Abc7 news starts right now with live, breaking news. And that breaking news tonight in oakland. Protesters are angry over an officerinvolved shooting and glocked traffic on 980 in the past hour. Traffic was at a stand still for 10 minutes when chp officers arrived and protesters moved to the street blocking an offramp at 27th street. At one point protesters set fire to a trashcan in the street near 8th and clay. You can see it there. Later people were trying to rip down a chain link fence. It has been a mess. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. It is in response to the Fatal Shooting at Martin Luther king and close to 980. Alan wang is live in oakland with the latest on the story. Alan . And ama and dan, police say the officers involved were wearing body cameras when this happened around 2 30 this afternoon. There was a lot of police and helicopter activity and police and people were trying to get a glimpse of the hot pursuit that started on the eastside of town and ended he
Gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. No motive, no word on any suspects right now. No arrested have been made but keep it here on nbc 7 news. Happening today some shoppers are in a frenzy while some shoppers brace for a gridlock as a giant outlet mall opens in the east bay. Whats ahead for the morning in livermore, janet . Reporter good morning. This is veally the calm before the shopping frenzy begins. There are quite a few workers out here this morning trying to work up into the very last minute to get everything ready for the group of shoppers for the for all the shoppers who will be here later this morning at 10 00 when 30 new stores open today. This is all part of the multimillion dollar expansion phase two, to bring more designerdesign er designer brands to the San Francisco outlets. Some of the stores and brands include jimmy choo, tory burch and much more. Hopefully theyll bring a lot more stores to the livermore area. Reporter y
Wearing body cameras when this happened around 2 30 this afternoon. There was a lot of police and helicopter activity and police and people were trying to get a glimpse of the hot pursuit that started on the eastside of town and ended here in west oakland. Oakland Police Chased the Armed Robbery suspect from this intersection at 27th and mlk. The driver crashed into a car and jumped out and ran while carrying this loaded handgun. He tried to carjack a vehicle and then ran off before three officers opened fire on him. Police say he did not fire his weapon at them. The firearm is a 9 millimeter that was stolen. And it was found on him . It was found next to him at the scene. One officer found a trauma kit to help the wounded suspect who died at the hospital. After the suspect was shot they immediately activated the kit. The kit o help with gunshot wounds so the officers did activate this kit prior to medical personnel responding and transporting the suspect to a local hospital. Lolia dra
We are off to a good start as you head out of the Altamont Pass this morning. Only a 14 minute ride to work your way toward 680. Southbound 680 doing well too. We have road work coming up. Weijia jiang has more on what is at stake or super tuesday. Reporter by the numbers, neither front runner donald trump or Hillary Clinton will clench a nominee today but it will pick up momentum. For a fractured gop that means an even greater divide among republicans who say they will or will not back trump. Polls are open at sites across the country as americans in a dozen states head out to vote. Last night donald trump already predicted a super tuesday victory during a rally in georgia. Were going to win with our military. We are going to win, win, win. Reporter latest polls show the president ial front runner leading nationally and in several key states. Marco rubio has tried to halt the billionaires momentum. Most recently for failing to immediately disavow former kkk leader david duke who annou
Of your favorite snacks, over an hour for two slices of pizza and thats just the start. And the okie from muskogee is again. Merle hagyard dies on his 79th birthday. Tonight we remember a Country Music legend. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Did we just witness a turning point in the republican race for president . As the contest now turns to new york following Donald Trumps 13point loss to ted cruz in wisconsin, the cruz and stop trump forces are claiming wisconsin has provided the foothold they desperately need to deny trump the delegates that he needs to win the nomination, and perhaps more telling our exit polls show deep voter anxiety, even fear, about trump. We may know for sure what it all means when new york holds its primary just under two weeks from now where his home turf and his overall lead. Nbcs Peter Alexander has details. Reporter ted cruz today trying to capitalize on