This all started a year ago with colin kaepernick. And a few others. The silent protest over Police Brutality and social injustice has grown into something larger. Yesterday more than 200 players coaches and owners put on a display of solidarity. Some took a knee. Others linked arms. A few teams remained in the locker room while the anthem played. Oakland raiders fan said he is getting rid of his season tickets after they took part in a silent protest yesterday. At the coliseum the 140 member honor band made up of middle and High School Students decided to take a knee for their pregame performance. Amber is live in oakland with reaction. It seems to underscore the divisiveness of the nation. Reporter the students tell me it was their idea to halt to hold the protest. And what it meant for student to student. About 140 high school and middle School Students in the oakland honor band rehearsed at the oakland coliseum. As they prepared for their performance and protest before the as game
Temperaturewise, 74 by 11 00 a. M. On the trend. 80s by afternoon. Well track those out with the neighborhood forecast coming up. Right now, well go to traffic with Jessica Boyington. Thanks. Starting on the schuylkill expressway, a construction project here. Im watching the westbound side of the schuylkill around route 202. A second ago we had every time we use the camera, they zoom out and mess around. Either way, the westbound side approaching the construction spot. You see maybe slow as we get to one lane moving by the scene. That clears around this time. Maybe its behind schedule. Ill keep my eyes on that and watch the 42 freeway in jersey. The northbound side from 55 to the walt, a fiveminute trip. Speeds still into the 60s there. And well end here, another spot in jersey. Route 73 near 295. No problems on the northbound and southbound side. Thank you. Breaking now, one person is dead and two others injured in an Early Morning shooting. Responding investigators found a gruesome s
And we can say good morning to you, everybody, on this tuesday, and at this hour, Hurricane Maria is causing new havoc. More than one week after it started pounding the caribbean. Heres a look at maria. The category 1 storm is lurking a few hundred miles off the carolinas. And maria has left nearly 3 million Puerto Ricans trying to survive. The governor there is begging for more help, warning of a humanitarian crisis. The storm is forcing evacuations along north carolinas outer banks, but the major focus is on the flight of millions in puerto rico. Heres abcs lana zak,. Reporter you can see the destruction inflicted on puerto rico. Houses clutching at the sides of cliffs after mud slides rip the ground from underneath their foundations. The islands governor says it is a humanitarian disaster for all the 3. 4 million u. S. Citizens on the island. The palm trees are down. The trees broke. And at night, you cant feel the air because nothing. Theres no wind. Its horrible. Theres no water,
And we can say good morning to you, everybody, on this tuesday, and at this hour, Hurricane Maria is causing new havoc. More than one week after it started pounding the caribbean. Heres a look at maria. The category 1 storm is lurking a few hundred miles off the carolinas. And maria has left more than 3 million Puerto Ricans trying to survive. The governor there is begging for more help, warning of a humanitarian crisis. Calling it the islands worth ever catastrophe. The storm is forcing evacuations along north carolinas outer banks, but the major focus is on the plight of millions in puerto rico. Heres abcs lana zak,. Reporter from the air, you can see the extraordinary destruction inflicted by Hurricane Maria on puerto rico. Houses clutching at the sides of cliffs after mud slides rip the ground from underneath their foundations. The islands governor says it is a humanitarian disaster for all of the 3. 4 million u. S. Citizens on the island. Its not a neighborhood anymore. All the pa
Here. Reporter more than 1,000 people slept in the airport overnight. Waiting for a flight. They had nowhere else to go. There were no cots. No water, children were bathed in sweat. As their parents tried to keep them calm. My mother needs dialysis. And we have been here, 26 hours. There is a desperate situation at san juan airport now are you aware . Yes. The puerto ricos governor. He says he pleaded for more money from fema. So far, 1 billion has been earmarked for recovery. But not apparent here yet. The aid that comes to Puerto Rico Needs to be consistent with the aid provided anywhere else in the United States. Uerto rico dark. 85 of the power lines have been knocked out. It may be months before theyre repaired. Today the head of puerto ricos Telecommunication Alliance wrote to President Trump warning that things will get even worse unless there is fuel to supply generators. After a press conference today, President Trumps adviser for homeland security, tom bosert defended the gov