steve osunsami, neil everett. we're in los angeles back together again for you. >> warriors and clippers back together again at staples center. last six times they've gotten together anywhere. it's been all warriors and it was again, steph curry no look pass to kevin durant for the slam. durant just one for five on threes. steph curry 0 for 8 on threes klay thompson hit three threes, didn't have 60 this time. led all scorers with 24. won seven straight over the clippers. >>> lebron james and the cavaliers are add madison square garden where security is tight. the knicks defense was not tight. kevin love, that pass was tight. lebron james, some thought he was uptight because of what phil jackson had said about his business associates. take that. a chip on his shoulder, didn't affect his jumpingable. james was huge, kyrie irving was huge, spike lee has seen enough. >> time to get on the train. >> yeah. >> also the rockets 134-95 over the likers and aroldis chapman back to the yankee. >> wow. >> now back to you. >> w

>> steve osunsami, who has been on this case from the start. steve, thanks. >>> next tonight here, the alarming headline in georgia. six police officers shot in six days. dramatic body cam video showing two officers, both of them shot, after a suspect was told to get his happened out of his pocket. at least 64 law enforcement officers have been killed by guns this year. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with the video just released. >> reporter: it startled as a police stop about a stolen car. >> get your hands out of your pocket. >> reporter: the officer asking the suspect to show his hands. then, shots fired. >> oh! dispatch, i'm shot. >> reporter: in a split second, an apparently calm suspect firing away. captain michael schulman, body cram rolling, is shot under the arm. within seconds, schulman's partner, jeffrey martin, is shot in the hand. still trying to help his colleague out of arm's way. >> even after jeffrey got shot, he -- he's getting michael and pulling him to the car to get him to the hospital. >> reporter: schulma

abc's steve osunsami in that courtroom as the verdict was read. >> reporter: that word, guilty, means so much tonight, to the families of the victims who crowded a courtroom on the fourth floor of this courthouse. to people watching across the country expecting to see justice. hatred was on trial and it lost. guilty 33 times. 22-year-old dylann storm roof was hauled away in this black van. reverend sharon risher is the daughter of ethel lance, one of the nine people he executed in the basement of this historic black church, in the name of so called white supremacy. >> mama. mama. they got it right. >> reporter: before their verdict, jurors saw again this backyard video. roof recorded it himself. prosecutors told jurors to watch how he practiced with the phonebook. they say that's how he killed many of the parishioners. standing over them as he shot them dead. felicia sanders was one of the three people praising the lord tonight that she survived. she watched roof kill her aunt and her son. >> he said he didn't have any friends, but he had nine friends sitting in the church that night.

steve osunsami has more on the emotional day in court. >> the court therefore must declare a mistrial in ifthis ca. >> reporter: this disturbing video video -- he will remain under house arrest. >> until my family can see justice, no, there's no forgiveness. >> reporter: for the family of walter scott and for black americans who thought that video of the killing would bring justice, they feel the system has failed them again. they're already looking forward to a retrial promised by prosecutors. >> it's not over. y'all hear me? it's not over! jurors, both of them white women, were in tears as the black foreman delivered the news. >> the statistics say that the next jury will look a lot like you. >> reporter: most of the nearly all white jury looked like they were in disbelief, but there was one who refused to make eye contact with the judge, the jury, or the family of walter scott. >> something got to him. i'm sure we'll quickly hear from the rest of the juror disagreed with him. >> a handful of people who came to watch, stormed out of the courtroom in disgust. to show many, the crime

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: it is very possible tonight that this former police officer, seen on cell phone video shooting a black man in michael slager needed only one member of the nearly all-white jury to see his side. to agree that he fired those eight bullets because he was afraid. even though his victim had already run nearly 18 feet away. the judge read a letter from one lone juror explaining how he couldn't convict on either charge. >> i can't consider a guilty verdict. at the same time my heart does not want to have to tell the scott family that the man that killed their son, brother and father is innocent. >> reporter: of the six white men, five white women, and the one black juror who was the foreman, it was very clear that a white juror in his 40s was a holdout. shaking his head no when the judge asked if they needed to hear back testimony from the young man who recorded the disturbing video. appeals from slager's attorney worked. in closing arguments, he told jurors they need to think blue and not white or black, and send >> don't make an example of michael slager

it is not over. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc >>> new research this morning about the dangers of douse si driving. a aaa report says missing one to two hours of sleep doubles their risk of getting into a crash and found in a 24-hour period the crash risk for sleep deprived drivers increases when compared to those who slept the recommended seven hours or more. >>> snow led to this in frontial. a transit bus crashes into a group of cars then a truck smacks into the bus and then it ts another bus crashes into that truck. a police car, even a snow removal truck also end up slipping down the street but luckily despite the mess no one was hurt. >>> a couple speeding along a slick highway in new brunswick, canada, got the frightening surprise as kevin mcgraw tried to pass this chuck, a piece of ice smashes the windshield. injured. >>> let's go to our guys at espn for the details. >> good morning, america. i won again. it's just me and you. and klay thompson who got 60. yeah, you're standing by the water cooler going did you hear the guy who got 60 for golden state, klay thompson. i wonder if

steve osunsami's in charleston. >> reporter: we expect in court to hear from police seen here arrestingylann roof in north carolina after police say he ran from the murder scene at this his toric black church. from his car police say they pulled a confederate flag, this 45 caliber glock and a burned american flag in the trunk. police say they also found a list of other black churches in the charleston area. in his confession he told the fbi he considered other targets. roof's video confession played in court is cold-blooded. why did you have to do it. >> well, i had to do it because somebody had to do something because black people are killing white people every day. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >>> a disturbing scene in el paso as an officer is hit by a car and thrown in the air. take a look here. police say officer andy rodriguez was conducting a sobriety test when an alleged drunk driver struck him. seconds before he was hit he pushed the man undergoing the test out of the way. should tell you officer rodriguez was released from the hospital overnight. >>> inten

steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >>> and life expectancy in the united states has dipped slightlyhe rate went from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.8 years last year. now, that's after seeing no decline since 1993. on average women are still living about five years longer than men. cdc analysts did not speculate on the cause of the drop, but the rise in obesity could be playing a role. >>> the tallest land mammal is now on the extinction watch list. the world's population of giraffes has plunged about 40% over the last 30 years. this is according to a conservation advocacy group. now, reasons for that drass lick decline are increasing human population, habitat loss, civil unrest as well as illegal hunting. >>> and a fishing boat crew and their clients had a rather memorable trip off the coast of south florida. so they come upon this in the water. originally thinking it was a fish, but when they bring it on board, nope, it's a bundle of what is believed to be a kilo of cocaine. >> wow. >> they call the coast guard, handed the package over at sea. the boat's captain says it's the first time

>> steve osunsami with us again tonight. steve, thank you. >>> next, this evening, to president-elect donald trump, named "time magazine's" person of the year. meanwhile, new reporting tonight on mr. trump's newest picks. among them, a woman many will remember from world wrestling entertainment. and who is weighing in on some of his cabinet picks? mr. trump indicated today, president obama himself. so, what's the white house saying? here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: today, the "time" magazine naming donald trump its man of the year. >> it's a great honor. "time magazine" and, you know, it's a very important magazine. >> reporter: trump once declared "time" would, quote, "soon be dead," dismissing its list of the most infuluential peek as " joke and a stunt." but now he's on the cover, dubbed the president of the divided states of america. the president-elect confident he and his new cabinet will change that. today, retired general john k, homeland security. kelly is a four-star marine general, and a gold star father. his

>> steve osunsami tonight. thank you, steve. >>> next, from new orleans, overnight, a verdict in the road rage shooting december of former nfl star will smith. the jury convicting car dell hayes of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter in the shooting of smith's wife. hayes claimed he acted in self-defense after a crash in new orleans in april. he faces up to 40 years in prison at his sentencing in february. >>> next tonight, to a fear shared by so many families, especially as we turn on the heat this winter. an early morning blast in upstate new york, completely destroying a home. firefighters fearing two people were inside. and it turns out neighbors had called the utility company when they smelled gas, but no one showed up before the home then blew up. here's abc's gio benitez on the investigation tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a house in ruins, a possible leak in a propane take the likely cause of the explosion. >> the walls were actually -- things were falling off the shelf. >> reporter: neighbors smelli

>> steve osunsami with us again tonight. >>> overseas tonight, and the breaking headline. the city of aleppo in syria, now falling to the syrian government. there was an apparent agreement late today with the rebels, allowing remaining families to escape with their lives. but there are reports that in the final hours before that deal, syrian troops were described as going door-to-door, killing family mebls w members still there. abc's alex marquardt, who just left syria. >> reporter: tonight, harrowing reports of president assad's forces carrying out summary executions on innocent civilians in aleppo. the u.n. claiming more than 80 people shot on site, including two dozen women and children, leaving bodies lying in the streets. a spokesman calling the reports, "a complete meltdown of humanity." tonight, the cease-fire now declared, with much of the information coming out nearly impossible to verify. a syrian general calling the charges of executions baseless. the latest fighting right near where we reported from just days ago. because now, the rebels are lobbing mortars. t

it is not over. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >>> new research this morning aboute dangers of drowsy driving. a aaa report says missing one to two hours of sleep doubles a driver a risk of getting into a crash. the study also found in a 24-hour period the crash risk for sleep deprived drivers increases when compared to those who slept the recommended seven hours or more. >>> but it was snow that led to this chain reaction accident in montreal. take a look. first a transit bus crashes into a group of cars then a truck smacks into the bus and then it gets even worse. another bus crashes into that truck. a police car, even a snow removal truck also end up slipping down the street, but luckily despite the mess, no one was hurt. >>> a couple speeding along a slick highway in new brunswick, canada, got the frightening surprise just as drive kevin mcgraw tried to pass this truck. a piece of ice smashes the windshield. mcgraw said his wife sitting next to him was covered in shards of glass but neither was seriously injured. >>> a high-scoring night for a warrior. >> let's

steve osunsami, thank you. no doubt this case could really set a precedent for other similar cases around the country, thanks, steve. >>> this morning in politics donald trump defending his decision toep from the president of taiwan. that's something that no u.s. president or president-elect has done in nearly four decades. this controversy, it's all brewing as the trump team continues crisscrossing the country in what's being billed a thank you tour. abc's david wright is at trump tower with the latest. hi. david. >> reporter: hi, paula. beijing this morning said it has lodged solemn representations to the u.s. over that call and trump is now the first u.s. taiwanese president since jimmy carter. it has the makings of a diplomat exincident and it's impossible to say right now whether this was a rookie mistake or a deliberate provocation. >> china is ripping us off. you know who is getting the oil, china. what china is doing to us is horrible. >> reporter: on the campaign trail donald trump made a habit of prom

for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> steve, thank you. just horrifying to listen to and to watch especially to see those victims in their final moments. >>> we have to switch gears and talk about the radical new step taken by samsung as part of their massive recall of those galaxy note 7 phones. >> samsung has already recalled the phones after reports that some caught pfeifer. some, however, holding on to those phones s planning a software update that will make the remaining phones inoperable. gloria rivera has details. >> reporter: it's been a long and costly road for samsung and not over yet. they're appearing to throw a hail mary rolling out an update to make sure every last phone that could pose a threat is disabled. samsung is rolling out a virtual kill switch. the over the air update already agreed to by three of the country's biggest wireless providers will prevent the note 7 from chaing at all and eliminate their ability to work as noble devices. >> this is their last ditch effort to get them out of people's hands. >> reporter: ho

steve osunsami is in charleston. >> the court, therefore, must declare a mistrial in this case. >> reporter: this former police officer, seen in this disturbing cell phone video shooting a black man in the back as he was running away, will go home tonight to the loving arms of his family. the mistrial means he will remain out on bond, but under house arrest. justice, no, there is no forgiveness. >> reporter: for the family of walter scott, and for black americans who thought that video of the killing would bring justice, they feel the system has failed them again. they're already looking forward to a re-trial, promised tonight by prosecutors. >> it's not over. y'all hear me, it's not over! till god says, it's over. >> reporter: at least two of the jurors, both of them white women, were in tears as the black foreman delivered the news. >> the statistics say that the next jury will look a lot like you. >> reporter: most of the nearly all-white jury looked like they were in disbelief. but there was one who refused to make eye contact with the judge, the lawyers, or the family of walter scott.

for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> steve, thank you. just horrifying to listen to and to watch, especially to see those victims in their final moments. >>> we have to switch gears yet again now. we're going to talk about the radical new step taken by samsung as part of company's massive recall of those galaxy note 7 phones. >> now, samsung has already recalled the phones after reports that some caught fire. some, however, holding on to those phones, so samsung is now planning a software update that will make the remaining note 7 phones inoperable. gloria rivera has details for thus morning. hi, gloria. >> reporter: hi, paula. it's been a long and costly road for samsung, and it's not over yet. the tech giant now appearing to throw a hail mary rolling out an update december 19th to make sure every last phone that could possibly pose a threat is disabled. after months of phones on fire, samsung is rolling out a virtual kill switch. that will shut down the last remaining note 7s sold in the u.s. the over-the-air update already agreed to by

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: in surveillance videos played in court from outside this historic black church, you see moment when dylann roof pulls into a parking space, and when evil walks in, and then out, of god's house. video confession recorded by the fbi, where the 22-year-old acts as if he he's talking about a night out on the town. >> did you shoot them? >> yes. >> what kind of gun did you use? >> reporter: roof chuckles. >> a glock .45. >> reporter: families in court were in tears seeing the faces of the nine parishoners roof is accused of taking from this earth in june of 2015. 87-year-old susie jackson, cynthia hurd and reverend pinckney. the alive. >> advising of an active shooter. multiple people down. >> reporter: "why did you have to do it," they ask him. >> well, i had to do it because somebody had to do something. because black people are killing white people every day. they rape 100 white people a day. >> reporter: he says he bought the gun, seen here, after his 21st birthday. >> how many times did you reload? >> all the times. well, it's complicated. they were