Others, thinking about those two young journalists on the air. Alison parker and adam ward were known at their station as the a team, both of them just a few years into their careers. Vicki gardner shot while being interviewed is hospitalized in stable condition. Last night, candlelight vigils held to honor and remember the victims. Abcs Kenneth Moton has more from moneta, virginia. Kenneth, good morning. Reporter good morning. You can see behind me Virginia State police are still watching over the scene because the investigation will continue. Meanwhile, this community is honoring the fallen journalists who had Bright Futures ahead. Late into the night investigators searched for clues and answers at the home of the man accused of gunning down two roanoke, virginia, journalists on live television. It did not register it was gunshots. It probably should have, but shes doing a feature story. Reporter wdbj reporter Alison Parker and the man behind the camera, adam ward were in the middle
Im ken rosato. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist amy freeze is in for bill with the exclusive forecast. Good morning to the both of you as we get started on this thursday morning. Temperatures are cool, almost fall like in the suburbs. We went down to the 50s in a lot of spots. Normal overnight low is 67. This morning at 6 17, a beautiful start to the morning. Then our temperatures should easily return to the low 80s and another gorgeous day in front of us. 68 currently in central park. Look at what is happening as far as the sky goes. The soup will heat us up. 59 for monticello. Poughkeepsie 57. A few high thin clouds over the catskills this morning. Thats about it. Looking good. The planning forecast, 78 by noon. A high of 83 in new york city. Temperatures will slide back into the mid70s at sunset. Thats the accuweather forecast. Debbie duhaime is standing by in for heather. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. We will start off b
Denying the charges against him, confronted with deleted Facebook Messages that prosecutors say should put him behind bars. An abc news exclusive. A little boy hit by a 1345u8 plane crashing on a beach tells his story for the first time. The amazing survival story from the kid his friends call the miracle dude only on gma. We do say good morning, america and we want to get right to that tragedy that unfolded on live television. Two young journalists gunned down. We have a live look right now at the memorial where people are paying respects to Alison Parker and adam ward, of course, they were gunned down by a former colleague, an angry former colleague. That community and their families are in a state of shock and their station held a moment of silence in their memory this morning . Theyre back on the air this morning, the morning team which they were so much a part of. We have much mo to get to. Many questions about what drove this former reporter to commit such a terrible crime. We ha
Identified as Vester Flanagan opened fire killing alison and adam and wounding vicky gardner. Its senseless that her life and adams life were taken by a crazy person with a gun. Reporter police say flanagan purchased the gun legally days after the recent churches killings in charleston. He sent abc news a lengthy fax in which he listed grievance, discrimination. I am not going to rest until i see something get done here. Reporter memorials and prayer vigils are taking over this community. 27yearold adam ward was engaged to marry a producer at the station in the control room at the moment of the shooting. Parker just 24 years old was in love with her boyfriend, anchor chris hurst. A pain that is really real for me now. The station is resilient. Her family is resilient. They are strong. We will be back, folks. Reporter in another show of support, other supporters and anchors came from their sister stations to help cover the news. Shirleen. Tim, thank you. You can find more information ab
Good morning to you on this thursday. Im reena ninan. Im phillip mena. We will begin with the top story of the day, the on air murders of two journalists in virginia. Their colleagues going back on the air this morning with heavy hearts. Allison parker was a rising star just a few years into her broadcasting career. Adam ward a photojournalist. Together they were known at their station at the a team. Vicki gardener shot while being interviewed, hospitalized and in stable condition. Police looking into the troubled life of the gunman, vester lee flanagan. They say his shooting spree and what followed was thought out. Our coverage begins with jim avila. Reporter a live tv interview on local tourism fatally interrupted. [ gunshots ] gunfire. Theres no warning, just bullets followed by screams. After the victims fall, the shooters image briefly captured on camera before he flees. Okay, not sure what happened there. Reporter the anchor back in the studio is stunned. I heard a pow, pow, pow