Mary townly says she is overjoyed. I was overwhelmed with joy. I went around and told everybody in my office we won and lots of happiness. Total of 19 states in the u. S. Now allow samesex marriage. Virginia could be next because the state attorney general has refused to defend the ban. The state banned gay marriage in 2006 after 57 of voters backed an amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Back to you. Another major ruling has d. C. Police caught in the middle now. It could mean more guns on the streets. A federal judge issued a big hit to the citys tough gun laws. Now the city is requesting a stay of that order. But uncertainty over the official policy has led the police chief to issue new guidelines to officers. A lot of citizens are wondering what are their rights . Mark segraves joins us from u. S. District court with answers. Reporter right behind me the federal courthouse where the battle is being fought. Within the past hour or so lawyers for the d. C. A
I tried to grab him but he ran. I chased him a little bit and he got away. Reporter that is when the kids father came down the street. She started hugging me. I walked towards her dad and they reunited with the father. Reporter minutes later lee spotted the suspect near the metro station. He called police. Luckily an offduty Police Officer was nearby and helped detain him until police arrived. All the credit and our thanks go to this Good Samaritan who did a phenomenal job. God put me in the right place at the right time. Reporter coming up at 6 00 this man was not the only one to see what was happening on the corner but was the only one to act. As for mr. Lee he is being held on attempted kidnapping charges and also Assault Charges as well as impersonating a Police Officer on 50,000 bond. On tracee wilkins, news 4. A Big Development with gay marriage in virginia. The commonwealths attorney general is calling a ruling on samesex marriage a victory for equality. A threejudge panel ruled
Language ratings. Good morning. It is sunday, july 19. Were going to begin on the west coast with some breaking news thats been developing and weve been keeping eyes on it. Its portland, oregon. What youre looking at is the Police Portland Police Association building, and at one point clear it was on fire. Officially overnight the Police Department there in portland declaring a riot. That fire, by the way, has now been put out. This is all happening, by the way, all this unrest as calls are growing to stop a crackdown by federal agents who have actually taken to the streets of portland. Some of them are in camouflage, in tactical gear, using tear gas on protesters, even pulling some of them into unmarked vans. That just resulted in more and more people hitting the streets of portland overnight. It was a 52nd night of protests. All of this as the New York Times claims it retained memos that refers federal officers deployed in portland apparently didnt have proper training. The governor
And the crew on the plane success hailed for saving as many passengers as they did. One Flight Attendant put a frightened little boy on her back and slid down the evacuation slide. The National Transportation safety board said a significant portion of the planes tail piece ended up in San Francisco bay and the ntsb has wrapped up a News Conference within the hour. We go live now to San Francisco for the latest. Lets start with the First Responders that one of the 16yearold victims was hit by a fire truck. How was that shaking out . Reporter wendy, they have discussed this in two different News Conferences today the First Responders held a News Conference a few hours ago and said they acknowledge that they had heard about this and that it had gone up the chain of command, that they were investigating it but hadnt made any determinations as to what exactly happened out there on that chaotic runway. The other mention of that was from the ntsb who said the coroner has not been able to dete
We are all eager to get america back to business again and that is what well focus on this hour. President trump is pushing hard for reopening and against state plans to stay closed. He is planning a briefing at the white house in a few hours. Across the country, though, opinions are mixed. Most of us are feeling a financial strain, perhaps you too. Some of us are running out of time and money. We will take you to a variety of states and talk to the leaders that will make the decisions about what will open and when. Kentuckys governor has a different view from the president about what should happen next, he will join us in a built. We begin with the push to restart the economy, that includes different protests with different purposes. Many doctors and researchers have said it is too soon to get everyone back to work. Contrast that with a protest that started a few hours ago in annapolis, maryland, a group called reopen maryland is demonstrating for what they argue is their right to get