Live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. A celebration mood at town halls, a day after news that obama care will remain the law of the land after the indefinite postponement of the aca. They didnt have their act together or build their consensus in the congress and they loft. It was not all positive, we are in the newsroom with the story. Eric, while everyone in the room was happy the Affordable Care act, was not repealed, they were not shy about demanding mofrmt more protections and more option options, many wanted single payer healthcare instead. Thats no privilege greater than representing the San Francisco bay area in the congress of the united states. House democratic he leader, nancy pelosi and jackie spear spent three hours with constituents, during a town hall meeting at Balboa High School today. We are pleased to have a victory for the American People yesterday. They are referring to the survival of the Affordable Care act. Speaker of the house, paul ryan pulled the proposal
Down now for a few minutes. We did hear they were talking about trying to exit this onramp en masse. Theyre also talking about a continuation of these demonstrations in the city tomorrow afternoon. Well stay out here until we can check to see how things go but if you are drive into or out of San Francisco you want to Pay Attention to how these demonstrations are affecting traffic. Reporting live, abc7 news. Thank you. The protesters quietly assembled and then quickly start marching towards the bridge. Cornell bernard was the first on the scene and joins us live from downtown. Cornell . We just talked to San Francisco police. They say so far no arrests, no vandalism today. The protests certainly got the attention of lots of people drive neglect south of market area, traffic was a bit chaotic for most of the afternoon. Protesters say their marches will continue. [shouting] a day protesters stopped traffic, blocking the intersection to interstate 80, refusing to leave. Traffic brought to
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. A blockade of Police Officers keeps protesters from marching onto the bay bridge, officer also probably have to do the same thing tomorrow. That protest started about 1 00 this afternoon when 200 demonstrators stopped traffic, blocking the entrance to 80, bringing traffic to a stand still. But they were met at each ramp with a line of police and Highway Patrol officers. We went to the freeway because thats the only way to get them to listen. Lots of people are caught up in traffic. What do you tell them sp i apologize for the inconvenience, but this gets people to listen. Reporter there was a lot of anger aimed at officers during this protest, but the sniper shootings in dallas where five Police Officers were killed did affect protesters. I wouldnt wish death upon anyone, because ive lost a loved one. Reporter after five hours, the group disbursed without any arrests. There is a group of protesters today who told me this afterno
All we can do for you. And its checkout time. And you can go to a shelter. Reporter the Bernal Heights for a die displayed 60 rots. The two households have not received much guidance an applying for other homes and know theres a couple of different funding out thrashings gofundme for residents who have been displaced and there haveline local businesses raising funds. They want know how they can access that money so they can use it in their search for someplace to stay until they can go back to their home that will be rebuilt. They expect that to be rebuilt next year. Reporting live, abc7 news. The president will visit dallas tuesday to speak at an Interfaith Memorial Service for the officers thursday night. While some people are in mourning, tell mon straighters continue dome member straighters continue to protest. In st. Paul demonstrate years blocked the interstate and threw rocks, bottles and molotov cocktails also police officers. 21 injured. Police arrest 100 protesters. And in ba
Hours tieing up traffic and shutting down the area at jones and mcallister streets. The s. W. A. T. Team was called out. Officers negotiated with the man who was threatening to harm hu himself. He told police he didnt want to go to prison. They asked him to show his hands. When he refused, officers fired bean bag rounds at him. To think of human life before all, we were going to give this guy as much time as he needed and we needed to make sure that we did not have to result to lethal force if we didnt have to. Police recovered a gun and rounds of ammunition at the scene. The chief says no shots were fired during the incident but flash bangs and bean bag rounds were used. The mayor thanked police for using restraint. An suv crashed and burned in San Francisco and hit a house at the corner of 32nd street and california. The driver of the porsche suv died. Reporter San Francisco firefighters tried unsuccessfully to save the driver of this car already ungulfed in flames. According to neig