they say that wesley burton wasn't just a coworker, he was a friend. they hope a hit-and-run suspect will be caught. >> what can you say when somebody deer to you -- dear to you is taken away. >> reporter: radio host kevin vans is on the air, talking about his friend and coworker, wesley burton. >> worked with great grace under pressure. >> reporter: burton was a radio engineer and co-hosted side show radio. his last broadcast was friday where he predicted the warriors would win the nba championship. >> i know i sound like a fan and really optimistic. >> reporter: he was driving home when he was struck by a speeding dodge charger only martin luther king boulevard. the impact flipped burton's car. he died at the scene. the driver of the charger ran away. >> i'll never forget wesley burton. >> fellow radio host brought flowers to the station in memory of wesley, man she called the true friend. >> i'm a single parent with young son of color and wesley was always a role model for my son. >> reporter: burton and his wife have three young sons. >> family man

i've known wesley for 20 years. i want to bring in his close friend chris riggins joining me now live this morning. obviously, you are still coming to terms with what happened. >> yes. >> reporter: where are you right now emotionally? all over the place. i'm angry. i'm sad. in disbelief. i'm -- i don't want it to to be true -- it to be true. i want to wake up from this dream and say oh, that was a dream. and hug him. >> reporter: you were sending him text messages hoping you would hear back. >> i would send him mean text messages just because he was my friend and got a response. >> reporter: wesley was a husband, a father of three children and was the breadwinner for his family. and a very tremendous loss for them. i can only imagine the pain they are going through. how do you want him to be remembered? >> reporter: i want wesley to be remembered as a strong, very loving man. he loved his friends and his family so much that at times, it just felt like we didn't deserve it. i want him to be remembered as a hard-worki

wesley burton was kit by a hit-and-run driver. cornell has more. >> reporter: that police search continues tonight. it is a shock to everyone here at kpfa radio. they can't believe they're beloved coworker is gone. a voice on the radio, silenced. >> i was going to say something profound about this, but the fact is it's just a shock. >> reporter: kpfa radio host kevin vance can't describe. >> how can this happen to such a great guy? >> reporter: burton was a radio engineer and co-hosted late night side show radio. his last broadcast was friday where he predicted the warrior was take the nba championship. >> i sound optimistic but they're going to win the whole thing. >> reporter: after the show he drove home but was struck and killed by a speeding dodge charger on martin luther king boulevard. police say the impact filmed burton's car. the driver of the charger ran away. fellow radio host brought flowers to the station in memory of wesley a man she called a true friend. >> i'm a single parent with a young son of color and wesley wa

wesley burton was kit by a hit-and-run driver. cornell has more. >> reporter: that police search continues tonight. it is a shock to everyone here at kpfa radio. they can't believe they're beloved coworker is gone. a voice on the radio, silenced. >> i was going to say something profound about this, but the fact is it's just a shock. >> reporter: kpfa radio host kevin vance can't describe. >> how can this happen to such a great guy? >> reporter: burton was a radio engineer and co-hosted late night side show radio. his last broadcast was friday where he predicted the warrior was take the nba championship. >> i sound optimistic but they're going to win the whole thing. >> reporter: after the show he drove home but was struck and killed by a speeding dodge charger on martin luther king boulevard. police say the impact filmed burton's car. the driver of the charger ran away. fellow radio host brought flowers to the station in memory of wesley a man she called a true friend. >> i'm a single parent with a young son of color and wesley wa

wesley bell is a city council-elect from ferguson and joins me. welcome to the programme. what did you make to the video out of north charleston. >> watching the video and having an opportunity to watch it several times, it looks like murder. >> i can't think of any other way to describe it. >> does the existence of the video change in the way you are watching it unfold. does it change the conversation. we had a law enforcement expert a career law enforcement guest in the first segment. it seems like the reaction has been muted and measured. >> well you know i think as they say a picture tells 1,000 words. you know reading it because i initially read the article and it sounded, you know it was bad, obviously, and seeing the video, i mean it literally turned my stomach. you know understanding the - as an attorney understanding the law, i can't see a way around it. i don't see any way to justify the use of deadly force in that situation. when i look at the mannerisms of the officer in this - in that video. it wasn't one that was under - it wasn't a person under distress, it

flowers were brought to the station in memory of wesley. a man she called a true friend. >> i'm a single parent with a young son of color, and he was always a role model for my son. >> he and his wife have three young children. >> family man, father and devoted father, when his kids had spring break, he stayed home two days and his wife stayed home two days. >> they are calling on the hit and run driver to surrender. >> dude, just come back with your hands up and take responsibility. because we love this guy. and we want some closure. >> closure and justice for wesley burton. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $6,000 to help his family. abc 7 news. >>> a bay area man accused of sexually assaulting a developmental -- ran his car off a cliff. his vehicle slipped over the cliff and an emergency crew could not save him. he was he was caught on video fondling a client. a warrant was issued for arrest when he did not show up for the arraignment last month. the search for two men from a fishing boat has been suspended. the wreckage of the

you can see wesley's picture there and a candle it will as well. all of this to honor the husband and father of three who lost his life. >> 88.1 and online. >> reporter: burton hosted the after hours program at kpfa and also side show radio as well. he spent many years working in radio in the east bay. he also worked at the youth rodeo training program which is where i met him back in the 1990s. the crash that ended his life suddenly happened at 2:20 in the morning at mlk and 60s street in oakland. police say it was a speeding dodge charger that slammed into burton's car leaving him dead at the scene. the driver of that dodge charger according to police then got out and ran off after the crash and that person was gone when officers got there to that scene. now burton's family and friends are struggling to make sense of his sudden death. >> we enjoy creating radio. loved his kids. loved his pamly -- loved his family. loved his life. he was at the height of his life. >> reporter: and there has been a go fund me account set up to help his wife and chi

. >> adrian hawk inns wesley bell lee smith, ella jones - they are vying for seats on the ferguson city council and are up i gains some challengers. for one, it's low pay for a lot of work. council members are given $250 a week. most also hold full-time jobs, and there's a bigger challenge - low voter tonne out. a 'washington post' analysis estimates that in the 2013 municipal election 6% of blacks and 17% of whites turned out. >> this is where michael brown was shot and killed by a ferguson police officers. but from a voter perspective it's important. turn out here is low. during the last election ward three's election won by 23 votes. >> the real reason for that is they are constantly voting for the same people. >> reporter: 76-year-old lee smith is running for city council in ward 3. for him everything changed in september when he went to a heated city council meeting. >> look around you, we are not going to let you go back to business as usual. >> smith's opponent wesley bell, a criminal justice professor and municipal judge who is also black. how big a factor is race in this electi

john wesley cromwell, a journalist, educator, lawyer and former slave born in virginia in 1851. his family purchased their own freedom and moved to philadelphia. later, after the civil war, john wesley cromwell moved to washington dc to attend harvard law school and establish the black newspaper in washington. this particular bank account gives the date that he's opened the account, his place of birth, portsmouth virginia the place , where he was raised. at this time gives his place of residence as howard university and his age as 25, his occupation as a teacher, and it gives the name of his father, willis cromwell, and his mother, who is deceased. it also gives the names of his siblings. just to give an example, when you are doing historical research or genealogical research oftentimes it is very , common for names to be misspelled or for there to be discrepancies in the information. i use this particular example because in each one of the records we have on him there is a different variation on the spelling of his name. here we have ruben pannell. -- reubin pannel. this accoun

. >> reporter: wesley bell was on the front lines of protests from the day michael brown was shot often trying to cool tensions. >> as a community, we have tovo get involved. we can't -- >> reporter: over the next several months, the st. louis native took his own advice. >> i would like to introduce your next city councilman, for ward 3 in ferguson, wesley bell! ( cheers and applause ) >> i had no intention of running for city council, much less any office. >> reporter: what was the need you saw? >> i saw a need for leadership. >> reporter: bell, a 40-year-old lawyer and criminology professor, says he's proud to be a part of a history-making council with three white members and three black members. in ferguson since the shootings, volunteers got 608 new voters registered. a higher percentage increase than any other town in st. louis county. eric fey is director of elections. >> it's fairly uncommon for local municipal elections to have a lot of people going door to door and handing out leaflets, definitely not to the extent it happened in fergusonis this time. >> reporter: councilman-el

he's always left a positive impression. >> reporter: wesley burton's voice was silenced early saturdayve home from the police station. police say a hit-and-run driver slammed into his car. burton is a man who changed lives. >> he got guys, friends of ours who might have been selling drugs to go try this radio thing. >> reporter: he's been apart of bay area radio for two decades. he worked alongside his childhood friends at kpfa. >> he was the only person i could talk about stuff. >> reporter: he had a knack for giving the perfect answer. what would he say to his grieving friends? >> he would tell me this is life. and hard times come in life. and then, of course, he would make me laugh. >> reporter: what's heartbreaking is the 36-year-old burton leaves behind a wife and three children under the age of 9.

ella jones and wesley bell will join the city council with another african-american member already one of six members were white. voter turnout doubled from the last election in 2014. a report from the justice departments concluded african-americans were unfairly targeted by police in ferguson. the police chief and city manager resigned shortly after that report was released while two-thirds of the residents are black in the st. louis suburb a black majority has never been reflected in their representation. the council has had only two black council members since 1894. joining me tonight, victorious wesley bell now a ferguson city council member elect. >> thanks for having me. >> did you expect this? did you feel and see this change coming? >> you know it's been a process. you know a lot of things have happened in our community, things that we could have never anticipated. and i think the elections yesterday are indicative of that. >> how about the turnout? was it something you did expect? were people motivated? could you feel that? >> i'll tell you what early in the day i was nervous

wesley councilman elect bell, congratulations. >> thank you. i am honored and humbled and so appreciative. >> what does your election signify for the city of ferguson and put that aside for a second. what does it signify for you and your family, what does it mean for you personally? >> for me, personally, it's more about my supporters, my staff my volunteers, who worked their tails off to make this happen. it was all about community engagement. it was all about public service. everything we did had those goals in mind, and the fact that we got a record number of people has have come out to the polls and our ward is indicative of the positive response of that message. >> community engagement. what did you say? what did you run on? >> that's it. our entire campaign, as we like to calm it, our entire movement was about public service and oftentimes our public servants forget that part of the title. they forget the service part. as a result, everything that we did was about getting people involved making them feel valid, making them feel a part of

that's ella jones and wesley bell.is a city where at the time of brown's death, only three members of the city's entire police force were black. well now the six-member city council is half black, half white. voter turnout in ferguson was reported at more than 29%, which is nearly double the turnout of the april 2014 election. >>> moving overseas a u.s. service member was shot and killed in eastern afghanistan today. officials say an afghan soldier opened fire in jalalabad after a meet meeting of afghan and american officials. jamie mac entire is live at the pentagon. good evening to you. what else do we know about today's attack? >> reporter: morgan, you know i have to say pentagon officials were sort of holding their breath as days went by without a single u.s. casualty. in the year then weeks and months and today, the word came that there had been an attack in eastern afghanistan, a u.s. military official was part of a -- a u.s. soldier was part of a security daily that was protecting a u.s. diplomat meeting with a

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the car of 36 year old wesley burton is all but flattened. when burton's best friend got news of burton's death he felt flattened too. take sot the whole he leaves"for me personally long friendship is like the on gone as devastating. >> reporter:burton was a radio show co-host and engineer at kfpa. his show spotlighted local musical talent. he driving home saturday morning when this white dodge charger, police say came speeding down 60th and hit burton on mlk in oakland. burton was pronounced dead on the scene,the driver- took off- and police have yet to make an arrest. meanwhile burton leaves behind his wife three children and an audience of local listeners his friends say loved him. "to bring a man who's been a great person to everyone here at the station. it's awful helpful a person continuing and kind to everyone. >> reporter:a bicyclist recovering this morning with a punctured uber driver in san around 1-30 sunday afternoon. police say the bicyclist rode up to the uber driver's passenger side and began yelling at the driver to push in hi

good evening i'm vicki liviakis. 36 year old wesley burton died early saturday morning in a hit and run in oakland. kron 4's emily turner talked to his best friend and show co host about the hole he leaves behind. his coworkers and friends didn't him. not only will he be missed by them, they say but his audience as well. the cargo hold you use a longtime french a fractured is why god it's just devastating officers responded to a report of a traffic collision in the area of pine and larkin streets around 10:30 p.m., according to police. police said a cab driving west on pine street struck a pedestrian when she ran out into the street. southpolice said. the taxicab remained on scene cooperating with officers. the search continues for two missing men following a deadly boating accident in marin county. this is video of the search yesterday from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c 7 news. on saturday. officials recovered the bodies of windsor resident diane kelly and santa rosa resident richard hargreaves. the search for the fishing party launched after someone reported that the boaters h

i've known wesley for 20 years or so. he was a mentor of mine and a wonderful guy to be around.e was heading home from work early saturday morning when he was killed in this crash and this is where it happened. you can see flowers and a memorial had been set up at this site at mlk and 60th street. this is all to remember wesley burton. burton hosted the after hours program at kpfa in berkeley. he spent decades working in radio. he also worked at the youth radio training program which is where i met him back in the '90s. the crash that took his life sol suddenly happened around 2:20 in the morning. there was a speeding dodge charger that slammed into burton's car leaving him dead at the scene. the driver got out of the car and ran off before officers got here. this weekend burton's colleagues did a tribute show for him and there was a poem that was read. here is part of it. >> god, please get that snake. punish those that can't help themselves and forage them not when they hit and run in >> reporter: there has been a go fund me account that has been set up for burton to help his

wesley burten was driving home when a speeding homecar drove right into him. burten has three children. a go fund me account has been set up for his family. >>> an investigator is looking into the fiery gas pipeline explosion that hurt a dozen people on friday. we are getting new photos in fresno as crews work to evacuate and examine the area. pg&e workers believe a tractor was working in the area when it hit the pipeline. but witnesses say the tractor was driving over the area when the blast occurred. no issues were reported. workers also say the pipeline was clearly marked to avoid improper digging. >> happening right now, hundreds of firefighters are slowly making progress on putting out a massive blaze in southern california. this is caused by an unintended cooking fire burned so far more than a thousand acres since it started yesterday evening east of los angeles. tonight the fire stands at 35% contained. but you can see there is just a wall of red, wall of smoke. we saw horses right there evacuated earlier. now the numbers are out state water numbers an

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reverend howard john wesley delivered a sermon called "the resurrection matters." the reverend talks about the choices people make every day and how those choices impact other people. thousands act a rainy see peter's square to hear pope francis message. as richard reeve reports, he called for peace and praised plans for a nuclear agreement in iran messages both echoed in services here at home. richard: an urgent plea for catholics. >> pope francis asked all of us, do not remain silent. richard: echoing the popes's message who is calling for peace in terror hotspots. >> that the roar of arms macy's. -- may c richard: the pope seen as an active, energetic force for good. >> you have to take that stand and realize you have to do some they to make a change. richard: the pope praising the framework nuclear agreement with iran producing that country's uranium supply in exchange for lifting sanctions. >> is it something that is framework for starting to work on something? absolutely. richard: this pope's message contemporary, but one that never gets old. >> at some point

. >> reporter: wesley burton's voice was silenced early saturday morning as he drove home from the police station. police say a hit-and-run driver slammed into his car. burton is a man who changed lives. >> he got guys, friends of ours who might have been selling drugs to go try this radio thing. >> reporter: he's been apart of bay area radio for two decades. he worked alongside his childhood friends at kpfa. >> he was the only person i could talk about stuff. >> reporter: he had a knack for giving the perfect answer. what would he say to his grieving friends? >> he would tell me this is life. and hard times come in life. and then, of course, he would make me laugh. >> reporter: what's heartbreaking is the 36-year-old burton leaves behind a wife and three children under the age of 9. a gofundme page to help them is already gaining momentum. >> he felt like the man of the household, he needed to support his family. and by any means he did it. he had several jobs. >> reporter: by all accounts he was a guy who took responsibility and showed compassion. and what's frustrating is the person re

millionaire steve wesley told a group in atherton over the weekend he plans on running.ouncement isn't expected for several months. wesley has run for governor before and also served as state controller. >>> former santa clara county supervisor george shirakawa hopes an apology will keep him out of jail. he acknowledged he was behind a campaign mailer in 2010 according to the "mercury news." that was designed to help a buddy win a san jose city council seat. it called an opponent a communist sympathizer. shirakawa has pleaded no contest to a felony related to the flyer. he will be sentenced tomorrow. >>> an accused killer robert durst will be in a louisiana jail a while longer. the millionaire real estate heir was back in a new orleans courtroom today. his hearing on a weapons charge was delayed a week because two federal agents and a state trooper didn't show up to testify. his lawyers say he is ready to return to los angeles to face charges of murdering his friend and spokesman susan berman 15 years ago. >>> tonight a tentative deal after the marathon nuclear talks bet

wesley burr top was killed when a speeding car hit and killed him in oakland. he worked at kpfa radio, the public radio station, where he co-hosted a weekend music show >> i am a single parent with a so much color and wesley burton was a role model for my son antonio. >> family map father and devoted favor. when his kids had spring break he stayed home with the kids two days andly wife stayed home two days. >> a campaign has raised $12,000 so far forly family -- for his family. >> a car blew off the road and landed on a lay ground. it is upside down on top of a slide. it happened on saturday. the driver was distracted, hit a 15 slid down an embankment and into the lay ground. there were no children on the structure at the time. >> a man accused of sexually assaulting a dismeantally disabled who is dead. the man was too close to a cliff on highway one and the vehicle nipped and he could not be saved. he was caught fondling a 20-year-old resident of the home in san rafael. he was arrested last month. >> local members of the air national guard will dedicate a new

. >> i want to take a second to play a comment from general wesley clark. listen. >> you can predict the next russian offensive and they're citing it as following orthodox easter and most probable before ve day on 9 may. >> today is orthodox easter. so what would you say the offensive might entail? >> well, if the russians were to go in the bto the baltics, that trigger a wall. the establishment of russia from the soviet dwrun union is that t balance tetic states have all j nato. >> but we're part of nato. so that would entank gem the u.s.? >> sleuth pabsolutely and germa france. they are obligated for come to the defense. so what putin is trying to do i think is not set up an invasion of the baltic states. i don't think he's that crazy. think he's trying to put pressure so the focus becomes the balance techs and not the ukraine. and the other thing that he's doing -- >> so he's -- >> plus he's demonstrating the overall weakness because in all nato capitals they are as to be saying are we going to war? we're treaty bound to do it. so i think they're all ver

. >> my name is wesley bale, i'm running for city council -- >> reporter: wesley bell part of a seachange ferguson. the first large group of african-americans running for city government. >> i'm running for city council. >> reporter: a council that's traditionally been white. just like the police department. while the city is mostly black. this election, three seats are vacant. for the first time in its history, ferguson could see half its government represented by african-americans. >> you've got to fold up or show up. if you're going to be a part of the solution, you got to put your foot out and do it. right now we're n war -- we're in ward three in ferguson. this is the ward where the tragedy occurred. >> reporter: the tragedy less than a mile away where a ferguson police officer shot michael brown. >> if you're not in office, you're limited in what you can do. i felt helpless. >> reporter: so did adrienne hawkins. >> i felt the buildings burning from my house. >> reporter: she has no political past, but her resume is thick with a life lived in ferguson and as a single working mother t

wesley bell was one of them.erguson city council now has three african-american members and three white members. and while a 29% turnout doesn't seem like much, it's more than double the 12% that voted last election. ultimately, history was made here on tuesday, a change was made to the levers of power. the question now is, will it be enough? >> we have an opportunity to effectuate broad, sustainable change. and i think we've got to take advantage of that. we can't look back three years from now and say, oh, we missed an opportunity. >> talking to me now, msnbc's national reporter, trymaine lee, whose voice you heard tracking that. you're now in north charleston, came straight from ferguson, where you're covering that election. in terms of ferguson, there was a lot of emphasis, effort, and attention put on that election. what was your big takeaway from it? >> reporter: i think the big takeaway was is that over the course of seven months, the question really was always going to be, could all the organizing, all th

. >>> wesley burton car was hit when he was driving home from work on april 18th. the crash happened in oakland. investigators say the driver of a dodge charger was speeding and ran from the scene. burton worked as a radio host. burton was married with three children and his friends tell us, even though he's gone, so much of him is still here. >> not having him here is going to be hard. you know to have him here for so many things we did and so many memories we had it is going to get easier we are going to miss him. >> the hit and run crash is still under investigation and the driver has not been identified. >>> oakland police is looking for a man who shot a woman while she was putting gas in her car. the gunman pulled up in a 2008 silver chr, he walked up to her and the woman walked over to him and he opened fire. she was rushed to the hospital and the shooter was able to get away. >>> japan's prime minister comes to the bay area today. he's on a u.s. visit that included an address to join congress yesterday. he also has meetings in silicon valley with executive f

. >>> my name is wesley bell and i'm running for city council. >> wesley bell is part of a sea change first large group of african-americans running for city government. >> i'm running for city council. >> a council that's traditionally been white, just like the police department while the city is mostly black. this election three of the council's six seats are vacant and for the first time in its history, ferguson could see half its city government represented by african-americans. >> you have to fold up or show up. if you're going to be a part of the solution you have to put your foot out there and do it. right now we are in war three. in ferguson. this is the ward where the tragedy occurred. >> the tragedy. >> less than a mile away. ferguson police officer shot michael brown. >> if you're not in office you're limited in what you can do and i just felt helpless. >> so did adrian hawkins. >> i watched the buildings burn from my house. >> hawkins has no political past but her resume is thick with a life lived in ferguson and as a single working mother to 20-year-old twins. >> the thou

ashley jones and wesley bell were sworn in tonight.ítd4b wesley bell is on the far right, a professors program following the killing of michael brown. half of the six-member city council is now african-american, a first in the council's 120-year history. >>> up next, how fake meat -- this is true -- could help save the planet. i care deeply about the gulf. i grew up in louisiana. i went to school here. i've been with bp ever since. today, i lead a team that sets our global safety standards. after the spill we made two commitments. to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. we've worked hard to honor both. bp has spent nearly 28 billion dollars so far to help the gulf economy and environment. and five years of research shows that the gulf is coming back faster than predicted. we've toughened safety standards too. including enhanced training... and 24/7 on shore monitoring of our wells drilling in the gulf. and everyone has the power to stop a job at any time if they consider it unsafe. what happened here five years ago changed us. i'm proud of the progress we've made both in

wesley burton was hit in a fatal hit-and-run crash in oakland. burton co-hosted two music shows on the public radio station after hours and sideshow radio. so far the gofundme account has raised $17,000. >>> a man will be arraigned in washington, d.c. after allegedly scaling a white house fence. jerome hunter faces a charge of unlawful entry. secret service officers arrested him last night. they say hunter climbed the fence on the south side of the white house grounds. >>> today as many as 10,000 people could turn out at hippie hill to get high in public. it's part of the annual 4/20 celebration involving marijuana users across the country. and it's a day when police generally allow pot smoking since there are too many people to ticket. but there are costs. last year the city spent $100,000 to clean up. >> we never know what to expect. we just prepare for a large crowd. >> you can expect crowded sidewalks and long lines at nearby stores. organizers are asking people not to bring glass bottles and pick up their trash. >>> more than 100 -- a 5k cou

the 20-year-old wesley phillips the iii from triangle facing two counts of sexual battery involving 14-year-old and 15- year-old girls. they go to independence school in pace east program. police say that the alleged inappropriate touching happened on school property over a year. and when you have it for kids when they go to public school, but does it mean they are any better? no, it's the people. everybody needs to wake up a little bit. >> phillips is out on a $4,000 bond. >>> the basic charge for killing a baltimore bicyclist is moving ahead with her trial. today heather cook pleaded not guilty in court. cook is the first female bishop of the church of maryland. her trial starts in june. >>> well, we'll get to the umbrella handy because tomorrow you'll need it. they are tracking some wet weather headed our way. >> yeah, a yellow alert tomorrow. not an all-day affair, but off and on. keep your umbrellas close. now here is a look at the radar. you can see the showers towards hagerstown and out towards cumberland and really down to romney and winchester. we talked about this earlier for

early saturday morning 36-year-old wesley burton was driving home from work when this sober mercury was said by a white car. t he driver got out and ran from the scene. burton was blocks from his home. >> i miss him, you know? just turn yourself in. >> he leaves behind his wife and three children ages four through nine. they are all missing hammond making funeral arrangements. crimestoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps solve the case. >>> the parents of michael brown will file a civil lawsuit against the city of ferguson missouri. he claims that brown, an unarmed african-american teenager, do not have to be shot and killed by darren wilson. wilson has never been charged in the case. brown's parents say they have never accepted his story that the shooting was in self-defense. there is no much work on how much compensation and are asking for. >>> a u.s. marshals under fire for smashing a woman's cell phone last weekend. beatrice paez was using a cell phone to record marshals arresting a group of people but a deputy marshals that she was interfering and through h

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one is wesley bell.e told my colleague that police reform is one of the top issues on his agenda. >> how bad are ferguson's finances and how much worse could they become now that they are no longer trying to balance their books with fines particularly on the backs of black people. >> well let me get sworn, but one of the things i want to do first is i went -- and i ran on this and it was about community oriented policing and police reform and we have two open meetings that i intend to be very active in filling, and i think i'm someone who can enhance that process, you know, community -- i -- whatever chief we bring in ferguson they need to be about the community. i don't think a police department should be judged by how many tickets a police officer should be judged by how many tickets he writes i would rather him be judged by how many people he knows in the community. and that's about information going in two ways not just implementing implementing policy but getting the community's input on that policy

>>> a music promoter was sentenced to life in prison plus 0 20 years, he was convicted of killing wesley king in front of his young daughter back in 2002. at one point detectives lost track of him after he assumed a new identity and created a successful career as a music producer. reynolds maintains he was in new york at the time of the shooting. >>> arkansas governor is expected to talk about his newly passed religious freedom bill. it is similar to the law generating huge backlash in indiana. hutchinson says he plans to sign his state's bill into law this week. critics including the ceo of walmart say it effectively legalizes discrimination against gays ap ss and lesbians. in indiana, mike peps oig says businesses are not allowed to deny anyone services. he's demanding his state's law be amended. and his reaction comes at the same time as a new ban on official travel there because of this law. d.c. workers are now forbidden from going to indiana on the job. mayor bowser's order means the district joins seattle, san francisco and three states with a similar ban. connecticut is one of th

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he was convicted last month of shooting wesley king in front of king's young daughter back in 2002 in silver spring. detectives linked reynolds to the murder years ago through cell phone records and the testimony of king's daughter. but detectives lost track of him after he assumed a new identity as dennis graham. and after he created a successful career producing music up in new york. reynolds maintains he was in new york at the time of the shooting. >>> the latest on a developing story now. the district is pushing back on indiana's new religious freedom law. mayor muriel bowser issued an executive order tonight that bans work-related government travel to indiana. she believes the religious freedom law discriminates against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. with that order, the district joins seattle and washington state, new york state, san francisco and connecticut with some form of work-related travel ban to the hoosier state. >>> meantime the same fight is shaping up in arkansas with a very powerful force against the law. walmart's ceo is calling for the governor of

wesley bell a judge and professor of criminal justice, was elected to represent the ferguson neighborhood where michael brown was killed. what is the problem between police and minority community? >> there's too much us verse them. let me be clear on both sides. we got to start bridging that gap. >> reporter: and when that new council meets here in ferguson, it will have some real power. new police chief, city manager and municipal court judge, decisions that could profoundly change the direction of this town. lester? >> ron allen in ferguson tonight. thanks. >>> for the first time since december an american soldier has been killed in afghanistan. seven others were wounded when a man in an afghan military uniform opened fire on them at a governor's compound in jalalabad, according to u.s. officials. american forces returned fire and killed the gunman. the shootout happened just after a high-ranking u.s. embassy official had left the compound. >>> a lot more news still ahead as we continue tonight. millions bracing for tornadoes, watches and warnings across several states right now. a majo

wesley burton died early saturday in a crash at martin luther king, jr. way and 59th street in oakland. burton cohosted two music shows on public radio station kpfa after hours and side show radio. friends are now urging the driver who hit him to do the right thing. >> honestly i just want the person to turn themselves in. accidents happen. we're not here to say people are evil, but when you leave the scene of such an accident, you just say you don't care about life. >> burton leaves behind a wife and three children. >>> certainly no fun and games here at this playground. in richmond a driver lost control after cars stuck on the slide at a church playground. police say the woman got distracted, drove on to the sidewalk then in to a fence, then slid kind of like a skateboard on rails and down an embankment before ending up like that. amazingly she and her 7-year-old son who was not in a booster seat and up front in that car they got out unscathed. >>> the warriors gear up for game 2 of the playoffs tonight. but now there's new uproar over the fans. >> the

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