Going to quote the city here, at a time of great unrest and deep reflection by our country, we recognize the pain and oppression that Christopher Columbus represents to many. The removal of the controversial statue of Christopher Columbus began at 3 00 a. M. By crews from the department of rec and park. It was then driven to an undisclosed location and placed in storage. The mayor and the San Francisco Arts Commission made that decision because they said it doesnt align to San Franciscos values or our commitment to racial justice. Christopher columbus is a deeply polarizing figure in our history and a deep symbol of pain, oppression, particularly for many Indigenous People in our communities. Reporter the city also took action after this flier began circulating online, encouraging people to remove the statue themselves at a demonstration scheduled for tomorrow. The statue was vandalized three times last week. To ensure the safety of organizers and really to spare them of having to do t
White House Task Force member dr. Anthony fauci joins us this morning. On the lines. Millions struggle to get benefits. Desperation setting in as crowds seek applications. 6. 6 people filing for unemployment. The staggering new numbers this morning. Covid19 confrontation. Where are you from . The suspicious popup testing site driven out by angry residents. The red flags, the operation under investigation this morning. White house showdown. Joe biden set for the democratic nomination after Bernie Sanders drops out of the race. How the Coronavirus Crisis is reshaping the race for president. Severe weather strike. Overnight tornadoes touching down in arkansas, damaging homes and cars and powerful winds flipping a semi truck off the road in illinois. Were tracking the latest this morning. And day of hope. Were celebrating americans all across this great country, making a difference. With lines at drivethrough food banks stretching for miles, the Unsung Heroes racing to help hungry families
Renewal noor california offering hope for those suffering. Total number of individuals in the icu, that number of 1,132 represents a drop of 1. 9 . From yesterday, one data point is not a trend, but nonetheless it is encouraging. And more positive signs, Governor Newsom says the states backlog of tests has dropped to 13,900 and the state says it will provide free or discounted hotel rooms for medical workers. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. In east bay a group of a activists, civil rights lawyers and public defenders calling for the release of all inmates from alamedas jail to keep from getting or spreading the coronavirus. Law enforcement says releasing inmates accused of Violent Crimes will be unwise and unsafe. Abc 7 news anchor aaron thomas is live at the jail. Eric . Reporter and those activists say a crowded jail is like a petri dish for covid19. The only way to stop the spread is to release everybody. The sheriff says not so fast. Before the coronavirus pandemic the jail was home
right wing reacting to his tweets before they converged on the capitol. reports that pence caved. if pence caved, we are going to trial drag this guy through the streets. you politicians are going to get a drug through the streets we deserve to be with the rest of them. vice president is not going to interject anything. [noise]. you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! okay, that is horrifying. unfortunately, it is the tip of the iceberg. turns out, a trump s lawyer and insurrection mastermind, johnny, did not think that the supreme court would overweight overturning the election. a swing claimed to have insight on fighting among the justices. i wonder how he got that? that is strange. maybe it is not so strange. he did clerk for justice aaron thomas. the washington report shows that he has been exchanging corresponds with jesse thomas. he denied that any of this can come before the court. now the january six committee has some qu
Charges. Under arrest for the 1995 kidnapping of christine. She was walking hem when he and two other men pulled her into a van. Its very scary. Unusual thing to happen in this neighborhood. Usually very quiet, nothing like that happens. Reporter debbie lives next to the house where the choos lived and they tried to extort 800,000 from her businessman father and dropped the ransom plan when they learned her parents werent even home but in taiwan. They left her. They moved soon after the incident, not here very long, a very brief period of time. As an outcome of this there is always a police present now at dropoff and pickup at school from then on. Lynn is the second to face charges, the other sentenced a few years ago. They matched his picture to a wanted photo from 1995. He is being held at the jail in redwood city. New at 11 00, take a good look. The alameda Sheriffs Office says 77yearold Roberto Ramirez went missing today after going to church and is an at risk patient using a wheel