breaking news in berkeley. police are telling people to stay in their homes near >>> i want to give you update on the breaking news in berkeley. live picture over there from sky ranger what you're looking at ofrsds and canine patrols going behind homes near berkeley high school. literally going to look for a man that was report of a man with a gun. they're combing that area checking behind builds and homes to see if they spot anything. we'll have a trace of the man. again they're also asking people to stay indoors while they do this. and to avoid the area during these patrols on the ground. >> okay this is not far from the downtown berkeley b.a.r.t. station again near berkeley high school mckinley street alsteen way and grant street you can see the officers and canine units going door to door looking for the man possibly armed with a gun. on the story last 30 minutes we'll continue on it and be back in just a moment. stay with us. >>> still following the breaking news near downtown berkeley and berkeley high sc

i think unfortunately for berkeley and u.c. berkeley, that is happening in berkeley.hat's something that's going to have long-standing implications. i don't think we know what the implications are. sg >> if you don't allow people to have their say -- something that robert reich, former labor secreta secretary, said. if you don't allow people to have their say, people like ann coulter, whom you may not agree with, how will students know what her views are and have the opportunity to question her, challenge her, and up their own minds? >> i think that's an excellent point. i mean, i think it's very important to allow people in the united states to say what they believe. that's one of the rocks of -- one of the foundations of our constitution. however, you can't look at that in a vacuum. you can't say, why free speech has to happen under every circumstance because if that person arriving on a u.c. berkeley campus is going to cause -- not cause, is going to sort offin cite riots or have -- of incite riots or have people drawn to her or him and will beat each other up outs

i think unfortunately for berkeley and u.c. berkeley, that is happening in berkeley.hat's something that's going to have long-standing implications. i don't think we know what the implications are. sg >> if you don't allow people to have their say -- something that robert reich, former labor secreta secretary, said. if you don't allow people to have their say, people like ann coulter, whom you may not agree with, how will students know what her views are and have the opportunity to question her, challenge her, and up their own minds? >> i think that's an excellent point. i mean, i think it's very important to allow people in the united states to say what they believe. that's one of the rocks of -- one of the foundations of our constitution. however, you can't look at that in a vacuum. you can't say, why free speech has to happen under every circumstance because if that person arriving on a u.c. berkeley campus is going to cause -- not cause, is going to sort offin cite riots or have -- of incite riots or have people drawn to her or him and will beat each other up outs

berkeley. our kpix-5 crews were right in the middle of the ch live. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. >> political outrage turned bloody in berkeley. our kpix crews were right in the middle of the chaos as trump supporters and anti-trump activists come to blows. >>> we're going to go live to berkeley in a moment, but we have breaking news first. chopper 5 is live over a car lot on stephenson boulevard in fremont. at least 20 cars are on fire right now. it looks like there are hundreds of cars at this lot. the business at this address is called i aoki vehicle purchasing. we believe this is mostly a lot of used cars that are sold at auction. their website says they sell 600 cars every monday including used cars from rental car companies. they also sell motorcycles. >> we take a look at this video from 15 minutes ago. this is a car lot belonging to iaa vehicle purchasing. we don't know how the fire started. the fire department told us the fire got so big so fast because firefighters had a ha

. >>> planned protest in the city of berkeley after ann coulter cancels her speech and an inside look at the closest advisers to our country's president. >>> actor and comedian chris kattan performing in the bay area he is joining us live in the studio. >>> a brilliant thursday morning looking at the golden gate bridge, the first day of spring? not quite that was march 20, five weeks later here we are finally able to roll up the sleeves and get ready for some sunshine speaking of rolling up the sleeves, how about marshawn lynch coming back to his hometown of oakland. putting on the silver and black he was at raider headquarters yesterday how excited were you to come back home? >> it changed my life, the job was 5% the life change was 95% i have to ask is it bittersweet knowing the raiders are starting to pack up soon? >> i think so. just enjoy it now. >> a little bit later we have an interview with the author of the gatekeeper so focusing on the chiefs of staff at the white house you are excited about this. >> the political junkie that i am the chief of staff is a person with the most

berkeley is not about money or ann coulter. >> this is about berkeley's persistent refusal to honor the constitution when it comes to conservative speech on campus. >> reporter: this is the third incident of berkeley cancelling conservative speakers. >> the same hassles, unconstitutional requirements, and bait and switch that berkeley did with the milo yiannopoulos speech. >> reporter: in a letter the university's legal counsel said u.c. berkeley has dedicated more resources to facilitating college republican activities than any other student group in memory. african selling coulter's visit, they proposed a may 2nd alternative, a date coulter says she is not available. >> berkeley permits limited use of its space for certain viewpoints, it is required under the constitution to provide equal access to other groups. >> reporter: while berkeley college republicans and young americas foundation support legal action, a third group that initially invited coulter bridge usa does not. >> to take this to court when they're trying, at least making some efforts is not the right solution. >> report

reporting live in berkeley. nbc bay area news. >> okay sharon thank you. >>> on the ground on in the are air plenty of political messages today process this small plane flu flew above the crowd don't take the bait. fly above the hate. >> well uc berkeley is accused of experience $suppressing free speech it's the same place berth birthing the free speech movement during the fall of 1964 the campus was thrust into the the national spotlight after the school cracked down on political grums passing out fliers when police arrested active afts thousands of students blocked the squad car. the movement was featured in the depth in the bay area series. >> we we took over the police car that was very spontaneous. we had moved our tables on onto the center of sproul haul hall and jack went berg was arrested someone yelled sit down, we sat down around the police car it was spon tan. >> you just patina. she was one of the students who sat there 32 hours in the end wine berg was released and the student at the university and

. >> protests happening at berkeley after the cancellation of ann coulter speech. >> in downtown berkeley, many consevatives are at civic center park while demonstrators are in front of berkeley high school. >> police right now are standing between them as you can see, keeping them separated. there was a lot of concern about violence. some people were seen taping their hands as if they were getting ready for a fight. >> it seems as if many people took the advice of a banner that flew above the demonstrators. don't take the bait, fly a. bo the hate. laura anthony is at civic center park. laura? >> reporter: dan, i'm actually at all stan way. the berkeley police officers are lining the street. on the left-hand side we have many of the folks that participated in the rally at the park. these would be the corn servetiserv -- conservative group. on the right is students from berkeley high school. they are just holding up signs. lie the main event which wrapped up about a half hour ago, everything we've seen here today has been pretty much peaceful. >> usa, usa. >> reporter: the speeches went on

liz: you have to wonder if berkeley law professors knew about that, they should have.going on, in 60s, berkeley you know youngrotestedn support of the free speech. against things like vietnam war, now young people, with encouragement of berkeley professors areriy o rioting free speech. >> we're in danger of losing free speech, when employees of the government, that is what the professors are, encourage their students and students comply with that to cause such a confligration that speaker cannot be heard, what is what supreme court condemned. liz: if it moves forward we want you back on. >> i thought we were going watch her speech tomorrow but we're not. liz: did they miss an opportunity to debate her. >> yes. liz: they could have had a from from professor. >> deny snood i think the denied. liz: i think they are scared, i don't think they are smart enough to debate her. >> a police officer saved a man just in time. >> hey, hey, hey. liz: we'll wel you what happened there. but first this story. "the five" greg gutfeld, saying that protesters are enforcing suria law for

he is coming back to berkeley. the last time he was set to speak at u-c berkeley back in february... chaos broke out on campus and it spilled into the streets of berkeley... he has not said when exactly he will be returning to berkeley... but that it will be a multi-day event .... called "milo's free speech week. (haaziq madyun)here in walnut creek surveillance cameras capture 3 would-be-robbers inside the o-c- watch company ...diguised as construction workersthe owner of the store fought off the rob

berkeley where there are some rallies taking place. we want to head to ktvu's tara moriarty for an update. tara. >> reporter: well, this is kind of like a pressure cooker situation. there are two sides here. one is on one side of the street. these are the left wingers. and the people on the left side are actually the right wingers. they have been yelling at each other now for the past half an hour. the tension is clearly palpable, and i saw at least two people being taken away by police. i don't know whether they were arrested but they were definitely escorted away. there have been little skirmishes breaking out along the sidewalks. if we can just pan up we can see two drones out here keeping an eye on the crowd and monitoring everything because, of course this is a new tool that law enforcement use. they can always go back and look at this footage to see if anybody started a fight, things like that. so right now, one of the drones actually just landed in the middle of the street here. so we're just kind of going around here and talkin

park right next to berkeley high. again, just to give you perspective here, that's berkeley high on the right, civic center park is on the left. that is alston way in the middle. that is where the police have essential lined the middle of the street to keep the two sides apart. stay here for continuing coverage of this event all night long. >>> a woman was shot and killed in a park or near a park in broad daylight. it happened in walnut creek today on first avenue near the lindsay wildlife experience. walnut creek police updated us within the past hour. ktvu's cristina rendon joins us now. cristina, what did you learn from police? >> reporter: we're learning now there's still an active search for this gunman. in fact, within the last 10 minutes s.w.a.t. teams moved in down the street here on lenville lane. this is closer to san luis road. buena vista road runs all the way to geary. police have sent out an update asking residents what live in this area to shelter in place as they search for the gunman. we are told they

in berkeley charles clifford kron4 news. (philippe) continuing our coverage in berkeley...ors who call themselves pro-trump showed up to martin luther king junior civic center park hoping for peace, but anticipating volence. one group setup a makeshift triage center... while others just carried first aid equipement just in case fights broke out. the berkeley police department stayed close to demonstrators the whole day... and, for the most part, people on both sides of the debate over whether or not conservative political commentator anne coulter should speak, remianed peaceful. in berkeley, philippe djegal, kron four news. (haazuq)a murder in the quiet larkey park neighborhood in walnut creekalthough police

berkeley city spokesperson mattha chakkosot matthai chakko/city of berkeley spokesperson: "our policewith tremendous skill. they are focusing on people committing criminal acts. we confiscated dozens of weapons"here is a look at some of those weapons sotmatthai chakko/city of berkeley spokesperson: "we confiscated sticks and polls pepper spray, bear spray, knives, a whole range of different weapons. we arrested 20 people, charges ranging from felony assault to assault with a deadly weapon" chakko says the city is not to blame for the violence associated with this protest...blame that he says, on the protest organizerssot matthai chakko/city of berkeley spokesperson: "the impact of these events largely falls on the people who come, the people who have not planned, have not planned to go through the process for to have safety for themselves or the people that there are coming with"he talks about the impact of this not being a permitted city of berkeley eventnat/sot haaziqhow does having a permit kind of limit the prospects of a violent incident happening?sotmatthai chakko/city of berkel

u-c berkeley has been hit with a lawsuit.. it's accused of violating the first amendment rights of the campus student groups who invited ann coulter to speak this thursday. (grant) security during the event is at issue...however the attorney representing the berkeley college republicans held a news conference today - arguing that security does not trump free speech... kron4's haaziq madyun has the story the threat of violence is one of the main reasons uc berkeley has rejected ann coulter's upcoming speaking appearance. that reason is not valid says the attorney reperesenting two student groups that invited the controversial conservative speaker to an event on campus this thursday that is why first amendment lawyer harmeet dhillon has filed this lawsuit monday against uc berkeley on behalf of young america's foundation and the college berkeley republicans

uc berkeley after all, but there's a twist.he university faces claims of unconstitutional censorship. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. legal action was threatened against the university. the ultimatum, honor the original terms of the speech tomorrow or they're taking the case to federal court. kpix5's christin ayers is at cal campus tonight. >> reporter: first officials here at cal-berkeley told students there would be no speech by ann coulter. then this afternoon an about face. today chancellor nicholas dirks changed his tune. conservative pundit ann coulter can come to uc berkeley's campus but not april 27th and not at the original location. dirks called the new location. >> an appropriate protectable venue that is available the afternoon of may 2nd. >> reporter: campus police captain alex yow said police could not be sure her original speech would be safe. >> there's specific threats to ms. coulter's event april 27th held on the berkeley campus. >> reporter: authorities could provide more protection

berkeley that canceled the speech. >> reporter: the attorney representing berkeley college republicans and young america's foundation. >> the lawsuit is not about ann coulter. ann coulter was the catalyst and the straw that broke the camel's back on free speech. >> reporter: the co-president of the nonpartisan group that invited coulter said things had gone sour between his group. >> while we wanted the facilitation of dialogue, they wanted provocation. >> i don't believe freedom of speech is a -- >> reporter: they say they welcome coulter's visit in the future. >> if ann coulter is willing to come to u.c. berkeley, the invitation is open. all eyes are on us right now. if she comes back, all eyes are going to be on us again. >> reporter: in berkeley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> the free speech movement began at cal three years ago. it started 1964 when students sat down if he plaza demanding the university lift its ban against political activism. these iconic images help the movement become a flash point of the 1960s. the university eventually gave in, lifting the ban on all politi

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no response from berkeley yet. christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> a man is facing charges for posting a threatening video online. vallejo police say that the gunman was going to open fire if he got enough views. here's a still frame from the video. the suspect pointing the gun at the camera and posted it to periscope live. he needed 100 viewers so he could shoot his glock 40. police tracked him down in a traffic stop. his 20-year-old -- he is 20- year-old kristen brown. they found the black and pink handgun that was scene in the video inside his car. police officers are thanking people in the community for calling in when they say they saw the video online. >>> san francisco's biggest pot filled party brought thousands of people this grassy field in golden gate park. kpix 5's andria borba shows us how brand-new rules shaped this year's festivities. >> reporter: the fencing around hippie hill and sharon meadow was new this year. while it couldn't contain the smoke, it contained 15,000 partiers according to the city of san

reporting in berkeley.. (glo)president trumps hosts the new england patriots at the white house. . . to honor the super bowl champions.tom brady was not there. . . citing 'personal family matters.'president trump is a big fan and a friend of brady's. he has also been close with patriots owner bob kraft and head coach bill belichick for years.other players skipped the event. . . several said their opposition to president trump was the reason. (vicki) white house press secretary sean spicer - got a surprise guest during this mornings briefing. (grant) take a look... spicer: "well see what pans out... laughs"(grant) that's new england patriots tight-end rob gronkowski. spicer was answering a question from a reporter, when gronk poked his head around a corner saying "sean, need some help?" spicer replied "i think i got this....which gronkowski said "you sure?" this happened while the team was at the white house to visit with president trump. spicer, a patriots fan, seemed to appreciate the interruption, saying:

berkeley police and uc berkeley police are on stand by on high alert, and we saw some of the officers here this morning said that they had been called into their shifts it hours early, ahead of their regular shifts because of the activity planned today. >> thank you. >> yeah. >>> after coulter announced the cancellation of the speech, she made the appearance on fox news and talked about students that invited her and were sponsoring her speech. >> they ran away. they gave in. and there was nothing i could do. >> now we have yap saying we're go to strike a blow for the next speaker at berkeley. no, i want to win now. can republicans ever win now. >> she mentioned the young american foundation, it was cosponsoring the speech with two other groups. the berkeley college republican blame uc officials for the cancellation after they were told coulter's safety couldn't be secured. now, we have allie on campus. christien kafton is at the cal campus itself. we'll bring him in as he explains more on the next steps being taken by the organizing groups. our coverage continues through the day, live

for now, live in berkeley. guys. >> thank you. >>> the city's mayor spoke out this morning saying conservative speakers are targeting the city of berkeley, deliberately trying to provoke a confrontation. what is disturbing to the mayor, he said, is that organizers are setting up across the street from the 3,000 students at berkeley high school. the city learned from the recent clashes and is ready to implement new strategies to control the crowds today. >> can't get too much into strategy. what i will say is that when we see somebody who is fighting, we will immediately intervene and arrest that person. >> the mayor said that officers will be concentrated in the area around mlk, civic center park and the downtown area. stay with us here for continuing coverage of the rallies in berkeley. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. >>> president trump is considering breaking up the 9th court of appeals, based in san francisco. the president told the washington, d.c., newspaper, the court is outrageous and that ma

>> in the case of berkeley there will be was coordination between the city of berkeley and its mayor is very, very liberal and the berkeley chancellor's toofs and california is very liberal and and lot of democrat politicians have served on the regentle. there was a -- on the regents. on the berkeley campus it's 100% conservative speakers. i'm even couraged as a constitutional lawyer that virtually the entire spectrum of lawyers in the country, particularly those who believe in the constitution are saying berkeley is wrong and no amount of defense or waving around their concerns for the snowflakes or security rights will overcome the first amendment. liz: where does your lawsuit go from here? >> we just filed fit monday. we got a summons yesterday. we are serving the various individuals who were served at the university. then we'll engage in a process of discovery and finds out all the details of how they came up with this policy. who was consulted. then we'll seek relief from the court to order berkeley stop discriminating against people who want to speak on their campus or students

((pam)) kron 4's spencer blake spoke with berkeley's mayor... about how and whether things will be different in the future. (nats)you didn't have to be close to hear the commotion on saturday.and people around the world saw images of bloody protesters.berkeley police arrested 20 people, and 11 people got hurt."the people that were injured were people that came and willingly committed violence against each other. these weren't innocent people."monday, mayor jesse arreguin expressed appreciation for the quote 'excellent job' police did in responding to the violence.but we wanted to know why the brawls were allowed to happen at all."i was hit on the head with sticks.""i think the concern is, if police go in very aggressively, and very forcefully, then that could escalate things and incite further violence and pose a risk to officers and to the public."mayor arreguin recalled the protests that turned violent at u-c berkeley in february, when alt-right speaker milo yiannopoulos was scheduled to make an appearance.the city hadn't expected violence tha

u-c berkeley, and berkeley police say they )re >>> right now at 6:30 new and mixed messages regardingvisit by ann coulter uc berkeley and berkeley police say they're ready for her to show up on campus on thursday even though not invited. but now another announcement from the group organizing the visit. the young america perforating on the website a short time ago they're backing out as a expanser saying they can't be sure it's safe. minutes ago she tweeted she is still expected to be in berkeley. >>> this is the first time we've heard waiting to find out what plans are 6789 scott budman talked to berkeley police they say they're ready. >> reporter: we got a couple of stories coming out of kaylie campus. the police force say it's gathering up most students say they are ready to move past the controversy, lawsuits and all. a beautiful spring day on campus hides at least for now turmoil about the ongoing ann coulter drama. conservative author still says she plans to stick to her original plan and speak on campus some time thursday. uc berkeley officials cancelled the visit then suggested

we are not challenging the people of berkeley. all we want is a chance to say what we believe, support our president and then leave. >> reporter: ann coulter says she is very sad about this cancellation and is calling it a dark day for free speech in america. she says she believes she and the groups that support her could have won if they continued the fight. the berkeley college republicans are the ones who were planning on hosting ann coulter today on campus. they filed a lawsuit against uc administrators. they say they are being discriminated against. we'll hear more from them at 1:30 this afternoon. in berkeley, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> arkansas is scheduled to carry out another execution by lethal injection tonight. convicted murderer kenneth williams would be the fourth put to death in eight days. if he doesn't receive a last- minute stay. the state wanted to execute 8 inmates before the end of the month because one of its drugs is set to expire. executions for four of the eight are on hold because of court rulings. that com

uc berkeley has succeeded for now and silencing another conservative. ann coulter was supposed to give a speech on the campus tomorrow. simple, harmless, right? the home of free speech, berkeley. not to these left-wing anti-free-speech fascists. o the alt radical left loves toit claim they are so tolerant and inclusive. that is just a big mess andef live. maybe the biggest in america right now. in fact, the first amendment means nothing to these people. it's just a tack on a document that they care nothing about. shut down every single conservative voice in america by any means necessary. it's not serious. this is just one example in what we have been showing you this week, liberal fascists are carrying out a well orchestrated funded smear campaign to try to take down president trump and anybody and everybody that supports him and his policies. as i have explained, i have alsm become the target of these slanderous attacks and in my opinion, what happened last friday -- this was designed to be a killy shot. to ruin my career and shut me down, once and fo

but for now all is calm here on berkeley. berkeley not expecting to stay that way.berkeley, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> switching gears a bit. president trump's proposed tax plan is now out in the open and it's already facing some criticism. >> kpix 5's jessica flores has the details on a san francisco demonstration against the proposal. >> reporter: that's right. here this morning in san francisco, more than 30 groups will be protesting the president's tax plan at the federal building. the one page outline released yesterday is sparking comments. >> what the president proposed today is something that will increase the deficit by 5.5 trillion dollars. >> reporter: democrats claim the plan benefits the wealthy and corporations. the administration's single page outline says the plan would slash the corporate tax rate from 35 to 15%. it would cut rates for individuals and it would simplify the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from 7 to just 3. the administration says it will boost the economy and help close the budget gap. >> clearly, the administration and

reporting in berkeley lydia pantazes kron4 news. ((steve))major problems for bart in the east bay appear to be over.trains are now going to the pittsburg/bay point station.bart says there's some sort of problem with the tracks between north concord and pittsburg/bay point.since late this afternoon..shuttle trains were taking passengers between the two stations.bart now says shuttle service has stopped.they are now testing out regular trains áwith passengers..but they are not yet confident the problem has been solved.these aerials courtesy of our partnership with abc 7 news. (grant) now to growing tensions with north korea. the world is watching...won dering if that country's unpredictable young leader, kim jung un...test a nuclear weapon this weekend. there's widespread speculation things could ramp up tomorrow...it's actually already saturday there now...this is video of the holiday celebration going on. it's the most important day on their calendar...com memorating the birthday of the country's founder...kim jung un's grandfather.

andria borba is in berkeley tonight. >> this afternoon berkeley police officers released the names of 20 people who were arrested here on saturday. a lion's share were from the bay area but several were from southern california. the most infamous punch of the entire melee has gone viral. it was the punch heard around the internet. the defining moment of yet another violent clash at berkeley civic center park. when stanislaus state student and founder of white nationalist group identity europa telegraphed a punch in to the face of protester louis. >> part of my eye, i saw the fist coming at me and i didn't have any time to understand and process what was going on. i just put my arms up to push him away as much as i could. >> reporter: the reverse angle of the video shows just that. the so-called patriots day rally featuring speakers. louis made the drive to berkeley. >> our goal for going up there was to basically just be physical bodies present in the space to just show that there was opposition to the neo nazi rhetoric. >> reporter: berkeley pd separated the groups with flimsy orange

nearby to assist door how many officers berkeley police had out there tonight? >> reporter: they say they were full staff, 250 officers in communications with oakland police as well. i am not 100% clear if other agencies joined the protest. we only witnessed berkeley police out here in the streets and park. >> reporter: hopefully this will be one of the last violent protests that we see for a while. >>> protesters took to the streets in cities nationwide today to demand president trump release his tax returns. from los angeles to austin, texas to chicago and palm beach, florida, organizers say saturday's protest called the tax march was inspired by the women's march that took place the day after president trump was inaugurated. our fox news correspondent is in new york with details. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered across the nation for the tax march, a protest aimed at getting president trump to release his tax returns. the majority of tax protests have been peaceful. >> millions of thousands of americans are taking to the streets from sea to shining sea, in

in response college republicans gave uc berkeley until 5 p.m. today to move the event back to next thursday. cal says it's refusing to back down. the lawyer for the college republicans says holding the event with no classes on campus is a violation of constitutional rights. >> they jerk these students around. first they impose a number of restrictions and then when we agree to the restrictions, they said oopsy. it was like lucy with the football. there's very little good faith left here. i'm afraid the university is leaving me and my client with no choice but to seek relief in the courts from their illegal denial of the students' free speech rights. >> cal responded to the lawsuits minutes before 5 p.m. it says it has scrapped all plans for coulter to speak may 2nd since college republicans refused that offer. cal issued a statement to the lawyer for the college republicans partly saying, "the university's actions in this matter have been wholly consistent with its obligations under the constitution to protect the free speech rights of your clie

berkeley officials told u.c. berkeley college republicans and the young americas foundation that it could not accommodate coulter's visit next thursday after heightened security concerns following protests as recently as this past weekend. >> we could not find a venue that would allow us to offer safety and security to the speaker, to those who would attend the event, as well as those who might choose to lawfully protest her appearance. >> reporter: u.c. berkeley spokesperson said events are booked months in advance. >> i don't believe any of this would have happened if the campus had not found out about the invitation by reading about it in the newspaper. >> reporter: young americas foundation calls it an excuse. >> she will speak whether berkeley likes it or not. >> reporter: coulter tweeting, instructing berkeley student group to spare no expense in renting my speaking venue. part of my legal damages. they will announce where coulter will speak early next week. >> they said several locations we secured and mak

he is a fascist and berkeley did not welcome him. >> two weeks ago, berkeley erupted with anarchistst trump supporters. now the school once known as the birth place of the free speech movement is accused of shutting down just that. even getting heat from liberals berkeley used to be the aving cradle of free speech. now it is just the cradle for [ bleep ] babies. i feel like this is the liberal version of book burning. >> even senator bernie sanders is defending coulter's right to speak on campus. telling the huffington post. people have a right to give a speech without fear of violence and intimidation. berkeley says they did not cancel her appearance but offered her a date first week of may when they could better control public safety. coulter rejected the offer. countering there are no classes at berkeley may 2nd. all the people that should have been standing up for the first amendment here, ran away with their tails between their legs. >> reporter: this fight is far from over. right now, college republicans and conservative group are suing berkeley for unequal rules and unequal ac

uc berkeley police declined to comment saying this is an ongoing personnel matter. no arrest have been made and dispatcher and sergeant are still on duty. that doesn't sit well with berkeley cop watch founder andrea pritchett. >> that's trouble and smacks of the double standard that shouldn't be allowed if criminal conduct happened, i would like to think there's one standard for all people. >> reporter: i reached out to the acting sergeant and dispatcher but haven't heard back. this week by the way is dispatch appreciation week. in berkeley henry lee ktvu fox 2 news. >> ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 starts with a show of support for sanctuary cities. >> the loss of federal funding is not just an imbration issue. it's -- immigration issue it's a community issue. >> the event ahead of court arguments tomorrow on immigration policy. >> also ahead keeping teens out of trouble. by helping them find jobs. >> plus stopping tragedy before it starts new details on the suicide barrier project at the golden gate bridge. stay with us. ktvu fox news at 6:30 is next. >>> now to today's

if she comes back all eyes are going on on uc berkeley. >> uc berkeley says the sole reason it couldn't accommodate coulter is because credible security threats made finding a suitable venue impossible. the school is still preparing for potential disruptions tomorrow. abc news reporter laura anthony. >> staffing is going to be significantly different than wat we had for milo. >> reporter: this time officials at uc berkeley say they'll be ready, more proactive, should there be protests thursday after the cancellation of ann coulter's speech. >> you will see a high number and highly visible presence of law enforcement. i will also say this. tomorrow we're going to have a very, very low tolerance for any sort of violence. >> reporter: on february 1st a planned speech by milo yiannopoulos was canceled too but only after this violent protest began. we were on the ground at sprow plaza when an otherwise he peaceful demonstration took a violent turn minutes after a group of armed masked protesters marched in. that night uc police were mostly inside the student union and on a balcony overhead,

berkeley, california. 1:01 local time. this is a group of protesters as well as those who support donald trump with the case of tax reform and as well related to his taxes -- the tax returns themselves from donald trump. what we understand at the moment is that nine have been arrested related to some violence that has broken out there in downtown berkeley, california. it is a little quiet now. we had reports of tear gas being used. this being a the chopper cam we have above zooms into some of those who are on the ground.a t have above zooms into some of those who are on the ground. th have above zooms into some of those who are on the ground. man in the center in shirt and shorts in red, white and blue. and this is u.just one protest across the country related to what has been call tax marches. wanting the president of the united states to release his taxes which he has not done. the first president not to do so since richard nixon. and here is just a man that you can see of the tax marches that are happen

amy hollyfield is live in berkeley for us this morning. amy. >> reporter: it's quiet right now but twitter is already very active. one tweet this morning saying uc berkeley is now ground zero for the cultural war. we are at civic center park where ann coulter's representative are going to be today. they want her to be represented and they plan to be here today to speak out for her, and this is right across the street from the berkeley police department and officers say they are ready. cal police officers say they have a plan, telling us students will see more officers on campus today. they will be very visible, and surrounding departments have been put on standby, just in case they need more help. they say they will have a very low tolerance for violence on campus. and ann coulter supporters say they don't want the violent protesters to win, and right wing political commentators will be here. >> ann has sent over her speech to a few of us and we have not decided who will read it but ann's words will be spoken in the bay area, whether peopl

berkeley police came in with a strategy. they confiscated weapons and formed a line between trump supporters and anti-trump protestors. that worked for the first hour. shortly after, people jumped over the police line to fight each other. (screaming and yelling). >> reporter: this trump supporter was the first casual of the day with bloodstreaming out of his face. >> well, they wanted to hit me with brass knuckles on a blind side. hit my twice. once when i was getting up. it's sad. >> reporter: then more fights broke out in front of officers in civic center park. police made some arrests. but the police strategy stopped working after both trump supporters and anti-trump protestors left the park to fight on the street. officers were outnumbered. they had to watch the fights from a distance. the dualing rallies grew to a large crowd of roughly 1,000 to 1500 people. and there were fights all over the place. >> are you okay? >> i'll be okay. >> what happened? >> i got pepper sprayed and hit with a bunch of sticks. >> reporter: a

(philippe) continuing our coverage in berkeley...emonstrators who call themselves pro-trump showed up to martin luther king junior civic center park hoping for peace, but anticipating volence. one group setup a makeshift triage center... while others just carried first aid equipement just in case fights broke out. the berkeley police department stayed close to demonstrators the whole day... and, for the most part, people on both sides of the debate over whether or not conservative political commentator anne coulter should speak, remianed peaceful. in berkeley, philippe djegal, kron four news (pam)get ready for a nice stretch of warm weather...just in time for the weekend.(steve) meteorologist brittney shipp is back to tell us just how long this sunshine will stick around. ♪ hey, bud. you need some help? no, i'm good. come on, moe. i have to go. (vo) we always trusted our subaru impreza would be there for him someday. ok. that's it. (vo) we just didn't think someday would come so fast. see ya later, moe. (vo) introducing the all-new s

and new details of the protest in berkeley that turned so violent. police are looking for people involved in the fight between the supporters and the opponents of president trump. investigators say that they are going through the pictures and the video on social media trying to identify suspects. tom jensen is live. and going through the social media, and the face of one man punching a woman in the face has gotten the attention around the world. >> yes, i have looked at the news source london to lebanon and this video is blowing up. going to the video that is viral already on the internet, and from yesterday, and people are po posted this on twitter and shared tens of thousands of times from twitter and you can see the man on the right of the screen who is coming in to punch this woman who is pretty small and punches her in the face, and at one point, he delivered a knee to her when she went down, and you can see her distraught afterwards and he runs back into the crowd where he came from out of the right side of the screen. berkeley police last repo

mayor of berkeley. we will see what happens by friday. maybe we will be explaining what went right or what went wrong. >>> now we will take a look outside. where everything seems to be going right. >> if you like sunshine and mild temperatures, we have them for you. starting in the low 50s for pretty much everyone at this hour. 54, livermore. san jose, 57. santa rosa, 53. the satellite showing why the weather is so nice. this is high-pressure holding steady over the pacific. as this access moves inland, we will see temperatures warm. a shift in the overall flow. a more northerly flow by the middle of the week will get temperatures into the low 90s for the warmest spots inland. a beautiful week. had for some inland. temperatures in the low 90s. today, above average. low 70s around the bay. mid-70s for san francisco and oakland. all of the forecasted temperatures today are above average for this time of year. we will take a look at what it will feel like in your neck of the woods. low 80s for many spots in the south bay. cupertino and campb