Phase thats according to the un. The humanitarian relief co ordinator told the bbc that militants were directly targeting families who remain trapped. Iraqi forces supported by kurds, Shia Militias and us forces are pushing into western mosul, which is still largely held by the last remaining militants. Eastern mosul is back in the hands of the government. Alan johnston reports. In the ruins of the streets, the battle grinds on. One more shot fired and in the heat and the attack continues on the fringes of mosul old city. In the distance, the mosque held by the militants and they may well fight to the death to try to keep it. As the army Presses Forward , try to keep it. As the army Presses Forward, fears grow for the thousands of civilians trapped in the old city. They are in danger of being hit accidentally by the attacking Government Forces and the un said the militants are using civilians as human shields, targeting those who try to escape. Some families to gather their children an
Bill to strengthen the states antihate crime laws. It will expand the definition so if it affects someone the protected class than the violence would be considered a hate crime. Reporter with more white nationalists rallies planned for berkeley and San Francisco in the coming weeks, stiffer penalties for neonazis and White Supremacists are in the works. A resolution will direct federal, state and local Law Enforcement to use all Legal Options to prosecute those hate groups who commit Violent Crimes as terrorists. It supported by the Alameda County sheriff who told me, Law Enforcement supports more tools to eradicate people who want to hurt others based on skin color. The hate crime hotline has received an increase in calls according to skinner who said the District Attorney wants to see more tools to prosecute these offenders. Thank you. A monthlong investigation led to the arrest of two accused drug dealers in santa rosa. The Sonoma County sheriff rated two locations in ceased methamp
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
Later. 4 31 now on this friday morning, a windy start for a lot of folks today. All i heard was 80 somewhere. I just heard 80s. 80s . I knew it. I just have to say 80 degrees and euns ears perk right up. Sunday will be close to 80 degrees. Number one, hold on to your hats and young kids today. It is going to be a blustery and windy day to be outside. Wind breakers and sweatshirts, perfect for today and tonight. If you havent put shorts, you have the chance to get them again saturday and sunday. Rain chances staying nice and low and more warm weather coming our way for next week. Highs in the upper 50s to 60 degrees to give you a heads up on how to dress kids, lets go to melissa mollet. She is on the 202 this morning. Everything looking good. We have the camera back up at landover road. No problems there. You 27 minutes. Dont have any worries. Same thing if youre headed northbound on 270. Everything is out of the way. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm, our partner when you head into
Temperatures are going to start to cool as we get closer to the weekend. Saturday will be a little cooler. Sunday air temperatures will drop and keep dropping into next week. How warm will it be tomorrow . No triple digits on the map. 98 in antioch. 66 in San Francisco. I will have a closer look at your weekend forecast coming up in my next forecast in 5 minutes. Back to you. You know what they are . Thugs. Donald trump talking about the violent protesters who showed up outside of his rally in san jose last night. Tonight there is outrage and pushback from police and other south bay officials after the violence that erupted outside the trump rally. You see some of it right here. There were punches thrown. A woman was throwing eggs. Police announced they are going after the people who did get violent. The violence that occurred last night was not and will not go unchecked. Eddie garcia denouncing this. The violence the left one of his officers injured. And clamping down on protesters. W