Of the officer. now, in filings it also says that scott s dna is found on the taser, that he had trace elements of gunshot residue on his hands, trace elements of cocaine and alcohol in his system. and he says the officer as seen on the video firing the weapon was simply coming up off the ground and firing it in reaction to a violent threat. and he argues that he should be let out on bond. scott s family, however, says that that is all just a smoke screen. it has nothing to do with the fact that an officer shot a man running away in the back. they said there is no defense for that. and that he should not be allowed out on bond. that will be determined by the judge. the hearing is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern time in the courthouse beside me. alex? mark potter, thank you so much for that. in just a little over an hour, vice president joe biden and attorney general loretta lynch will announce that the department of justice is setting asides $41 million to test tens of thousands of
Getting cold. and we ve heard that there is a military convoy heading down south to the border with serbia. we don t know yet whether the soldiers will be deployed to finish that 15-feet wall that the minister wants to finish along the border with serbia or if it s part of a military exercise or if they want help out the police to stem the influx of refugees into the country. claudio, thank you very much. we ll be speaking shortly with nicholas christoph about this tragedy unfolding. developing out west, police officers are doubling their presence along a busy stretch of highway in phoenix after a string of shootings targeting cars. at least five vehicles have been hit by gunfire along interstate 10. some drivers say they are so concerned, they are avoiding the area completely. let s go to nbc s miguel almaguer who s in phoenix. who are officials there saying? how frightening is this for residents? reporter: alex, it s very
The lookout for mud slides and more flooding. james blake, teachers on strike and a new human-like species. former tennis star james blake says he was thrown to the ground and handicapped after mistakenly being identified as a suspect in an identity theft case. nypd officers charged at him, slamming him to the ground. nypd has not confirmed that account. but they say blake was released as soon as the officers realized they had the wrong person. nypd also says an investigation is ongoing and an officer has been placed on modified assignment. blake is asking for an apology from police. we are expecting an update from the nypd on this story later on this hour. in seattle, the first day of school is delayed for a second day in a row for 50,000 public school students. teachers remain on strike after failing to reach a deal with the teachers union for pay hikes. that walkout is the first in the district in 30 years. a michigan firefighter has
Fortunate there s only been one minor injury, a 13-year-old girl hit in the face with some shattered glass. but investigators are concerned the next incident could be deadly. alex? miguel, that officer with whom you spoke in the piece, he says they think it s multiple shooters, is that because its time of day is there anything that corroborates pointing to one person or at least locking down a certain time of day that it s the most dangerous? reporter: investigators say the m.o. here has changed. the very beginning incidents here were certainly gunfire. they found bullet casings in all of the cars for the first five shooting. the last five, however, have been more projectiles, what could potentially be a pellet or a bb gun. but those can certainly be deadly when it hits a driver traveling at 65, 75 miles an hour. but they see a shift in what they are describing as the weapon used in this case though they are not ruling anything out. miguel almaguer there in phoenix, thanks so m
Scott during a traffic stop in april. mark potter is in south carolina. what s expected to happen at this hearing later today? reporter: the goal of this hearing today is to determine whether the former officer, michael slager, gets out on bond or remains in jail until his trial. the question to be answered by the judge is whether he is a flight risk or a danger to the community. now, his attorney says he is neither a risk nor a danger. he also argues that he is also not guilty of murder as charged in the shooting death of walter scott which we all saw on that cell phone video. the attorney argues that before that video was shot, moments before, seconds before that video was shown, there was actually a tussle on the ground as the officer tried to arrest scott. they got in a tussle and he says scott actually grabbed the officer s taser and fired it twice. the defense is presenting fbi-enhanced video that it says actually shows that scuffle and at some point shows scott on top