Group Patriot Prayer said the potential for violence isnt worth it. The founder joey gibson Just Announced on his Facebook Page his group will not hold the rally at crissy field. He said, they felt peoples lives would be at risk and extremist groups from both sides, and temper and white nationalists would not be turned to write. It seemed to be a set up, he said. They will meet at 2 pm in the city at alamo square park. They have canceled the crissy field ryal rally. San Francisco Police have been preparing at crissy field and this switch could throw a wrench in their plans. Tara moriarty joins us. Reporter you can see the fencing is up here at crissy field, where the group was to have had its rally. They have changed locations. There having a press conference in march at alamo square park. That is raising more security concerns. Our rights are not a threat to yours ask god now your bigotry is a threat to hours extra Reporter City leaders sent a message to anyone planning to attend saturdays prayer rally. To those who seek to undermine our spirits, who waived the banners of roman racism and think the First Amendment protects violence. You are not welcome in San Francisco its important that we hear together the day before hate shows up on our shores Reporter City leaders were concerned the rallies slated for 2 pm at crissy field would attract White Supremacists and spur violence. Rallies have done so in the past. I want them to see my white face and realized i looked just like them and im disgusted by them. Reporter todays rally created to set a positive tone began with a performance by church singers. Mc hammer and jackie spear spoke. The most poignant speech came from the girls brother. He was standing up for two young black women who were being threatened. When i heard the same White Supremacists radicalized my brothers murder was coming to my community , i knew i needed to stand up. It makes you feel closer to strangers. This kind of rhetoric is not what you hear and the street. Reporter for the first time in San Franciscos history, the city park to large trucks at either end of the street where the rally was taking place. It doesnt want what happened in charlottesville to happen here. San francisco is a city of love and compassion [ cheers and applause ]. Reporter mary lee had asked people to avoid crissy field and now that will be alamo square and go to Civic Center Plaza for music and food starting at noon. People are breathing a sigh of relief. Some wonder what tomorrow will hold. The Park Services off the hook but everything is falling in sfpds lap and they only have overnight to prepare. Tara moriarty. Topography and geography is so much different, there will be so many more people in the civic center. I think its going to be a problem. The fear of violence and thats the reason they canceled the event in crissy field. Reporter that remains to be seen, sfpd is scrambling to get something in place. This group doesnt have a permit for alamo square park. I dont know how they think they will get away with it. They pulled a bait and switch. They told everyone we canceled this event, in essence they have not there just switching it to another area where we are more vulnerable, we have nothing in place. Good point. Tara moriarty at crissy field. Expect traffic in San Francisco, it will be a mess. These are some of the different locations of protests that will be involved. There will be a piece rally at the Lawrence Park dolores park. You can tell by the map, there is a lot going on. There will be a lot of folks. Across the bay in berkeley, theres an event sunday morning to resist racism, violence and eight. Its in response to a demonstration at Martin Luther king jr. Civic center park by the group no to marxism. While some city leaders urge counterprotesters to stay away from these rallies to avoid violent confrontations, not everyone agrees. Alex savidge reports on one group who said the opposition cannot back down. Reporter we believe we cant hide our heads in the sand. We must oppose them. Reporter calling on counter protesters to make presence felt at backtoback right wing rallies this weekend. The group refuse fascism is hoping thousands people oppose the hatred and bigotry and show up at crissy field in San Francisco saturday and Civic Center Park in berkeley sunday. Its a call to action that flies in the face of the message put out by city leaders and police who want the opposition to stay away. Weve already been ignoring them. Theyve been growing and are more bold. We believe the people themselves standing up in the streets, coming out are the ones that will do this not just berkeley but in San Francisco. Reporter the area around crissy field will be spent stop fenced off. Organizers do not promote intolerance but White Supremacists have been drawn to some of their past events. A group called no to marxism will plan to hold the rally at Civic Center Park despite that the city rejected their permit. Police on both sides of the bay are making plans to keep the Opposing Side separated. If there are clashes, some Defense Attorneys are offering free representation to anyone charged with attacking a right wing demonstrator. Some members of our community may overreact. They may legitimately be taunted into acting physically. We think thats a shame. We dont want that but if it happens we want to throw our support behind those members that are trying to oppose White Supremacists. Reporter Officials Say urging people to face off against rightwing demonstrators is reckless and irresponsible. The members of this group say its not the time to back down. Of course we arent encouraging violence, we have to raise our voices. Where there is war against us we must stand up. The violent people in this scenario that has one side are the fascists and the White Supremacists. Reporter city leaders hope people will attend Peaceful Demonstrations organized around the city on sunday. It counterprotesters to show up at civic center, police say they will be ready to keep the peace. Alex savidge ktvu fox 2 news. A man arrested in berkeley in march taken into custody today during his arraignment, a judge set bail at 135,000 for kyle chapman and banned him for possessing weapons and ordered to stay 300 yards from berkeleys Civic Center Park where another rally is planned sunday. Hes accused of beating counter protesters with a leaded stick during a protrump rally in march. He posted a message and said he did plan to attend both rallies in berkeley and San Francisco over the weekend. He did not enter a plea. There are peace rallies in santa clara and the the south bay church is hosting what it calls a love rally sunday at each of its locations. The North San Jose campus on murphy avenue, sunnyvale and south san jose campus. Officials say these events throughout the day sunday are meant to bring cities together to combat racism and hatred. Stay with ktvu for coverage on this weekends protests. We will bring you updates on the situations in both cities on air and online. President donald trump is using twitter to praise his new white house chief of staff as the Trump Administration prepares to handle its first Natural Disaster crisis as Hurricane Harvey will make landfall tonight in the gulf. Reporter with Hurricane Harvey set to be the first category three hurricane to hit the United States and 12 years it could present the first Trump Administration test of a national disaster. President donald trump tweeting high praise for his new chief of staff missing john kelly is doing a fantastic job. The remarks piled on praise for the retired fourstar general following the endorsement at his golf club this month. I think general kelly has brought a tremendous something very special to the office. Reporter he joined the Administration Late in july during a tumultuous season for the president. A rush investigation was underway and north korea was threatening to attack and criticism over trumps handling of the charlottesville protest. The president is bracing for his first Natural Disaster crisis as harvey barrels closer to the gulf coast. Tweeting again, closely monitoring harvey and here to assist as needed. The time to get is now, understand your life is more important. Reporter the hurricane is one of several challenges facing the administration. White house continues to put pressure on lawmakers to make better progress on the president s agenda and raise the debt ceiling before the government defaults on loans next month. We have an aggressive and agenda that we must focus on. We will need the senate to come together to get something done. Reporter the decision to name kelly is chief of staff means the department of homeland is without a permanent leader. The white house said there is confidence in the acting secretary and with kelly at the president side hes in great shape. Commuters in northbay have a new way to make their way through the marin county as the new Train Service takes off. We are tracking the latest from texas. The National Hurricane center says Hurricane Harvey has strengthened to a category four storm. The local weather at home as im tracking a big heat up. We will look at those numbers coming up. A grand Opening Celebration was held for the northbay smart train. Three, two, one [ cheers and applause ] a big ribboncutting ceremony kick things off at Santa Rosas Railroad Square station. The first train left the station at 12 49 pm. 10 stations are opening between downtown san rafael and the Sonoma County airport. It should help ease some of the rush hour slog in marin county and Sonoma County. People remember these friday afternoons when they get those it takes them hours to get home. Once people realize that this is dependable, Passenger Service they will use it. Six more stations are scheduled to open over the next few years with service from cloverdale to larkspur. Its free today and halfprice through labor day. Around will be 23 but commuters can buy unlimited passes for 200. Forecasters say there is a good chance Hurricane Harvey could it the coast twice before dissipating. The National Hurricane center says harvey has strengthened to a category 4 storm. Lauren blanchford has more from galveston, texas. Reporter people up and down the coast are bracing for this now, category four hurricane thats winds of up to 130 Miles Per Hour. They are bracing for that to hit landfall in just about four hours and the forecast gets worse. The National Hurricane center says theres a good chance harvey could hit texas twice. Possibly as a category 3 storm packing winds of up to 120 miles an hour. There have been some evacuations in coastal areas, some residents will stay and write out the storm. We have our bathtub filled up with water. We made a pot of beans. Reporter officials are calling it lifethreatening hurricane and they are urging folks to have a plan if more evacuations are ordered. If you wait until you realize how serious this is, you will likely find its too late. Reporter trump said he is monitoring it closely from the white house. Getting a briefing this morning from his fema administrator and several other senior officials. President donald trump have been actively engaged with texas and louisiana preparing for the storm. Reporter in galveston, preparations continue as locals board up homes and businesses. They hope the citys 100year old seawall will protect them from the worst of the flooding. Im scared. Im going to do everything i can to protect our place. Reporter after harvey slams into texas, it will go back into the gulf and gain more strength and then i will hit houston next week again. This is being called a devastating flooding event. That is very scary, especially for those who are hunkering down. Lauren blanchford, thank you. Lets check in with rosemary, they are measuring the rain in feet. Yes, absolutely. That storm surge will be 15 feet and cause extensive damage. Lets look at whats going on right now, you can see as we talked about in the last 20 minutes we are now reporting a category for it was a category two and at noon it strengthened to a 3 and now a 4 with winds at 130 miles an hour near the eye wall. Its moving northwest at eight Miles Per Hour and that slower than it was earlier today. Its expected to make landfall this evening. Its 20 miles offshore. You can see, areas are already getting pummeled with thunderstorms and tornadoes. There are tornadoes and watch as being posted. Corpus christi has seen the winds pick up gusting at 62 my Miles Per Hour. Near the wall the winds are reported to be 130 Miles Per Hour. Looking at the track during the evening it will come ashore and saturday, it begins to weaken. Once its inland it loses its water source and is expected to move down to a category 1 bit tween but between now and then there will be rain and significant damage is expected. The National Weather service put it up to a category four and that will be the first to hit the u. S. At a category 4 since 2004. Here at home we are tracking a warm up and we have advisories for portions of the b area. Will look at that coming up. Oakland police say theyre working with Law Enforcement to serve arrest warrants two gang members. The Police Department tweeted and said theyve arrested nine. They say those being targeted are wanted in connection two murders, shootings and robberies in oakland. The suspects were identified through the ceasefire program. Police will release more details when all of the warrants are served. In the south bay the san jose Police Department continues its push to recruit more officers. Jesse gary explains they are launching a new campaign to attract members of the Lgbtq Community to serve. Reporter the san jose Police Departments use the weekends pride rally to launch an appeal to the Lgbtq Community to drum up her qs. During the parade the department will hand out Promotional Materials showing three couples, one straight, one gay and one lesbian. Is the first time they have used images of a gay or lesbian couple to market to that community at the pride celebration. Chief garcia said a new Liaison Officer position has been created since the Lgbtq Community is often overlooked when it comes to crime. Several cities around the country have similar positions. The department and city leaders say the material this weekend are another way to let people to know they are hiring from all segments of the community. Im jesse gary ktvu fox 2 news. Federal reserve chair jenny allen isnt ready to soften regulations on banks. What that means for us and her future as the chair. S as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. When you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. 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