>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. we're ganswering your questions every day in realtime from experts. governor newsom directing by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in california must be zero emission vehicles. first, the top story across the country. one officer indicted on three charges in the breonna taylor shooting. the indictment is three charges of wanton endangerment,arryin a max of five years per count. none of the officers will be charged for the actual death of breonna taylor.ist and close family friend of the late

trayvon martin, dwayne bryant. he's also the author of the "stop: improving police and community relations." thank you for joining us, dwayne. you're now an activist focusing on tensions between police and people of color. you didn't become so until the death of your friend, trayvon martin. remind viewers how trayvon died. >> trayvon martin died in florida at the hands of a security guard told by law enforcement to stand down, not pursue, do not continue to assault this person and did not, but a vigilante himself. dehumanized him and decided to take the law in his own hands and found not guilty. >> i know that has left a grave

wound in your heart, his death. you're turning it into action though and speaking out. i want you to ask about the breonna taylor grand jury decision today. only one officer was charged. officer brett hankison. two otherles not indicted at all including the officer who fired the fatal shot. what's your reaction to that? >> i think it's a travesty of justice because he was charged only because he shot windows and through doors, breonna taylor's death. in other words, these police officers who on their police reports, did not forest blue enter, no camera footage. i was always told, if someone starts telling one lie, they have to tell multiple to back up the lie. so i don't believe what the police officer said personally, but no one was charged for the

killing of breonna taylor. someone unarmed in her own home and had a no knock arrest warrant that was turned into supposedly a not arrest warrant. it's a lot of fishy details there going on. >> shots toward that apartment. >> in you're in your home, your husband there, and you hear banging on the door. your husband says, someone is coming into our castle. he is honoring second amendment right to bear arms. he says, who is there, no one announced anything and then all of a sudden, you see these figur figures, protect you and protect his house. shortly thereafter, shots into

breonna taylor, ten shots. and however many other shots and there's no charges. why would the community be up t upset? why would your husband be upset or your family be upset? why would your station be upset? >> i hear what you're saying there. and one of the viewers on facebook live said imagine the outrage if breonna was white and not black. do you believe the results would have been much different? >> i believe would have never happened and the level of regard for the human life would have been a lot more significant and i think there's countless incidents where white male police officers completely show a whole different level of regard for white bodies and i always say, listen, if i get stopped by police, police treat me like a white man or if you can't do that, treat me like a white man's dog because you're teaching me much better than a black man in america.

>> not meant to respond to every. widely interpreting saying this is a tragedy but not unlawful in the way many people believe it is. what would you say to him, mr. cameron, who is african-american himself? >> well, you know, we no longer give passes just because you're black in the black community because we know every black person does not represent black interests in our community. he did say of the tragedy, sometimes the criminal law is not significant enough to address the tragedy but also said, do we want the truth or do we want a truth that fits with our own narrative? here's the deal. we want the truth but we did not get it from the police officers because they lied in the police report. once you start lying in the police report, are we expected to believe you? i think america is a nation now where lies are okay, where we can have lies from the highest

office and because you tell it strong enough and often enough, people believe a lie is the truth. the lie is always the lie and the liar will always tell lies so we should not believe lies nor liars. >> with a lot of people angry over the indictment today, there are protests already in louisville. i'm sure you've seen some of the live pictures, in fact, we could bring that up for you, so folks can see what's happening. >> sure, i would love to. >> i don't know if you can see the shots. a lot of people in the streets, there have been some clashes. there have been arrests. tensions are running higher now that police have actually cut off access to some of the streets in preventing people from walking down certain areas. what is your concern and worry . so if i could address the people

demonstrati demonstrating. >> i would ask the people to please harness their power toward getting better policies, qualified trained officers not racist, what the fbi already identified as neo-nazis or white supremacists on law enforcement agencies, making sure they get what they deserve. fired and never hired in another law enforcement agency. harness your anchor, we need police and police need community because police is the community and once we begin to understand that, i hate us versusth usm criminal, that criminal wears a blue uniform and the badge or criminal wears a hoodie.

>> on twitter, if you think that's the pulse of the public, people are offering. don't tell us how to protest or make sure any protests that are happening, stay peaceful, otherwise, you'll end up giving optics and our cause, how do you justify that and are all those different opinions right in their own ways? >> they kind of are, because if we look to the 1776, there were not non-violent protests. we had tea parties, straight up destroying anything that was british-related, and then it was because of that level of aggression, that level of looting, that level of destruction, then the brits understood, yo, these guys are serious about theory freedom. we better chill out

no longer 1776. productive thinking individuals who want to create the reform we need, get the justice we need without the destruction of property. so i can see the justification of both sides quite frankly. >> your book is called the stop. what does that stand for. i know you shared with us some components, what is the takeaway? >> there's one race, the human race. we all want to reach our destiny and get home safely. but we all want to be and live productive lives. that means we have to cooperate, we have to understand the importance of history, truthful history. so my book, the stop, is about t

seven personal encounters. no criminal history but what i've been able to do is each encounter to engage properly, to respect authority, to respect myself, think about my future, and make sure that my actions were consistent with what my long-term goals were, not just the short-term win. >> dwayne bryant, friend of the late trayvon martin, thank you so much for joining us today and sharing your insight. we can all learn from these conversations. >> absolutely, we must continue. anytime. >> we're going to take a short break but when we come back, we're going to turn our attention to governor newsom, his

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statewide here, governor gavin newsom signing an executive order directing the state to phase out gas-powered cars to drastically reduce demand for fossil fuels to fight climate change. part of the plan, requiring statewide that all new cars and passenger trucks sold in california must be zero emission vehicles by the year 2035. so joining us now to break this down is dr. joe lou, ceo of the coalition for clean air and commissioner for the california transportation commission. joe, thanks for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> i know you're celebrating today. this is a good day, as you say in your business. on a scale of moves to fight climate change, how big is this? where does this rank? >> this is a pretty significant one, because the governor has targeted the transportation sector, which is our largest source of air and climate pollutants, so it's a big deal. >> if we did have no more zero emission vehicles on the road, which i know won't happen by

2035 because old cars are still allowed to be out there, how much would that cut down in terms of our emissions? >> well, they're projecting that it would reduce, i think it was 40% of the e mixmissions by 203 however, the important thing really, is that we're going to get on the road to making fossil fuels obsolete in california, and you have to start with big goals like this, so that you send the market signal so that the people who need to invest and build the zero emission vehicles do so. >> all right. this is not so simple because in order to have all these, for example, electric cars out there, you have to have a network of people to charge everywhere. that infrastructure snis not in place yet. is 15 years snufenough? what needs to happen? >> fortunately, we have electrical lines everywhere in

california pretty much. there are ways to put that structure in, you know, multifamily housing, apartment complexes, condominiums, things like that. it's a tough ier way of doing i. the technology will become better over time too, you have to charge less frequently because batteries will have longer range. but it's going to take a major investment. in the end, i think the infrastructure will be more complicated than vehicles. >> if more people charge their vehicles, don't we need to make electricity generation more green? >> yes, and we're on the path of doing that. we already set a goal of getting to 100% carbon neutrality in our electricity generation, so we'll be doing that, fortunately because we've invested in over and again, in things like solar power, the cost has come down dramatically. now large scale solar projects much less than natural gas or other types of energy

generation. >> all right, well, before california has always been on the forefront of leading these initiatives, and it does encounter obstacles, if you will, from the car makers, and also from the car dealers, already today, the california new car dealer's association is saying they respect the ambition but they have questions including affordability. the state obviously says by 2035 and, electric cars will most certainly be cheaper than other cars, what do you think about that? >> you see that trend happening. solar power happen with that, expensive now, it's really inexpensive. you could see that trend happening with electric vehicles too. the price of the battery, at some point, we're going to reach cost parity in terms of how much it costs after the purchase the vehicles and then exceed it, and i think the car makers will find that they're going to make more money building zero emission vehicles than they do building internal combustion engines at

some point. >> seems to be doing pretty well. tesla announced $25,000 model s that they hope to put out with 520 miles that it can go on one charge, so that would be kind of a game changer, i think. >> yes. incredibly, you know, a lot of our low income families can't afford electric vehicle right now. we have to figure out ways to include them in this process. >> let's talk about what republican leaders in washington might think about this though. >> we get support from auto makers and ford and volkswagen w wa wag. the car makers are split on this issue. some see in the future, they'll make more money selling electric vehicles and hydrogen vehicles. anything that has zero emissions. so we will get pushback from certain ones that are laggers in

the field but it's the leader in california who always made the difference >> california can make its own rules here. what can we as individuals do cut to help climate change? >> i'm glad you asked that question. we hosted california clean day this year, october 7th. you go to cleanairday.org. one thing for clean air on october 7th and other ideas, you can do year round. to reduce your exposure. for example, a lot of people don't know their vehicles have cabin air filters in their car.

almost all vehicles nowadays but don't clean them or replace them, you do need to once a year or so. all these wildfires, those cabin filters in your car. protect their own health and action to help clean up the air and the climate. >> before we go, i just want to ask you, to what extent did the unprecedented wildfires we've been having here in california perhaps hasten this conversation and hasten this executive order and this move to really do everything we can to battle climate change? >> heat caused by the climate change that's happening in the world. and i do believe that it really got him to turn to his leaders

of his agencies and say, we need to figure out what else we can do do, coalition for clean air and commissioner of the california transportation, thank you so much.

non-profits across the country are struggling during the pandemic. both in terms of how to deliver their services and how to fundraise. one bay area charity innovating a new way to support its work is kids and art. joining us now is the foundation's founder. how are you doing? >> good. >> battling cancer in the bay

area. why did you start it? >> my son was diagnosed with cancer when he was 3 and my background as a graphic designer and frankly, all i knew was self-preservation was to do art and that really brought him healing and me healing and we just got to control our life and that's really the selfish reason why i started. >> since then, you've done amazing things. i know you bring so many different kinds of art workshops to the kids in hospitals and it just brings a big smile to their faces and their siblings and whole families but how does the pandemic changed the way you deliver your services in this case with the workshops? >> workshop on zoom, parent support group and also moved, started creating art lessons,

ten minute, five minute lessons on youtube to send them to the media center at the hospitals and kids produce those and so, you know, act like they're working with the artist. >> that's fantastic but how has the pandemic affected your fundraising? >> just like everyone else. very little donation has come in, trickled in. applying for grants, covid response. it has been quite a struggle. >> but you're trying. you never stop trying. that's what i love about you. you persevere and make it work somehow. instead of the annualga, ay vir >> it's focused on conversation in improving quality of care. 6:00 p.m. and goes on to saturday and we have brought in speakers from

the conversation of care. one of the conversations you'll be having, art to heal anxiety, ptsd and trauma. >> the cancer, maybe they stopped but used art, cooking, they used technology as i said, going to show us how she used her art

conversation, whether it's me, it's really about diversity and our health center. >> i want to tell folks, if they're checking out what to do the next four days, kids and art.org. i understand right, check this out. what i'm looking at here, looks like kids art work you can bid on part of the auction. >> that's correct. that opens today at 5:00. get started. >> some of these are done by the kids who are taking part in the program.

>> it's impossible to get tickets. >> we're so blessed, they have partnered with us. they will be on tomorrow. >> good luck with your fundraising event over the next four days. virtually,

that's going to do it for now. thank you for joining us on this interactive "getting answers" show. live to louisville with the grand jury's decision to indict one officer on three charges not directly relgt lly related to tg death of breonna taylor.

and then governor gavin wsr to tonight, the outrage in to louisville, after a kentucky grabbed jury indicts one of three office everyones in the breonna taylor case, but not in her death. demonstrators in the streets. kentucky deploying the national guard, the mayor issuing a 72-hour curfew. breonna taylor was killed by police executing a warrant on her home. her boyfriend firing a shot, claiming they never identified themselves. police firing dozens of rounds. the state a.g. saying two officers were justified, since her boyfriend shot first. the heated exchange on thony fa and senator rand dr. paul on coronavirus here in the u.s. dr. fauci telling senator paul, you are not listening. and a reality check here tonight with the nation's top scientists. what they are now saying about a potential vaccine in the u.s. when it could