And what seemed to be a military a miracle rescue before hopes were dashed. We visit a bereaved family six months after turkeys devastating earthquake. Im nicole frolich. Defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States or echo us say they have echo wes ecowas has given coup leaders in niger until sunday to return power to Mohamed Bazoum or face possible military force. This comes after nigers new military junta said it was stopping military cooperation with friends. West africans fourth successfully executed coup in two years. Its leaders frame it as an act of revolution against nigers former colonial power, france. Troops are stationed at a base near the capital helping to battle Islamist Insurgency groups in the uranium rich nation. But now it seems they might not be staying much longer. Given frances casual attitude and reaction to the internal situation in our country, the National Council for the safeguarding of the country decided to terminate the cooperation ag
Got into arguments and fights, punches were thrown during heat confrontations. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live in berkeley with more. Reporter hi, eric. Birthplace of the Free Speech Movement certainly saw a lot of free speech today and violent clashes were not far behind. Civic center park, virtually empty tonight. What a difference from what we saw hours ago when thousands showed up to demonstrate. Sky 7 was overhead as todays rally spiralled into violence. A group dressed in black attacked another group near the park. Even though a plan antimarxist rally was canceled, thousands converged on civic park, sparking confrontation between the left and the right. You kill nazis and you callmy nazis is like calling me the n word. They bring violence with them. I dont want it here. What do very with to do to get niece people out . Reporter Berkeley Police vowed to arrest anyone who brought items into the rally, which could be used as a weapon. Police arrested many. We witnessed th
Reporter Berkeley Police vowed to arrest anyone who brought items into the rally, which could be used as a weapon. Police arrested many. We witnessed this protester being tackled. Ive taken on the altright title, i guess. Reporter rightwing protester Johnny Benitez from california says he came to berkeley for peaceful dialogue but got shouted down by the crowd. Things got so heat, benitez and his friends were escorted out of the park by police. We were just standing there talking to people. People in masks showed up, trying to drag me out to the middle. They wanted to beat they wanted to kill me. Reporter violent clashes went on for several hours. Police dispersed smoke canisters to disperse the crowd. Later in the day thousands more marched in the park, a peaceful counterdemonstration. We just checked with Berkeley Police, 13 people were arrested today. The ap reporting tonight that Patriot Prayer founder joey gibson showed up today and was chased and pepper sprayed by counterdemonstr
Tommy we talked to Charles Kelly earlier in the week, his deal was coming into this game, eliminate the big plays and you got to get turnovers. And they have two turnovers this game . Mike yep. Tommy thats going to end up being the difference in the game. You have to give credit to Charles Kelly and all the guys on defense. He has a loft athletes and a lot of depth. Mike do you take your shot here with six seconds to go or do you try to get a tenyard out and then take it . Tommy no, i think you go to the end zone. About a 45yard throw. Throwing it for washington. Mike tipped away by the allamerican derwin james. And the clock shows triple zeros. Heartbreak for wake forest. Good grief. They played so well and so hard. And jimbo fisher is going to walk out of here. Hell have a smile on his face. On the way home. And dave clawson is going to feel like hes krushdz. Tommy they played their hearts out. Wake foreake forest was 40, th werent watch the deep throw here, theyre going to the one r
Collaborating with local, federal and state partners. There are no known threats in the bay area, but we are going to stay on top of this breaking news. Stay with abc 7 news. And sign up for push alerts through our abc 7 news app. Stay tuned, after abc 7 news at 5 00 for world news at 5 30. Hello, im eric thomas. Now to our top story. Growing political divide on display around the country today. This is being called the march for truth. Protesters in new york, chicago, boston, washington, d. C. , among those rallying today against President Trump. Those demonstrators joined with ralliers here in the bay area to ask for impartial investigation into russian interference in last years president ial election. Abc 7 news reporter, Cornell Bernard joins us from the newsroom. Push back from the Trump Administration getting louder in the bay area. Many democrats are angry and getting organized. All people need to stand together. We can no longer afford to allow ourselves to be divided. March f