Coverage. The protest at Civic Center Park was not the first one of the day on the uc berkeely campus. And mostly peaceful kron 4s dan kerman is there for us live tonight with more. Natsthe greatest threat to free speech, the greatest threat comes from right wing forces, they will use violence against those who wish to speak and assemble freely. A noontime rally at uc berkeley was in part nostalgic no violence this time, just students with the International Socialist organization defending the rights of immigrants and the right to free speech this in the wake of the universitys cancellation of a speech by right wing commentator ann coulter. Sot mukund rathi International Socialist organization 2938my feeling is the university should not stop speakers from coming to campus and the role we as students should play those who oppose ann coulter is that we should protest. Natslet me tell you about First Amendment rightsas with more traditional protests at cal, there were competing megaphones
Remained peaceful. Welcome to the four on two. Im heather holmes. Im frank somerville. First we have breaking news from walnut creek. A Homicide Investigation is now underway after a woman was shot and killed. It happened about 1 30 this afternoon on the 1900 block of first avenue, not far from the lindsey wildlife experience. Police are holding a News Conference. Now to berkeley where hundreds of demonstrators who had planned to hear a speech by conservative commentator ann coulter are rallying. Jesse gary sat Civic Center Park where the daylong event has gone without any violence. Reporter thats true. It just wrapped up. As a matter of fact, right when you were reading that intro, they turned off the microphone. Ill move out of the way. Its close quarters here in Civic Center Park but theyre just now starting to wrap up after the speeches that started around 2 00 in the afternoon and just wrapped up. Theres been no violence. Its been a very peaceful afternoon. There were fears that v
Park has emptied out a little but not completely. There are folks behind me and a Large Police Presence to make sure they keep the peace. I talked to becialg police earlier and they say thats probably the difference this time that they had a Large Police Presence. Officers from multiple agencies on hand. They helped keep the protesters apart. Earlier when i joined you at 4 00 i told you how the rally ended. They had the ralliers exiting to the left of your screen, and that was away from the opposing view, which is to the right. They tried specifically to keep the two sides apart and did a pretty good job in doing so. And that made it honestly a nice day for a couple of speeches in the park. This is ground zero in the defense of the constitution and the most important part of this, the First Amendment. If you dont have the right to free speech and assembly, you are not free. Reporter that freedom was challenged briefly earlier today. Berkeley native Kendall Wright was angered by the pre
Arrest. So far im told by police there have been at least four to five. This would make either number five or number six. This gentleman identifies himself as steve hall. A short time ago he was placed in handcuffs and loaded into a Police Vehicle here on alston way in berkeley. It is not clear what he did. Steve smith said all he did was sit and express his right to free speech, because he was arrested. And sew was put into a Police Vehicle and taken away. Its ironic because thats what this whole day has been about. Freedom of speech. Thats what the organize verse this rally in the park trumpeted all day, freedom of speech. This is ground zero in the defense of the constitution in the most important part of it, the first amendment. If you dont have the right to free speech and assembly, you are not free. I dont agree with everything ann coulter wants to say but i think she has a right to say it. I didnt even vote for trump. I voted for the guy in utah. But i think people have a right
Family over flash. The nfls number one draft pick skips the spotlight on the biggest night of his life. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Today the house is expected to vote on a shortterm oneweek spending bill to keep the government open past tonights midnight deadline tonight for a shutdown. This will give members more time to negotiate a longterm deal. House leaders also shelved a vote on legislation for the health care act. That cleared the way for a vote. Major major conflict with north korea is possible. Brook silvabraga is here in new york. Good morning, brook. Good morning, annemarie. Hes given a series of interviews. In one of them mr. Trump has conceded the job of being president is harder than he expected and he painted a dark picture of north korea as his biggest global concern. In a wideranging interview with reuters thursday President Trump warned it could come to a head if the coun