Oakland near the Oakland Police station. There was a brief confrontation here between demonstrators and police but they are our heavy barricades and the crowd went in different directions. Right now they are in the grand lakes section. We saw some video online from a few weeks ago, fireworks being set off by demonstrators. Police have Just Announced an Unlawful Assembly which is in the precursor for arrests. A clock this evening. Several hundred people began marching through the streets of oakland to protest the shooting of jacob lake in wisconsin. It has been allowed demonstration. No violence, still quite a bit of vandalism. There are folks in the crowd protesting with shovels and other tools and began smashing windows in downtown oakland particularly along clay street. In some cases they even pulled plywood off the windows first and then hacked away at the glass. Most of this crowd were not committing vandalism, we want to make that clear. The anger among the demonstrators is palpab
Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight and a dire warning to americans in the path of hurricane laura. As we come on the air, the monster category 4 storm is on a collision course with the texas and louisiana coastlines, and its growing stronger by the minute. Tonight, laura is on her way to becoming a catastrophic category 5 hurricane when she barrels into land just a few hours from now. Nearly 15 years to the day of hurricane katrina. The unprecedented storm is now expected to leave parts of the region under the gulf of mexico for days, unleashing a twostorytall storm surge on the coast that forecasters say will be unsurvivable. A wall of water so high, it could submerge half of the city of lake charles, louisiana. The damage from the 140mileperhour winds and torrential rains will also be devastating. Tonight 1. 5 Million People have been evacuated and 30 million more are in the path of the storm. Those who havent left are
Stand tonight. Their strike against Racial Injustice. An unprecedented storm about to make a direct hit on the gulf coast. Now at 11 streaming on cbs and bay area, we begin with the breaking news out of oakland. Kpix 5s joe vasquez is live at the scene for us. Reporter im in downtown oakland near the Oakland Police station. There was a brief confrontation here between demonstrators and police but they are our heavy barricades and the crowd went in different directions. Right now they are in the grand lakes section. We saw some video online from a few weeks ago, fireworks being set off by demonstrators. Police have Just Announced an Unlawful Assembly which is in the precursor for arrests. Protests began at around eight a clock this evening. Several hundred people began marching through the streets of oakland to protest the shooting of jacob lake in wisconsin. It has been allowed demonstration. No violence, still quite a bit of vandalism. There are folks in the crowd protesting with shov
17yearold from illinois o proteste were shot dead in the teen was caught on camera earlier in the night saying he was trying to protect a gas station. Convention fallout. Reaction tonight after unprecedented use of the white house for a political event. And, with that powerful trricane barreling its way to the gulf coast, will the storm upend the president s huge finale plan for the south lawn . Stunning reversal. In a dramatic aboutface, the c. D. C. Suddenly changes its guidelines for who should get tested for the coronavirus. Was there pressure from the president . Superstar in space a big day for Jeanette Epps. Why this astronaut is making history tonight. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. And thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight, and a dire warning to americans in the path of hurricane laura. As we come on the air, the monster category 4 storm i
Pollutants and smoke in the air coastal areas, some of your best well looking at east and south facing some unhealthy spots to kick off this thursday. Winds right now nice and calm for the most part and temperatures in the 50s and 60s so through the jacket on as you venture outside it is cool and it does have a brisk feel to it as youre getting out there later today expect comfortable conditions with highs in the 60s for San Francisco low 70s in oakland and some 80s in san jose. Back to you james all right, thank you very much john. Back to the fires now crews are making progress on 3 major fires burning across the bay area according to cal fire the lnu lightning complex fires up in the north bay are now 33 contained. The scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east bay and south bay is now 30 contained and the czu august lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties is now 21 contained. Now good news out of the santa cruz area we have you see santa cruz lifting now i