Tomorrows mayday contribution to Honor International workers but this year many are focused on the president. And christy, tomorrows events could have a major impact. Reporter that is right. Given the current Political Climate, this is expected to be a big march and rally here in san jose. It ends here near the sap center and one things that stands out is the diversity of groups involved. This restaurant is san jose is one of several businesses that plan to close on may 1st. Workers here can instead join thousands of others in a march. The workers that want to participate, we made tshirts with the logo and a couple of things like no one is illegal or black lives matter or love is love. Reporter this is video of last years mayday march in san jose and this year will be the first under the Trump Administration. On International Workers day, many plan to rally against his immigration polies and policies they say marginalize certain groups. Today faith and Community Leaders talking about s
Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbs nigt laey nec nigh kate snow. Good evening. A massive storm system over the center of the country brought misery to parts of 16 states this weekend. Late word tonight at least 12 now dead as a result of those storms. Rain and floods in the Mississippi River valley, tornadoes to the south, even blizzard conditions in parts of kansas. In texas, communities are mourning, and the damage from yesterdays storms is extensive. And today, another outbreak of at least 11 tornadoes across mississippi and alabama. The radar map shows the threat of tornadoes now moving east with another round of Severe Weather expected tomorrow in parts of pennsylvania and upstate new york. Our team is covering the latest from the region this evening. We begin with Gabe Gutierrez outside dallas. Gabe . Reporter kate, good evening. Authorities here spent the day urgently searching for more victims. Thousands of people are st
Episodes of a hit show. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im reena ninan. Severe weather this weekend has claimed the lives of at least 9 people. Others were lost in floods in arkansas, mississippi and missouri. Several people are still missing. Dozens are injured. Overnight, dozens of storms stretch across the u. S. , from the gulf of mexico all the way to the great lakes. Mark strassmann is in hardhit east texas. Reporter about 50 minutes after the National Weather service put henderson county, texas under a watch, this tornado tore across the highway. Drivers on i20 were forced to pull over for this massive funnel cloud. Officials blame the tornado outbreak in Van Zandt County for at least four deaths and nearly 50 injuries. There are People Associated with these organizations represented here today who are, as we speak, going door to door, house to house, building to building. Reporter Texas Governor greg a abbott. Theres a possibility one of these torn
justine this is video from a past may day. There are several other may day events in the bay area planned for monday. In San Francisco, people will protest outside of the ice office on sansome street at 8am. Plus, a rally is planned at 11am in Justin Herman plaza, followed by a march to civic center and in oakland, a rally will start at 3pm at fruitvale plaza. With a march at 4pm heading to san antonio park. Also, a few high schools have noted students will be walking out of class tomorrow. And marching down international boulevard. justine about 400 city workers in sunnyvale will strike tomorrow. On International Workers day. Most city offices will be closed. Union employees have not received a raise for over five years. In the last round of negotiations, the city offered a 10percent raise and 6thousand dollar bonus. Union leaders are asking for a 14percent raise. Critical Public Health and safety workers, including police, fire crews and garbage collectors will remain on duty through
lydia organizers are expecting as many as 50 thousand people at tomorrows rally and march. Several of the businesses here have fliers or signs like this one on their door telling customers theyre shutting down to take part in the may day march. From bakeries. To markets and even western wear. Youll see similar signs on all these businesses along Willow Street in san jose. Telling customers. Their doors are staying closed on may day, also known as International Workers day. Even though it hurts our businesses not to be open but we gotta be strong. Juan garabato is the owner of juan garabato western wear in san jose. Hell be one of the of Business Owners taking part in the may day rally at the mexican Heritage Plaza in san jose and the march from the plaza to arena greens. He closed last year as well. But he says this year is different. This year we feel it more, more stronger. There is so much turmoil and racism out there that we ant to prove that we are important and that we do form a