this will be his final game ever as head coach at virginia tech. greg stroeman takes this back and goes 67 yards. this is the type of game,his onee has been for frank beamer. looks like he's celebrating like theame's over. this is far from over, the way the offense has been playing. >> virginia tech has been amazing, putting up 45 points in the first half. but the key is, they did it with beamer ball, also. that punt return, that actually puts a stamp on thi for frank beamer. for his team to score on special ams, that's very special for him, if they can win this game. >> that's one of the things we'll remember about frank but boy, what he's meant, not just to the community at virginia tech, especially when they went through the tragedy, the gun shooting on campus, but just what a leader he has been to that entire xun ty. tycommunity. >> class all the way. >> we will miss you, frank. though, i have a feeng he'll still be around college football -- >> selection committee. >> there's plenty of college football continuing all evening,

one, a four-overtime affair against virginia tech earlier this year. martin, the senior kicker, a perfect 2 for 2. from 36. ross martin right through the heart of the plate. just about where home plate is at yankee stadium. and duke takes a 44-41 lead. and now, kevin wilson's hoosiers with a chance to win it with a touchdown. >> danny: this is the advantage of going second in here. worst case scenario, you have a field goal to tie it. if you are the offense, you're thinking, hey, we can end this game with a touchdown. >> rece: a lot of times, you see teams try to take the shot on the first play of overtime. would you do that here? >> joey: i would not. i don't like it. i was just thinking, i would hand the ball to redding a few times. get him going first. try to shorten the distance i that thing, you take a shot early, if it's incomplete, then you run it on second and ten, we talked about earlier, i hate that thought process by an offensive coordinator. rch >> rece: sudfeld to paige. he was able to get a couple. >> danny: that's the best of both words.

this will be his final game ever as head coach at virginia tech. greg stroeman takes this back and goes 67 yards. this is the type of game, this one has been for frank beamer. looks like he's celebrating like the game's over. this is far from over, the way the offense has been playing. >> virginia tech has been amazing, putting up 45 points in the first half. but the key is, they did it with beamer ball, also. that punt return, that actually puts a stamp on this for frank beamer. for his team to score on special teams, that's very special for him, if they can win this game. >> that's one of the things we'll remember about frank beamer is beamer ball and his great special teams. but boy, what he's meant, not just to the community at virginia tech, especially when they went through the tragedy, the gun shooting on campus, but just what a leader he has been to that entire xun ty ty. ty community. >> we will miss you, frank. though, i have a feeling he'll still be around college football -- >> selection committee. >> there's plenty of college football

this will be his final game ever as head coach at virginia tech. greg stroeman takes this back and goes 67 yards. this is the type of game, this one has been for frank beamer. looks like he's celebrating like the game's over. this is far from over, the way the offense has been playing. >> virginia tech has been amazing, putting up 45 points in the first half. but the key is, they did it with beamer ball, also. that punt return, that actually puts a stamp on this for frank beamer. for his team to score on special teams, that's very special for him, if they can win this game. >> that's one of the things we'll remember about frank beamer is beamer ball and his great special teams. but boy, what he's meant, not just to the community at virginia tech, especially when they went through the tragedy, the gun shooting on campus, but just what a leader he has been >> class all the way. >> we will miss you, frank. though, i have a feeling he'll still be around college football -- >> selection committee. >> there's plenty of college football continuing all eve

this will be his final game ever as head coach at virginia tech. greg stroeman takes this back and goes 67 yards. this is the type of game, this one has been for frank beamer. looks like he's celebrating like the game's over. this is far from over, the way the offense has been playing. >> virginia tech has been amazing, putting up 45 points in the first half. but the key is, they did it with beamer ball, also. that punt return, that actually puts a stamp on this for frank beamer. for his team to score on special teams, that's very special for him, if they can win this game. >> that's one of the things beamer is beamer ball and his great special teams. but boy, what he's meant, not just to the community at virginia tech, especially when they went through the tragedy, the gun shooting on campus, but just what a leader he has been to that entire xun tyty. tycommunity. >> class all the way. >> we will miss you, frank. though, i have a feeling he'll still be around college football -- >> selection committee. >> there's plenty of college football continu

this will be his final game ever as head coach at virginia tech. greg stroeman takes this back and goes 67 yards. this is the type of game, this one has been for frank beamer. looks like he's celebrating like the game's over. this is far from over, the way the offense has been playing. >> virginia tech has been amazing, putting up 45 points in the first half. but the key is, they did it with beamer ball, also. that punt return, that actually puts a stamp on this for frank beamer. for his team to score on special teams, that's very special for him, if they can win this game. >> that's one of the things we'll remember about frank beamer is beamer ball and his great special teams. but boy, what he's meant, not just to the community at virginia tech, especially when they went through the tragedy, the gun shooting on campus, but just what a leader he has been to that entire xun ty community. >> class all the way. >> we will miss you, frank. though, i have a feeling he'll still be around college football -- >> selection committee. >> there's plenty of co

end of an era for virginia tech. frank beamer coaching his last game.ndependence bowl against tulsa. hokies down seven. not for long. tray von mcmillan. 51 yards for the touchdown. next possession. hokies are built ford touch. isaiah ford had 227 receiving yards, 75. 14-14 just three minutes into the game. second quarter, virginia tech pulling out all the stops. wildcat formation. the tight end bucky hodges. scores a touchdown. hokies up ten. how fitting is this, though? in beamer's final game, we get a little beamer ball. greg stroman. hokies score their most points in bowl history, winning 55-52, sending frank beamer out on top. so the redskins are winning right now, 38-17. it looks like we're going to have a full sweep of washington teams, erika. >> incredible. all right, chris miles. thank you so very much from the csn studios. appreciate you being with us this evening. i also want to show you a glimpse of the weather forecast. >> so tomorrow near record. a record warmth is in the forecast with a high temperature of 73 degrees. mostly cloudy skies.

the deadliest attack in history taking place at virginia tech in 2007, a student killing 32 people beforeaking his own life. now a young woman, who lost their brother in the shooting, is reaching out to families who had someone in their family die in san bernardino. >> my brother was a grad student at virginia tech in 2007 when he was killed in a mass shooting. tim to the mass shooting that your loved ones were killed in. you don't expect these things. you know, you don't expect to be abl go to work and not come home. you don't expect to go to school and not come home. you can't make sense of what has happened. this is not real. my life had just froze no one that moment that i learned that he was dead, and it was like, wait, wait, i don't know, i was just in a complete state of shock. there is no guide book to brief. i needed a purpose in my life, and i needed some way to connect with my older brother. as i road my bike from virginia to san francisco, california, it was 3700 miles. when i got to san francisco i realized i could in the figure out life. i could not make my brother come back

duke has some experience in one, a four-overtime affair against virginia tech earlier this year. martin, the senior kicker, a perfect 2 for 2. from 36. ross martin right through the heart of the plate. just about where home plate is at yankee stadium. and duke takes a 44-41 lead. and now, kevin wilson's hoosiers with a chance to win it with a touchdown. >> danny: this is the advantage of going second in here. worst case scenario, you have a field goal to tie it. if you are the offense, you're thinking, hey, we can end this game with a touchdown. >> rece: a lot of times, you see teams try to take the shot on the first play of overtime. would you do that here? >> joey: i would not. i don't like it. i was just thinking, i would hand the ball to redding a few times. get him going first. try to shorten the distance i need to the sticks. that thing, you take a shot early, if it's incomplete, then talked about earlier, i hate that thought process by an offensive coordinator. rch >> rece: sudfeld to paige. he was able to get a couple. >> danny: that's the best of both words. you have a d

this will his final game ever as head coach at virginia tech. greg stroeman takes this back and goes 67 yards. this is the type of game, ts one has been for frank beamer. looks like he's celebrating like theame's over. this is far from over, the way the offense has been playing. >> virginia tech has been amazing, putting up 45 points in the first half. but the key is, they did it with beamer ball, also. that punt retutu,hat actually puts a stamp on this for frank beamer. for his team to score on special him, if they can win this game. >> that's one of the things we'll remember about frank bebeer is beamer ball ananhis great special teams. but boy, what he's meant, not just to the community at virginia tech, especially when % they went through the tragedy, the gun shooting on campus, but just what a leader he has been to that entire xun tyty. tycommunity. >> class all the way. >> we will miss you, frank. though, i have a feeling he'll still be around college footballll- >> selection committee. >> there's plenty of college this af buona sera, luig

virginia tech scored at 17-14. virginia tech leading his final game for the hokies. >> hope it goes well for them. >>> one final check of the wacky weather we are having. >> near record warmth tomorrow with a high of 73. rain possible by the evening hours. if you're traveling, you want to keep that in mind. rain overnight. and then we'll start off monday dry, and it's much cooler. temperatures in the 40s throughout the day. once we hit the later hours on monday, the evening hours, showers are possible. rain looking likely monday night for the first half of tuesday. and then right now looking ahead to new year's eve, if you have plans outdoors, temperatures will be in the 40s. a little bit breezy, clearing skies. new years day, more normal for this time of year. 47 for a high. partly sunny. 2016, saturday, the first weekend in 2016, looks like we'll have kind of maybe full sunshine finally returning to the area. >> starting off in the 30s in january. now that's what i'm talking about! >> right? >> that is the news f

tulsa taking on virginia tech in the independence bowl. tulsa's dangelo brewer, 48 yards to the house to start the scoring. but back comes virginia tech. travon mcmillian, 51 yards to hit paydirt. high-scoring game. this fourth down conversion to keep the game alive. virginia tech does it. they go on to win a close one, 55-52. earlier today, duke and indiana in the pinstripe bowl. that's shaun wilson. finds an opening, and he's gone. duke led early. back come the hooisers. nate sudfeld tosses it up to luke timian, and indy is on the board. back and forth we go. that is thomas sirk on the quarterback draw. huge run, this one was a back and forth battle. indy needs this field goal to force more overtime. mrs. it by a hair. the duke blue devils go on to win it, 34-31. miami taking on washington state in the sun bowl. not exactly sunny out there today. early on, luke falk connects with jamaal morrow, who does the rest. look at him tight rope walk on the sideline. that is good for the touchdown. brad kaaya, four-yard touchdown pass to stacy col

frank beamer's final game as head coach of virginia tech. tulsa started off with a quick touchdown. va tech gets the ball and they score quickly, 51 yards. that ties it up. later in the second, stroman fields the punt for virginia tech come 67 yards. 45-31 at the half. 86 points in the first half? beamer's team wins. did you see this, not so sunny at the sun bowl in el paso, texas, snow falling in the miami-washington state game, heavy snow in the fourth quarter. miami going for the win, but washington state gets the fumble and they hold on to win. the washington huskies win also, sodas marshall, and duke -- so does marshal, and duke beats indiana. sometimes a.p. voters have interesting votes. instead of derrick henry for the first time in six years as the winner, today, seth curry of the warriors, a male athlete of the year. unbelievable shooter, nice guy, but he beat out jordan spieth who won the fedexcup. and american pharoah, the first triple c winner in over 30 years for stop you can throw out the horse, but jordan spieth? we will see what steph curry can do. gerard: i think ma

in college football, right now, frank beamer is coaching h game with virginia tech. the hoagies facing -- the hokies in louisiana. after 29 seasons, frank beamer is going out with a bang. in the first half, tulsa and virginia tech combined for 76 half in bowl history. 35-41 at last check at the half. virginia leads in the fourth quarter now. the number three has been unlucky for the indiana hoosiers, who took on the duke blue devils at yankee stadium today. hoosiers have lost their last three games. they were favored to win by three today, but ended up losing by three because of a controversial call.in overtime, duke would take a field goal to give them the lead. indiana attempts to tie the game with a field goal, but it was called no good. here is another look. it passed over the top of the uprights. it was wide right. but because of ncaa rules, they cannot do anything about it. that rule says that field goals are reviewable, but if they pass over the upper right, they are other bowl game scores today, marshall holds on to win 16-10 over connecticut in the st. peter

by virginia tech coach.... frank beamer. here he is.... dancing in the locker room.... after his last game.... on saturday. it was a -55- to -52- victory over tulsa... in the camping world independence bowl. beamer was the coach at virginia tech for -29- seasons. that's our news for now.. but... stay with us for abc's world news tonight... up next. we'll see you back here in 30-minutes for action news... live at 6. until then.. thanks for watching and have a great evening. in the race for the white house today, donald trump is doubling centurylink prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more. watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless set-top box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. and choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. call... ...and get started with the prism essential tv bundle. you'll get showtime and starz free for 3 months plus up to 40 megs of centurylink internet all for only $70 a month. this deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. for only $70 a month. score! or, if you lo

under beamer, virginia tech became known for great special teams. when the punt return, breaks loose for the score. midway in the fourth the hokies lead tulsa 55-45. >>> at the st. petersburg bowl of florida, connecticut vs. marshall. the thundering herd quarterback who grew up in the area, connects for this score. marshall wins 16. fingers 10-3. you can watch college football semifinals on espn thursday at 1:00, oklahoma and clemson and then at 5:00, michigan state plays alabama in the cotton bowl classic, leading up to the national championship game, january 11th on espn. this sports report has been brought to you by bank of the west. >> lots of bowl games. thank you, rick. >>> a special arrival this morning in los angeles. it's headed to the bay area. next at 6:00, the major landmark some announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models! during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale... get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices! save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeou

under beamer, virginia tech became known for great special teams. when the punt return, breaks loose for the score. midway in the fourth the hokies lead tulsa 55-45. >>> at the st. petersburg bowl of florida, connecticut vs. marshall. the thundering herd quarterback who grew up in the area, connects for this score. marshall wins 16. fingers 10-3. you can watch college football semifinals on espn thursday at 1:00, oklahoma and clemson and then at 5:00, michigan state plays alabama in the cotton bowl classic, leading up to the national championship game, january 11th on espn. this sports report has been brought to you by bank of the west. >> lots of bowl games. thank you, rick. >>> a special arrival this morning in los angeles. it's headed to the bay area. next at 6:00, the major landmark some come happy birthday. i just had a heart attack... and now i have a choice. for her. for them. and him. a choice to take brilinta. a prescription for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin ...no more than 100 mg. a

tulsa taking on virginia tech. this is tulsa, d'angelo brewer 48 yards, starts off the scoring but back comes tech. he goes 51 yards to hit pay dirt , a high-scoring game. tulsa is going to need to convert on the fourth down to keep this alive. can they do it? that closes the door. virginia tech goes on to win, 54-52. that is shawn wilson. you are not going to catch him, he is gone. back come the hoovers. beautiful throw, beautiful catch. that is good for seven. back and forth we go. he turns on the jet. back-and-forth, we jump into overtime. fairly wide, no good, duke wins 49-41 in a thriller. miami taking on washington state in the sun bowl. early on, tightrope walk, nice come back. that is good for seven. back comes miami. a four yard td pass. how about this play? miami going to the end zone. the ball is bobbled and picked off. washington state wins 20-14 over miami. washington against southern mississippi in the heart of dallas all. -- bowl. 56 yards for the td. later on, jake mickens, keep an eye on him. washi

it was the second deadliest mass shoting in the united states behind virginia tech... coming up on today in iowa... a new transportation bill has some people concerned.. especially over the fact that teens can now big rigs.. plus, a couple celebrates an anniversary...for the record books. you're watching k-w-w-l news. team:areas of dense fog or that are seeing visibility less the northeast at 5-10 mph. a low possible this afternoon but the main event will be after sunset. anothhr low pressurursystem will be tracking northeast into the state sunday. showers and a few storms are likely tonight. temperatures will rise overnight throughout the day sunday and into monday. rain totals are expected to range from one inch to three inches. you livvin an area p pone to flooding, be alert on current river levels. highs sunday will in the 50s to 60s with a strog southeast wind at 15-25 mph, gusting h hgher. the rain will trrk out of the areas monday as cold air begins to filter in. temperatures monday will gradually be falling throughout the day as northwest winds kick in.ooler an

under beamer virginia tech became known for great special teams.ough on this punt return breaks loose for a 67 yard score. the hookies appear to have this game in hand but tulsa rallied late scoring 14 points in four minutes. evans to garrett lead down to three but tulsa got in closer. evans is sacked so beamer ends his career with the 11th bowl victory. >>> finally, st. pewters burg bowl in florida. connecticut versus marshall. chase litten who grew up in the area connects with ryan for this score. marshall goes on to win 16-10 it finishes 10-3. and the best is yet to come. you can watch college football semi finals at 1:00 and clemson in the orange bowl and at five michigan state plays alabama in the cotton bowl classic and leads up to the national championship game january 11th on espn. >>> more bad news for the 49ers. alex boon will miss with a knee injury. boon had been named an alternate for the pro bowl. taking boon's spot is jared main. the former rugby star impressed coaches during the preseason but later cut and signed to the team's pract

took place at virginia tech college in tbech 2007. a student killed 32 people before taking his own life. now a young woman who lost her brother in that attack is reaching out to families in san bernardino. >> my name is jen herbstret, you don't know me but my brother jeremy was a graduate student at virginia tech in 2007 when he was killed in a mass shooting similar to the mass shooting that your loved ones were killed in. you don't expect these things. you know, you don't expect to go to work, and you know, not to come home. you don't expect to go to school and you know to not to come home to be killed. so i think that's -- you can't make sense of what has happened. like this is not real. like my life had just like frozen in that moment that i learned that he was dead. and it was like, wait, wait, like i don't know, i was just in a complete state of shock. you know, there's no guide book to grief. i needed a purpose in my life and i needed some way to connect with my older brother. so i rode my bike from yorktown virginia to san fra

my brother was a civil engineering student, graduate student at virginia tech, when he was killed in a mas. shooting similar to the mass shooting that your loved ones were killed in. you don't expect these things. you don't expect to go to work, and not to come home, you don't expect to go to school, and -- not to come home to be killed so i think that's -- you can't make sense of what has happened. this is not real, my life has just frozen in that moment that i learned that he was dead, and wait, like -- i don't know. i was just in a complete state of shocks. there's no guide books, i needed a purpose in my life, and i needed some way to connect with my older brother, so i rode my bike from yorktown virginia to san francisco, california, it was about 3700 miles when i got to san francisco, i realized -- i couldn't figure out, i couldn't make my brother come back. i couldn't make in world fair. i couldn't make senseless acts never happen again. i couldn't rewind time. but i was stuck on this earth, and i could find a way, i could do something, anything, to live again. in memory of my

erin: college football -- virginia tech introduced frank beamer's replacement today. the 39-year-old joined virginia after leading a remarkable resurgence as the head coach of the university of memphis. he knows he has big shoes to fill. : we all know that you do not replace a legend and coaching. you hope to build on what he has already done, you hope to continue to operate in the same manner, with the same principles and integrity that he has done for so very many years here. erin: showing respect for beamer. ravens-brown's, monday night football, matt schaub has two touchdown passes. baltimore leads cleveland 27-20. leon: competitive game. still ahead, we have something on a beautiful note, taking the internet by storm. leon: the jury is selected for a baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. that is a top turning story on wjla.com. dog moving oute of state for talks. and more rain in the forecast. now, something we have to show you that is adorable, which went viral. this was not set up. who is six-month-old zeke, fell in line with his dad whi

situation.you can go back as far as gang lu shooting on the university of iowa or columbine or virginia tech or the sandy hook shooting and you see continuing patterns of more and more of these types of aware of their surroundings and inform law enforcement if they see anything suspicious. locally since sandy hook we've trained over 7,000 people throughout the community, utilizing over 21 instructors from different law enforcement agencies.emergency management helps make it possible to provide active shooter training in johnson county to law enforcement and citizens.a big part of their training is called "alice" or alert, lockdown, inform, counter and escape.it's actually pretty sad that we've had another such an incident in our country, but it no longer, i guess it no longer surprises me.pulkrabek says that makes local law enforcement agencies want to be prepared and training is happening more frequently.because it's happens so often around the country and it's shown that it can happen anywhere, small communities, large communities. emergency management says incidents like the one in san be

why virginia tech is telling schools their safety measures are actually harming kids. >>> we want to take you to florida now and show you live pictures to a press conference we've been listening to there. on i-95. the reason that we're bringing you here is that apparently there was a very bad collision just after midnight involving multiple vehicles and as a result of that we now have multiple fatalities. at least five people dead. police saying there was a wrong-way driver that wound up sideswiping one vehicle and that caused multiple other collisions. we'll bring you more information when we get it. at the live desk i'm erica gonzalez. >> erica, thank you. 6:17. fog continues to blanket our area. you might want to give yourself some extra time to get to work this morning. here's what things look like outside the news 4 studios right now. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and melissa mollet keeping a close eye on conditions. both of them hard at work. we'll have weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> right now we do want to take a live look at reagan national airport to see how thin

here is coach, looking happy, his final game after 29 seasons at virginia tech. this one was a shoot out. first quarter, michael brewer swings outside. all the way for a 75-yard touchdown. that tied it at 14-14. second quarter, 38-21 tech. special teams has always been the trademark of the program. takes it to the house. hello, end zone. frank is happy. tech wins. frank beamer, how does it feel? >> just relief. you know, that's the way we had been playing for the most part. been close. i'm proud of the way our guys have hung in there. they always play hard. we don't always play well, but play hard, and it's a great team win tonight. robert: the capitals not slowing down, winning seven of their last eight, tonight hosting montrÉal. in the first, no score, nate schmidt fires, his 11th of the season. on the deflection, the caps up 1-0. in the second, the cap still up 1. tom wilson, gathers, leaves it for jay beagle who gathers and scores. 2-0. in the third,2-1 caps, jason chimera gets ahead of the defense, grabs the loose puck, scores. caps stay hot, winning 3-1. lo

. >>> virginia tech researchers are talking to schools around the country about too much security. >> they say data shows that and are actually harming them. guards, metal detectors and checkpoints can create a prison- like environment that can lead to over surveillance and over discipline of certain students especially minorities. >> going through the check point sometimes with security guards or not, sometimes, with metal detectors, armed guards, and that leads to an idea of fear. >> and researchers say thh school resource offices can be a destructive additionand many of them go in with the mindset of enforcing the law rather than serving as educators. >>> in two days, oakland carry becomes texas law meaning those with concealed handguns licenses can carry holstered weapons in open view but are still banned in places like hospitals and correctional facilitys and some places have alcohol is served or sold and some businesses have the option signs like the one you just saw. >>> one man's post on facebook landed him behind bars. >> yeah. you gotta sethis >> we'll show yo what he was do

locally, virginia that -- virginia tech plays with beamer's final game as coach while navy and pittsburgh square off in the military bowl on december 28. kimberly: i thought beamer had his last game. kimberly: i thought beamer had his last game. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, 'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year. plus, 400 dollars back. so go online or call now. get out of the past. get fios. kimberly: a show of girl power in the district and you know we are all about the girl power. more than 750 took part in the -- isay -- the group does an amazing organization. the d c chapter has served 10,000 girls over a decade. i was a partner once with mike daughter and she said i can't believe i didn't die. a little chilly for a run tomorrow. devon: the jingle all the wa

organizers point to the umpqua community college shooting that killed nine and the rampage of virginia tech that killed 32 and they say those events might have had a different outcome if people had been armed. >> there needs to be a national conversation about this and have people understand the common thread to all these tragedies, are these gun-free zones. >> that conversation about gun violence is likely to heat up this weekend. monday will be the third anniversary of the shooting at the sandy hook elementary school where 20 first graders and six adults were killed and the second deadliest mass shooting in the united states behind virginia tech. >>> right now at 6:00 tonight, the fbi focusing on a lake in california for clues in the san bernardino shootings. a closer look at what they may be searching for as the first victims are laid to rest. >>> the defense has rested as the first officer goes to trial for the death of freddie gray. our legal expert takes us inside the mind of a juror as the mother delivers a final message in court. >>> a former school teacher and librarian murdered in

you don't know, but my brother jeremy was a student at virginia tech killed in a mass shooting similar to a mass shooting that your loved ones were killed in. you don't expect these things. you don't expect to go to work and not to come home. you don't expect to go to school and not to come home, to be killed. you can't make sense of what has happened. this is not real. my life had just, like, frozen in that moment, learning that he was dead. it was like, wait, wait. i don't know, i was in a complete state of shock. in that first week, i wanted to know what to expect. what is my life going to be like in a month. i couldn't imagine how it was going to get to a month, two month, three months. i wanted someone to tell me, in six months it will be okay, you'll feel this way, in a year this is how you'll feel. you know, there's no guidebook to grief. i needed a purpose in my life, and i needed a way to connect with my older brother. as i ride from yorketown virginia to san francisco california, it was about 3700 miles. when i got to san francisco, i life. i couldn't make my brother come bac

. >> another independent evaluation by virginia tech researchers showed the levels to be that of hazardous waste. >> oh my god i'm poisoning my kids. if you have issues the question would be, would he have had these issues, if he had not had lead poisoning. >> before tests confirmed it lee ann said city and state officials dismissconcerns when she publicly declared something was wrong with the water. >> i wasn't stupid. i decided to get the science. >> lee ann set out to prove them wrong and helped to alert the city a bigger crisis lurking in the pipes, covered up by the officials tasked with keeping the community safe. >> they thought it was flint, no one was going to care, they were wrong. >> there needs to be a full independent investigation. people need to be put under oath to answer questions because they have not told the truth multiple times. >> kurt guyette is within the american civil liberties union. they filed suit against the state for failing to notify citizens. >> i don't think there'sfully doubt, but the question here is was there gross negligence? >> the state publicly down

he's also charged with killing virginia tech student morgan herrington. matthew was convicted of the rape and murder of a fairfax woman. >>> calling it the best hope for reform, illinois' attorney general says she's pleased with today's announcement from the u.s. justice don't. the doj is launching a civil rights investigation of the chicago police department. the probe is in regard to a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. video was just released last month when the officer was charged with murder. . >> the department of justice is committed to upholding the highest standards of law enforcement throughout the united states. every american expects and deserves the protection of law enforcement that is effective, that is responsive, that is respectful and most importantly constitutional. >> there have been protests over the shooting since the release of the video. . >>> president obama addressed the nation sunday night seeking to reassure the american people just days after a mass shooting in california killed 14 people and wounded 21.

the mcarthur genius award winning drinking water expert from virginia tech who dropped everything whenflint and drove 15 hours straight to start testing the water in flint, that virginia tech professor now says in addition to ignoring the epa telling them what was wrong, the state of michigan under rick snyder also intentionally withheld even its own data. the snyder administration's own data which showed the levels of lead in blood tests in flint going up. the professor has now posted new documents that were obtained from the state through the freedom of information act request. those documents include this one from a michigan state health worker who wrote to her colleagues in july. quote, there does appear to be a higher proportion of elevated blood levels last summer compared to usual. and again in september from another health worker, sounds like there might be more to this than we learned previously. yikes. literally that word is in the document. yikes. so that is what was going on inside the halls of governor snyder's administration sbes internally while the town of flint was bei

he was also a first team 10big pick at corner back >>> virginia tech ushered a new day introducing justin fuentes as head coach. fuentes replaces the legendary frank beamer r whoedetir after 29 seasons. >>> check out these awesome helmets. the navy midshipmen revealed these navy fleet helmet and uniforms. the helmets, seven different designs, all hand painted, representing seven of the historic ship that make up the u.s. naval fleet. players with wear them depending upon their position on the field. >>> and the burgundy and gold had a day to celebrate and now time to turn to the next task. win two in a row. this monday, the cowboys come to town. this time of the year, the redskins don't have much to play for but beating the giants and moving into a tie for first place. dallas week became that much more important as they begin their push for the playoff. the redskins are happy, yes. but coach gruden is saying, concentrate on that post-season spot for now. >> i'm proud of the team, how much they had to overcome on a week-to-weekbasis. we have a lot of work to do. >>> and my own beloved flor

. >> closer to home now, frank beamer's bowl streak continues and 22 straight seasons and virginia tech has gone bowling and the hokeys will play the independence bowl and they will meet on december 26th and that will be the final game. they're staying home, and the midshipman will face the military bowl in annapolis on december 28th and the final college game for reynolds who has the most career rushing touchdowns in fcs history. >> also the wizards, they're in action right now at the verizon center. they are hosting the mavericks and they trail by two right now in the first quarter. >>> all righty. >> busy day of sports and looking forward to monday night. that will be a good one. >> me, too. >> thanks, jason. we'll do one last look at our weather. >> if you are headed to the redskins now. typically, this is the week where we would anticipate on average and the first dusting of snow and no snow in sight and look at those temperatures. are you happy? >> he's loving it. 60, thursday, friday and low to mid-60s. beautiful week. that's it for us. nightly news is up next and don't forget th

of the passengers were students picked up at richmond returning to the university of virginia, virginia tech and radford university. >>> 60,000 dc residents have criminal records and say they're at the bottom when it comes to finding job. the manager of the courtyard marriott believes that returning felons make the best employees. he hired dwayne morgan who spent 22 years in prison and never had a full time job until he was hired at the marriott. his boss, thomas fenney, said he hired 25 returning citizens in the past . >> many of the returns citizens that i've hired have been more serious, committed, willing to work whenever we needed them, day, night, weekends. it's not about me making up a law, i just want to do better, give them an opportunity. >> according to him he gave me an opportunity but i earned it. >> dc and 14 other jurisdictions have laws that say employers cannot ask applicants to check a box and reveal if they have a criminal background if the applicant is offered that job that research is enlisted. >>> lots of smiles around redskins nation today. the redskins sit on top of t

as the third deadliest mass shooting in the past 20 years, eclipsed only by sandy hook and the virginia tech massacre of 2007. the president says americans have become numb to these mass shooting attacks. if that's true, the sheer number of them might explain why. back to you. >> john henry smith, thank you. >> when we come back, the latest on the shooting in southern california. police search for a motive in the attack that left 14 people dead and we're finding out more about the shooter. >>> former olympian oscar pistorius may head back to tyson after an appeals court convicts him of murder. >> half a million fields will lie fallow. >> if we had another year of this severe drought, i'd say all bets are off. >> more now on our top story. first are trying to uncover a motive for wednesday's shooting ram became in san bernardino california where 14 were killed. two suspects, 28-year-old fourth of july and 27-year-old tashfeen malik both were killed in a shootout. >> the presidential candidate started talking about the shootings almost as soon as it happened. many sent oat thoughts and prayers

. >>> virginia tech coach is coaching his full-time game as a hokey's coach. greg stroman finds fields to punt and goes in for a touchdown. under 90 seconds left. the hurricanes trailing just by three. and nicholas sax, 55-52. the coach goes out as a winner after 29 years as a head coach. >>> and yankee stadium playing host to the pinstripe bowl. duke and indiana. blue devils 21-31. thomas up the middle and scores on a five-yard touchdown game to tie the game at 41-41. hoosiers needed it to tie the game. but the kick is just wide. iu thought it was good. look how close this one was. but duke wins it 44-41 for their first bowl win since 1961. that was kind of close. i would venture to say that might have been a good field goal, but the game is over. >> i was just noticing it is very warm in new york and snowing in texas. >> can you explain that brian? >> brian, you're the weather expert. >> i will explain it saying we'll be right back. >> good answer. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> just like that, that will do it for us tonight. >> hope you have a great night. the n

the bus was taking students from virginia tech and radford university back to their campuses after thesgiving weekend. speed was a factor and the driver is facing reckless driving charges. >>> new information after a raid at a pet store in chan tilly. they seized 46 puppies from dreamy puppy last week. they set up surveillance and found the animals were left alone for more than four hours that day. once inside officer found several puppies needed immediate veterinary care. so far no criminal charges have been filed. we contacted the pet store owner but he has not provided a comment on these allegations. >>> we're learning about a surprise move from d.c. mayor, muriel bowser. she wants one of her former challengers to sit on an ethic board. she wants to appoint carol schwartz. she ran against bowser and david companya. the mayor always looks for the best and brightest and she hopes council will see the experience schwartz can bring. >>> congress will be on track to pass a transportation bill this week but the deadline is looming on the 2016 budget bill. the bill needs to be in place by

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas virginia tech. -- is recognized. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members will please remove their conversation from the house floor. the house will be in order. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'm very happy to be here today to talk about the conference report on the trade facilitation and trade enforcement act of 2015. this process marks the return to the regular order and ensures that members and constituents' voices are heard. mr. chairman, the house ways and means committee, i share the speaker's commitment to an open and transparent process. the conference report builds on the good work of my fellow conferees, representatives reichert and tiberi, as well as support from a number of our ways and means and the conference as a whole and dozens of other members. it delivers on the promises we made to those members when we considered trade legislation earlier this year. most importantly, this bill is a vital part of our pro-growth agenda. it will level the playi

researchers at virginia tech say that heightened security leads to a prison-like environment at schools. for example, they say school resource officers may function as enforcers rather than educators. the researchers also say that the security influences how students think about their environment. >> kids don't necessarily have the developmental skills to understand that what looks like a prison is not a prison. >> according to the researchers, all this can lead to over surveillance and over discipline of students, especially minorities. >>> in news for your health, new findings show salt may not be as bad for your heart as we now think. data out this week shows that patients will with moderate heart failure who stuck to a low sodium diet were 85% more likely to die or be hospitalized for heart disease compared to those who didn't restrict salt intake. doctors say this does not mean you should reach for the salt shaker. they say a lot more research is needed. >>> oprah making a return to basic cable in a very personal way. >> inside every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be

among them, were the incidents at virginia tech in 2007, sandy hook elementary in 2012, in newtown, connecticut. mass shootings happen more frequently, probably, than a lot of folks realize. because often they do not make the national news. for instance another mass shooting took place just yesterday. this one in savannah, georgia. four people shot in the early morning hours there. one of the victims died. a suspect in that shooting has not been arrested. president obama repeated his call for increased gun control measures in the wake of yesterday's mass shooting. here he is speaking to cbs news just moments after he received word of the attack. take a listen. >> we have a pattern now of -- of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. and there are some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don't happen as frequently. commonsense gun safety laws, stronger background checks, and, you know, for those who are concerned about terrorism, you know, some may be aware of the fact that we have a no-

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when i played against him, true sophomore or something like that down at virginia tech and getting readyplay him now he's playing good football right now. little banke banged up but he's playing at a high level. >> back to coach brett brown. he's a punching bag right now. he has to deal with all of this garbage. i'm just absolutely surprised that he would say at this point, yeah, i want to keep on losing. >> i'll stay. >> he must really have faith. >> yeah. >> blindly i would have to say. >> i like his new england accident as well. >> you would know. >> that does it for us here at 6:00. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00. have a great night. inside edition sun next. we leave you with this gorgeous light doctors play in marlton, inform. we'll see you back her at 10:00. ♪ (vo) new tidy cats lightweight with glade. all the strength and freshness, now easy to lift! half the weight, smells great. find the litter that works best for you. every home, every cat. there's a tidy cats for that. >> wailing in court. he's a cop. what he did that could put him behind bars for 263 years. >> he picked

think of the most horrific mass newtown, 26 people killed, virginia tech, 32 people killed, and we lose that many people to gun violence every day in america. on an average day in america, 31 people are killed with gun homicides, and 58 people shoot themselves with guns. this isn't just a law enforcement problem, it's a public health problem. homicides and suicides are the number-two and number-three causes of death in young people and teenagers in america today. those people aren't being killed with viruses. they're being killed for the most part by bullets. the gun is, after all a machine, a mechanical object that causes injuries, like a car, and car crash deaths in this country have dropped by more than half since 1980 by a public health approach with safer highways and safer car design. we can take a public health approach to design safer guns and put in other public health policies to reduce gun deaths, as well. we need a much more thorough process for background checks. you can undergo a more thorough vetting if you want to adopt a cat from a shelter than to get a gun. if you can