soledad: deborah gist superintendent from tulsa. thank you. deborah: thank you. >> next on "matter of fact." to group people by politics? but not by race? supreme court says about how election maps could be losers.the winners and and later. need work? inwe are looking at probably manufacturing two million jobs. >> find out if you have the right oledad: an important gerrymander case to update you on the supreme court ruled 8-0 5-3 the strict and other with conservative justice thomas clarence agreeing with liberal justices large of a ayed too role in creating districts in north carolina. they look like. district one is described as an district 12 has been described as looking serpentine. republicans who contro the legislature in 2011 roups too many african-americans in those two districts. thus, weakening the elsewhere rican vote in the state. it cover a huge impact in other and icts in north carolina outside the state specifically wisconsin and maryland. the founder of the southern coalition for social justice in north carolina. to have you. a

she joins us from tulsa which is hometown. thanks for being with us. i appreciate it. has been the reaction with these very drastic cuts?

after shooting an unarmed man, abc's clayton sandell in tulsa. >> no justice, no peace!> reporter: tonight, the jury's acquittal of a tulsa police officer is proving almost as controversial as the shooting itself. >> shots fired! >> reporter: officer betty shelby told "60 minutes" she opened fire on 40-year old terence crutcher, fearing he was reaching for weapon. >> i never want to kill anyone. >> reporter: but crutcher was unarmed, and the killing of a black man by a white officer made tulsa the latest flashpoint in the nationwide debate over police use of force. >> terence didn't have a gun. terence had his hands up, and she still got away with murder. denies racism, but tulsa's mayor tonight her attorney tells us she wants her job back. >> she thinks she can help people understand and educate in what happened, why it happened and try to help heal. >> reporter: but shelby's future as a cop is now up to tulsa city officials. they say a decision is coming soon. david. >> clayton, thank you. >>> when we come back -- the new medical headline involving women and a form of

and today, i'm in tulsa, oklahoma.ere to meet the son of a remarkably successful businessman and epic hoarder. file this under 80 years of grit and true metal and 40 acres of scrap metal. >> my name is john hemphill. in february 2016, my father passed away. he left me a thriving company that's a testament to his business acumen. he also left me a 3 million-pound headache that says a lot about my dad, too. >> i meet john in the lobby of hemphill corporation. and this was your dad. >> yeah, this is dad. he started the business back in the '50s. and i'm running it now. come on. i'll show you. >> as john drives me around the company, i come to understand the "jekyll and hyde" nature of his strange inheritance. these look like cell towers. >> yeah, these are guide towers for wireless communication. and that's our main business now. >> but his dad built that business while indulging his industrial-strength urge for collecting. big stuff -- iron, scrap metal, machinery... things you can't squirrel away in a closet. take, john

and today, i'm in tulsa, oklahoma.'m here to meet the son of a remarkably successful businessman and epic hoarder. file this under 80 years of grit and true metal and 40 acres of scrap metal. >> my name is john hemphill. in february 2016, my father passed away. he left me a thriving company that's a testament to his business acumen. he also left me a 3 million-pound headache that says a lot about my dad, too. >> i meet john in the lobby of hemphill corporation. and this was your dad. >> yeah, this is dad. he started the business back in the '50s. and i'm running it now. come on. i'll show you. >> as john drives me around the company, i come to understand the "jekyll and hyde" nature of his strange inheritance. these look like cell towers. >> yeah, these are guide towers for wireless communication. and that's our main business now. >> but his dad built that business while indulging his industrial-strength urge for collecting. big stuff -- iron, scrap metal, machinery... things you can't squirrel away in a closet. take,

the city of tulsa, tulsa county, the indian nations council of governments and the oklahoma department of transportation have crafted a partnership. the oklahoma turnpike authority will leverage the work that has been accomplished the expressway as a federalized toll facility. they will solicit interest from potential third-party contractors and investors and limited public-private partnership. the proposed partnership will share only in the cost of construction which will be partially offset with the defined cash contribution from the o.t.a. and from the sale of bonds. while many variables with the gilcrease project yet to be solved, funding and financing methodologies can be combined and leveraged to successfully and quickly deliver transportation improvement projects that might not be financially viable otherwise. well-defined transportation system needs and in turn generate a user specific revenue stream in order to finance or partially finance construction, operation and maintenance should be enhanced in the federal program and should not be unnecessarily restricted. in conclusion

after many years of discussion at loma turnpike authority the city of tulsa, tulsa county the indian nations council of governments the oklahoma department of transportation and the federal highway administration have crafted an innovative partnership. the oklahoma turnpike authority will leverage the investment in work that has been accomplished to construct the gil kreis expressway segment as a federalize toll facility. it is anticipated that ota will develop a process to solicit interest from potential third-party contractors and investors and limited public-private partnership or the riposte partnership will share only the cost of construction which will be partially offset by the defined cash contribution from the ot and the sale of bonds. while many variables with the project are yet to be solved it's evident that a variety of funding and financing methodologies can be combined and leverage to successfully and quickly deliver transportation improvement projects that might not be financially viable otherwise. innovation to address certain well-defined transportation system needs

don champion has our report. >> reporter: a jury in tulsa, oklahoma, found tulsa police officer betty jo shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of 40-year-old terence crutcher last september. shelby shot crutcher on a city street after his suv stalled. she told police she thought he was reaching for a gun when she fired the fatal shots. the father of four was not armed and no gun was found in his vehicle. the prosecutor said crutcher was never a threat to shelby. he was walking away from her with his hands up when she shot him. >> terence was not an imminent threat. terence did not attack her. terence did not charge at her. terence was not the aggressor. betty shelby murdered my brother. >> reporter: betty jo shelby took the witness stand in her own defense. she thought he was on pcp and thought he would kill her. she told "60 minutes" she prayed she would not have to use legal force. >> i'm feeling his intent to do me harm. i kept thinking, please don't do this, please don't make this happen. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: a small group of protest

alicia acuna is a life us in tulsa. >> yes, the mayor of tulsa today said the greatest issue facing thisis racial disparity, and while the police department here is accessing signs of a leaf that one of their own was acquitted, the police chief acknowledged there is a lot of work in front of them. >> we know we have had feelings. we understand that. we are committed absolutely to making a better relationship where we can ensure trust and cooperation for our community. >> offers their betty shelby found not guilty in the shooting that happened in september. she was responding to a domestic violence call when she came upon terence crutcher's suv stopped in the blocking traffic. shelby said she shot him out of fear when he refused demands to get on the ground, and she says reached into his suv for what she thought was a gun. prosecution says she overreacted. he did not have a gun in his suv, but the drug pcp was found in his system. four of the 12 jurors had tears in their eyes when that verdict was read. >> i don't know what was in the mind of that jury, how they could come to that conclus

protests in tulsa oklahoma after a police office ear quitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. protesters marched held hand and shouted hand up, don't shoot. officer betty shelby says she was afraid for her own life when crutcher's family says the officer got away with murder. >> definitely -- this is definitely a tough pill to swallow. >> i don't know what was in the mind of that jury, how they would come to that conclusion. you did your job, but i'm wondering what were you thinking about. >> we should mention there were also some signs, supporting shelby after the verdict. >> the transjend u.s. soldier convicted in one of the biggest information leaks in u.s. history now free. the army says private chal see manning on unpaid offduty status that will allow her to live anywhere she wants and wear civilian clothing. manning had been serving 35-year sentence in kansas military prison. president obama granted her clemen see before leaving office. >> for the first time american women in their early 30s are having more babies than younger moms. health experts say the shift is due to

people have seen shouting quote no justice, no peace, no racist police on the streets of tulsa. later a smaller group blocked off roads in the downtown area, but despite all the angry feelings, it was relatively peaceful and nobody was arrested or hurt. >>> and everything should be back to normal after a computer outage caused major delays. dmv workers were kept from registering vehicles or license for hours. many decided not to wait and others just stood and stood and stood in line hoping for the best. >> we have been standing in line and a lot of people left real angry, and i think it's not worth it. we have been waiting here for 45 minutes. >> normally the line is around the block, so normally you come to dmv and you expect to wait at least a couple hours. >> the dmv computers came back slowly and it's trying to determine what caused the outage in the first place. >>> and then take a look at the surveillance photos from april 21st. it shows a suspect walk into the cvs and then he pointed a gun at the an employee, and he was a black man about 25 years old, and 5'7", around 200

after many years of discussion discussion, the oklahoma turnpike authority, the city of tulsa, tulsa county, the indian nations, and the federal highway administration have crafted an innovative partnership. the turnpike authority will leverage the work that has been accomplished to complete the session as a federalized toll facility. it is anticipated that it will build a process to solicit interest into limited public-private partnership. the proposed partnership will share only in the cost of construction which will be off set with cash contribution from the ota and from the sale of bonds. while many variables with the project get to be solved, it is evident that a variety of funding and financing methods can be combined to deliver transportation improvement projects that might not be financially viable otherwise. innovation to address certain well-defined transportation system needs and in-turn generate a user specific refuse knew stream in order to finance or partially finance construction, operation and maintenance should be enhanced in the federal program and not be restricted

. >> breaking overnight, the tulsa police officer acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed man. we have reaction to the decision coming in right now. >> then, severe storms on the move. they have already spawned deadly tornados. that leveled neighborhoods. where the threat is. >> the fidget spinners, one girl's experience and her x ray highlighting something that could go very wrong with the toy. thursday, may 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". feels like we start off every day this week with the same thing. we have very big news to got to this morning. >> less than two weeks since health care. iffage in all that happened since then. >> again, a stunner, special prosecutor overseeing the investigation into russia's possible election meddling. >> former fbi director, robert mull. >> narrator: has, sweeping hours to prosecute any crimes that he uncovers as he looks into the possibilities of ties between russia and the trump campaign. the firing of comey and allegations trump asked comey to drop the probe into michael flynn. those are possible investigatio

autria, small protests erupt overnight in tulsa after last nights not guilty verdict a jury found officer betty shelby not guilty of manslaughter. she fatally shot terence crutcher during a traffic stop last year.. after he refused commands to lie down. she says she thought he was reaching for a gun, and feared for her life. but video shows.. his hands were up. no gun was found. but crutcher was found to be high on p-c-p. and did not obey officers orders. crutcher's family members say they're outraged by the verdict. the police union victory for anyone, but they're glad their member was found non guilty. if shelby had been convicted, she could have faced life in prison. developing now.. an officer and suspect recovering after a wild scene in arlington. it began with a traffic stop yesterday afternoon on glebe road. police say the driver hit an officer with a pick up truck, causing them to open fire. that driver was hit and is now at a hospital in critical condition. the officer is recovering from serious but non-life threatening injuries. the incident forced the i-395 southbound ramp to b

clayton sandell, abc news, tulsa. >> just incredible case. mean, a lot of attention on it because of so many, obviously police involved shootings over the past couple years. >> it was one of the shootings that played out for the most part. on camera. and so it is one of the cases when you seep it and hear it, resonates so much. the defense attorney, shannon mcmurray is coming to betty shelby's defense saying shelby was a model officer who followed her training that day. we have seen these scenarios play out in court cases before. >> i wonder how much the jury makeup as far as ethnicity has an impact. looking at, walter scott case in charleston, the makeup there was, all white except for they had that have an impact. hung jury. that case has been settled in federal court with him pleading guilty. >> in this case, looking at two black women, seven white women, three white men. alternates, one black man, one white woman. diversity of the jury that's what they're looking at. many people will be watching the case closely. >> definitely. >> in our

. >>> breaking overnight protests in tulsa of a police officer is acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. protesters marched and shouted, no justice, no peace and hands up, don't shoot. officer betsy shelby testified that she shot terence crutcher out of fear because he failed to obey her commands. now, prosecutors say shelby overreacted and crutcher had his hands in the air at the time. crutcher's family says shelby got away with murder. >> this is definitely a tough pill to swallow. >> i don't know what was in the mind of that jury, could come to that conclusion. you did your job but i'm wondering what were you thinking about. >> and the governor is asking residents of oklahoma to stay calm and respect the jury's verdict. >>> now here's a look at today's weather. heavy rain and wind are continuing to rage across parts of iowa. the storms have already knocked down trees and power lines leaving thousands without power. more than two dozen tornadoes ripped across much of the central u.s. two people have been killed. one in oklahoma, one in wisconsin. the twisters also level

that is the verdict from a tulsa jury in the case of betty shelby, the white police officer on trial for manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man whose veekd stalled out. the 12-person jury, two of whom were black women deliberated for over nine hours before reaching the verdict. once it was announced, about 100 protesters gathered outside the courthouse. the demonstration remained peaceful and later dispersed. crutcher's sister expressed outrage and vowed to take action. >> i'm going to make sure that i don't rest until we get reform for this police department in tulsa, oklahoma. >> after officer shelby ran out of the courthouse through its back door. >>> a possible bird strike forced a jetblue strike to the airport to new york jfk to turn back around for an emergency landing. the airline says the bird hit an engine about 15 minutes into flight. passengers shared images after the plane landed safely at dulles. crews foamed the plane to clean up a fuel spill to prevent fire. no injuries were reported. one passenger gave thanks to the hero crew for guiding the plane

tulsa officer betty jo shelby was found not guilty yesterday of first-degree manslaughter.erence crutcher was shot and killed in september and it was all captured on camera. shelby testified that she fired out of fear because she said crutcher did not obey her commands and thought he was reaching for something in his s-u-v. prosecutors argued that shelby overreacted and pointed out that crutcher had his hands in the air. crutcher's family is outraged over the verdict. (darya) last night there were some protests in downtown tulsa over the verdict. ( mark ) the mother of a missing 5-year-old southern california boy is pleading for his safe return. the mother of aramazd andressian junior reported him missing on april 22nd after his father failed to show up for a scheduled custody exchange

. >> plus, protests break out overnight in tulsa. reaction pouring in this morning after a white officer is cleared in the killing of a black man. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, ♪[ music ] finally over in the east bay. good morning. >>> an additional shoe to drop so we need to take affirmative action. >> a local democrat is calling for president trump's removal from office. plus -- >> we are very relieved to have the suspect in custody. >> a suspected arsonist is arrested in connection to a string of car fires in the east bay. >> but first, a standoff is finally over in the east bay. good morning, it's thursday, may 18. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:30. >>> the standoff ended with an arrest. kpix 5's jackie ward is live near knottingham drive on alinda road with the latest. >> reporter: after hours of being here police are still on knottingham drive in el sobrante right in front of this home. this is where the standoff was taking place and this is where one man was arrested. but the s.w.a.t. team left, but there's sti

we see the case in tulsa, oklahoma starting this week.brings us back in mind of what happened in ferguson, which you really deal with not the personalities, not the drama, but really the intrinsic problems that these police issues come to the surface. >> and in ferguson, one of the things that's important. you have a police department that was working on predatory way for the purposes of extracting revenue from them. that was going on for years with no one stopping them. it was only the presence of protests in the wake of michael brown's death, and the entrance of the doj on to the scene that produced some level of accountability for that police department. the it's not a big police department. it's about 55 cops. the thing that kept coming to mind when i was in ferguson watching talking to people and every sickle person i talked to complaint after complaint about how they were treated by the police, was how many more fergusons are there? the it's just a town. >> the reason it became so important. i was in ferguson from the beginning when

tulsa officer betty jo shelby was found not guilty yesterday of first-degree manslaughter.tcher was shot and killed in september and it was all captured on camera. shelby testified that she fired out of fear because she said crutcher did not obey her commands and thought he was reaching for something in his s-u-v. prosecutors argued that shelby overreacted and pointed out that crutcher had his hands in the air. crutcher's family is outraged over the verdict. ( mark ) last night there were some protests in downtown tulsa over the verdict. ( darya ) coming up... a mother is outraged this morning after taking her son to a california barber. see why the kid could lose all of his hair. and later... google's annual tech conference is underway in the bay area. see some of the new gadgets unvei

provide reliever for growing congested concerns.homa the oklahoma turnpike authority, the city of tulsa, the indian nations council of government, oklahoma department of transportation, federal highway administration have crafted an innovative partnership. the turnpike authority will leverage the investment in work that's been accomplished to construct the segment as a federalized toll facility. it's anticipated that ot will develop a process to solicit interest from potential third credit contractors and investors. the proposed partnership willdsh share only the cost of construction which will bet by e partially offset by divine cash contribution by the ota in the sale of -- bonds. while many variables. to be solved, it's evident a variety of funding methodologies can be combined and leverage to successfully and quickly deliver improvement projects that might not be financially viable otherwise. innovation to identify the needs and in turn generate a user specific revenue stream to finance or partially finance construction operation and maintenance should be enhanced in the federal pro

the mood is tense in tulsa, oklahoma.. following the verdict in a deadly police-involved shooting of an unarmed man. last night, a jury found police officer betty shelby not guilty of manslaughter. but the verdict sparked protests outside the courthouse. marci gonzalez has more. also breaking this morning. we are learning that rock singer died. the soundgarden and audioslave singer was 52 years old. he died last night in detroit just hours after performing in a concert. he leaves behind a wife and two children. no word yet on a cause of death. in maryland-- a police officer is now facing a legnthy prison sentenced after he's convicted for running a man down in his cruiser. and before we show you this video-- we want to say the suspect was not seriously injured. the video is hard to watch. it shows officer juan hernandez chasing a man who he thought had a gun... however, no weapon was ultimately found. the dash camera video shows him driving after him... and then hitting him with his cruiser in this field. a jury found offi

protests erupted in tulsa oklahoma after a police officer was acquitted in manslaughter in the shootingf an unarmed black man. betty joe shelby says 40-year-old terence crutcher out of fear because she thought he was reaching for a gun that was in his suv which broke down before she approached him. >> new york bound flight forced to make an emergency landing at dulles. it hit a bird seconds after takeoff. a passenger on board posted these pictures. the pilot immediately reported the strike and then landed. crews found a fuel leak and applied foam to contain that spill. no one was hurt. >> looks like former san francisco prosecutor kimberly gil foil will not be heading to the white house. the washington examiner reports president trump was furious that gill foil who is a host of fox news spoke to the press about the possibility of becoming white house press secretary. the paper says gill foil is staying with fox where she reportedly has a three year contract paying $800,000 a year. >> fed ex confirming it has been hit by worldwide malware attack. the international cyberattack also struck

tulsa, strong storms to your north and this is heading into missouri all day today. we have a flash flood watch in almost all southern missouri through st. louis, southern illinois and now spread all the way through indiana and even a sliver of ohio and southern michigan. some areas could get as much as 5 inches additional rainfall. and late today, thunderstorms roll through missouri and mississippi, so much more coming off the gulf that we have more people under a flash flood watch. in total, 16 million people. here is the rafinfall predictions. up to 4 inches of rain st. louis. and the other area is between houston and new orleans. and then on top of all of this, we have life threatening weather with severe storms in the same region from houston to new orleans, many ina few tornadoes later today. so yeah, east coast is great, west coast is great, the middle of the country though a lot of issues and hopefully we won't lose any lives today like we did over the weekend. >> and that footage was incredible when you see how high that water would you sas gettin. thanks ve

the american spirit coming up on thursday as well and that evening we are headed down to the tulsa historical society for best selling historian recount of the ill faded junior of the dawner party. and friday we are back in the nation's capitol to hear david callahan report on how the wealthy are using philanthropic adventures are using -- used to promote the future. >> as a candidate, trump got a lot of mileage out of taking the side of the smaller folk and that might be workers who lost jobs or companies that are on the smaller side and can't complete with the big global interests as president we see a shift in that to somewhat more traditional conservative positions which are in favor of global changes and expert in court bank and these things. it runs throughout american business history and that is conflict between business interest. business and society and the public interest movement and the environment and workers. while those pensions are real, there is a lot and a long history of different industries f viing with each other. whe i take the story back to the early national period in

between the port of muskogee and tulsa port, oklahoma ports are home to over 70 companies and industries shipping 5.79 tons of cargo with the values of $22.56 billion, employing more than 6500 oklahomans and creating an overall economic impact of more than 400 million to our state each year. the ability to move all kinds of goods without relying solely on one form of transportation keeps shipping costs low, benefiting companies that ship their wares regionally and globally and benefiting consumers who can stretch their dollars further. in addition to moving products and manufactured goods, other army corps projects help our communities by providing for flood risk management, water storage, hydropower and recreation. every authorized use of a core project allows the surrounding communities to realize a greater potential for economic development and improves the quality of life for those who depend on the infrastructure, either directly or indirectly. the challenge before today's uss understand the full need for repairing and maintaining our current infrastructure and the need for new proj

. >>> demonstrators take to the streets in tulsa, oklahoma, after a police officer is acquitted in the shooting of an unarmed black man. >>> good morning. it's thursday, may 18th. i'm ayman mohyeldin in washington, d.c. jasmine is in new york alongside louis burgdorf. a high-profile special counsel will take over the justice department's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 campaign. former fbi director robert mueller takes the helm immediately in charge of prosecutors and fbi agents in multiple field offices across the country. he was appointed by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who is overseeing doj's investigation after attorney general jeff sessions recused himself. a justice department spokesperson told nbc news the white house counsel's office was informed about the appointment of a special counsel after the order was signed. president trump reacted in a statement, as i have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know. there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding

but it is very rare to see a jury return a conviction. >> last week the tulsa fraternal order fired an ethics complaint against the d.a. because they thought he unethically rushed to charge officer shelby before all the critical evidence was provided and reviewed. how typical is it for a police union to file this complaint against a prosecutor? >> that's a fair question. that is fairly unusual, we have seen that in the case and the idea of some sort of allegation with the attention on this forcing the prosecutor's hand. look, these are getting a lot of attention, it's something i hear from law enforcement sources all the time. people feel that now everyone is always on the lookout for a bad situation and that then prosecutors feel they need to respond to that. the flip side of that argument, chris, is of course prosecutors are always under public pressure and it is usually in the other direction. it's to catch criminals who aren't in uniform. it's to go out and make the calls and prosecutors often make tough calls. the other story we're following is prosecutor sally yates talking about

alison: anger in the streets of tulsa, oklahoma, overnight after a white police officer was acquittedoting death of an unarmed black man. officer betty shelby said she shot terence crutcher because she thought he had a weapon. video, though, showed he had his hands aboves he head before shelby shot him. >> his hands for up. he was not an imminent threat. he did not attack her. he did not charge at her. he was not the aggressor. >> shelby was the aggressor. betty shelby had the gun. shelby was following him with his hands up. alison: tulsa's mayor says he accepts the jury's verdict but added more work needs to be done to address racial disparities. larry: new information after the tunnel collapse at america's largest waste site last week. the energy second was calling for attention but far from the first problem which the safety advocates battling against for decades. joce sterman is live to talk about the serious issues she uncovered that put the workers at risk. >> that is right. the workers we talk to are sidelined with the serious health problems after breathing in the chemicals. w

struck a 43-year-old police officer in tulsa oklahoma has found not guilty in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last september. demonstration broke out late yesterday. his case was one of a string of police shootings that added to a national debate about racial bias in a huge debate. >>>they found betty shelby not guilty of manslaughter. the panel received the case wednesday afternoon, and deliberated more than 9 hours before to -- a verdict.>> we have to acknowledge a divide is in our city. we cannot work to address it, until he knowledge it exists.>> the deadly encounter happened last september, shelby said she fired out of fear when the suspect did not lie on the ground, and he appears to reach inside suv for what she thought was a gun. prosecutors do maintain that she would overreacted, he was holding his hands over his head. -- >>>i believe that this victim was murdered. >>>some 100 demonstrators chanting no justice, no peace, no racist police. >> we all know is it -- it is a difficult case, and it impacts our community. here we are moving forward. tomorrow i'm going to g

catching a lot of attention is a six-year-old girl from tulsa, oklahoma. ever to compete. >> it is pretty much set up like a normal spelling bee. >> i am always able to spell but did not really get into spelling until last year. since then, i have just been here.ng and it brought me >> it will be whittled down to 50 finalists. hereinal round happens tomorrow night. abc seven news. >> as kids prepare for round two, google released a list of words most people cannot spell. it is done by state. here with are having trouble with. >> the words seem simple but apparently are not so easy for some people. it turns out virginians struggled with the words delicious. special is apparently a tough one if you live in maryland. for people here in d.c., 90 is most misspelled world -- word. people have the trouble spelling word wisconsin and in louisiana, the where they have with is giraffe. >> i have to wonder if this was done before april the draft or after because people might have it byd out how to spell now. cannot think of words i have issues with but i know how to

it happened in tulsa last year in and counter that should have been a routine traffic matter, but went far. here is terrence's twin sister after the verdict. >> his hands were up. terrence was not an imminent threat. terrence did not attack her. terrence did not charge at her. terrence was not the aggressor. betty shelby was the aggressor. bet thety shelby had the gun. betty shelby was following him with his hands up. betty shelby murdered my brother, and after she murdered my brother, all of the offers involved with the tulsa police department tried to cover for her. >> i was there last week to support the family, and now with this verdict in which yet another police officer was exonerated in the death of an unarmed person of color, there is again a reason to continue to demand greater transparency from local authorities. meanwhile we learned that the department of justice has launched an investigation into the police shooting death of unarmed black teenager jordan edwards in texas which occurred just three weeks ago. officer roy oliver who has since been fired, and arrested, is facin

in tulsa, oklahoma, a jury on wednesday found white police officer betty shelby not guilty of manslaughter for killing unarmed african american terence crutcher after his car broke down last september. police video footage shows crutcher walking slowly away from officers with his hands in the air, then putting his hands on the side of his own car before he's surrounded by officers and fatally wounded by officer shelby. this is terence crutcher's twin sister, tiffany crutcher, speaking after the "not guilty" verdict. >> i am going to make sure that i do not rest until we get reform for this police department in tulsa, oklahoma, and we change the culture of this corrupt police department. now we got to go home. we have to go home and hug on his four kids and love on them and explain to them a system that is perpetuated so much injustice -- a justice system that has perpetuated so much injustice. and i promise you, i will not rest until we bring that change. amy: in texas, a leaked police body cam video from 2016 shows a white police officer in a dallas suburb using his taser to electrocute a

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. >> at 6 years old, edith fuller of tulsa, oklahoma, captivated the crowd. >> give me the language of origin. >> edith makes history youngest person to qualify for scripps national spelling bee. >> m-y-c-t-i-n-a-s-t-y. myctinasty. >> correct. >> it feels really exciting. kevin: talking with a gaggle of reporters today, edith said she enjoys animals, hanging from tree limbs and playing with her three younger brothers. >> are you a better speller than your parents? >> i think so. [laughter] >> we believe that all children are gifted by god. children especially really young children can absorb information so quickly. we have always operated with that understanding in the home. >> edith's mom says her daughter practices in 20-minute sessions. about four to five times a day. dedication at 6 years old. next year? >> i do if i don't win this time. kevin: she is an impressive young lady. that is for sure. the grand prize is $40,000. with the champion to be crowned tomorrow night. live at national harbor. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. doug: weather. w h-e-t-h-e-r. jonathan: e-a. michelle: oh, my

tulsa officer betty jo shelby has been found not guilty of first- degree manslaughter.terence crutcher was shot and killed in september... it was captured on camera. shelby testified that she fired out of fear .. because she said, crutcher did not obey her commands.. and she thought he was reaching for something in his s-u-v. but crutchers family says... officer shelby got away with murder. crutcher's sister: "i'm going to make sure that i don't rest until we get reform for this police department in tulsa, oklahoma and we change the culture of this corrupt police department."> prosecutors argued that shelby overreacted... and pointed out that crutcher... had his hands in the air. (steve) coming up -- a man savagely attacked a popular park... the group used broken bottles and a golf club - tonight they are on the loose. (pam) then --video showing just how fast a day a california river turned tragic. tonight -- what you need to know if you find yourself stuck in a fast moving stream. (steve) and next:all week we've been taking you along with law enforcement tasked with ke

we did contact tulsa police and they tell us it wasn't intoxication.was a medical emergency that had this driver going all over the road. and the driver was checked out on the scene, was going to be okay, and was driven home safely. thankfully the car wasn't driving at a high rate of speed. >>> now over to russia where things are just a little bit turned up. >> just a tad. >> stopped at a stop sign ready to make a right. >> someone fell out of the bus as well? >> this bus comes screeching through the frame. and oli, you've got your eyes on a guy to the bottom right of the screen. quickly gets to his feet. and then stomaumbles off. but this incident is not over yet. here's the guy with the dash cam. he gets out to survey the damage when suddenly here comes that bus with people on board bystanders trying to be the human foot brake for this bus. >> and it worked, apparently, because the bus actually stopped moving. >> but where's the driver? what's the deal? >> okay. here's the driver. the guy that oli spotted first at the bottom right of the screen is th

last september, in a brief encounter on a street in tulsa, a white police officer, betty shelby, shot unarmed black man, terence crutcher. most of what happened was caught on police cameras. officer shelby, while awaiting trial for manslaughter, told us terence crutcher wouldn't obey her instructions to stop when she confronted him walking in the road. he put his hands up, but to shelby, crutcher seemed disoriented and possibly on p.c.p. he had abandoned his s.u.v. in the middle of the street, and now seemed intent on getting back to it, where, shelby told us, he began to reach inside, perhaps for a weapon. >> betty shelby: if i wait to find out if he had a gun or not, i could very well be dead. there's something that we always say: "i'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six." >> whitaker: this past week, a tulsa jury of 12-- after deliberating for nine hours-- found officer shelby not guilty of manslaughter in terence crutcher's death. i'm bill whitaker. stick around. we'll be back in a moment with another new edition of "60 minutes."

. >> plus breaking overnight in tulsa oklahoma provosty protests erupt after the acquittal of a policefficer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. we're back in just 30 seconds. d. >> back with new video of protests overnight in oklahoma after a you're found a tulsa police officer not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man last year. the incident caught on camera. there you see him with his hands up terence crutcher was walking back to his suv which was stalled in the middle of the road when the officers betty joe shelby opened fire. she said she shot him out of fear because he failed to obey an autopsy revealed crutcher had pcp in his system. >> i don't know what was in the mind that of jury how they could come to that conclusion. there was precise evidence that said she was guilty. and i'm to them you did your job but& i'm wondering what were you thinking about. >> betty shelby was the aggressor. betty shelby had the gun. betty shelby was following him with his hands up. betty shelby murdered my brother. >> oklahoma's governor asking residents to st