And i wanted them to know that they got to make their own decisions and we would respect and support those decisions. Kneeling for the anthem was started in 2016 by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a way to call attention to these issues. As for the game and how it turned out, abc7 news sports anchor Chris Alvarez will have the highlights a little later. I dont need Law Enforcement in oakland. I need testing. I need personal protective equipment. Strong words from oaklands mayor tonight following President Trumps threat to send federal forces to her city. It follows fierce clashes in portland between federal officers and protesters. Part of our efforts to build a better bay area include focusing on issues of race and social justice. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Martinez is live in the newsroom with more. Lauren. Ama and larry, earlier today President Trump suggested hell send federal agents into cities like new york, chicago and oakland in response to protests across the countr
Lets take a look and show you the Winter Weather advisories tonight. Western loudoun county, frederick, to the west and panhandle of virginia reporting light ice going on. We are not talking about a lot here. Still seeing a bit in the way of freezing rain. It should subside later on tonight as warmer air moves in. Notice to the south, this is where we are seeing the heavier rain. Once again, the heaviest rain comes through between now and 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Then, we get another huge change in the weather. Well talk about that in a bit. Right now, chuck bell is live in sterling with the storm team 4 x 4 monitoring the traffic and the weather all day. Chuck . Reporter you betcha. Route 7 behind me is busy with rush hour traffic, lots of rain on the road. If you are headed out, dress in layers, take your umbrella or hat. Storm team 4 x 4, we have been in and around it all day. 38. 9 degrees. A third inch of the rain since the 4 00 news started. The rainfall rate is beginning to increase
That building. Still no word on a cause of the fire and fortunately, it does appear as of right now, there have been no injuries from that fire. Allegations of Sexual Assault in a d. C. Multimillion dollar pool facility. And new redskin quarterback, same old results, your world in 90 seconds. The multimillion Wilson Aquatic Center and a life guard were able to use it allegedly as their own personal after hours party pad. Three women, two of them teens, now allege they were sexually assaulted at late night parties. The couple was leaving the mall just after 9 00 sunday night, heading to their luxury suv when two men approached. Was shot before he entered his vehicle. The shooter and his accomplice got into the victims range rover and took off. The 30yearold man later dying at the hospital. Hundreds of volunteers are helping in the recount of virginias closest race in hitsly. At daybreak, only 165 votes separated the two candidates in the attorney generals race. A federal judge says a la
I can tell you that a contractor working here at the wilson pool accidentally ruptured an acid line, causing a chemical spill. Lets take a look at the pool right now. This is the wilson pool building. Inside that building is where the accident happened. We can tell you that the victim, the contractor, was transported to a local hospital, priority one. If we look over to the left, youll see Wilson High School, which is connected to the pool, that school was evacuated. About 20 minutes ago, students were told they could go home for the day. Up on that field at ft. Reno park, there were hundreds of students. We heard a cheer go out that could have been heard for blocks around when the students got the word they could go home for the day. Back here on the scene, you will see the hazmat crews. They have the chemical decontamination set up. Thats where theyre scrubbing down the hazmat teams going in and out of the wilson pool, trying to contain this spill. I just got off the phone with Counc
Dont get used to it. So much will be happening in the next 48 hours, it is incredible. Were going to go from summer to winter big time. Live super doppler will show you the rain in the metro area stopped for now, it is misty from time to time and rain showers north and west of d. C. And that is going to linger on and off throughout the day today. Our best window of getting these rain showers will be late, especially in the evening hours and overnight. Temperatures today are starting out very warm, in the 60s, but a cold front is going to be moving through within the next few hours and our temperatures are going to start falling through the 50s throughout the day today. Tomorrow we will get a little bit of a break but then wintry weather is on the way for sunday. We could get snow, freezing rain and then a transition over to some rainfall. You need to start thinking now about your safety plans for sunday. Im getting concerned about what the roads coulden like from time to time. Right no