Verdict and callede from florida to chicago, new york to atlanta, and here in the bay area. We begin our Team Coverage with the john alston who is live from oakland with a look at the rally. A short time ago a few bicyclist took off. But about 200 or so demonstrators gathered in front of the Federal Building in downtown oakland for a peaceful and passionate rally, condemning the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. One of about 100 nationwide rallies organized by rev revved al sharpton, the protesters demanding the federal government file. Civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. We know africanamericans goes a state of mind of racial perception of africanamericans. And so the Justice Department has to look at that question. Lets all honor what barack obama said. Whether youre the mayor tried to address the crowd, praising president obamas speech on race, but she was heckled and intoed. Unlike protests when Oakland Police admit they were unprepared and
Warmer compared to yesterday around the bay. And foreign land communities this evening the clouds return, temperatures will drop to the upper 50s to low 80s. If you have dinner plans. And i do have a cooling trend to tell you about with the accuweather sevenday forecast in my report. More rallies are scheduled today in a second weekend of protests over the George Zimmerman verdict. One begins at 9 00 a. M. At the San Francisco Federal Building on 7th street. Another rally at noon at the Federal Building on clay street in oakland. Todays rallies come after about 100 people marched peacefully yesterday. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana was there. About 100 people gathered for a candlelight vigil. Organizers repeatedly urged everyone to remain nonviolent. This is a peaceful vigil and honoring ceremonies for trayvon martin. Mixed in amongst the group was oakland mayor jean quan. Most people arrived by foot as part of a fourmile march through the city that started earlier in the evening.
It was headed from afghanistan to dubai. And were going to speak with the state Department Spokesperson in just a moment but its i want to bin with Barbara Starr at the pentagon. What have you learned about the incident . At this hour, cnn has just received word from a u. S. Official that the plane has been allowed to take off from iran. It was ordered to land earlier in southern iran. The plane, a dubai charter had come out of the war zone in afghanistan carrying 100 u. S. Military contractors and 40 additional passengers heading to dubai and it got a radio call from iranian air Traffic Control saying that its flight plane was out of date and it needed to return to afghanistan. The pilot saying he didnt have enough fuel to make it back. The iranians said land or be interpreted. The plane was on the ground for several hours while authorities iranians authorities, authorities from dubai worked it all out. They had to bring in the early word is they may have had to bring in another crew.
To dismantle this network, this force, that has claimed to troll this much territory so that they cant do us harm. And thats going to be our objective. Reporter but achieving that goal in syria with a government the u. S. Doesnt support remains a challenge. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle including republican frank wolf in the house and Democrat Bill nelson in the Senate Already are preparing legislation ahead of any president ial request to authorize u. S. Air strikes inside syria. So far, mr. Obama pledged no u. S. Ground troops will enter syria, stressing that the u. S. And an International Coalition will prop up partners on the ground there, like the relatively moderate Free Syrian Army to take the fight directly to isis. They have been to some degree outgunned, and outmanned, and thats why its important for us to work with our friends and allies to support them more effectively. Reporter now, president obama also compared the fight guess isis to the fight against al qaeda. Of
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