and simply put, we failed adam. >> and pierre thomas with us tonight live from washington. what more have you learned, pierre? >> reporter: david, the officer has been placed on administrative duties pending the investigation. as for family members, their attorney released a joint statement with the mayor saying the release of the video is a first step toward healing. and david, they're calling for peace. >> our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> we turn next to the coronavirus in the u.s. tonight. the ceo of pfizer now suggesting americans will need a third shot, a booster shot, within a year of being vaccinated. that suggestion comes amid worrisome new numbers tonight. hot spots flaring up as the variants spread. new cases actually climbing more than 30% in a month. in michigan alone, hospitals are overwhelmed. some setting up those outdoor triage centers like we saw in the beginning of this pandemic. and on capitol hill today, dr. anthony fauci in a heated exchange, is asked when americans will get their freedom back.

pierre thomas standing by. >>> there was another horrific shooting, this time in south carolina. a doctor, his wife and two grandchildren among those killed. a former nfl player, the alleged suspect. police say he then killed himself. >>> and all of this as president biden was before the cameras today urging congress to do something about the shootings in america, calling it an epidemic, saying he will use his executive authority to create new restrictions on so-called ghost guns. what are they? and the creation of a national red flag law. what this would mean. >>> the other major news tonight involving vaccinations in this country. at least two sites temporarily halted in north carolina tonight amid concerns a number of patients reporting adverse reactions to the johnson & johnson vaccine. it comes just one day after similar concerns at a site in colorado, also temporarily shut down. so, dr. jha is standing by tonight and we ask him, is there a reason to be concerned here? >>> the trial of former police officer derek chauvin, the medical expert today describing george floyd's fi

to area hospitals in critical condition and one person died at the scene. >> so, let's get to pierre thomas tonight. and pierre, i know we just learned that there is a suspect in custody tonight? >> reporter: david, we're still awaiting details. police just said they apprehended a suspect. they have not released an i.d. tonight, the atf is also responding. the hard work of investigating the motive now fully under way. the question tonight, david, why? why did this happen? >> i know you're going to stay on this into the evening. pierre thomas, thank you. >>> and as i mentioned off the top tonight, there was another awful shooting, this one in south carolina. a doctor, his wife, two of their young grandchildren among the five who were killed in rock hill, south carolina. and tonight, authorities believe it was a former nfl player who killed them before killing himself. tonight, we have the family picture of that doctor and wife. they had many grandchildren and you can see the two there behind them who authorities say were victims in this, too. along with an air conditioning technician who hap

pierre thomas, one-on-one tonight with u.s. attorney general merrick garland on the anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing. the ag's new warning tonight about violent domestic extremists here in the u.s. >>> overseas, news tonight about imprisoned opposition leader alexei navalny. what his doctor is now warning. >>> news on the queen tonight, after bidding farewell to prince philip. those images of her alone, then behi and news tonight on prince's william and harry. >>> and thouz incredible images from mars on a monday night. nasa making history. the first nasa helicopter to fly on another planet. and you'll see it. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us as we start another week together here. a very busy start to the week tonight. and we begin this evening with the dramatic moments in court today. the prosecution and the defense, their final arguments in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. tonight, it is now the jury's turn. they have been given instructions by the judge and from this p

alex perez and pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> in other news, as the chauvin verdict was able to br- armed with a knife, unfolding in columbus, ohio. tonight, authorities quickly releasing body camera video now. and what the mayor is saying tonight. >>> the coronavirus in the u.s. president biden saying, we did more than 200 million shots in arms in his first 100 days. but tonight, the new challenge in the u.s. to reach those who haven't gotten the vaccine, even with it now available. tonight, the president's push to employers, to give workers paid time off to go get the shot, to protect themselves and their communities. and overseas tonight, the crisis unfolding. the virus in india. the highest daily death toll yet. patients sharing beds. >>> on the eve of his climate summit with world leaders, president biden expected to commit to slashing carbon emissions in half by 2030. ginger zee in the mojave desert searching for what's called white gold, lithium. >>> severe storms moving across the northeast. the chain reaction crash in wisconsin. and now the deep freeze from oklahoma

>> pierre thomas live in washington. pierre, thank you. >>> next tonight, the state of emergency in florida. authorities in front of the cameras moments ago on that toxic reservoir at risk of collapse, at risk of sending a 20-foot tall wall of polluted water into neighborhoods. millimeters of gallons of toxic water in this reservoir. the national guard delivers massive pumps by helicopter. and concern all day about a potential second breach and what authorities are now saying about that. abc's stephaie ramos on the scene now. >> reporter: after authorities worried all day about a second breach at this toxic reservoir, tonight, they're convinced there's only one. engineers believe the containment pond's plastic lining cracked last week and fear a massive breach could send a 20-foot wall of polluted water slamming into neighborhoods south of tampa. more than 300 homes ordered to evacuate, but some families staying put. >> even with the hurricanes and everything and -- we didn't evacuate. >> reporter: businesses also forced

pierre thomas joins us now from the capitol. pierre, officials are still searching for a motive in this deadly attack. but they say this time it does not appear to be terrorism related? >> reporter: linsey, tonight at the crime scene, authorities say no obvious ties to terrorism so far. but we're told they're dissecting this young man's life, looking at his recent communications and associations. it's early, linsey, so nothing is concrete. >> so very early. pierre, our thanks to you. >>> as we head into the second easter weekend in this pandemic, some good news tonight in the race between the variants and the vaccine. the cdc is revising its travel guidance for people who are fully vaccinated saying that they can travel safely as long as they take the usual precautions in public, including using a mask. tonight the nation has topped the 100 million dose milestone for the first time. an average of 3 million shots a day. as more people get vaccinated, more people are returning to work. 916,000 jobs were added in march. unemployment

now appears to be putting every police department in the nation on notice, david. >> all right, pierre thomas, with us live tonight, as well. pierre, thank you. >>> and just moments before the chauvin verdict was read in minneapolis, news of another deadly police shooting, this time in columbus, ohio. a police officer shooting and killing a 16-year-old girl. authorities saying she was armed with a knife. the columbus division of police quickly releasing the officer's body camera video tonight, showing the scene, asking for patience while the investigation now unfolds. and what the mayor is now saying tonight. abc's trevor ault now from columbus, and we warn you tonight, the images, again, are disturbing. >> black women matter! >> black women matter! >> reporter: just hours after derek chauvin's guilty verdict, outrage again erupting in the streets again over yet another police shooting, this time in columbus, ohio. >> say her name! >> ma'khia bryant! >> reporter: hundreds of demonstrators shouting the name of ma'khia bryant, a 16-year-old killed by columbus police officer tuesday afternoon. >

>> all right, pierre thomas, who has been following this case for months. pierre, thank you. >>> for the first time, we are now hearing from one of the jurors who convicted derek chauvin of murdering george floyd. telling us he did not feel pressure to find chauvin guilty, that he and the other jurors studied the evidence. and the one charge, he says, that took them the longest. and what he revealed about the jury, wishig derek chauvin had taken the stand. what the juror told our robin roberts and here's abc's alex perez tonight. >> members of the jury, i will now read the verdict. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, we're hearing from one of the jurors who convicted derek chauvin of murdering george floyd. >> first, i want to start off by sending my condolences to the floyd family. >> reporter: juror brandon mitchell speaking to our robin roberts on "gma" about that gut-wrenching video of chauvin pinning floyd at the neck. >> what was the impact of that 9-minute, 29-second video and was that the difference-maker? >> seeing the multiple angles of it fr

pierre thomas leads us off tonight from the capitol. ep deadly attack at the u.s. capitol. authorities say a man slammed this car into a security checkpoint along constitution avenue. >> the suspect rammed his car into two of our officers and then hit the north barricade barrier. at such time, the suspect exited the vehicle with a knife in hand. our officers then engaged that suspect. he did not respond to verbal commands. >> reporter: one of the officers was fatally wounded in the encounter, and the suspect fatally shot. >> when he exited the vehicle, the knife was clearly in his hand, and he did start to run toward the officers. >> reporter: officer william "billy" evans, an 18-year veteran, was pronounced dead at george washington university hospital. a solemn procession, a line of police cars and motorcycles, taking his body to the city medical examiner. the incident cam thetol ilunted echoes of the january 6th insurrection. reacting to the emergency, the d.c. national guard deployed in an immediate response force. soldiers and airmen sent in support of the capitol poli

here's abc's chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas. >> god bless you, rudy. >> reporter: rudy giulianionce the most famous federal prosecutor in the country, now lashing out at the u.s. attorney's office he once ran after investigators raided his manhattan apartment, showing up on his doorstep at 6:00 a.m. >> there was a big bang, bang, bang on the door, and outside were seven -- seven fbi agents with a warrant for electronics. >> reporter: it marked the dramatic escalation of a two-year investigation into president trump's former attorney. giuliani's lawyer telling abc news, the feds are looking to see whether giuliani was working as a foreign agent for clients in the ukraine while he was pressuring that government to investigate joe and hunter biden. giuliani denies it. >> obviously the assistant u.s. attorneys hate me. and they hate trump, which is probably the whole thing. >> reporter: he also says federal prosecutors are out to get him because they're jealous of his success. >> when i became a u.s. attorney, i thought i had reached the pinnacle of my career, and i did it every sin

. >> pierre thomas starts us off. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning.vernight another massacre leaving indianapolis in mourning. the worst case scenario playing out again, a lone gunman likely with an assault rifle opening fire in a public place. >> caller heard ten shots from near the front of the entrance. >> reporter: overnight indianapolis becoming the scene of the nation's latest mass shooting. >> there's a description. shooter, short white male wearing a hat, has a machine gun. currently in front of the building. >> reporter: shortly after 11:00 p.m. police responding to reports of shots fired at the fedex ground facility near the airport. >> i have a female who is in the control room who advised the subject is still shooting. she does not have a visual, but can hear the shots. >> reporter: police arriving on the scene moments later finding multiple victims inside and outside the shipping facility where roughly 100 workers were on duty. >> we heard three more shots, and then my buddy levi saw someone running out of the building, and then more shot

our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> hot spots flairing up. in the u.s. climbing more than 30% in a month. in michigan alone, in some places they are setting up outdoor triage center again, running out of room in hospitals. >>> also tonight, the ceo of

here's abc's pierre thomas. >> it was only three of us that grew up in our household.der sister. i'm the baby. he's my big brother, my only brother. >> reporter: pamela woods still agonizing over what she believes is the unjust execution of her brother, nathaniel. >> i think about all the different things i could have done or if i should have done if, if i should have done that. would he still be here? >> reporter: june 17th, 2004, police raided a suspected drug house near birmingham, alabama. nathaniel woods was surrendering when his cousin, carrie spencer opened fire on police, killing three officers. woods was arrested along with spencer and charged as an accomplice. prosecutors argued that woods lured the officers in to be gunned down. spencer claims woods played no role in the shooting. >> your brother did not pull the trigger? >> he didn't have any gun on him, he didn't shoot anybody. what did you arrest him for? he ran like anybody else would. he ran for his life. and they charged him with the actual murders. >> did he have a sense the system would work for him?

alex perez and pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> in other news, as the chauvin verdict was abouto be read yesterday, the deadly police shooting of a 16-year-old girl, armed

pierre thomas standing by. >>> there was another horrific shooting, this time in south carolina.is wife and two grandchildren among those killed. a former nfl player, the alleged suspect. police say he then killed himself. >>> and all of this as president biden was before the cameras today urging congress to do something about the shootings in

our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> also this evening, the coronavirusere in the u.s. hot spots now flaring up. new cases in the u.s. climbing more than 30% in a month. in michigan alone, in some places they are now setting up outdoor triage centers again, running out of room in hospitals. >>> also tonight, the ceo of pfizer now suggesting americans will need a third shot,

pierre thomas standing by. >>> also making headlines this friday night, the cdc issuing new travel guidance for people now fully vaccinated. health officials say they can safely fly within the u.s. without getting tested or going into quarantine. what the cdc is also warning about tonight. the news comes as the u.s. hits a new milestone. more than 100 million people now

pierre thomas standing by. >>> also making headlines this friday night, the cdc issuing new travel guidanceeople now fully vaccinated. health officials say they can safely fly within the u.s. without getting tested or going into quarantine. what the cdc is also warning about tonight. the news comes as the u.s. hits a new milestone. more than 100 million people now receiving at least one dose of the vaccine. >>> and new numbers tonight on

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, a new inspector general report revealing just three days before the attack, capitol police intelligence analysts wrote that congress itself is the target, and that the stop the steal movement had the likelihood of attracting white supremacists, militia members, and others who actively promote violence. today, the intelligence failure drawing sharp criticism from the senator who chairs the committee overseeing the capitol police. >> in the end, they didn't do what they needed to do. >> reporter: the inspector general's findings, in sharp contrast to former capitol security officials who recently told congress they could not have anticipated the broad violence that left more than 100 officers injured and possibly killed another. >> no entity, including the fbi, provided any new intelligence regarding january 6th. >> reporter: the inspector general also finding stunning security failures the day of the insurrection. shields that easily shattered from the blows from the mob, some officers vulnerable without shields because they were locked away

alex perez and pierre thomas standing by tonight. >>> in other news, as the chauvin verdict was ablearmed with a knife, unfolding in columbus, ohio. tonight, authorities q

pierre thomas standing by. >>> there was another horrific shooting, this time in south carolina. a doctor, his wife and two grandchildren among those killed. a former nfl player, the alleged suspect. police say he then killed himself. >>> and all of this as president biden was before the cameras today urging congress to do something about the shootings in america, calling it

he told abc's pierre thomas racism is an american problem. he said the justice department will use every resource available to make sure there's equal justice under the law. >> i think that it's plain to me that there's -- has been and remains discrimination against african-americans and other communities of color and other ethnic minorities. we do not yet have equal justice under law. ♪ >> the interview followed a ceremony following 26 years since the oklahoma city bombing. garland says the threat of domestic extremism remains high. >>> breaking overnight, former vice president walter mondale has died. >> he paved the way for vice presidents to become partners in the white house. his old boss president jimmy carter released a statement saying, mondale used his skill and integrity to transform the vice presidency into a dynamic, policy-driving force that had never been seen before. he was an invaluable partner, a private behavior. >> abc's karen travers looks back at his career. >> reporter: for most americans this is the lasting image of wal

roe chief of "usa today" and author of "minneapolis: nancy pelosi and the lessons of power," and pierre thomas, chief correspondent for abc news. toluse, you're joining us from houston tonight, thank you for joining us. you've been talking to george floyd's family and researching where he grew up. i was struck that his brother told you, i don't want him to be another person on a t-shirt. what do you think he meant by that and what was the week like for them? toluse: george floyd was a single human being, but his story, his experience, his death resonated with millions of americans. i think members of his family, members of his community, realize that this is a person whose death impacted millions of americans having to watch as his life was slipping away from him in that graphic and viral video last year. his family wants this to be not just a single moment. they of course appreciated the verdict and the fact that a jury of officer chauvin's peers decided to convict him of murder. but they don't want it to stop here. they realize there have been other cases over the course of the trial of othe

pierre thomas will have that tonight at 5:30 right here on abc7. >>> and northbay community is preparingsupport unaccompanied migrant children who cross the border. the district tells the marin independent journal that they plan to hire new counselors. marin county nonprofits say they will providechildren with legal guidance and connect them with sponsors. marin county says it resettled about 150 on a content the minors per year. >>> a houston facility was abruptly shut down over poor living conditions. sources tell abc news there weren't enough staff members to accompany the girls so they were instructed to use plastic bags for toilets. the children spent most of the day sitting on cots due to a lack of space. the department of health and human services says 500 girls were transferred to other facilities in the area. >> goodness. >>> today, vice president kamala harris will give her first speech on the economy. she is set to speak in the greensboro area in north carolina about president biden's american jobs plan. it provides funding for roads, bridges, and railways. harris will visit a

t.j., a lot of tension in this city. >> all right, pierre thomas for us as always.nk you so much. >>> we want to turn to the derek chauvin trial. week two getting under way today after five days of emotional testimony last week. alex perez is covering it for us. he's at the courthouse there in minneapolis. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, t.j. after a week of explosive testimony last week, the prosecution will continue to present its case before the jury later this morning. now, former cop derek chauvin has spent most of the trial taking notes during testimony. jurors last week's hearing from emotional witnesses including george floyd's girlfriend who detailed their opioid addiction and testimony from lieutenant richard zimmerman, the most senior officer on the police force and head of homicide who testified what chauvin did goes against everything officers have been trained to do, calling the use of force while floyd was already handcuffed totally unnecessary. >> pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on a neck for

we're joined by dan abrams, pierre thomas, and terri austin from law and crime, and dan, let me begine're two weeks in right now. assess the prosecution's case. >> i think it's a stronger case than many even expected coming into this. there were potential pitfalls for the prosecution coming into this case, and they seem to have avoided them so far. two key legal questions, right? number one is the reasonableness of the force, number two is cause of death. on reasonableness of force, these witnesses have been so powerful. these are not random experts. this is the police chief from minneapolis. this is lapd's expert in this particular area, and they are saying that's not reasonable. i think on that issue, it is a nonissue at this point in the case. the second issue has always been the trickier one which is the cause of death, and one of the questions was what exactly will the medical examiner say? meaning he gave this kind of nuanced assessment. he said, yes, it was the police, but there were also these underlying conditions. he had a heart condition and drugs in his system. when he tes

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our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas sat down with him as closing arguments in the chauvin trial were going on to talk about justice and policing here in the u.s. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: amy, good morning. the attorney general was here in oklahoma city on the 26th anniversary of that horrific bombing that killed 168 people, warning that the threat of domestic terror is high, but right now he's also keeping a watchful eye on that minneapolis courtroom and its enormous implications on the issue of race and policing in this country. this morning, the attorney general urging calm as a nation braces for a verdict in the chauvin trial. >> what's your level of concern about the potential of violence? >> i intend to wait until the verdict before i will say anything and i would urge the american people to do the same. >> reporter: garland careful not to comment about george floyd directly or ongoing cases involving race and policing, but admitting to being stunned by the images he saw last summer. >> i also saw the videos last summer, all through the summer, and like many ameri