barricades so that the trucks can come to the fuel. depot and fill up, and then the crisis will stop, cheryl de says he wants to tear up haiti's political and oligarchic system by its roots. his system sac, this system is criminal, the revolution we're preaching to day. we cannot do this without guns because we have our own guns. this gun is a symbol of our revolution, the revolution against the 5 percent of those who hold all the wealth of our nation . as he walked, the streets of la celine barbecue was greeted warmly by many so does this gang leader have ambitions to one day rule, haiti? he certainly talks like a politician, comparing himself to one of haiti's most revered leaders in its struggle for independence from france in the 18th century. hey, this is cynthia jones. jak de salon was a great man. the father of the nation who fought hard to free hate here today, i am doing the same fighting at the salon did. i'm following his dream. the dream of de salaam was to see the wealth of his country. he shed, equally outlaw would be revolutionary leader of men in arms. the man they call barbecue

cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> while students at another east bay school also in trouble tonight, administrators at de lasalleisciplined two students of them reenacting the 2020 murder of george floyd. the east bay times reports the photo shows one student smiling while kneeling on another student who is raising a clinched fist which is a common solidarity symbol for the civil rights movement. late tonight we received letter sent to parents. the letter would not say what i'm of the punishment the students received but called the incident out of step with the school's mission. >>> this is a good sign. new covid cases are dropping, signaling a downward trend in the nation's fourth covid wave. take a look. this is the seven-day average of new cases nationwide. you can see we peaked in september. more than 160,000 new cases a day. that number has dropped now for than half. a few weeks ago, california was one of just a few states in the orange substantial level of transmission. tonight there are ten states in that orange tier, including florida. let's take a closer look in california. in august, our cases peaked a

cheryl: democrat straighters say mayor bill de blasio is over-stepping his authority by requiring allirst shot by this friday or be placed on unpaid leave. the democrat mayor dismissing protesters' complaints. he says it was just, quote, misinformation. well, tesla crossing the $1 trillion market cap mark after hertz announced they were ordering 100,000 vehicles from the car maker, with the order, electric vehicles will comprise 20% of hertz's global fleet. la joins apple, microsoft, amazon and alphabet and the only u.s. companies worth more than a trillion. tesla stock in the premarket slightly down, more than 1%. finally, there is this. an anti-biden rap song reaching number one on itunes. let's go brandon, by rapper brison gray, pokes fun at the president, criticizing his response to the afghanistan withdrawal, his handling of the pandemic and his performance in office. the single by the way beat out ed sheerin, elton john and dua lipa. even adele's new song, easy on me, not strong enough against that one. brandon, maria. maria: that's unbelievable. it's even beating adele. wow. th