Bay area cities over the death of george floyd. Here is what it looked like late last night. Thousands of people gathered in downtown oakland to express their outrage over the death of another black man by a black police officer. It turned into looting across oakland. This video from walgreens, the same area where last nights demonstrations began. Someone set a fire inside as dozens of people took over the store. The crowd grew to an estimated 5,000 protesters during one standoff. This one at 7th and broadway. Protesters threw fireworks and projectiles at police. It poured on to the 880 freeway. Traffic stopped in both directions. Many people told us they didnt want violence to overshadow why people are protesting all over the country. Came down here because i have sons and cousins and uncles and daughters. I just had enough, and i cant stay at home frozen with fear. Im not an advocate of burning down our own stuff, the things and the businesses that we do own, but for us to be able to
People in the north and south couldnt escape the dangerous conditions. Several tornadoes touching down in minnesota while high winds reached 70 Miles Per Hour in dallas. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the details. Reporter overnight, Severe Weather pushed east. Thunderstorms and lightning rocked new york city. The system came from the great plains. In dallas, sirens warned residents to take cover, as high winds tore up homes and buildings. You all right . Were okay. Reporter trees and power lines crushed cars. Outside the city, a dramatic rescue. Authorities pulled five children from a creek after they were swept up by the water. These are kids with absolutely no training, no equipment. And being completely caught off guard. So, were very fortunate, as well as them, that no one died in this incident. Reporter in joshua, texas, one family barely made it out of their mobile home, when winds ripped through their neighborhood. The whole house just shook. And then, i just saw a light because we di
This day, thursday, may 8th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast, we are starting with disturbing news just in. A lot of people are wondering how it will relate to those young girls. A terrorist group has already generated International Outrage for kidnapping hundreds of young giers. Bill neely, international correspondent, he has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, the deadly violence in nigeria is growing, growing to a campaign to free the girls. There is outrage just about everywhere. As for the group thats taken them him first they boasted about it. Now theyve stepped up their violent campaign. Theyve already kidnapped hundred, now theyve escalated their violence. In a brazen daylight attack the group behind the kidnapping of the school girls have killed as many as 300 shoppers in an outdoor mall in northeast nigeria. Nigeria has the w
Delays, delays blamed for 40 patient deaths at va facilities. The departments embattled secretary eric shen sier shen s. What is the latest . Good morning, chris. So far president obama standing by Eric Shinseki, himself a veteran of vietnam, saying he has confidence in him. But make no mistake shinseki is embattled. Now hes has ordered in his own department for the first time, a face to face audit of all the clinics looking into this question, were there secret wait lists where veterans made to wait for appointments that nobody recorded the delays s a veterans may have died over all of this. The house has subpoenaed shinseki to come before the Veterans Affairs committee. They want to see emails, they want to see all communications about this issue. Much of it first reported by our own drew griffin. The senate, they have not subpoenaed him but he will appear before the Senate Next Week to testify. If you wondered about the scope of this, there are 23 million veterans in this country. T
When we stumble across imperfections were going to do something about it. Cnn has learned of two patient lists at a veteran Affairs Hospital in phoenix. A dumby list showed improved wait times for veterans and a secret list with actual wait times with some vets waiting as long as 21 months, nearly two years to see a doctor. As many as 40 veterans literally waited to death as they succumbed to conditions that worsened. The loved ones saw it happen to him. He died. Thank you very much for having me. Were a membership driven organization. We sent out a poll. Were asking them what they think the secretary should do. What we expect is bold action from the president to reform the va. So your group today is holding a News Conference calling on president obama to be accountable for improvements inside the department of veterans affairs. What does that mean . Hasnt that always been the case . Apparently not. What we have seen is that every week, worse stories come out about the va, the quality