A mandatory free coronavirus test if theyre arriving from designated hospice such as infections spread across the country and new cases have risen to hottest the level to increase much. On will iraq is great to have you along everyone International Aid is arriving in beirut 2 days after a devastating blast killed at least 137 people in the lebanese capital emergency aid and rescue teams flying in from around the world to help a city in ruins hospitals damaged or add critical capacity leaving thousands of injured victims at even more risk an estimated 300000. 00 people now homeless and the aftermath of the explosions residents of beirut lives shattered still in shock take to the streets to clear up the debris as a desperate search for survivors continues. With their neighborhood gutted these volunteers arent waiting for help. The political elite they say are incompetent and corrupt. The community is banding together as anger mounts. And not hard enough when you hear the revolutionaries
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Its still five days away but preparations are well under way for rally at berkeleys civic park. City leaders are worried it might bring a repeat locally. The mayor and others are asking counter demonstrators to stay away thats been labeled as antimarxist free speech rally. Laura anthony joins us. I will stand against you 100 of the time. Reporter its perhaps a preview of things to come where selfdescribed antimarkist Amber Cummings is calling a free speech. Were not here to cause violence. You show me one prhiemist group that will accepa transgender at any of the rallies. This is not freedom of speech. This is bigotry. This is racism. Reporter the event is prompted berkeley city leaders to stand together with state and National Representatives to urge counter protesters to demonstrate but away from the park. I share with my constituents the need to speak out against bigots and racists as i have my entire life. Reporter much of the fear is based on previous events downtown and at uc ber
Reporter joe gibson of Patriot Prayer checked the box yes if there is any reason to believe there will be attempts to disrupt, protest, or prevent your event. Gibson, who leads the organization, told his facebook followers, good news. Police have a robust plan to ship rally attendees from a parking lot to chrissy field and back. Maybe we ought to consider not dignifying this event by going there. Reporter now the Mayors Office and the Human Rights Commission are promoting united against hate. This friday at civic center plaza. The mayor writes hatefilled speech has no place in San Francisco. The message is lets come together. This is not about promoting another event but how we promote San Francisco. Reporter other Community Leaders are promoting their own events. There will be one in the Castro District on saturday at noon. If approved, the Patriot Prayer rally will begin at 2 00 in the afternoon, ending at 5 00. Leeann melendez, abc7 news. At an eveevent, congresswom jackie spear acc
Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. The permitting process for the official events this weekend organized by conservative groups is still under way on both sides of the bay. Also changing as we speak in fact. The plans for counter protests, some of the tactics do not follow the obvious route. Lets start with Leeann Melendez with the latest developments there. Reporter the organizer of saturdays event at chrissy eld is telling everyone that the permit will be issued. Meantime, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area has not confirmed that. Now, also when asked if security will be as tight as it was during the super bowl city in early 2016, the mayor of San Francisco said, i think even tighter. This is what we might see on saturday during the Patriot Prayer rally, a tightly secured rally at chrissy field like the one in june 2016. San franciscos mayor ed lee is concerned that weapons could be secretly brought in given the many vulnerable spots. If we had a condition as we wis