He helped organize the march on washington with dr. Martin luther king jr. In 1963. Lewis has said he will not be attending fridays inauguration. 15 fellow democrats have also decided not to attend. That includes east bay congressman mark desaulnier. I think john is right. There are serious questions, unlike any other president ial election in the history of this country. Reporter Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi joined a bipartisan chorus of officials who voiced support for john lewis, tweeting ahead of Martin Luther king day 2017, let us remember that have tried to silence representative john lewis over the years, all have failed. The president elects Transition Team has reached out to the africanamerican museum in washington, d. C. For a possible visit on mlk day but those plans have not yet been finalized. Live in the newsroom, im sergio quintana, abc 7 news. Dan ashley will be in washington, d. C. On thursday and friday with live reports on president elect trumps inauguration. An edit
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. [ laughter ] it was supposed to be a road trip filled with laughs for two best friends from the way bay area. It turned into a story of survival, filled with immense tragedy. Im eric thomas. Well get to that story in just a minute. First, breaking news in emeriville. Police are investigating a shooting outside of Hyatt Place Hotel. Lets get right to sergio quintana. What are you learning . Reporter eric, hyatt place, as you can see, is right behind me. Police still have this area cordoned off. What we understand is that there was a shooting that happened in front of that hotel and then at least one of the victims ran from the scene, across the street to the parking lot here at this shopping center. Lets go ahead and show you some video we shot earlier from our emeriville bureau camera. In that video, there is a man that is being taken away by paramedics in a stretcher. We understand that is one of the victims. We also understand that he did not h
The u. S. I could use all of the help i can get. It prompted a response from Michigan Republican justin amash who tweeted, dude, just stop. Sergio quintana is live in the newsroom with the growing tirade and protest. Donald trump continues his twitter attack on john lewis. A man who marched with king. There is also a growing number of democratic members who are joining a boycott against the inauguration. President elect donald trump began the day with two tweets. Congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape and falling apart, not to mention crime infested rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk. No action or results. Sad. The president elect was responding to comments from congressman lewis saying he does not consider trump to be a legitimate president. He told nbc news hes concerned about russias involvement in the election. Georgia congressman john lewis is considered a civil right
Grand jury indicted him on over 50 counts of burglary. On wednesday he broke into two cars at the Pacific Commons Shopping Center. Hes hit up the city multiple times. Th officers returned to the the officers returned to the same Shopping Center tonight for more reports of car burglaries. I feel violated. Reporter its too early to tell if hes responsible for tonights burglaries. We counted three different broken window, but police say there could be more victims. Its sad you know because we came to have a really good time, and then see that everything is broken into. Reporter even though its too early to connect him to tonights auto burglaries, hes hit up with spot quite a few time. Police would really like him behind bars. Da lin, kpix 5. A dramatic rescue on the bart tracks as a person fell onto the tracks. Witnesses say the man fell into the trench just as a richmond train was arriving. The incident shut down the station for nearly an hour causing major delays well into the evening.
Carolyn tyler is on the ground. Reporter there were lots of luminaries from nancy pelosi to mayor ed lee who gathered in that tent that you see behind me on land that will one day see the warriors practicing their jump shots. This is a journey that began some five years ago. Reporter you probably have never seen a Ground Breaking like this. Just as owners promised to build a privately financed arena like no other. 200 feet behind me is center court. Closer than that is where beyonce will take stage. Reporter the owners wanted an arena along the waterfront but there was so much opposition they turned to this location in mission bay. Chase bank bought the naming rights for what will be chase center. Smaller than oracle at 18,000 seats. The new place will be a boonem the franchise and he hopes to be around to enjoy it. Three years away is three decades in a an nba coachs life. It will be fun playing in there. Reporter the venue is expected to open for the 20192020 nba season. In San Franc