Good afternoon, good morning. If we could all get settled and all get seated in. Good morning. My name is marisa williams, and on behalf of the African American Historical Society id like to welcome you to our 2018 black History Month kickoff celebration. This Years National ill wait. This Years National theme as established by the association of the study of African American history is African Americans in times of war. This theme honors those African Americans who have fought in wars dated as early as world war i. It also recognizes those African Americans who have been iconic and revolutionary in the struggle for skbru struggle for justice in america. Now as a Planning Committee we decided to expand on the National Theme and say African Americans in times of war are a resilient spirit. Since coming to america, African Americans have had to embody a sense ofri sill yep see in order to succeed. From wars over seas to the struggle of daytoday life in america, African Americans have had
Accidental and not related to terrorism. So tough to see, knowing we have so many tourist landmarks here that are poplar across the nation. You can see on your screen, not a portions of times square are still closed at this hour as Police Continue to collect estigace and make sure that this is not a diversion in anticipation of something else. Ged Investigative Team with our sister station new york has rightered many more details, and the leading theory from police s oat this was a drunk or drugged driving incident. Rivingiver undergoing tests right now as we speak, and we mentioned his history. We know two dwis on his record including one in which he was driving 99 Miles Per Hour in a of oure per hour zone. Mayor de blasio says it was a tough day for new york city, but is 2sve tremendous faith in the work of our first responders. Thanks for joining us. The times square crash tops our i ional news this midday hour, but we also have local headlines. Good to have you with us. Im sam broc
Good morning, everybody, interstate 80, not a bad commute. Later in the morning, we are obviously starting to see slower traffic, but this morning, it looks good if you are traveling through fairfield in palo alto, a frightening ordeal reported over the weekend. What makes this even scarier, after the alleged attack happened, the suspect returned to the victims home and contacted her. The 35yearold was arrested by police for felony Sexual Battery and police say the driver dropped off a man and a woman at a home. Near the city line between pal tallet toe. This was on saturday and the woman said she called the driver of the realizing that she and her husband left a phone in the car. The victim went outside to meet him and retrieve the car. After he gave the phone to her, he kissed her and groped her breast. She immediately pushed him away and ran back inside of her house. Reporter the woman reported the incident to uber an hour later, police say the driver called the woman and said she w
Within two years, it will have to pay an additional 15 million. Reporting live in the news room, laura malpert, nbc bay area news. Meanwhile a federal judge has denied a proposed settlement of a class action suit against another Ride Share Service lift. The judge says the proposed 12 million agreement between the company and its drivers was not big enough. The judge believes it would have shortchanged drivers by as much as half of what they deserve. The drivers were challenging their classification as independent contractors. The judge is asking both sides to come to a new agreement next month. A disturbing investigation in contra costa county. A dental assistant is accused of molesting several children. Police say in each case the kids were sedated while their parents were waiting in a nearby room. Nbc bay areas Elyce Kirschner is in concord. What do we know so far . Reporter well, raj, we know the detectives discovered photos and video at the suspects home showing what he did. So far
In both directions during the initial chase. The suspects were considered armed and dangerous, but police said they could not confirm whether the suspects were armed with a weapon at that time. The four made it about a quarter mile from the freeway here in this neighborhood. But were caught at cedar and central as i mentioned within the last half hour. Without any shots fired, without any injury to any officers right now. Police are no longer looking as i mentioned for any suspects at large. As you can see behind me, traffic in the area has returned to normal. Reporting live in fremont, chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. All right, chuck, thank you very much. Also we are following a developing story that started out as a statewide amber alert. It was issued out of soledad in Monterey County this morning. A father reported that someone stole his car and his 2yearold was still inside. Just a few hours ago we learned that police did find toddler safe in nearby gonzalez. Thats where we find