>> steve osunsami leading us off tonight. steve, thank you. >>> and now to another investigation under way this evening, after a deadly plane crash. seven dead among them, a basketball coach. the small plane taking off just hours after duke's victory at the ncaa championship. the plane leaving from indianapolis then during the flight radar contact is lost. the plane going down in thick fog. abc's alex perez from indianapolis. >> reporter: tonight, investigators in central illinois trying to piece together what caused this cessna twin engine plane to crash early this morning, killing all seven on board. the group -- all returning from the ncaa championship game late last night. >> attention all bloomington traffic. attention all bloomington traffic, crash. >> reporter: among the passengers two members of illinois state university's athletic department including associate men's basketball coach torrey ward. also on board, a local bar owner, terry strawlal. today, long-time customers and patrons gathered as friends and family rem

abc's steve osunsami is on the ground in south carolina where the video will almost certainly be a key piece of evidence in this case. >> reporter: this chilling video, obtained by abc news. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: police officer michael slager fires victim. it happened saturday morning at this intersection in south carolina. it was a routine traffic stop. officer slager pulled scott over for a broken taillight. according to the police report scott ran away and the officer chased him up the street behind a pawnshop and into this empty lot. >> black male tee shirt. >> reporter: this abandoned lot becomes a killing field, and it's all recorded on a cell phone by an eyewitness no one sees. first officer slager appears to reach out toward scott. then scott breaks free running away with what appears to be a line attached from the officer's stun gun. that's when officer slager fires his gun eight times at scott's back as he tries to get away, and he falls to the ground. officer slager walks over to him. he cuffs the dying man, and then he and another officer come to look scott over. authori

abc's steve osunsami on the ground with the latest amidst questions about what other officers did or did not do to help. as protesters renew their calls for body cameras. >> reporter: to so many tonight, enraged and shocked by the killing of another unarmed black man -- >> black lives matter! >> reporter: the truth of what happened to walter scott is only coming to life because someone in the bushes was recording with a camera and a cell phone. the pictures of north charleston policeman michael slager in jail stripes locked up without bail is devastating to police everywhere. now accused of murder he told his bosses that 50-year-old walter lamar scott had grabbed his stun gun after an argument over a traffic stop. >> shots fired, subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> reporter: in the video the unarmed father of four is running away after apparently being hit by the stun gun. tonight, new video moments after the shooting caught on camera appears to show slager giving a statement to another officer. north charleston police did act swiftly tuesday. >> he will be charged with murder.

for more here's abc's steve osunsami. >> >>. >> reporter: to so many enraged and shocked -- >> black lives matter. >> reporter: -- the truth of what happened to walter scott because someone in the bushes was recording with a camera and a cell phone. the pictures of north charleston policeman michael slager in jail stripes locked up without bail is devastating to police everywhere. now accused of murder he told his bosses that 50-year-old walter scott had grabbed his stun gun after a traffic stop. >> 223 dispatch. >> reporter: in the revealing video the unarmed father of four is rupp ago way after being hit by the stun gun and new moments after the shooting caught on camera appears to show slager giving a statement to another officer. north charleston police did act swiftly tuesday. >> he will be charged with murder. >> reporter: but they're under fire for something critics say is missing in the video. although the police report says they administered cpr there's no evidence of that in the video that's nearly four minutes long. >> not every officer is cpr certified. >> reporter: we're

we get more from steve osunsami. >> reporter: here's the hard truth.erneath the ski masks and hood disof rioters are the faces of children. >> y'all keep coming and taking everything we got. we're going the take what y'all got. we're not playing out here! >> reporter: con franting with so many sad. ing images. [ bleep ] mask off. >> reporter: many black parents are cheering this one. >> out here doing this stuff. >> reporter: she spotted her son on live television throwing rocks at police. she immediately walk down to the street fight and dragged him home. >> are you for real? really? in the what you want to do? i told you i'd come down here didn't i? didn't i? >> reporter: she cares because she's seen bad things happen in her neighborhood before. speaking just last year. >> that was somebody's child. it's real overwhelming. >> reporter: her striking video sent us out to the same neighborhood where we met parent who is thanked this mother for her effort. reminding their own children to stay safe. >> i always know where my kids are. >> reporter: sharna

>> steve osunsami with us tonight, thank you. >>> we turn now to a bus crash in indiana. the front of a mega bus skidding into a back of on a semitruck this morning. 19 people were hurt. the bus out of chicago, making its way to atlanta. the the driver unable to stop in time. >>> and jet forced to return tro an airport today. the pilot heard banging from the plane, and landing at the airport, a ramp agent found inside the front cargo hold. he appeared okay. the plane in the air for a stunning 14 minutes before the discovery. >>> and a white knuckle moment for passengers on this jet landing in houston and slitding off the runway getting stuck in the grass and mud. it comes on the same day as a reality check, the top airlines in the nation, you may be surprised, in a report card the lost bags, delays is it gets worse? here is david kerley tonight. >> reporter: the united jet didn't make its high speed turn off the rain slick houston runway. >> we're off the ramp here. >> reporter: the 737's nose stuck in the mud. the passengers from las vegas forced to take a bus to the ter

>> all right, steve osunsami. as steve mentioned, on this case from the start. >>> this evening, a major development in the case of that jet crash in the alps. this new view from the crash site workers wrest. ing with chunks of the fuselage as the ceo of lufthansa comes before the cameras, and it comes after the airline admitted it knew about the co-pilot's major bout with depression letting him fly anyway. abc's alex marquardt in germany tonight, on what the ceo refused to answer. >> reporter: navigating with ski poles and wearing climbing spikes recovery workers scaling the mountain hoisting huge sections of the plane. this piece, the airline's tail with its distinctive colors. and today, laying a wreath, the embattled airline's executives now under fire after admitting lufthansa hired andreas lubitz even after he told them he had suffered a serious depressive episode. >> we're just very, very sorry that such a terrible accident could have happened in >> reporter: but they left in a hurry, ignoring questions. >>

>> steve osunsami in baltimore for us again, as well. steve, thank you. >>> and one more note. presidential candidate hillary clinton calling for body cameras now for every police department in the country in the wake of those images from baltimore, saying it will quote, help protect good people on both sides of the lens adding that body cameras should be the norm everywhere. >>> in the meantime tonight, to that other developing story from space, a doomed cargo ship heed to the international space station to deliver vital supplies fuel water, food to those american astronauts. it never made it now hurtling back to earth at 17,000 miles an hour. this image shows the view. look past the numbers there on your screen. the ship as it spirals out of control. tonight, the astronauts on board the international space station still waiting for food and supplies supplies we'll hear from them. the stakes also high from the american company sending the next capsule up. tonight, we take you inside that american factory. abc's matt gutman with the images and whether that capsule will burn upo

here now abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this chilling video obtained by abc nusews, police officer michael slager fires eight times at 50-year-old walter scott as he runs away and this father of four dies in the dirt. it happens saad morning 9:30 a.m. at this intersection here in north charleston south carolina routine traffic scott. he pulled him over for a broken taillight. scott ran away and the officer chased him up the straight behind a pawn street and into this empty lot. >> black male green shirt, blue pants. >> reporter: this abandoned lot becomes a killing field all recorded by an eyewitness no one sees. first officer slager appears to reach out toward scott then scott breaks free running away with what appears to be a line attached from the officer's stun gun. that's when slager fires his gun eight times at scott's back as he's trying to get away and he falls to the ground. officer slager walks over to him. >> put your hands behind your back. he cuffs the dying man then he and another officer come to look scott over. his family is beyond hurt. >> he needs to know that was

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steve osunsami, abc news, new york. >> one step at a time there. we love brutus.r watching on a thursday night. i'm david muir. we hope to see y a collapse of this house an occupant barely made it out. >> a chapter of the vietnam war. the orphans who started lives here in the bay area, 40 years ago. >> we begin with a final salute to a fallen police officer who 's life ended too soon. >> the community, the bay area, and police officers everywhere welling up with emotion. he was years old and a 14 year veteran of the police department. here you can see the hearse carrying the funeral home this morning arriving at the s.a.p.center. and a somber procession that lasted nearly 45 minutes. >> you can see uniformed officers from around the state and country, thousands of them filing into his funeral. every officer from the police department was cleared to attend. he was remembered as a loving father who enjoyed the martial arts. >> this is a reminder safety comes at a supreme price. and that should be remembered. >>

>> all right, steve osunsami leading us off again tonight. steve, thank you. >>> let's get right to abc's dan abrams tonight. back to the question i asked at the top, which is a question so many are asking. what would have happened if there had not been a witness with a phone? >> reporter: wouldn't have been a charge that quickly, that's for sure. this process would have taken longer there would have been a debate about exactly what happened. but as the investigation proceeded and it became clear that the victim was shot multiple times in the back that would fundamentally change everything. there's a sort of benefit of the doubt we tend to give police officers when there's an incident. that benefit goes away when you're talking about shots in the back and the police officer would immediately have some serious explaining to do. i think there still would have been charges here but the case would have been a lot harder. >> all right, dan, thank you. >>> now, to the verdict in the case of accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. tonight, guilty on all 3

>> steve osunsami leading us off again tonight. steve, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the severe weather hitting at this hour from texas to michigan and moving east. 72 million americans in the storm zone tonight. the radar at this hour showing severe storms and tornado watches. 18 states affected by it all. in kansas tonight, jail hail cracking windshields. and, that super cell in kansas all part of the sam system now tracking east ward. abc's gio benitez on the ground in missouri. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. the winds are really picking up here. take a look behind me. those clouds a potentially dangerous storm heading right for us. several states now in the bulls eye. >> whoa! >> reporter: tonight, millions in the path of mother nature's fury. at least ten reported tornadoes and more on the way, from the midwest to the east coast. in kansas watch as this funnel cloud reveals more of its menacing tail. >> it's going to the ground. >> reporter: in mineral point, missouri, the aftermath of another storm. a sa

abc's steve osunsami who is here in baltimore spoke with that family. here is his report. >> reporter: here's the hard truth. underneath the ski masks and hoodies of rioters who burned down their own neighborhoods are the faces of children. >> y'all keep coming and taking everything we got. we're going to take what y'all got. we not playing out here. >> reporter: confronted with so many saddening images -- many blake parents in particular are cheering this woman. >> you want to be out here -- >> reporter: she spotted her teenage son on live television throwing rocks at police. she immediately marched herself down to the street fight and dragged him home. >> are you for real? really? this is what you want to do? i told you i'd come down here didn't i? >> reporter: she cares because she's seen bad things happen to children in her neighborhood before. >> that was somebody's child and it's real overwhelming. >> reporter: it was her striking video that sent us to the neighborhood today where we met parents who thanked herer if here effort. >> i always know w

>> steve osunsami with us tonight, thank you. >>> we turn now to a bus crash in indiana. the front of a mega bus skidding e into a back of a semitruck on interstate 65 this morning. 19 people were hurt. the bus out of chicago, making its way to atlanta. hitting a truck at a construction zone. the driver unable to stop in time. >>> a dwopg headline. an alaskan airline jet is forced to return to the airport. the pilot heard banging from the plane and declared a emergency. a ramp agent inside the front cargo hold. he appeared okay. and kneel karlinsky report he was raced to the hospital. the plane in the air for 14 minutes. >> reporter: it was just off takeoff when the pilot said he heard screaming and banging come frk underneath the plane. flight was headed from seattle to los angeles but the airline says flight 448 returned to seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold. you can see him taken to a waiting ambulance. an airport worker told authorities he fell asleep in the cargo hold wake inside as the plane was tak

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>> steve osunsami tonight. steve, thank you. >>> and around the world tonight, to syria, where this evening, palestinian refugees are under siege. these images reportedly showing isis militants storming their camp outside damascus. by air, the syrian air force now launching rockets, dropping barrel bombs. these images of the aftermath. no food water or medicine able to reach the refugees. u.n. officials calling the conditions beyond inhumane. >>> and to kenya tonight, and the aftermath of that massacre at a college campus. bullet holes in that building shattered glass. tonight, kenya retaliating against the terror group that claimed responsibility, al shabab dropping bombs on two camps in somalia. >>> and tonight, a big development in the road rage incident in houston. the young woman shot in the head on her way to work calling 911 not realizing she had been shot. this evening, now wordle of an arrest. and abc's ryan owens now from texas. >> this is where it happened. this is where he cut me off. >> reporter: i

>> steve osunsami in baltimore for us. thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the miracle in nepal tonight. five days after the earthquake this image. a 15-year-old boy somehow surviving more than 120 hours. he'd be buried beneath the rubble wearing a yankees t-shirt, revealing what he ate to survive. and this view from above drone footage tonight of rescuers across kathmandu hoping for even more miracles. er the fifing video of the moment the earthquake hit coming to light now. children returning there as the earth shakes. and you can see the buildings, the structures beginning to tumble down. abc's alex marquardt with that teenager what he did, what he it a to live. >> reporter: tonight, the stunning new video. a tourist's camera capturing ancient temples, crumbling around terrified sightseers. swarms of birds taking to the skies. from just one minute of shaking, almost 6,000 dead. but today, there was a glimmer of hope as american rescue dogs prowled the rubble searching for signs of life. a call coming in for the am

that was steve osunsami reporting.up next on the abc 7 news at 9:00 -- >> the sudden plunge of twi >>> according to bloomberg news, san francisco-based salesforce.com has reportedly hired advisers to send out a possible takeover bid. they didn't say who expressed interest but founder mark benioff is the former executive of oracle. his company is valued at $50 billion. if the takeover happened it would be the largest involving a software company ever. salesforce shares rose more than 11% today and continued to climb after hours. >>> shares of san francisco-based twitter have fallen sharply this week. down more than 25% in the past two days. tonight abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom talks to experts about why the company's earnings missed the mark and what it means for investors. >> reporter: in the year and a half since it went pc, twitter has had its highs and lows. in fact, this is only the third worst drop in the stock's history, but it's a big one. some say it all started with a tweet. >> a group on twitter itself

steve osunsami, abc news, baltimore. >> some more images from baltimore as the city tries to recover from so much racial tension. take a look at this striking photo going viral. a little boy handing out water with an outstretched hand to a white officer in full riot gear. that photo shared more than 60,000 times. >> another bright spot as the riot raged on monday, one man lightening up the mood dancing on top of a truck. michael jackson's beat it. he broke out jackson's signature moves as helicopters hovered overhead. >> we saw the worst possibly of baltimore on monday, tuesday we saw the best. that's what always happens. this is great. they took it upon themselves and they were too proud to let the rest of the country -- this is what baltimore is. kudos to them. it's the little things. michael jackson can do it for you. later in the show, a highway rescue. got this one on camera. rescuers not at the scene of the crash but on the phone. how a quick thinker stopped a tragedy from unfolding. on the side of the highway. >> surviving at sea. matt gutman dives into shark infested waters a

steve osunsami, abc news atlanta. >>> you're kind of fired up about this one. >> i get it i get it.hen you hear they cheated on tests, yes, 20 years in prison. it's hard to wrap your head around that. we know it was wrong. it's hard to process that. when you hear about other things that happen and -- i mean manslaughter charges, killing people hit them with their cars get three months in jail. this happens, it's hard to make sense of it. >> i hear you. >>> well on to other news here. today marks two years since the boston marathon bombing and the charge of dzhokhar tsarnaev has new orders for jurors. they've been told to stay away from this year's marathon which will be run this coming monday. the following day, the penalty phase tsarnaev will -- they'll begin deciding whether tsarnaev should be sentenced to death or spend life in prison. he was convicted last week. meanwhile, in massachusetts, helicopters are being flown with radiation detection around the route. the route will be compared with those taken during the race. the significant differences will be given special attention

steve osunsami, abc news, north charleston, south carolina. >>> the same jurors who returned a guiltyhokhar tsarnaev in the boston marathon bombing trial now have to decide if he lives or dies. those 12 jurors convicted tsarnaev yesterday on all 30 counts he was faith facing. 17 of which could land him on death row. many survivors of the attack nearly two years ago were in court to hear the decision. they had strong opinion s afterward about what's next. >> no, at this point i don't believe there's any remorse. i think it was probably just a foregone conclusion. >> for myself, i want to see the death penalty. >> the trial's penalty phase could begin as early as monday. unclear if dzhokhar tsarnaev will take the stand to plea for his life. >>> heart breaking scene at illinois university. they are in mourning as the questions mount about a plane crash that killed officials and basketball fans. the cessna was returning from the ncaa tournament when it crashed in to a farm field. the ntsb says the foggy weather may be the reason the pilot turned the wrong way while approaching the airport

. >> the son is now speaking out to abc's steve osunsami. >> i understand how much my mother really careabout me. so i've just got to try and do better. >> he's the highly embarrassed 16-year-old kid in the hoodie who thought he was tough. >> [ expletive ]. >> until his mama showed up at the riots in video seen around the world. >> you see her and you're like uh-oh. >> oh, my. what is my mama doing down here. >> doing this [ expletive ]. >> did you have many of your friends next to you? >> they was around. >> yeah, they was like are you okay? you okay. >> i'm looking at them like is he okay? >> everybody know my mother. my friends know my mother. >> are you for real? >> really. >> see him down there doing what he was doing, that -- we're not doing that. >> michael singleton says his mother told him to go straight home from school the day of freddie gray's funeral but he didn't listen because of his friends. >> i'm not angry with him anymore. as long as i have breath in my body you will not be on the street selling drugs. you're not going to live like that. not with me. >> his mother told

steve osunsami is there tonight with what police have just revealed. >>> the plane crash. seven dead flying back after the march madness final. among the dead, a coach. >>> the power out ablgs all over washington, d.c. lights out near the white house, the capitol. even where oprah winfrey was speeblging. >>> the severe storms hitting at this hour after tornado warnings late today. millions in the path. ginger zee is right here. >>> and no laughing matter. the famous scene from "i love lucy." and

steve osunsami is there tonight with what police have just revealed. >>> the plane crash. seven dead, flying back after the march madness final. among the dead, a coach. >>> the power outages all over washington, d.c. lights out near the white house, the capitol. even where oprah winfrey was speaking. >>> the severe storms hitting at this hour, after tornado warnings late today. millions in the path. ginger zee is right here. >>> and no laughing matter. the famous scene from "i love lucy." and the community up

. >> reporter: it was a year ago he showed steve osunsami his room.ands of calls to adoption agencies. >> i just want to let the people know it's hard to be a foster kid. sometimes you just don't know how hard it is and how much we try to do good. >> he was still looking. but tonight, right here the new photo to share. that's davion now 17 with his soon to be family. a sister brother, two dogs, in his room on his bed. and that's his new mom. the same caseworker that helped him straighten his tie for church. telling us the adoption process is almost done. >> he's a gentle spirit but hasn't given up hope. i think he's changing the world. >>> i'm david muir. thank you for watching this week. we'll see you right back here on monday. good night. i love new york. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of america's game, pasajak and vanna white. come on. let's go! we got a show to do. we got a country to entertain. [ chuckles ] thank you, jim. thanks, everybody. thanks so much. we must split. see you later. hi. good to see you guys.

steve osunsami is there tonight with what police have just revealed. >>> the plane crash. seven dead flying back after the march madness final. among the dead, a coach. >>> the power out ablgs all over washington, d.c. lights out near the white house, the capitol. even where oprah winfrey was speeblging. >>> the severe storms hitting at this hour after tornado warnings late today. millions in the path. ginger zee is right here. >>> and no laughing matter. the famous scene from "i love lucy." and the community up in arms tonight. does this look like lucy to you?

. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time she tells my colleague, steve osunsami she can't bring herself to watch the video that shows her son killing an unarmed black man. >> i've purposely not watched it. i've purposely not tried to hear people's comments about it. i don't -- i -- i just can't watch it. i can't read the papers. i just can't. maybe to some people that's oh you're being in denial. but i'm sorry, i just can't. >> reporter: she says slager is not a racist, he's a loving son, a father to be. >> i want everybody to know he's a very good person. he's not a -- he's not a hater. he's a very good person. he's a -- he's a sweet, sweet kid. he's my kid. he's my child. >> reporter: a sharp contrast to the man seen in this cell phone clip, firing eight rounds at scott. disturbing, graphic images captured by santana, 23-year-old dominican-born barber who was on his way to work. today he shared new details about what he witnessed that saturday morning. >> what drew your attention? >> well the chasing of the police, the officer. >> the police officer chasing -- >> yeah to mr. s

steve osunsami tonight. >> reporter: this is the moment he and his family had prayed for, leaving alabama's death row. >> they tryied to execute me for something i didn't do. >> reporter: here he is just 28 years old, sentenced to death for the murder of two restaurant workers in 1985. but new tests showed there was no way they were shot by a gun found in his home. >> and i want to say to the victim family i will continue to pray for you just as i have for 30 years. a miscarriage of justice not only to me but to them. >> reporter: they talk about forgiving their accusers and prosecutors. but not this time. >> all they had to do was test the gun. but when you think you're above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody. but i have news for you. anybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to god. >> reporter: tonight, he begins catching up with life. david? >>> and the unbelievable tale of survival the fisherman lost for 66 days back on dry land. found adrift hundreds of miles off the coast of north carolina. he had been floating alone on his capsized boat. clayto