In American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people into United States of america. Organizer saying its time for a new generation to pick up the fight for equality. We are tired and we are exhausted. This is a different generation. We are not about to sit by and accept what is happening. We have to stop the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. You cannot love black lives if you dont have leadership in your organization. On the other side of the bay there were scattered protests throughout San Francisco 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 ship funding away from police and remove Police Officers from city schools and those were not just limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are rallies planned and antioch, santa clara, and santa rosa. We
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Pretty significant crowd gathered outside of lake merritt. Think started at the port of oakland for a rally and march there. It was part of the west coast port shutdown that included work stoppage. We are joined live with more on that shut down there at the port as well as other marches and rallies taking place in the bay area. Reporter protesters are making their voices heard today think they will stop business as usual urging social change reporter the friday morning protests were part of a coordinated oneday work stoppage at the nations port. The longshoremen stand with black americans. This is an historic occasion. 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 it is time for a new generation to take up the fight for equality. We are tired, and we are exhausted. This is a different generation and we will n
At here. What is happening in new york city bears watching because if this phase one plan goes well in couple weeks, they could extend to restaurants, other offerings. It gets a little it about more involved than that. Kristina partsinevelos following it all. Kristina. Reporter neil, you said the word busier and that is a great way to explain it. There is a lot more traffic on the street. A lot more people on the corners. Im seeing people waiting in line on bus. A lot of retailers in the city remain closed. Im in times square, normally we would be packed like sardines trying to get to a shop. The old navy behind me, the gap behind me kept their doors closed. Phase one is supposed to allow, agricultural, manufacturers, construction sites, retailers all to open their doors but were seeing not even Curbside Pickup. A lot of major retailers saying theyre holding off. They want to see if people are comfortable going back out on the street especially since many businesses urged their workers
Im becka oliver, executive director of the rightist books of texas where the largest literary or its organization in texas, we exist to support writers at every stage of their writing career and one of the things we love to do is have the opportunity to talk to published authors about their most recent books but also to dig in a little more than i think we get to as we like it book events with a craft talk, learning a bit more about what went into creating the book and especially for the book we are talking about today, american sherlock murder, forensics, and the birth of american csi. So many interesting things kate can share that would be applicable to any writer who happens to be here. Who here is a writer . Who here writes but didnt raise their hand . There are always a few of you. We are going to make sure we get some conversation as well. I just want to say quickly before we start, a big thank you to book people. We are lucky to live here in austin and have a lot of really wonde