>> reporter: shanna sampson says, nothing. >> these are good children, not thugs. neither was mike brown. >> reporter: she's from st. louis and just moved to alexandria a few months ago. >> why did you leave missouri and move to northern virginia? >> i couldn't raise my children in an environment so racist and hos till. i saw a more progressive environment. >> the young man next to sampson is her son. landry is 16. her daughter is only 9. like sampson, a lot of people want to push the issue beyond one man's death. >> of course this is a personal issue because i have children of color. it shouldn't be about my children. it's not about mike brown. it's much bigger than that. >> reporter: a lot of big ideas thrown around tonight. even though the crowd itself was relatively small. the police watched, shooed people off the sidewalk. no problems whatsoever. chris lawrence, news 4. >> thanks, chris. d.c.'s acting fire chief says the department failed a dying man and his family. the firefighters involved will keep their jobs and one has already retired. medrick mill's daug

as everyone awaits word on ,ho will make the nfl rosters michael sampson on the outside looking in. until 4 p.m.e tomorrow to make a decision. we will let you know when that happens. marilyn's football team opens up its season tomorrow -- maryland's football team opens up its season tomorrow against james madison. two will be out for the entire season for violating the student code. >> the whole season? >> a picture-perfect friday. >> you will notice the humidity tomorrow. partly sunny skies. 86. 90 one on sunday. keep an eye on the sky for a few storms. repeat performance for monday, even into tuesday. i think a lot of people heading to the poll. the last we can to get to the pool for some. >> abc world news >>> this is "world news" tonight. terror threats. isis on the march. a major american ally saying threats are coming. > >>> ginger zee is here with severe weather. >>> and joan rivers, what her family is

who served with the 101st airborne division, father sampson's book is still in print, i think. it was called "look out below." but that's an exception. most of those books are small, they were self-published, published for members of their family or members of their church or their denomination and you've got to do a lot of detective work to even find them. in fact, my wife called me on my cell phone to tell me she spotted another world war ii chaplain's autobiography on ebay coming up this afternoon and she says "i got you covered, i'll get it for you before you come home. squots i married up. i married somebody who was a better researcher than i, she writes better than i and she's a lot better looking than i am. anyway, those kinds of things are what i drew upon to put together this story of the chaplains in world war ii. the point is, i'm not sure that second with have sustained warfare from december 7, 1941 through the horrid casualties and carnage and long deployments that didn't end until august, 1945. i'm not sure we could have done it without chaplains. in fact, there a

roy rogers going in fourth quarter and biggest name mitch richmond's accompanied onstage by ralph sampsonn the hall of fame ceremony tonight in springfield mass.. >> : notice and a pause to it as very calibrated springfield mass. nightwear is going and the hall of fame >> : but start with ray as a season-ticket holder it's criminal to charge full price for these glorified scrimmage practice games. it is my line is don't go. if you're upset with anything and don't attend but to buy season tickets nowadays you haft also pick up the exhibition games rather go down and a few more. television ratings are very good and one thing nfl knows when there bottom-line financially it's built change it. for honda to soon >> : all says but you ever get tired of saying the dodgers have more talent than the giants >> : eyeless listens to show all the time but you ought to have to protect the players not saying that the giants are not good but they have camps they have people that just jump right out and aging gonzales all star. they have more talent more heart but not even went drug data set will tell at t

sampson -- amazon posted 126 million-dollar net loss in the recent quarter. they're still very much hurting nicole. nicole: seems like the wave of the future jo. how is consumer affected? what can small businesses expect from amazon? >> they can expect all their businesses will be available from amazon. there are a lot of interesting features that allow them to collect data and, things like that to really improve and beef up accounting. but overall you're revealing all your data to amazon which of course can use it for their own purposes, nicole. nicole: that somehow doesn't surprise me. thanks, jo, we really appreciate it. great report. >> thanks. nicole: still a lot more to come this hour, including your voice. during the show we want to you us out on facebook or tweet me, gerri willis fbn or n pettiledes, send them to gerriwillis.com. we'll read them at the bottom of the hour. >>> are you ready for fantasy football? it is so popular businesses across the country may see lack of productivity from workers as the season kicks off. all the details are next. ni

. >> i heard sampson bark. i decided to go over here and look from there.hen i saw a guy there doing something to the door. >> reporter: home alone, but not without protection. amri jandou grabbing a large butcher's knife and her phone. >> i went to the bathroom and locked myself in. >> reporter: the intruder smashing in the glass door. she immediately called 911. >> what do you hear? >> it's a noise. like something scratching. scratching something. >> like scratching at the door? >> yeah. >> reporter: the thief ran off empty handed when the cops showed up. leaving expensive jewelry behind. and thanks to her quick thinking, officers were able to catch him. >> he opened the door and ran and jumped a few fences. and they caught him. >> i'm so proud of her. she's a very brave girl. >> reporter: a word of advice. from this heroic girl. >> remember to keep a knife with you, that's for sure. >> reporter: wow. that is the advice from that brave little girl. i don't know that every parent would agree. >> i think keeping butcher knives out of the hands of children i

adam sampson on our web page was actually really good. he would -- >> right. would say we're not going to confirm or deny, but he would know because he had sources. >> yeah. adam did great reporting on this, and back in 2011-2012 and even now, i mean, a lot of these attacks emanate from a couple sources, apparently, a handful of -- adam: china, russia -- >> middle east. that's clearly what we hear, you know? you know, i'm not saying there's not multiple people in those places, but, you know, the names that we've been hearing since this has become an issue in the last four years have been china, russia, middle east. last time the big attacks was, you know, in 2012 we heard it was clearly the middle east. i can tell you this 2011 thing, you know, bank of america thought it was russia. it was, you know, some russian organized crime. so those are the main players. it almost doesn't matter where it comes from. it keeps coming. the question is, are the banks paying enough attention to this, or are they worried about some other nonsense more in and, you know, here's

. >> it's like sampson's main of hair. >> it became one of these crazy superstitions. hair was growing longer, i didn't have injuries and didn't want to hex the whole thing. >> that's where the power comes from. i don't want to be on other side of the trade from someone who's got a ponytail like that. >> i think it's the greatest marketing tool they could have done. they're like rock stars. >> like it like this, every once in a while like this. no. >> pete is famously in one of jon stewart's rants about hot women and bald guys in finance. >> one hot bald dude. >> when you don't have it on top, maybe you just reach for it somewhere else. >> i braid their ponytails before we go on set. >> he's never come near my ponytail. >> i once caught joe taranova braiding them and we had a huge falling out. >> no. >> i think now he respects that that's my territory. >> the fact that he's got a territory is nuts. the fact that i have one is crazy. >> pete and john, my ponytail is way better. >> they're both ridiculous. look at that. a total fishtail. how about this? nice. the bun. ti

richard sampson, champion private investments. plenty more key data due on both sides of the atlantic. the u.s. reports include weekly unemployment claims and the second reading of second quarter gdp. pending home sales round up at 15:00 cet. >>> the battle for vivendi's brazilian unit is heating up. the first one, telecom italia, its cash and share offer values the broadband company at 7 billion euros and gives the french firm a 15% stake in itself and a broader stake in tim brasil. meanwhile, telefonica values it at 7.45 billion euros. vivendi gets a 12% stake in the new group with the option to buy sake in telecom italia. why is the unit so important to european players? >> the need to have a real deep presence. and so if you can't get it in brazil, it strengths their presence for the future. that would suddenly unlock growth for them. it is preparing them to be sure out their presence in that market so that in the future, if this becomes more converged, they wouldn't suddenly be out there on a lead struggling. >> richard, what