Accountability. With more demonstrations expected in nearby oakland, police are preparing again. We certainly are here to facilitate free speech, protests, First Amendment rights. And we want to create a safe environment for them. Aku but also at the same time, it reporter last nights demonstrations largely peaceful. But last week some protests ended with vandalism and arrest. With just over 700 officers, police say some are working their 12th day. It drives the overtime up as well as it really stresses and maximizes the officer. Now, we just came from days off council. Were going qp . Back to days of council because were anticipate mortgage protests is. Reporter other agencies like the chp have been coming in to assist. The officers do come from other areas as well, not just m oakland chp office. We do have minimum Staffing Levels at all of our offices which we do maintain, no ma4 reporter now back here live, oakland police[w say theyre feeling very lucky to have other Law Enforcement
Dozens of port of oakland workers at the main entrance to protest the new contract. In the meantime that count of fact your air travel as well as our shopping. I will tell you more about that later and they were full report. Thousands of bay area nurses are off the job today and on the picket line. This is the second strike this month by the california nurses association. The windchill wipers and a live shot of s. F. 0 foregoing. We are picking up some light rain this morning on Storm Tracker 4. Initially it was up north of the Golden Gate Bridge but we are seeing some stray showers in parts of San Francisco. Parts of the bay bridge and impacting some of the east bay as well. Around the bay area you will need windchill wipers the oneon one approach in san rafael into ocean beach over to you richmond district. Were detecting a dry break for the bay bridge right now. Some of the showers and pushed their way east and were seeing light rain on highway 13 over portions of the caldecott tunn
Snowboarding finals. While the duo of davis and white makes history in sochi. Meryl davis and Charlie White are the first olympic Gold Medalist ice dancers ever from the United States. And were celebrating right along with them in olympic park today, tuesday, february 18th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And good morning, welcome to today and a rainy sochi on this Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Take the camera off of us and put it over there. We got meryl davis and Charlie White. First ever olympic ice dancing Gold Medalists for the United States. And were thrilled to have them in our studio. Were thick with Medal Winners this morning. Weve got the two stevens in the studio, as well. Lots to celebrate. Lots to get to this morning. We want to start with todays top story. And that is that weather again. Another winter stor
Western pennsylvania and upstate new york today. Plus, theres a blizzard warning for parts of West Virginia and North Central maryland. And heavy rains on the west coast may also cause travel delays especially in the San Francisco area. Just ten days left for congress and the white house to make a deal and avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. The first family arriving in hawaii for the Christmas Holiday there, you see president getting off the plane, but before he left, president obama urged republicans and democrats alike to get it done. In the next few days, ive asked leaders of congress to work toward a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans, protects Unemployment Insurance for 2 million americans, and lays the groundwork for further work on both growth and deficit reduction. Thats an achievable goal. That can get done in ten days. Congress is also in recess until after christmas. In his weekly address, House Speaker john boehner accused the president and Senate Demo
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