shot and killed by 49-year-old arlington texas police officer brad miller moments after you see him walk into the dealership. >> i have decided to terminate officer miller's employment with the arlington police department for exercising poor judgment. >> reporter: the chief fired the rookie officer, who was still in training. the chief says the rookie violated department policy by going right into the building right after taylor without even telling his training officer. the chief says five other police officers were setting up a perimeter, making up a plan, but officer miller went in alone. >> decisions were made that had catastrophic outcomes. >> reporter: the chief says miller shot taylor four times. several officers suspected taylor had a gun in his pocket. it turned out to be nothing more than keys and a cell phone. miller's attorney says the chief rushed to judgment to quiet protestors, and says the rookie made decisions in the heat of a violent confrontation to save his and other officers' lives. because he's a rookie, miller cannot appeal his firing, but he might have a whole lot

the giants return to arlington for the first time since the 2010 world series on a hot muggy and angry night. at least madison bumgarner was angry against the rangers. madison had control issues and later some anger management issues. first inning adrian with the two-run shot. this time elvis andrus with his fourth of the year. bumgarner goes 7 innings. gave up 6 runs. 6-2 texas lead. things get nasty. this slides high and late on joe panik. and this one pops up. then he threw the bat up in the air. that set off bumgarner, who started yelling. the bench is cleared. no punches thrown. started milling about and angry words. rangers win 6-3 and the giants drop a game and a half behind the dodgers. >>> a's and indians at the coliseum. opened two hits on thursday, one hit on friday. this is mark simeon. he scores. 1-0 a's. 7th inning. the chopper. and he throws it wide. gomes scores. 1-1 game. inned brand retired 21 straight a's batter and cleveland gets one final one in the ninth. the ground-rule double here. the a's with a total of three hits in the last two games. that hasn't happened si

the giants return to arlington for the first time since the 2010 world series on a hot, muggy and angry night. at least madison bumgarner was angry against the rangers. madison had control issues and later some anger management issues. first inning, adrian with the two-run shot. mad-bum, he got by him but this time elvis andrus with his fourth of the year. bumgarner goes 7 innings. gave up 6 runs. 6-2 texas lead. things get nasty. this is in the fourth. this slides high and late on joe panik. and this one pops up. then i chucks his bat up in the air. that set off bumgarner, who started yelling at shields. the bench is cleared. no punches thrown. started milling about and angry words. rangers win 6-3 and the giants drop a game and a half behind the dodgers. >>> a's and indians at the coliseum. it was apparently green weeknight. opened with two hits on thursday, one hit on friday. this is mark simeon. he scores. 1-0 a's. 7th inning. the chopper. and he throws it wide. gomes scores. 1-1 game. the indians retired 21 straight a's batters, and cleveland gets one final one in the ninth. the gr

first pitch in arlington at 5:305 p.m. last night, the giants began their road trip with madison bumgarner on the mound. here's larry beil with the sports report. >> good morning everybody. the giants returned to arlington for the first time since the 2010 world series on a hot, muggy and angry night. at lease bumgarner was. control issues and later anger management issueses. adrian bell tray with a two-run shot. mad bum gave up four runs. elvis andrews with his fourth of the year. gave up six runs, 6-2 texas lead. things get nasty in the fourth. slides high and late on joe panik. chuks his bat in the air. that set off bumgarner who started yelling at deshields. the bench is cleared. no punches thrown. a lot of milling about and angry words. the rangers win 6-3. the giants drop a game and a half behind the dodgers. >>> ace and indians on what was apparently green wig night at the coliseum. oakland had two hits on thursday, one hit on friday. this isn't it. this is a ground to third. giovanni herschel. 1-0 a's. a gift in re

the g-men face newly-acquired pitcher cole hamels in arlington. only in texas. giants score three in the first, led by brandon belt. first hit off hamilton. the solo shot. 11th of the year. hamel gets the no-decision. even though the g-men found themselves trailing all night, seventh inning, down three. buster posey, a solo shot. he had 2 rbi in the game. now 5-4. scored the tieing republic in the eighth off the single. johnson three runs on a two-out rally sends the game to extra innings, tied at 7. the game was decided top of the 11th. hunter pence. the game winner! solo shot. his sixth of the year. brandon belt followed with back-to-back jacks. his 12th of the year. giants win it in 11 innings, 9-7, your final. dodgers taking on their american league rival. he pitched 8 inning, allowed two hits, struck out seventh. angels pitcher won five consecutive starts, but the two-run shot in the sixth. his first loss of the season. dodgers up one and a half games on the giants with the 3-1 victory. a's hosting indians. pizza in one hand and still able to make the bareh

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right now we have an impressive combination of heat and humidity outside the belfort furniture in arlington and all across the area. let's get you started with a look around the area. a wide image from the camera just down the potomac at the national harbor. a lot of sunshine. a few clouds. a little haze and a lot of heat and a lot of humidity. here is how it looks. 93 at reagan, manassas, andrews and the rest of the metro area in lower 90's. a few spots hotter like frederick, maryland, 97. if you factor in the moisture you get a reading like with the heat index. feels like 100 in washington, 101 in frederick. this is the toughest stuff. temperatures are in the 80's this weekend. after sunset, mild and muggy all night long. higher elevations could dip in the 60's but most areas will stay in the 70's. a muggy forecast here. we will continue to keep the eyes on the high pressure system that is giving us the hot and the humid weather's it moves east. we will slowly see the low pressure go west and ramp up the afternoon thunderstorms in spot starting tomorrow. we will talk about that and anothe

. >> the dits coverry elementary school in arlington, chances are you have seen crews hard at work. often. >> it looks like they will cut in the last minute but i think it will be done. >> careline will be a fourth grader when it opens in two weeks. >> great teachers. young and energetic. it will be exciting. >> discovery, the first new elementary school in a decade built in response to the population boom. the building will continue all the way up to the first day. >> there is always a rush at the end. that is part of the fun. >> riverside high is a new school where finishing touches happen nonstop on monday. >> natural light in the building. >> principal doug anderson led the process for a year. new gym and classrooms and new looks. everywhere you turn is the new opportunity. >> it's just wing after another. great new adventure. >> construction is happening every where have you look including here at the football field where the work has to be done in time for the first home game on friday september 4. in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: can't get enough of the pictur

in arlington, the issue is this water main break. best option as an alternate is to use wilson boulevard. capitol boulevard is pretty good. we have one slow stretch from virginia to maryland. through montgomery county we are okay. we don't have any big delays. the bottom still looks good across the wilson bridge. closer to joint base andrews. that is a look of traffic. we have issues and will look at the vehicle on the parkway. kimberly: we were clearly in denial about the traffic situation. same thing about summer ending. jonathan: meteorologically speaking this is the last day of summer? doug: yes. autumn begins tomorrow. don't confuse with the official seasons astronomical and fall doesn't begin until the 21, 22 of september septemb. but pay attention to this because this could be a final "jeopardy" question if this is a category. look at the cardinal ridge elementary school in centreville. this is the way it was for most of the area. cloudy start to the day. midday skies brighten. the clouds came back. at 3:00, the clouds moved o

silver spring, the district, arlington and alexandria. no problems. if you head further to the south, wildly scattered showers. if you are watching and the skies are darking and the showers are moving in from the west. this is moving north/northeast. we are going to look for the conditions that will improve but a lot of lightning associated with the storms. the wider view from the north/northeast. d.c. metro will see a few thousand showers. they will diminish tonight. temperatures in the 60's to the middle 70's. the cold front that we are watching tomorrow. move through the midatlantic. tomorrow evening. it will stall off the coast. high pressure to build in the west of us. it will bring us more sunshine temperatures will be in the 80's. we have a better chance of pop-up showers and the thunderstorms in the late afternoon and into the evening. we have a seven-day outlook. to focus on the upcoming weekend. lower humidity. a lot of sunshine. saturday and sunday. 90 degrees. chance of storms for monday of next week. leon: thank you, steve. kimberly: we h

live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. kellye: a scary start to the week as the dow ploppinged over 1,000 points after the opening -- plunged over 1,000 points after the opening bell. but the dow still closed down over 600 points. >> a big drop in market and asia and europe. >> this is scary. the stock selloff did come from out of the blue for most people. >> over the last week, the average american 401k lost $6,000. sounds bad but over the last five years, that same retirement account is actually up 61%. meaning, if possible, remain calm. >> look at the great recession in 2009. those who bailed on the market in 2009 lost half of their money. those who stayed as tough as it was to do made the money back in three years. >> the u.s. businesses added 13 million jobs in the longest sustained private sector job growth streak in american history. >> if you are in the market for a new car or home we could see the first federal rate increase since 2008. with all things considered they say proceed with caution. >> make the decision

jonathan: developing story in arlington. we are told the police are investigating a seventh attack on a woman in a month. police don't believe the columbia south along the veech street is related to the attacks in the last few weeks. jeff goldberg is going to explain why they don't think it is connected. jeff? jeff: well, jonathan, the suspect description in the latest case does not match the description of the man linked to the six previous attacks. this has become too familiar recently in arlington. the latest one happening right now along the 2000 of columbia pike. 31-year-old woman walking not far from the u.s. air force memorial. again it happened last night at 10:30. the woman was walking down the street when a man approached her asking for directions. she looked down at her phone and police say the man touched her inappropriately and she told him to stop but he pulled her close and kissed her on the cheek. she started screaming and the man took off. the police arrived later but found no evidence of the suspect. the wo

as we move back to the mapping , this is arlington boulevard. the right lane is blocked. may start to see a backup. that is a look at traffic this afternoon. autria: today, metro's board expected to get a look at a report detailing what caused the august around them. a report two weeks ago revealed the tracks were out of alignment. metro had known about the problem from month. the report will be discussed next month. more than 50 people have been forced from homes after an apartment fire. news chopper seven shows the damage to the building. this is off of smoke town red. two firefighters had minor injuries. no residents were hurt. the cause is under investigation. incredible august, we are starting to feel the humidity. with it, a risk of rain for some. doug hill is on top of that. good deal to talk about. humidity levels will ramp up. maybe get a few showers and thunderstorms. 84 right now. south-southeasterly win. -- southeasterly wind. 85 right now at anders. east, we will stay in the low 80's. ramp-up goes, low 80's right now. a window of showers and thunderstorms in

once you get past that through falls church, we are ok getting through arlington. in d.c., we had some debris cleared away on the third street tunnel right after new york avenue. it has you down in the teens. take a live look in this area. we have afternoon congestion, but debris was just coming in. this is in montgomery county on the top side of the beltway just right near colesville road, not causing a backup yet. we are still clear from new hampshire avenue toward silver spring, and beyond that. that is a look at traffic this afternoon. jummy: thank you. nfl commissioner roger goodell and quarterback tom brady or both in new york for their deflate-gate case. a federal judge is expected to either uphold or throw out tom brady's four-game suspension. both are back in court for a status hearing and the judge said he would rule by this friday. >> judge berman has no qualms about the dedication and efforts of both sides. he just said they could not reach one. jummy: an appeal is expected regardless of the judge's decision. as it stands, brady will be on the sidelines

. >>> in arlington, texas a medical examiner has rule the shooting death of a black college football player by a white police officer a homicide. the fbi and arlington officials are investigating the death of the unarmed teen which happen during a burglary call in the car dealership. authorities say officer brad miller shot 19 year-old christian heyward several times during the early morning incident on friday. officer miller is describe as a rookie nearing the end of 16 weeks of field training. >> no real problems, you know, just a good man. >> christian take already played defensive back at angelo state university. the football team has acknowledged taylor's death on his twitter page. >>> new york city officials say a a it looks like legionnaires disease out break has been contain. they say even though five more buildings in the south bronx tested positive for bacteria, there is in sign of anyone in those buildings have contracted the disease, and buildings have had their cooling towers cleaned. ten people have died, in what is the largest out break of legionnaires disease in the h

. >>> a police officer who shot an unarmed college football player in arlington, texas, has been fired. brad miller could also face criminal charges in the death of christian taylor. the shooting happened early friday morning when miller responded to a reported burglary at a car dealership. police say taylor for some reason drove his car into the dealership front windows and was damaging cars. they say he did not comply with orders to surrender. >> 6:17 now. pate i don't know act. a suspect allegedly attacks police, then salutes in his mug shot. david. >> it's going to be a nice one today with mainly sunny skies with a few more clouds and perhaps a spotty shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon. if you're headed to the pool, though, definitely keep the sunscreen going and then just keep your ears out for thunder later on. we'll get you travelers to the airport, see if there are any delays around the country. >> there's an injury scare for the red hot phillies. first up, tech bites. >> ♪ >> hey there in today's tech bites a better camera coming to the iphone did that experts predi

. >>> the the fbi and officials in arlington, texas are investigating the shooting death of the unarmed black teen by a police officer. authorities say officer brad miller shot 19 year-old christian taylor several times during an early morning burglary call on friday at a car dealership. officer miller is described as a rookie nearing end of 16 weeks of training. taylor played defensive back at angelo state university. >>> zero seven years ago today the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the city of nagasaki, japan killing more than 74,000 people. the anniversary was marked with a new call to wipe out all atomic weapons. a bell told and thousands prayed as the the city stopped at 11:02 a.m. the exact time when the bomb exploded. wreaths were laid at cities memorial for those who died in the bombing and in the months following it. during the ceremony the japanese prime minister pledged to work to abolish all nuclear weapons. japan surrendered six days after that 1945 bombing ending world war two. >>> new york city health officials think out break of legionnaires disease is subsiding. no new

arlington, texas police officer fatally shoots a college football player. investigators say is the-year-old christian taylor, a sophomore, was killed during a struggle after reports say he tried it use his car to crash through the windows of a buick dealership. police claim he was trying o rob it. his family denies that. >>> a juror in the colorado movie theater shooting trial says she hopes there is no backlash over its decision. this after the panel failed to agree on the death penalty because of a lone juror who refused to back that. instead, james holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> target is announcing it's removing gender labels from its children's sections. advocates saying the change is a step towards removing gender limitation in childhood. >>> the taliban claiming responsibility for a horrific attack on a special ops base in afghanistan, killing one american soldier and wounding at least two other americans in this strike. this just hours after explosions rocked heavily populated areas on the afghan capitol. peter doocy in washin

cameras, monitoring an arlington car dealership. spot the 19-year-old on the lot. at one point jumping on the hood of a car. kicking the windshield. the security company uses a pa to warn taylor to leave and calls police. >> reporter: then the cameras show the teen driving his suv through the dealership gates and smashing through the show room front doors. within minutes police respond and walk towards the building. what happens next inside the dealership isn't captured on surveillance or body cams which are not required by police here. according to authorities, trainee police officer brad miller and his supervising officer order taylor to surrender. instead he tried to flee through a locked door. then according to police there is an altercation. the super vising officer uses his tears, miller fires his gun four times, hitting the teen in the abdomen, chest and neck. taylor died on the scene. officer miller on paid administrative leave. standard procedure in a police shooting. in a move not standard the arlington police of chief asked the fbi to review the departme

. >>> still ahead, the shooting death of an unarmed black student has police in arlington, tech texas, left with the question, what was tai christian harris doing in this car dealership? and did it merit force? go see. go look through their windows so you can understand their views. go find out just how kind the hes and shes of this mankind are. what do a nasca comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® has also been proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. i tried warfarin before, but the blood testing routine and dietary restrictions had me off my game. not this time. not with xarelto®. i'll have another arnold palmer. make mine a kevin nealon. really, brian? hey, safety first. like all blood thinners, don't stop taking

msnbc's adam riess is following that story in arlington,texas, and trymaine lee is live for us in ferguson. first, let's start in ferguson and talk about the latest on the

joining me now is elissa simmons, president of the naacp chapter in arlington. this news coming out from the arlington police chief, it's very serious. this man is now fired. you've met with the family. how are they reacting to this news that the officer has been kicked off the force? >> well, i spoke with the family this morning. and they're reacting how you would anticipate. it doesn't bring christian back. right now, that's their position. they're planning a funeral. and that's where they are. >> and that's understandable. the grieving process still obviously ongoing and made only more difficult because of the circumstances of how all this went down and all the questions i'm sure they still have. what are their outstanding questions now? are they hearing anything from the police? are they communicating with the police? or are they helping them out? >> well, of course the police department did communicate with the parents yesterday in advance of his decision. so they're appreciative of that. and the naacp, we are supportive of the chief's decision. we believe

think about arlington cost coming down for basis points. they are getting out of greek debt. up 17 basis points. 10 year greek debt. lastly, want to show you the reaction. the u.s. dollar is on the downward trend, pushing our euro .7%.r, up gold has been influencing us a lot here it up 1.3%. i know you have been keeping an ion commodities in the u.s. we are suddenly seeing the likes of oil stocks and gold stocks, all of those companies reacting. i want to could we you how oil is currently lower. actually, turnaround. that is turning up. gold is all about the gold-mining rising today. interesting the fact that swiss watches, they are doing very poorly in china. iran hand thinks back over to julian the u.s. julie: we're watching the china fact and emerging-market effect it all of this weighing in on the session. steep declines for the major averages. the worst today performance for all the major averages since late january. trading innow february. at my bloomberg terminal and matt brought this to my attention earlier. moving prettymoving pretty shard move in july and bounce abo

as secretary of war, i think that's how he qualified to be in arlington cemetery. and then she got to be there because -- so... susan swain: so we want to spend a little bit more time understanding the personality of -- and what she brought to the role of the white house, first lady at the white house. you mentioned earlier that she was very intellectual and that even though she didn't go to college, she was self-educated. how important was this in shaping the role of first lady? lewis gould: well, she -- as i said earlier, she wanted to make washington the truly, the cultural center of the united states. this made people in new york very uneasy. and there were some newspaper columns saying, what is she trying to do. but washington at that time did not have a symphony orchestra, didn't have opera. and she wanted to bring those musical things here.but she also wanted to have the city generally embody american values. and this was a very ambitious agenda, to transform washington into a city that would be sort of, like, under dolly madison, a focus for national and in

year-old christian taylor was unarmed when he was killed by an officer during a suspected burglary in arlington. officer brad miller has since been fired. the grand jury will decide if miller will face charges in the case. >>> new york senator chuck schumer is offering a chance to see pope francis. he launched a statewide internet lottery for a ticket to see the pontiff address congress on september 24, a first for a pope. he said that the senator's web site can be visited to apply, the drawing held the final week of august. and then from dc pope francis will head to new york. from december 24 to the 26th and plans it to address the u.s. general assembly and attend a service at the 911 memorial and visit the our lady of angels and hold mass at madison square garden. we will be bringing you complete coverage of all of the events right here on cbs 2. >>> the parents of a toddler with a rare laughing condition say the disorder made their lives a nightmare. >> so they turned to world renowned surgeon from long island. jennifer mclogan has the exclusive story from manhasset. 3-year-old dominic mchal

year-old christian taylor was unarmed when he was killed by an officer during a suspected burglary in arlington. officer brad miller has been fired. the grand jury will now decide if miller will face charges in the case. >>> and police raided the office of staten island man doctor. investigators say donald lee edwards has no medical experience but ran an illegal practice out of a basement apartment for three years. this week, police took him into custody and confiscated medical equipment, blood vials and a doctor's badge from his office. authorities say he went undetected for calling in prescriptions under another doctor's name and put at least 100 trusting patients at risk. >> he is treating me for depression. >> did he prescribe you medication? >> zoloft. >> police say edwards used to threader. >>> cbs 2 got action by a woman who had a car stolen and told back. someone stole jolie's honda civic in bloomfield new jersey and no idea it was found a day later, and after weeks, she was told to pick it up as long as she paid $800 in storage fees. the councilman joe lopez was watching the story and

>> reporter: nj transit stopped train service between mount arlington and hackettstown while workers with powdermill towing examined the truck hopper from a cherry picker trying to determine how to remove it. the back of the dump truck was empty. but big chunks of the cab went tumbling down alongside the railroad tracks. this piece of the hood and even what looked like the truck's e-zpass. there were lane closures eastbound and gawkers delays westbound for more than 6 hours. eventually workers attached cables to the hopper and lifted it off the girders using what's known as the rotator arm on a heavy duty tow truck. the dump truck driver, the driver of the ford suv and a young passenger in the ford all tank to local hospitals with nonlife-threatening injuries. live in roxbury township, next, morris county, tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >>> a major step towards normalized relations between the u.s. and cuba today when the u.s. reopened its embassy in havana. but despite the new policies, real differences remain. we have a live report from >> reporter: dick, i know that this is something th

arlington police chief will johnson. >> during this arrest, there was a confrontation between officers and mr. taylor which lead officer brad miller to discharge his weapon, striking mr. taylor. we also know that a taser was discharged during the encounter by the second officer in the building. >> reporter: officer miller who has been with the department one year fired four rounds. the medical examiner says taylor died from being shot in the neck, chest and abdomen. the sophomore at angelo state university played football. >> you train to take down, as a police officer you train to take down with your hands. >> reporter: police say they have not interviewed officer miller yet. one of the dealership's owners horren lancaster who released surveillance video told cbs news, "i released it because i thought it was the right thing to do. i do not have cameras inside the building since problems at a car dealership are theft on the lot. this is a terrible situation. but i have no idea what happened inside." arlington police say this was the first time officer miller used his weapon, and jeff,

. >> articlington-- arlington police say this was the first time officer miller used his weapon and jeff, they say he was nearing the completion of his field training program. >> glor: jericka thank you. today marks one year since michael brown was killed during a confrontation with a police officer in ferguson, missouri. the shooting sparked riots across the country and put police tactics in the spotlight. don champion is in ferguson tonight. >> it is time for us to not seek justice but demand justice. >> a year later, the anger in ferguson is still raw. >> don't put a mic in my mouth and think i'm going to be playing with y'all. >> more than a thousand gathered sunday where michael brown, jr. was killed by a white police officer last august. brown's father told the crowd the pain has in the eased. >> the question always asked to me is how i feel. i think that's just the dumbest question you could ever ask me. >> reporter: the family lead a four and a half minute long moment of silence. each minute for the number of hours brown's body laid on the ground. the officer involved in the shoo

arlington's police chief will johnson. >> there was a confrontation between officers and mr. taylor which led officer brad miller to discharge his weapon striking mr. taylor. >> officer miller fired four rounds. taylor's family wants answers. >> you train to take down -- you train to take down men with your hands. >> police say they have not interviewed officer miller yet. cbs news. >>> houston police say a man that allegedly shot and killed 8 people had a violent criminal history. david connolly has been charged with capital murder and is being held without bail. his alleged victims include a family of six children ages 6 to 13 and their parents. he told police he had a previous relationship with the mother. he once lived in the home. he told police he discovered the locks had been changed. >> donald trump refuses to back down despite growing criticism following the latest fire storm to hit his campaign over comments concerning megyn kelly. >> he took to the sunday shows defending himself against claims he's disrespectful to women. >> i'll be phenomenal to women. i want to h

according to arlington police chief will johnson. >> i have found several decisions made on scene to be troubling. >> reporter: the chief laid out a time line that shows at 1:15, officers found the dealership's gate busted open. at 1:17, taylor is spotted by the five officers on the scene. but at 1:18 when officers discussed setting up a perimeter, officer miller violates policy by separating from his training officer and goes into the showroom. the unarmed teen reportedly charged and cursed at the officer who fired four times while his training officer fired his taser. >> we've got shots fired. >> this fear and feeling of isolation was the result of his poor decision to enter the building without assistance and without an arrest plan. >> reporter: the chief's decision to fire miller surprised attorney and former police officer pete schulte who thought it was premature. >> there may have been a rush to terminate the officer. we certainly don't have the toxicology results back from the deceased, and i think that would have been a tell-taling sign of what actually happened in this case

arlington police chief spoke at last night's gathering. >> i can never promise you that we will not have a crisis in arlington but i can promise you, we will respond with compassion, we will respond with love and we will respond with accountability. >> miller's attorney says his client was trying to save his own life and those of other officers when he opened fire. >>> authorities say toxic waste from a colorado mine threatens to pose long term health risks to water supplies in several states. the 3 million gallon spill accidentally unleashed by e.p.a. workers has dissipated as it made its way along the arizona/utah border. >> while it's no longer visible because it's being dispersed, we are taking the necessary tests, looking at the wildlife, fish all the kind of work we need to do and responding to folks, drinking water and cattle water and those kind of things. >> the e.p.a. stopped field work in all abandoned mines while the spill is being investigated. >>> coming up on the morning news, a fiery accident caught on video. a collision results in a massive ball of flames in new jersey.

last night that deadly shooting sparked protests outside the arlington police department. omar villafranca is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rookie arlington police officer brad miller just joined the department in september and was still in training. he had limited field experience. it's that limited field experience that led to what his department is calling trouble in conduct. >> i have decided to terminate officer miller's employment with the arlington police department for exercising poor judgment. >> reporter: officials say that poor judgment was on display early friday morning when a rookie cop gunned down 19-year-old christian taylor. police were called to an arlington, texas, car dealership to investigate a burglary and found taylor acting erratically. >> officer bradley is seen walking towards the building where christian taylor was located. >> officer miller exercised inappropriate judgment by entering the build alone. this unilateral decision along with failing to communicate with fellow officers created an environment of cascading consequences

a professor specializes in geochemistry for the university of texas in arlington. he said the impact of this kind of spill goes way beyond just the look of the river. >> it's all of these metals are in excessive amounts. are dangerous for human life. >> the animus river runs 126 miles and is one of the sources of drinking water for towns surrounding it. basu says there are several ways to try to fix the problem. but the easiest might be letting the fast-flowing river run its course. >> dilution is the solution in a case like this. >> since the leak is not plugged up yet, the epa has decided to build retention ponds around the gold mine. to try to capture any of that contaminated water as it comes out. the epa is clearly frustrated and embarrassed by the situation, saying typically we respond to emergencies. we don't cause them. for "cbs this morning saturday," maria villareal, dallas, texas. >>> coming up, fpaying back a 63-year-old favor. john mellencamp made good with the hospital that saved his life as a baby. an incredible story coming up. >>> but for now, here

arlington police say the fbi is now assisting with their investigation to see if officer miller acted lawfully and followed departmental guidelines. >> our pledge is to provide these answers in the most thorough and expeditious manner possible. >> reporter: on saturday, taylor's friends and family held a vigil calling for justice. adrian taylor says he doesn't know why his son smashed his suv into the dealership, but thinks his actions shouldn't have been met with lethal force. >> you're trained to take them with your hand. you shoot to kill? >> reporter: the surveillance system at this car dealership does not have cameras inside the showroom where the shooting occurred and arlington police don't have the body cameras. deek differences say they're waiting for results from an autopsy and toxicology reports before they wrap up their investigation. kristine. >> owe are mmaomar, thank you. >>> police in santa maria are under fire this morning. victor martinez an illegal immigrant with a criminal history is now charged in a murder. marilyn farris was sexually assaulted and beaten with a ha

the arlington police department fired rookie officer brad miller. he killed 19-year-old christian taylor last week at a car dealership. last night that deadly shooting sparked protests outside the arlington police department. omar is there. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rookie arlington police officer brad miller joined the department in september and was still in training which means he had limited field experience. it was that limited field experience that led to what his own department is calling troubling conduct. >> i have decided to terminate officer miller's employment with the arlington police department for exercising poor judgment. >> reporter: officials say that poor judgment was on display early friday morning when a rookie cop gunned down 19-year-old christian taylor. police were called to an arlington, texas, car dealership to investigate a burglary and found taylor acting erratically. >> he just crashed through the gate. >> with what vehicle? a stolen vehicle? >> with his vehicle. >> reporter: officer miller is seen w

arlington police are called to the scene and an altercation ensued. he is tazed by one officer and the other officer draws his gun and fires four times. that officer, 49-year-old rookie brad miller was under supervised field training. miller shot at taylor four times landing shots in the neck, chest, and abdomen, according to the medical examiner. the fbi is assisting in the investigation and arlington police are not required to wear body cameras and cnn learned there are no cameras inside the car dealership showroom. >> i can guarantee you we will have a thorough investigation. if this was not justified or authorized under the law there will be consequences. >> reporter: taylor's family questions why the unarmed teen was killed. >> shoot an unarmed man and you are trained to take down -- as a police officer you are trained to take down men with your hands. you have your tasers and clubs. 19-year-old and you shoot to kill? >> i don't want it to be a race thing. i want everybody to be protected by law enforcement. >>> the united states says there is no

arlington's police chief says that rookie officer brad miller was fired for exercising poor judgment. miller was responding to a burglar call at a car dealership where he killed 19-year-old christian taylor. police say there was no physical altercation between officer miller and taylor. >> cnn has more details about what happened that fateful day at the car dealership including reaction from the brothers of the victim who are trying to cope with their brother's actions that day but also the actions of the officer. >> reporter: it has been a swift and quick response from the arlington police department firing the white police officer that shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. the night 19-year-old christian taylor vandalized and broke into an arlington, texas, car dealership, brad miller made troubling and catastrophic decisions. that is the scathing critique from the police chief. >> officer miller exercised inappropriate judgment. >> reporter: this is how the events unfolded leading to the shooting death of christian taylor. taylor had driven his jeep into the showroom area of t

arlington police chief said miller was fired for exercising poor judgment. he also faces a possible criminal prosecution, as well. >> right now to other stories we are following for you. there are indications north korea is beefing up the nuclear capabilities. >> experts have analyzed i78ages of a nuclear facility 80 kilometers north of pyongyang. here's our brian todd with more. >> reporter: a key intelligence find. satellite images of snow melt on rooftops. it may seem benign but this could signify an upgrade at north kraes korea's nuclear facility, a 0 miles north of pyongyang. based on these pictures from earlier this year, the defense analysts are saying kim jong-un's regime started to operate a second large hall of centrifuges there. >> what it suggests is north korea has began to double the centrifuge capability. >> experts say it could be working toward civilian nuclear energy or enrich uranium for more nuclear bombs. u.s. intelligence officials say kim's building his nuclear arsenal at a dangerous rate. according to weapons experts he may have 10 to

before becoming a cop he was a hairdresser in an arlington, texas salon. two of his co-workers describe him as very kind, someone who would bring flowers on mother's day. and he often talked about how he wanted to be a police officer. adrian and josh taylor question why officer miller shot their brother. >> he didn't do anything in that video that would sentence him to death or you know, anything -- maybe jail time, maybe. or you know, burglary charge, probation. >> reporter: taylor's family are not looking at the shooting as a racial issue. >> every person's life matters. yeah, my brother was black. he can't help that. so we're going to trust in the system. going to trust in god and keep praying. >> reporter: brad miller will no longer be a police officer with the arlington police department and he has to wait to see what a grand jury will decide if that grand jury will file any criminal charges against him. that is a process that will take several weeks. >>> china has allowed its currency, the yuan to fall for the third day in a row. the central bank set

cnn is live in arlington with the latest on this story. ed? >> reporter: well, texas police say they continue to investigate the matter. as far as we know, the officers involved in the shooting haven't been formally interviewed by investigators to determine whether whether or not the shooting was justified. according to arlington police, a lot of things will center around the altercation police say took place just moments before the shooting took place. the medical examiner in tarrant county tells us that christian taylor, 19 was shot in the neck, abdomen, and chest multiple tiles. all of this happening just moments after the surveillance video you showed shows christian taylor acting erratically at 1:00 in the morning friday morning a few days ago, and then driving a jeep into the showroom floor of the dealership. we're told that the officers do not have cameras on their body and there were no video cameras inside the building. police were saying there was some sort of altercation. no word if it was physical or verbal. 49-year-old rookie poli