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This afternoon he is proud of his citys rich history of demonstrations and peaceful protests, what hes seen the past two nights is quote, unacceptable. It was a destructive weekend in berkeley. Two nights of demonstrations that left more than a dozen businesses with damage, mostly broken windows. It was really disturbing. Reporter mayor tom bates has seen enough. It turned violent. It turned violent in a way we havent seen here for a long long time. Over the weekend, over 16 various stores were trashed, not just major businesses but small businesses. Reporter bates does acknowledge his police ...

And dwight. The crowd seems to be growing. At this point the demonstration has been peaceful. Theres concern it could take a violent turn based on what happened in berkeley the past two nights. Protesters attacking businesses, lighting fires, shutting down traffic on highway 24 for a while last night. Nbc bay area, Jodi Hernandez in berkeley with the latest on the protests brought by grand jury decision. Jodi . Terry, as mentioned, marchers are on the move as we speak. Many businesses along telegraph avenue have decided to close up, some decided to board up as a precaution. Business owners do ...

Maybe moving a little bit. It had been shut for much of the night. We have not seen anything in the way of tear gas canisters thrown by police trying to disperse the crowds. We have heard that they have been police have been firing bean bags using batons to clear those freeways because for a time tonight everything you see there was at a complete standstill. Yeah, the bush toward the bay bridge began several hours ago at the pedestrian bridge that crosses u80 at University Avenue in berkeley. Protesters there squared off with police before demonstrators made a break for interstate 80. As soon ...

The u. S. Evidently made a humanitarian request but what the possibilities are and well probably hear from the president on this are fascinating because we have had such a bad relationship with cuba for so long. The embargo and all the conflict has taken place. And fidel castro is still alive. Question whether this is the first step in normalizing relations in cuba. For those of you in the west well have more on cbs this morning. Our coverage continues on this cbs station and tonight on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Many of will you return now to cbs this morning. This has been a cbs...

Seeing on social media, they are confident there will be more protests tonight. And what is frustrating them is that they believe its a small group of people who they believe are coming from out of town into berkeley, into oakland to cause scenes like this. Law enforcement trying to find that balance between keeping order while not using excessive force, citizens and even a Journalism Group has criticized berkeley polices use of tear gas over the weekend and what some perceive as strong arm tactics. Did reach the mayor, tom bates by phone. He said that, quote, the emphasis is in the wrong plac...