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we learned the age and identity of the victim, he is 34 year old matthew bates. we understand that the homicide beating with multiple suspects, we have some video we shot from earlier this morning. police were called here at 2:15 this morning. the victim is from australia. there was a verbal altercation that turned physical, emergency crews rushed the victim to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. investigators are following up on what they said are strong leads. there have been several people detained regarding this incident and our homicide investigators are looking into them right now. reporter: the information is from the san francisco police department. the victim was a 33 year old from australia. you may have noticed that tara is down the street working on the story, we hope to have more deals on the investigation as the day continue. san francisco police said they have speak with whom they are speaking and there may be video cameras in the area which ma ....
collaborating with local, federal and state partners. there are no known threats in the bay area, but we are going to stay on top of this breaking news. stay with abc 7 news. and sign up for push alerts through our abc 7 news app. stay tuned, after abc 7 news at 5:00 for world news at 5:30. hello, i m eric thomas. now to our top story. growing political divide on display around the country today. this is being called the march for truth. protesters in new york, chicago, boston, washington, d.c., among those rallying today against president trump. those demonstrators joined with ralliers here in the bay area to ask for impartial investigation into russian interference in last year s presidential election. abc 7 news reporter, cornell bernard joins us from the newsroom. push back from the trump administration getting louder in the bay area. many democrats are angry and getting organized. all people need to stand together. we can no longer afford to allow ourselves t ....
vauxhall. tom, what do we know now? reporter: we re being told that london police are officially calling these terror attacks. we don t know if these people we ve seen being arrested in video are people responsible for the attacks. this is still very fluid right now but we re still monitoring live video. we re being told that the van who plowed through pedestrians on london bridge and several people stabbed nearby and the other incident are now all being called terror attacks. we heard an eyewitness who said he saw ha a gun fight with police. two men behind the get back. [ making machine gun noises ] here s some of that video of officers taking people down, making arrests. several arrests we ve heard about. we don t know if these are suspects or these are other people who have been involved in crimes through all of this chaos right now. in the way area b.a.r.t. police have responded by placing the system on high alert. we ll have more later on in the newscast. ....
people to live and hold big events in that warehouse. tonight, though, one mother is reacting to the arrests. she is relieved, but still waiting for justice in this horrendous fire. nbc area s cheryl hurd joins us from the jail with the latest. cheryl? reporter: derek al mena arrived here four hours ago. alameda county sheriffs will travel to los angeles to pick up max harris, all of this after terror for 36 families. i talked to one of the victim s mothers last night. that place was set up like a death trap. our daughters and sons didn t have much of a chance. reporter: reaction from a mother whose mother was one of the first to be identified after the ghost ship fire. she told me tonight that the arrests of two men facing involuntary manslaughter charges couldn t come soon enough. you feel like you are in this state of limbo waiting to hear something. it feels better to know there is movement going on. reporter: that moment became apparent at a news conferen ....
minutes ago. you can see in this video right here in her secret service motorcade. headed in the direction of norm manetta international possibly for a flight out of town. a conference attendee posted this video of obama and show spoke for an hour with lisa jackson, the head of epa, now an apple executive and ceo. tim cook said obama s talk would talk about empowering people in all walks of life. people we spoke to who listened to the played it said she was inspirational and focused on core values and finding a higher purpose in life, in or out of tech. how did she inspire you? i think the best thing she said was stick to your core values. that s what makes you big. i m a woman in technology, so she s inspiring in that sense. i mean, she keeps telling us to keep working and and keep doing what we should do, an and keep striving to be awesome pillars in our economy and our community. reporter: while michelle obama did speak about her own experience in politics ....