Can grow interest in polo. And the remarkable story, from inmate to well performing businessman. All that and more over the next hour. But first, lets get headlines from my radio cohost. Thank you very much. Valiant pharmaceuticals raising its unsolicited offer foraler began a second al for allergan a second time. Holders of allergan would get 72 a share in cash and a fraction of one valeant share. Household purchases unexpect lid falling in april. 1 . That, folks, is the first decrease in a year. And check it out. Former microsoft c. E. O. Agreed to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for a record 2 billion. One of the big stories on this friday. She shelley sterling, the wife of the clippers owner, signed a binding contract with mr. Ballmer. Thats a look at some of the top headlines. Thanks very much. Now, from a sale to sails. The ocean masters World Championship is in full swing and it departs new york city tomorrow. Its a transocean race across the atlantic to barcelona, spain. There are
Protesters were blocking the intersection of broadway and 14th most of the evening and they left, marching east on broadway and five minutes or so they showed up back here again. Police are here as well. Police are now following them down the street right next to city hall. There are reports while they were away a photographer with the oakland tribune was at alled saw assaulted by protesters. Protesters yelled at drivers. Across from city hall where 20 to 30 demonstrators staged a protest late into the evening. Earlier by the hundreds, protesters marched through the city of oakland shutting down streets as they went and followed by dozens of police officers. Once they returned, they blocked the streets and said the verdict had something larger to say about race in this country. We want to call out the system for what it is, a racist system. Reporter some believed the experience of treyvon martin, shot and killed by a Neighborhood Watch volunteer was not far from their own. It can be an
Zimmermans du jour is far from certain. Future is far from certain. There will be a rally later on today outside of the Justice Department. The federal investigation could take place. People are still waiting what could to see what could happen there. We have more on the national reaction. Jummy, right here in sandberg and across the supportingups Trayvon Martins family are holding prayer services. Others have responded to George Zimmermans acquittal with anger. We demand justice frustration boiling over. , protesterso coast taking to the streets demonstrating against the not guilty verdict in the georgia zimmermann murder trial. Justice was not done. It was outrageous. In new york city, hundreds marched from times square to harlem, some clashing with police. In los angeles, protesters forced the shutdown of an interstate. In oakland, flag burning. People are angry. Trayvon martins parents are asking for peace despite the heartbreak. A really want to be killer of their unarmed son to b
Spoken thoz conversations have maybe grown louder as thousands have taken to the streets in cities coast to coast. Our team remains in place in sanford and Kerry Sanders was in the courtroom when the verdict was read, starts us off. Kerry . Reporter good evening, lester. Residents here in sanford and across the nation gripped by this trial may want to know what swayed the jury to reach their not guilty verdict. Tonight none of the six women who sat on the jury has revealed their identity. Outside the courthouse the reaction was immediate. How can you murder an innocent child and sleep at night . How can you . The verdict is the verdict and it cant be changed, but i think as a community we have to pull together and try to make sense of everything. Reporter and its not just sanford. The nation watched this trial closely. In the Early Morning hours in washington anger over the verdict. And in cities like chicago and new york, the verdict touched a nerve. I have a young daughter and i thou
More on the stellar performance by pitcher tim lincecum. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu channel 2 news on 2. Im mike mibach. And im claudine wong. Another cool morning out there, but rosemary joining us now with a look at what we can expect today. If we liked yesterday we are right there in that ballpark, claudia. We are going to see another nice day. The clouds along the coastline into the bay this morning, temperatures similar for most. And into the afternoon, i think we will see just a minor change and it will be in the way of a start of a cooldown. For some of us, slightly cooler, and it will be a cooler path as we head into the first half of next week. Ill have your temperatures, coming up. We begin with developing news. The fallout across the country from the acquittal of murder defendant George Zimmerman. We, the jury, find George Zimmerman not guilty. So say we all, foreperson. Well, shortly after the verdict was read, zimmerman smiled and then s