Oakland tomorrow night. Mayor is sending a friendly warning. Sky 7 hd over oakland as several dozen protesters took to the streets. The group blocked traffic for a short time in response to an officerinvolved shooting which left a suspect dead. Amanda opened her flower store and saw windows broken. It is frightening because it happens to them only but could have happened to any of us. Reporter activist cat brooks says the crowd was upset and demanding answers. Continue to have the question why lethal force is the only option. Reporter on wednesday Oakland Police chased the Armed Robbery suspect from 69th avenue and international boulevard to this intersection at 27th and Martin Luther king. Police say the driver ran while carrying this loaded weapon. He tried to carjack another car. The suspect was still armed when the officers discharged their firearm. Reporter police say theophilusers were wearing body cameras. Protesters say they will march again. We expect to have the right. We urg
City. This president is a clear and present danger to the health and safety of every american. S in this is really clearly a political gim zbliek but some are skeptical pointing out styer is also rumored to be seeking office heus himself. It bee lies a lack of knowledge of civics, the way that impeachment happen is not through citizens signing petitions and but rather through congress. Reporter and it is true that politicly speaking its unically the president will be impeached unless Congress Turns more democratic in 2018. In San Francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. You should know scott has been covering the story all day. Here is the picture he tweeted out earlier some of the protectsers getting creativity. For more check out his feed. As expected, another hot day in the bay area. Record breaking heat in fact. Here is live look at the golden gate in San Francisco. Boasting higher temperatures than las vegas today. Thats a big deal. Chief meteorologist jeff ra
The next army secretary. Other nominees included the defense undersecretary for intelligence and for personnel and readiness and the assistant defense secretary who advises on weapons of mass destruction to the committee is chaired by her son senator john mccain. This is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of mark espers to be secretary of the army or robert l. Wilkie to be undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness Joseph D Kernan to be undersecretary of defense for intelligence and roberts were Nuclear Chemical and biological defense weapons. I would like to say that ive been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense and the administration being cooperative and responding to our questions and to our ability to carry out our responsibilities on the Defense Authorization bill. I think most members were happy with their briefing that we received concer
Opioid epidemic. After that, a border oversight hearing. Yesterday the United Nations called for the lift on the u. S. Embargo against cuba. Several Defense Department nominees testified at conformation hearing earlier. Well hear from mark esper asked about Army Readiness and Sexual Assaults in the military. The Senate Armed Services committee is chaired by arizona senator, john mccain. Good morning. Senate Armed Service s committe meets to consider the nominations of mark t. Esper for secretary of the army. Personnel of red naez. Joseph to be undersecretary of defense for intelligence. And guy v. Roberts for nuclear, chemical and biological defense weapons. I would like to say that ive been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense. And the administration in being cooperative in responding to our questions and to our ability to carry out our responsibilities on the Defense Authorization bill. I think that most members were happy with the briefing that we received concernin
Service, has been tested. Routinely theyve proven their courage, skill and determination. The burden imposed on our soldiers only gres as threats to our nation increase and sequestration remains the law of the land. Given current operational demands, restoring readiness must be the armys First Priority. Weve made some progress this year towards improving ready brigads ready for deployment. But the army still does nautd plan to return to full Spectrum Readiness until 2021 at the earliest. Meanwhile, the army is woefully behind on modernization and our soldiers are increasingly unprepared to confront the harsh realities of 21st century warfare. With glaring capability gaps, these problems would only get worse as our adversaries continue to modernize their forces. Put simply our army lacks both the adequate capacity and the key capabilities to win decisively. If confirmed we will expect you to implement the six key priorities for force modernization that the remember army announced last m