Today despite the unprecedented circumstances, we come together as the United States congress bestows its highest honor the congressional gold medal of the crewmen of the uss indianapolis. Thank you to the entire indiana delegation, indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and secretary of the navy, and Brigadier General goodwin for your efforts to make this momentous event as possible. Thank you as well to leader mitch mccom, senator schumer, and Kevin Mcconnell to ensure this would be a successful and thank you to the heroes of it is uss indianapolis. Please stand, as you are able, for the presentation of the colors and the national anthem. Halt. Present arms. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh,
Recent civil unrest that we saw in the streets of downtown san jose last month. Or the covid19 pandemic. We also heard from the mayor of san jose, who said back here live. The chief says he will stay on in his current role through december, which is when he expects his replacement to be named. Im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Okay, chris, thank you very much. Now to our efforts to build a better bay area. Education is a very important part of that and one oh of the topics well focus on tonight. Is the start of school is coming up quick. Two weeks for San Francisco. The bay areas Biggest School district. In the capital of silicon valley, thousands of low income students and families will soon have free access to the internet. Its part of an Innovative Partnership being launched between san jose and at t. Chris nguyen filed this story earlier. Reporter in the midst of the Coronavirus Crisis, bridging the Digital Divide is now more important than ever. We have heard too often of our children h
Occasion. Because this action on the part of the ilwu is the first time in American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people in the United States of america. Reporter organizers are saying its time for a new generation and that generation saying they are ready to answer the call. We are tired and exhausted and this is a different generation. We will not sit by and accept what is happening. We will speak up and start the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. Reporter on the other side of the bay there were scattered protests including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall, hundreds gathered demanding the city shift funding away from police and remove officers from city schools. Reporter those protests were not limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are we are monitoring those rallies and
A former Buffalo Police officer says she was fired for stopping a chokehold on a suspect. The call for a new investigation and the departments response. And honoring juneteenth. The history behind efforts to get official recognition for this day, the last enslaved people were freed on this date back in 1865. Very happy about that. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have encouraged for months that you put face coverings on. Now were no longer encouraging it. Too many people are not doing it, were making it mandatory. States are reporting increasing numbers of coronavirus cases. Several setting daily records. Now were afraid theyre bringing the virus to our state. Who would believe this . Who would believe this . 180 turn around. The former atlanta Police Officers charged in the killing of Rayshard Brooks have turned themselves in to police. These are the mug shots for Garrett Rolfe and devin brosnan. The u. S. Supreme court took an historic stance voting to
Next challenge. This is video of a Previous Star ship test, and that did not go well. It ended with an explosion. The rocket is designed to be fully reusable and can send as many as 100 people at a time on missions to the moon or to mars. In an email sent to his employees, musk said the star ship is now the companys top priority. A tense day in halfmoon bay after a boat overturned near the campground. Cal fire crews responded to the scene, pulled two men to safety. One victim was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. The other was air lifted. Both men are listed in serious condition. Lets check in with rob. And we have got the shifting forecast. Were all over the place. Were showing video of snow in the sierra, talking about more heat coming to the bay area. Yeah. Odd forecast at that. We have fire danger increasing across interior northern california. Yet, at the same time, snow showers around lake tahoe. Right now San Francisco is still breezy, not outright gusty as it was a couple of