police say -- pulliam claims -- means flashed a gun at him -- then walked toward hi the 62-year-old pulliam -- opened fire -- hitting the teen twice. (william pulliam/charged with murder) "i felt my life was in danger. i'm sorry, but i'm 62-years-old. i'm not going to take a bunch of punks beating me up." authorities have not said -- if they found a gun -- on or near the teen. pulliam -- pleaded no contest -- to domestic violence charges -- back in 2013 . federal law -- blocks anyone -- convicted of domestic violence -- from owning a gun. v a group of volunteers in wisconsin are traveling to protesters have full meals for the holiday. majority of the people going say they want to help out and give back to the people protesting. some of the protesters have been out there for months, in freezing cold temperatures. but today they will get a nice hot meal, courtesy of wisconsin. 1:08 organizing and making sure everybody has really full bellies and is really blessed this thanksgiving.we are going to have a lot alot of stew. the group is planning on cooking all the meals they can 300 pounds of me

pulliam, according to the criminal complaint, expressed no remorse. stating, the way i look at it, that's another piece of trash off the street. he then had dinner and visited a friend. federal authorities looking into whether a hate crime was committed. >> if they want to charge me with a hate crime, they can. but they got to prove i hate black people, and i don't. >> reporter: the for calm. >> we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> reporter: on social media, a request for a few thousand dollars to help with funeral expenses, surging past $40,000 if just a few days. >> we don't hold a grudge, so nobody else should hold a grudge. we all have to forgive and let everything take its place. >> reporter: tonight, pulliam remains jailed, with a hearing to come after the holiday weekend. as a family and community mourn the loss of a young life. >>> to the middle east now and the war against isis. as u.s.-backed forces battle to retake the city of mosul, a desperate situation is emerging on the front lines for the soldiers and innocent civilians

, as pulliam was walking home. pulliam admits to shooting means twice in the stomach, calling it self-defense. >> i just shot him. i mean, i felt my life was in danger. >> reporter: pulliam told police means was with two other boys who were mocking him and says means approached him and flashed a gun. the police report made no mention of means having a gun, but police are still complaint, pulliam expressed no remorse, saying, "the way i look at it that's another piece of trash off the street." he later denied saying that. >> believe me, i didn't want to kill anybody, but you know, they're not going to kill me. >> reporter: pulliam faces first-degree murder charges. if found guilty, it could mean life behind bars. byron? >> linsey, thank you. >>> and here in new york city tonight, preparations for the thanksgiving day parade are kicking into high gear. and while the balloons are being inflated, the security is rolling in. abc's gio benitez is along the parade route tonight. >> happy thanksgiving! >> reporter: it's th

her name is keshia knight pulliam. she will be out with us. [ applause ] and some other things, so thank you for coming, and we'll be back in just one minute. [ music ] [ music ] [ applause ] oh, i like that. thank you. we have-- [ applause ] to tune in at home. we have george carlin, ana obregon. a little young lady. keshia knight pulliam. interesting name. isn't it? they say she's adorable. she's-- >> i've not seen here. >> she's on the bill cosby show. from time to time the american library association. they ask librarians across the country for the most unusual questions asked by those visiting, or phoning the library. did you know that very often they have in many towns. your local library has a service. if you phone them, and you have a question or something. they'll do everything they can to look it up, and answer it right over the phone. >> that's great. >> which is nice. >> yeah. >> you have an argument sometimes. >> sure. >> who is the succession to william the conqueror. you get in an argument. you call the

. >> reporter: gunned down monday night, police say, by william pulliam after the two exchanged words near a local discount store. >> be advised your suspect -- >> reporter: police say pulliam confessed to shooting means because he felt threatened, and in a jailhouse interview with wchs, pulliam said means had a gun. >> i don't like it. believe me, i didn't want to kill anybody. but, you know, they're not going to kill me. the criminal complaint, expressed no remorse. stating, the way i look at it, that's another piece of trash off the street. he then had dinner and visited a friend. federal authorities looking into whether a hate crime was committed. the penalty, up to life in prison. >> if they want to charge me with a hate crime, they can. but they got to prove i hate black people, and i don't. >> reporter: the teen's family calling for calm. and saying they prevail. >> we're just not going to put it in our hands. we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> reporter: on social media, a request for a few thousand dollars to help with funeral expenses, surging past $40,000 i

tim pulliam live on the scene of a reported fire-- on forest oaks drive. tim... you just pulled up moments we're also following following garner. police telling us it all started with a fight outside an apartment this morning on spring drive. officers say "kyle jensen" heard screaming and went outside. that's when police say jensen saw "randolph davidson" assaulting "kellie harris". jensen fired shots from his handgun hitting davidson. davidson later died at the hospital. harris suffered multiple stab wounds and underwent surgery at wake med. we spoke with neighbors who were shocked. no charges have been filed against jensen. and breaking news in durham-- police are investigating after--someone fired shots at a data bus earlier tonight. it happened near merriweather drive and pickwick trail. our crew on the scene says a bullet went right through the window. we're told none of the 15 passengers on board were hurt. no word of any arrests. now to vote 2016. f-b-i director that hillary clinton will not face charges for emails that popped up on anthony weiner's comput

william pulliam is charged with first degree murder in death. pulliam is white and claims he acted in self-defense. means is black or was black. the fbi investigating it as a possible hate crime. pulliam was not legally allowed to own a gun because of a domestic violence conviction. >>> a manhunt is under way for two inmates who escaped from a northern california jail. investigators say that four prisoners cut through the bars of a second story window and using bedding to rappel down to the ground. a deputy patrolling the and we know that two more are still on the run. >>> let's switch gears and move to sports including turkey day football. >> our guys at espn with the highlights. >> good morning, america. hope you're recovering from all that food you ate on thanksgiving. >> hey, there was football played and a big game being dallas and washington in dallas. there they are. dak prescott, look at him, threat to run and pretend to run. terence williams, how did he get and they work on these type of things and he's paid. >> twinkle toes. it's not t

while walking out of a convenience store.police say pulliam told them he felt threatened by means... and shot him in self-defense. after raising millions of dollars -- green party presidential candidate ''jill stein'' told c-n-n she "absolutely" intends to file for a recount in wisconsin. stein has until tomorrow to file for a vote recount in wisconsin... and next week to file in michigan and pennsylvania. some election experts say.... there is evidence that election results may ha recount could impact hiary clinton -- whlost those key states by small margins. hurricane otto bringing dangerous rains to central america.otto made landfall this afternoon near a sparsely populated stretch of the nicaragua - sta rica border. the late season category 2 storm hit land with 110 mile per hour winds.the u.s. national hurricane center says akening is expected .. as otto becomes a tropical storm later tonight israel's prime minister is terror" for fires raging across that country .. even though police said they had no hard evidence that arson was to blame.the fires damaged homes and prompted the

the suspect here is after 62-year-old white man by the name of william pulliam.itting in jail as i speak charged with first degree murder. he has confessed to shooting 15-year-old james means. pulliam says race had nothing to do with it, that he feared for his life after an argument. the mother of this slain teen says she's going to let investigators figure this one out. >> my son is in a safer place now and we all love him. that we know that justice is going to succeed in this matter. we're not going to put in the our hands, we're going to let the law put in the their hands. >> let's go to ryan young, the cnn national correspondent following this one for us. and so fill in the blanks for me. how did this argument escalate so quickly? >> well, really this is a tough story any time you see a mom sitting there having to talk about the fact that her 15-year-old son is no longer here you can understand how difficult this is for them but the details are something we are still trying to nail down. this is what we know. we know the 60-year-old man was going to a dollar

william pulliam allegedly admitted he killed 15-year-old james nease. he said he felt threatened by him. he felt no remorse. he felt, the street. >> we want justice in this matter. we're not going to put it in our hands, we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> pulliam is charged with first degree murder. >>> right now we're standing by to learn the name of a driver killed in a car accident on thanksgiving day. montgomery county. you can see into those trees and into that poll as well along 355. no other cars involved. no one else was hurt. >>> new charges have been filed against an isis supporter already behind bars. here's why. federal prosecutors say he's encouraging people to commit violence in the name of violence. he was arrested last year. prosecutors say he planned to attack the capitol building during presid 5th and faces up to 30 years in prison. >>> happening today, white house officials can start singing oh, christmas tree. first lady michelle obama will receive the final white house christmas tree of her husband's presidency. th

william pulliam allegedly admitted he killed 15-year-old james nease. he felt threatened after he bumped into each other. officers say pulliam expressed he felt, quote, another piece of traffic is off the street. >> we're just not going to put it in our hands, we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> pulliam is charged with first degree murder. >>> a driver was killed on thanksgiving day. the car as you can see right there veering off 355 slammi cars involved and no one else got hurt. >>> what a sight st. peter's square in vatican city soon will be. on december 9th the vatican christmas tree will be unveiled. it was delivered from northern italy. the 82 foot spruce pine tree will be decorated with 18,000 >>> a lot of people have been out for several hours. >> it's all about the black friday deal. if toys are on your list, this year's hottest tech toys might look like classics but they're packing new technology. right under the hood, hot wheels, for instance, rolling out toy cars that are super charged to make them go faster. even barbie is g

of course, william pulliam was denied bond so he's in jail at this point.ll continue to look at this story, see what other details come out with this one. >> keep us posted, ryan young. >>> let's bring in cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney danny cevallos. in your view, is this a hate crime? >> a hate crime as a predicate requires an underlying crime. before we even start talking about hate crimes which are any of these crimes like murder that is motivated by some racial animus, we first have to find an underlying crime before there can even be discussion of a hate crime. but assuming for a moment that this is a murder and this defendant, there is probable cause this was not a self-defense situation, then there would additionally have to be a showing of some racial animus. it's not enough that the victim is african-american and he was shot. there has to be some showing by the prosecution or law enforcement that it was motivated because -- the shooting was motivated because of the person's race. typically that will be done if there's some contemp

her name is keshia knight pulliam. she will be out with us. [ applause ] and some other things, so thank you for coming, and we'll be back in just one minute. [ music ] [ music ] [ applause ] oh, i like that. thank you. we have-- [ applause ] ana obregon. a little young lady. keshia knight pulliam. interesting name. isn't it? they say she's adorable. she's-- >> i've not seen here. >> she's on the bill cosby show. from time to time the american library association. they ask librarians across the country for the most unusual questions asked by those visiting, or phoning the library. did you know that very often they have in many towns. your local library has a service. if you phone them, and you have a question or something. they'll do everything they can to look it up, and answer it right over >> that's great. >> which is nice. >> yeah. >> you have an argument sometimes. >> sure. >> who is the succession to william the conqueror. you get in an argument. you call the library, and they'll tell you. >> who was? [ laughter

police say pulliam shot means because he felt threatened. in a jailhouse interview with wchs, pulliam claimed the teenager had a gun. >> i don't like it. believe me, i didn't want to kill anybody. but, you know, they're not going to kill me. >> reporter: but police say means was not armed. and federal authorities are now looking into willfully using a firearm to kill another person because of the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion or national origin. maximum penalty -- life in prison. >> my son is in a safer place now and we all love him. >> reporter: means' family says they believe justice will prevail. >> we're just not going to put it in our hands. we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> we don't hold a grudge so nobody else should hold a grudge. we all have to forgive and let everything take its place. >> reporter: on social media, the response to our request for a few thousand dollars to help with funeral expenses has soared well past $40,000. while the suspect remains in jail, his next hearing, some time af

in raleigh, tim pulliam, abc 11 eyn. we'll take another look at your a crash on interstate 380 is blocking traffic right now near downtown cedar rapids. the iowa dot says the crash blocked all southbound lanes of interstate 380 on the s-curve around 3:00 this morning. witnesses say it involved a semi and at least one other car. we spoke with cedar rapids police in the last o comment on any injuries. after black friday, it's time for small business saturday. today mount vernon-lisbon merchants and volunteers are holding a "shop small saturday" celebration. that celebration is a part of a national campaign started by american express. more than 60 businesses agreed to work together to support the initiative. now, a final look at the forecast... finally some sunshine will be in warmer conditions as well. we've got a strong southerly winds today and along with that sunshine, our temperatures will warm into the low 50s this afternoon. clear skies stay with us through most of the evening and overnight hours, and with that bein

william pulliam made a statement to police.k at it, it is another piece of trash off the street. he never said that. he said he did this in self defense. we have learned that he shouldn't have had a gun. apparently about three years ago, he pled guilty to domestic violence charges and that by federal law means he should not have been walking around with a revolver. at this point, william has denied bond. ryan young, cnn, chicago. >>> at least ten people in custody for the arson terrorism in israel. the mayor of haifa calling this scale of the fire unprecedented. israel's prime minister promises to punish those responsible. cnn's oren liebermann is live for us. >> reporter: good morning, christine. a lot of the fires that firefighters were fighting yesterday have reignited because of the dry conditions and the high winds. that is the challenge now. over the course of the last half hour, we heard a number of fire trucks going back and forth responding to the hot spots popping up. this is a bit of smoke here, but one of many that

the suspect is this man, 62-year-old william pulliam, sitting in jail right now charged with first degree murder. he has confessed to shooting this young man, 15-year-old james means. now, pulliam says race had absolutely nothing to do with it, that he feared for his life after an argument. the mother of this slain teenager says she's going to let investigators figure this one out. >> my son is in a safer place now and we all love him. we know justice is going to succeed in this matter, we ears just not going to put in the our hands, we'll let the law put in the their hands. >> i have ryan young back with me to talk about the story, just gut-wrenching for this family, especially on a holiday. but this suspect that he is talking and saying what he is in his jail cell, tell me about that. >> it's absolutely unbelievable when you think about the details. first of all, how does a 15-year-old and a 60-year-old man get into a dispute that turns violent which ends up turning deadly? those are the questions everyone is trying to answer and what we know is that william pallium says he was walking

tim pulliam live at the state woman's condition. i spoke with the victim tonight. she's safe and at home recovering. she didn't want to say much more than that.. her husband called 911. william glosson tells the operator his wife is bleeding from her headseconds after being accidentally shot. :21 "she's conscious and ok. she's don't know how bad it is her ears are ringing." 0312 "my gun went off and grazed my wife's head." 08 "she said her head hurts but other than that she is ok." the accidental shooting happened saturday morning at the state fairgrounds. glosson, his wife alyssa and their relative were hanging out at the dixie gun and knife show. glosson bought two guns at the dixie gun and knife show. when the trio returned to his truckdeputies suspect glosson, a legal gun owner, gave his loaded personal hand gun, and one of sot donny harrison/wake county sheriff 122826 he says look at this and some how or another when she grabbed it-- the gun went off. piercing through the passenger seat and grazing the back of alyssa glosson's head. mrs. glosson was rushed to

tim pulliam is on the nccu campus with a closer look at her impact on the education community. happening now--people taking to the celebrate the death of fidel castro. many people in that community fled the castro regime in cuba. now--people happening now--people taking to the streets of little havanna in miam celebrate the death of fidel castro. many people in that community fled the castro regime in cuba. castro died last night at the age of 90 sparking reaction from all over the world. castro was the leader of the rebel army. he embraced soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 u-s presidents during his half-century rule over the island nation. castro handed over powers to his younger brother in 2006 when he experienced health problems .. but never returned to power. flags were flying at half staff in cuba today. but a different cubans celebrated in the streets. president obama, whose administration is working to whose administration is working to restablish relations with the island nation, saying quote, "the cuban people must know that they have a friend and partn

tim pulliam takes a look at the trend. :27-:32 1:14-1:20 1:21-1:25 flocking to the cross creek mall in fayetteville for black friday shopping. people stood in lines to get the items they want. in a rare move--the mall was closed yesterday. they opened their doors at 6- am--where people had already gathered. 'black friday' across the country... was met with violence or 'tragedy' in several sates. one person died in a shooting outside a south new jersey mall. another man was also injured. and in nevada-- a man was shot and killed in a wal- mart parking lot... in what appears to be a dispute over a parking space. police say both men in this incident involved in the shooting-- but so far there's been no arrests. violence also erupting in chattanooga tennessee. two people were shot in a parking lot... outside a sears auto center. police say it all stemmed from a fight. one of the victims is a known gang member. officers took one person into custody... and detained a person of interest. and in modesto california--- a 'mass brawl' broke out during black friday shopping. a mall. security had t