloon appears unscathed from the fiery crash, but all that's left of the basket is its charred frame. >> significant loss of life. >> reporter: erik grosof is an investigator with the n.t.s.b. >> much like a crime scene. you only get one chance at it so we want to make sure we do everything correctly. >> reporter: the balloon apparently caught fire in flight. at least 16 were on aboard. investigators say the balloon was operated by a company called heart of texas, which advertises balloon rides in san antonio, austin, and houston. witnesses initially thought it was a car on fire. when emergency responders arrived, they found the balloon basket burning. margaret wylie lives nearby. >> and i looked off over there, and the next thing i knew, you saw a big fireball go up, and it was just-- just praying whoever was there got away from the thing in time. >> reporter: wylie things the balloon hit these high-voltage power lieps. this is most deadly hot air balloon accident in recent u.s. history. coorgt to the n.t.s.b., a total of

omar villafranca, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> five delaware teenagers are now facing felony charges, for allegedly breaking into a sporting goods store, and stealing 27 handguns, police say the teens smashed their way into outfitters on kenneth pike in greenville during the early morning hours of july 22, police were able to link the stolen guns, to the five teenage suspect, because after shooting that happened just a day later in wilmington. it is still not clear tonight if all of the weapons have actually been recovered. >> also, a woman is recovering after she is struck by a stray bullet inside her own home. it happened on the 700 block of east willard street. eyewitnesses say the bullet that struck the woman came through a window from a house across the street. police say the bullet ricocheted off her wall, and his her in the head. the woman was rushed to the hospital where she is currently stable. >> the investigation continues into shooting involving two new jersey state troopers, last night, two troopers responded to 911 calls in a 300 block every center ton road in upper dee

omar villafranca, thank you. >>> in warsaw, poland, president obama addressed the dallas attack.was a rare news conference for the weekend. margaret brennan has traveled with the president. >> this has been a tough week. >> reporter: president obama acknowledged america's pain in the wake of the dallas shooting but strongly rejected claims that the country's racial divide has deepened. >> so when we start suggesting that somehow there's this enormous polarization and we're back to the situation in the 60's, that's not true. you're not seeing riots. you're not seeing police going after people who are protesting peacefully. >> reporter: he compared the recent attack to the 2015 massacre of black churchgoers by a mentally-ill white shooter in charleston, and said the dallas shooter was "deeply troubled." >> i think the danger, as i've said is that we somehow suggest that the act of a troubled individual speaks to some larger political statement across the country. it doesn't. >> reporter: but there is racial bias in america's justice system he said, and pointed to videos of police b

thousands are expected at a city-wide candlelight vigil. >> pelley: omar villafranca, thank you. the dallas killings were motivated in part by a fatal police shooting in baton rouge, louisiana, last tuesday. well, today a search warrant provided one explanation for why an officer shot alton sterling. according to the warrant, two officers saw the butt of a handgun in sterling's front pocket. they say that sterling was shot when he reached for it. the justice department is investigating. since the shooting there have been nightly protests in baton rouge, mostly peaceful, but nearly 200 have been arrested for blocking roads. today law enforcement officials criticized president obama in a private meeting at the white house. they complained that he isn't expressing enough support for police. mr. obama said the lawmen were forgetting his past statements. the vice president was also in the meeting, and late today we asked joe biden about the ready availability of armor-piercing bullets. dallas' mayor has blamed them for penetrating his officers' vests. mr. vice president, the dallas of

cbs correspondent omar villafranca has more. >> reporter: investigators surveyed a gruesome scene saturdayorning. what was left after a hot air balloon loaded with passengers caught fire and plunged to the earth. a woman who lives nearby saw the aftermath from her front porch. >> i heard one pop before i stepped out the door. and then i heard another pop and i'm looking around to see who is shooting because it sounded like a gun going off. and then i looked off over there and the next thing i know you saw a big fire ball go up. >> reporter: margaret wiley says she often sees hot air balloons flying in the air and that the same company involved in the accident identified as heart of texas hot air balloon rides had what she called a close call in a neighbor's field about a year and a half ago. she said it was foggy early in the morning but that the haze had mostly cleared. she believes the popping noises she heard were the balloon hitting high voltage power lines located just above the crash scene. >> the way it went up i don't think any of them even had any idea what was going onism a team

omar villafranca has the story. >> reporter: it was during a family vacation, a trip to the must-see upmemorial, when stastar swain's family decided e should live in the moment. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light a friend recorded it on his phone. ♪ what so proudly we hail >> i was so nervous and scared. >> reporter: everybody was looking. ♪ the bombs bursting in air >> reporter: her voice echoing perfectly through the memorial. ♪ gave proof through the night that our north centra flag was s there ♪ >> reporter: the video has gone viral. 30 million views and counting. ♪ star spangled banner yet wave ♪ >> i can't really take any of the credit because it's a gift. >> reporter: what kind of response have you gotten since the video's been posted? >> a lot of veterans. >> reporter: one a mother of a soldier in afghanistan. >> so that young lady just brought me to tears. i just wanted you to tell her thank you. >> reporter: swain sings every week at her tallahassefl back to d.c. for an encore. pie in the sky, wildest dreams come true, where's your next performance of this? >>

omar villafranca spoke with his family. >> reporter: heidi and mike smith had the all american family. she was a teacher, he was a police officer. and as a cop's wife, heidi knew that every time mike put on his uniform and went to work, the unthinkable could happen. >> it was always give a kiss. before we leave. and be safe. and he had always prepared me for the worst. >> reporter: every officer in every family in certain situations, like they answer a domestic call, those are always volatile. but this. >> that's what make this so much-- that's what makes this so much different. if i knew that he was pulling someone out of a burning car or it was an accident, or he was protecting someone, it would be different. but this, him being-- a sniper purposefully taking him and purposefully murdering him, it is just different than being at work and trying to do your job and being hurt. i could always make sense out of all the times that he came home hurt, or had to go to the hospital because he was hurt. i could make sense out of it. and this one, i can't. >> reporter: the family is now surrou

>> quijano: omar villafranca, thank you. about 100 protesters were arrested in baton rouge, louisiana following the fatal police shooting of an african- american man named alton sterling. david begnaud is there. >> reporter: in baton rouge overnight it was tense, even dangerous. the protest was in response to the death of 37-year-old alton sterling who was shot during an encounter with baton rouge police last week. it was videotaped and went viral. more than 100 protesters were arrested, most for defying orders to clear the street, some for battery on a police for battery on a police officer. nine guns were seeds as personal property during the arrests. most of the protesters were from louisiana, but deray mckesson from black lives matter is from baltimore. he was streaming live on his phone as he was arrested for standing in the roadway. colonel mike edmonson heads the state police. >> it was captured, just that moment. what is not captured is the moments before that yes, it's live, yes, it's realtime and yes, we believe th

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omar villafranca is at baylor university medical center which is about two miles from here. omar?> reporter: good morning. several of the victims are recovering behind here at baylor. now when the gunfire started, hundreds of those peaceful protesters started diving for cover. officers did the exact opposite. they started going towards the gunfire, not knowing that they were the target. five police officers are dead and what is being called one of the deadliest attacks on law enforcement since 9/11. a gut-wrenching tribute from dallas police officers this morning, as they saluted the bodies of the killed officers as they were transporte morning. to say that our police officers put their life on the line every day is no hyperbole, ladies and gentlemen. it's a reality. >> reporter: the hail of gunfire from snipers ambushed officers who were securing a peaceful protest in downtown dallas. several of the victims were rushed to baylor medical center where friend and family waited for news. one of the dead is 43-year-old dallas transit officer brent thompson, a seven. year member of the

omar villafranca spoke with his family. omar? >> reporter: heidi and mike smith had the all american family. she was teacher, he was a police officer. and as cop's wife, heidi knew that every time mike put on his uniform and went to work, the unthinkable could happen. >> it was always give a kiss before we leave and be safe. he had always prepared me for the worst. >> every officer in every family in certain situations like they answer a domestic call, those are always volatile. but this. >> that's what makes this so much -- that's what makes this so much different. if i knew that he was pulling someone out of a burning car or he was in an accident or he was protecting someone, it would be different, but this, him bei being -- a sniper purposely picking him and purposely murdering him is just different than being at work and trying to do your job and being hurt. i could always make sense of all the times he came home hurt or i had to go to the hospital because he was hurt. i could make sense out of it. and this one i can't. >> re

omar villafranca has that part of the story. as reporter: gunshots turned a peaceful protest into a war zone. police officers not knowing where the shots were coming from confronted people in the crowd, marchers described a chaotic scene. people diving for cover, dodging gunfire and stepping over the bodies of officers hit by an assassin's bullet. >> as he responded, he told me that he was shot. he didn't realize until after he went to pull his weapon that he had blood running down his arm. >> reporter: misty mcbride was shot several times. her 10-year-old daughter, hunter says misty will survive. ns i told her that i love you. and that i'm glad you're here. >> reporter: brent thompson didn't make it. the 43-year-old joined the force in 2009 and becomes the first der dallas transit officer killed in the line of duty. dallas police officer patrick zamarripa was also gunned down. in a heart-wrenching scene altside of the hospital this morning, officers paused to give a final salute to the body of a fallen comrade. mike mata of the

. >> look, it's a plane, a train, no, at patrick zamarripa, it's omar villafranca, it's michael krol, look, it's michael smith. >> reporter: investigators have questioned the former army reservist's family about a stock mile of bombmaking equipment found in his home. speaking publicly for the first time to it, saying her son returned from the service a changed man. >> the military was not what micah thought it would be. he was very disappointed. >> reporter: 170 hours of officer body cam video is being reviewed as part of the investigation. now, the first lady, the vice president the former president george bush and first lady will attend the service today. >>> dallas chief david brown has advice for those demonstrating against the recent killings of black men of police. >> serve your community. don't be a part of the problem. we're hiring. we're hiring. get out there of that protest line and put an application in. >> brown is an army veteran who was pushed through -- who has, rather, pushed through reforms at the dallas police department, including a community policing program in bla

. >> pelley: omar villafranca in lakeway for us tonight. omar, thanks. correspondent jeff pegues says france is on the minds of those protecting next week's republican convention. >> reporter: barricades and jersey walls line the streets. machines are in place to detect a potential chemical attack, and police surveillance is ramped up. still, stopping a nice-style copycat attack is difficult. ron hosko is a former assistant director of the f.b.i. >> there's a real risk that someone who is inspired to action, whether criminal or terrorist, sees this as a success and they try to replicate it. >> reporter: 50,000 people will attend the convention and thousands of protesters are expected. 4,000 local police will be supplemented by thousands of federal officials. so what is this? the secure zone has been mapped out by the secret service, who allow agents to quickly cover miles and seconds in case of a disturbance. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: secret service director joseph clancy: >> you have to be ready to adapt and be flexible to whatever may occur. >> re

cbs news correspondent omar villafranca has the story now. >> investigators surveyed a gruesome scene saturday morning. what was left after a hot air balloon, loaded with passengers, caught fire and plunged to the earth. a woman who lives nearby saw the aftermath, from her front porch. >> i heard one pop before i stepped out the door. then i heard another pop. and i am looking around to see who is shooting because it sounded like a gun going off. and then i looked off over there, and the next thing i knew, you saw big fireball go up. >> margaret while i said she often sees hot air balloons flying in the area, and that the same company involved in the accident, identified heart of texas hot air balloon ride had what she called a close call in neighbor's field about a year and a half ago. foggy early in the morning but the haze had mostly cleared. she believes the popping noises she heard were the balloon hitting high voltage power lines, located just above the crash scene. >> team of investigators national transportation safe i boards will try to determine what went wrong, it will trea

omar villafranca, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> an investigation is underway into shooting involving two new jersey state troopers. the troopers responded to a 911 call in the 300 block every center ton road, and upper deerfield township late friday night. police say a man fired shot at them, and troops returned fire. nan critical but stable condition. we also know that one of the troopers was grazed by other gunfire or shattered glass. >>> and police are questioning a person of interest in connection with a phony traffic stop in orland, montgomery county. and investigators say road rage may have sparked that stuff. eyewitnesses say this white van had flashing red and blue police-style light when the driver pulled over another vehicle, near church and brent roads last tuesday. springfield township police traced the van registration to charles grossman of whitemarsh township. police as they investigate are looking for anyone with more information on the accident. >> five delaware teenagers facing felony charges for allegedly breaking into a sporting goods store, and stealing 27 handguns.

authority say the balloon caught fire went down in a pasture, cbs news correspondent omar villafranca reports. >> investigators surveyed gruesome scene saturday morning. what was left after a hot air balloon loaded with passengers caught fire and plunged to the earth. a woman who lives nearby saw the aftermath from her front porch. >> i heard one pop before i stepped out the door. then i heard another pop. i am looking around to see who is shooting, because it sounded like a gun going off. and then i looked off over there, and the next thing i knew you saw big fireball go up. >> margaret said she off tens sees hot air balloons flying in the area, and that the same company involved in the accident identified as heart of texas hot air balloon rides had what she called close call in a neighbors field about a year and a half ago. she said it was foggy early in the morning, but that the haze had mostly cleared. she believes the popping noises she heard were the balloon hitting high voltage power lines, located just above the crash scene. >> the way it went up i don't think any had any idea

omar villafranca learned more about them today. omar?reporter: 11-year-old brodie copeland was excited about going on a summer vacation before starting middle school. on thursday, the unthinkable happened. brodie and his father, 51-year- old sean copeland, were killed in nice, france. we talked to two of brodie's classmates, alexandra pena and jenay meissner, who say he was always making people smile. >> he always wanted to make people laugh and play games with you and stuff. and if you ever left out, he always wanted to help you and play with you. it was really cool. >> reporter: so he wanted everybody involved. >> mmm-hmm. >> reporter: what do you remember about being in plays with brodie? >> well, he always got a part in it. >> reporter: always? >> yeah. >> reporter: that's what everybody wants to get. >> right. he always-- >> reporter: was he good at being on stage? >> yeah. he made it seem like he wasn't on stage at all. >> reporter: the community will remember brodie and sean tomorrow evening at a candlelight prayer service. their

omar villafranca learned more about them today. >> 121-year-old brody copeland was excited about going on vacation before starting middle school. on thursday the unthinkable happened. brody and his father, sean copeland, were killed in nice, france. we talked to two of brody's classmates, alexandra and jenay who say, he was always making people smile. >> he always wanted to make people laugh and play games with you and stuff. if you ever left out he always wanted to help you and play with you. it was really cool. >> he wanted everybody involved. what do you remember about him? >> he always got a part in it. >> always? >> yeah. >> that's what everybody wants to get. >> right. he always -- >> being on stage? >> yeah. he made it seem like he wasn't on stage at all. >> the community will remember brody and sean tomorrow evening at a candlelight prayer service. their bodies will be flown back to the u.s. some time next week. lena? >> omar in texas. in fort worth, texas, police officers and navy personnel from around the country attended the funeral for dallas police officer patrick zamarrip

here is omar villafranca. >> reporter: the goopy blue-green algae blooms turned many southeast floridaonous soup. irene gomes, owner of driftwood motel in jenson beach says the blooms are the worst she has ever seen and scaring away her customers. how much business have you lost in a few days? >> from one group of relatives coming in together $1,000. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott declared state of emergency in palm beach, lee, martin and saint lucy. he believes water released from the largest freshwater lake in the state. the lake has high levels of phosphorous and nitrogen from fertilizer, animal feed and human waste. nutrients that algae thrive on. the lake also has a deadly history of flooding and is kempt in check by an aging earthen dike. to reduce pressure, the army corps of engineer must drain lake water into the saint lucy estuary, one of the areas now inundated by algae. >> cutting back the flows might allow some salt water come in and flush things out just a little bit. >> some experts say the outbreak can also be traced to septic tanks and rain water run-off along

>> omar villafranca, thank you. >>> about 100 protesters were arrested saturday night in baton rouge, louisiana following the fatal police shooting of an african american man named alton sterling. david begnaud is there. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: in baton rouge overnight it was tense, even dangerous. the protest was in response to the death of 37-year-old alton sterling, who was shot during an encounter with baton rouge police last week. it was videotaped and went viral. more than 100 protesters were arrested, most for defying orders to clear the street. some for battery on a police officer. nine guns were seized as personal property during the arrests. most of the protesters were from louisiana, b d an activist with the group black lives matter is from baltimore. >> police, you're under arrest. >> reporter: he was streaming live on his phone as he was arrested for standing in the roadway. colonel mike edmundson heads the louisiana state police. >> what is captured is just that moment. what's not captured is the moments before that yes, it's live. yes, it's realtime, an

omar villafranca is in stewart, florida, and shows us why the demonstrators are so angry. rning. >> reporter: good morning. this isn't some private secluded beach. this is actually a public beach but it's closed for the red, white and blue holiday, because of the green algae. >> what do we want? >> clean water! >> reporter: protesters, instead of sunbathers, filled florida's stewart beach on saturday demanding this toxic mess be cleaned up. >> these people need to put their money where their mouth is. >> we are losing our way of here. >> reporter: people blame the state politicians for allowing water to be released from lake okeechobee and the lake. a researcher professor at florida atlantic university has been helping to collect and test the algae that has wreaked havoc along florida's treasure coast. >> if i was in government, i would say we have got to stop the pollution. >> reporter: lake okeechobee is the largest fresh water body in the state but is polluted with runoff containing human waste and animal feed and fertilizer, all nutrients that algae thrive on. to manage

omar villafranca was there. >> good morning.ast night's ceremony was partly memorial and partly support. there were two main themes love and unity. >> we bowed our heads, we have it backed up. we're holding it high. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people gathered to pay respects to the five officers killed in dallas thursday night. officer brent thompson. >> a shining example of what it means to be a warrior. >> reporter: officer patricio zamarripa. >> it was easy to see the joy when he smile. >> reporter: officer michael krol. >> thank you, michael krol for being a great friend. lorne ahrens. >> a man filled with gratitude. >> reporter: and sergeant michael smith. >> one thing that everybody said about michael. >> reporter: average citizens and neighboring law enforcement attended the vigil. the police chief. >> mutual respect and love for one another. >> reporter: at an emotional press conference monday, the doctors at parkland memorial hospital spoke about their experiences treat something of the victims. >> we're hurting. we're

omar villafranca is at baylor university medical center where some victims are still recov recovering. good morning. >> reporter: one thing emerging from the afterattack, family, wives and daughters and sons, and to police officers rallying around their own. living the american dream. he's a teacher. he was a police officer. on thursday, hide's the worst nightmare came true. >> the hospital chaplain put hit hand out to me and i knew -- >> reporter: sergeant mike smith was dead. before he went to work, without fail, mike always said good-bye to his daughters victoria and him a hug before he left. >> reporter: but on thursday, something was different. >> and he said to me, what if this is the last time you ever kissed me or hugged me? >> reporter: did he always say that? >> no. it just felt different to me. i thought something bad was going to happen. >> reporter: 32-year-old patrick zamarripa, 40-year-old lorne ahrens and 43-year-old brent thompson also killed in the attack. dallas police officer, seeing three members of his unit shot down. >> i had people very close to me, people in m

omar villafranca shows us how the holiday weekend will be affected.blue at bathtub beach but has a greenish tint and this is what it looks like up close. you can see the green -- he blamed water released from lake okeechobee, the largest freshwater body in the state. the lake has high levels of phosphorous and nitrogen from fertilizer, animal feed and human waste, nutrients that algae thrive on. okeechobee also has a deadly history of flooding and is kept in check by an aging earthen dike. to reduce pressure on the levee, the army corps of engineers must drain some of the lake water into the st. lucie estuary. one of the areas now inundated by algae. >> cutting backflows might allow some salt water to come in and maybe flush things out just a little bit. >> some experts say the outbreak can also be traced to septic tanks and rainwater runoff along the florida coast. the algae occurs naturally, but in huge concentrations the tiny organisms are deadly to fish and other wildlife. this manatee was found choking on the blooms. >> it's pathetic. it really i