Live at the bridge with more on the cause. Reporter thats right, janelle. Caltrans now believes they know what started those two backtoback fires on the bridge. They say the fires were likely a report result of flares left behind by caltrans maintenance workers. Now, caltrans engineers spent the day investigating those mysterious fires after a blaze broke out this afternoon. That fire occurred on the very same spot on the bridge where flames erupt edmond night. A driver captured that fire and posted a photo on twitter. After reviewing bridge Surveillance Video today and finding flare remnants at the fire scene, caltrans now feels pretty confident they know the cause. Flares were left near the eastbound number one lane and it is thought at this point in time that they are the likely cause of the fire on monday night and today. Reporter now, caltrans believes that wind may have blown those flares into the graded joint where they eventually ignited and caught fire. Now, this investigation
A White Nationalists, antilgbt, racist, antimuslim and antiimmigrant groups are scattered throughout the golden state. This is something that makes it even clearer, these most recent numbers, that this problem isnt going anywhere, just as recent events make that clear. You may be surprised to know that some of the new breed of leaders of White Nationalist groups come from here in california. Dan noyes continues our coverage with that part of the story. Reporter i covered a nazi rally that turned into a violent confrontation in virginia 34 years ago. It was one of my first stories for cnn. In some ways, sadly not much has changed except for the people in charge. The San Francisco office of the Antidefamation League and other organizations that track hate groups were shocked and disturbed by what they saw in charlottesville over the weekend. This is the largest gathering of White Supremacists weve seen in this country for possibly several decades. Reporter he tells us different hate grou
Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. A right wing rally has been permitted in the city without the citys knowledge. Dan noyes will help us understand whats changing about the groups behind these events. Lets go live to kate larson, who is at San Francisco to he will us how San Francisco is preparing for one of these groups. Reporter even though chrissy field is in San Francisco, it is on federal property. So after learning that the park service approved a permit for a right wing rally in the coming weeks, the mayor and police chief spoke out very clearly today about their concern for Public Safety at this normally Family Friendly location. We have reached out to the golden gate Recreation Area many times and have yet to hear back about their permit conditions for this controversial event. We are not welcoming this group into San Francisco to promote hate. Reporter but the mayor thinks the National Park service did just that when they permitted a righ
Response to charlottesville and why he waited 24 hours to condemn the kkk. The president ignited a new fire storm in the wake of charlottesville. It became combative when asked about the protest. Reporter President Trump squares off with reporters inside trump tower, defending his decision to wait 48 hours after the hatefuelled violence in charlottesville before denouncing the White Supremacists involved by name. I wanted to make sure, unlike most pop titians, that what i said was correct. Not make a quick statement and its a very, very important process to me and a very important statement. Reporter but his daughter and Vice President pence all condemned the rallys racism before he did, even calling out the kkk and neonazis. Now three days after they marched in the streets, the president is back to square one, again blaming all sides. If you look at both sides, i think theres blame on both sides and i dont have any doubt about it and you dont have any doubt about it either and if you
Investigating the case urban design called out to the scene our occ volunteers being trained in bias we been talking about in the past year about accountability and the office of citizens complaints is the first line of accountability for the Police Department we need cases to be fully investigated we need them to be evaluated with the correct standard of evidence thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Seeing none, yeah. Sorry good evening. Good evening. I showed up awhile ago in front of the board of supervisors. Concerning Police Department i have said any opinion of the financial members of the alzheimers that i advise with any experience of life that the city will fire the department with new people theres a reason why at the level of not only of the shootings and everything weve seen my family lives there 5 generations but wish to bring more accountability that has been took place and the new chief to monthly meetings and weekly meetings and the monthly at the level of the ad