Is honored at the capitol where he served for more than 30 years. How his colleagues and future leaders are honoring his legacy. And safe to ride . Electric moped rentals are on the rise during this pandemic. How a series of rececent accidents, including one that killed a tv reporter, is leading to new questions about their safety. Very scary stuff. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The Moderna Vaccine has officially entered the final stage before approval. Theres never been anything like this in terms of speed. A huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. We go from not even knowing what the virus was in early january to a phase three trial is really record time. Republicans unveiled another covid19 relief bill. It would reduce emergency benefits from 600 a week to 200. What the heck is going on . A Top National Guard officer will testify before a committee disputing the white houses account of events that led to protesters being
Reigniting the National Debate over Police Brutality and has sparked a federal investigation. The Law Enforcement officer, has within their latitude of scope of duty, the ability to use the right amount of force. But not Excessive Force. Not Excessive Force as defined by the law. A tense situation in minneapolis tonight. Good evening, im christina run down. Im frank somerville. Those protests are spread around the country, including here in the bay area, but none of them with the intensity of minneapolis. This is video from the Third Police Precinct in minneapolis in just the past 90 minutes. Its been the focus of all the protests and tonight the building, as you can see, was set on fire. There are hundreds of protesters surrounding the precinct. Police officers were seen abandoning it, but there has been no sign of any firefighters as of yet. You can see people piling wood and cardboard at the entrance to the building and throwing fireworks as the fire burns out of control. The damage
Close to important ship. Crews worked to save as much as they could of the pier and the jeremiah obrien. Crews are still pouring water on the pier. Dispatch audio giving us a glimpse into the scene this morning. I think we have a listen for that. [ no sound ] weve got Team Coverage for you. Getting to more of what were listening to. Sergio quintana and christie smith. Whats going on sergio . Reporter i can tell you as you mentioned, Police Officers and fire crews are still on scene here at pier 45. That fire came within just a few feet of the ss jeremiah obrien, but very quick work from fire crews saved that world war ii era ship. Towering flames and thick black smoke, first crews on scene immediately called for backup. More than 150 firefighters mobilized to knock down the four alarm fire. Were doing a surround and drown, getting this from all sides. Too dangerous for our members to be in there. Reporter first moments of the firefight, chaotic. You can see firefighters spraying one of
More than 150 firefighters mobilized to knock down the fouralarm fire. Right now were doing whats called a surround and drown. So were getting this from all sides. Its too dangerous for our members to be in there. Reporter the first moments of this firefight, chaotic. In this video, you can see firefighters spraying down one of their ladder trucks. They placed their truck in a position to save the warehouse to my right, and they did that amazingly and historically getting heat impingement and damage to that fire truck. Reporter one firefighter on scene was injured with a serious cut on his hand and was taken to a local hospital. Fire crews did not attack the flames from inside the warehouse because several walls collapsed. On the other side of the pier, crews mobilized a fire boat dousing the flames, keeping them away from a popular floating museum, the ss Jeremiah Obrien. You can see fire crews are still dumping lots of water here. Thats one of the walls that collapsed. Check out how
45 warehouse sitting right near some legendary restaurants. Incredible videos flooding social media showing the intense earlymorning scene. You see some of them here. The flames were so intense the, the first fire truck to arrive was scorched, had to be taken out of service. Crews attacked the fire from the ground and from the bay. This dramatic new video tonight shows the st. Francis fire boat dousing the flames. The goal, to protect the historic ss Jeremiah Obrien. Take a look at this map. You can see where the obrien is docked at pier 45. Flames came dangerously close to the ship. Fortunately it was spared. That fire has but some Business Owners at pier 45 in a difficult situation on what normally would be a busy Holiday Weekend for them. Nbc bay areas jackie ward reports. Reporter one hit after another. Thats how some businesses feel here at pier 45 while others are feeling nothing but gratitude. Someone mentioned that if the wind was blowing the other way, our building would proba