Fox news at night. And breaking right now, all eyes on philadelphia after backtoback nights of rampant looting and dozens of arrests. We are monitoring what could be night three. These, on the right side of the screen, live pictures of philly. And if crime breaks out well break in live with the very latest. Meanwhile Christina Coleman is live with what happened and what were learning about the suspects arrested so far. Christina good evening. Reporter good evening trace, second round of looting and flash mob thefts reeked havoc in philadelphia last night. This comes after crowds of thieves smashed their way through stores in several parts of the city tuesday night during an hours long crime spree. The looting started that evening after a judge ruled to dismiss charges against a local Police Officer who shot and killed 27yearold Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in august. Demonstrators peacefully protested the judges decision however police say criminal opportunists to advantage of
Onely to see you all today this day. My name is donnas the dark, chair of the History Department here at salem state university. Thank you all for coming today. We are all here, obviously, the of Bridget Bishop long hot summer and thaw of 1962. This is the 325th anniversary of those events. As a history professor, i am sometimes reticent to indulge in what i called anniversary history, because i like my students to think every single day is historic. Take adoes feel right to moment, take a day, and really think about what happened during that year. So that is what we are doing today. That is what the city of salem is going to be doing probably all summer long. Before i introduce our distinguished guest, who will open up our symposium, the mayor of salem, kimberly jusco driscoll, i want to say thanks. At the end of the day, i will think all of the presenters, but right now, i want to thank my little committee, because we have been working on this for a year. And that would include the t
Seeing on social media, they are confident there will be more protests tonight. And what is frustrating them is that they believe its a small group of people who they believe are coming from out of town into berkeley, into oakland to cause scenes like this. Law enforcement trying to find that balance between keeping order while not using excessive force, citizens and even a Journalism Group has criticized berkeley polices use of tear gas over the weekend and what some perceive as strong arm tactics. Did reach the mayor, tom bates by phone. He said that, quote, the emphasis is in the wrong place. Noted that police were in, quote, a difficult situation. He acknowledged they may have, quote, overreacted in some cases. This morning, the department of public works along with private contractors boarded up the broken windows at several businesses that were vandalized up and down telegraph while workers armed with pressure washers removed graffiti off the walls, sidewalks and other public pla
Possible. You see the smashed glass there in front of the wells fargo bank. And the camera pulling back now, showing more demonstrators up and down telegraph. We have seen violence up and down that street for the past half hour or so. This all started actually around 5 00 this afternoon. A march by hundreds of people. Peaceful for several hours. But about 9 00 tonight, protester moved on to eastbound highway 24, blocking traffic. When officers moved on toe clear the highway, they say someone threw some type of explosive at the chp. Take a look at video we have right now of what the chp did at that point. Lets just say that they detonated tear gas and the crowd dispersed. The crowd rushed away. The tactic worked. The clairemont exit off of 24 was cleared. And the chp says they did that in response to an explosive being thrown at them. This was a scene a few minutes earlier on eastbound 24. Traffic brought to a stand still. Crowds chanting and waving signs. Some demonstrators hurling roc
The world, but now police are investigating the theft of a precious piece by picasso, today, september, december 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this busy saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. We start with the breaking news. Devastating news from overnight, that american hostage luke somers has been killed in yemen. His death coming as u. S. Forces tried to rescue him from the clutches of al qaeda. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is here with more. Richard, good morning. Good morning. There is always a terrible that the president faces that the u. S. Military faces in a hostage situation, do you attempt to rescue the hostage, knowing the risks. In this case, the president , the military decided to make the risky operation, to make an attempt, but it didnt work out. A desperate attempt to save an american