trucks. one of the things law enforcement are so concerned about when they consider how this protest could ultimately come to a close, there are so many children here. looks like a family atmosphere, there are a lot of kids here. the police estimating about 25% of the trucks, so 418 trucks are still here, that roughly 100 of them literally have children living in them. so, that s part of the issue as far as looking at these protests. we had a chance to speak with a lot of the truckers that drove here from all over, all across canada from the various provinces going quite a distance, and here is mike johnson driving quite a distance to be here, and he says he is firmly in place. last one to leave, this is my new address. yeah, i got my mail forwarded here. nothing extreme about wanting people to make their own decisions in their home that is the best decision for their families. there s nothing extreme about
. there s been another major flash mob style smash-and-grab robbery, this one at a popular grove shopping complex in los angeles. police say at least 20 people were involved. three are now under arrest. you can see the thieves smashed windows to get merchandise. there have been a rash of similar robberies recently, including a nordstrom near san francisco. police estimating around 80 people involved in that incident, and this terrifying incident caught on surveillance camera where thieves grabbed at least $100,000 of merchandise from a louis vuitton store, and this was near chicago. now stephanie elam is following all of this for us and joins us from los angeles. what are police saying about their investigations and whether any of these crimes could be connected? reporter: well, they definitely do believe that some of them, particularly up in the bay area, ana, could be
sides. did the president s words embolden white supremacists. the. then steve bannon out. now the trump insider vows to go to war using a far right website as his weapon. who is he going to war against? hello i m jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is still realing seven days after the deadly violence in charlottesville. a much calmer scene in boston. of police estimating 40,000 protesters almost all of them pea peaceful. antipolice agitators, but then an hour later change was made in his tweet, . i want to applaud the many protesters in boston who are speaking out against bigotry and
far right views. that includes racism and bigotry. that movement, of course, drawing very, very large crowds. let s bring in republican strategist and peter emerson, a huffington post contributor who s worked for three democratic administrations. noel, as we take a look at the video from boston, these massive crowds, really, police estimating, what, 15,000 to 20,000 people. how bad is this for the president? well, i mean, you know, you ve got to realize right now, we live in a movement culture. i mean, it s very popular to be part of a movement no matter which side it s on. is it good for the president? no. but let s look even beyond that, alex. it s bad for the country. i mean, division doesn t really help anyone. while i understand, you know, i understand some of the protests, i understand some of the groups and i understand that their message. i understand that, but these are not these are not really helping people in the long run,
if you make some adjustments. in this particular case the weapon that he ended up with ultimately is one that by definition would be illegal to possess here in the state of california. the place say he basically was able to buy these component parts through various magazines, via the web, and the components themselves are legal. 80% gun is legal. but once you assemble it, there is a way to make it illegal in california where you can hurt so many people. one other thing we should mention, brooke, is that in 2011 zawahri had tried to purchase a full gun. he couldn t. he was rejected on the background check. the santa monica police estimating that that s because of some prior connection, prior contact they had with him in 2006. a man who should not have had a weapon still able to buy the component parts and build something that could kill people in america. thank you. coming up, brand-new vid wroe just in to us showing ariel