Make room for one more. The democratic president ial field now widening with former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg now in the running. Bay area political experts are weighing in on bloombergs decision today. Cornell bernard is here with new developments in the race for president. Bloombergs late 2020 bid injects a new level of uncertainty into the race less than three months before the first voting begins. Some have concerns about bloomberg running for president. Following weeks of speculation its official, former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is in the race for president , making the announcement in his first tv spot. Mike bloomberg for president. Reporter dropping more than 37 million on a tv ad campaign, the largest of the 2020 election cycle so far. His fellow candidates firing back accusing the billionaire of trying to buy the election. Democracy means that billionaires cannot buy elections. Maybe the argument is hey, ive got more money than the guy in the white hou
Handling of new housing and growing homelessness. Advocates point to the millions of funding to support services and housing up oaklands homeless. That money was supposed to be used to house people by providing people with poor parties, writing people tricking water. Providing people with an mushing stations. We believe the city wasted that money. The mayor particularly did not follow the direction of city council. Theyve been very specific about how they want that money to be spent. And she spent that money by building stuff sheds. Reporter homeless advocates are critical of tough shed programs calling them unsafe. Attempts to reach oakland mayors libby schoss office was unsuccessful. All the other organizations, they say they can help that they can find shelter for us but they dont. And we are homeless and we live in our cars. My baby is sick. I need help. I love oakland and i cannot stand by and do nothing when i see what is happening. Reporter this woman is not homeless but is camp
Gayle. I cant imagine the emotions that friends and family are going through right now. Absolutely jr and justine this community was hit hard by this earlier today neighbors city and School Officials gathered at zeros Elementary School to show their support for the families of the 2 boys. In City Residents gather together sunday circle and prayer honoring the 2 boys shot and killed the day before book. The victims 1114 yearold boys this woman is the aunt of the 14 yearold are. Police say the boys were shot in the parking lot of cereals Elementary School just before one 30 saturday morning heartbroken family and friends left candles and flowers at the School Parking lot, the school where they once attended our 11 yearold just left for school and graduated and went on to middle school the 40 yearold i just saw him thursday in. I said hello and he actually did remember him and i asked him did he remember me so these are my kids away from home. Investigators say the boys were sitting in a
And quiet. Now into the afternoon tomorrow this begins to change between 02 03pm, its looking likely that light to moderate rainfall pushes into the north bay after 03 00pm really settling into the rest of the bay area and on into your evening commute tomorrow, wet roadways. Heaviest of rainfall is expected on into tomorrow evening by the time. Sunsets youre going to get heavy rainfall pushing on in through the bay and a half heavy snowfall up into the Sierra Nevada were talking half a foot to a foot of it, falling as low as 2500 feet elevation north of 80 3,000 to 4,000 feet south of 80s. So thats a lot of rainfall and snowfall to be talking about on into such a busy travel day on tuesday afternoon into evening. Wednesday also going to be bringing areas of rain could be some isolated doses of heavy rainfall on this day before thanksgiving will also be a cooler day so its going to be a cold rain breezy at times and i see up in the sierra thursday itself you get a mix of light showers a
Evacuation orders are in place along the coast. Reporter meridian bracing for dorian know this is the last chance to prepare. The monster storm has slowed as it creeps towards the u. S. Mainland after battling the bahamas as a category five and then 4 hurricane. Our garage door has come off floating in high water. Reporter the storm stalls over the bahamas unleashing damage described as catastrophic. Thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, dorian now setting its sights on americas Atlantic Coast but the unpredictability means forecasters are having trouble establishing its ultimate path. The only predictable thing at this point is its unpredictable. Reporter even if it only brushes floridas coast as it moves up the eastern seaboard, some areas could still see 10 foot storm surges. Millions of people through florida up to the carolinas are under evacuation orders. Theyre told to get out now before high wind forces some breezes to close. Even hospitals are closing and transpor