A she on the streets in baltimore. Marylands governor said that there will not be a repeat of last nights unrest. A curfew takes place in three hours. The worst rioting in baltimore in nearly 50 years. Hundreds gathered near the scene of some of the worst violence yesterday. There were reports of scuffles but no major issues. City leaders and gang members came together today calling for an end to the violence, and president obama joined them in condemning the riots. Its not a protest, its not a statement. Its people, a handful of people taking advantage of the situation for their own purposes, and they need to be treated as criminals. Hundredses of volunteers came out today to clean up the damage. And the police say at least 20 officers were hurt. And more than 200 people were arrested. John terry joins us now from baltimore, and john, how are things where you are right now . Now . Reporter hey good evening, tony. I would describe things as far more festive far more festive than 24 hou
And to Mark International space day we talk to a vet reason astronaut about the challenges ahead for Space Exploration. In baltimore and across the nation people have taken to the streets in victory marches for freddie gray. This comes a week after charges against Six Police Officers have been announced. From baltimore to Beverly Hills protesters celebrate the charges and say this is the first step. In seattle things turned violent when protesters hurled bottles at a Police Officer who responded with tear gas. In baltimore thousands marched to city hall taking up the rally cry, it is right to rebel. John terrett joins us live. Set the scene for us what is the mood line today. Good evening. Well, i can tell you that this march and rally was part celebration of freddie grays life and part victory rally for the fact that there were Police Officers now facing very serious criminal charges, including murder, as you know. That is very serious. I have to say it was a Party Atmosphere outside
And we also produced about 40,000 fliers for distribution at their request. So, well be seeing those in the next few months. The other track were following is the technical end in getting the machines and everything up to snuff and ready for implementation by january 6th. And on all the nonsf park meters which is three quarters of the stock, theyre the older variety, were preprogramming the changes in the shop and we will be visiting the site and touching each one of them and affecting the change in the operating hours and the time limits. That will be thats occurring right now and we expect to finish on time. We are also updating our software on the Parking Management database, and we also expect that to be ready on time. The meters will have a fourhour limit and theres a capability to be prepaid citywide on all the meters. The new as well as the older models. And you can prepay as early as 4 30 in the morning of that particular day. So, for example, if you want to attend service at n
That you wouldnt have put it on here for option 4 if you didnt think it was at least, you know, well within the realm of possibility. And, so, two questions. Would it help us, would it help you in your political and other efforts if we were to change the whereas clause that sort of suggests all of the approvals and funding have to be obtained by february 1st to essentially say they all had to be lined up or, you know, presumed to be feasible by february 1st, number one . And number two, would it help you if, as one of our valued constituents said, that we really change the resolution to say were directing you to make option 4 happen to the extent you can . Or do you really read it that way right now . To the latter, thats what i read and i read it as a direction from the board to make 4 happen. Good. In terms of modifying the whereas to speak to the spirit of having everything lined up such that we know that, say, option 4 is certain as opposed to every last approval in place, im fine
Enforcement times will stay put on the meters. We have also met at your suggestion with a panel of religious and Community Representatives in mid november. Its was very successful. They had a lot of good suggestions on how to do outreach, and we are volunteering to meet with one of the leader of the group, mr. Michael pappas, to the Inter Faith Council to personally visit with him some problem locations that he had suggested and also work with him to see if there are some solutionses and outreach methods we can try to reach some of those affected parties to try to relieve some of the potential problems that may be faced. They also gave us quite a bit of good feedback on other issues, including the suggestion for us to start the sfmta to do more consistent applications of our, of our Parking Management equipment and processes and regulations. We take that to heart and we will be putting a lot of those suggestions into place in the next couple months as well as the upcoming year. We have