arena which is where we are right now. and last night, that was the cavs hawks playoff game. there were concerns about protesters coming and creating problems. there was a heavy police presence and at about 8:30 tipoff time there were a doz than closed down an intersection not far from here. police came about 70 of them and sealed off traffic, made sure everything was peaceful. that demonstration dispersed at about an hour and a half later, and no arrest made in that case. as you mentioned, the 71 arrests on saturday they still, most things were peaceful here. there were a few squirmishes that the police chief was talking about. most of the simpgs here in cleveland situation here in cleveland was peaceful. community leaders called for calm and it has been that way here. no demonstrations by the way planned for today as far as we have heard, back to you. okay. scott really quickly, before i let you go folks have continued to wait for an update on the
pretty hard against this. they issued a long statement that said at least in part that the iraqi army in generals do have the will to fight isis and they are still sacrificing their lives. and they would also point to what you just mentioned, craig, which is they are going back in and they have an offensive that they plan to try to retake ramadi. chris jansing for us of course the president and vice president heading over to arlington national cemetery a bit later. chris, back to you a bit later as well thank you. new developments this morning on the southern california oil spill. officials now say they have recovered roughly a fifth of the more than 100,000 gallons that gushed into the pacific, fouling up nine miles of the coastline there. nbc scott cone is live in santa barbara, california with the latest on that for thus morning. hey there scott, what s the latest? reporter: hi craig, from a state beach and campground that should be full of happy memorial day campers this time
vehicle near the capitol, parked just blocks away from the memorial day concert was not hazardous. the bomb squad destroyed the pressure cooker, u.s. capitol police say the owner was arrested. he s identified as israel shamelis of alexandria virginia, and has been charged with operating after revocation. 20% of the oil spill off santa barbara county has been recovered. msnbc s scott cohn joins me now live from santa barbara, california. scott, governor romney to you. what s the update on the efforts there? well the numbers are a little bit of a moving target ayman, now down to 101,000 gallons the pipeline company believes has been spilled in the worst-case scenario. so that s the down by 4,000 from what we thought a few days ago. that s positive. you mentioned a fifth of the oil has been recovered but a lot of that have is in the pipeline itself which they re draining
tamir rice case as well. at this point, do we know when we can expect an update on that case? reporter: we just heard from the head of that investigation who said that the investigation would be wrapped up pretty soon. and that will go to prosecutors, and they will have to decide if any charges will be filed in that case. and that really is going to be a big test for the city of cleveland, craig. scott for us in cleveland, ohio, scott, thank you. a live look now at cape may, new jersey. there s cape may. oh, that s a good-looking beach there, jen. images like that make all the traffic worth it, don t they? we re going to update your travel forecast for you after this. stay out of the sun, right? if only it were that easy. how to be outdoors without risking your health. the story of two brothers sergeants brandon and aaron kraimer, their story live, next from the national mall.
peaceful demonstrations turned aggressive. the cleveland police chief talked about the arrest on sunday. we only moved in to make arrests when things got violent and protesters refused to disperse. we wanted to make sure that people understand we re going to help you in this process, but if things turn violent as we stated in the beginning, we will take action to preserve safety in this city. it was acquitted saturday in the november 2012 deaths of who unarmed black motorists in a barrage of gunfire. all agencies will be reviewing this case. scott neul is live in cleveland this morning, scott, what charges, first of all, what charges are they facing? reporter: there are a variety of charges including inciteing rioting and minor charges as well. you were talking just a few minutes ago about quicken loans