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Big break and inspiring others. good evening. thanks for joining us on a busy saturday evening. i'm whit johnson. we begin with demonstrators demanding justice for the family of amir locke, a 22-year-old black man shot and killed during a no-knock police raid in minneapolis. locke's relatives joining protesters marching in the city, still hurting from the police killing of george floyd and other cases across the country. body camera video that we want to warn you is difficult to watch, showing officers entering an apartment, less than ten seconds later shooting locke, awakened on a couch, ho...

There is progress across the country, new cases plunging in recent days, but covid related deaths up 94% in the last month. this as the nation marks another painful milestone, 900,000 americans lost to the virus. here's abc's phil lipof. >> reporter: tonight, across the country the omicron surge is waning, with cases and hospitalizations both down dramatically. and as free rapid home tests become more available, the cdc is now focusing on wastewater to help track and get ahead of the next outbreak. >> wastewater surveillance can serve as an early warning system for the emergence of covid-19 in...

Her face and told her she was coming with him. she reportedly mouthed the words "help me" to an atm camera when he forced her to withdraw money. the two seen on hotel surveillance video that afternoon. the rescue occurring hours later in the middle of the night. a bloomberg spokesperson telling abc, we're deeply grateful to law enforcement for their swift and heroic action in this case. beecher now facing kidnapping and possibly other charges. the victim is safe and with family. experts say she stayed calm and friendly and that probably increased her odds of staying alive. whit. >> zohreen wit...

>> lama hasan in london, thank you. meantime, back here at home, nfl commissioner roger goodell has called the results of efforts to promote diversity among the league's head coaches unacceptable. espn reporting those comments were included in a memo to teams following claims of racial discrimination by a former coach. lawyers representing that coach responding tonight. here's abc's zachary kiesch. >> reporter: tonight, nfl commissioner roger goodell responding to that bombshell lawsuit filed tuesday by former miami dolphins head coach brian flores. the lawsuit claiming the nfl remains, quot...

Saying today hospital capacity is a key barometer for changing mask guidance. >> our hospitals need to be able to take care of people with heart attacks and strokes. our emergency departments can't be so overwhelmed that patients with emergent issues have to wait in line. >> reporter: california tonight, the latest state lifting its indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people in most public places. >> we may have a bonfire and tomorrow and just burn them all. >> i'm jus not ready yet. i mean, i don't think the pandemic is quite under control. >> reporter: starting tomorrow, disneyland -- owned b...