of the medical aspects of tasers, of the associate aspects of tasers your refusing to let them speak it their nationally known experts what this says to me is that you the commission have notices legitimacy whosoever about being able to discuss this your determined to make that happen your surrounding the audience with crawling with cops and sheriff's and in order furbish make this decision without interrupted and no liquiditycy you don't deserve to exist. >> well. >> (clapping.) >> any further general public comment or end on that note >> good evening and welcome. >> my name is mary ann educators two years experience in education i want to take into consideration the effect that the violence it is happening towards this citizens of the city by the hands of the police the effect on the children especially in the communities of color the children are frightened they're really frightened and that's something you have to take into consideration you know in the situation of alex 59 bullets is not considered extensive force that is unconscionable those officers need to be charged thank yo

tasers escalate force tasers cause death tasers are not an alternative to leaf of force. tasers do not train officers to use tasers in looetal force situations. -- looetethal forceu speak of data i wonder if anyone has crunched the money the money has put out in taser lawsuits the last thing we need is to pay lots oof money. i urge you to separate it from the use of force if you want the community to trust you please do that. thank you. >> good evening welcome. >> thank you. my name is kelly cut ler i'm an organizers with the homelessness coalition. i'm also a social worker 1 of ot things we learned is to look at the research and really assess so you can make a decision on that based on the actual research and so people have talked about all the important points tonight 1 concern is mine is straight out reach 15 years in the city. and a lot lately what we're seeing is pretty stunning how much older and sicker people are. so they are disproportionally at risk of being on the other end of the taser. so that's a huge concern because there are already at the point where they'

tasers escalate force tasers cause death tasers are not an alternative to leaf of force. tasers do not train officers to use tasers in looetal force situations. -- looetethal forceu speak of data i wonder if anyone has crunched the money the money has put out in taser lawsuits the last thing we need is to pay lots oof money. i urge you to separate it from the use of force if you want the community to trust you please do that. thank you. >> good evening welcome. >> thank you. my name is kelly cut ler i'm an organizers with the homelessness coalition. i'm also a social worker 1 of ot things we learned is to look at the research and really assess so you can make a decision on that based on the actual research and so people have talked about all the important points tonight 1 concern is mine is straight out reach 15 years in the city. and a lot lately what we're seeing is pretty stunning how much older and sicker people are. so they are disproportionally at risk of being on the other end of the taser. so that's a huge concern because there are already at the point where they'

of the medical aspects of tasers, of the associate aspects of tasers your refusing to let them speak it their nationally known experts what this says to me is that you the commission have notices legitimacy whosoever about being able to discuss this your determined to make that happen your surrounding the audience with crawling with cops and sheriff's and in order furbish make this decision without interrupted and no liquiditycy you don't deserve to exist. >> well. >> (clapping.) >> any further general public comment or end on that note >> good evening and welcome. >> my name is mary ann educators two years experience in education i want to take into consideration the effect that the violence it is happening towards this citizens of the city by the hands of the police the effect on the children especially in the communities of color the children are frightened they're really frightened and that's something you have to take into consideration you know in the situation of alex 59 bullets is not considered extensive force that is unconscionable those officers need to be charged thank yo

. >> king is tasered, kicked, and struck more than 50 times with batons. fracturing his skull and causing internal injuries. the use of force and the events that followed were the subject of heated controversy. >> the viciousness and brutality of that video, that kind of video evidence, was rare. you didn't really see that much of it. but in the black community, people had long known that the police often used brutal tactics. now in an instant, you see it on twitter, you see it on facebook. so not only are we becoming more aware of what's happening, people are mobilizing around that. >> april 4th, 2015. a police dash cam is recording during a routine traffic stop in north charleston, south carolina. officer michael slager has pulled over a driver for having a nonfunctioning brake light. >> the reason for the stop is your brake light's out. >> oh, okay. >> inside the car is 50-year-old walter scott and a passenger. scott tells the officer that he doesn't have insurance or registration paperwork, but hands over his driver's license. but moments later, scott

body cameras and tasers were among the hot topics, for our bay area coverage, nbc's jean elle has more on the complaints, how did he respond? >> reporter: well, raj, the chief did a lot of listening tonight, and the police commissioner voted 5-2 to approve the body policy. the chief says it is important to get the cameras on officers but it is not the only issue facing the chief. >> disappointment and concern. >> reporter: after a week and a half on the job, critics of the san francisco police department let acting chief tony chaplain know they are not happy with his performance. many want a community meeting to discuss the officer-involved shooting that killed jessica williams. a meeting that the chief says he will not have. >> not having town halls after somebody gets murdered, that is a step backwards. >> if they are not as transparent, that is not a good sign. >> reporter: body cameras and tasers were on the table tonight. activists say after several commission votes against tasers they should not be an option. >> disproportionate use with the tasers on black and brown people in th

johnson i mean we all know that tasers if you're close enough to shoot a tasers have a fishing net through fishing net even madison bum gardens could teach people we know we have mental health problems and not trained to be mental health guardians we need a practices when we get from control to send them someplace we have a we've got a lot more work to do as far as deescalating if a two team police units one person not wearing a belt and they do accident approaching they don't want to get themselves in troubt not get themselves in danger not circulates nothing in a guy or woman comes builtless i've got a badge we want to help the police chief greg suhr got fired a policeman pulled a gun the sergeant fireside the chief he was on forum and in the affair of germany no police killed anybody thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> next speaker. >> welcome back. >> again, i'd like to echo what in any friends francisco said about the process it is designed to bore us to death those in the audience and to keep us from saying what we would like to say if you don't beaked consider changing the rules a we c

, taser!"on can't tase when another cop is in the line of fire. >> if one prong would go into me and the other prong would go into the suspect, the electricity would go through both of us. >> the groom blocks the taser. >> he hit it out of my hand and it went into the crowd. luckily, nobody got hit. >> suddenly, the groom passes out. >> who shot the stun gun! >> the brother-in-law mistakenly believes the groom was been tased and goes after the cops. then he's marched down the aisle. >> he jumped up off of the ground and attempted to charge at one of the officers that was standing directly behind me. i had to grab him. >> it's total chaos and then the groom is back on his feet. but not for long. >> you can see him get up again. so it's like "night of the living dead." he's back up, in the crowd. >> i tried to talk to him, tried to calm him down. he swung a punch at me and i deployed a taser a second time. [ screaming ] >> and here comes the bride. >> his new wife came up screaming. it sounds lik

. >> what about tasers? san francisco and detroit do not use tasers. >> they are not part of the discussion. police officers have said tasers may have been effective with mario woods but there are two commissioners that do not approve of those weapons. they will not be a part of the vote. >> thank you. >>> new developments in a sentencing in a sexual assault. the prosecutor pushing for tougher mandatory sentences. brock turner assaulted a woman outside of the stanford campus. more on the fallout from that case. live at an event set up to raise awareness about sexual assault. >> reporter: that is right. it is a fashion switch for about 150 men. they have dawned women's shoes. this is all for a good cause. walk a mile in her shoes. some are wearing flats. it is raising money for the ywca. it is causing dissension on county leaders. in palo alto, he wants to make state law equal. >> our proposal would change the law so assaulting an intoxicated or unconscious woman would be probation ineligible. >> 2888. if pas

sheriff's deputy convicted of killing an unarmed suspect in oklahoma claiming he thought his gun was his taser. >>> and searching. google's new attempt to find out what ails you more informative and less terrifying. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, thomas roberts. >>> good evening. we begin with deadly fire and flooding on opposite sides of the country. in west virginia, historic flooding has killed at least 24 people. tonight search and rescue missions are active to get the stranded to safety as thousands remain cut off from power and supplies. in california the severe dry terrain and wind gusts have contributed to the erskine fire and is claiming at least two lives. we have reports on both stories and morgan radford starts us off in west virginia. morgan? >> reporter: thomas, good evening. this used to be a dairy queen. you could still see unopened ice cream cones here besides sinks that have been completely uprooted. we're standing in the heart of one of the hardest hit areas. so far 24 peop

for a taser. 74-year-old robert bates was caught on video shooting eric harris during a sting operation last year in tulsa. that incident raised questions about training standards for volunteer deputies. harris was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter last month. >>> the transgender bathroom debate could be headed to the supreme court. this is because a federal appeals court is refusing to review a ruling by a three-judge panel. the appeals panel ruled that a virginia high school discriminated against a transgender team by not allowing him to use the bathroom according to his identity. >>> mandatory evacuations under way this morning as seven people are killed in record-breaking floods that have hit parts of texas. i think this video pretty much says it all. local authorities in san antonio say the storm system dumped up to 22 inches of rain in just a few hours. as you can see, streets submerged. the swollen brazos river in richmond rising to levels not seen since 1913.

interview with the volunteer sheriff's deputy convicted of killing a suspect in oklahoma claiming his taser. >>> and google's new attempt to find out what ails you more informative and less terrifying. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. we begin with deadly fire and flooding on opposite sides of the country. in west virginia, historic flooding has killed 24 people. tonight search and rescue missions are active as noud thousands are cut off from power and supply. and the erskine fire is claiming at least two lives. we have reports on both stories and morgan radford starts us off in west virginia. >> reporter: thomas, good evening. this used to be a dairy queen. unopened cones beside roofs that are uprooted. so far 24 people are pronounced dead and now federal assistance is on the way. an entire town submerged. this in one of 44 west virginia counties under a state of emergency. the governor asking for forward assistance from fema. the search continuing for those still unaccounted for. the national guard is out cleaning up destroyed neighborhoods across the state where more than 32,

in this case you can see that the guy has got the taser. he's threatening people but in this case as well, part of his face is visible. police are saying they are looking for a person in their 20s of asian descent in mel boush. it is a serious and violent case of attack. >> all right. i got him running now. >> a massive bee colony needs to be removed from a tractor trailer tire. >> wow. >> find out the snag to relocating the swarm. plus a picture prank in the park. >> how to take photos. >> everything -- that what you're talking lking about? . all: milk! milk! milk! milk! milk! okay! fun's over. aw. aw. ♪ thirsty? my friend said i had to earn my way to the cool table. oh, sweet jamie. you got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. people tell us their budget, not the other way around. so i was at the cool table all along. ♪ ♪ >>> closed captioning provided by -- in this shell. gold bond eczema relief relieves five frustrating symptoms of eczema. my skin's back. >>> we've seen a lot of bee removals on the show. i'm sur

april a reserve sheriff was fwound guilty of killing an unarmed man after mistaking his gun for his taser. and now robert bates is speaking out for the very first time saying he regrets becoming a reserve deputy. he sat down with gabe gutierrez. >> robert bates walks slow, in isolation as he begins a sentence. >> it was an accident. i didn't do it on purpose. that is the one thing that is -- pretty much ruined my life. >> reporter: in april of last year, a body camera captured the chaotic scene. the insurance broker was back up as authorities chased an unarmed suspect eric harris. >> roll on your stomach. >> reporter: bates meant to pull his taser but instead pulled his gun. decided to try to give something back to the community. and i wished i hadn't signed up in 2007 to become a reserve deputy. >> reporter: last month a jury deliberated for less than three hours finding him guilty of second-degree manslaughter, turning 75 next month he considers it a death message. >> what is your message now to eric harris's family. >> that i'm so sorry >> anything you say won't bring my dad back. >> r

he was booked on dui and arson zapped a guy with a taser after he broke into a pharmacy at about 4:00 this morning. investigators say he broke into the shop, and then barricaded himself inside. and police surrounded the building, and then he comes out and charges officers with a metal pole in hand. that's when one of the officers fired his taser and brought down the suspect. >>> he collapsed on stage during a concert in edmonton last night. and now meatloaf is recovering in the hospital. a spokesman for the 68-year-old rocker says quote he was suffering from severe dehydration, his vital signs are now stable and normal and he is responsive and recovering well. meatloaf was singing "i would do anything for love but i won't do that" when he collapsed and took a beat for people to realize that it wasn't part of the song. they rushed over to him and got him to the hospital. but it was not part of the song. >>> the cleanup continues this afternoon. from the storms yesterday. they swept through from the shenandoah valley over the blue ridge and into northern virginia. and nick giovanni is g

a second pulled his taser. diamond charged them both with rocks in his hands, prompting the officers to fire. >> get down, get down! [gunfire] reporter: ignoring the officers warnings, diamond runs at them again. >> witnesses reported that the suspect came at the officers and said you will have to shoot me. reporter: the in front of a crowded airport. within minutes, cell phone video appeared online. investigators are still looking at the use of deadly force, but they say the video tells much of the story. >> the tactics they used were quite appropriate. kimberly: the officer who shot diamond is on paid administrative leave. diamond is hospitalized in stable condition. josh: coming up, we will time out the thunderstorms for the week. the forecast coming up. kimberly: taking flight, liberty, one of the two eaglets, flew from his nest tree at the arboretum this morning. his father was not far behind. and the whole thing was caught on tape. cheryl: these babies were born to fly. first, freedom flu sunday, liberty

one of our officers did deploy a taser to subdue the subject. he's in our custody right now being transported to the hospital for evaluation. he will be charged with assault on a police officer, attempted carjacking, and the hit-and-run accident. >> reporter: now one of the construction workers who was out here earlier today is a navy veteran from afghanistan. we're going to hear from him and how he says his training in kandahar helped him tackle and hold that suspect here on the bridge today. we're live in southwest. darcy spencer, news4. >>> the zika virus still isn't a big concern as far as mosquito borne transmission goes here into the continental u.s. local officials will be for the pest over the weekend. they'll start spraying in laurel on sunday. loudoun county officials are ramping up efforts to educate residents about mosquito prevention. 18 virginians have the virus. 17 have it in maryland. 4 have it in d.c. again, none of them contracted the virus here in the u.s. >>> of course, zika is on the minds of a lot of the olympic athletes wh

what is not in the forest policy is the tasers.here have been ongoing debates about whether the san francisco police should use the taser, and this does not have it in it either. that could be a point of contention. >>> and oakland, the city council will vote on whether or not to have the proposed terminal and the west part of the city, and up to 10 million people could be transported by train, and the residents and environmental groups are concerned about solution, and that both -- boko will happen at 5 pm tomorrow. >>> marin county, the hot topic of interest, and tomorrow the national park service will wait in and talk about the possible changes to help to improve parking. and before the solution is reached, the problem could get worse as many are flocking and it could get messy after almost 300 parking spaces were eliminated earlier this year. there's a parking reservation system the -- that can help, but it will not start until next year.>> we need to spread out the arrivals so that we do not have 6000 people coming on a single

police actually had to taser him to get him to detained. then they put him on a stretcher, took him to a hospital for evaluation. this all started up by the lincoln memorial where he apparently crashed his car into a bus and then left the scene of the accident in the car, but then he crashed once again here on the cutts bridge, driving his car up into the sidewalk. the car was disabled. he allegedly tried to carjack several vehicles here along the bridge. that's when those construction workers realized what was happening. they detained him until police arrived. now he's facing some serious charges. >> when police did arrive on the scene, he continued to be combative. one of our officers did deploy a taser to subdue the subject. he's in our custody right now being transported to the hospital foref on a police officer, attempted carjacking, and the hit-and-run accident. >> reporter: coming up at 5:00, you'll hear from a d.c. ment of transportation worker who is out here directing traffic and he talks about what happened, what he witnessed out

the taser allegedly used on leo fish cher schmuhl said he remembered nothing. do you remember stabbing fisher repeatedly? "no." do you remember splitting fisher's "no." do you remember shooting sue duncan? "no." during the questioning by the defense attorneys schmuhl's lawyers tried to further the argument that alicia schmuhl was the astermind behind the attack and -- was the mastermind behind the attack and andrew carried it out because she wanted him to. the trial resumes in the morning with closing arguments expects in the next several days. live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you. developing in baltimore police say a man shot his father in repass services for his brother. i it takes place after a funeral. the shooting was triggered by an argument over the remarks at the memorial. the victim is in stable condition at the hospital. one person is in custody. but the name is not yet been released. alison: pilot error is -- maureen: pilot error is to blame for a private plane that crashed in a gaithersburg neighborhood in december 2014, killin

he doesn't remember riding in the car two days after the attack as she went to purchase the taser andid cell phone. >> asked the prosecutor sarcastically, if you're goi to break into someone's house you're not going to bring your cell phone. >> i don't typically break into people's homes. >> you did november 9th. >> i don't recall. >> you don't remember deciding to kill mr. fisher? >> schmuhl, no. you don't remember cutting his throat? no. you don't remember aiming your gun and shooting it at sue duncan? no. >> reporter: so shortly before court adjourned today schmuhl's lawyers told the judge they want to use the unconsciousness defense that would allow them to call on a medical expert to testify how his many medications could have impacted him and impaired him. earlier in the trial the judge rejected their request to use an involuntary intoxication question. the judge will hear the argument tomorrow morning and make a ruling. >> julie carey reporting. thank you, julie. >>> a cigarette may have sparked a deadly fire i it happened at an apartment on moezby woods drive and a neighbor he

as such, those an investigation has now been launched to look into whether a taser or pepper spray could have been used. >> this officer, her profession, her job is to protect her community. >> the best thing to do would maybe to get another weapon. you can't hold another human being responsible for trying to protect their life as well. people are split about it but at the same time feeling very lucky that nobody was killed. it's a discussion that's going to continue. >>> don't know his name but i do know this guy ain't scared of much. he starts moving stuff out of the way. and then you get your first view right here of what he's looking for. >> python. >> no, not a python. >> dude that thing is huge. it's a cobra >> it's a cobra, yes. >> you should be running out the front door just leave it behind and set fire to that place. >> is this his pet s-he a professional or is he crazy. >> it's not his pet. >> i think he's some kind of a professional since he okay saully walks in here, knows what it is and basically coax that thing out. yes it comes back through the window. you see its hood up

he mistook his gun for a taser during a chase in tulsa, oklahoma. video shows the chase. you can hear a gunshot, then baits say, i shot him, i'm sorry bates is serving a four-year prison guard. he regrets becoming a reserve deputy. >> i regret that i decided to give something back to the community. i wish i hadn't signed up in 2007 to become a reserve deputy. >> the family of the man who was shot and killed say they forgive be punishment. >>> new, scary moments at the columbus zoo after a 7-month-old black bear cub escaped its enclosure. the zoo was quickly reopened. the bear habitat remained closed to gets. >>> you know what a pothole can do to your car. now we know what it can do to a plane. an alaska airlines flight had to be canceled after it got stuck in the hot poll. the pilot revved the engines, but it wouldn't budge. all the passengers were taken off the plane and had to be rebooked on later flights. >>> another nice day in storm warmer and the weather having a low impact on your sunday. plenty of sunshine, low humidity levels. we start off with temperatures in th

police had to taser the driver. officers had been looking for that suspect for a few days. now after all, they've got their man. >>> a solano county firefighter saves a woman from drowning. >> he noticed a woman barely moving in a lagoon. he rushed to her aid and she was barely breathing. he had gotten the water out of her lungs. the family says he saved their mother's life. >>> on vacation and off duty but always willing to help. that was our last story. >> this is the slide. >> this is out of control. >> it's 1,000 people above the ground in los angeles. would you take it? >> you know what? i consider myself fearless, but that is nuts. a 45-foot long glass slide that seats one and it sits 1,000 feet above the ground outside the u.s. bank tower in downtown l.a. this is hard to watch. $8 thrill seekers can climb to one-inch thick tube. take that nearly straight down. >>> coming up, we've got a lot of news this weekend, as well as heat. >> it is going to be a hot weekend. that's coming up in the microclimate forecast. >> and we were looking for an easy friday. we have a cras

he is accused of tasering and zip tying his hands and stabbing him. jonathan elias has what schmuhl had to say. says he: andrew schmuhl does not remember anything about what happened at the home of leo fisher and sue duncan in 2014. fisher had fired his wife from her lawyer job in arlington. in theschmuhl said months leading up to the crime he was miserable with back pain and was -- 13 different opiate prescription drugs. they asked if you remembered stabbing leo fisher repeatedly. no. you remember slitting leo fisher's throat? no. do you remember shooting sue duncan? no. prosecutors say that schmuhl got a prepaid cell phone under a fake name and bloody clothing was found in his car. closing arguments are expected in the next few days. stay with abc 7 for continuing coverage of the case. jonathan elias, abc 7 news. tonight, voters in fairfax county will decide on a 4% meal .ax the county board of supervisors voted to put the issue on the ballot in november. the tax will be added to restaurant and carryout food, including prepared food sold at supermar

also our jailhouse interview with a sheriff's reserve deputy when he took his instead of a taser at a suspect. and problems using google. that's what we see on "nbc nightly news." back to you for now, rob. >>> a beautiful day. 77. it was a perfect day outside. >> it was a beautiful day and beal get to enjoy this again tomorrow. no break in the gray weather as we head into the second half of the weekend. but starting the work week with a bit of an increase in humidity. the storms will hold off until we do have a few chances of storms throughout the work week. we have an air quality report downstate and also the five boroughs for tomorrow. that's 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. sunday. we could have increased ozone levels for air quality alerts to be triggered. right now it is very pleasant in high point at 83 degrees. it's 87 in belvedere. it's 75 in long branch and farmingdale with a little o keep things on the cooler side. on the satellite and radar, we are keeping things clear. that's the way it will stay again tomorrow. high pressure continues to be in control. we will continue to see a l

. >> the other thing is whether or not they use tasers? >> that is a separate issue. again the use of tasers is gonna be a different topic. >> you get the feeling that after some of these high- profile incidents where police may have been able to use something other than a gun, this has spurred the conversation? >> oh, it certainly has. no doubt about it. i mean, whether it was spurred by what the groups have done in terms of what happened with mario woods or the frisco five. the sign that we are hearing is that it's 80% in agreement, there is still some disagreement. there is hope. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> a baltimore police officer on trial for freddie gray's death has been acquitted of all charges, including second- degree murder. >> 25-year-old freddie gray, you remember, died from injuries sustained while in police custody back in april of 2015. >> the officer is the third of six to stand trial. none of them have been found goalie. joe has the late rest i good morning to you. caesar goodson is that officer, 46 years old. this morning a judge acquitt

his partner jumped in the car on the passenger side and both took out their tasers and they say tilman took them and used them on one of the officers. >> it was at that point that officer jones pulled his gun and mr. tilman then grabs the gun. he fired a shot. he grabbed the gun again. fired two more shots. and then fired one last shot while mr. tilman had his hand on the gun. >> an investigation cleared the officers of any wrongdoing. tilman died a few days after the shooting. >>> a group of bikers came together to honor blue angels pilot who was killed when his plane crashed in tennessee. the captain was killed in a crash during a practice flight on thursday for this past weekend's air show. almost 100 bikers met sunday to show their money for his family. the bikers have been collecting money for a memorial bench for the captain. >>> bethesda police are looking into who removed a memorial ghost bike. tim holden was killed by a bicyclist while he was riding his motorcycle last year. that bike has gone missing. neighbors and family are saddened twice over since the death of the former

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as for the suspect in the chase, police said they had to taser him to take him down. >>> heads up foreople in falls church. police received several reports of potentially rabid raccoon coming in contact with people and dogs. this happened on greenwich street, lincoln avenue, park avenue, great falls street and the womb trail. if you see an animal, do not approach. call police. >>> 4:41 your time now on this friday morning. made it through the rough morning yesterday. and we're doing already now. >> chuck bell telling us what we can expect in the day ahead. >> yeah, we're dealing with a lot of clouds this morning. not much rain on radar just yet, there are a few sprinkles up near hague southeastward. but that is really all that is in play front part of the day. rain chances today on the average around 30%, 40% in the metro, 40% to 50% chance closer to the pennsylvania border. temperature-wise, another great day for outdoor running. even with the clouds around, temperatures will peak out only in the upper 70s and low 80s. so a comfy day to be on the outside. may want the pocket umbrella

the vote doesn't address the issue of whether to equip san francisco officers with tasers. >>> two people were hurt in a shooting and stabbing in martinez. it was before 6:00 last night when the sheriff's office task force was getting ready to raid a home on shell avenue. they heard a gunshot and found one person with wounds and another person suffering from stab wounds. the suspect is still at large. investigators did not say why they were preparing to serve a warrant at the home. >>> reports of an inintruder were determined unfounded in dublin after it was placed on a massive lockdown. the fbi and at least 100 officers responded to the alert yesterday and conducted a door to door search. officials at a nearby apartment complex told people living there there was an escapeee from jail. there were rumors of an active shooter on the base. but authorities found nothing and the lockdown was lifted. >>> turning to our continuing coverage of the orlando nightclub shooting, last night new york city honored a resident killed in the massacre. new york's mayor attended his funeral yesterday and his

schmuhl's lawyers argue that he was impaired by multiple medications when he tasered, stabbed and shot a lawyer and his wife. the defense also claims schmuhl's wife was the one who ordered the attack. >>> a juror could make a decision today in the case of antwon pitt. he's accused of raping a woman and a string of crimes in two weeks including cutsing off his ankle monitor before the attack. >>> we now know it was a 21-year-old atv passenger who was killed in frederick, maryland. the frederick county sheriff's office says chris mundy died after the atv he was on ran head-on into a car near michaels mill road. authorities say the atv driver, a 29-year-old, was going too fast and failed to fll traffic control device. he's now in a hospital in baltimore with critical injuries. two people in the car were taken to the hospital, as well, with nonlife threatening injuries. the driver of in metrobus is in the hospital with serious injuries. the bus collided with a pickup truck before it slammed in to a tree yesterday afternoon. ten passengers were also taken to the hospital with less serious i

. >>> plus, stunning video of a cop tasering a teen, leaving him brain damaged. >>> a gruesome discovery in lake land, florida. >>> and hackers target the nfl commissioner. >>> "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm dara brown, breaking news this morning for the first time in america's 240 year history, a woman at the top of the a major party ticket. just a short while ago, nbc projected hillary clinton as the winner in california. and while senator bernie sanders refuses to back downed, the front page of the daily news says it all. secretary clinton has clinched a majority of pledged delegates to become the presumptive nominee for president. also taking new jersey, south carolina, and new mexico, along with california, clinton makes history in breaking that next glass ceiling. >> it may be hard to see tonight, but we are all standing under a glass ceiling right now. thanks to you, we have reached a milestone. first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party nominee. >> clinton also made some of her strongest points against her likely republican opponent,

the defense cannot argue that andrew schmuhl was suffering from medication induced delirium when he tasered, stabbed and shot a man and his wife. prosecutors say schmuhl and his wife 34r57bed tplanned the atta she was fired from the law firm. >>> today some new policies on how to treat transgender students in schools. the fairfax county school board is meeting tonight and several speakers are addressing the board to support and inclusive policy. they are asking for fair and dignified regulations about bathroom access and staff training. >>> metro wants to make sure no one can shut off a metrobus so now it plans to install locks on the buses emergency shutoff switches. last summer someone pulled the switch and shot a man on a metrobus. the drivers ha could for the use radio to communication. >> it used to happen all the time. i don't understand why they have that on the outside of the bus so out in the open where anybody could just come and pull that. it's crazy. >> that emergency switch was put in place so first responders could turn off a bus if there was an emergency. >>> a huge episode o

they use a taser to take down the suspect. >>> even pro football players can't say no to mom.nts rookie eli apple reporting to his first day at practice. arriving with his proud mother, >> this is eli's first day. >> mom, we got to go. >> look at eli's little security man. >> the look on eli's face in the back seat says it all. >>> we have a passing to note tonight. a music legend. ralph stanley, a bluegrass pioneer. he was 89. >>> when we come back here tonight, a father and son, surprising people all across this country with packages waiting at their front door. who are our persons of the week? there are two billion people who don't have access to basic banking, but that is changing. at temenos, with the microsoft cloud, we can enable a banker to travel to the most remote locations with nothing but a phone and a tablet. everywhere where there's a phone, you have a bank. now a person is able to start a business, and employ somebody for the first time. the microsoft cloud helped us to bring banking to ten million people in just two years. it's transforming our world. i'm phil

. >> police said they had to taser the driver to get him under control.he suspect faces a list of charges. >>> well, volkswagen will pay more than $10 billion in settlements from an emissions cheating scandal. most of the money would come and save hundreds of thousands of car owners in the u.s. the average payment would be $5,000. the automaker admitted rigging certain vehicles to pass emissions tests. >>> this morning, a toddler is missing and hundreds of thousands of people are without power after historic flash flooding in west virginia. rescue crews had to suspend their search for the young boy overnight. he was swept away by swift waters as more than 7 inches of rain fell in the area yesterday. the flooding overloaded rivers, made driving dangerous there, stunned residents as they watched what appeared to be a house on fire floating down a career. the governor declare a state of emergency in 44 counties. >>> in covington, virginia, a home caught fire. no one was hurt. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley

he shot eric harris in april of last year after allegedly mistaking his gun for a taser.llegal gun sale and ran from deputies before being shot. the incident sparked outrage over race discrimination and raised questions about training standards. >>> the gunman who went on a shooting rampage in housto texas, sunday fired 212 rounds according to police. the shooter and another victim were killed. 6 people were wounded including two officers. the gunman was a 25-year-old army veteran who suffered from depression. >>> prince harry will hand over an american soldier's invictus medal tomorrow to medics who saved her life. she received it in brittain for a serious lung condition. she asked prince harry to donate the gold medal she won this year so she could give back. good news there. >>> an annual wolfpack racing championship took place in central england this weekend. they drove to beat record times while lugging a 60 pound sack of wool up a 738 foothill. participants also joined with a lighter load of 25 pounds. this event dates back to the middle ages and it highlights the t

after several verbal and physical attacks from the suspect, he used his taser, not his gun. more than 40 officers have received similar awards in the last six months. >>> first time in new jersey, a woman with zika gave birth to a baby with birth defects. the baby was born in hackensack today. the mother got zika in another country. she's reportedly from honduras. >>> the supreme court will not save union workers in their fight over the future of trump taj mahal in atlantic city. justices declined to hear an appeal from workers who say they improperly lost their pension and health benefits when the casino declared bankruptcy. the company says the benfys would have forced the casino to close its doors. lower courts left the cuts in place. >>> the school district of philadelphia is adding two islamic holidays to its calendar. today city leaders announced they will become official holidays and that means students who observe these holidays can get an excused absence until the src approves those days all for all students. >>> a special honor for some students who are doing their

after several verbal and physical attacks from the suspect, the officer used his taser rather than his gun. the philadelphia police department awards its officers a medal of tactical de-escalation. more than 40 philly officers have received similar awares in the last six months. >>> happening today in montgomery county, the overdose antidote known as narcan will be ready to use at three health centers, in norristown, pottstown and willow grove. they'll be available for residents who don't have insurance or for those who can't afford the pharmacy co-pay. pennsylvania is ranked ninth in the country in drug overdoseç deaths. >>> the nbc 10 digital team spent months on the streets documenting the opioid crisis in our area. look for that report, "generation addicted" right now on the nbc 10 app. >>> cleanup is under way after an american legion post went up in flames. the majority of the roof is gone. crews pumped thousands of gallons of water from the basement and repaired electrical lines that ran next to the building. the memorial day fire destroyed keepsake photos, uniforms and medals.

the 74-year-old had said he mistook his handgun for a taser. >>> the wealthy insurance executive wascted of second degree manslaughter last month. after the shooting an internal help memo surfaced questioning bates' qualifications. some wondered if his donations to the office influenced him being deputized. >> there are four surveillance video cameras in a new side compartment for separating those in custody. freddie gray suffered spinal injuries while being transported by baltimore police without a seat belt last year and later died. >> new this morning a western pennsylvania woman was run over by her own car. it happened at a mcdonald's drive through in western pennsylvania over the weekend. the 76-year-old woman dropped her bag of food there at the window. when she bent over to pick it up she fell out of the car and the vehicle rolled over her. family members are hoping for a full recovery. >> the villanova wildcats made a visit to the white house and and received a personal congratulations on their basketball title from president obama. it was all smiles yesterday as the presiden

didn't a 28 and a half year veteran of the san francisco 49ers and i came originally to talk about tasers that's not on the agenda i'll have to come back i thought i'd get an education i heard the term words make a difference so i'll try to be educated and ask you the commission what is the diverse within acting and - does one have less responsibility and incidentally i don't know the xooech i've not met him and hope to melt him later tonight is the first time i have been in the same room with him i'd like to know the difference between acting and intern. >> yeah, so we are in this up i can provide a brief response if i have it acting is the term potential in this department i don't know what at definition between acting and darin intern but oil look at it. >> i assume they have the same responsibility. >> thank you >> next speaker. >> alice senior council and aclu the aclu in san francisco i had 3 precedes working on police reform issues since 1975 the consensus of all of us this is the most time with significant reform in the san francisco in san francisco to reform the police departmen

the officer used his taser rather than his gun.he philadelphia police department awards its officer a medal of tactical de-escalation. more than 40 philly officers have received similar awards in the last six months. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> if you're heading out right now, you can feel the humidity has come back into the area this morning. the humidity is running high. we have the winds coming off the ocean. we've been watching for light fog, a few foggy spots at the shore and south jersey. not as thick as what we saw yesterday morning. a mostly sunny and warm day, a beautiful spring day is ahead. no sign of showers around this evening. the temperatures dropping from the 80s into the 70s this evening. a sea breeze indeed blowing. here comes that moisture. you can feel the difference this morning. that's bringing high humidity levels from south jersey an a bit of fog. inland is not happening. very light fog in blue bell. not a problem for mt. holly or philadelphia inter

he was eventually shot by bates who said he meant to use his taser. not his gun on the subject. >>> all right. let's turn to business where amazon ceo jeff bezos spoke out about censorship when asked about peter thiel who is funding hulk hogan's lawsuit. >> yes, the amazon ceo said that billionaires need to get a thicker skin rather than fighting media outlets that are attacking him. as you mentioned it was in answer to the question about peter thiel, the venture capitalists decision to back the lawsuit against the gossip blog, gawker. amazon is the ener of "the washington post" so i think perhap that was the hat he was wearing. but he didn't just reserve his criticism for that. he criticized donald trump and his efforts to freeze the media's examining of him. he said, look, america is a democracy, there's free speech. actually a presidential candidate should respect that. so not reserving his criticism for those that are at the -- attacking the media. quickup date on the markets, a bit of weakness in the u.s. yesterday. weakness here in europe as wel

the review also found inappropriate use of tasers and pepper spray. are you concerned that the previous lack of restraint that has been demonstrated is going to show itself during the protest of the rnc? that. we're concerned not only because of the reputation of cleveland division police themselves, but also because there are other law enforcement agencies that are brought in to assist. lisa: are you concerned about the reputation that's been laid on the cleveland police department going into something as potentially volatile as the rnc? >> sure. we're always concerned about reputation, but we'd ask people to look at the facts. lisa: and as for the protestors, loomis says their actions will dictate how this convention plays out. >> speak your mind, do whatever it is that you're going to do for protesting, don't throw a rock at my guys. don't break a window. don't burn a car. that just brings a negative light to whatever you're trying to sell and everything will be fine. >> we have a very good police department and i'm proud of them. they work very ha

. >>> stunning video of a cop tasering a teen leaving him brain >>> a gruesome discovery in florida. "early today" starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> breaking news overnight. for the first time in america's 240-year history, a woman is at the top of a major party ticket. but while the democratic primary out of california is still too early to call, senator bernie sanders refuses to back down. the front page of the new york "daily news" says it all secretary clinton has clenched a majority of pledged delegates to become the presumptive democratic nominee for president. taking new jersey and south dakota and new mexico hillary clinton makes history in breaking the next glass ceiling. >> it may be hard to see tonight, but we are all standing under a glass ceiling right now. thanks to you, we have reached a milestone. first time -- first time in our nation's history that aan >> clinton also made some of her strongest points against her likely republican opponent donald trump. >> donald trump is tem rah mentally unfit. he is not just trying to build a wall betw

and of course they'll point and your taser. >> no. >> your begun. >> no. >> the answer was -- >> my pense my pe inform the most. >> officer cane is a member of the 14th police district. thank you, sir. >>> more people are choosing to live eco friendly or as some call it living green. it's at the top of a lot of people's minds and for others at the top of their homes. >> green roofs are popping up all over the region and that had us wondering how do they help the earth? it's a good question and nicole brewer is here witness answer tonight. >> you may be surprised to know when it comes to green roof square footage philly ranks fourth in the country as of last year there were 111 green roofs all across our city with 60 more set for construction. so this fall there was a new bill introduced by city council that would increase tax credits for these rooftop gardens we're definitely seeing a trend here in philadelphia and that got us wondering how does a green roof actually help the environment? good question. we went a few stories up for the answer. ♪ >> you've heard of green roofs. >> i live