here's abc ron claiborne. >> reporter: ft.this neighborhood for a serial burglar. >> this actor had been breaking into people's homes and stealing property. >> reporter: as officer j.r. cox cruised down the street. three boys flagged him down. >> they started waving their arms, and i was, "whoa." and so, i stopped. and before i can even get out of the car, they surrounded my patrol car, and they started telling me everything. >> as soon as we seen the cop, we just ran to it. >> reporter: they told officer cox a suspicious man had just come up to them as they were walking to school and offered them money to help him hide. >> he said he'd give us $20 each if we hide him. like, "nah, nah." >> i knew it was bad to take it. >> reporter: the boys, kenyon, david and trevontae, pointed to where they saw the suspect headed. police found ricardo rojas in a closet in an empty house and arrested him. efforts, these three young heroes were honored at their school. >> thank you, guys. >> reporter: recognized with special certificates from t

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ron claiborne, put them back on. >> i'll allow people to see that. dan, good morning to you. paula, good morning to you, adrienne. >> what's up, ron. >> and robert. >> ronald, how are you? >> i'm going to take these off. good morning, everyone. >>> in arkansas a judge issued an order to stop leigh that the injections to be given to inmates. this comes after the company that makes the drug that was being used s to be used for capital punishment purposes say they believed or thought the prisoner would use them for medical purposes. >>> in boston former nfl star aaron hernandez found not guilty of double murder. a jury acquitting hernandez friday of charges that he killed two people in a drive-by shooting in 2012. the defense claimed the prosecution's tar witness was the actual killer. hernandez is already serving a life sentence on a previous murder conviction while he was playing for the new england patriots. >>> a ten-day nationwide manhunt for a wisconsin fugitive said to be armed and dangerous, that is finally over. joseph jakubowski behind bars this morning after police res

. >>> and now it's time to turn things over to ron claiborne.and the -- >> baton. >> i almost said the candle. i don't know what i was thinking. here's the baton, hand it over to you for a look at the other headlines. >> good morning, paula, dan, diane. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin in jacksonville, florida where a protest against the u.s. military action in syria turned violent. six people were arrested when demonstrators clashed with a pro-trump group and then police officers got physical with some of the protesters as you can see in this video posted by witnesses. the jacksonville police department defended the officers saying they were reacting to being attacked. >>> and turning overseas, a 31-year-old romanian woman was visiting london has become the fifth to die in last month's terror attack in that city. andrea chrystia, an architect, ended up in the thames when the attacker's car plowed into pedestrians on a bridge. she was in london with her boyfriend who had planned on proposing to her later that same day. >>> and in florida, th

here's abc's ron claiborne with that video. >> reporter: it begins routinely enough. roy, utah, officers confronting nicholas sanchez, suspected of loitering outside a gas station convenience store. >> come over here and talk to me. let's go. >> really? >> or do you just want to be arrested right now? it's your choice. >> what did i do, though? >> reporter: sanchez ignores the officer's command to approach him. >> keep your hands out of your pockets for me. >> sorry, look, i ain't got nothing. >> reporter: but when he raises his sweatshirt, a gun can be seen in his waistband. >> you got a gun on you, do not reach for your pockets. >> what? >> reporter: suddenly, the man bolts, chased by one cop, the other police officer trailing. >> let me see your hands! let me see your hands! >> reporter: the officer's body cam video does not show exac what happened, but moments later, sanchez was shot dead by 16 bullets, including one from his own gun, fired by the officer who chased him. that shooting was back in february. police say that sanchez had an extensive criminal history,

ron claiborne. what's happening? >> i knew you were going say that. good morning to you, paula, dan, diane. robert, back from the blazing divas? was that the group you were with. >> you're a fan, i see. >> a little bit. breaking news out of egypt. reports of a blast at a church in a town to the north of kay roe. cairo. at least 26 people were killed. dozens wounded when a bomb went off the in a christian church in the city of tanta. a second attack killing a police officer. >>> a former employee went on a shooting spree at a gym. killing one person, wounding another, before taking his own life. shoppers and diners at the mall where the gym is located racing for cover as the gunshots rang out. they believe a managerial dispute between a former employee and a manager triggered the shooting. [ sirens blaring ] >>> and in texas, emergency sirens blaring in dallas after officials say a hacker tricked the system into activating 156 horns in the early morning hours saturday. police still looking for who was responsible for that. the sirens normally used to w

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we go to ron claiborne. good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, dan and paula. diane. good morning the you, robert. why aren't you in central park? >> nice to see you. >> shouldn't you be outside, like, tracking the weather or something? all right. it's cool. >> moving on. >> good morning. we begin in france where voters are going to the polls right now to choose who will make it to the second round of balloting in the country, which would decide a new president. this days after the latest terror attack in france. alex marquardt is in paris. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, ron. voters have been filing in and out of polling stations like this one across france all morning. we have just gotten the first turnout numbers. there has not been a more dramatic election in recent french history. of course, this is taking place amid heightened security. france at the highest alert level because of the spate of attacks we have seen here over the last two years. some 50,000 extra forces in the streets today. so much of the focus on the far right candidate, marine le

meanwhile, ron claiborne has drastically changed his look. he joins us now. >> oh, my gosh, you're tony reali. >> how are you? murderous. >> well, tony reali from espn here to talk about one of the longest playoff seasons ever. we're talking the nba playoffs. >> ten weeks of nba playoffs. that's what we're looking forward to the next two months. >> the playoffs tip off today and presumably we're talking the the cleveland cavaliers and the golden state warriors as the teams to beat but who are you keeping an eye on? >> enormous favorites. the warriors especially, but let's talk about the cavaliers first. they got passed by the boston celtics in the last week of the season and then also washington wizards looking tough, toronto raptors looking tough. check this out, our friends at fivethirtyeight.com have put together some probabilities and the cavaliers at 2%. >> what? >> the reigning champs at 2%. so that's something to watch for. i think that's crazy town. >> that is. >> i think lebron is a different player in the playoffs. and he'll come to