In the city of persia on monday night. Demonstrators defy a Government Social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across iran of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. Just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for people here i mean john the car im working but in this society im always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood. And there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult i have a daughter in. The high prices that really put me under pressure at home irans leaders say some protesters may have b
A medias Deputy Bureau chief and is currently working in tehran he says some Media Outlets are having problems trying to report on the protests. Now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that its very difficult for us to report from aaron i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can to iran we know theres a heavy Police Presence but around is actually not in the focus of much of the rest unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine its mostly been out in the provinces we had only scattered protests the last few nights but it does you slightly come as far as we can talk now as much as people want to see this revolution returns and some of the slogan certainly have been revolutionary in terms of attacking the islamic rebels regime and. These have been driven by economic grievances bread and butter issues such as high unemployment soaring prices things that have been bubbling away in Iranian Society progress on time and people are simply fed up with
To an investigation into alleged russian meddling in the president ial campaign diana easterbrook reports. For the first time a furious donald trump publicly thrashed his former strategist over comments in an upcoming book saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind in fire and fury inside the Trump White House bannon says Donald Trump Jr was treasonous and unpatriotic when he met with russians who claim to have dirt on democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton press secretary Sarah Sanders called the president s anger at bannon justified i would certainly think that going after the president s son and absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody the books release coincides with special prosecutor robert millers investigation into russias meddling in the twenty six thousand election and possible collusion by the Trump Campaign it includes inter
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. I started to reach for anything. A terrified east bay family still shaken tonight, a week after a s. W. A. T. Team descended on their home. Police say it was all because of a fake 911 call. Good evening, im dan ashley. And tonight police are investigating the fake 911 call, similar to an incident in kansas that resulted in an innocent mans death. Were also learning about a different incident last night in castro valley. Katie utehs spoke to the family. As soon as i got to the front door, i could see the spotlights shine up onto me. Reporter a swarm of police officers, weapons drawn, filled this quiet street, surrounding an unsuspecting family. A mother, father, two kids and grandparents, walked out of their homes with their hands up on police command. My son just kept asking, why are their guns pointed at my face . Why is my daddy arrested . Whats going on . Reporter just days after christmas, a caller made a fake 911 call, targeting their addres
Door, i could see the spotlights shine up onto me. Reporter a swarm of police officers, weapons drawn, filled this quiet street, surrounding an unsuspecting family. A mother, father, two kids and grandparents, walked out of their their hands up on police command. My son just kept asking, why are their guns pointed at my face . Why is my daddy arrested . Whats going on . Reporter just days after christmas, a caller made a fake 911 call, targeting their address. Indicating that there was somebody in his house. He said he had heard shots and his mother screaming and that he was hiding in his bedroom. Reporter the young father went outside in his bathroom. Police told him to open it. I looked at them and i was like, hello, im not reaching for anything. Reporter the traced the call to a cell phone with a 213 area code, Southern California. Hercules police tell us its an open investigation. The hoax call also happened in kansas the next day. There police shot and killed an unarmed man as he