sit-ins and marches have shaken the small south georgia city of valdosta. demonstrators say they want answers in the death of 17-year-old kendrick johnson. in january, kendrick was found dead at school. investigators with the county sheriff office said kendrick squeezed his 19 inch shoulders into the 14.1 inch center of this rolled gym mat. they say he got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of examination agreed accidental positional positional asphyxia. >> we examined all the alternatives presented to us and the only one that fit the physical evidence and the forensic evidence and the testimonial evidence that we received, this was an accident. >> an accident. >> reporter: kendrick's parents believe the story about the shoe is a cover up. >> when i went and viewed his body that sunday, you could see something happened. you could tell he was beaten. >> reporter: in june the johnsons exhumed his body and hired dr. bill anderson to conduct an independent autopsy. anderson says he found

sit ins and marches had shaken the small south georgia city. demonstrators want answers in the death of kendrick johnson and soon a u.s. attorney will announce whether or not he wants answers too. in january he was found dead at school. investigators with the county sheriff's office said he squeezed his 19 inch shoulders into the 14 1/2 inch center of this rolled gym mat and got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of investigation agreed the official cause of death was accidental positional asphyxia. he was cufficated by his body weight. >> we examined the alternatives and the only that fit the evidence and the pardon meial evidence we received was this is an accident. >> an accident. we just didn't believe it. >> kendrick's parents kenneth and jacquelyn believe the story is a cover up. >> when i viewed his body that sunday, you can see something happened. you can tell he was beaten. >> they want the u.s. department of justice to launch a federal investigation. >> if they d

months after protests, sit ins and marches have shaken the small south georgia city of valdosta. they want answers in the 17-year-old death of kendrick johnson and soon, a u.s. attorney will announce whether he wants answers, too. in january kendrick was found dead at school. investigators say kendrick squeezed his 19-inch shoulders into the 14.5 inch center of this gym mat and got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia burro of investigation agreed, accidental positional asphyxia. he was suffocated but his body weight. >> we were presented the al tentatives and the only one that fit the physical evidence, and forensic evidence and testimony evidence was this was an accident. >> an accident we just didn't believe. >> reporter: kendrick's parents kenneth and jackelyn johnson believe the story about the shoe is a coverup. >> when i went to view his body that sunday, you can see something had -- you can tell he was beaten. >> reporter: the johnson's want the u.s. department of justice to launch a federal investigation. >

petition in georgia is calling for a boycott of the games it's because one of the torch bearers taking a flame around russia is a pilot involved in the military action that led to south a city is in a panic in two thousand and eight or more in the us now from. well interesting developments there in georgia how it i mean how angry people getting over this do tell us more you know i remember the first time that there was this boy called thing raised in georgia that was two days after he won the right to host the twenty fourteen games so it's been making waves in georgia for some time now as the closer we get to the olympic games the more intensity these talks get now we saw that more than six thousand people have signed a petition to the georgian government to boycott the games they also this movement which organizes and we sign the signs the petition they're also organizing protests rock concerts in defense of their idea to boycott the olympics however we understand this this opinion is in the minority in georgia we spoke to the olympic committee of georgia which has an absolutely different opinion they are determined to go to the olympic games in sochi. there are many examp

petition in georgia is calling for a boycott of the games as because one of the torch bearers taking a flame around russia is a pilot involved in the military action that led to south of city is independence in two thousand and eight well we have in a studio who's got more on this let's talk about how angry people in georgia are over this what's happening well six years ago in sochi was chill. other than to host the twenty fourteen games i was there and i covered the story i remember two days after the event georgians were first talking about boycotting the olympic games and that was even before the two thousand and eight war which resulted in the independence of south of setia and across the us to certainly this subject has been making waves in georgia ever since but let's ask ourselves the question do georgians really mean it now of course some of them have been infuriated with the fact that one of the first torch bearers of the olympic flame in russia it was the pilot of the war back in two thousand a the russian pilot some of them have even been infuriated that accreditation is to join us from south of here were giving out given out for the olympic games as two people

peach tree city is saying that south georgia will get the chill here. as the front dips all of the way into north florida as well. so, 39, atlanta. the morning lows. 35 in asheville. 36 in raleigh. washington, d.c. at 43 degrees. new york and boston seem warm compared to what is going on down south. this blast, first hits south. and then swings a little bit east. it's slightly moderated by the time it gets to the eastern seaboard. look at greenville, birmingham, atlanta, nashville, all southern cities, all dipping into the 30s. >>> good morning opinion i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your bay area microclimate forecast. for today, we'll have afternoon sunshine once again, a little hazy, temperatures cooler than average. a slight warming trend this weekend and then we'll flip the switch and autumn returns next week, but the transition will be dry once again. check out these temperatures. only average in the east bay valleys, mid-70s there, nearly 70 in san jose, some low 70s in the north bay, mid to upper 60s around the bay shore, only 62 in

city, florida. what happens after that, it stops novembering north and lieu the northeast. through georgia, through south carolina, north carolina, and into virginia where it will be impacting our area. but now it looks like it will be a little later. i'll have the details on that as well as our hot weekend and how unusual this heat has been for this area coming up. >> thanks, veronica. >>> new at 11:00, an elaborate drug operation uncovered at a licensed in-home day care in maryland. a man named david anderson who lives in howard county is facing charges. police say he was growing marijuana under the home as kids played p upstairs. the day care's license has been suspended as this investigation continues. >>> also new tonight. the long ride is over for 40 dogs who were rescued from a puppy mill in kentucky. local rescue groups met the transport tonight, picking up theanimals. the dogs were found in horrific conditions in a puppy mill and the animal rescue core of tacoma park picked them up. they will be available for adoption soon. >>> coming up tonight, routine traffic stop ended up in gunfire. tonight

south. in the city of memphis you don't make it out of the 50d. am georgia 52 degrees in parts of the southeast. take a look at new york city. heather and ainsley we are not going to make it out of the 50's for the next several days. there is a little bit of snow. >> already talking about that snow that lake-effect snow is around the corner. get ready. >> halloween is next week. hard to believe. >> it is 10 minutes after the top of the hour. the mother of that jet's fan who punched a woman as you can see. she says her son was defending himself but his criminal past might tell a very different story. >> it is what she wanted but now the family of an iraq war vet is being forced to remove their daughter's headstone. as we go to break a look at the gas prices. new national aifl 3.40 cendoll . new national average 3.34. the day we rescued riley, was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers. you can find it all on angie's lis

city. and he got the idea because they're applauding him, i'm going to carry georgia. i'm going to break this solid southhe didn't. he was misled by leading indicators. was cruz overwhelmed by all the applause meters at all those right wing events and town hall meetings thinking that echo chamber was the congress? it was the republican caucus? it was the world? is that what happened to him? he got misled? >> maybe visions of '16 kind of blinded him. like how does he win before '14 and especially this congress with obama care. when you're trying to figure what was going to be a win, i think at that point they felt like getting it delayed for a year, defunding it. using that as a way to delay it for a year to negotiate things out might be a win. but i think he overplayed that hand a bit. i have great respect for senator cruz. i don't think they thought it through to say, okay, this is not just one senator that can stop this. it's two chambers. the democrats control the senate. the democrats control the white house. what is in reality what we can really do. >> i think gene, they're afraid of him, afraid to

georgia up to south and north carolina. the rain will continue but drying in the middle part of the country. dell. >> dave, thank you very much. >>> the streets in a cityorida could have been a scene from the walking dead. thousands of people widing their bikes through key west for the zombie ride. organizers say several thousand people participated in the annual event living and dead. thanks for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters. you can always check us out 24 hours a day on aljazeera.com. the dow in positive territory as we go to break.

georgia, south carolina coast maybe become a coastal low. not a real tropical event. nothing that's going to shut down ocean city. gray skies and rain, particularly wednesday, wednesday night and thursday with slow clearing on friday. 68, 70, 70 and 72. right now the forecast high temperatures. if we get a coastal event it could be the low to mid 60s wednesday and thursday. >>> anything narly on the get up and go? here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> we have an accident to tell you about. i don't know if that qualifies. we have an accident on 795 southbound just coming into us. it's just approaching franklin boulevard. the left shoulder blocked. a problem on northbound route 2, solomon's island road. that is causing a lane closure as well. there's a look at your speeds on the beltway. the west side a little slow this morning. 48 is your average, a 13 minute drive time on the outer loop. no problems on 895 as you approach the tunnel or 95. that's a look at 795. traffic quicking backing down at cockeysville. that's because of that accident in the southbound direction at franklin boulevard. this traffic

south to the parts of georgia and carolinas. you have frost advisories in effect out here. the current temperatures are at 51 in the cityf atlanta 52 in memphis 38 in the city and 30's across portions of the great lakes. will as we head into the afternoon we will be warming up a little bit. for some of you for the very much. minneapolis the high temperature is forecast to reach 40 degrees. the city of phoenix 94 degrees. very shot across arizona. we talk about the areas off to the great lakes. we could be taking up a little bit of snow. but overall accumulations are forecast to be generally light and across western ohio a little rain snow mix moving as well across some of the areas north of the city of cincinnati. back to you heather and ainsley. >> thank you. >> thanks maria. >> it is 39 after the top of the hour. they say money doesn't grow on trees. i wish it did. but it turns out something worth more than cold hard cash actually does. >> scandal stopping the irs from paying out billions of dollars of tax credit. the payments were all mistakes. claer clear ♪ nice car. sure is. make a deal with me, kid, and you can ha

days after the event georgia's were first talking about boycotting the olympic games and that was even before the two thousand and one which resulted in the independence of south a city and a process but let's ask ourselves the question do georgians really mean it now of course some of them have been infuriated with the fact that one of the first torch bearers of the olympic flame in russia it was the pilot who took part in the in the war back then in two thousand a the russian pilot some of them even signed a petition more than six thousand people a big boy called the guy that we spoke to the olympic committee of georgia which all but ruled out any chance of a boycott there are many examples in the world when politics interferes with sport and the results are never good it shouldn't happen in my opinion because these are two absolutely different spheres i do not think george wouldn't in any way benefit from a boycott of the olympic games not only officials and police say that but we also spoke to one of the torchbearers here in russia a very famous georgian singer who shares practically the same opinion here not because of politics i'm here because of my love for th

city that i lived in. i went to atlanta and spend a lot of time travelling across the south, going to arkansas, georgia, the delta, mississippi, along with the anna, north carolina, south carolina, but atlanta presented me with an opportunity to be at a place, not just to be there but to come to washington to meet with members of congress, martin luther king jr. and others. a few weeks after i was elected chair of the student non-violent with needing to me i was in washington, in the white house with president kennedy and i will never forget that first meeting with the president's, like flying from washington to atlanta and preparing for the march on washington, that was 50 years ago. >> host: who are the big six? >> guest: the major civil rights organization, you had a man by the name of randolph. mr. randolph was considered the dean of leadership, born in jacksonville, fla.. just a wonderful man. prince of a man. he said things like brother, let's stay together. we have come this far together, let's state together. something like if you cannot say something good about someone, don't say anything. there wa

not just in the northeast, but even down south into parts of alabama, mississippi, and across georgia. the high temperature tomorrow, in the city and as we head back inside, temperatures in the morning out there are actually going to be in the 30s in mornings coming up later in the week. very cool for people in the southeast. >> thank you very much. elisabeth, tell us about this story that has got the whole country talking. >> it does. so the game went like this. it was a 91-0 blowout. so what is happening here is that the town in texas, they're accusing the winning team of bullying. because the team ran up the score, the coach is under intense scrutiny right now. it was aledo high school, 91 and western hills with zero. we asked you what you thought about this on facebook and e-mail and brian i believe -- >> elisabeth, your husband thinks they're in the wrong league. this team is right. the other coach does not have a problem with this. they're losing at half time. one wrote, as coach, i never want to lose 91-0. that's what joe said. does it happen? yes. there are always good and bad teams. yep. if you do not want to be part o

south georgia. cold air on the way. atlanta, 77 today. but that colder air, >> all that weather was what we call times square, party city.name the pandas. can we show the adorable picture of the little pandas? i know. i know. they're still -- they don't have a name. all you have to do is go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! there's time. we have a lot of responses. let's get the pandas named. lara? >>> coming up, sylvester stallone, here with a sneak peek of his new movie, "escape land." stay with us. >>> sylvester stallone has an escape plan that involves arnold schwarzenegger. his latest film coming out on friday, stallone plays a professional jailbreaker, hired to test the security of the world's prison. and he's got it down to, let's say a science. let's take a look. >> any break requires three things. knowing the layout, understanding the routine and help from outside. if you know the layout, the weak side is obvious. in ben water's case, it's the secure housing unit, next to the fire garage. knowing the guards routine is the next step. after i knew the routine, all i had to do was pick the day. >> we're glad you

city that i lived in. but i went to atlanta and spent a lot of time traveling all across the south going to arkansas, southwest georgia, to delta, mississippi, and to louisiana and north carolina, south carolina. but atlanta presented me with an opportunity to be the place not just to be there, but to come to washington to meet with members of congress, to come and meet with president kennedy, with martin luther king jr. and others. a few weeks after i'd been elected chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, i was in washington in the white house with president kennedy, and i will never forget that first meeting with the president and then getting on a flight, flying from washington back to atlanta and preparing for the march on washington. that was 50 years ago. >> host: who are the big six? >> guest: the big six was the head of the major civil rights organization. you had a man by the name of a. philip randolph. mr. randolph was considered the dean of black randolph who organized the brotherhood of dhaka car supporters rather than the man working on the railroad when you come to washington and work thr

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south of to new orleans, then near mobile by sunday night, then dissipates as it heads into georgia. again, very minimal impacts. we also had a horrible tornado outbreak last night right near sioux citypshgs the mayor saying millions of dollars worth of damage there. additional strong storms today, not too many tornadoes but storms in chicago, st. louis. finally the santa ana winds, those famous winds, really gusting strong today. all the residents in southern california are afraid of fires today. if they form, they would get nasty in a hurry. as far as karen goes, you've been down there for the big storms, we've been very lucky this year. >> you are officially my favorite meteorologist here. you can come back any old time when the report is it's just rain in new orleans. i'm all good. >> that's it. let it go. >> thank you. up next, obama care's first checkup. what's the prognosis so far? [ female announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain s