Stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue robert e lee. And we will have more on the president s remarks in a full report thats coming up at 5 30. A couldnt federal monument in durham North Carolina began the gathering point of a Group Protesting the weekend violence in charlottesville. Demonstrators used a rope to pull down the couldnt federal Soldier Monument last night. Some were seen kicking and spitting on the toppled bronze statue. It was dedicated in 1924. Police say they are working to identify and charge those responsible for the damage. And austin, texas over the weekend vandals spray painted at least four road signs bearing the name of confederate general e lee. All of the signs will be replaced at least one lawmaker wants the city to go a step further. Council person has called for lees name to be removed entirely. There are renewed calls to remove a statue dedicated to a polarizing figure in philadelphia political hist
Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. President elect trump invites tech meters to meet this week. My exclusive interview with investor, entrepreneur, and former Google Venture ceo bill garrett. We find out what his next for the media giant. First to the lead. A techfocused meeting of the minds at trump tower. The president elect sits down with top executives who largely backed Hillary Clinton and spoke out against him. Among those attending, jeff bezos, sheryl sandberg, elon musk, and chuck robin, larry page, and tim cook. Meeting is a chance for Silicon Valley to find Common Ground with the new administration. After clashing on key issues like integration, trade, immigration, and joining us is bill merits. I would love to be a fly on the wall at this meeting. What do you think is going to happen . Do you think there will be a reconciliation of sorts . Bill i dont know. I know almost all of the individuals who were reportedly attending and they are all good people.
Two have scared off in berkeley under the protective banner of free speech only to then turn on each other, this time with 20 arrests. We asked berkeley councilwoman kate harrison, was this a political rally or a rumble . A rumble. It became a rumble. Is berkeley the new ground zero for this . I dont know. I dont know. I certainly hope not. Id probably say it was both. Its challenging. They had helmets, shields, weapons. And this is something we really havent seen before. Something that they may be seeing again and possibly regularly. City officials told me on and off camera that one of the good things was that nobody instantly on the by side got hurt. The man shown on that video punching the woman is a selfdescribed white nationalist. 30yearold nathan dimigo is a marine and undergraduate at california state stanislaus. Hes the founder of a group called identity europa which places flyers at College Campuses claiming white superiority. The town hall in San Francisco today was so raucou
The record high today, 80, and thats certainly within reach of where we will be during the course of the day today. Slightly milder by the weekend. I dont think we can get rain out of those clouds. Western colorado will have light showers early saturday morning, and its been a dry august, and we are running well behind as far as total rain snow. Average for the month is 4 inches, and we will get no snow this month. Good morning to folk thornton and north glen. The drive is much busier than expected. The drive extending to 84th, and getting into downtown should not be problematic at all this is across the side streets, and this is just south northbound stretch of wadsworth, and water main break that took place overnight has two left lanes closed down. The backups have the potential to get pretty heavy. Keep it in mind, and maybe use sheraton to access 6th a. The backup eastbound leading up to 270. The crash should any minute. Im glad i wasnt in there when he was in there i would have sa
Now. No, its not its going to be warm around here. Check out the latest view from Sports Authority field. We will be clear blue once the sun comes up in an hour and 20 minutes or so. Dry conditions through the day today, and check it out how things will roll throughout the region. We see we start with the cool weather, and i mean very chilly now, temperatures in the 40s, and we will be in the 60th plus by morning. Rain continuing on the west southeast, and they are anticipating flash flooding for southern and Central California out of this system, and the system is going to move onshore, creating a chevy rain in california and parts of nevada, and then by late tomorrow afternoon, into saturday morning, we will begin to see some very light showers, just what is left over, and it will move into western colorado, and i dont think we will be seeing any of the rain move here to the front range, and our record high today, it is 80, and after a cool start, we are absolutely going to have a wa