And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Amy goodman has been cover ing politics for 20 years now. Her newest book is now available in paperback. She joins us tonight from stanford, california. Good to have you back on the program. Its great to be with you. Are there still in fact movements that are changing america or are we up against something we havent seen the likes of ever . And if not ever, certainly in quite a while . Both. I think there are major movements that are changing this country still. In fact, our escalating, you look just at these three. The media played a lot of the first 100 days of donald trump, as we should have. The evaluation of what he has managed to do so far. What wasnt done as much is evaluating the movements, and theyve been quite astonishing, the day after President Trump was inaugurated. Three times the crowd for his inauguration came out. A lot was made of the fact that Donald Trumps inaugural crowd was smaller than pre
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Amy goodman has been cover ing politics for 20 years now. Her newest book is now available in paperback. She joins us tonight from stanford, california. Good to have you back on the program. Its great to be with you. Are there still in fact movements that are changing america or are we up against something we havent seen the likes of ever . And if not ever, certainly in quite a while . Both. I think there are major movements that are changing this country still. In fact, our escalating, you look just at these three. The media played a lot of the first 100 days of donald trump, as we should have. The evaluation of what he has managed to do so far. What wasnt done as much is evaluating the movements, and theyve been quite astonishing, the day after President Trump was inaugurated. Three times the crowd for his inauguration came out. A lot was made of the fact that Donald Trumps inaugural crowd was smaller than pre
And banners, filled with diversity as what was billed as a unity and equality march. A massive march wound through downtown san jose peacefully. For the many watching these marchs across the nation, we want to say, this is not fake news. This is reality. We wont be erased. The resounding theme. In this state, we celebrate our diversity. We dont ban it. We dont depart it. As we sure as hell dont wall it off, not in california. Make no mistakes, that the trump admin vaistration is perpetuating the general side of trans women of color. We are at a critical time in this country where we have to stand together. Reporter but there was Something Else weighing on everyone elses mind here. Tomorrow is the First Anniversary of orlando. Where 49 precious lives were gunned down. And i think that they would be prideful about what were doing today. But they would also instruct us that we have a lot more work to do. The fact that the city continues to remember those victims and continues to fight for
Wait, thats way cheaper than cable. Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. The clouds opened up and the rain came down. And thats not all. A hailstorm pounded parts of the north and east bay, and lightning tore through the sky in sonoma. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. It came fast and furious and a blast of nasty weather caught many offguard. One of the hardest hit areas was napa, getting a combination of pounding rain and hail. Abc 7 News Reporter lilian kim joins us now live with a closer look at this blast of unseasonal weather. Lilian . Eric, rain, hail, lightning and snow, today had a little bit of everything. Not something you would expect with summer around the corner. As if the sierra needed more snow, today temperatures took a big dip. 25 degrees below normal in some cases. A caltrans employee tweeted about the unseasonably cold weather from interstate 80. Please slow down. The cars behind are going far too fast for the conditions. Enjoy the view. Its t
That will exit today, but going out the door, 52 in walnut creek. Its 50 in pleasant ton, and looking at 40s from santa rosa to napa. Mid60s around the bay, and breezy on the water and upper 50s there. Alexis. No major issues to talk about, and walnut creek looking good, and things are definitely starting to fill in. Mass transit also looking good today, and i know we had the major track closure over the weekend, and the tracks are back open and we have 31 trains in service with no delays so far this morning, so thats great. Should be choppy on the bay, and ace one out on time today, too, so we are in the green as far as mass transit is concerned. We will look at issue in the south bay and thats coming up in less than ten. A Top Executive at uber a Top Executive at uber could be on the way out may not be far behind either. Reporter uber employees are likely anxious to hear what is going to happen to its ceo. The company has been in the spotlight since allegations of harassment and mism