The law to give them a platform to oh so they may address each of you. We welcome to urban update Boston Police department superintendentinchief William Gross whose the highest rank Police Officer in the department. Next to him is chelsea chiefs brian kyes, also here who has i got it right who has 100 sworn Police Officers and 12,000 civilian support staff underneath him. And kenny green who is entrusted with protecting the oldest Transit System in the country that covers every neighborhood in the city and beyond. Welcome to urban update, guys. And were going to get right right toilet so i want to go around the table whats on your mind lately. Give us your perspective. So sure, first i would like to say what we do locally can be much different than what takes place in other parts of the country. So judge your local Police Department by whats happening locally, how they treat you, how they interact with you and the results that you get locally. Ken . I opportunity to address directly wi
Evening, im Cheryl Jennings. Im larry beil. A dangerous situation now in San Francisco. If you have a bat, its now a dangerous weapon. Police found two dozen bats chained to street poles with nails sticking out of them. We are live now with new information. Katie . Reporter larry, the mostrecent bat discovered in Fishermans Wharf area around 9 00 this morning. Weve heard several explanations from zombie fighting tools made popular by video games to possibly an art installation. Police dont know. Whatever the reason, they want help finding out whoever is doing this. Modi modified baseball bats are being found across San Francisco. Its bizarre and weird there are so many around the city. Reporter police are equally bewildered. Ive been in Law Enforcement 20 years and its also San Francisco, but nothing surprises me anymore. Reporter jerry burkes discovered this spiked bat near mission street. He snapped a picture around 2 00 yesterday afternoon. They were drill holes and knew what they w
Gunman being walked to a patrol car. We dont know who he is or how the planned parenthood facility factors in this. The ordeal began around noon. The man entered the clinic and at some point, opened fire. Five hours later, officers finally captured the suspect, alive. Planned parenthood clinics are on high alert nationwide, here, theyre conducting checks at the ship. Were not aware of threats but caution is a watch word. The situation is tense in colorado as police check that clinic for explosives. And we have more breaking news out of lafayette. East bay municipal utility district is trying to figure out what caused a water main break sending water pouring down olympic boulevard right now. This is all happening close to home. People are being advised to avoid the area. You can follow us for alerts any time on twitter on abc7 news bay area. Thanks for joining us, good evening, im cheryl jennings. Im larry beil. A dangerous situation now in San Francisco. If you have a bat, its now a da
And growing numbers of parents in the us prepare for Home Learning as more and more states order schools to close. Central banks around the world, led by the us Federal Reserve, have taken concerted action to halt the economic slump provoked by the coronavirus pandemic. The fed slashed Interest Rates by a full percentage point on sunday and announced a multi billion dollar package of quantitative easing, to encourage spending. It said it expected a rate of virtually zero to be maintained until the bank was confident that the economy had weathered events. Heres President Trumps response. The Federal Reserve is going to be purchasing 500 billion of treasuries and 200 billion of Mortgage Backed securities and that number can increase, but they are going to start with that and that is really good news, its really great for our country. Its something that were very happy, i have to say this, very happy. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis explains why the ferderal reserve are acti
To your friends. And growing numbers of parents in the us prepare for Home Learning as more and more states order schools to close. Central banks around the world, led by the us Federal Reserve, have taken concerted action to halt the economic slump provoked by the coronavirus pandemic. The fed slashed Interest Rates by a full percentage point on sunday and announced a multibillion dollar package of quantitative easing, to encourage spending. It said it expected a rate of virtually zero to be maintained until the bank was confident that the economy had weathered events. Heres President Trumps response. The Federal Reserve is going to be purchasing 500 billion of treasuries and 200 billion of Mortgage Backed securities and that number can increase, but they are going to start with that and that is really good news, its really great for our country. Its something that were very happy, i have to say this, very happy. Lets speak to our north america correspondent, david willis. They are ac