During the morning the city center was almost completely deserted thats not to say necessarily that lots and lots of hong kong wasnt chosen like part of the strike but what the process to say early on monday was they stopped people from getting to work for example they used the their bodies to block the doors of subway trains so the subway system was completely shut down for about 6 hours on long time likewise they saw lots of the main roads coming in to the center of hong kong which meant that around here in the Central Business district it was almost like a ghost town people have started to come back in now the protests of changed tactics theyve moved on the subway system is operating and you can probably see some people in the background behind me right now though as well the big protests going on in 7 different locations around the school most of them so far weve just come from one the reason we black that is that with so many people that thousands on thousands completely covering
Temperatures for today as you make plans to get ready to head out, San Francisco reaches the mid60s, while well see some low 90s in the north bay. Inland east bay reaching 90 degrees and san jose reaching a high of 84 degrees. In some spots, it will be slightly cooler, but it is heating up at the bay bridge toll plaza, getting ready to head out and a lot of company there, and we are not only seeing a backup there but also as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza, as we get a look at our traffic maps the overall flow of the roads in the commute direction is looking good, but then we also have a new sig alert thats been issued for around the oakland area eastbound 580 at seminary avenue. A huge backup there with a crash thats caused a lot of problems, and then we also have another crash on westbound 580 east at the interchange or westbound 80 and east at the 580 interchange so there is a new crash there causing more backups as you approach the bay bridge. So well have more on that. Its
A general strike takes place and police fired tear gas at prodemocracy protesters in the city a Record Number of activists are detained and the chief executive warns the territories of the barge of a dangerous situation. And American Dreams for the victims all back to back Mass Shootings with president trying to address the nation for the 1st time over the. Preaching the attack in texas as an act of domestic terrorism. Walking into a war still in the east african a refugee stranded by the conflict in yemen. Finally for about the horrors. U. S. President donald trump is due to speak from the White House Office to mash shootings over the weekend 29 people were killed within a 13 hours on saturday and sunday 20 were gunned down at a Walmart Store in El Paso Texas 9 others were shot dead in dayton ohio the shooting in texas is being treated as an act of terrorism. Core to no make us to tighten gun controls but did not address criticism that is anti immigrant rhetoric had contributed to the
Epidemic in this country, but we have a hate epidemic hate has no place in our country. Just ahead, the stories of bravery, people helping people, as the gunfire rang out. I feel i was put on the earth to help people. Its happened again, today, monday, august 5th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Wish we could come on the air with a smile on our faces and something happy to tell you, but unfortunately, we cant. It is just another terrible, terrible moment in our history absolutely. We want to get right to the outpouring of grief in two closeknit communities and across the nation following this weekends backtoback outbreak of gun violence. Vigils were held in el paso and dayton, ohio, overnight to honor the victims. 29 People Killed more than 50 others injured. As for the investigations, they have quickly revealed the troubled pasts of t
A case of fraud off the pitch former top german football officials charged with corruption did they find germanys right to host the 2006 world cup. Also coming up the world has lost a beloved author the Nobel Laureate writer Toni Morrison whose novels exploring africanamerican identity gave voice to millions has died at the age of 88. 00. Its good to have you with us tonight there are new worries of a political and maybe military firestorm over kashmir yesterday indias hindu nationalists led government revoked kashmirs special status by repealing article 370. 00 of the constitution. Pakistans Prime Minister imran khan says he will consider approaching the Un Security Council over the move earlier today Pakistans Army said that it would go to any extent necessary to support the contested territory indias move has sparked tensions between the Nuclear Armed neighbors. Residents in pakistani controlled kashmir have been making their anger clear that was easy and says its revoking article 3