Im dion lim. Some wellknown conservative personalities were on the agenda to speak at that rally today, but organizers canceled the event minutes after it started. Police say several people participating in the rally were injured as well as three officers when they were sprayed with pepper spray. A warning now, some may find the following video disturbing. A witness captured the scene as a protester punched rally organizer Philip Anderson before his speech. Cornell bernard has a look at how things quickly escalated. No nazis, no kkk, no fascist usa. Reporter a large crowd of demonstrators gathered to oppose a small Group Holding what was build as a free speech rally, protesting what they say is twitter censorship of some of their message. They have no business being here. We call them San Francisco for jesus christ. Reporter the rally was granted a permanent from the city. Some of the speakers expected including wellknown President Trump supporters and conservative right personalities,
Getting into the air in the buildings. Reporter tce is a chemical that the cdc says is widely used for degreasing manufactured metal parts, making pesticides, and was used as a pet food additive before being and in 1977. It has been linked to causing heart deformation in fetuses. The Exposure Time is with in the womans first three weeks of her pregnancy. Reporter it is not clear how long the tce has been sitting in the groundwater beneath Jose Inez Garcia Zarate one high school. The source is not a school, but a land that held the business called lane metal finishers. They are cleaning up tce on that property. We are concerned. We are anxious. Reporter this is a parent of a High School Student that joins 350 classmates waiting for word on when and where school will soon be held. My ongoing concern is the loss of educational time that the children are receiving, and the plan for what we will do in the future. Reporter school here at Mcclymonds High School will be closed, while we try to
Now. Reporter it was in this space on the myrtle street campus where tce was found in the groundwater when they were removing a petroleum tank. Reporter we are concerned it is vaporizing, seeping through the ground, exiting the ground and getting into the air in the buildings. Reporter this is a chemical that the cdc says is widely used for degreasing manufactured metal parts, making pvc plastic, some pesticides, and was used as a pet food additive before being banned in 1977. It is linked to causing heart deformation in fetuses. The Exposure Time is within the womans first three weeks of pregnancy. Reporter it is not clear how long it has been sitting in the groundwater beneath mcclymonds. The source is not the school, but a land nearby that housed a business called lane metal finishers. The state is cleaning up tce on that land. I am concerned and alarmed. Reporter this is a parent of a High School Student that joins her roughly 350 classmates waiting for word on when and where schoo
Rob roth joins us from city hall. The mayor calls Mohammed Nuru a close personal friend. Reporter thats right. With rumors swirling around city hall, the mayor did acknowledge that she once had a romantic relationship with Mohammed Nuru. She said the romance ended many years ago, the controversy surrounding it has not. San francisco mayor, says she wants to set the record straight in a News Conference and on an online post to reveal that she and disgraced former public works director, Mohammed Nuru, dated about 20 years ago. May not have even been a year. After we were no longer dating, we were still very close. Reporter that relationship was an open secret around city hall. The mayor wanted to put to rest any rumors that the relationship was more recent. I decided to go forward with this because there were a number of rumors. Also, i wanted to make sure that people heard about our relationship. Reporter they may be facing a problem more serious than who she dated. She acknowledged a 5
Reporter sand the mayor said she did nothing wrong. Supervisor ronin clearly disagrees and had discussions with the City Attorney to see if the mayor should face any possible penalties. That is the latest in San Francisco, im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Busy at times, volatile at times for Pete Buttigieg today in the bay area. Lets take you live to sacramento. There is a town hall underway. He is not on stage yet. These are the people getting everyone ready for him. The candidate will try to meet as many california voters as possible ahead of the march 3rd primary. He is set to be on stage soon. Hes squeezing in events in palo alto and also right now at a town hall in sacramento. Nbc bay areas robert handa joins us live from palo alto to tell us how the morning breakfast went. Reporter well that is right. The candidate knowns as mayor pete got a very enthusiastic reception in both places, especially here in palo alto. But for those who are still trying to get to kno