Good morning, and welcome to this week. As we come on the air this morning, america is emerging from a night unlike any in decades. Demonstrations in at least 75 cities the National Guard activated in 16 states. The anger sparked by this horrific scene. George floyd dying with a knee in his neck. I cant breathe. Has now exploded across the country. Here in manhattan, demonstrators set fire to a police vehicle. Another patrol car plowed into protesters in brooklyn. Stores were destroyed in los angeles, echoes of the rodney king riots in 1992. In philadelphia, at least 13 officers injured. One person killed in indianapolis. There were flames inside nashville city hall. And across from the white house gates. Inside, President Trump sent a latenight tweet laying blame. Quote, the National Guard has been released in minneapolis to do the job that the democratic mayor could not do. Then joe biden weighed in. Were in a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. Were a nati
Today, thats rain that evap r bra evaporates before it reaches the ground. You can see some returns of moisture. Right now theyre not making it to the ground. Our better chance of sprinkles as the afternoon unfolds. Jobina . Thank you. Good morning. Things are looking smooth on our roadways here. This is the golden gate bridge. For most of the week weve been seeing a fog advisory here. Thats not the case this morning. No fog advisories for our bridges and traffic is looking smooth. The public impeachment hearings are just getting started. Former ambassador to ukraine, marie yav yav, ovanovitch is exo testify tomorrow. Yesterdays hearing revealed a new call allegedly to President Trump. Elizabeth hur is live with details. Good morning. Good morning. Democrats say that newly revealed phone call is important because it shows that President Trump was personally involved in the scandal. This morning, new questions after that Surprising New testimony in the impeachment investigation. Could n
Coming back, so Howard Street between 3rd and 4th street will be closed. That started november 12th at 6 00 a. M. It will be closed through november 24th at 8 00 p. M. So, just be aware of that. The advice here is to take Public Transit if you can. Walk, bike, scooter in that area. But dont take your car down there. We are looking now live at our emeryville camera. Everything is flowing this morning which is great news for everyone around the bay area. Same thing down in the south bay. Live look at 280 as our morning gets started. Reggie and kumasi . The Vice President continues his California Tour today in the bay area. The nasa Ames Research facility is hosting an event for mike pence. Lauren martinez is live in Mountain View with more. Good morning, lauren. Good morning. Vice president mike pence along with nasa administrator jim brinstein will discuss the role the center will play in returning astronauts to the moon within the next five years. Last night the vp landed with his wife
Lauren martinez is live in Mountain View with more. Good morning. Vice president mike pences trip includes a tour and a speech here. His trip will discuss the role the center will play in returning astronauts to the moon within the next five years. Last night the vp landed with his wife, karen, at monterey Regional Airport before heading to moffett field. Today the Vice President will be speaking to about 200 nasa employees after he speaks to nasa he will then head to washington, d. C. Reporting live in Mountain View, lauren martinez, abc7 news. And the second lady, karen pence, will be in alameda. Shes visiting military spouses at coast guard island. She is bringing attention to the sacrifices family members make and how that contributes to the strength of our coast guard. That visit is set to happen at 10 00. At the live desk, a big step towards recovery in el paso, texas after that mass shooting killed 22 people in august. The walmart where the shooting happened reopens today. Since
Controversial as a person but the bulk of his positions are not controversial, not very. Check the polling on that. That may be the key thing to know about our current politics. Its mostly personal. If you read a trump speech in a british accent, pretty much everyone would applaud. Not everybody but most people. Maybe unfortunately last nights state of the union was not delivered in a british accent. Democrats are not applied. The modern Democratic Party, everythingry donald trump says s the heat speech, even things that the left once agreed with. Not nearly as much as his administration has changed democrats. If you just returned from a year abroad, prepare yourself, you will not recognize the new democraticde party. Last night, democratic members refused to stand or clap when trump praised the National Anthem, when he praised military veterans, when he pointed out new low black unemployment numbers. Some refused to stand for Steve Scalise, louisiana congressmanus he nearly murdered l