Darting at one of his favorite restaurants. We are in the sunshine eating this wonderful food and it is amazing how simple it is but how wonderful it this. Reporter this is the first day restaurants have been allowed to be open. They are setting out as many socially distance tables as they can manage. On location is set prior to covid19 around 200 seats. Right now we are at 65 to 70. With the expansion of outdoor seating, i think we will be able to recover a lot of our seats. Reporter thsomething simila restaurants can apply free of charge to set upprivate parking many are waiting due to protests which have them weary. Even though we are allowed to be outdoors with surface, it is mostly takeout and pick up. We only have a handful of folks that felt comfortable opening up. Reporter there are new rules and Safety Measures to put in place. At san pedro square, they are not quite ready to welcome diners yet. Safety is our number one concern. We are continuing to reassess the situation, and
In. They lay down for several moments. Thousands of people there outside of San Jose City hall staging this guy in and now marching through the streets of downtown san jose. Right now were live over vallejo city hall. It looks like several dozen demonstrators are out there right now. This has been going around since about 3 pm this afternoon. Organizers say it is in the name of all of the innocent black lives lost to Police Brutality. You can see that Group Standing there. Of course, they have another issue thats come up over the last couple of days. They are expressing their outrage over the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa by Vallejo Police early tuesday morning. Henry lee will have much more on the Details Behind this and why they are speaking out about his death coming up in a few minutes. The first we go over to San Francisco where another group gathered in San Franciscos Mission District this afternoon demanding justice for Sean Monterrosa. He was from San Francisco, and his fam
Lets go to sal and see if anything is talking on friday. Whats new with you . Good morning to you. We can see traffic moving along the bay area. There are not a lot of big crowds. At 6 30, we will know if it will stay light. Even during the pandemic, we have had later commutes. This is a look at the bay bridge. Thats take a look at interstate 880. It is 6 01. Lets go to the headlines. We are following developing news. Firefighters are on the scene of a fire that threatened several homes in san jose and the south part of san jose. Elissa harrington joins us to talk about how investigators believe this fire might have started, alyssa . Reporter firefighters say that this was arson. They say that a witness saw someone lighting fires in that area. The suspect has been arrested. When units arrived, they found six separate fires, 2 to 3 acres in size. It was discovered that these were intentionally set. It was a witness who saw a person lighting these fires off. The colleen fire was reported
A good friday morning to you all. Im diane macedo. And im Kenneth Moton in for kendis gibson. In an sbrir with nbc news, the president offered up his account of how and why comey was fired. Hes a show boat. Hes a grand stander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago. It was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. While the white house pinned the decision on the justice department, the the president made it clear that it all started and ended with him. Abcs gentleman nae norman has the latest from washington. Reporter the white house clearing up conflicting messages. Saying for days, the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey was recommendation of rod ros rosenstein. Regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. Reporter Andrew Mccabe testifying before congress, offering more contra dixs. Director comey enjoyed broad support. Within the fbi. And still d
Storm this holiday weekend, the center of the country slammed overnight. At least four reported tornadoes tearing through the south, and dangerous flooding in colorado forcing this family to be airlifted. Now that system moving east this morning. And surrounded by sharks. The shocking image captured from the sky. The Sheriffs Department warning swimmers below. Youre paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks. New concerns about california beaches with sharks swarming the coastline. Good morning, america. Happy friday to everybody. Great to have david muir here with us. Great to be here. Kicking off a friday. Cant imagine being on a paddle board and being told 15 sharks are there. Scary enough sight. To know the i would have tried my best not the take a plunge. Who knows. A busy day in washington. All eyes on President Trump today after the firing of james comey. Hes meeting with top staff. H. R. Mcmaster, the National Security adviser. And then john kelly. As the fire s