Been charged in the murder of george floyd. The officer was caught on camera kneeling on floyds neck for several minutes. Floyd later died. We have Team Coverage across the bay area of the response to last nights protests. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter luz pena tracking the current protest you were saying in San Francisco. The bay area woke up to shattered glass, looted businesses and protesters began to gather peaceful at u. N. Plaza across from city hall. Let me show you this video, after two hours waiting for the crowd to grow protesters began to move to Market Street while chanting no justice, no peace and, quote, say his name, george floyd. With Police Officers following protests with motorcycles and blocking side streets. In this next video we can see how protesters began to turn from peaceful to violent when officers were getting in their vehicle away from this crowd when at one point we can see an officer pointing a nonlethal weapon to the crowd as they drive away, a protes
Announcer now from abc 7 live breaking news. Tonight themriville chilling images. Store after store being hit by looters. We saw people running in, grabbing what they could, and then dashing out. This played on for hours. It is the day after in oakland. Businesses are picking up the pieces after the protests over the death of george floyd took a dark turn. There was looting and arrests. But the damage has been done. Emotions still running high across the country as is the anger. Were seeing more protests tonight that have taken a violent turn. And a federal officer is dead in whats being called an act of terrorism. Investigators are look into whether his death is directly linked to the chaos that unfolded last night in oakland. Now, the action picked up as the sun went down in San Francisco as well as across the bay area in emeryville. There is now a curfew until 5 00 a. M. In San Francisco and Th National Guard has been put on standby. We saw multiple stores hit in emeryville includin
Youll notice that in the south bay, yes, it is pretty gray. 57 San Francisco, 56 in san jose. This is santa cruz, mid50s here, going for a high of about 70 today, with overcast conditions. Elsewhere around the bay, upper 50s, popular number with mid50s in livermore. So were cooler this morning, anywhere from five to about eight degrees cooler and as we look out towards the south bay, youll notice that the overcast, its going to stay with us this morning. It mixes out the low clouds and we have mid and highlevel clouds for numbers in the lower 70s inland, 60s around the bay, cool at the coast, breezy late day today and inland valleys staying dry but wonder where well see the sun. June starts tomorrow and looking brighter and warmer. Details in a few minutes. Liz . Thank you, lisa. San francisco responds to the looting and vandalism. Mayor london breed saying the city will start implementing a curfew at 8 00 tonight. If you are home, please stay home. If you are in our city from other pl
Developing news, attorneys for thousands of the victims shared their questions and concerns about pg es settlement offer. Abc 7 News Reporter is live where they met. And that meeting wrapped up just a short time ago. What did you learn. Reporter the lawyers say theyre representing between 35 and 40 victims. Some of the victims say theyre still trying to understand the very complicated details of this 13. 5 billion settlement. The settlement comes after two years of intense negotiations on behalf of the victims of the wildfires that occurred. It also includes v warehouse fi oakland. As i mentioned the victims will get 13. 5 billion. It has to be paid in cash, the other half paid in stock. The stock will be monetized which means itll be turned into a money and then paid out to the victims. Lawyers say once pg e emerges from bankruptcy the victims will be given stock from the new Company Clear of any past pg e liabilities. So theyre actually drawing upon the future value of pg e to compen
Bleary eyed all day as the yankees astros went into the wee hours of today early today starts right now and good morning im dara brown. And im phillip mena. It is a holiday on capitol hill, but there is no break for the house impeachment inquiry into President Trump. A former aide on russia and europe is expected to testify before lawmakers today, and later this week, the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union is in the hot seat after initially refusing to comply with the subpoena. Meanwhile, joe bidens son is also breaking his silence after coming under fire from the president. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has the latest reporter after the president s repeated taunting whatever happened to hunter reporter joe biden fighting back no one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong no one has asserted that i have done any wrong, except a lying president. Reporter and for the first time bidens son hunter is also speaking out through his attorney about hisnternational business ties that have been