>>let's go to the east bay now russ culture honoring the life of brianna taylor has been destroyed in oakland that bust was installed downtown just 2 weeks ago, and it appears that unknown vandals just broken apart kron four's dan thorn talked with the man who created and has more on but he says he's now trying to do. >>to put it back together. >>well this is definitely been upsetting and disappointing for not only the sculptor, but also people who are advocates for the black lives matter movement. this bust was designed to be against injustice and now this sculptor has left having to rebuild it. >>chunks of ceramic chipped away from a bust of brianna taylor the sculpture in the middle of downtown oakland found hacked to pieces just days after christmas. i think it was a an active of racist aggression sculptor leo carson put together this piece to honor the black lives matter movement. the bust serves as a tribute to taylor who was shot and killed by police in louisville kentucky during a botched raid earlier this year. after months of carving and shaping carson's artwork was installe

. >>> oakland police are still searching for the person who vandalized a sculpture of brianna taylordowntown oakland area. the artwork was smashed over the weekend, just two weeks after it was first installed. the 26-year-old african- american woman was shot and killed by police in louisville, kentucky, in march, sparking protests across the country. the artist said it was his way of paying tribute to brianna taylor. >> i've been out in the sheets a lot protesting and organizing and seeing all of the art, and the -- it makes you feel more powerful. so i just want to add my destroys that course. >> police still don't know who damaged the art work or the motive behind to the vandalism, but the fund-raiser set up yesterday has already raised more than $8,000, and the artist said he is blown away by that support. >>> all righty. turned out to be a pretty nice day today. we had the showers last night. very light. some areas got a ticket tenth of an inch of rain. this system came in south of the bay area, and the strongest dynamics hammering the central coast down to san bernardino, down t

and a very a statue honoring the life of brianna taylor is now missing just days after it was vandalized in downtown oakland. we'll hear from the statues artists after these terrible crimes occurred in. what will happen. they're now instead. thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 8 everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis much needed and long overdue help. >>for millions of americans could be arriving tonight. us treasury secretary steven mnuchin says $600 deposits could be hitting qualified americans bank tonight. mnuchin says that the direct deposits will continue over the coming days and paper checks will be delivered starting on wednesday, just like the previous payment, individuals making $75,000 a year or last will receive the maximum amount with the payments gradually decreasing for incomes up to $99,000 meanwhile president trump and congressional democrats have been pushing for bigger covid relief checks. $2000 instead of $600 but that effort stalled in the senate today with republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocking an immediate vote. he's now suggest

>>chunks of ceramic chipped away from a bust of brianna taylor the sculpture in the middle of downtown oakland found hacked to pieces just days after christmas. i think it was a an active of racist aggression sculptor leo carson put together this piece to honor the black lives matter movement. the bust serves as a tribute to taylor who was shot and killed by police in louisville kentucky during a botched raid earlier this year. after months of carving and shaping carson's artwork was installed in late them square on december 12th. weeks later it looks like this the attack on the sculpture was you know in some ways it felt like a personal attack because i've put so much work and effort and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on. >>brianna taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement news of the destroyed bust, drew people downtown sunday afternoon. jody enduring says the vandalism is a chilling example of how black women are viewed and treated in america that the tax or >>right not stop and it's up to the community of her soc

>>and the east bay and sculpture honoring the life of brianna taylor, it was destroyed in oakland take a look at what's left of the bus sculpture leo carson put the piece together 2 weeks ago to honor the black lives matter movement. the bust serves as a tribute to taylor who as you know was shot and killed by police in louisville kentucky during a botched raid earlier this year. after months of carving in shaping carson's artwork was installed in square near oakland city hall on december 12th. weeks later. it looks like it's a mess. >>in some ways it felt like a personal attack because i've put so much work and effort and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on briana taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement really upsetting and it you know try to he come out here and do such a thing like to feel so threatened. >>you know something dedicated to her and i'm really hoping that is not somebody that lives here in oakland. >>carson salvage the broken pieces to use in rebuilding the bus. he says he's hoping to cast in bronze.

in statue here of brianna taylor first it was smashed to pieces over the weekend. now the things been stolen. yeah the a sculptor says yes it was stolen, he will not be daunted by this act of vandalism. >>our first theresa stasi reports of what happened and what the artist plans to do next. >>i just i want to answer the question why does this statue matter it was a passionate project that took many painstaking hours to create yet vandals demolish the peace quickly as black lives matter. >>because the racist who came in the dark last weekend. and get our statue with baseball bats and and tried to destroy it and that speaks to the work being done in america to defeat racism and bigotry. >>leo carson created the bust in honor of breonna taylor, the slain emergency room tech who died in a botched police raid in her louisville home earlier this year. her death touched off demonstrations around the country. >>the outrage at this crime created waves that captured the attention of the media all over the world. millions more now have heard of brianna taylor and this was a v

if i want to speak about the way in which there was a white set of black futures i wrote about brianna taylor i wrote a letter to brianna table and these are letters written to zs people not about them to further objectify them or exploit them for book sales and dollars i want to speak directly to them in a kind of you know roundtable with the ancestors recently arrived for the most part so briana taylor allowed me to talk about white said her life was stolen metaphorically that represents the condition the plight in predicament of black people ritual arge our futures were stolen from africa brought here to north america in this case the 13 colonies then what became the united states of america and then absorbed and reproduced for the purposes of dominant culture then i wrote to you know eric garner because i wanted to talk about george floyd in the way in which the blue plague police brutality was devastating our communities i wanted to write to sandra bland because i want to talk about white comfort the degree to which many white brothers and sisters maintain and preserve their comfort at t

and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on brianna taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement really upsetting and it you know try to he come out here and do such a thing like to feel so threatened. >>you know something dedicated to her and i'm really hoping that is not somebody that lives here in oakland. >>and salvage the broken pieces to use and rebuilding the sculpture he's also looking to cast in bronze so that it doesn't happen again. a developing story that we're following for you this morning out of nashville. authorities have identified the man that they believe set off a bomb on christmas day as they work on finding a motive local leaders are praising the officers on scene for making sure that no innocent lives taken tom the govan has the latest. >>i'm just trying control of our people are okay and then going from there their voices occasionally cracking with emotion nashville. police officers being hailed as christmas heroes tell their stories biggest. >>the flames i've ever seen the biggest the explosion and i felt it

millions more now have heard of brianna taylor and this was a victory for our movement they tried to crush us and we fight back and they were that we've lived it on its head. >>kron 4 news first spoke with carson this past weekend after vandals hacked to pieces days after christmas and now overnight more damage done. the bus has vanished. the carson says he's not gone to the plans to rebuild it starting now along with a friend they mixed concrete to repair the base we're not going away and nor is this space we have secured for briana taylor's memory. we have a reason to unite black brown white support for the statue in carson's dedication pouring in from all over it brought up a lot of emotions from you know her initial death. >>and so than to see that her statue had been defamed just. >>brought phyllis army all over you it just makes me feel like >>i mean can't we have anything you know and live, i mean what's the point of bad enough what happened to her. you know and then to have something you know in her honor defaced and for what. >>and leo carson tells us that he plans to rebuil

millions more now have heard of brianna taylor and this was a victory for our movement they tried to crush us and we fight back and they were that we've looked at an >>kron 4 1st spoke with carson on monday after vandals hacked into pieces days after christmas leaving. not much behind. but now overnight more damage done. the carson says he is not daunted. he plans to rebuild the statue starting now along with a friend they mix concrete to repair the base. >>and the artists of course tells me that he will be victorious at the end he says that this again is his passion project he will ops site put together a new bus and he will put it back. the asset bay city step in and try and put some cameras up for something to catch these vandals and make sure that they are prosecuted accordingly. and theresa stasi, it back to you guys all right teresa will continue to follow that thank you and by the way an officer who sought that warrant that. >>lead detectives to the apartment where breonna taylor was killed in kentucky. could be fire detective joshua jaynes was not present for the shooting but

>>chunks of ceramic chipped away from a bust of brianna taylor the sculpture in the middle of downtown oakland found hacked to pieces just days after christmas. i think it was a an active of racist aggression sculptor leo carson put together this piece to honor the black lives matter movement. the bust serves as a tribute to taylor who was shot and killed by police in louisville kentucky during a botched raid earlier this year. after months of carving and shaping carson's artwork was installed in late them square on december 12th. weeks later it looks like this the attack on the sculpture was you know in some ways it felt like a personal attack because i've put so much work and effort and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on. >>briana taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement news of the destroyed bust, drew people downtown sunday afternoon. jody enduring says the vandalism is a chilling example of how black women are viewed and treated in america that the tax or >>right not stop and it's up to the community for society

and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on brianna taylorself and on the black lives matter movement really upsetting and it you know try to he come out here and do such a thing like to feel so threatened. >>you know something dedicated to her. and i'm really hoping that is not somebody that lives here in oakland. >>carson salvage the broken pieces to reuse in rebuilding the bus. so he's looking to cast in bronze. so this doesn't happen again. pittsburgh police officers involved in a 2018 shooting that killed a suspect will not face criminal charges. the contra costa county district attorney's office ruled today that the shooting was legally justified. this is body camera footage from october of 2018 police say 37 year-old salvador mirallas held his ex wife and baby son hostage at gunpoint and shot his brother in law in the neck when he tried to intervene morales then forced his wife and son into a car and drove away leading police on a chase to conquered and to his home in pittsburgh and refused to surrender for more than 2 hours. an office

. >> in oakland, a vandalized statue of brian taylor is now -- brianna taylor is now missing. the artist who created it calls it a racist attack on the black lives matter movement. taylor's death at the hands of kentucky police serving a search warrant helped power the movement for racial justice in this country. the he plans to recreate the bust in bronze this time to make more durable. >>> a man was found dead on state property near a park in hayward earlier today. authorities say that body was found on caltrans property on woodrow avenue near don castro recreational area this morning. a tent and encampment were there in that same area, leading investigators to believe the man may have been homeless and living in the area. the mans name has not been released. investigators are now waiting for an autopsy to be done to determine his cause of death. >> president-elect joe biden not impressed with the trump administration's vaccine rollout, and he wants to pick up the pace. i'm mike emmanuel in washington with that story coming up. >>> also coming up here on the 4, the death toll

and after the death of george floyd and brianna taylor and others, we have -- i think it's fair to say, it's been claimed, perhaps one of the largest demonstrations in the support of black lives in the history of this country and you getting some resistance to that resistance and you return to this theme again and again in your book, this idea of white supremacy, rising, falling. white supremacy raises and falls and rises again and subsequent generations are inflicted with the traumas of the past and this is part of this reckoning that much of your work seems to be asking us to do. can you talk about that a little bit. about why you think it's important for whites to understa understand how they may-- you've alluded to this and you did this brilliantly in a new york times piece that i read that you wrote in 2015 where you invoked the poet claudia r rankin that the idea that the past was in you-- i'll let you say it. you're saying it's not the klansman is the same as stopping ap frisking today. but there's an entitlement attitude that comes from this history. can you talk about that. th

the local artist who created it said it was his way of paying tribute to brianna taylor.ght, an attorney said that his law firm will pay to fund this repair project. >>> a berkeley elementary school has been renamed after a unanimous vote by the school board. the board voted earlier this month to rename the former jefferson elementary school after ruth acte, who was first black teacher in the school district. she taught in the district for over 50 years. the new elementary came after the board's black lives matter resolution in june, recognizing that thomas jefferson owned slaves. >> we have dried out, and it has worked out to be a pretty nice afternoon. we had a little rain overnight, and a little snow in the mountains, and mount diablo got a little snow from that as well. these showers are rolling through at this hour down in southern california, where they are under a flood advisory in los angeles. these are the totals we had. they weren't that impressive. it wasn't big rain-maker for us, just kind of some sprinkles. check some out some of these totals, the, san marco

been listening in on a press conference carson, he is the person that created the sculpture of brianna taylor that was and defaced over the weekend and as of this today that bus is missing, you can see that's where it stood where the flowers are right now he's addressing the public talking about how. he specifically said while the president is going to be gone trumpism still they've lost police in oakland and now they're seeing crimes like this happening a very very passionate plea from leo carson will have more on this a little later on. coming up on kron 4 news at 3 we'll tell you about a new government warning when it comes to kids eating sugar. >>and we'll get the latest on the coronavirus vaccines from a local doctor. stay with i got uh sausage - you can do better, steve! get a freshly made footlong, from subway®! you can even order on the subway® app! did i just get picked off by deion sanders? you sure did! now in the app, get a free footlong when you buy two. because it's footlong season™! >>time now to check in with news nation on wgn america to see what they're working on tonight ma

chunks of ceramic chipped away from a bust of brianna taylor the sculpture in the middle of downtown oakland found hacked to pieces just days after christmas. i think it was a an active of. >>racist aggression sculptor leo carson put together this piece to honor the black lives matter movement. the bust serves as a tribute to taylor who was shot and killed by police in louisville kentucky during a botched raid earlier this year. after months of carving and shaping carson's artwork was installed in late them square on december 12th. weeks later it looks like this the attack on the sculpture was you know in some ways it felt like a personal attack because i've put so much work and effort and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on. >>briana taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement news of the destroyed bust, drew people downtown sunday afternoon. jody enduring says the vandalism is a chilling example of how black women are viewed and treated in america that the tax or >>right not stop and it's up to the community of her s

millions more now have heard of brianna taylor and this was a victory for our movement they tried to crush us and we fight back and they were that we've lived it on its head. >>kron 4 news first spoke with carson this past weekend after vandals hacked to pieces days after christmas and now overnight more damage done. the bus has vanished. the carson says he's not gone to the plans to rebuild it starting now along with a friend they mixed concrete to repair the base we're not going away and nor is this space we have secured for briana taylor's memory. we have a reason to unite black brown white support for the statue in carson's dedication pouring in from all over it brought up a lot of emotions from you know her initial death. >>and so than to see that her statue had been defamed just. >>brought phyllis army all over you it just makes me feel like >>i mean can't we have anything you know and live, i mean what's the point of bad enough what happened to her. you know and then to have something you know in her honor defaced them for what. >>and leo carson tells us that he plans to rebui

>>chunks of ceramic chipped away from a bust of brianna taylor the sculpture in the middle of downtown oakland found hacked to pieces just days after christmas. i think it was a an active of racist aggression sculptor leo carson put together this piece to honor the black lives matter movement. the bust serves as a tribute to taylor who was shot and killed by police in louisville kentucky during a botched raid earlier this year. after months of carving and shaping carson's artwork was installed in late them square on december 12th. weeks later it looks like this the attack on the sculpture was you know in some ways it felt like a personal attack because i've put so much work and effort and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on. >>briana taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement news of the destroyed bust, drew people downtown sunday afternoon. jody enduring says the vandalism is a chilling example of how black women are viewed and treated in america that the tax or >>right not stop and it's up to the community of her soci

and so much of myself into it actually far more important than that is that it was an attack on brianna taylor herself and on the black lives matter movement really upsetting and it you know try to he come out here and do such a thing like to feel so threatened. >>you know something dedicated to her and i'm really hoping that is not somebody that lives here in oakland. >>well there is some good news to report tonight kron 4 of you are joke rochette was so upset seeing the damage to this bust. he is offering to pay the artist $5,000 to recast it. this time in bronze. >>coming up on kron 4 news at 9 new body camera video shows the moments after the bomb went off in downtown nashville, christmas morning. the new chilling words also her just days before that blast plus business is saying goodbye to the bay area and heading east how miami's mayor is trying to lure companies from the golden state to this sunshine state. >>is covid cases surge airports across the country stepping up to try to keep their facilities clean we'll show you how one east coast airport is using these new robotic cleaners. >>

brianna taylor, how has that changed the way we've not only looked at this pandemic, but is this a is this another is this another civil rights movement in this country? how do you see it? >> you know, it's interesting, i being murdered on video by aan police officer to wake up a sizable proportion of the u.s. population. it took a pandemic to reveal racial health inequities that have always been there. and obviously, we're having conversations and a candid, more public way that was had before. i think what we really need to see is pchange. call the social determinants of health, jobs, housing, focus on reinvestment in black communities.at ould be action. we'll just continuith thehen same structural inequities that we currently have. >> woodruff: we talk yuval levin, about having a national conversationbout these things, but we are a very divided country right now. some of these conversations are not being had around e workspace, every dinner table. how does that affect, do you think, our ability to move this moment?ake advantage of >> one of the striking things about this year is tha

millions more now have heard of brianna taylor and this was a victory for our movement they tried to crush us and we fight back and they were that we've lived it on its head. >>kron 4 news first spoke with carson this past weekend after vandals hacked to pieces days after christmas and now overnight more damage done. the bus has vanished. the carson says he is not daunted the plans to rebuild it starting now along with a friend they mixed concrete to repair the base we're not going away and or is this space we have secured for briana taylor's memory. we have a reason to unite black brown white the support for the statue in carson's dedication pouring in from all over it brought up a lot of emotions from you know her initial death. >>and so then to see that her statue had been defamed just. >>brought phyllis army all over you it just makes me feel like i mean can't we have anything you know and live, i mean what's the point of at enough what happened to her. you know and then to have something you know in her honor defaced and for what. >>and leo carson tells us that he plans to rebui

black lives matter movement and registering people to vote the wnba's brianna stewart to bringing awareness to the deaths of breonna taylor, naomi osaka she wore face masks during the u.s. open with the names of black people killed by police. patrick mahomes for urging for stadiums to be polling sites and the lineman putting his medical degree to use, skipping the season to serve on the covid front line they were once living the dream. now they're living with mom and dad. young renters in big cities moving home this year in droves and filling empty nests. >> reporter: ellen goldberg hasn't lived in her childhood home in new jersey for over a decade but when covid shut down her beloved theater industry, she was suddenly unemployed and unable to pay rent >> i know about half my friends are living with their parents or had to give up their apartments because they don't know how they're going to pay rent next month. >> reporter: nearly 50% of renters are moving back in with their parents, according to zumpers. millennials are moving back most >> you were the complete, independent adult, had a career you were really proud of a

taylor. we losing our loved ones to police violence. people seem to be struggling about it. >> that's right, brianna, because talking to democratic strategistss about this, republicans thought this was their most effective attack on those members of congress who ended up winning this year. it became a huge issue to fund the police because it doesn't sound like there is a lot of gray area in that slogan, even though many of the republican attacks on democrats were false and democrats had positions that were more in the middle saying, when you think about police reform this ended up being really effective for republicans. i think that part of what is at issue here, it's still a live issue in the georgia runoff race. we'll probably hear about it in the debate between senator loeffler and reverend warnock. she said how the call to defund the police would put atlanta at risk where there is a rising murder rate. this is something democrats have to think through the language really carefully and that's the point the president was making, was that a lot of americans didn't see nuance in this, and republicans felt that it helped them particularly wit