Alert ferry riders about tomorrows strike. Charles. Reporter well, today the Golden Gate Bridge districts general manager Denis Mulligan said that he is disappointed that the ferry boat c and the other the other maritime unions that are supporting them. Have decided to strike on friday. In the meantime, the district is also trying to get the word out to communters that Ferry Service will be disrupted tomorrow. Reporter thursday afternoon, the bridge district was putting out fliers on ferries warning riders that all services. Including the special ferries that run back and forth to giants games. Will be stopped on friday. Even though district managers say they are not happy about the strike, they do admit that fridays tend to have lower ridership that other weekdays. Reporter also today, Denis Mulligan spoke to the meida here at the larkspur terminal and he flatly denied the union claims that the district has bargained in bad faith and is guilty of unfair labor practices. Reporter in re
Least check, but you can take a look at the board here where theres a mixture of cancelled and on time and just a few delays. Travelers we spoke with taking everything in stride. We have a toddler, two cats in tow, we have one in the oven, and a dog on another airline. Reporter they are moving today from dublin to virginia with a stop at chicagos ohare airport, but their journey may have to overcome one more hurdle, more than 1,300 flights cancelled at ohare and midway airports after a report of a fire in a basement of a chicago area air Traffic Control center. The fire was put out, but police found a 50yearold man with whats called a nongun related self inflicted wound. The fire appears to be ignited by that contract employee, a local issue, not a terrorist threat. The scene is being worked, trying to gather all the evidence, interview all the people, collect all the information so we know whats going on. Reporter the impact to bay area airports could be seen early on with cancellatio
Fracking to explain hundreds of earthquakes. Plus john ridley a conversation with the screen writer of 12 years a slave. We begin in baltimore tonight. The center of the latest controversial death involving police and an unarmed black man. Freddy gray died from a spine injury to his neck a week after being arrested. Tonight as the demonstrators grow the police union is speaking out rallying around the officers and criticizing demonstrators. Lets put it this way. If theyre tried convicted and put in jail, wheres the due process with that . And we get more from Jonathan Betz. Reporter star brown is all smiems now with her young smuls withsmiles with her young daughter, but it was the worst day of her life. When you are the first person victim of police brutality. For some reasons officers focused on her pulling her down the steps and slamming her down on the ground. Her pregnancy wasnt affected but she was bloody and bruised. More difficult when im seeing it happening more now. Reporter
Homes for so much of it. Were so grateful. The ari melber starts now. I want to welcome everyone to the beat. Im arri melber. We want to begin with consequences for millions of americans and the other of authoritarian theater on behalf of donald trump. The most pressing development for americans right now is this. Mitch mcconnell digging on of obstruction of 2,000 covid relief payments in a washington rarity had support of democrats and republican president. The fight is playing out in the senate. Bernie sanders expected to launch a filibuster unless mcconnell allowed a straight up or down vote on the 2,000 of payments for americans suffering during this covid recession. That would only slow mcconnell down until friday, the sanders move at which point mcelderccons signaling hell go forward on other business for that vote. That really matters a lot. Its a story were tracking and will continue to do so. President trump, members of congress, republicans who say they are open to this could
Significant amount of time on this curve to respond with the kind of mitigation efforts, standing up resources, testing and supplies that are in effect. But we went from a prevention strategy, the president acted on before the month of january was over, to a mitigation strategy, which continues to this day. And if i can also say, just to every american, all the questions about resources are very important and i can assure you that the president and our task force are preoccupied with these issues and working with governors hour by hour to meet those needs. But if americans will put into practice these guidelines for another 30 days, theyll do their part to lower the curve. And save lives, most importantly, and limit the burden on our hospitals and our Health Care System in the country significantly. And so, make no mistake about it, while were going to work our hearts out, leave no stone unturned, to find the resources, the masks, the ventilators that we need and we are going to meet t