Crash at a protest in virginia has been released. 32yearold Heather Heyer was declared dead upon arrival at va hospital after being run down by a car downtown charlottesville. The incident happened after violent clashes between White Nationalists and counter protesters ahead of a rally in response to the planned removal of a confederate robert e. Lee statue. The suspect was accused of plowing his car into the crowd fled the scene, but was located and arrested a short time later. Police identified him as 20 yearold james alex fields jr. Of ohio. He is charged with one count of seconddegree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, and one count of hit and run intended failure to stop with injury. We have Live Team Coverage tonight following the violence including analysis of the suspect from ohio plus ktvus rob malcolm is live with the counter protest just wrapping up. Lets get to joel waldman on the outrage happening across the country. Good evening, joel. Reporter good evening to yo
Federal law in this instance. The latest group that has indicated online and in other places that theyre going to come is this oath group that is known to carry arms in a very public way. In california alone, since the december 2015, weve had two dozen violent public political demonstrations. Reporter professor brian leaven with the study of hate and extremism at cal state says many rallies have involved White Nationalists. He recommends police keep opposing sides separate and help create laws against tools of violence. No masks, no sticks. Antimasking ordinances and laws are very important so we can identify people who feel emboldened by their anonymity. If its an unsafe event, we can shut it down. Reporter San Francisco police chief bill scott has been working with the park service to create conditions, meant to keep the public safe. There are conditions that can be placed in a permit to prohibit weapons within the permitted space. Reporter but that doesnt necessarily mean there wont
Liberal bay area cities. Berkeley and San Francisco because each is a site of a planned right wing rally later this month. Im anna daetz. It has been approved, but not issued. The Mayors Office is worry the event will attract violence and similar concerns across the bay in berkeley. Live Team Coverage from both cities. Lets begin with kate larsen in San Francisco with a look at the possibility of guns at the rally. Kate . Yeah, dan. It is a big concern because chrissy field is federal property and back in 2010 congress enacted a law that allows people to carry, open carry guns in national parks. But that law does not apply in california. The demonstrators are going to show up here armed, much like what we saw in charlottesville, virginia. Today i spoke to the mayor and the police chief about how theyre handling this issue. People are coming in here to threaten violence. Reporter mayor ed lee says he is concerned about guns and other weapons at the right wing rally planned for august 26
This afternoon. The sky will begin to darken around 1 20. It should run until 4 00 p. M. The path of total darkness will stretch from coast to coast. Even though we arent in the direct line, it will still go darker out your window. We will have about 75 coverage here. We have Live Team Coverage preparing you for the total Solar Eclipse. The i good morning, katy. Good morning. There are watch parties plans for all over our area, including here at the Franklin Institute in philadelphia. First, i can tell you people scrambled this morning to get the last of those special solar glasses. Thank you. Thats what it looked like outside Wills Eye Hospital in Center City Philadelphia a couple of hours ago. Hundreds many people stood in a line that wrapped around the building so they could get a pair of protective solar glasses. You have to wear these glasses if you look directly at the sun during todays eclipse. Our region is not in the path of totality, the name for the area that will experience
Crash on the tracks with 42 people hurt in a late train crash in upper darby. This is what we know right now, 4 of the 42 were critically injured. The train carrying passengers crashed into an empty parked train. The crash is currently under investigation. The norristown highspeed lane has resumed with delays. And nbc 10 news today was the first on the scene this morning. And now we have Live Team Coverage. Enter Jessica Boyington to let us know how the commute is going. And katy zachry is at Presbyterian Hospital. Well start with matt delucia live at the Transportation Center. Matt, what is the latest . Reporter well, the good news to report is that Train Service is still running here at the 69th Street Transportation Center, including the norristown high speed line. We have seen trains coming in and out. In fact, you can see one train pulling into the station here getting ready to pick up passengers to head off to norristown. But just to the right of that, you can see the train there