officer adam torres fire a single shot surprising everybody there. torres told investigators he saw geer reach for his waist, something no other officer there saw. >> john was shot unjustly. he had his hands above his head. >> reporter: five months before he shot john geer officer torres blew up in court at commonwealth attorney charles peters using the f word numerous times and storming out. peters said he was somewhat stunned by the meltdown when he spoke to detectives investigating the geer shooting. we now know what caused torres to lose control. he had arrested someone on dui

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we now know what caused torres to lose control. he had arrested someone on dui after pulling them over for changing lanes without using a turn signal. the commonwealth attorney explained to him that it's not illegal to not use a turn signal and the case would have to be dismissed because torres did not have a reason to pull the person over. >> if he is that much of a hot head, he shouldn't have a weapon in his hands and maybe that's what the county doesn't want revealed, that this man maybe shouldn't have been there. >> reporter: county supervisors say they are making changes. >> look back over how this was handled and what happened, we would have done things differently as far as communicating with the public and communicating with the family about things that had happened and we need to fix that and we are fixing that. >> reporter: in fairfax peggy fox, wusa9. >> the geer family is headed to court friday where they are hoping to get the internal affairs report on adam torres' courthouse meltdown. >>> police in arlington are inves

torres insisted the shooting was justified and not accidental. >> there was no warning coming from torres that he was going to shoot. >> reporter: it took a court order 16 months after the shooting to force fairfax county to release information. >> the county supervisors are elected by the people to represent the people. they should share our outrage. instead they shared in the circling of the wagons. in my opinion it's a board of supervisors that represents the police department, not the people. >> reporter: the documents also reveal officer adam torres had a previous outburst in court in which he lost control and yelled and screamed at a prosecutor. it was serious enough to prompt an internal affairs investigation. >> should an officer who has that kind of a temper, at least on that day with the commonwealth attorney in the most inappropriate places of all, in a courthouse, be carrying a weapon? i don't know enough yet, but we hope to find out. >> reporter: in fairfaxing fair -- fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. >>> chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking the spots where the temps could g

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torres told investigators he saw geer reach for his waist, but none of the other four officers there saw any quick movements from geer. five months before that shooting torres had an emotional outburst in court in which he cussed out a commonwealth attorney. supervisor chair sharon buloba says torres faced some action after that incident but would not state what it was. >> by the mere fact this meltdown is already public information, but yet they're still fighting all requests to release this officer's internal files, it leads one to believe what else is in there they don't want people toknow? >> the geer family is seeking the internal affairs report about the incident. a judge will hear that request friday. at 7:00 find out what it was that caused officer adam torres to lose it in court. >>> it's been rumored for days and tonight it's official. the top leader of one of the top school districts in the country is out. now a nationwide search is on to replace him. >> montgomery county is looking for a new school superintendent and bruce leshan is live in rockville with more on the oust

torres told another officer he had seen geer standing at the door towards his house and put his hand s -- towards his waist. >> asked him several times if they could not back away and let john cool off. i was told they could not allow him to go into the house because he might hurt himself. >> in an interview torres told investigators he did nothing wrong. >> it was justified. i have no doubt about that at all. i don't feel sorry for shooting the guy at all. >> tonight john geer's father says about the ruling it is moving in the right direction. we have been sitting around for almost a year and a half he says, and up until recently, a absolutely nothing was happening. now based in our favor. the court has ordered release of information about an investigation into an argument torres head with a prosecutor. all those documents must be released by february 20. >> just in from prince george's county tonight, a quick arrest after a woman was found murdered in an apartment in adelphi. rudolph phelps is charged with first-degree murder. police arrived at the condominiums just before noon. th

. >> i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. i go on a journey of a lifetime, ten days off the coast of costa rica. including a dive in a submarine. there prepare to dive. >> that will take me down to 10,000 feet under the sea. >> i get paid to play in mud. like my dreams. >> that's our team. now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome to "techknow" i'm phil torres joined by marita davison and dr. shini somara. the earth is covered by ocean yet we know about the planets more than we do about the surface of the ocean. my question to you is, why should we care about what's down there? >> we are just starting to understand how the ocean and the deep ocean is going to be on providing global scale. >> and it seems like a harsh landscape down there and very, very far down. and there are a few technologies that allow us to go down there and you have a chance to go down there. >> 10,000 feet, just to get a chance to go down there it's tricky. i had a chance in a submarine called alvin. take a look. >> as we look for signs of li

i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. dr. shini somara, life and death in the or, one woman in desperate need of a transplant. will the donor lung arrive before it's too late? marita davidson is a biologist specializing in ecologist and evolution. tonight, swimming with sharks and a shark robot that will one day protect these fascinating creatures. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist exploring spiders in the rain forests of peru. now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> hi guys, i'm phil torres, welcome to a very special episode of "techknow." we're getting revolutionary access to technology, a revolution story, dr. shini somara to tell it. >> it is one of the most interesting things i've ever done in my life. changed my idea, machines replacing human bodies essentially. take a look. >> breathing. it usually happens so naturally, most of us never

antolin garcia-torres accusedantolin garcia-torres accused of murdering the teen. >> disappointing. prolonging it. discovery, trying to get it ready. to me and the rest of the crew, we think it is excuses. >> reporter: the judge postponing setting a trial date for another six weeks. antolin garcia-torres attorneys are hesitant to commit to a trial. >> i would say this is not an unexpected delay. >> reporter: he was arrested in 2012. two months after sierra lamar vanished on her way to school. a grand jury indicted him last year. experts say the reason why the process is taking so long is because the ds seeking the death penalty and it is difficult since sierra lamar's body hasn't been found. >> the judge recognizes that that requires a lot of time and they want to make sure he gets a fair trial. >> it is frustrating. again you learn to manage it. >> reporter: sierra lamar's father supports the death penalty. the da warning the family the case could take years but every day he says it doesn't get any easier. >> you are always grieving. you just learn to manage and, you know, keep her

>> officer torres has a lot of explaining to do. >> in a police interview days after the shooting torres said this. >> it was justified. i have no doubt about that at all. i don't feel sorry for shooting the gun at all. >> attorney mike leeberman represents the people of john geer. >> i don't think anybody has handleed this well. where is the justice? >> and on friday the attorneys for the geer family will be asking a judge for more documentation on adam torres while the geer shooting investigation remains in the hands of the u.s. attorney's office. meanwhile, fairfax county board members say they are working to change policies on when and how information is released after a police involved incident. live in the newsroom jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> ok, jeff. thank you. it was an emotional day as navy yard building 197 reopened today for the first time since a gunman's deadly rampage there in september of 2013. this after an 18 month renovation to that building where 12 innocent people were killed. as john gonzalez reports, the reopening marks a milestone. >> similar to how a new navy s

torres insisted the shooting was justified and not accidental. >> there was no warning coming from torresthat he was going to shoot. >> reporter: it took

i'm phil torres here with kyle and rachelle. can i do with bamboo to get around town? >> turns out you can build a bike. we were using bamboo for well over a century. but down in greensboro, alabama, you can build a bike with an innovative new design. why don't we check it out? deep in the heart of rowe alabama, the once thriving town of greensboro is struggling. a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line. the catfish capital is struggling to keep its head above water. >> what happened when you came here? >> about 75% of the shops shut down. >> there was one thing they had plenty of. >> we have a lot of bamboo. you have to have something you're making out of it. >> pandor became somewhat of a one woman stimulus plan for governor'sboro, running the hero foundation, she tapped into the town's most unwanted resource to do it. bamboo bicycles aren't exactly a new idea. they have been around since the first one was introduced back in 1894. and now they are gaining popularity in small bike shops like this one. but none o

. >> thank you hello officer torres. >> i'm officer torres representing the police station let me give you a little bit of clafrtd how this whole thing can about age as a result insides the nan curry restaurant sometime in november officers made a complaint to me and said the operators at the restaurant refused to show their permits and they were completely uncooperative i connected the tax collectors office and did an investigation as to their permits calls for service and report and so on what i find out was that, in fact they didn't pay their tax licenses for the 3 reinforces and i have the receipt right here this is dated december the 26 and shows tests outstanding for the 3 years and clearly the code reads that he can't operate his extended hours provided without paying his tax licenses i substantially went out to nan and curry in a few days and spoke to the operator at the restaurant no permits displaced and not able to produce any permits at all and then let's see i called to try to get ahold of the applicant 3 times and he never received any kaldz back from him you have copies

court documents show officer adam torres shot and killed john geer during a stand-off back in august 2013. but it took until this past month with a court order from fairfax county police to release any details on the case. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has followed this case since day one. he was in court today and here with the newest twist in all of this. jeff? >> alison, we just heard moments ago from the best friend of john geer that and he and the family of mr. geer are pleased with today's ruling saying authorities must be held accountable in this case. the internal affairs investigation into the shooting started last september more than a year after the shooting took place. today in court a judge ruling that fairfax county must turn over findings from that investigation as well as an investigation into an incident that took place here at the courthouse in 2013. attorneys for the family of john geer argue that officer adam torres had anger issues raising questions as to whether he should have been on the street and armed the day he shot john geer in august of 201

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investigators asked torres about that later. torres insisted the shooting was justified and it was not accidental. >> there was no warning coming from torres that he was going to shoot. >> reporter: do you think that this was just a mistake? >> i don't know what was going on in torres' mind, but obviously he has some situations that need to be looked at. >> reporter: you think he should continue to be an officer? >> definitely no. >> reporter: it took a court order 16 months after the shooting to for fairfax county to release information. >> the county supervisors are elected by the people to represent the people. they should share our outrage. instead they shared in the circling of the wagons. in my opinion it's the board of supervisors that represents the police department, not the people. >> reporter: there is one thing the county still has not released concerning the john geer shooting and that is the internal affairs report of the investigation of that outburst adam torres had in the courthouse. coming up at 6:00 hear from

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after the murder torres took off and was on the run for seven years. police found him in italy in 2013. he was extradited on the condition prosecutes agreed not to seek the death penalty. torres maintained his innocence telling prosecutors that a loan shark, who he ode money to was actually the killer. >>> a shooting and robbery in coatesville, chester county police took jamal battle into custody custody. they say he shot a man during a robbery on north eighth avenue and east diamond street last friday morning. the victim survived. police want to find a second man who was with battle at the time. >>> and new at 6:00 atlantic city just borrowed $12 million to refinance a note due today. the new loan will be due in august. to pay it back, the city will use federal grants for hurricane sandy repairs. that should pay about $10 million of it. last month governor chris christie appointed an emergency manager and a special consultant to help stabilize the city's finances. >>> the owners of trump taj mahal in atlantic city facing a legal battle. the main casin

only the shooter officer adam torres, felt threatened. gle jerked his hands down near his waist write thought he could have another firearm. >> other officers said they never saw his hands go below his shoulders. officer rodney barnes had asked to scratch his nose, was putting his hands back up when he was shot. >> i was pissed like what just happened here? >> another officer called the shooting a complete surprise. right after the shooting torres told another officer "i'm sorry" but didn't say that to investigators. >> it was justified i have no doubt about that at all. i don't feel sorry for shooting the guy at all. >> geer's daughters now teenagers do not understand why this happened to their father. neither does don geer who hopes to finally get justice. >> there's no reason why i should have had to go through the misery i have had to have gone through for this period of time. >> and this case continues. the family, the estate representing the two daughters has are field a civil suit against the county. but there's also a question of

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officer torres told investigators it was not accidental, no, it was justified. i have no doubt about that at all. i don't feel sorry for shooting the guy at all. the justice department has been brought in to investigate the fairfax county police shooting. we have the link to that extensive release police report on wusa9.com. >>> tonight, the daughter of the late singer, whitney houston, was found unresponsive and face down in the bathtub in her home. tonight, bobby christina-brown, is in a roswell, georgia, hospital. tmz is reporting the 21-year- old is in an medical induced coma. neighbors say it's not the first time authorities have been called to that residence. >> i think there's been a number of situations. i know security has been involved. i don't know to what extent, but she is pretty much been here, even when she was with whitney really on her own. >> roz well police were called to the home brown and husband nick gordon for a report of a fight. nobody there when they arrived. you might recall it was just over three years ago that bobby christina's mothe

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i might need mine. >> reporter: that officer nielsen and torres originally responded to the domestic dispute call but later switched his position with barns. geer remained in the doorway with his hands up. >> he was trying to get him out of the house. >> reporter: barnes goes back and forth with geer who the officers say felt agitated with torres' gun especially lowered right at him even when he scratched his nose and at time had his finger on the trigger. >> he's just agitated officers had their guns out. >> reporter: the officers say geer announced before he went to touch his nose, but it wasn't until torres tells investigators geer made a quick move towards his waist with both arms that he fired that one shot. this is how the other officers described that same moment. >> it was a complete surprise. his hand was literally like this, not -- he wasn't doing one of these quick grabs. >> >> as his hands are coming down and his arms, they get about here. >> reporter: you're showing about your shoulders. >> my shoulder height. >> i'm not here to throw him under the bus or anything like t

i'm not here throw officer torres under the bus but i didn't see what he saw. >> officer torres apparentlyaw something other than what we saw. i just can't feel he was justified in pulling the trigger. >> reporter: even after these many months there's been no determination whether the shooting was justified or torres should be charged. it's under the review of the justice department's civil rights division. >> representing the family in a wrongful death suit. >> was his ability to perceive affected by the fact he had just been in a fight with his wife an hour before the scene? i don't know. these are things we are discovering. >> the police department and leaders have been under fire for waiting so long to release the details of the shooting. they say lessons have been learned. >> i feel we could have attorney a much better job of sharing information both to the family but also to be more clear with the public about the basics of what happened. >> reporter: john geer's family attorneys say they learned something important from the court documents that the officer had a meltdown just months

stint she introductions us to a scientist out to change the i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. . that's the team, let's do some science. bsh [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> hey, any, welcome to "techknow" i'm phil torres, joined by crystal dilworth, and shini somara. you are about to take us on a journey, an experimental matthews. >> this is an emotional piece. we followed the retrieval of grace's umbilical cord blues cell, and we had access to where they condition those cells for treatment in the hope of saving her life. let's take a look. >> reporter: it was just after 8:30 by the time sara matthews, her mum and baby grace stepped out of the pick-up truck. and into the north carolina night. this isn't the first time they have come to the ronald mcdonald house mere duke university, and it will not be the last. they are here for little grace. >> when did you find out that grace had the condition? >> it was a 20 week ultrasound, went to find out if it was a boy or girl. waited for the doctor to get us. she came and told us that she had bad news. >> reporter: grace had brain. >> me and my husban

. >> i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. sleep. >> it will track my sleeve. marita, costa and i see if the devices work. that's the team. let's do some science. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> hi, guys i'm phil torres, and welcome to "techknow". i'm with costa and marita davison. instead of science, let's talk football. now, i'm a broncos fan. when i saw what the 49ers did with their new stadium, i'll feel bad every time the broncos beat the niners. >> if their game is half as good trouble. >> when you think n.f.l., small does not come to mind. it's full of big excitement and business. don't think of it in terms of being a big player. the stadium may be poised to change that. i got to check out environmental advances. >> reporter: it's game day at levi stadium, home of the san francisco 49ers, at first glance the scene in the parking lot it classical football - tailgating team revalry. san francisco football is changing the playbook. >> we pushed architects and engineers to think about everything that could be green. >> reporter: in trying to win the green game. this is th

i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. a young woman murdered, a trail that went cold after 19 years. tonight it's the real csi, solving crimes hike never before. kosta grammatis, is a scientist, tonight he shows us everything you need to know about 3d printing. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist exploring spiders in the rain forests of peru. that's our team. ow let's do some science. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys i'm phil torres, whom to "techknow" and i'm here with kosta and crystal, your story has the mystery of a scientist and tell me about it. >> i was looking at how new kinds techniques can influence the crime fighting. take a look. >> high speed cameras. >> cross light on it, then you can spot them back here. >> new ways to match dna. >> stem back without contaminating any of the evidenc

phil torres. i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. that's hour team, nout let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", joined by dr ross shimabuku, and lindsay moran. microscopic things have been making news. viruses. take ebola - it caught america offguard. in some places we overreacted and in other places we doesn't do enough. >> there's a lot of scare around ebola, because we don't know much about it, compared to measles. which is also a hot topic. >> when we think of diseases we tend to think of containment. how do we contain them. i had an opportunity to meet a small group of scientists who are seeking out the pathogens in order to understand it. it might surprise people that metropolis. that's good reason for that. let's have a look. >> reporter: we are all vulnerable to the tiny viruses. >> microscopic agents causing big diseases. >> reporter: these infectious agents know now boundaries and in today's hyper connective world, they can move fast. like others, like small pox are eradicated. others spring back to li

. >> i am phil torres. i am an eventmologist. tonight, a special edition of techknow: the revolution on the road. an experimental toyota. the only emission: water. could this be the new way to fill er' up? then, dr. shinny samara, a mechanical engineer, the latest in crash test dummies and how researchers are turning to 3d imaging to make those dummies a little smarter. >> there is a graphic, of the different impacts. >> an engineer who designed everything from satellites in space to bionic eyes. >> i love watching the steering wheel. giving us a whole new meaning to being a back seat driver. >> that's our team. now, let's do some science. i am phil torres driving along the beautiful southern california coast. i am behind a wheel of one of toyota's hydrogen fuel demo vehicles, one of a slew of innovations making the car of the future the car of now. the streets of tonies california a lab for the game changing electronic vehicle. the newest hydrogen fuel cell car. this is the hot room at toyota's technical center where they tested