A neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem a hightech make something i would say another illegal attempt at grabbing palestinian land. With the e use summer tourist season off to a slow start due to the pandemic banning american travelers i could make it a whole lot harder for the industry to recover. And im Peter Simmons with all the days for the Washington Redskins n. F. L. Team says it will review its name after coming under pressure from social justice groups. So on a day which traditionally brings americans together u. S. President donald trump has again chosen to divide during an independent state speech at Mount Rushmore itself a monument to 4 past president s trump attacked protesters and critics and threatened to punish those who deface statues of slave traders and colonialists all of this in front of a tightly packed crowd and with no requirement for a. He won the where a mosque was in jordan has our report. Donald trump kicked off the long and depended state weekend with a tr
Here 110 pounds of high grade fireworks seized by Oakland Police this week. Weve had over 15 fires, you know, wild land fires in the city of oakland just since monday whi w would normally see. Reporter the Oakland Fire Department is braced for a tough fourth of july weekend. Theyre bringing in more engines. Weve also staffed three Additional Fire am rat us that will be patrolling, in the city, specifically at lake merritt. And then we have two Additional Fire apparatus that will be patrolling. Reporter theyve also got a dozen volunteers armed with ham radios ready to scan the horizon for smoke or flames. It is similar to the setup on the peninsula. The enhanced use of our emergency volunteers, close to two dozen of them, at various locations, is really important. If heaven forbid a Bottle Rocket lands in the dry brush up in the hills, our only chance of suppressing that in a timely manner is getting early eyes on that, early detection. We will be in foot hill park reporter theyre among
Up for you in this news hour. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to face the most sacred memorials donald trump threatening and he rises in protest as during an Independence Day celebration that showed no sign of any social distancing. At the moment we are left with no any solution kind of emergency situation. And rescue is helping migrants in the mediterranean say some of them are suffering from Mental Health issues after being denied permission to reach out. And im here to say met with the sports formula ones World Champion Lewis Hamilton goes into qualifying quickest in austria as the delayed season finally gets underway. 12 pm in england thats where were beginning with for the 1st time in more than 3. 3 months bars restaurants and hair salons are opening their doors across the country there are concerns of course that this reopening day nicknamed Super Saturday could lead to reckless behavior or eventually a spike in cases british Prime Minister bars johnson
Violent crime in our cities. Reporter President Trump lashing out during a celebration at the feet of americas most famous president s. Thousands in attendance with hardly any social distancing to be seen. And now another member of the president s inner circle testing positive for coronavirus. Anger in aurora. Three Colorado Police officers fired after photos were discovered of the cops making light of Elijah Mcclains struggle with police before he died. As protesters gather for another night of protesting. Whats in a name . The Cleveland Indians announce overnight theyre now discussing whether to change the teams name. All of that plus celebrating the fourth safely. Tens of millions across the country urged to stay inside and watch the fireworks from home, as america celebrates its independence today, saturday, july 4th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker, and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this sa
It is. Good morning. Welcome back. Nice to see you. We will be seeing a lot of sunshine, but well see hot temperatures and conditions really dry. 58 degrees right now in san jose. Were seeing the 50s, cool and comfortable now, but by this afternoon look what happens to the temperatures. Weve got temperatures in the 80s and 90s and that humidity right now is about 33 for the south bay. Taking us further inland into the east bay, humidity at less than 30 . 22 right now with the temperatures in the 90s. Any time were seeing the hot temperatures and the dry conditions, imagine all of that dry brush thats out there. No illegal fireworks of any kind. If you will be out grilling with your closest family, please be careful when lighting any sort of fires near any dry brush. Ill have a closer look at your forecast in a few minutes. Well see you then. Thanks so much. Bay Area Health Officials are serious when they urge people to avoid big 4th of july celebrations that people usually go to this w