Had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. Police say the driver of the van, a 70year old man, suffered minor injuries. Nobody else was hurt and investigators believe the crash was accidental. The womens marches taking place all over the country today. In San Francisco, thousands of people gathered outside of city hall. Our report explains how this march differs from the previous one. Reporter the wave of pink hats are on the plaza before noon this saturday morning. Now in the second year, the womens march is a revolution. This time it is empowered by the me too movement. I think a lot of things happen for womens right rights in 2017. I think there is a lot more momentum and hope this year. Reporter other supporters say that womens march and the me too movement have not gone far enough to include support for women of color. One of the thing i thought last year was that yes everybody wanted to stand up when they feel like their issues were being infringed upon. But what about women
Hayward, the fourth accident involving drunk drivers in the past month. Another officer was pinned under a car after being hit on highway 4 on january 16 and a few days later, another officer was hit in san jose. In three of those crashes, drunk driving is believed to be the cause. This has prompted the chp to further step up dui enforcement. Reporter chp officer drew williams says he didnt remember a time this many local chp officers have been killed or injured so close together. Its been a pretty tough month. 33yearold chp officer andrew camalari was killed when a drunk and possibly high driver was killed on the shoulder of southbound i880. The two officers were on a maximum enforcement patrol looking for drivers under the influence. Four recent crashes, officer williams says three of them have been suspected of being under the influence. It really galvanizes you and makes you have a sense of mission in what youre doing. Three weeks avenue allegedly intoxicated driver crashed into hi
This morning it appeared Patriot Prayer would rally in alamo square park. A message from joey gibson made it clear, that would not happen. Then he went live on facebook the announce an indoor News Conference at 2 00. However, it was at a quiet pacifica park that gibson came forward from the shadows. I really dont see this as a loss. I see this as an opportunity for america to wake up, to understand. We cant let people silence others especially when we have such a positive message. Reporter he blames the media and the politicians for hijacking his message of unity and branding his movement as White Supremacy. You have a mayor who says were hateful and violent. Doesnt bring up any specific examples but doesnt mention one word about antifa. Reporter several others expected to speak at the rally vented their frustration as well. I want people to understad that this rally from the beginning was about unity, free speech and patriotism. It was never an alternate right or White Supremacist ral
The two groups. He ended up having a News Conference in pacifica this afternoon and made an unannounced vizzed to crissy field. He spoke to people here for about an hour and left as tensions began to rise. We have so much hatred in this country right now. Its done on purpose and we cannot go forward. Theres no president , theres no leader that can fix our problem at a grass roots level. It has to be amongst us. Gibson says that the message he wants to promote is one of moderates coming together and he says he feelts his message has been hijacked and he does not believe in White Supremacy or neonaziism, that he really is just trying to promote peace and unity. Live in San Francisco. Tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. A large crowd rallied against hate in the Castro District today. Joining a large counterrally that was already there. Abc 7 News Reporter is live outside city hall. Lisa. Reporter this event is just about wrapped up. It ran from 12 00 to 5 00 today. But we were briefed by San Fran
Organizers of the Patriot Prayer rally arrived at crissy field, the spot it was supposed to be in before it got canceled. Abc 7 News Reporter, Tiffany Wilson is live with more. And things were tense, tiffany. Reporter they certainly were. It was very intense here. However, now if you take a look around me, a very different story. Just in the past couple of minutes the crowd mainly disbanded. You can see just a few stragglers here and there but the counterprotesters and the people with Patriot Prayer all seem to have walked off and left crissy field within the past 10 minutes. Earlier this hour the Police Presence increased with officers in riot gear standing by. There were heated conon foritations between a couple of individuals on either side. The leader of Patriot Prayer, joey gibson called off the official rally saying he felt it could lead to conflicts between the two groups. He ended up having a News Conference in pacifica this afternoon and mad unannounced vizzed to crissy field.