Chief says it shows a mob who infiltrated Peaceful Protesters to attack Police Officers, trying to provoke them. Gas was deployed. The chief said some of the instigators were highly organized, carrying walkie talkies, carrying others who flanked the attack. Rebar pelted the officers. Thats when the onscene commander called for the use of tear gas and what are called rubber foam baton rounds. If that entire crowd would have turned on those officers, they would have been overrun. It would have been a done deal. It wouldnt have even been close and easily could have led to a deadly force situation. Reporter the chief says for the officers it was stay and protect the city or retreat, and let the city burn. Were not going to lose the city. Reporter in an exclusive oneonone interview, the chief said other than this viral video showing one officers inappropriate response to the crowd hes proud of the way the officers stood their ground against an organized mob. Take the tear gas and rubber foa
With almost 3 million confirmed cases. In the u. S. , there are about 938,000 cases with more than 52,000 deaths. California ranks fourth in the u. S. With 42,000 cases and almost 1700 deaths. There was seven additional deaths recorded in the bay area today with roughly 7000 cases now. Dr. Anthony fauci said today that he believes the United States could double its coronavirus testing over the next two weeks. He says ramping up testing will only help with the stepbystep effort to reopen the country. The country is currently completing between 1. 5 million and 2 million tests per week. Whatever is coming, its getting a bit more difficult for some people to stay home. Outdoor areas around the bay area are seeing a surge in activity and officials are doing their best to accommodate the crowds. Ktvus greg liggins joins us with some of the problems today. Greg . Reporter yeah, andre. After four days of being stuck indoors, for a lot of people, its being a lot more difficult staying inside w
Mallicoat. Good morning i am Claudine Wong and lets go to like being the first to check in. Meteorologist Rosemary Orozco for the forecast and we all got or the first to try you hand at the culinary arts. The purple memo today, frank or all the arts. Be the first to volunteer. Or the first to say its all going to be okay. Pointed out first and i love we are all on the same wavelength if not in the same building. And when the day comes, that is right i am feeling your when were no longer looking at our worlds from the inside out. It will be what we did in here vibe. And we have potted plants with that will make us stronger out there. Purple behind me, waking up the cloud cover along the coastline and parts of the bay, cooler whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Temperatures for many around the bay area and this is a look from the east bay towards the lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance bay bridge and into San Francisco where you can see the please,
This is serious business. Good evening everyone im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Donald trump is drawing fire from his own party tonight. Jana katsuyama is here with this latest rift dividing the Republican Party. Reporter julie, one thing you can say is that donald trump has a knack for lighting fires under the most seasoned politicians, and today, he stood by his remarks. Donald trump continued launching political fireballs tuesday, claiming to be the worst thing thats ever happened to isis and refusing to back down from his call to prevent muslims from coming to the u. S. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly, its not what this country stands for. Not only are there many muslims serving in our armed forces, dying for this country, there are muslims serving right here in the house, working every day to defend and uphold the constitution. Reporter trump has drawn fire before. Each time he bounced back. But this time his blunt talk
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