Video. Good morning. Thank you for joining us what promises to be a promising round table discussion. Looking back on the 50th anniversary on the struggle to elect kenneth a. Gibson. Elected in june of 1970, it marked a turning buoyant for the black Freedom Movement that was part of a National Wave of black political organizing that couple nated in the election of black m mayors in cities like cleveland, gary, atlanta, and detroit from 1967 to 1974. The histories feel particularly vital now as blackled struggles against Police Violence and attempted murder of jacob black have sounded the clarity call for black liberation while raising familiar questions about the rules of electoral clicks in black freedom struggles. 50 years ago, gibsons landmark election came on the heels of the 1967 rebellion when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man named john smith marked an uprising. Smiths beating recalled countless Police Killing of black men in the city that had gone unpunished over the y
Black political organizing that culminated in the election of course black mayors like cleveland, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. They feel particularly vital right now as blackled struggles in the wake of Police Murders of george floyd in minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in louisville, and kenosha have sounded the call for black liberation while raising questions about the role of electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago gibsons landmark election came on the heels was 1967 rebellion in newark when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man, john smith, had whit supremacy and its enforcers in blue in the jim crow north. Amid heightened racist renewal projects and educational injustice, it recalled countless Police Killings that had gone unpublished into the years and brought thousands into the streets that july. State police and National Guardsmen were brought into the city to violently suppress the uprising, claiming two dozen lives in the process including ed ed
Unknown condition. The other was treated on the scene. A man has been taken into custody. Were monitoring this developing story. Well bring you any updates as they happen. Dave Courvoisier a swarm of tremors near the salton sea in Southern California has many wondering. Is the longoverdue San Andreas Fault on the verge of a catastrophic quake . Denise Valdez residents of Southern California have been warned to remain on heightened alert until tuesday. Shakala alvaranga joins us live in the studio to explain what this ea shakala . Shakala Alvaranga dave and denise, it certainly has every one talking tonight. More than 200 earthquakes were recorded last week near bombay beach. Thats the most weve seen since the sensors were installed in 1932. Nevertheless, the news is concerning to some who are questioning if a major earthquake may be on the way. The chances are now diminishing theyre as high as 1 in 100 and as low as 1 in 3,000 for a 7. 0 magnitude quake. But experts say the region is l
Claiming at least three lives. Thanks for joining us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Michelle Mortensen and im Michell Mortensen in for kirsten. Jamaica has felt hurricane matthews outer bands all weekend, striking fear into residents. Kingston, the Nations Capital with almost 600 thousand people, has been evacuated turning it into a virtual ghost town. But matthews bullseye could be nearby haiti, winds around 140 mile per hour winds could flatten a landscape of flimsy homes. Matthew will then move north, linger for ten hours. Threehundred fifty thousand cubans have been evacuated. eric fisher as it approaches the eastern seaboard a track thats going to bring it right up along the florida coastline. Along the georgia, south carolian, North Carolina coastline. Michelle Mortensen the governors of North Carolina and florida have declared states of emergency. Its likely a hurricane watch will be issued for florida later today. sherry hows the hurricane. Wi
Kevin . Kevin michelle, this is day five in the search for nicole mittendorff. I can tell you the weather is cooperating. But the search area is still quite large. This is a map of Shenandoah National park. Skyline drive cuts across the Mountain Ridge for a hundred miles. But this area im circling is the spot that the crews focus the effort on. This is because the black dot represents a park ranger saturday evening found nicole mittendorffs 2009 mini cooper abandoned. Close to a hundred people from more than a dozen state, local and nonprofit agencies are now on the ground here at shenandoah. There is a makeshift command post tracking the search crews in real time with the g. P. S. Technology. The park service has placed yellow tape at many of the trail heads here to ensure hikers do not hamper the operation by accident. As of an hour ago the authorities told me the search dogs go but no one has stumbled across any physical evidence such as mittendorffs clothing or jewelry. Because the