This is absolutely unprecedented. This has never happened in my lifetime. Including at uc berkeleys Commencement Ceremony today, how the graduates used the opportunity to get their message across. And after last nights rare Northern Lights display over the bay area, how likely are we to get another show tonight . 19 journalists died covering world war ii, 63 died covering the vietnam war, and in gaza, 140 journalists have been killed just since october, easily making this the deadliest war on record. Im brian hackney. And im andrea nakano. Even more have been arrested, injured, or are missing, which is what brought dozens to the embarcadero this afternoon in San Francisco. Our amanda hari spoke to someone who lost a loved one while they were reporting in the west bank. Reporter people here say that reporting the news shouldnt be a death sentence. Theyre trying to remember all of the journalists and media professionals who have already been killed but also raise awareness to prevent mor
Arriving every day. And now one local rescue center is desperately appealing to the public for help. John ramos has the story. Reporter this public open house at the International Bird rescue in fairfield almost didnt happen, but they decided to go through with it anyway, because they thought it was important for the public to understand the crisis theyre dealing with. The International Bird rescue center is accustomed to dealing with injured or sick birds, but what began slowly in april has suddenly become overwhelming. We were all going back and forth like is this a thing, is it not a thing. And then over the last four, five days things just kind of cratered. For the first time in ten year, this is the most pelicans ive seen here. Reporter brown pelicans are the birds you see at the beach skimming over to water in formation like a squadron of fighter plane, but lately theyve been found wandering in unusual places, unable to fly away from people. One bird that we have in care right no
Their commencement. Were going to continue to be a headache. Were going to continue to disrupt. And pelicans are starving and scientists dont know why. How a Wildlife Center in fairfield is stepping in. And the Northern Lights put on quite the show last night. Well find out if weve got an encore tonight. Thanks for joining us on this saturday afternoon, im brian hackney. And im andrea nakano. Its a day students look forward to after years of studying and hard work, but cals graduation today was interrupted by antiwar protests. Hundreds of graduates filled the stands, stomping their feet and chanting during the ceremony. The protest had a mixed reaction from the crowd. Reporter many of the new graduates did not have a normal High School Graduation four years ago because of the pandemic, so this commencement was supposed to help make up for some of that lost experience. Hundreds of propalestinian protesters made their voice heard as thousands of people at Memorial Stadium celebrated the
Throughout many of the southern states, there are reports that some people have been stuck in their cars since yesterday afternoon. The region not used to, nor prepared for, the kind of snow and ice they got. Students throughout the region stuck at school. They slept on the floor last night in some districts. Why wasnt School Canceled in the first place . A lot of officials down there are going to have some explaining to do. Sue . They sure will. A very frightening situation not only for those kids but im sure for their parents as well. Here down on the floor of the new york stock exchange, they are watching for the fed. The fed decision is one hour away. This is the last meeting for ben bernanke as fed chief. As we count you down to the bulk of this market, its not really in a great mood. As its worst point today, the dow was down 174 points. We have recovered quite a bit of that. We are down about 140 right now. The spike started at about 10 00 a. M. Or so. The biotech index once aga
We have different issues. Yes but we have to much austerity you do not want to go our direction. Liz you have been terrific. Have a terrific weekend. Thank you for watching. Lou good evening, everybody. A federal Appellate Court ruling that president obama violated the constitution more than a year ago when he made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. This week began with the administrations allout assault on the Second Amendment and our right to own guns and concludes with this federal court ruling that the administration acted against the constitution and in so doing the court, through the nlrb rulings of the past 16 months into question. This week the Republican Party put forward a plan on the debt ceiling in debt and appears to have won the support of both the president and Senate Majority leader. The republican change in direction and tone was not matched by a change in the Republican Partys lead. The rnc reelected the chairman after losing both the whi