As the National Constitution Center Awards the 2017 Liberty Medal to senator john mccain. [applause] throughout his career, senator mccain has put his the devotion to the u. S. Constitution above faction or party. He is the kind of independent citizen statesman James Madison envisioned when he stressed that the u. S. Constitution created not a direct democracy, but a representative republic. Madison and the framers of the constitution believed that direct democracies have led in greece and rome to rule by demagogues and the mob. By contrast, in a representative republic, citizens would delegate power to enlighten representatives. A chosen body of citizens whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. Its especially meaningful that senator mccain will be awarded the Liberty Medal accompanied by the chair of the National Constitution Center Vice Preside
It is beautiful to see how they all come together for this. They did this last year with a fallen officer. It is incredible to watch. Reporter his wife held their two sons close followed by their family. 34yearolds flag draped casket was taken inside by fellow officers. Emotional day as they prepare to say good bye. A few officers remain inside the funeral home tonight. Theyll take shifts as they watch guard over his body until his funeral next week. Such a hard day. Thank you very much. When you see a Police Officer down it is not a pretty site. As you can see sullivan broke down while talking to us. He is having trouble coping with the officers death and what he saw at the accident scene. He still hasnt been back to work yet. San jose police say the Memorial Service will be held next tuesday at 11 00 a. M. It is opened to the public at sap center on west santa clara street in san jose. On ktvu. Com youll find more pictures and video from todaysprocession. Click on the story near the
Busiest travel weekends of the year. Reporter deputy don wyrock will be patrolling every night this Holiday Weekend. Every agency in our county is doing saturation patrols, a lot of extra officers with the sole goal of locating and arresting intoxicated drivers. Reporter for him about making the roads safer for his family and yours. If we can take one or two five intoxicated drivers off the road, you know, that makes it that much safer for those who are out driving around. Reporter this particular driver was stopped for running a red light. Any alcohol or anything in your system at all . Working nights deputy has seen first what happened the devastating impact a dui. It was a little motorcyclist who was intoxicated. And he ended up crashing right down the street from his house. And he didnt make it. But you know, its just terrible to go tell the family that. Hey, you know your dad is not going to be coming home tonight. Reporter now back out here live at this dui check point in cuperti
Yes. It is going away for most of us. At the coast we remained with the clouds in place. And remain with Cool Conditions. Thats a great view. You can see the marine layer and into the city. And a blue sky above it. These clouds are Holding Close to the coast today. Mostly sunny elsewhere. 52 half moon bay. Upper 50s in oakland. Cool side in lovato mold auto. Temperatures are continuing to slide in a downward direction. 88 for antioch. 87 livermore. These areas are reaching 90 degrees and going above yesterday. Around the bay upper 60s in oakland to 70s in redwood city. If youre going to the beach bring the hottie. Its going to be cool with cloudy conditions and 61 in pacifica. Little change for the next couple of days. We also bring the possibility of fog along the coast for fireworks day. We begin with breaking news. A natural gas explosion near detroit michigan. A neighborhood in melvindale under evacuation. You can see the fiery blast on social media. 3000 residents forced out of th
Jennifer lawrence who won best actress last night, before the show on the red carpet with all the stars that were there said theres only one person she really wanted to see. I want to see al roker. I used to watch him like every day before school. Of all the people you could possibly see, al roker . It means something to me personally. What does he mean to you other than whats happening in your neck of the woods . Actors are great but i love al roker. I want to see him. Every morning hes happy. I can be al roker. Here comes the weather. Hey, jennifer, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Hey piers morgan is trying to get her to change her answer. She will not back down. She wants to meet al roker. No, she wont. She has a solid backbone and she will not be brow beaten by a guy with a name of something that a ship pulls into. Oh. And her favorite man is you, i think. I got to meet her. Yeah. For the Golden Globes. She wasnt feeling well. We had a nice time. Just a very seems