Parading without a permit. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, i was frightened. They got i went anyway. At that time, i do not understand that fear and god do not occupy the same space. Nonfear that the the king and that Nonviolent Movement have, i was able to lose mine. Amy dick gregory also ran for president against richard nixon. He engaged in countless hunger strikes over the past five decades. Today, on democracy now , dick gregory over the decades in his own words. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Massive protests against White Supremacy spread across the United States over the weekend, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets from coast to coast to condemn violent White Nationalist groups and to call for the removal of Confederate Monuments and other statues memorializing slavery and racism. In downtown boston, 40,000 people poured into the streets around the Boston Common to
On the couch of the tonight show, to his decades long commitment to the Civil Rights Movement. In 1960 three, he was jailed a d bebeaten by birminingham policer parading without a permit. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, i was frightened. They got i went anyway. At that time, i do not understand that fear and god do not occupy the same space. Nonfear that the the king and that Nonviolent Movement have, i was able to lose mine. Amy dick gregory also ran for president against richard nixon. He engaged in countless hunger strikes over the past five decades. Today, on democracy now , dick gregory over the decades in his own words. All that and more, coming up. Wewelcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Massive protests against White Supremacy spread across the United States over the weekend, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets from coast to coast to condemn violent White Nationalist groups and to call for the removal
And invasive patdowns. Reports of new, rigorous patdowns at Airport Security checkpoints. If you want to fly, get ready to get more up close and personal with the tsa. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on a very busy saturday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with that breaking news, President Trumps striking allegations against former president barack obama. President trump in a twitter tirade accusing the former president of spying on him at trump tower by wiretapping phones but offering no evidence, or even what prompted those allegations. A spokesman for president obama firing back, saying, neither the former president nor the Obama White House ordered or interfered with any such surveillance. This, following a dramatic and heated exchange, you see it there, inside the oval office with key aides abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross leading us off tonight. Reporter it was just before sunrise in palm beach, when the president of the United States took to twitter to
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Bats, boards, nails, and pepper spray. These are confiscated items after fights broke out at a protrump protest in berkeley, resulting in ten arrests. [ shouting ]. And fire on the bart tracks. Scary moments for passengers in the east bay. This could have been a lot worse. Good evening, thank you for joining us, im matt keller. That big electrical fire broke out just before 6 00. An abc7 news viewer shared this video with us as she was driving by. Amazingly, many of the estimated 250 people on board had no idea about the fire. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow has the story. Melanie . Reporter close to 300 passengers were stuck for nearly an hour and a half. The good news tonight, service is restored, and no one was injured. Relief and a thumbs up, this cell phone video taken as passengers got off a bart train stuck more than an hour. We were exiting the walnut creek station, and all of a sudden, the train just kinda lurched and stopped a little
Facetoface tonight to roast each other at the waldorf astoria in new york, it is all part of the annual al Smith Charity dinner. Tradition dictates that the candidates deliver humerus remarks poking fun at each other and themselves. We will see how that goes, and have latest from the dinner tonight on Eyewitness News at 11 00. Tonight Trump Campaign is also dealing with a new revolution, karena virginia says trump groped her at u. S. Open this 1998. Virginia told her story with attorney gloriaal red in new york city toy day. The Yoga Instructor and lifestyle coach felt intimidate by billion air businessman. Reached his right arm and grabbed my right arm and then his hands touched the right inside of my breast. I felt intimidated, and i felt power less. Donald trump has not responded to that accusation, but has denied any wrongdoing against other accusers. The president ial race is coming down to the wire, we are now you just 18 days away from election day, stay with Eyewitness News for