so, bernard? >> i'm so sorry we don't have time to get into this. >> we could have them bring dinner in and hang out for a while. >> because it's important for people to understand the total context, post renaissance thinking. that's what martin luther king was, a post-renaissance thinker, you look at the whole if you want to look at any particular part and understand it, you have to look at it in a broader context. so, as we look at events that are happening today, we must put that into historical context. for example, history repeats itself. you've heard that. he talked about it in the reconstruction period, okay? now, the question is whether we go backwards or do we go back? okay? backwards means that you take away everything that you have gained. back in terms of history means that you pick up many of the things that you thought you had gained. and that's why we see racism has raised its ugly head, because it did not go away. it went to the side, okay? didn't go out. it simply went to the side

[laughter] >> bernard, let me start with you. i want to go back a little bit and get some root stories from both of you before we move into the rest of our conversation. and taking us back to 1960, to nashville, to you being part of the american baptist college, and what happened there with the sit-ins and what brought you into the freedom rides, give a sense of history for our audience. >> i'll say that -- yes, let me first of all say it's an honor to be here and be able to share this platform and also the audience that's here. and i would like to also introduce my wife, kate lafayette from tuskegee, alabama. [applause] >> 49 years married. dr. lafayette: yes. well, november will be 49 years. [applause] dr. lafayette: the secret to long life is to do what your wife tells you to do. [laughter] >> amen. dr. lafayette: that's if you want to live long enough. [laughter] dr. lafayette: going back to 1960, i was a student at the american baptist college. it was such a strange coincidence that we all ended up in nashville at the same t

bernard lafayette. founders and the leaders of student nonviolence and coordinating committees national citizens. he was a creative freedom rider. associate and protege of dr. martin luther king. appointed him the coordinator for the poor people's campaign. please join me in welcoming our next panel. [applause] >> good afternoon. audience: good afternoon. >> it is a pleasure to be here today. i thought what we would do today is take a journey to the past. but bring us up to this moment. because i think that part of what's important to me, is as we get older, those of us who are getting older. as elders, is to think about what happened in the 1960's, but where we are now. what does that reflection mean to us now? where is the society in relation to where we were, since we just heard that the war on poverty is no longer necessary. sorry. [laughter] >> i want to go back to a little bit. get some root stories from both of you before we move into the rest of our conversation. and taking us back to 1960, to n

bernard lafayette. on the people behind the campaign and how it started. this is an hour. >> so for our second panel, the architects of the poor people's campaign, it's my pleasure to welcome a dear friend and inspiration, mr. marc steiner. after winning a peabody award and raising the consciousness of audiences for more than 24 years as a talk show host, marc has become one of the most widely recognized and influential media figures in the maryland/d.c. area. he has hosted shows for public radio stations such as wjhu at johns hopkins, wpr, maryland's public radio and at morgan state university. he's the president and ceo of his own production company the center for emerging media. which won the peabody award for the series just words. and marc will be joined by peter edelman the car mack waterhouse professor of law at georgetown where he teaches constitutional and poverty law and directs the georgetown center on poverty and inequality. mr. edelman was also a legislative aide for senator robert kennedy

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live along the embarcadero with details. >> three monthsgo electric scooters were banished from city streets. many called them a menace. now two scooter companies, skip and scoot have made the cut, and they say they are committed to safety. the whirling sound of electric scooters will soon be heard again on san francisco city streets. skip is one of two city startups awarded permits to operate. >> we're excited to learn how this is going to serve not just the riders of san francisco but a system that doesn't see the same kind of backlash we saw earlier. >> and what a backlash it was. some wound up tossed into trees after they seemed to appear overnight. they were driven on sidewalks, parked there, too, creating a hazard. two renegade scooter riders even wound up on the bay bridge. the city was forced to confiscate them, ordering a safety review. now there are new rules. >> they're allowed on the bike lanes, not on sidewalks. >> reporter: two scooter companies rose to the top out of more than a dozen which apply. but line scooter was >> safe

let's go to live to cornell bernard on the scene. cornell? >> dan, am marks very serious situation unfolding here in paradise valley in the city of fairfield where a wildland fire is definitely threatening homes at this hour. mandatory evacuations under way here on couples circle. fairfield and vacaville police just moments ago going door to door, telling people to get out, don't waste any time, get out of your house now. flames just getting too close. we've got some aerials of that fire. it's burning on a hillside just east of downtown fairfield. the fire was burning in open space up until about 30 minutes ago. but then started to make its way in a westbound direction close to homes. flames where we are only about 200 yards from structures. now let's come back live here. cal fire now making its appearance here on scene. we have seen one air drop of flame retardant being dropped on this hillside. we are literally again just 200 yards from cobble circle here in the development in the paradise valley area of fairfield. we're told a nursing home

cornell bernard abc 7 news. >>> now to the latest on that wildfire. it is 41% contained after burning for nearly two weeks. that fire has consumed 1080 buildings in total. we learned this weekend that a flat tire on a trailer caused the fire when its rim scraped the asphalt. more evacuations near the mendocino complex fires. they've erupted in size burning a combined total of 398 square miles. the forest fire says it's active around the eastern side of clear like. they're creating fire lines and buffers around the communities. flames destroyed 68 homes and 62 other buildings. >>> many landmarks at yosemite national park will be closed indefinitely because of the ferguson fire. it's burned its way to the western edge of the park and the valley has been evacuated. one person who lives there, captured this scene as he evacuated. >> you have the pink on one side, the fire on the right and your goal is to keep cruising. >> it's charred 134 square34 sqe and is 35% contained. also closed due to the fire is camp mather. it's expected to remain closed for anot

cornell bernard abc 7 news. >>> another driver faces a murder charge. maury butler is accused of driving into a man after he got out of his car after being involved in a two-car collision. a 19-year-old was hit and killed. chp says this is butler's fourth dui and he was driving on a suspended license. >>> white nationalists gather for the unite the night rally two in washington d.c. and police pulled out all the stops to stop the violence. both groups were just a mile from the white house. have more. >> reporter: today for a second year in a row far right demonstrators gathered for the unite the right rally, across from the white house. but the turnout was low. last year demonstrators, including white nationalists and neo-nazis clashed violently with counter protesters in charlottesville, virginia. a car mowed down counter protesters and killed 32-year-old heather heyer. police didn't want a repeat. security was tight in charlottesville, virginia and in d.c. this time around, outnumbered bycounter protesters. >> we have hundreds of people mobilized. i d

cornell bernard is live in san rafael with the details. how's the victim doing? >> ray: eric, police say good news. they say that man will recover. authorities just now got a search warrant for this home here on 5th avenue. the shooting happened just outside the home. they're now looking for evidence. >> i feel asleep around midnight. i was woken to an apartment between two men screaming really loud. >> she thought the fight was unusual in her quiet neighborhood. but hours later at 3:00 a.m., the fight escalated. >> a woman in particular, with terrifying yells, just bloodcurdling. i hear two -- it sounded like gun shots. and then everything was quite. >> investigators say a 20-year-old man was shot after a fight broke out in the street near this home. but the victim vanished before officers arrived. >> we got a phone call from santa memorial hospital where a victim showed up with a nonthreatening gun shot wound. >> neighbors they there was a party at this house. >> there was a party when we walked by. >> one man visiting from washington state was arrested. >> the

in walnut correct, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> so sad. >>> oakland police identified an officer in critical condition tonight after crashing near port of oakland yesterday. jordan win gate is a patrol officer who graduated from the department's police academy last year. while responding to a call of a suspicious person it, he collided with another car and careened into a semi truck. he was trapped inside and had to be extricateded. >>> tonight people in glean county have been forced out of their homes because of the min doe chino complex fires. the lasher of the fires copies to push northeast. the sheriff issued tonight a large section evident forest was also closed off. areas east of the forest are under an evacuation advisory. >>> today, tourists were allowed back flow yosemite valley closed for nearly three weeks because itng nn from the ferguson fire. extension of highway 140. officials hope to have it fully contained tomorrow. it's unclear if they'll meet the goal. >>> the fbi is warning of a potential atm bank heist that could steal millions of dollars all over the world. aut

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberfu corporating is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios lincoln center in new york, odari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: vening and thank you for joining us. senator john mccain, the influential izona republican senator and two-time presidential candidate died yesterday at his home near dona arizona. he was 81 and had an aggressive brain cancer for the past year. crowds lined the route as the hearse bearing his body traveled from his ranch to a phoenix funeral home last night. in washington, d.c. flags were twered to half staff. an

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> new details on the unsolved deadly shooting on the bay bridge. chp says it has new video evidence and released this photo showing the suspect's vehicle. you see it on the left-hand side of your screen. witnesses say it's a kia sportage. august 6th, darnl stinnett junior was shot and killed on the eastbound span just before the tunnel. two people with him were injured. >> a car slammed into the back of a fire truck in san jose injuring about two people to on southbound highway 101 near coyote creek. firings were responding to an accident when a black tes las rear ended o trucks. the two pasnginhe tesla were taken to the hospital. investigators are looking into whether the tesla's autopilot feature was on at the time. >> developing news now in hawaii it, lane has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm but still dumping a lot of rain. this nasa image shows the then hurricane lane weakening here hawaii. this is what it looked like a few hours ago in waikiki. not exactly an idea counsel beach day. you can see the high surf and palm trees

." >> pbs newshour weekend is ma possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelo the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided sty mutual of america-- designing ized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirementdiompany. onal support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by ntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. from the tisch wnet studios att lincoln in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. pope francis visited ireland today, the first papal visit to untry in almost 40 years he marked his first visit by acknowledging that church authorities failed in responding to rampant child abuse worldwide. >> the failure of bishops, >> ( translated ): the failure of bisps, religious superiors, priests and others, to adequately address these repugnant

pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. su ie and edgar wachenhe. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. va los. .the j.p.b. foundation.walt barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided ca by mutual of ame designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company.di onal support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the ti ssch wndios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. they called it unit the right 2 but in washington d.c. today it s the counterprotestors and signs that read hate is not welcome here, who far outnumbered the white supremacists and so-called alt-right groups. starting this morning a rsalition of counterprotest he held rallies. >> at a metro station outside washington d.c. police escorted small groups of attendees for what they call a white civil rights rally. the rally'

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> of course we're keeping tax on all of this. we have posted this image to our facebook beige. you will find the tribute for officer kirk griess. >> not far from the keep, crews quickly knocked down this small grass fire off westbound i-80 near red top road. it happened 3:45 today. the red top road on-ramp was closed for a short time. no one was hurt. as you see, they made fairly quick work of it. >>> devastating wildfires all over the state. crews are making headway on the massive mendocino complex. te ranch fire burned over 250,000 acres and containment is now at 53%. the river fire seems to be holding steady at nearly 49,000 acres. containment is now at 90%. there are still several evacuation orders in effect. you can find them on abc7news.com. cal fire expects to have the fires fully caped by september 1st. so several more weeks to go. >>> it has been a constant problem lead to go spare the air days. it was a little better out there today. this is a view from our camera in the east bay hills looking out over the bay. >> abc 7

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made bernard and irene schwartz.ed sue anr wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein fa rly. dr. vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zucrberg. corporate funding is provided by mutuaof america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been proved by: and by the corporation for tiublic broadcasting, and by contris to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sfrom the tisch wneios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. >> thompson: gooing and thank you for joining us. this morning, president donald trump shed new light on a 2016 meeting that is part of the ongoing investigation over russian interference in the presidential election. the meeting during the campaign involved the president's son-- don junior-- and a lawyer with ties to the kremlin, who allegedly offered to provide daming information on hillary clinton, a claim that the president previously disputed. tweeting from his new je

live in oakland, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you.bc 7 news was also in san jose where hundreds of people enjoyed national night out at emma prusch farm park. the captain believes an evening of family fun can build year round trust between the citizens and the officers who serve them. >> our job is to go out in the community and be one with the community and work with them closely to help them solve crimes, to help them help themselves in their own neighborhood. getting neighbors to meet neighbors they've maybe never met before. >> while younger kids enjoyed getting their faces kidse til e a zip-line. >>> well, the dmv is taking new steps to reduce wait times that can sometimes take up to eight hours. abc 7 news was at the san jose driver's license processing center today where one of the new options is available. take a look. it's an automated kiosk to help customers check in. the dmv is also bringing in more employee, opening some offices earlier and working on a text notification program to alert waiting customers. people in san jo

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual d group retement products. that's why we're you c retiremepany. additional support has beey: provided and by theorporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lk e you. thu. ud from the tisch wnet sts at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank u for joining us. in charlottesville, virginia today, on the weekend of the one year anniversary of the "unite the right" rally, there was a heavy police presence, and streets were blocked off as part of are-emptive state of emergency. a year ago, white supremacists and other so-called "alt right"a groupsed with counter- protesters. the events turned deadly when two state troopers were killed in a hel

. >> pbs n spossible by: is made bernard and irene schwartz. tethe cheryl and philip mi family. sue and edgar wachene im iii. eryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support haseen provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thk you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, and thank you for e ining us. thre polite handshakes but also harsh words today as u.s. and north korean officials ntinued to discuss denuclearization and economic sanctions. at an asian security summit in singapore, u.s. secmitary of state pompeo met north korea's foreign minister, ri yong ho, in what pompeo called"" quick, polite exchange." the u.s. delegation also han the foreign minister a letter from

four people that since the end of may the damage has been described as the worst in almost a century bernard smith has the latest. underage of soldiers have been sent to caroline to lead the rescue effort. thousands of people are stranded across the southern indian state at least two hundred twenty thousand people have sought refuge in relief camps. hundreds of homes have been swallowed by floodwater. north and central carol have been worst hit by the floods but the entire state is on red alert as heavy rain is predicted for several days in. inundating. as. we have deployed our forces over there in seven districts. the government says ten thousand kilometers of perilous roads have been destroyed. the international airport is flooded and have been temporarily closed. monsoon rains are a fact of life in india but these are the heaviest since one hundred twenty four millions of dollars worth of crops have been washed away. indian prime minister narendra modi says he's praying for the safety and well being of the people of color bernard smith al-jazeera. speak to donna rajan draw on who's the ed

his barca team mate andre gomes who's a midfielder as well as former shakhtar donetsk winger bernard.ay deals on the bbc sport website. there were five first leg matches in europa league third qualifying round involving british teams tonight. burnley‘s game at istanbul basaksehir finished goalless, as it did between hibs and 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s molde. rangers will take a 3—1 lead to slovenia next week as they saw off nk maribor and welsh side new saints were beaten 2—0 at home by danish champions fc midtjylland. play got under way in the 100th us pga championship at bellerive country club in missouri this afternoon. american justin thomas is defending the title he won at quail hollow last year. the last man to succesfully defend the us pga is one of his playing partners today — a certain tiger woods back in 2007. his other playing partner, northern ireland's rory mcilroy had a disappointing start, and finished on level par. thomas made a very good start to his defence with three birdies in his first six holes and finished one under. he's 4 shots off the lead of fellow american rick

we reduce the animals food in the comforts he says bernard is just trying to get back on its feet but it's hard when you've got reminders of the own going on rest but the town hall badly gutted by fire and when locals themselves still aren't sure if it's safe to go out tonight. the government's been accused of white washing the crisis this way. bringing out a video called mick and i will always beautiful while protests continue to rumble through the streets they say they have to do something instead of staying with our hands down message is that we're here we're working we're working with whosoever wants to work to develop this sector and to regain that they not mizzen that this sector have had ordered the last eleven years that can't come soon enough to run a hotel and the more than twenty staff members he's had to lay off for you know him among them daisy who's struggling to provide for his sick parents so i made my ms i see that the needs are the same but now the money is in there we have to playtest food medicine and basic bills so it's not going to stop and i'm struggling with it

live broadcast when he was interrupted by the boom off rockets i thought it was behind the attack bernard smith has this report. afghanistan's president might have been hoping for a quiet start to the holiday but as i'm sure afghani reviewed his troops and officials gathered for they were all reminded that there are fewer and fewer peaceful days here. that was the sound of one of two rockets fired towards the presidential palace. if they think that with rocket attacks this nation will surrender they have to think again this is a brave nation is always ready to defend its independence and islamic tradition. eyesores says its fighters were behind the attack group's numbers are growing in afghanistan although it's the taliban that remains the greatest threat. that was made clear in a recent attack on the nearby city of gas that exposed the government's fragile grip on security thousands of taliban fighters stormed the city cutting communications and access to the highway to kabul at least one hundred fifty soldiers and more than one hundred civilians were killed in the five day battle to reg

bernard lafayette and the students in nashville decided they were going to pick up the torch. they knew they could die. they could be hurt. they did it. they took the freedom ride over and move it ahead. that is something that people that have been through it are modest to talk about it putting their lives on the line which is what you did and a lot of people did. i think it is important to put that in context. [ applause ] you are talking before and you were in law school when this was going on. i never asked you this question. before we get to bobby kennedy, what about where you were in 1960? you are watching the news .>> just that. i really didn't get deeply involved in all of these things until i went to work for robert kennedy in 1964. i was finishing law school. i was certainly cheering on and understanding the carriage -- courage of what bedard and others did. i was on the way to being a lawyer and i worked for a couple of judges. a place that comes together because i ended up working in the justice department in the fall of 1963. i was in the civil division. i did some

when an afghan helicopter gunship targeted the house where the rockets were apparently fired from bernard smith al jazeera taiwan says it will not bow to pressure from china or after yet another countries cut diplomatic ties president saying when criticized el salvador's decision to establish relations with beijing instead is the third nation to do so this year china's been pressuring countries and companies to recognize taiwan as part of its territory. he ended the war which is the today's china is not only a menace to cross straight relations what china is doing right now all over the world no matter if it's interfering in the end if it is of countries or destroying the order of international markets it has already caused a high degree of global instability and we need to remind the international community that this is not only related to taiwan that we will not tolerate the serious situation in a more me and miles later on sung through trees as it's up to bangladesh to repack more than seven hundred thousand ranger refugees during a lecture in singapore she said me and ma has been read

. >> cornell bernard talked to people at the game. >> terrifying. >> karen was working concession at armijo high school before the football game when chaos unfolded. >> running into the concession stand, school on lockdown, g gunfire. >> karen's son on the field. the pops were gunfire from washington street and bell avenue. police called it a gun balt. >> multiple shooters, appeared that groups were shooting at each other. >> sky map 7 shows how close it was to the high school. one bullet ripping through the radiator of this minivan, 16-year-old killed, 18-year-old wounded. football stadium evacuated. hundreds of spectators told to take shelter in the gym. police say the same place one of the suspects ran and hid, blending in with the crowd. >> scared to death for my son. didn't know where he was, he was in the gym and heard one of the gunmen might be in the gym. to think your child in there, never think will happen to you. >> jv team took cover in the lockerm. ciseack fhehoes had to abandon friday. >> said the dude might be the gym, didn't know where he was at. >> that suspect was a

when an afghan helicopter gunship targeted the house where the rockets were apparently fired from bernard smith al-jazeera english speaking now to joy walsh who's a senior analyst on afghanistan from the united states institute of peace mr walsh yesterday the taliban strike today i saw a strike it's a it's a difficult challenge dealing with the security situation in afghanistan right now . that's absolutely right and i think some of the especially horrible events of the last recent days gaza in particular show how important efforts at a peace process really are because while these incidents are capable of causing enormous human suffering they don't fundamentally move the needle in the conflict which has been essentially stalemated for a long time and we're at a situation where no side is really capable of winning any time soon which is why some kind of political dialogue to deescalate this war alternately ending the peace process is so important tell us about the challenges that these two foes present talk about and clearly the more challenging situation but with god's will there as well

when an afghan helicopter gunship targeted the house where the rockets were apparently fired from bernard smith al jazeera. iran's unveiled a new fighter jet his tensions with the u.s. continue to increase president hassan rouhani got a firsthand look at the cockpit of the aircraft which will be produced domestically but romney says iran will keep boosting its military because that's what's stopping the u.s. from attacking the u.s. that was placed new sanctions on tehran and president trump says that those sanctions which are the only way to keep iran from developing its nuclear program the impact of those sanctions though is being felt throughout iran the unemployment rate is that twelve percent that means three million people can't find any work and many of those who do have jobs are struggling to cope with the rising living costs the same bus arriving with more from town. the busy birds of a factory floor where business suits and boardrooms are left behind for overalls and dangerous work mirabeau makes industrial scale water valves and employs hundreds of people around the country and

wires oney found bernard's bench. that led to some speculation that he was being wiretapped. other people thought it was part of the anti-gay thing to collect evidence. >> apparently, cash was paid off during watergate -- >> oh. shew. the next book, next edition -- >> you sure you weren't paid off to not put that in there? [laughter] >> i wish i had known that. it would have been front and center. something,lse has just don't tell me. i spent 36 years. [laughter] >> forward to this book is written by john kelly, the great washington post local columnist, central columnist. he has a thing about squirrels. he spends a lot of time in the forward to the book talking about squirrels in the park. it is fabulous. it is worth buying the book alone just to read john kelly's forward to it. questions.have more once, i went on a really bad date and the guy told me there were bodies buried in lafayette square. is that true? >> i hope not. [laughter] >> were there bodies buried? before it was a square, it was an orchard -- i don't know whether there had ever been a graveyard there. >> mayb

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> a three alarm grass fire broke out near alhambra avenue. contra costa fire was able to contained fire to 30 acres around 8:30, but the freeway was shut down around 9:30. firefighters immediately began structure protection and the fire was burning near a neighborhood and the historic john muir house and no one was hurt and no homes were damaged. >> we sent out a push alert and you can get updates by installing the abc news app. it works on both apple and android devices. >>> contra costa county health officials are investigating a rat and cockroach infestation at sun valley mall. six restaurants were shut down and the businesses are back open and they're facing an administrative hearing with the health department and the district attorney. katie udas has the details. >> last week, a different scene. >> last week there was actually yellow caution tape all around this whole entire area. >> jcpenney employee had no idea why. we had no knowledge of a rat infestation. >> contra costa county, had rat and cockroach infest vaigz. >> this is very unu

when an afghan helicopter gunship targeted the house where the rockets were apparently fired from bernard smith al jazeera. the world's biggest software company microsoft says russian hackers launched cyber attacks on the u.s. senate and political parties the firm says it stopped fake web sites that were set up to steal logon information from visitors to think tanks the hudson institute and the enter national republican institute have their websites copied microsoft says it's part of a russian plot to influence november midterm elections deny the allegations and is accuse microsoft of taking part in what it calls a witch hunt chairman thomas who joins us live now from washington d.c. . they are using the word witch hunt which coincidentally is also what donald trump often tweets when he talks about the russian mr case and what else do we know about what microsoft is saying. right well actually there i mean we do have to remember that since these allegations have surfaced over the last over the last year a lot of technology companies technology experts or something sprung up and it's a ver

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nbc news reporter cornell bernard has more. >> a wall of flames raced down a home in fairfield. firefighters made a stand confronting the fire before hancock drive. >> i did everything all i could do. >> the homeowner got his family to safety when mandatory evacuation orders came out. >> everybody is out and everybody is gone. we're not too far from us here. >> tell me why? >> this is my house. this is where i'm going to raise my kids. this is their future. >> others didn't stay. they packed their cars and took off. one rancher moving his cattle to a safer location as flames marched down the hill. our cameras captured the fire moments after they started off interstate 80 and within minutes it was headed toward homes in paradise valley. police telling neighbors to go. >> they were told to get out. >> bulldozers cut fire lines and firefighters protected homes from flames. >> they told us we had to evacuate. it is an experience. this is our retirement home. >>> fairfield high school became an evacuation shelter, residents making the best of a scary time. >> we were sitting to have

called it the world's worst humanitarian crisis bernard smith i'll just. well it's not the first time coalition airstrikes have led to a large number of civilian deaths earlier this month raids in the port city of data left fifty five people died in november last year a strike on a busy market killed twenty nine people in souther province and in twenty fifteen a missile hit a wedding party in the. port of. more than one hundred thirty people were killed the un has criticized the coalition occurred pain for bombing indiscriminately and urged them to do more to prevent civilian deaths the outgoing director of the international committee of the red cross robert martini has just tweeted his reaction to the attack and he says it's high time for these relaxing tragedies to stop in yemen one should allow no one should allow putting children in harm's way and making them pay such an unacceptable price christine bakaly is the yemen researcher for human rights watch joins me now from beirut via skype very good to have you with us on the program your initial reaction

in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> to make sure you're prepared tore changes at the newter, download the abc 7 news app. we'll send out push alerts if there are any problems and you can look up information on where to find your bus and what else is open at the center. >>> janet jackson will headline the lands music festival in san francisco. it's a three day event that has been a major hit with popular music groups like florence and the machine. ♪ abc 7 news was at golden gate park where 200,000 people took part in the 11th annual vent offering eight stages of simultaneous live music from different genres. >> everybody is just out here to have a good time. enjoy a p i life. you know, it's not politics or anything like. that just come out and have a good time. and listen to good music. >> janet jackson posted on twitter she is ready for san francisco. six area schools have opened their parking lots for concert goers to park and money raised by outside lands will go to supporting programs in san francisco schools. >>> another big event this weekend, the meteor shower. this

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has a look. >> reporter: police turned some people away, limitingc open house after a huge crowd showed up. the doors opened at 11:00 a.m. and by noon this was what we saw. a sea of curious spectators wanting to get their first look at the new center. >> it connects sf to the bay, i can tell there's a lot of investment. this is a big deal. i'm impressed. >> reporter: the $2.26 billion transit center is impressive. four levels above ground connecting commuters with the bay area. a commute game changer for lisa how land. >> i don't live super close to bart in oakland. there's a lot of transbay buses that go closer to my house so i'll choose to use that now. >> reporter: so this is going to work for you? >> yeah. >> reporter: folks are grabbing pictures on the center's cable stay bridge which will allow transit buses to fly over downtown's notorious traffic snarls. >> you go across six busy streets of traffic during congested hours and they never touch a city street if they come if the east bay on city transit. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the crown jewel might be

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story. >> there are no limits to what you can achieve. >>eporter: kofi annan was one of the world's most celebrated diplomats. in 2001, he was awarded the nobel peace prize for his work in revamping the u.n. organization. >> because of his belief in my dream it gave me the confidence to take that footstep after footstep. >> reporter: heidi kuhn said it was his support safely removing the land mines replacing the earth with thriving vineyards and orchards. >> i'm sitting they're in -- here in the armored vehicle who has body armor on. >> reporter: and the humanitarian work was profiled supported by the u.n. >> so today i thank you, kofi annan. and the millions and millions of farmers who are benefiting by turning mines to vines. he's a very special man. >> reporter: the pin that she wears was a gift from kofi annan. >> he presented it and said thank you for listening to the earth. >> the world is changing and changing very fast. >> reporter: just has may, he made one of the last public appearances in the bay area as a guest speaker at stanfor

que hace, fue arrestado el 17 de agosto pasado, en un rancho, el departamento del alguacil de san bernardote de la ciudad de los Ángeles >>la arquidiócesis entregó un comentario en que no tienen un antecedente y reportes de conducta inadecuada, no cumplieron con las políticas necesarias para entrar con jóvenes y con niños. >> las autoridades de la arquidiócesis están cooperando con la investigación >>así fue como las autoridades arrestaron a ocho hombres entre 40 y 80 años, uno de los detenidos dijo ser uno de los pastores de la iglesia en el momento del arresto, esto es el momento y en el estado de florida mientras cometió un acto lascivo que recibieron varias quejas de los residentes, amigos y familiares se prepara para darle el último adiós con múltiples salidas murió tí cono ayer, sin embargo la división de la investigación criminal no señalo el sospechoso de asesinarla dijo que no podía creer lo que había pasado enfrenta cargos de asesinato en primer grado, después de ser encontrado culpable sería condenado a cadena perpetua. >> ha sido trasladado de cárcel a personas que han sido tr

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of the 19 bernard from chicago. >> caller: good morning. i want to point out, i have been in the va system since 1995 and what i don't understand is why can't somebody walk into a hospital and find out why the care is so excellent? i have been in five different clinics, different ones at different times and it is amazing how they seem to have the answer before you even ask. excellent care. >> host: thank you. >> guest: this has been brought up on capitol hill. why can't the va -- >> washington journal is live everyday at 7:00 on c-span. previous "washington journal" programs available on c-span.org. we are leaving the last few minute of the segment as the senate is coming back into session after a 12 day work period. they will recess at some point this afternoon, returning it to:15 for debate on the nomination of martin bottle bound to be a judge on the court of appeals to limit debate it 5:30 eastern. then we begin work on an $857 billion spending package that would combine the largest annual appropriations bills including defense and labo

live in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> cornell, thank you so much. the abc 7 news app has much more on the jacksonville, florida shooting, including reaction from survivors. download the app and be sure to enable push alerts because we'll be sending out breaking news updates on this story as they happen. >>> we have new developments on the killing of nearly a dozen cows in santa clara county. deputies arrested this man, 54-year-old mark belomini of fremont. he faces charges of animal abuse, illegal cattle driving and brandishing a weapon. at least nine cows were found dead, some in shallow graves in hollister this june. investigators believe a dispute over grazing rights might have triggered the killing. >>> developments in the ghost hip fire case. today the attorney for the defendant almena filed motion to set aside the recent rejection of a plea agreement in that case. judge james cramer rejected the deal that almena and max harris had reached with prosecutors claiming almena hadn't expressed sufficient remorse. the two agreed to plead no contest t

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cornell bernard has a look. >> police turned some people away, limiting access to the new sales force transit center public open house. after huge crowds showed up. this was what we saw. a sea of curious spectators wanting to get their first look at the new center. >> it connects sf to the bay. i can tell there is a lot of investment. this is a big deal. >> reporter: the $2.26 billion transit center is impressive, one million square feet, four levels above ground connecting commuters with a bay area. a commute game changer for lisa. >> i don't live super close to bart. so there are a lot of bus that's go closer to my house. i'll choose to use that now. >> so this is going to work for you? >> yeah. >> reporter: folks were grabbing pictures on the center's cable bridge which will allow transit buses to fly over the snarls. >> they're going to go over the traffic during congested hours and they'll never touch the street. >> reporter: the five acre roof top park is a place to hang out and take in skyline views of the city. >> talking about letting the sunshine in, the coolest feature is t

. >> abc 7 newsreportercornell bernard joins us with details of the arrest in the case. cornell? . >> dion, eric, moments ago they have arrested a man from near the rokhman area in the deaths of officer kirk griess and another motorist last friday. we have learned his name is 36-year-old shawn matthew walker from rocklan. he ishaedwooufts gross vehicular manslaughter in the death of officer greiss and motorist jaime manuel of vallejo. the chp says walker was speeding down interstate 80 and talking on his phone moments before that crash happened. here's what the chp had to say moments ago. >> we want the message to be sent that your actions have consequences, that answering a phone or sending or answering a text can result in the tragic consequences that we witnessed this last week, and that lives can be inatablely changed because of those actions. we want to encourage people to be safe, to drive safe, and to consider that there are other people on the roadways, and to drive safely for them. >> chp says this has been a life change event for all of the staff here in the solano area

in sonoma, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> berkeley police are bracing for protests and counterprotestsay. they've banned weapons at civic center and aloeny parks in an effort to prevent violence. you're looking at when patriot pray mch in berkeley yesterday. officers arrested more than a dozen people when clashes broke out. the so-called no marxism in america 2 is expected to happen at civic center park counterprotest counterprotests are also expected. >>> venezuela's president dodged an apparent assassination attempt. droned armed with explosives detonated while nicolas maduro was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this all played out on live tv. the blast injured several people, but maduro escaped unharmed. he blames far-right factions and also the president of venezuela's neighbor, colombia. >>> president trump returns to new jersey for vacation today. yesterday, he campaigned in ohio, admits some controversy. he slammed lebron james on twitter, of course, arguably the state's favorite native. and this morning, melania trump is responding.

in fairfield, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> all right, thanks, cornell. and now to the mendocino complex fire which has burned more than 325,00067% and cal fire expects full containment by september 1st. the fire has now destroyed 119 homes. two firefighters have been injured and some mandatory evacuations do remain in place. the fire started two weeks ago and is now the largest wildfire in california history. >>> now to a tragedy that claimed two lives including that of a chp officer. 46-year-old officer kurt griess was killed during a traffic stop on interstate 80 in fairfield yesterday. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has it. >> motorcycles led the van carrying the body of a fallen chp officer from the hospital to the solano county coroner's office. curbing griess, a former marine spent 19 years with the highway patrol and 16 working out of the fairfield office. today is a tough day. it's a tough day for the frantic calls about an accident on the shoulder of interstate 80 at manuel campos parkway. wnd passerby, a motorcycle involved, possibly a chp motor