Checkpoint for Friday 8 July 2016

5:11 PM.Journalist Tim Cato, in Dallas, told Checkpoint the city was in lockdown, with many people unable to get home. Audio

5:13 PM.With KERA News Managing Editor, Eric Aasen. Audio

5:19 PM.Local resident Cedric Williams was at the protest with friends and decided to leave after threats of a bomb. Audio

5:25 PM.The man jailed for murdering Alex Fisher is keeping quiet about his reasons for killing his twelve-year-old half brother. Audio

5:28 PM.A farmhand who kidnapped and assaulted a 5-year-old girl in Palmerston North has been jailed for eight years. Audio

5:34 PM.The Dallas police Chief, David Brown, speaking at a news conference. Audio

5:41 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:43 PM.The Reserve Bank yesterday said there had been an influx of 160,000 people in the past three years, putting pressure on the housing market and prompting calls for the Govt to review its migration… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Dallas Morning News crime reporter Sarah Mervosh is outside a parking garage in downtown Dallas where negotiations with a suspect are taking place. Audio

5:55 PM.The Auckland businessman who threatened to spike infant milk formula with 1080 poison has had 15 months added to his prison sentence after he was caught in a party pills sting with buckets of illegal… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.The New Zealand Lotteries Commission estimates that around 2,000,000 Kiwis will be playing this weekend for their share of the biggest prize in lotto history of $40m. Audio

6:08 PM.Four police officers are dead and seven have been wounded, along with one civilian, in a shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest in the Texas city this afternoon, our time. Audio

6:19 PM.Two Christchurch housing services providing supervised homes for vulnerable young people have closed. Audio

6:22 PM.Swiss tennis player Roger Federer will attempt to reach his 11th Wimbledon final when he meets Canadian Milos Raonic in tonight's semi-final. David Luddy reports live. Audio

6:26 PM.Austin York is a reporter for K-R-L-D news and is on the streets in Dallas. Audio

6:40 PM.The government is searching for yet more ways to dampen the rampant housing market, including a billion dollar infrastructure fund and encouraging the Reserve Bank to further limit lending to… Read more Audio