Were released. This was a nail biter for many of us. In fact, i think ive mentioned before that i would personally experience going to the grocery store. And as im picking out some fruits and vegetables, one person says, congratulations, youre up today. And the person who overhears next to us says, no. Today. Hes down uh. And so it is living that experience. Im glad that every vote mattered and that we are headed into this november election multiple candidates ran in the march 5th primary race to replace retiring congresswoman anna eshoo. And though the primary was meant to come down to two candidates, it came down to three. We have the top two primary system in california, and we ended up with two candidates exactly tied for second place, this means that that three people would go to the runoff in november instead of two. Sam liccardo won first place by a wide margin, and for weeks it was unclear if evan low or joe simitian won second place until the results revealed the tie for secon
A lot of people who are here basically, it has been very peaceful so far. We have saw we saw a few police cars right behind the group as they were going, but there wasnt any disruption. We didnt see any incidents involving these protesters and the stores. We do understand right now theyre having a bit of a dance right at the stage area, and then we understand that there are going to be speakers here a little bit later on. But certainly this is one of many protests. We were just down at west oakland bart, where there was another group that was protesting there, about 100 people. So this is something which here theyre saying its going to continue, probably at least for the next hour or so, and they are planning and hoping that they can get their message out to the public. And, jenna, when you say theres going to be speakers there, do you think theyre going to address more about labor here in the united states, or will those speakers be talking more specifically about the war in gaza . We
A this video just into our newsroom. You can see there police in riot gear. They have converged on campus. Dozens of officers. Thousands of people. The lapd issuing a citywide tactical alert amid those propalestinian protests and counter protests. This is a tense situation which stems from the brawls that actually broke out last night between two different groups of protesters, fights firecracker and different chemical spray. During that confrontation. And now we fast forward to tonight, 24 hours later. This is a live look from our nbc chopper, which is in westwood. You can see all those people that have been camped out for several days. They were told by the Police Officers there in various Law Enforcement that they must clear the area. A lot of officers are standing guard around that encampment. So will they move in forcefully . Those officers or stand down . A lot of people are anxious to see what will happen next. Nbcs pete serratos is at uc berkeley, where a similar encampment has
Right now at 11 00. Were following breaking news at ucl. A this video just into our newsroom. You can see there police in riot gear. They have converged on campus. Dozens of officers. Thousands of people. The lapd issuing a citywide tactical alert amid those propalestinian protests and counter protests. This is a tense situation which stems from the brawls that actually broke out last night between two different groups of protesters, fights firecracker and different chemical spray. During that confrontation. And now we fast forward to tonight, 24 hours later. This is a live look from our nbc chopper, which is in westwood. You can see all those people that have been camped out for several days. They were told by the Police Officers there in various Law Enforcement that they must clear the area. A lot of officers are standing guard around that encampment. So will they move in forcefully . Those officers or stand down . A lot of people are anxious to see what will happen next. Nbcs pete s
Are coming together talking about the connections the Labor Movement and also that propalestinian protests and also the protests in support of the situation thats happening in significantly Smaller Group than what we had here earlier. People have been coming out here waving palestinian flags. Also holding up signs talking about the connections between workers and also the we were down at the west oakland bart station. Earlier. There were a number of people there celebrating what they called a victory rally because their plans were to go to west oakland bart station and then marched down to the port of oakland and shut down the port. But the in anticipation, this protested closed down. So the group was saying, hey, look, this is fantastic because it kept about 12 Million Dollars in revenue being generated today at the port. Lot of that money, the millions of dollars they get made there. They say the United States government uses to spend supporting israel in what theyre calling a genoci