Before we proceed to todays hearing id like to take a moment to recognize last monday was memorial day. It was a different memorial day for me and other americans than normal and it was more difficult for us to gather together. But last monday gave us an opportunity, an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country. And we honor the sacrifices they made to keep us free. While let me start by saying that the veterans we honored on memorial day, they served our country and that peaceful protests are a demonstration of the freedom our veterans served to safeguard and protect. And while we reject the defacing of our National Monuments i would take another moment to express my gratitude the National Park service, its employees and volunteers who quickly restored our memorials. All of them but especially those that recognize the service of our men and women particularly the world war ii memorial. I know that
Pres. Trump i stand before you at this noble fortress of american liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free. Earlier today the first lady and in their sacred honor at Arlington National cemetery. Now we come together to salute the flag they gave their lives so boldly and brilliantly we pledge and their Cherished Memories that this majestic flag will proudly fly forever. We are joined for todays ceremony by secretary of defense mark esper. Secretary of the interior david bernhardt, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general congressman andy harris, and a number of Service Members and veterans of the armed forces. The dignity, daring, and devotion of the American Military is unrivaled anywhere in history and anywhere in the world. In recent months our nation and the world have been engaged in a new form of battle against an invisible enemy. The men and women of the United States military have answered the call to duty and raced into danger. T
For talking to al jazeera please give our best regards to your brother chris for me. Live from los angeles thank you x. Now if youre just joining us welcome to aljazeera is just gone 3 am here in doha 8 pm just going in washington d. C. Where a curfew has been in force now for about an hour or so President Trump has been addressing the nation saying hes sick and revolted by the death in Police Custody of george floyd but he was warned but he has warned hes determined to dominate the streets and put an end to violent protests that have erupted across the country well police have been clashing with protesters in the streets surrounding the white house they fired tear gas and stun grenades to force back the demonstrators really live to our correspondents can be how couldnt she have a town see in a moment 1st here heres what donald trump had to say we cannot allow the righteous cries of Peaceful Protesters to be drowned out by an angry mob. The biggest victims of the rioting are peace lovi
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. A massive fire in San Francisco, the emergency evacuation says the building began to collapse. The chp will have every available officer on patrol this threeday weekend. They say they are seeing a dangerous trend even with fewer cars on the road. Good morning. We began this morning with breaking news out of San Francisco. But first lets go to whether in the Weather Center with darren. I want to show you the sunrise and it happened six minutes ago, we have a view that sets off to the east of the Sales Force Tower camera, the current numbers out there, this is going to be a day that you notice a warmup. We will be about 10 degrees above average. 52 in coord, 52, oakland, those numbers are not really all that off the mark or noteworthy but if i show you the daytime highs for today, they require a little bit of reference. These temperatures on your screen, in the mid80s for inland locations, they are 10 degrees above average, itll be 86 in santa rosa, 86 in co
Staying put. A lot of people would have been heading out of town right now but as you can see, not many cars on the bay area bridges. So where is everyone going to go to enjoy the great weekend weather . We have Team Coverage tonight on the Holiday Weekend and the heatwave on the way beginning with live coverage in pacifica. Reporter not everyone is taking flight right now, not everyone is making a big road trip, a lot of people are staying close to home and trying to take advantage of these bay Area Activities we have outside but there are still rules. The memorial day Weekend Getaway looks a lot different this year, instead of planes, trains and automobiles, social distancing circles on the grass, trails, and sanford one San Francisco residents tired of being cooped up decided to hit the road in a rented car with her dog tank and to go to her parents house. Im looking forward to the open spaces and to be able just go out into my parents backyard and just have a little bit more room.