The reason was the Group Patriot Prayer said it did not feel safe. Instead, theyll have a press conference tomorrow, followed by a march, and will attend sundays rally in berkeley. Berkeley is a better situation, because we dont feel like were walking into a trap. Its wide open, its an open field in the city. Its just a better situation. So were extremely excited to go down to berkeley. Reporter early in the week, the mayor of San Francisco told me that the city always knew that a gathering outside crissy field was possible. The mayor telling me, police will be ready. Leeann melendez, abc7 news. There was a big turnout at San Franciscos city hall this afternoon at a plan to counter this weekends rallies. Melanie woodrow continues our Live Team Coverage from civic center. Melanie . Reporter well, there will be a similar rally her her her noon at times today, it was like a party with music, the mayor driving home the message, San Francisco is a city of love. To those who seek to undermin
News conference form to smexpla why. Were just learning the organizer of a planned nonpermitted rally in berkeley is telling everyone to say home from her event, as well. Lets begin with the latest developments in San Francisco and Leeann Melendez live in the marina neighborhood with more. Reporter yeah, dan. Even though the Group Announced just a short while ago that it was canceling tomorrows event at chrissy told, nothing will change in terms of the citys response. This is what the supervisor mark farrell said. Until that permit is officially revoked, everything will go on with our plans. Reporter now, farrell told neighbors muni buses will not stop in the marina or the presidio. All preparations will continue. The fences will remain up and the concrete barriers will not be moved. Cars will not be allowed to park inside crissy field as of 9 00 tonight,ven though the rally was canceled. The reason was the Group Patriot Prayer said it did not feel safe. Instead, theyll have a press co
This is good morning washington. Some residents dealt with issues from sandy. Issues will get worse, not just in the commonwealth, but through the whole region. I do want to remind you we have a full list of area closures running at the top of the screen. Good morning. It is about 410 miles away from washington d. C. He is as theyre in just a second. We want to get the latest on the storm impacting us. It has moved into our area as well. It is a category one hurricane. That is expected to become poster tropical before it makes landfall. We are very concerned about that. Record rainfall as a Power Outages can be expected. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. You need to stay put. And the last minute preparations need to be under way immediately as conditions will be going downhill throughout the day. This is along with the google earth map. The winds extend out. The Tropical Storm is anywhere between 35 miles per hour. The extent 523 miles from the center of the storm. We can start
Coming up, we have Live Team Coverage of Hurricane Sandy keeping millions of people home on this monday. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. 5 01 is the time on this october 29. I am cynne simpson. I am steve chenevey. We have a full list of closures at the top of your screen, so keep an eye on that. We will have you coverage throughout the morning. Jacqui jeras as an update on the storm. From the National Hurricane center sandy has intensified a little, still a category one but the maximum winds are 85 miles an hour. The wind is huge. The Tropical Storm force winds between 39 and 73 miles an hour, extend out more and 500 miles from the center of the storm. So they are feeling that along the coastal areas already. The storm is 400 miles away from d. C. It will impact us all day. We will be going downhill. Anything you still have to do to prepare for the storm, that needs to be done no
Schools closed in maryland, virginia, as well as d. C. Metro trains and buses are shut down for the First Time Since 2003. Marc, vre, also all closed today. And Amtrak Service in the northeast corridor shut down today as well. Most of the students in our area are also getting the day off today. All major Public School systems in d. C. , maryland, and virginia are closed this morning as well as all private schools in the area. You can find a complete list of school and business closings running at the bottom of your screen as well as online at nbcwashington. Com. Lets get to Storm Team Meteorologist tom kierein here. Whats the latest . Weve got moderate to heavy rain about to move into the metro area. Be prepared for that. Stay inside. Stay with us at nbc 4. Well keep you fully informed. It is still a huge hurricane. Taking a turn to the north. All day yesterday it was moving northeast. Now taking a turn to the north. It is swinging in heavy rains into the Eastern Shore, southeastern vi