Here today, thed establishment squashing its people on behalf of the presumptive nominee who of the primary vote, which included a lot of nonrepublicans. Amy we will get a firsthand account of the Convention Floor fight and host a debate between a protrump delegate and a member of the never trump camp. Then we go to baltimore where the fourth of Six Baltimore Police officers to go on trial for the death of freddie gray last year has been acquitted. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, this is breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. Here in cleveland, the first day of the Republican National convention was marked by discord and moments of chaos monday both inside and outside the convention arena. Hours before donald trump arrived on the Convention Floor, delegates opposed to donald trump attempted to stage a rebellion by calling for a rollcall vote to oppose Donald Trumps nomination. [chanting roll call vote] nam
People, mostly latinos, from deportation. President obama reacted to that Decision Just moments ago. Were going to have to decide whether we are people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from their parents arm or whether we actually value families and keep them together for the sake of all of our communities. Were going to have to decide whether were a people who continue to educate the worlds brightest students only to send them away to compete against us or whether we encourage them to stay and create new jobs and businesses right here in the united states. So thats president obamas reaction. Plenty of reaction from the bay area this morning. Lets go live to Stephanie Chuang standing by live in San Francisco. Stephanie . Reporter this is a blow to undocumented immigrants everywhere, including the countless here in the bay area. The question is, where exactly does this land them . It means that the deportation will continue as they have been. The Obama Administration brought t
For not ensuring the 25yearold was not wearing a seatbelt. No good reason not to belt him in he told the judge except to bounce him around. After a number of injuries, suffered by people in transport vans, Baltimore Police had been reiterating to officers that prisoners be seatbelted in. Prosecutors allege goodson ignored the rule. But officer goodsons attorney, Andrew Graham told the judge, prisoners are virtually never belted, saying grays death was a freakish accident. And that convicting a good officer to satisfy a desire to have someone to blame will just make a tragic situation worse. Grays arrest and subsequent death last year exposed long simmering tension between Baltimore Police and the community. Riots erupted after his funeral. More than 200 Police Officers were hurt. More than a dozen buildings and businesses were torched. Officer goodson. The states attorney decision to charge the officers brought some measure of peace to baltimore. So far, Marilyn Mosby failed to prove g
Supreme court as the justices blocked president obamas immigration plan today. The ruling was split evenly between the courts conservatives and liberals. And it leaves a Lower Court Ruling in place blocking the president s plan to spare up to 4 million Illegal Immigrants from deportation. It kills the plan for the rest of the president s time in office. I think it is heartbreaking for the millions of immigrants who made their lives here, who have raised family heres, who hope for the opportunity to work, pay taxes, serve in our military. And here in the bay area, activists had plenty to say about the decision today. Kpix 5s kiet do caught up with some of them in san jose. Kiet. Reporter it was a mix of anger and sadness in east san jose. Within a couple of hours of the Supreme Court ruling, some of the most powerful groups in the bay area had a press Conference Since 11 a. M. The Supreme Court decision was disappointing but they have vowed to fight on. [ chanting ] reporter there are a
Reporter you can see off to the coast however as the daytime heating is the dynamics it looks like according to models ahead of the shower our temperature is right now low to middle fifties cover most of the promoter sunnyvale come in with the exception of 46 the east but we have lower fifties. Reporter iverson the temperatures during the time of the game and social 15 as the game for breast of. Robin winston starting off with the bay Bridge Committee on westbound 80 into San Francisco wide open no problems come out of oakland to downtown is a quick 10 minutes to get from the maze of the to the skyway in downtown San Francisco no major problems living hey what it is very quiet on the peninsula and to foster sitting connecting with 101280 know troublespots. Robin winston no problem for 580 leaving the stock at a limit. James f coming out of the east bay where another shooting on a busy interstate this time near richmond this happen on the west bound side of interstate 580 you could see