We hear from the youth organizers in san jose, why they say theyre not letting this movement lose momentum. A forensic investigation under way into this Mountain Lion, to find out if he killed three marsupials at the San Francisco zoo. A full look at the weekend forecast coming up. Now from abc 7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is in San Francisco, as weve seen across the country, several statues have been torn down by protesters tonight. Can you see this monument being pulled to the ground. He established the California Missions and is accused of atrocities against nativeamericans. Francis scott keys statue was torn down. And ulysses s. Grant was brought to the ground. Yesterday city officials removed a statue of Christopher Columbus from coit tower. There was a movement to tear it down and throw it into the bay. We will have more on our abc 7 news app. Thousands turned out across the bay area and the country today to mark juneteenth, the end of slavery. Its so emotional t
News app. Thousands turned out across the bay area and the country today to mark juneteenth, the end of slavery. Its so emotional to see the whole world stopping to Pay Attention to see that my life and my kids life, and my parents life matter. Demonstrations, work place. United we stand, divided we fall. Rallies come after weeks of protests nationwide following the Police Killing of george floyd. . A juneteenth march organized by a youth leader in san jose drew thousands today, culminating at the olympic black tower at san jose state. Chris reyes talked to those who marched. Thats 16yearold phoenix, singing her heart out. Another student speaking her heart the woman who brought them together, to speak out against turno turnout would be so big. We were crying on stage, im overwhelmed with happiness. Thousands marched to the university. All races, all ages, all afternoon. I feel like george floyd was a breaking point for a lot of people people. Some drive or walking by honked their supp
Squawk alley. As you just heard, stocks are continuing to move higher today although off of the highs of the morning. The s p is up about 0. 6 the nasdaq up about 84 points. On track for the fourth week of gains for the major averaging and today it is that reopening trade back in the drivers seat today. It is it is retail names as well at the same time we dont see a buy fur indication it is a shift to more of a focus on e commerce. Amazon is up 1 . And facebook is up better than that that to me is interesting. Walmart is a stock that has done well prior to things opening up. It is also higher. So there is a mix. I think there is general positivity, larger stocks in general are doing better, but it seems like the market is reacting to not just opening up versus not, but maybe a sense that the economy is starting to find its footing. It is such a great point, john it is names like micro soft, adobe, some of the big cap tech names. So it seems like today, at least, this rally, the breadth
Celebration separation. Easter weekend is transformed with empty churches, services on computer screens, and families limiting their gatherings. How even the peoples pope is without his people. And surprise in the sky. With millions of businesses shut down, it seems the lights are on in the heavens above. What stargazers are seeing now that hasnt been seen in generations. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have not reached the peak. Every day, we need to continue to do what we did yesterday and the week before and the week before that. Reporter the u. S. Reaches half a million coronavirus cases. The actual curve is much, much lower than any of them projected. Now is not the time to stop the social distancing. It is working. This cannot be a weekend to think we can let our foot off the gas. Were not even close, folks. We have to keep with it until this war is won. I dont know what ive had a bigger decision. Im going to surround my
The Foreign Office is advising british holiday makers in spain to return home as soon as possible, as hotels their are to close by tuesday. Supermarkets take action to reduce stockpiling and panic buying. The bbc suspends production of hit dramas like eastenders and casualty. And the Glastonbury Festival is called off as is this years eurovision because of coronavirus. Good afternoon. Schools across much of the uk look set to close their doors and shut down by the end of the week the governments in scotland and wales have been first to announce their plans as part of the measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Borisjohnson says an announcement on the rest of the uk is imminent. Our correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. This announcement from the first minutes there was a short time ago. Nicola sturgeon made this announcement within the last hour. It is not entirely unexpected, there have been increasing reports of growing absinthe in schools and people keeping their children hom