Across the united states, scenes of Police Shootings are prompting protests by many people. Some say theyre recognizing a pattern. Quinn dang shows us what local communities are doing to voice their concerns regarding racial bias within the police force. [protesters chanting] students gathered at san jose state on this day in may to march against the shootings between Police Officers and unarmed black men. Communities across the country are organizing to combat the highprofile cases across the u. S. Here at san jose state university, the movement is well underway. In april, worldrenowned social activist angela davis came to speak to students about a variety of social issues including what she called a militarized police state. But let me say that it actually is exciting to reflect on all of the changes that have happened over the last half century. The lecture brought the support of many wellknown social activists. Every generation has an obligation to fight its struggles, and because
Of the new york stock exchange, the markets started acting like many thought it would, you up well over 300 points within the first two minutes of trading. China cut interest rates. Europe looks stable. Reporter china is in fact getting blame for the wild ride on wall street monday with the t doe pludoe plummets. It see awed through the day and ended up with the eighth point loss in history. Some wondered whether the slide was truly momentary. Federal reserve was remarkably silent yesterday. Janet yellen did not speak, hardly reassuring. Reporter with swik swings severe, many investors find it difficult to follow the other advice that is to quick focusing on daily fluctuations. And you know the story will continue for weeks to come. Well continue to follow the latest there wall street. Anytime were not on the air, track the numbers using our digital platforms. And two crashes within blocks of each other, one of them injured a police officer. The other sent someone to the hospital with
Their own marches as well. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets begin with nbc team areas raj mathai in washington, d. C. Tonight. Raj, d. C. , reportedly, has the biggest turnout of protesters. Reporter i would imagine so. It all was an idea started here and its ballooned across the country. Ly tell you, weve been here for several days now. It is more active and more energized here in washington, d. C. , tonight, than it was last night for the inauguration. It was amazing. We spoke with some of the organizers here today, and they said they expected maybe 200,000 or 300,000 people, it exceeded their expectations by far. As for President Trump, he woke up this morning for the first time in the white house, and he quickly realized he was surrounded, the white house was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of passionate women, many of them from the bay area. Their voices were heard loud and clear, as they marched past the white house and in the shadows of the washington monument, th
So people perhaps seeing whats been seen around the country and they want to take part in this Historic Movement and its not just women here, a lot of men and children are involved as well. Well tell you whats happening in San Francisco in just a few minutes. Lets come back here to washington, d. C. And how this day all started. A big rally at the nations capitol. They werent expecting thm people. They had perhaps over a million. Well get some final numbers as early as tomorrow. Some big names took the stage, ma doona, and then after the rally, it turned into a march. A march so big in size that it bled through the streets here in washington, d. C. Their voices were heard loud and clear as they march past the white house and in the shadows of the washington monument. This was not a protest. It was a national statement. I am so happy and everybody you talk to is happy to be here because were united with a need to hear a womans voice. Its overwhelming after what we saw yesterday and then
Other spots in the United States, and its said to have cut down accidents 25 . It sounds familiar. A smartphone does what youre talking about. Yes. The traveler information you get on your cell phone is also another element of this project. Eventually we gonna have similar type of information that motorists are used to seeing on their cell phone. Reporter at a cost of 79 million. 7 the Million Dollars for what i can get on my cell phone . 79million . A lot of Times Technology catches up with bureaucracy. Was this money well spent . Absolutely. Reporter because, he says, theres so much more. Speed limits will be changed depending on traffic. Lights coordinated on surface streets that bear the brunt of frustrated freeway drivers. Lanes could be opened or closed. For this part of highway 80, i think its worth it. Its really busy. Thats a lot of money. They could fix the potholes on the roads for 79 million. [ laughter ] reporter now, they say its going to save hundreds of millions of doll