our first story tonight is about a richmond woman thankful to those who put their lives at risk to help her get where she is today. and where that is, is sitting at the kitchen table, fighting the religious oppression of her people. it is late on a wednesday evening in richmond. niknaz: so, anyone new? oh, hi annisaw. gavin: and in niknaz aftahi s second floor apartment, an underground class is about to begin. niknaz: narzani shiba, do you want to start? gavin: the course title is english for architecture, and it is a case study in giving back. niknaz: so, you saw the file, right? gavin: at least, that s how the professor, niknaz, feels about it. niknaz: i want to give back to this, you know, institute that gave me the privilege of becoming educated. gavin: the institute is the bihe, or baha i institute for higher education. niknaz, you see, is a member of the baha i faith, a religious minority that is oppressed in her native country, iran. not permitted to attend universit
our first story tonight is about a richmond woman thankful to those who put their lives at risk to help her get where she is today. and where that is, is sitting at the kitchen table, fighting the religious oppression of her people. it is late on a wednesday evening in richmond. niknaz: so, anyone new? oh, hi annisaw. gavin: and in niknaz aftahi s second floor apartment, an underground class is about to begin. niknaz: narzani shiba, do you want to start? gavin: the course title is english for architecture, and it is a case study in giving back. niknaz: so, you saw the file, right? gavin: at least, that s how the professor, niknaz, feels about it. niknaz: i want to give back to this, you know, institute that gave me the privilege of becoming educated. gavin: the institute is the bihe, or baha i institute for higher education. niknaz, you see, is a member of the baha i faith, a religious minority that is oppressed in her native country, iran. not permitted to attend universit
francisco, and the judge there gave no indication as far as when he ll make his final decision on that injunction to that executive order that would de-fund sanctuary cities but the trump administration had a new interpretation of the order saying the so-called sanctuary cities wouldn t be stripped of all federal funding, the grants be stripped of would only come from the department of homeland security and department of justice. at one point during the arguments even claiming that santa clara county would stand to lose only $1 is million in funding and san francisco wouldn t see any federal funding stripped at all. the judge seemed a bit skeptical asking at one point then what s the purpose of the executive order then? the council for santa clara county and san francisco said this would cause irreparable for cities that are tnot cooperatin. here s the deputy attorney for san francisco speaking after today s hearing. we are not confident that that is going to stick, and we
despite policests to keep the piece, it was another political war zone in berkeley then they want to hit me with brass knuckles. one man who found himself in the middle of the melee said it s like trump supporters wanted to start fights. they want to start things, roil things up. before it was over they had to request backup from the alameda county sheriff s department. some of these arrests were pretty serious, one, assault with a deadly weapon. b.a.r.t. closed down one of its stations and the farmer s market was canceled so the violence didn t pour over into the crowds of shoppers. thanks, tom. tens of thousands of people there demanding the president release his tax returns. they were quite vocal, asking what the president has to hide, some calling him a coward for not making his finances available, questioning what those finances might reveal and ties to russia and other national interests around the world. one person was pretty passionate about what he called a
on its way towards completion. chaos on the floor of the republican national convention today. day one began with delegates and gop rank and file, divided over candidate donald trump. nbc s steve handelsman is in cleveland and brings us the latest. reporter: jessica, they really want to show unity here at the rnc, the republican national convention, at this quicken loans arena in cleveland. and day one was on that score a disaster. three hours and 15 minutes into the proceedings, delegates showed off their division, which reflects the division among republicans nationwide about donald trump. this place exploded. three hours into the republican convention, anti-trump forces disrupted. roll call vote! reporter: demanding delegates be allowed to decide if trump delegates can vote for somebody else. you don t want trump to be the nominee is i do not. and the whole word just got to witness a tyrannical man who crushes the voice of the grassroots. reporter: so far not e