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theresa patricia okoumou faces several charges including trespassing and disorderly conduct. her friends say they don't know if her decision to climb was spur of moment or a decision she made in advance. for about four hours on independence day, the statue of liberty became the site of an immigration protest. >> i was like is that a person hanging from the statue, and i took my camera and zoomed in and thought, oh, my god, there's someone there. >> reporter: theresa patricia okoumou was protesting trump's immigration policies with a group rise and resist. they wore banners and called for the abolishment of customs immigration enforcement. then she separated from the group and scaled the base of lady liberty. >> they got two helicopters and then three helicopters. the whole island was shut down itself. >> reporter: okoumou is an immigrant herself. she came from the republic of co >> it's about families being separated and children being detained. >> reporter: 4,500 people were evacuated from liberty island while police negotiated with the climber to come down. >> at first she

joining us now is patricia okoumou in her first tv since her big climb. and j.w. walker. miss okoumou i want to start with you. what made you scale the statue? >> well, rise and resist had been declining this action as far as -- the way we did. some people were wearing t-shirt that says abolish i.c.e. and i figured, okay i've never been to the statue of liberty. i would love to climb up there with the sign or banner. it wasn't something i was willing to discuss with the group because i didn't want to be discouraged. >> you didn't want them to stop you? >> yes. >> what did you think j.w. when patricia started heading up the statue? >> the truth is, no one in the group realized that it was pressure when people first noticed it was up there. originally since it wasn't a plan of our action, we were like, oh, that's somebody else, that's a daredevil. we have no idea. it wasn't until some of the photographer that was with us used their zoom lenses and got a look at the person, and we were like saying, oh my god that was patricia. we issued statements saying we didn't know who i

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reporter: he ended with officers risking their lives to finally capture 44-year-old theresa patricia okoumou of staten island resting under the raised right sandal of the statue of liberty. okoumou put up a brief struggle but at times she cooperated enough that she climbed down the ladder she had early threatened to push over. >> definitely dangerous but that's why we take our time. in the beginning she threatened to push us off, push the ladder off, but, you know, we were persistent. >> reporter: this how it began a protest by a left wing fringe group called rise and resist. when it was over one from the group climbed on top of the pedestal. immediately evacuated the island. a couple of thousand tourists from around the world, most people assumed the protester was a man. >> our vacation was ruined. that man ruined our vacation. >> reporter: for nearly three hours the woman played a cat and mouse game with esu officers, talking with them and not talking at one point holding up a t-shirt with two different political messages, one about immigration before police finally went after her. >> acco

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federal charges for the woman at the center of this dramatic fourth of july takedown. 44-year-old patricia okoumoulimbing the statue of liberty, toying with police for nearly four hours. >> you know, when we got her and she couldn't go any further. >> reporter: officers finally securing her, using a safety harness, ropes and a ladder to take her into custody. okoumou was part a group protesting president trump's immigration policy, but says she made a spur of the moment decision to climb the iconic statue. >> when they go low, we go high and i went as high as i could. >> reporter: but prosecutors say her actions put lives in danger. the nypd diverting resources. >> they're not letting the boat land. >> reporter: authorities forced to evacuate thousands of frustrated tourists. >> we planned it and everything on the fourth of july on purpose, so, i'm very upset. >> reporter: tom, okoumou actually thanked the u.s. park police officers involved in her arrest. she's pleaded not guilty to the multiple charges against her. tom? >> whit johnson for us tonight. whit, thank you. >>> and when we come back, t

. >> tucker: therese patricia okoumou shutdown the statue of liberty on the 4th of july.erday pleaded not guilty and walked out walking a t-shirt and said this to a crowd of supporters. >> michelle obama, our beloved first lady that i care so much about, said when they go low, we go high. i went as high as i could. trump has torn this country apart. it is depressing and outrageous. i can say a lot of things about this monster. only a stupid, unintelligent coward, and a maniac would rip a child from its mother. >> tucker: imagine you are coming from congo, one of the worst countries in the world. come to the united states. you get this new home given to you by the people of the united states. you show up and you are not grateful at all. you are denouncing the country and its leader as racist and monsters. the american economy is improving. recent headlines warn of problems. the u.s. labor shortage is reaching a critical point. the "wall street journal" america's worker shortage. not hard to tell what they are implying. an opinion piece in the hill newspaper makes it obviou

he name is patricia okoumou. she's charged with federal charges including trespassing, conduct and interfering with a government function. oack to you. >>> now the holiday week heat wave bringing a triple threat from coa to coast. oppressive temperatures in the east are slowly starting to drop and acrosshe country hea of a different kind finling wildfires multiple states and floods destroying the homes, threatening lives and forcing thousands to find safer groun we've got it all covered for you. dylan's g the important forecast, but we start with nbc national correspondent miguel l almaguer. >> that heat you've been feeling east, now it' headed west. bottom line, it's heating up in more ways than one here. these issue theor fire crews are facing today on the frontli s. explosive conditions across the west forcing thousands to flee flames from california to colorado. in the mountains three hours outside denver, the most destructive fire this yearinsi incinerating over 100 homes, the spring fire charring 95,000 acr

patricia okoumou told police she was protesting the separation of immigrant children from their parents>>> a flash flood warning is in effect in pittsburgh after a slow moving storm dropped torrential rain overnight. more than two inches of rain fell in some areas some 10,000 properties remain without power. >>> you're up to date. back downtown to "squawk alley". michele, back to you >>> tough fourth of july for those folks. >> absolutely. >> thanks, sue >>> we'll keep our attention on u.s.-china trade tension as we're 12 hours away from the first wave of new u.s. tariffs on chinese imports to discuss trade tensions we're joined by carla hills and advisory partner walter isaacson good to have you here. >> pleasure to join you. >> ambassador, let me start with you i don't know if you've seen these reports out of germany where the u.s. said to germany, hey, get rid of your the rivers, we'll get rid of ours and it's under consideration. angela merkel says if we do that it has to be the reduction for every single country in the world. if that were to come true you would actually have lower

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. >> reporter: therese patricia okoumou was protesting president trump's immigration policies with the group, rise and resist. they hung a banner and wore t- shirts calling for the abolishment of immigration and customs enforcement but then she separated from the group and scaled the base of lady liberty. >> they got like two helicopters and then three helicopters. the whole island shut down. >> reporter: okoumou is an immigrant herself. court papers show she came from the congo. members of the group say they did not know she was going to climb the statue. >> this was obviously a show of anger and passion about what is happening in america with the immigration with families being separated and children being detained. >> reporter: 4500 people were evacuated from liberty island while police negotiated with this woman to come down. >> at first, she wasn't friendly with us. but we took our time to basically get a dialogue with her and get a rapport with her so she would trust us. >> reporter: police got to okoumou. they attached a harness to her and removed her. she faces charges of tresp

. >>> in new york city, therese patricia okoumou, who said the statue of liberty, is due in court todayy have watched the standoff play out live. police say the woman planned to stay until all the children have been released, as supporters and protesters are expected to gather outsided manhattan federal court. >>> in houston, heavy rains have caused flooding with some areas hit with more than 7 inches. they've been forced to cancel the holiday festivities, even shut down some highways. here you can see a woman being pulled out of her car window to safety by a toll roadworker. >>> now to thailand, the desperate teamed to free 12 young boys and their soccer coach. the "today" show talked to one of the divers helping in that process. >> the timing is very important. once if the storm comes in and heavy rains started, then the cave can possibly flood, it would be really hard to get people to go in and resupply or try to get them out. >> live on the ground, the scene of this rescue, chief global correspondent bill nekneely. >> we've had new rescue operators, frantic efforts to free the boys

today therese patricia okoumou pleaded not guilty and addressed the press. >> michelle obama our belovedst lady that i care so much about, said when they go low, we go high. i went as high as i could. >> [cheers and applause]. >> ben shapiro from the daily wire.com. ben, 2 hours she was on that statue. what did you think of this stunt? >> it was idiotic. they had to evacuate the entire island. the point is was this productive for her cause? let's say you were she and you thought you would bring attention to this particular cause. is the best way to do that is climb up on the statue of liberty does annoy everyone in the country on the 4th of july? >> did she win over any supporters? >> no, the only people into it were the people who already supported her. that's where we are in this country. the left thinks the louder they scream the more people they will win over. the opposite is true. the louder they scream the more people look at the trump administration and say they are not shutting down statue of liberty on 4th of july. >> she took advice from michael moore. put your body on the line

patricia okoumou scaled the statue of liberty on wednesday to protest the trump administration's policyhildren from their parents at the border. she'll be live in the studio for her first tv interview in just a few minutes so you do not want to miss that. we're also going to talk live with a lawyer who was arguing

. >> reporter: federal charges for the woman at the center of this fourth of july takedown, patricia okoumouying with police for nearly four hours. >> she couldn't go any further. >> reporter: officers finally securing her, using a safety harness, ropes and a ladder to take her into custody. okoumou was part of a group protesting president trump's immigration policy but says she made a spur of the moment decision to climb the iconic statue. >> when they go low, we go high, and i went as high as i could. >> reporter: but prosecutors say her actions put lives in danger. the nypd diverting resources. auth tourists. >> we planned it and everything on the fourth of july on purpose. so i'm very upset. >> reporter: okoumou thanked the u.s. park officers involved in her arrest. she's now pleading not guilty to the multiple charges against her. whit johnson, abc news, new york. >>> speaking of the statue of liberty, the u.s. postal service owes a sculptor millions of dollars. his image was used on stamps of lady liberty on the las vegas strip. it was mistaken for the real statue of liberty. the post

. >> that climber, patricia okoumou sis she isn't sorry. in montana rally. >> you saw that clown yesterday on the statue of liberty? i would say let's get some nets and let's wait until she comes down. just get some nets. >> she has pleaded not guilty to trespassing and other charges. >> a mother shoots a carjacker in the head saving her two sons that were trapped in the backseat. >> i wish i would have killed you. if i didn't already. i hope that woke him up. >> here is what happened, a thief jumped inside her car while she was pumping gas in dallas with two young sons inside the car. the mother jumped in the vehicle and grabbed the gun and pulled the trigger. the thief crashing the suv. is he in serious condition facing charges. the mother and children were not hurt. the mother who ripped the teen's make america great again hat and threw a drink in the face is now facing charges. >> president. [bleep] >> san antonio police arresting jimenez overnight. also fired from a local bar he worked at. witness telling what happened telling the loca