Racism and policing, and the role of Police Unions. Come to order. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning and thank you to everyone for being here for this important briefing. Black lives matter. I cant breathe. Hands up, dont shoot. No justice, no peace. These powerful phrases are rallying cries for fair minded americans seeking to live up to one of this countrys core principles. Equal justice under the law. Since our nations founding, africanamericans have struggled, fought and died for the right to be free and equal citizens. This month marks 99 years since the tulsa race massacre, where an entire, vibrant community was destroyed and black men, women and children were systemically murdered. Today is juneteenth. A holiday that celebrate s the freedom of black people in america. That freedom did not come until 1865. Two and a half years after president lincoln abolished slavery. We are still working for freedom and we are still working to provide equal opportuni
Coming in. And farther south, mostly clear. And the system is a ways away. Theres plenty of bunch up north. And thats where its going to be the lightest amounts will be south of San Francisco. Fairfield 41, livermore, 42. Blackhawk, 41. These are much, much cooler than a couple days ago. Partly sunny and partly cloudy in the morning and turning mostly cloudy by the afternoon. This system will fall apart as it begins to move south. 50s and very low 60s. 4 31. How are you, sir . Im doing well. And its friday and i hope you are, steve. And i hope the viewers are doing well. Friday a little bit of lift in the step. A spring in the gait . You know what . Were off to a good start looking at the commute and theres not a lot going on. Lets go out and see what we have here. The traffic is okay if youre in san jose northbound on 280 up to highway 17. Also this morning were looking at the entire map here of the south bay system. And we dont have a lot going on. We had a couple of earlier things t
Ill say it again. Marco rubio forced to defend why he repeated the same message four times during the debate. While bill clinton blasts Bernie Sanders supporters for going after his wife. Not to mention, sexist. The New Hampshire primary a day away. Packing a punch. This morning, blizzard warnings across new england. Schools already closed across the region. A second storm is right behind it today, monday, february 8th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its a monday morning. Double joy in the lauer household. All my kids were rooting for denver. School is closed because of snow. Might affect the voting in New Hampshire. Lets start with the game though. Its our top story. Dylan dreyer drew the lucky straw and was there to take us behind the scenes. Id normally say to tell us about the big storm, but today, tell us about the big game. I watched it with my own eyes. S
Family. Reporter well, its absolutely scary. As you know, during Business Hours this place is packed. You would think with that amount of traffic at this mall one would be safe. There are people all around. There are also cameras all over the place. It was one of those cameras that captured a picture of the perp. Take a close look at this guy. Clearwater police tell us he entered a womans room at the macys friday night. What happened next to the six yearold victim is troubling. Barges into the stall in which shes in, puts his hand over her mouth, pushes her to the floor, and she starts screaming which obviously startled him and i think prompted him to flee the rest room. He left the scene. She came running out to her father. Her father called police. Shoppers i approached didnt want to talk about the case because the guy is still on the loose. One mall worker tells me what happened is a concern. Its horrible. I dont think that any guy should go into a womans room, let alone put his han
Live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. The ultimate shutdown in football. The records this years super bowl is cashing in. Then some protestors at the Florida State fair leaving in handcuffs. Deputies say what they did wrong all comes down to location. Thanks for joining us. Im sarina fazan. And im john sabol. But first, a developing story out of pasco county. Theyre searching for a fugitive wanted for the attempted murder of a Law Enforcement officer. Reporter now the details you need to know about the suspect and how this all unfold reporter pasco county deputies say they were outside this parking lot of Dominos Pizza last night when they were trying to arrest a man with outstanding warrants. That man, jrokton williams, was outside his car here at hudson when they attempted to arrest him. Deputies say williams put his car in reverse and accelerated toward one of those deputies, then sped off. He was driving a car similar to the one you see here, a 2008