The focus on the middle class and raising the minimum wage. This is about an hour and a half. Good afternoon. On behalf of the board of trustees, i am honored to welcome you to the college of marin. We are joined today by our esteemed board of trustees. Please stand. Please give them a round of applause. I also know were joined today by a variety of other leaders in education, both superintendents and various school board meetings. So if youre in the audience, please stand so we can acknowledge you as well. Dayna king was a familiar face in the bay area for 15 years as an em my volunteering on behalf of children and youth working to make Early Childhood education accessible for all students. Here in marin county, she is on an organization dedicated to improving access to education, housing, healthcare and knew frustration for youth and is also a Founding Member of the marin strong start organization which ensures access to quality healthcare, preschool, child care, and after School Aca
How a car cushioned his fall. It appears right now that thats what helped him out. What the driver of that car is saying this morning. And giving new meaning to the term housekeeper. The hardworking woman who never took a day off cleaning houses gets the surprise of her life. The heartwarming story of how a day at work became the best day of her life. And good morning, everybody. Take a look at the video coming in overnight. Bill cosby performing in florida to a standing ovation. And now first for the first time he is speaking about the growing chorus of women alleging he sexually abused them. Those numbers are rising. Start with the new developments out of ferguson, missouri. More arrests overnight as the city braces for a grand jury to decide whether to charge officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The shooting in august touched off nearly two weeks of demonstrations. At least 212 protesters were arrested. This grand jury is comprised of nine whites,
Good evening, as we head into this weekend, all eyes on ferguson,missouri. The grand jurys decision could come any time now. Will they charge a Police Officer that shot an unarmed black teen . Overnight, dramatic images of tension in the streets. This demonstrator, under arrest. And just moments ago, president obama urging calm, sitting down with george stephanopoulos. What is your message to the people of ferguson and others looking to protest . I think first and foremost, keep protests peaceful. This is a country that allows people to express their views, and protest actions they feel are unjust. But using any event as an excuse for justice is contrary to the rule of law and contrary to who we are. Meanwhile, Steve Osunsami on the ground in ferguson. Reporter its almost time. Abc news is learning that the grand jury, meeting behind these windows, could come to a vote soon. Deciding possible charges in the racially divisive shooting death of michael brown. Today, missouri prosecutors
Exclusively with abc news. Joe paul will us a remarkable story, saying that may, the suspected shooter, reach out to him hours before the shooting to tell him he was sending him and others a package. Joe paul of alexandria says he was friends with myron may. Touch on social media. Paul says just last saturday, may asked him and nine other facebook friends for a favor. He wanted their mailing addresses. Was maybe thinking it a wedding invitation. To understand the gravity of what joe paul told us next, we need to go back to those terrifying moments in tallahassee. Hundreds of students scrambled for cover inside the library after hearing gunshots. Three people had been wounded, one critically. Police say they confronted the gun man, later identified as myron may, outside the library. They say may shot at officers who returned fire. Paul says only hours before the rampage, at 9 53 p. M. , may send his friends a message saying he was mailing them a package that should come by friday. When
Needless confrontation. At least 1,000 Police Officers in ferguson have gone through special training on how to deal peacefully with protesters and the mayor of st. Louis asked for an additional 400 National Guard troops for support. Scott broom joins us now from Mount Vernon Square in northwest with more on the ferguson protests that are planned for the area. Reporter its called dcferguson and the protests are planned for here at Mount Vernon Square 24 hours after whatever decision is made by that grand jury and, of course, the announcement of when thats going to happen still hasnt been made yet. As you can see from some video, protests posted by the d. C. Protesters themselves previous marches by d. C. Ferguson have been loud, perhaps disruptive but not violent and incident free. We do not know what the grand jury in missouri will do or when, but d. C. Ferguson announced it will rally here at Mount Vernon Square for a march to chinatown at 7 00 the day after whatever announcement com