Clara county supervisor cindy chavez has just conceded the race for san jose mayor, meaning City Council Member matt mahan is poised to become mayor of the largest city in the bay area. Chavez saying in a statement this morning, quote, thank you, everyone for all youve done to assist my campaign for san jose mayor over the past year that we were not victorious. Our message will carry on and live within the work i take on over the next 2 years as your county supervisor and quote. But at last check, chavez earned 117,000 votes. Good for 48 of the overall vote. While mahan had more than 123,000 votes, roughly 51 of the vote. We also have more breaking news out of the east bay this afternoon. Construction crews working in concord have hit a gas line, igniting a fire, as you can see in this photograph. Police sharing this image from the scene. It happened around 11 oclock this morning at the corner of grant and frederick street about a block away from mount diablo high school. Everyone is b
Out to peacefully protest do so day in and day out. Just to give you a quick picture of the size are you awasurround. Well give you a picture after several thousands people around the capital. These are the people that have been out in the afternoons, holding vigils at the site of George Floyds death and going through that city marching as well. However, for many of them that ive spoken to, they are feared that the groups that have moved into the city and laid waste to it block by block lighting chose fires and breaking into businesses are taking away from their businesses. I spoke with an africanamerican gentleman, he said youre a riter rit rioter and or a fprotesters. Those are two separate groups. Were hearing from some of the speakers. Youll see one person after another is coming up. One of the main messages we have heard is the arrest of Derek Chauvin is a step in right direction but these people feel theres three other officers that have yet to be held accountable for their actio
Itself is under attack from within. Breaking overnight, a Tulsa Police Officer cleared in the shooting death of a unarmed black man. Dozens of some of l. A. s most dangerous gang members were rounded up and arrested. Criminal organizers like ms13 represent a grave threat to the safety of americans. No politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. You kant let the critics and the nay sayers get in the way of your dreams. Were an american man were an american man were coming to your town were an American Band ainsley i just observed there are more american flags out there than normally. Avenue of americas. Then have you four american flags out there. Brian other people call it sixth avenue. Steve other people do. Fifth and seventh. Ainsley look at the street sign its avenue of the americas. If you look at the official name avenue of the americas. People say sixth avenue if you are a new yorker. If you look at the street sign it says avenue of the americas. Brian good poi
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone. Were glad youre here this evening. The stock markets spectacular ride carried it to a new record today as the dow shot past the 22,000 mark for first time. Its one sign of an economy thats hitting on many cylinders. Good news for wall street and certainly for folks with 401 k s and retirement dollars in the market. It can be easy to forget, however, that a lot of working people are still staring into nearempty wallets and are feeling left out of todays celebration because salaries are lagging behind. Our Business Correspondent jo ling kent has the Bigger Picture for us tonight. Reporter with todays record, the dow is now up 20 since President Trump was elected. Thats the story of one economy. While Many Americans feel like theyre living in another. Why are you here at amazon . I was originally working retail, and it just wasnt enough money. Reporter frustration shared today
U. S. House of representatives are running their own kind of covert investigation into alleged corruption at the Justice Department and the fbi. Writing, a group of House Republicans has gathered secretly for weeks in the capitol in an effort to build a case that Senior Leaders of the Just Department and the fbi perhaps criminally mishandled the contents of a dossier that perhaps alleged ties between donald trump and russia. A subset of the republican members of the House Intelligence Committee led by chairman devin nunes of california has been quietly working parallel to the committees high profile inquiry into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. They havent informed democrats about their plans, but they have consulted with the houses general counsel. Youll recall the president himself has slammed the fbi in recent weeks saying it was quote, in tatters and that it was a shame whats happening at the fbi. Well, today some House Republicans offered their own critique of