Newsroom in a document faxed to abc news this morning after the shootings, flanagan blamed his rage on racism and on bully because he was gay. He called himself a human powder keg just waiting to go boom. It was about 6 45 this morning when 24yearold reporter Alison Parker and 27yearold photographer adam ward were simply doing their jobs, conducting a live interview for the morning news for station wdbj. Thats when the gunman struck, parker screaming as she tried to run and wards camera falling to the ground but still managing to of the suspect. We have learned that flanagan was a disgruntled former reporter for the station who went by the name Bryce Williams. He had been fired two years ago and was described as difficult to work with. This is an individual who came to work for us as a reporter and about two years ago im thinking we had to separate him from the company. Reporter we have also learned this afternoon that flanagan sent a 23 page fax to abc news two hours after the shootin
Ill double check to make sure there are no incidents there. Reports of deer that was injured northbound 280 around alpine road. Im tracking this area, to let you know if there is a traffic break. One rider is worried about that deer. We are concerned as well. Back to you. Thank you very much. An alarming report on bay areas skyrocketing housing cost. Half of renters are struggling just to pay to have a roof over their head. Kris sanchez joins us from the news room with a closer look at the survey. This comes as San Jose City leaders talk rent control. You might be thinking, why dont you tell me something i dont know . We have been reporting on it. The survey shows the depth of the misery for bay area working families. According to a survey by apartment list, 25 of renters are spending half of what they make in income on rent and half of renters are spending a third of what they make. That doesnt leave a lot of money for other things. Take a look at the numbers and see if this is what y
And rear window. I dont really understand why it happened in this neighborhood. This is a pretty good neighborhood. You could see the man, there was a lot of blood. I saw this mans head like his neck blown off. Reporter karen shot cell phone video of the aftermath and said she recognized the man as her neighbor, a man she and many other people in the area say was quiet and stuck to himself. In south San Francisco, kate larson, abc7 news. Developing news from pelican bay state prison near the california oregon border where shots have been fired during a fight between inmates and guards, eight Prison Guards and seven inmates have been hospitalized. The department of corrections says the fight involved two inmates at first then other groups of inmates joined in. The fight got so out of hand Prison Guards opened fire. Those injured were taken to a local hospital for treatment. The injured Prison Guards are all expected to recover. Now a new Development Today we first told you about with a
Is to get get everybody back in their home. Reporter more than 300 homes remain threatened at this time by the loma fire. We also want to mention that a firefighter was injured yesterday but he is expected to be okay. There is a twoman team here at base camp that we met yesterday including a meteorologist. They are tracking the weather 24 7 as well as predicting fire behavior. Yesterday they told us they are expecting winds up to 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour at the top of the Santa Cruz Mountains and that they are expecting those flames to shift in the opposite direction so thats the challenge they are facing this weekend. And for now well send it back to liz for weather. Liz . Okay, thank you, maria. Yeah, weve been monitoring the weather conditions with that fire all morning long and, you know, we have some good news and some bad news with it. The good news is that temperatures are cooling down. So all those 90s we saw when the fires first started, thats not there anymore. Now temperature
We have put away muggy the dog. It is humid this morning. It will not that be way for the rest of the day. Most of the temperatures in the 60s including philadelphia where it is 68 degrees. 87 percent relative humidity but nice breeze out of the north at 12 miles an hour. That is helping to dry things out. Roads are still damp but they are drying out soon. 6 38 is your sin right time. Wont see sunshine necessarily immediately as rest of the system gets out of here but eventually we will see some sunshine and decent afternoon. Couple left over showers in ocean county and mercer county, that is bit. Sixtyone in mount pocono, lancaster has 64. We have got 67 in trenton, lets go down south at 07 in wildwood. Warm spot this morning. Sixtyeight in wilmington. Things are changing. We will have a cooler more comfortable morning. The most of our wind are out of the north or northwest ape that is dryer air moving in and cooler air and more comfortable air. We will have a nice afternoon as humidi