THE STORE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK COMING UP IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, STAFF MARK.
>> LA VERNIA ISD WILL NOW ALLOW
SOME STAFF MEMBERS TO CARRY
CONCEALED WEAPONS ON CAMPUS.
LAST NIGHT THE SCHOOL BOARD
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO IMPLEMENT
A DISTRICT GUARDIAN PROGRAM.
THE DECISION COMES AFTER
SEVERAL MONTHS OF DISCUSSIONS
WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS
LITTERING IS DIRECTOR OF SAFETY
AND SECURITY SAYS 88% OF
RESIDENTS SUPPORTED THE PROGRAM
IN A SURVEY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
GUARDIANS MUST HAVE 20 HOURS OF
CLASSROOM TRAINING 20 HOURS AT
A FIRING RANGE, A LICENSE TO
CARRY PAST ANNUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL
EXAMS AND SUBMIT TO RANDOM DRUG
TESTS.
>> NOW, NEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT
FUGITIVE COUPLE FROM ALABAMA ON
THE RUN FOR 11 DAYS THAT WERE
FINALLY CAPTURED. AUTHORITIES
SAY THE JAIL OFFICER WHO HELPED
A MURDER SUSPECT ESCAPED HAS
NOW DIED FROM HER INJURIES
AFTER A DRAMATIC POLICE CHASE,
ABC’S MONA KOSAR. ABDI HAS THE
STORY.
THIS MORNING. THE CORRECTIONS
OFFICER ACCUSED OF HELPING A
MURDER SUSPECT ESCAPED FROM AN
ALABAMA JAIL HAS DIED FROM HER
INJURIES.
>> AND THE INMATE IS BACK IN
POLICE CUSTODY AN 11 DAY
NATIONWIDE. MANHUNT IS OVER
FISHING HAD VERY LONG AND
STRESSFUL AND CHALLENGING WEEK
AND HAS THE SHERIFF OF
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
ANNOUNCING CASEY WHITE AND
VICKY WIDE WERE CAPTURED
MONDAY, MORE THAN 200 MILES
AWAY IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.
>> CASEY WHITE ESCAPED FROM
JAIL. APRIL 29TH ALLEGEDLY WITH
THE HELP OF LONGTIME
CORRECTIONS OFFICER VICKY WHITE
POLICE SAYING VICKY SOLD HER
HOUSE AND DRAINED HER BANK
ACCOUNTS TO RUN AWAY WITH HIM.
DESPITE THE SAME LAST NAME, THE
2 ARE NOT RELATED, BUT
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 2 HAD A
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. SHOCKING
VICKY’S FAMILY AND CO-WORKERS
CALL
A TIP LED INVESTIGATORS TO
INDIANA WHERE THE MANAGER OF A
CAR WASH GREW SUSPICIOUS ABOUT
A TRUCK PARKED THERE FOR DAYS.
I WALK UP TO THE TRUCK WITH
THE TOWN.
>> COULD BE THIS GAFFE AMOUNT.
THE MOM AND THEIR PLATE.
>> SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE
CAR WASH SHOWED A MAN WHO
APPEARED TO BE CASEY. THEN
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY TRACKED
THE COUPLE TO A NEARBY HOTEL
WHERE THE WHITES TOOK OFF AS
U.S. MARSHALS PURSUE THEM,
EVENTUALLY FLIPPING A CADILLAC
OVER IN A DITCH. CASEY WAS
PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND
ARRESTED. BUT AUTHORITIES SAY
VICKY WAS PINNED INSIDE WITH A
GUNSHOT WOUND TO HER HEAD.
THEY SAY CASEY TOLD THEM VICKI
HAD SHOT HERSELF. THE KEY LATER
DIED AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE AN
AUTOPSY IS EXPECTED TODAY.
WE’VE GOT A BANGOR MAN OFF THE
STREET TODAY. HE IS NEVER GOING
TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN.
>> CASEY, WHY WILL NOW BE
TRANSFERRED BACK TO ALABAMA TO
FACE NEW CHARGES RELATED TO
HIS ESCAPE?
>> MONA KOSAR, ABDI ABC NEWS,
NEW YORK.
>> AND YOUR OTHER MORNING
HEADLINES. WASHINGTON IS
SEEKING TO PORTRAY UNITED FRONT
AGAINST RUSSIA’S INVASION OF
UKRAINE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
SIGNED A BIPARTISAN MEASURE
REBOOT THE WORLD WAR. 2 ERA
LYNN LEAST PROGRAM BOLSTER KIEV
AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ALLIES.
THE HOUSE COULD VOTE AS SOON AS
THIS WEEK ON 40 BILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF MILITARY AND
HUMANITARIAN AID FOR UKRAINE.
MEANWHILE, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN MARCHES
COUNTRY’S BIGGEST PATRIOTIC
HOLIDAY WITHOUT EVEN UTTERING
THE WORD UKRAINE. HE HAD NO
MAJOR NEW BATTLEFIELD SUCCESS
TO BOAST ABOUT. AND THE
KREMLIN’S FORCES HAVE LITTLE OR
NO PROGRESS TO SHOW FOR THEIR
LATEST OFFENSIVE.
>> SOUTH KOREA’S NEW LEADER
WAS OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS
PRESIDENT IN THE CAPITAL.
SEOUL TODAY IN HIS INAUGURAL
SPEECH, HUGE TOOK. YOU’LL SAID
HE HAS NOT THIS JUST PLAN TO
STRENGTHEN NORTH KOREA’S
ECONOMY IN EXCHANGE FOR
DENUCLEARIZATION. INSTEAD, HE
WANTS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF
NORTH KOREANS IN RETURN FOR
GREATER SECURITY. HE ALSO ADDED
THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION IS OPEN
TO NEGOTIATING WITH THE NORTH.
HE BEGINS HIS FIVE-YEAR TERM
AFTER DEFEATING THE COUNTRY’S
DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER LAST
MONTH.
>> WASHINGTON NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL HONOR THE NEARLY
1 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DIED
OF COVID-19 LAST NIGHT TO
CATHEDRAL BELL RANG 1000 TIMES.
ONE TIME FOR EVERY 1000 PEOPLE
HAVE PASSED. THE BELL RINGING
HAPPENED AFTER A SPECIAL PRAYER
SERVICE FOR COVID VICTIMS.
CDC’S COUNT FOR COVID DEATHS
IN THAT STATE STANDS AT MORE
THAN 995,000 PEOPLE. SOME
REPORTS LAST WEEK THAT IT
ALREADY PASSED 1 MILLION.
A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THIS IS THE
LAST TIME THE CATHEDRAL WILL
MEMORIALIZE VICTIMS WITH THIS