Reporter but the president of the Berkeley College republicans, who is hosting tonights event says students deserve to hear all viewpoints. When they dont hear that right wing perspective. I hope that a lot of students that dont agree with ann come and ask the questions. Ive been here since 2017 when stuff really hit the fan. Reporter he is talking about the fiery protests that erupted in when far right commentator milo was supposed to speak on campus. Masked protesters threw firework, rocks and even molotov cocktails. The university was forced the clean up the damage, which cost cal 100,000. Absolutely. I think weve learned a lot from 2017, particularly how we police the events. You may have seen over time a transition toward direct engagement in event in these events where officers are separating crowds. And back out here live, you are looking at wheeler hall that is where ann coulter will take the stage starting at 9 00 p. M. You can see just around the building, police have set up
for new years when things spiraled into an emergency after floodgates failed. half of us standing on these tables here and the rest of them inside and at a certain point it was clear there was nothing to do so we decided to evacuate. i had people line up and jump into chest deep water to wade into the street. it was pretty crazy. reporter: as you can see, this is on the sidewalk after it nearly floated away. this is the future. reporter: this person spotted floating down 14th street, watching as the floodwater busted through the door. this motorcycle storage business was quickly underwater. within 15 minutes, the garage door busted, cracked, and water started pouring in. this place was full and half an hour. reporter: a big cleanup now underway, image estimates still unknown. rainbow grocery on folsom street was flooded, a sign on the door telling customers the store was closed. employees dressed in ppe cleaning up inside. how would you describe the damage inside? thi