At sfo, but immigrant Rights Groups say they will be happening later this week. Sfo Officials Say they will be ready. For now, though, the travel ban is seeing a lot of opposition here in the bay area. It feels like its an attack on our identities as muslims, like were not american enough. Reporter she is feeling scared about President Trumps newest travel ban order. Shes a yemeni american handling immigration and civil rights cases. Shes afraid the new order will spark fear and hatred. As a visibly muslim woman, im an easy target. We see it as muslim ban 2. 0. Reporter she sees no change in President Trumps travel ban after the first one was revoked by the courts. The new order narrows the list of primarily muslim countries to six, and Syrian Refugees no longer singled out with an indefinite ban. Instead a blanket suspension of all refugees entering the u. S. For four months. It also makes no exception for religious minorities, a major concern of the courts. What you continue to see t
Sooner or differently to prevent injuries. But i think our police did the best they could under very difficult circumstances. If theyve went in more aggressively could have provoked a violent response. Reporter protestors didnt have a permit but did have weapons, 2 x 4s with nails in it, baseball bats. Knives. Here is what police confiscated. Not the last time we are going to see large protests or, or, social unrest in our community. I think we are learning. Benjamin lynch calling for charges to be dropped against antiPresident Trump protesters who he says did not instigate the violence. We were there to defend ourselves, our movement and city. From this kind of racist violence. Charges for those arrested on both sides of political aisle range from battery to assault with a deadly weapon. In berkeley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Now you can watch more video of all of the confiscated weapons by downloading the news app, and Photo Gallery from the weekend rally. Your days of speeding th
Could under difficult circumstances. The mayor of berkeley tonight addresses complaints the city did not act fast enough after violence erupted at duelling President Trump rallies this weekend. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama dates. Saturday rallies resulted in 10 arrests. Abc 7 news reporter, spoke with berkeleys may your who says there is a Reason Police did not act faster. Live tonight with the story. Melanie . Reporter dan, ama, city officials are working to balance freedom of speech with safety. The mayor commend the Police Department and believes that had officers intervened in some other way that the violence would have escalated. Head wounds. Me clocked me with the flag in the head. Reporter pepper spray to the eyes. Blink. Reporter violent protests as opposing political groups clashed in berkeley. We are fryitrying to be peac. Berkeley police made ten arrests from sky 7 you could see Police Chasing one protester. Though some question whether police could have intervened so
Dwip. Looks like we had improvements here on 195 on the westbound side. Earlier, we had a closure around route 130, around exit 5. That closure was in this general area. Thats why you see slowdowns approaching the scene. Looks like at least according to the map system they might have lifted it. Ill check in with that to see either way. Watch for delays on the westbound side. Approaching 5. 95, center city. Cameras around gerard avenue. 14 minutes southbound from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. Sfee speeds into the high 50s. The schuylkill expressway looks good, as well. There is around the eastbound sides, the blue route to the vine. 13 minutes. Speeds into the 60s. Both directions pretty much look the same so far. Here are the top headlines were following today a judge will sentence bill baroni and bridget kelly. A jury found the two former aides to new Jersey Governor Chris Christie guilty in a plot to cause traffic jams near the George Washington bridge. They could face up
Challenge the beliefs. Because challenge through discourse, we believe is essential to reducing polarization in our nation. Good evening, im julie haener. Im frank somerville. It will go on even though the University Says they cant accommodate the event. Reporter the College Republicans say they think theyre being treated unfairly, theyre cosponsoring this with another college group, berkely u. S. A. The decision was made by top administrators and the police who felt they had serious safety concerns. Uc berkely College Republicans say they will bring in conservative pundit, and New York Times best seller author ann coulter. The fact that theres a slight threat of left wing agitators. Weve had our last three events canceled because of this. Reporter it says the university supports the First Amendment, but we need to first Work Together to determine if a suitable event is available at that time. If we had had adequate time to work with the berkely republicans to organize this event, to w