government had soured and he and his brother p air were -- pierre were hired on as informants for spain. so, he used galveston as a piece of operations for not only sparring, but also his privateering endeavors as well. it is a really unique piece. a local family was building a mansion between 24th and 25th street on broadway. when they were tearing down the old house and laying the foundation for the new one, they discovered a number of confederate artifacts, and this painting rolled up in a tent. the family took this as a possible jean-lafitte painting, and in the 1970's, the piece was donated to the library. however it was really just speculation that led early folks to believe this was jean-lafitte . but it really caught fire, much like all of the history with lafitte. there is much mythology that is difficult to disentangle from fact. if you experts have taken a look at this portrayed, and concluded it is most likely not lafitte for a number of reasons including the costume he is wearing. do you notice the hat looks like it belongs more in the 1600s rather than the 1800s? also, the

he and his brother pierre were hired on as informants for spain, which at the time, mexico was tryinggain independence from spain. so, he used galveston as a base of operations for not only the sort of spying but also his privateering endeavors as well. it's a unique piece. the provenance is interesting. a local family was building a mansion on broadway. and when they tore down the old house and were laying the foundation for the new one, they discovered a number of confederate artifacts and this painting rolled up in a tent. the family took this as possible jean lea fete painting. in the 1970's, the piece was donated to the library. however, it was speculation that led early foflslks to believe this was jean la fete. it has really caught fire, much like all the history with la fete there is a lot of mythology that is difficult to disentangle from fact. a few experts have taken a look at this portrait an and concluded it is most likely not la fete for a number of reasons, including the cost and he's wearing. the hat looks like it belongs more in the 1600's rathern than the 1800's. the

pete: some of those employees were fired, didn't they? pierre: one was fired and two resigned. >> reporter: under siege, what did that mean for the black residents of ferguson and how long had this been going on? pierre: years is how long it was going on. holder spoke yesterday about an example where a black man had been playing basketball, was sitting in his car and the police officer for some reason was suspicious of him. and basically accused the black man with no evidence of being a pedophile. then proceeded to make the man get out of the car at gunpoint. reporter: what happens now? this is just a report that holder released. he's going to leave office within a few weeks now. the justice department didn't even file suit against the city. is this city interested in fixing these problems or will it be a protracted fight? >> here's the process. right now, the justice department is snoshting -- negotiating with city officials. the city has indicated a willingness to address some of the allegations. if they do not comply, the justice department w

paula. >> yes, pierre, those e-mails were quite shocking.nk you. >>> and today our nation celebrates a turning point in the civil rights movement as it marks the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday when police attacked hundreds of peaceful activists during a civil rights march in selma, alabama. president obama will be speaking and abc's steve osunsami is in selma with what we can expect to see and hear. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, paula. the secret service is here sweeping downtown selma. there are authorities patrolling the river as we are expecting two presidents and thousands of people including some who tried to cross this bridge in protest 50 years ago to this day and were met by violence from police. this morning, the picture many in selma would like the world to remember, black and white families arm in arm symbolically marching across the edmund pettus bridge. >> you know there's a lot of unfinished business, but white selma, black selma, young old, we're all united. >> reporter: but these are the pictures f

and tonight, allegations that they were driving drunk and drove through police tape at the white house where an investigation had already been under way. abc's pierre thomas retracing their route tonight. >> reporter: the two secret service agents were heading back to the white house after reportedly drinking at a retirement party for a colleague. sources say one agent, a senior supervisor and the other, mark connelly, is the 2nd ranking agent on the presidential detail. connelly has been a constant presence at the president's side in recent years. the agents were believed to have been coming from a washington night spot, when at about 11:30 p.m. they drove their unmarked car through a crime scene tape hitting a barrier, just inside the southeast entrance to the white house. the crime tape was there, because an hour earlier, someone had tossed a suspicious package onto the grounds and the agents were investigating. >> and it was obvious that, to the guards that were there, that they may have been a bit impaired. >> reporter: it all happened right here at this gate. the uniformed officers allegedly wanted to give the agents a sobriety test and post

honda as see the a 21 year-old woman and her one-year-old son the ciardi's the crosswalk and were hit. pierre hospital with major injuries. we notice that the crosswalk is now have any flashes are a thing indicating some was crossing. >>: reporter: the 22 year- old female driver of the sec has not been a restive and is cooperating with authorities. they don't have any drugs are a call plane role in the crash. this point it's unclear of this if speed played a factor in the crash pripet the rating a call back from the chp. and i clap their looking at the mother and her one-year- old son. <

pierre bottles there. it was sometime last thursday night people were drinking in the playground and they smashed a whole bunchst the retaining wall of the sandbox. that makes it a mess. if the kids can i get you there is the 15 t of sand and had to move out out <>: reporter: this may be even lure away i phone users. both edges are curves and gives you more screen face. with a new galaxy pass 6 edge and samsung is ditching the plastic body and replacing it with metal. it will be a lot more durable and prior galaxy as phones. its body in shape is a lot more like the i phone. the edges of the screen are curve that provides usable extra screen space

there were just five of us, this is a good test for the next big challenge ahead of us. reporter: meanwhile, french rider pierreook the shirt from the overnight leader. the ocean races continue, the six boats negotiating rough seats. they now lead to manage a new course defined by race management as a virtual line in this lake to keep the fleet from icebergs. racing team currently in fourth place. >> it appeared, and then it went upon them as well. there is definitely plenty of ice around. >> there is always more danger. it is easy enough to sink it. reporter: ahead of the nearest challenge, we've seen eldon menik of further 5 behind. -- el dominica 5 behind. reporter: welcome to web news with the stories making the online headlines. mexican and pain to get a prominent journalist her job back. models want the best world to drop the term "plus size," and epic battle. campaigning continues in mexico with web users intent on getting aristegui reinstated. she was -- on getting carmen ari stegui reinstated. her dismissal has been widely condemned on social media with social users demanding she is back on air at the

at center ice, pierre maguire is alongside ben lovejoy. >> thank you very much doc. you werer the better part of six years. you went away for two. how are things different and how are things the same? >> i'm excited to be back. i feel like i was an alum of this

were those agents drunk? and was there really an effort by secret service supervisors to keep all this quiet? david? >> pierre thomas in washington tonight. pierre thank you. >>> and a major development involving u.s. troops in afghanistan. the president announcing troops will remain there longer. saying he's slowing down the withdrawal at the request of the new afghan president. almost 10,000 noncombat troops will remain through the end of the year. the white house initially wanted to cut that number to 5,500. the president's plan calls for all u.s. troops to be out by the end of 2016. >>> we turn now to an incredible image out of new jersey tonight. look at this. a massive sink hole on this street swallowing that suv, believed to have been the result of a water main break. and something else we're watching tonight. the extreme weather in missouri. golf ball-siltzed hail. one family's back deck covered tonight. more is on the way. a severe thunderstorm watch across several states tonight. so we turn to ginger zee tracking it off. >> reporter: and that is the first severe thunderstorm watch of the season davi

pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: two secret service agents were headed back to the white house after reportedly drinkingd ranking agent on the presidential detail. connolly has opinion a constant presence at the president's side in recent years. the agents were believed off to have been coming from a washington night spot when about lohn:30 p.m. they drove their unmarked car through a crime scene tape hitting a barrier just inside the southeast entrance to the white house. the crime tape was there because an hour earlier someone tossed a suspicious package on the ground and agents were investigating. >> it was obvious to the guards that they were there that they may have been a bit impaired. >> it all happened right here at this gate. the uniformed officers allegedly wanted to give the agents a sobriety test and possibly make an arrest. a supervisor allegedly told them let the agents go. >> let them go home and sleep it off. >> the latest in a string of major lapses, soliciting prostitutes in colombia. agents drunk on a presidential detail in amsterdam. most damning, this man jumping the fence making hi

army national guard and his cousin alleging the two were trying to join isis. abc's pierre thomas is in washington with more on all that. good morning pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this appears to be the very first case of a current member of the u.s. military seeking to fight with isis and there's an ugly twist. an alleged plot to attack right here at home. army national guardsman hasan edmonds was arrested at midway airport allegedly en route to join one of america's or shall enemies, isis the fbi says if that wasn't bad enough edmonds had hatched a plan with his cousin jonas to kill his fellow soldiers at a military base where he had trained outside of chicago. the alleged plan hasan was to give jonas his national guard uniform and he would kill them in a massacre with a body count as high as 150. the likely target the joliet armory. >> it certainly speaks to the level of dedication and the lengths to which these individuals will go to advance isis' mission and that means even carrying out an attack here inside the united states. >> reporter: but family membe

the new board features pierre south dakota and minneapolis as dark blue properties. there wered? >> we have a kid version for jack now. you play too. >> he likes getting cash money. >> my strategy was buy up everything. what was yours? >> nothing has changed, has it? >> i'm still very shy. >>. >>> and "the washington post" says there is a small chance that president obama is buying magnum p.i.'s house. ♪ the beach front hawaiian home was used in the tv show starred tom selleck. it was but for $8.7 million. the buyer is a mystery company represented by chicago lawyer who is a friend of the president. the president will need a new house in january 2017. the white house declined comment. >> we are very excited this morning for the next step in the evolution of late-night comedy. james corden takes the stage on monday. he's the new host of "the late lay show" right here on cbs. anthony mason got a look behind the scenes with a star who was staying humble. anthony, good morning. >> good morning, gayle. james corden went in to cbs to pitch an idea for a sitcom. instead he walked out

were actively working? probably under 50, maybe even under 30. >> george washington advise pierre l'enfant that he wanted a racetrack built three blocks west of the white house with the world bank is now. is there any truth to this all? >> they loved racing. they would watch anything racemic circle. there was a racetrack in d.c. where you are talking about. i'm not trying to force anyone to come to future talks but don hawkins, you can get him to talk 90 minutes about the racetrack. it exists. >> -- >> it is a very interesting tale. as the civil war era approached, virginia asked for the land back and d.c. get it back. they were not doing anything with it. it also had to do with the fact there were rumblings that d.c. would either outlaw slavery or the slave trade and virginia wanted nothing to do with that and wanted their land back so that alexandria could continue to traffic slaves. there many reasons. those are fortunate and unfortunate. it was something in the middle of the 19th century when virginia said, can we have this land back. and d.c. said, please, we don't have plans for it, we don't want to

were franchise tagged today. cowboys wide receiver dez bryant as many expected got the tag from dallas. giants tagged defensive end jason pierre sense. broncos youed it on demaryius thomas thomas. and an interesting one, the new england patriots used it on a kicker stephen gostkowski. here's the big news. one big name not on that list defensive lineman ndamukong suh. the detroit lions did not use their franchise tag on suh and if the lions don't agree to an extension with him, i'm told tonight the redskins are very interested in the four-time pro bowler. suh is expected to get one of the richest contracts for a defensive player in league history. so stay tuned as we have an nfl free agency story in just a few days. they can stay busy with that. >>> the nhl trade deadline has come and gone and the caps didn't make any trades before the deadline this afternoon. they did acquire a defenseman saturday and a goal-scorer on sunday. curtis lundcross took his first skate with his new team this morning. coach barry trotz already pencil penciled him in on the second line. he's had two 20-goal seasons. he took tips from almost every play

were released. >> reporter: this dog seemed to want to send a message, too. >> i wouldn't suggest it. >> reporter: pierres abc news washington. >> oh boy. you know one of the biggest threats the secret service has is of a lone wolf attacker. someone who on their own plans and plots something and tries to execute that. >> this job will be cleaning up the image of the secret service. a lot of people looking at them saying why are there all of these failings in pierre's piece. a lot of it is pr and getting people to see the agency protecting the president, the most important asset of this country. >>> the 4-year-old case of a missing mother and a new push for clues. >> her family holding out hope for answers while new details come to light. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" co therefore new efforts to solve a mystery of what happened to a florida mother of three who went mising. >> 100 officers involved in a new push for clues and mara schiavocampo has the latest on the story. >> reporter: orlando police following new leads in their search for michelle parker almost four year

were rushed to the hospital. this all happening just hours after the police chief stepped down. abc's pierre thomas is in washington with the very latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. officers shot and the city of ferguson a tinder box, a town still in crisis despite the resignation of its police chief amid racial strife. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: bullets flying just after midnight in ferguson, missouri. >> okay there was just gunfire and now cops have guns drawn. >> reporter: the moments the shots were fired caught on video by a protester outside the embattled police department. >> we saw the muzzle fire from the gun up top of the street so we all just ducked down and then saw the cop shot next to us. >> reporter: two police officers ashburn rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds both in serious condition. >> they are conscious. however, those are very serious gunshot injuries to be able to sustain in your upper torso and your face. >> reporter: at least three shots fired from an area located near the police station. >> these police officers were standing there

were released. >> reporter: this dog at training friday seemed to want to send a message, too. >> the president! >> take the dog off. >> i wouldn't suggest it. >> reporter: for "this week," pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to pierre. >>> now, much more ahead including the mixed reception jeb bush received this week in washington at the conservative con fab. [ cheers and booing ] >> our powerhouse "roundtable" weighs in on that. >>> and the llama drama that dominated social media until being overshadowed by the great dress debate. what does it say about our collective attention span? but you please stay with us. collective attention span? but you please stay with us. ♪ ♪ i love my meta health bars. because when nutritious tastes this delicious i don't miss the other stuff. meta health bars help promote heart health. experience the meta effect with our multi-health wellness line. ♪ ♪ [bassist] two late nights in tucson. blew an amp.but good nights. sure,music's why we do this,but it's still our business. we spend days booking gigs then we've gotta put in the miles to get there. but it's not without its perks. like seeing our album sales go through the roof enoug

were winding down. unrest follows the chief and other city officials out of the job. and the scathing justice department report, revealing racial bias. more now from abc's pierrehief tom jackson finally gave in to the mounting pressure and from the scathing justice department report last week accusing his force of systematically discriminating against black. until recently chief jackson had been defiant. >> lot me say i do not plan to resign. >> this week the city manager and key judge also resigned. that on the heels of a court clerk and two police supervisors left after they were tied to a series of racist e-mails including one referring to president obama as a chimpanzee and disparaging the first lady. >> our review of the evidence found no alternative explanation rather than explicit and implicit racial bias. >> reporter: the report found african-americans make up 67% of ferguson's population but represented 93% of those arrested. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. off awe similar police shooting also led to rallies last night in madison, wisconsin. but on both sides of this issue, about 1,000 people blocked the street outside of the department of correc

he and his brother pierre were hired on as informants for spain, which at the time, mexico was trying to gain independence from spain. so, he used galveston as a base of operations for not only the sort of spying but also his privateering endeavors as well. it's a unique piece. the provenance is interesting. a local family was building a mansion on broadway. and when they tore down the old house and were laying the foundation for the new one, they discovered a number of confederate artifacts and this painting rolled up in a tent. the family took this as possible jean la fete painting. in the 1970's, the piece was donated to the library. however, it was speculation that led early folks to believe this was jean la fete. it has really caught fire, much like all the history with la fete, there is a lot of mythology that is difficult to disentangle from fact. a few experts have taken a look at this portrait and concluded it is most likely not la fete for a number of reasons, including the costume he's wearing. the hat looks like it belongs more in the 1600's rather than the 1800's. the lac