We will follow the money. In the 45th anniversary of attica, one of the largest prison uprisings in u. S. History. Morning,rs ago this nearly 1300 prisoners took over the attica state correctional facility asking for more human conditions. Their struggle matters. Today, prisoners are also calling for action, calling to stand up for better treatment and calling dehumanize americas correctional facilities across the country. Amy we will speak with heather thompson, american historian, author of the explosive new book, blood in the water the attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy. We will also be joined by david rothenberg, a member of the Attica Observers Committee, one of 35 people brought into attica to negotiate on behalf of the prisoners. He is founder of the fortune society. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. North korea said today it successfully tested a Nuclear Weapon in whats believed to be
This rain will stick around all the details coming up in the next forecast in about 15 minutes. Rohnert park tonight. Dan how are the conditions there . Reporter since midwe have seen it all and a lot heavier rain than we are seeing right now. The rain has been falling in the north bay for much of the day and covers had their hands full navigating through a heavy storm drenched roads. In sebastopol couple had to be rescued after their toyota stalled out after dropping through floodwaters. Rescuers are able to walk out to the couple and help them navigate back to safety. West of one a one broker expressway was closed between redwood drive and sony. Road due to flooding. Some cars attempted to attack the floodwaters but when a closer look of a turnaround and went back the way they came in. In suffolk kalmuck creeks started filling of after former plant creating pentup potential for spill over. This intersection at stony point road in panama boulevard north. And the past floodwaters have
Avenue in oakland a male driver on going and no more if he got out to deliver mail by foot when she got back the truck was gone. The postal inspector tells me that the truck was found not that long after the mail that was inside all missing. Did just talk to a postal inspector. All talk and all the people affected by this. Any information that will lead to the rest of the person is stolen truck. Punishable up to five years in prison. Pam theres been another shooting along a busy highway in the east bay. This is. The latest incident in a string of shootings along a stretch of interstate80 in the last couple of months. This most recent incident happened sunday night. In richmond. Chp says a mini van. Pulled along side a taxi cab. And opened fire. The cab pulled off the interstate. Stopping in a nearby parking lot. Once the taxi parked. The two passengers took off running. The driver stayed and waited for police. No injuries were reported. Violence at high speeds. Interstate 80 is proving
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. And this is something we vpped seen this awhile. Green on live doppler 7hd. A slowmoving storm is hitting as we speak and moving south into the east bay and San Francisco. The umbrellas are out tonight. Abc7 news was in the north beach district where the rain is steady and the roads are wet. Lets look at i80 and berkly. Berkeley. Drivers can expect a sloppy morning commute. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. Drew has been closely tracking the november storm. What are we seeing right now, drew . This is a sight for sore eyes. A live look from our exploratorium showing rain drops on the lens at this hour. It is painting an active picture right now. We will press in a couple locations around San Francisco and the marina and embarcadero and even the bay view district. We will slide to the south just a bit along the peninsula. Millbrae and burlingame and san bruno. Wet weather and even 82. Well slide to the east as well and into the east
When i first met vic through the ravens, so impressed talking football with him. Every time i visited there it was great to talk with vic. Im sure that two years before we got vic, we were looking for a defensive coordinator that i asked vic 23 he would come to stanford and be the defensive coordinator and he declined. The following year he declined again. Jim harbaugh the coach from the stanford brought a lot of coaches to the 49ers. Jim is tightly wound seems to be letting loose a little bit because he wants his player to relack at the super bowl. I think you told me the harbaugh brothers might have dinner tonight . Yes. They might have dinner tonight. I dont know if they are going to discuss football. They may want to kept that separate until after the big game on sunday. But yeah, it is a friendly brother sibling rivalry. Well see. Lets get back to the weather here. It is starting to get dark here. We see the clouds really moving in. The wind is picking up. And were starting to fee