was organized starting with a facebook post. facebook post. you know, it went from facebook post to a million people in the streets, a couple months. of course, the organizers did a lot of work. but, and here's the but, there's a misleading sense to this empowerment. it's not that it doesn't empower in some ways. change the conversation, get around censorship, organize a large march, right in technology can really help, social media can really help do this. but to the understand what it, it introduces some weaknesses. let me put it this way, there are weaknesses to doing things this fast. and, i mean, think about climbing mount everest, right? a lot of people want to climb mount everest because it's in their list of things they would like to do, and there's an industry that helps you climb mount everest. there are sherpas or the local mount near people -- mountaineer people, and they will carry your stuff for you, your backpack, extra oxygen. because if you're above 8,000 feet, thin air is very dangerous. they will carry oxygen. so it all soun

there is officer bennett johns reaching for the $15 in the july 22 facebook post.by laurel police, that really touched a nerve. >> i think it was absolutely tomorrow, and an amazing thing he did. >> reporter: since then, johns has been kept policing and the department has been hit with an avalanche of donation offers. both to support the desperate mom and to reimburse officer johns. people inspired. that's where this place comes in. a trusted local nonprofit called the laurel advocacy and referral services known as lars. >> the timing couldn't be any better, quite honestly. >> reporter: the director could tell you all about diapers. >> we have people come in every day that we're open, asking for diaper. as soon as they come in, they're going right back out. >> reporter: there moms facing that dilemmay here in laurel. so laurel police are encouraging all the folks asking for donations to make those donations to lars, and do it in officer johns' name. that will help hundreds of moms here in a city with a real big heart. reporting live at the laurel police department,

he resigned after a series of offensive facebook posts. but he's back in the hot seat tonight after new comments surfaced online. >> jeff wheeler resigned as mayor because of controversial facebook posts. but he's still on city council. tonight vulgar new posts are surfacing that have some people calling for him to resign from city council as well. it's dated july 17, 2017. someone posting as jeffrey wheeler, an elected official in california wrote a rant about hillary clinton's campaign for president. having a is not something that inspires. i want to say i dearly love vagina's. >> his monologue takes the cake. i am offended on behalf voters in this town. i am offended on behalf of all the girls in this town. >> wheeler's resignation came days after residents stormed a city council meeting and read some of his postings aloud. >> last nights manner encourages cop killing. transgenders are mentally ill. >> a woman who lives there later told us he must leave the city council. >> absolutely have to step down from council. >> tonight a council

victim should not be subjected to seeing anymore of the shenanigans that's going on with these facebook posts and twitter and everything they're using to get messages out." the people who discovered this video were alarmed know the knife and cell phone used to video. both are considered contraband which inmates are forbidden from possessing. they want something done before someone gets hurt. rivera's facebook page has been taken offline since making those videos. (vicki) an estimated one out of every eight americans struggles with an alcohol disorder. that's according to a new study published in jama psychiatry. it tracked drinking patterns among 40-thousand people ... between the years of 2002 and 2003, and then

she learned about archie from a facebook post by suzanne real. sue just rescued him and wanted to find a home for his brother. sue had been wanting to rescue a dog from a long time. >> for two years i had been watching my kidneys fail. >> if i was in that situation, i would want someone to do the same for me. >> reporter: at the time, the two didn't know each other. but a facebook post by sue asking for help made its way to michelle through an unlikely series of connection. >> michelle is the girlfriend of the younger brother of my boyfriend's best friend from the 80s. >> reporter: not long after seeing sue's post, michelle sent her a message. >> something along the lines of hey, sue, you don't know me, but i am at the hospital seeing if i am a match for kidneys. >> reporter: the two women bonded by a shared organ and now by rescued puppies. a great act can sometimes have greater results. >> well she never would have had this wonderful dog she loved if she hadn't donated a kidney. saving lives comes full circle rightly. >> wow. >> did you follow

and we -- someone in that group saw mickey's facebook post, put it into the text. my wife saw that and then told me where the address was. and when i saw that the address was near where we live, i decided, well, you know, it's maybe about three-quarters of a mile away. things were looking better where i was. so i basically said our father and set out down to the place she was living to see if we could get her out of there. >> it was relatively dry where you were. how did you get to mickey. how did you get there? >> yes, so, i basically the water at my house had come almost up to my door. but by this time it receded enough i could walk out on the sidewalk. so basically i headed down the street. as i got closer to her apartment the water actually was over about halfway with up or three-quarters up most of the cars in that area. but there's a gate near there i actually lived there when i first moved to houston there was a gate in back where i arrived and gate was closed but through some miracle some other guy showed up and we were able to figure out the gate had a wir

>> in piedmont, our values reject hatred and intolerance. >> reporter: but -- >> i feel these facebook posts reflect the opposite. >> reporter: he made parts of the post out loud. >> transgenders are mentally ill. the left is intellectually bankrupt. democrats are the plantation slave masters of today. >> his comments don't reflect this town. his comments are a poor reflection on our city council. >> reporter: the crush of complaints brought city business to a halt. the meeting was canceled when he announced he was stepping down. >> they don't have authority under these circumstances to remove someone from their elected position. that's really in the hands of the voters. >> reporter: in addition to his formal letter of resignation, he said in part that he recognizes he made some inappropriate posts on facebook and some of his comments were insulting or inflammatory. it continues, i regret the sad fact that i dragged city staff into this mess. >> this is divisive and destructive to the fabric of our community. >> reporter: council members say the tension remains. >> he needs to resign. he doe

>> in piedmont, our values reject hatred and intolerance. >> reporter: but -- >> i feel these facebook posts the opposite. >> reporter: he made parts of the post out loud. >> transgenders are mentally ill. the left is intellectually bankrupt. democrats are the plantation slave masters of today. >> his comments don't reflect this town. his comments are a poor reflection on our city council. >> reporter: the crush of complaints brought city business to a halt. the meeting was canceled when he announced he was stepping down. >> they don't have authority under these circumstances to remove someone from their elected position. that's really in the hands of the voters. >> reporter: in addition to his formal letter of resignation, he said in part that he recognizes he made some inappropriate posts on facebook and some of his comments were insulting or inflammatory. it continues, i regret the sad fact that i dragged city staff into this mess. >> this is divisive and destructive to the fabric of our community. >> reporter: council members say the tension remains. >> he needs to resign. he doesn't hav

in alameda county the mayor of piedmont quit after facing public outcry over his controversial facebook posts. kpix's john ramos has that story. >> reporter: the news was posted on the door of piedmont city hall. jeffrey wieler resigned last night as mayor. the whole thing began last week when constituent conna mccarthy asked wieler if he would join in a moment of silence for those killed in charlottesville. >> he responded as a moment of silence, i will stop engaging with you. >> reporter: she found post after post espousing angry right wing sentiments on wieler's facebook page. she read some of them at last week's city council meeting. >> the left is dangerous and unamerican. transgenders are mentally ill. >> reporter: in this affluent and largely progressive town surrounded by oakland, residents were outraged. >> i began receiving e-mails from constituents approximately every 10 or 15 minutes, the vast majority of which were calling for his replacement as mayor. >> reporter: so wieler's colleagues on council who voted him in as mayor scheduled a special meeting to remove him from the post.

last check, it was 90% contained. >>> the mayor of piedmont is facing growing criticism over facebook postshat make his political leanings clear. at a recent city council meeting one woman read the post that is she found most troubling. >> "black lives matter" encourages cop killing. the left is dangerous and un- american. transgenders are mentally ill. the left is intellectually bankrupt. democrats are the plantation slave masters of today. >> after several residents took the mic, mayor whieler did touch on the allegations but he seemed to portray himself as the victim of this scandal. >> this has been a very painful half-hour for me, as i'm sure people can imagine. i apologize if by posting articles from various magazines has offended anybody. >> some people who live in piedmont are calling for him to be removed from office. his term is up in about 18 months. >>> a protest is planned at nfl headquarters in new york city this afternoon. some fans are rallying behind former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick. >> kpix 5's jackie ward reports on the national anthem controversy. we talked so m

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(grant) since the controverisal facebook post....that photographer, brandon rose... reached out the couple...offering t shoot the couple's wedding --- for free. (vicki) piedmont's mayor is stepping down. jeff wieler...has resigned from his position following an outcry about controversial social media posts... he allegedly typed. but... wieler plans to stay on the piedmont city council until his term expires in november 20-18. the council had originally scheduled a special meeting tonight to consider removing him as mayor...that meeting has since been cancelled. vice mayor bob mcbain is now piedmont's acting mayor ...until the council votes next week to elect a new mayor. some of wieler's alleged facebook post include... " transgenders are mentally ill" and " democrats are the plantation slave masters of today." happening now an east bay city is spraying mosquites...to try to get rid of the critters that can spread the west nile virus. trucks will be rolling through the area you see shaded in red in brentwood. fogging started at about 7-45 p-m and will wrap up by midn

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and his daughter who hopped on social media to report the theft. >> i went to my own personal facebook and posted our train has been stolen from a family company. people started sharing. >> a little more than 24 hours later, amanda went online after she received a notification. >> this morning i opened up my facebook and on my wall was a lady named laura who posted a picture of the back of our trailer. >> the trailer was fine -- found five miles away. the criminals have yet to be found but they are happy to have their train back. >> a little bit of damage to the trailer. the trailer is a big box that holds stuff. the train holds a lot more important cargo. >> surveillance cameras have been installed. they will be able to use it for the rest of their season. ktvu fox2 news . >>> coming up, and illegal immigrant deported at least 13 times. details on his alleged attacks on two women in oregon. >>> the portland, oregon is facing backlash over sanctuary city policy after an illegal immigrant allegedly attacked two women. the 31-year-old has been deported more than one dozen times and is being held wi

also the very harsh reaction that is coming from moscow in particular dimitri medvedev in that facebook post things are getting pretty bad when it comes to moscow and washington ties into the two looking particularly at the moment thanks for bringing us up to speed. well i can continue to discuss this story now we've done kovalchuk he's a human rights and labor lawyer expert is also the all for all of the plot to scapegoat russia how the cia in the deep state can spawn to vilify food to good speech. didn't want to sign this bill particularly if you go by his comments that it is significantly flawed in his opinion so why did he sign it. well clearly he signed it because he has been basically russia baited by the democrats as you know since even before he won the election but that russia baiting has only increased in pitch since he took office and i think he was painted into a corner he felt that he had no other choice but to sign that document in terms of the sanctions who do you think will be affected who will be hurt the most by them. well you know in general the people who are hurt the mos

facebook live. in antioch, philippe djegal, kron four news. (grant) the embattled former mayor of the east bay city of piedmont has just resigned...again...after writing what he calls inflammatory or insulting posts on facebook. earlier this week we reported that jeff wieler had stepped down as mayor of piedmont...he said he'd keep his council seat. but now a few days later...he has resigned from the council entirely. he writes: i apologize for helping create this situation. continuing to fight the situation might make me feel better, but will not help our community. at a council meeting last week, resident conna mccarthy read what she claimed were wieler postings that said: "black lives matter encourages cop killing," and democrats are the plantation slave masters of today" and "transgenders are mentally ill." (pam) coming up:getting around the bay area this weekend could be a chalenge.. whether you drive or take public transit.what you need to know about some major closures this weekend. (steve) and next:we will take you live to houston.. hours after harvey made landfall again... ♪ it's time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and

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(grant) since the controverisal facebook post....that photographer, brandon rose... has reached out the couple...offering t shoot the couple's wedding --- for free. (vicki) religious leaders from across the country rallied in washington d.c. today the 54th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream speech". organizers say they want to reaffirm their commitment to social justice and hold the trump administration accountable. d.c. correspondent brie jackson was at the march and has details. take pkgwith their posters and voicespeople from all faiths rallied in washington d.c. among the hundreds were church leaders and religious groups like these students from alabamallito/from virginiaáá the work of undoing racism and systemic unjustice is not done and needs to continue.sot: today is the day that we can no longer sit back and say it is going to get better we can make a difference track: marchers going from the martin luther king memorial to the department of justice have concerns about police brutality, discrimination and increases in hate crimes.brie jackson/

caused this power outage. >>> new at 5:00, piedmont's mayor has resigned after his controversial posts on facebook prompted outrage in the community. john ramos explains. >> reporter: the news was posted on the door of piedmont city hall. jeffrey wheeler resigned last night as mayor. the whole thing began last week, when constituent conia mccarthy asked wheeler if he would join in a moment of silence for those killed in charlottesville. >> his response to me was, as a moment of silence, i will stop engaging with you. >> that angered mccarthy, so she began looking at wheeler's public facebook page and found post after post. >> the left is dangerous, and un-american. transgenders are mentally ill. >> reporter: in this affluent, and largely progressive town outside of oakland, residents were outraged. >> i began receiving messages from constituents approximately every 10, 15 minutes, the vast majority calling for removing him as mayor. >> reporter: while he would not speak with us today, wheeler did issue a statement, apologizing for posts that he acknowledged were inflammatory, and insulting. and th

we didn't want to point out too couple of facebook posts. facebook.com/c-span, your of thes on the future space program. rebecca writes, i don't believe nasa.ers should fund let the 1% fund it if they want it. space programhe under democrats' leadership. shell.s a a reminder too the budget hearing from the senate appropriations subcommittee, all of that at c-span.org. john is next in new york. john. john, make sure you mute your television and then go ahead your comments. >> hello. taking personally that money to fund this mars is ridiculous. it's a big dead rat. thisve so many problems in world that we aren't dealing with. what good does it do? you landed somebody on mars, you can't use that for a go farther. there's -- it's -- the next of billions ofs miles. it's -- honestly, it's a waste of money. now, if somebody wants to do it privately, that's great. but for the government to do it, a good ideak it's at all. thank you. >> kathy in washington. >> yes. i believe in the program i give 100%ly and donations if i need to, because 1954, a bun

a post on facebook about blocking traffic on the bridge. the organizers listed there on facebook as john walter monroe of san francisco. inviting the alt-right to gather around 9:00 a.m. and march towards the golden gate bridge. the post claims the san francisco supports antifa. the chp says it is aware of the facebook post and will take action if indeed there is a march. >>> a local college student was formally charged today with battery and resisting arrest. of the 13 people arrested she is the only one that has been charged. jodi hernandez joins us in dublin with the details. >> reporter: a 22-year-old san francisco state college student just appeared in court on very serious charges stemming from sunday's protest in berkeley. yessenia mendez dabbed away tears where she was charged with battery and resisting arrest. that arrest was captured in video. prosecutors say she used her dog to evade being arrested. her family calls the charges ridiculous. an attorney says her actions are not criminal but courageous. >> it takes an incredible amo

they dug through old year books but no luck, then kennedy posted a photo on facebook. ter finally saw the post >> i almost didn't even answer the facebook post >> but she's glad she did. she met with nancy kennedy to reunite. last time forrester saw this she was a young girl, >> i was allowed to walk around with just about anything. but not this. needless to say, right there on the bed, right by the jewelry box. >> reporter: her mother passed away about 30 years ago, so nancy kennedy returning this ring is really giving andrea forrester a piece of her mother back. alicia nieves cbs3. >>> a virginia couple went viral over the weekend after a video of them dancing at a ludacris concert was shared thousands of times. allu allude. >>> >> that is so cute. that's nick and emma couldn't contain themselves when the song came on. the crowd loved the dance moves of the that's pretty good. that's my home state of virginia. fans flocked to lincoln financial field once again this sunday. ready to watch the eagles fly down the field. it's the last one for fans before the preseason be

what oneer want to see of those style looks -- dialogs look like, look at her facebook's post. conversation has to happen. we willthe only way carry heather's part through. if you are not outraged you are not paying attention. find what's wrong, don't look the other way. make a point to look at is and say to yourself, what can i do to make a difference. that is how you will make my child's death the words were out. i would rather have my child, but if i have to give her her up we are going to make it count. cheering] some.zing grace will be -- amazing grace will be sung. the intermec sing of the good together andcome to make something as beautiful as amazing grace. imagine yourself on a ship, the things that are going to happen right now. [amazing grace being sung] amen. [applause] >> to the family and friends who are assembled here, there is a verse that appears in the90th just tot says so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. psalm was described to moses. it is identified as the prayer of moses. prayerbvious from the that it was the quest, maybe a reque

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we didn't want to point out too couple of facebook posts. facebook.com/c-span, your of thes on the future space program. rebecca writes, i don't believe nasa.ers should fund let the 1% fund it if they want it. space programhe under democrats' leadership. shell.s a a reminder too the budget hearing from the senate appropriations subcommittee, all of that at c-span.org. john is next in new york. john. john, make sure you mute your television and then go ahead your comments. >> hello. taking personally that money to fund this mars is ridiculous. it's a big dead rat. thisve so many problems in world that we aren't dealing with. what good does it do? you landed somebody on mars, you can't use that for a go farther. there's -- it's -- the next of billions ofs miles. it's -- honestly, it's a waste of money. now, if somebody wants to do it privately, that's great. but for the government to do it, a good ideak it's at all. thank you. >> kathy in washington. >> yes. i believe in the program i give 100%ly and donations if i need to, because 1954, a bun

the former mayor quit after writing what he later called inflammatory or insulting posts on facebook.sgender people and democrats. he has since apologized for the posts. ( tiffany ) two teenage brothers were injured when their car flew off the road near tiburon...and landed on the roof of a home... 60 feet below. it happened yesterday morning on paradise drive... while the two were on their way to redwood high school. police say the 17-year-old driver was speeding and lost control while going around a curve. no one was hurt in the home the car landed on. the driver suffered critical injuries. his 15-year-old brother has serious injuries. ( mark ) several city leaders in california are fighting to end the state's housing crisis. 11 mayors of the state's largest cities are urging lawmakers to negotiate a package of housing bills to tackle the problem. those bills include a four- billion dollar housing bond. the mayor of los angeles says the housing shortage is the biggest problem his city faces. he wants the housing package to give cities more power to address the crisis and to subsidiz

thank you see only on fox facebook post by il for all the wrong reasons. some are calling the post bosses they've started their own investigation. fox 29's chris o'connell is live at fire department headquarters in spring garden. chris? >> reporter: lucy, philadelphia fire department administration tells us it is looking into that offensive photograph posted to facebook and sent to fox 29 by a number of viewers. well tonight that firefighter is apologizing tonight for what he calls a horrible joke. >> i'm worried about my job. >> reporter: philadelphia firefighter john dell louise was drunk when he snapped this photo and tagged an african-american co-worker at the philadelphia fire department. the facebook photo shows him holding a burning tiki torch wearing a confederate flag hat with a caption saying "i'm headed to virginia". >> i'm very very sorry. >> reporter: veteran firefighter from northeast philadelphia says the post was a bad joke. he says he was responding to another post referencing the charlottesville violence, and admits it was in bad taste an

facebook post led to the impromptu reunion >> i almost didn't even answer the facebook post. facebook person, something just made me, and i'm glad that i did. >> forrester's mother passed away 30 years ago, she said plans to keep the ring somewhere in her home where she can see it every day. very sweet. >> and that's cbs this morning a look at whether dnna test cans real figure out >> remember to joining us each weekday morning here on cbs-3 starting at 4:30 a.m. have a great day. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is monday, august 7th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." a tornado tears through tulsa, oklahoma, for six minutes with no warning. big questions this morning about why the city's sirens never sounded and why the national weather service did not issue a tornado alert until the twister had moved on. >>> north korea vows revenge for new united economic sanctions. secretary of state rex tillerson said he'll talk with north korea but only if the rogue state stops launching missiles. >>> a new kind of dna helps you find the right diet.

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the democrat called her facebook post last week a mistake. she had resisted calls to re-sign but state senate leaders are threatening to expel her. >>> washington post pays tribute to the legendary comedian and activist dick gregory. he broke racial barriers in the 60s and used his humor to push for social justice. >> treat me night because with president kennedy's new housing bill i might be your neighbor now. >> gregory's family says the cause of his death was linked to extreme fasts he undertook for activist causes. gregory was 84 years old. >>> sports illustrated reports the he retirement of anquo anquon boldin. he joined the bills less than two weeks ago. he wants to pursue humanitarian work and says his life's purpose is bigger than football. still aahead, krispie kreme celebrates the eclipse. they'll cover their special treats with a special glaze. their treats with a special glaze. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz xr can reduce pai

going forward i will restrict my facebook posts to pictures of the pets and vacation. fortunately i have never tweeted." jeff wieler plans on staying on the city council. >>> at charlottesville, virginia, people spoke out about the violence that hit their city a few weeks ago. one woman was killed and dozens injured when the car rammed into the crowd of counter protesters at the white supremacist rally. two state troopers were killed when their helicopter crashed while monitoring the protest. hundreds were at the town hall meeting to talk about how the city handled the situation. >> for a 50 year old white woman it was a shock for me to see how utterly the police failed to protect the residents of our community. >> [ applause ] >> the city is hurting and i am not sure exactly how that healing will trickle down from dc. we need answers. >> a lot of education needs to happen so that we can figure out how things like this that happened this summer cannot happen again to our community. >> the justice department also sent representatives to the town hall meeting.>>> mtv too

facebook. the resignation took place this morning. he posted a few weeks ago liberals are quote unamerican and the black lives movement encourages cop killing and transgender people are mentally ill. residents confronted him at the last city council meeting. the city council scheduled a special session tomorrow to consider his removal but he left his post. issued apology. >>> i learned the hard way, what you say on facebook can come back and haunt you i will restrict my facebook post to pictures of our pets and vacation. fortunately i never tweeted. he plans to keep his job as a city councilmember. >>> coming up, residents from charlottesville voicing frustrations. >>> revealing interview by rex tillerson. he is distancing himself from the state department and president trump at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resid

and subsequently, people leaked out an eight—year—old facebook post ihad up.y reverend al sharpton. but it was racially charged. yes, sam, if i may, just to remind people. you put up this post and you did use the n word and that was what you're talking about. ididn‘t use... no, i didn't use the n word. what did you use? i didn't use the n word. it was a reference. i didn't spell out the n word. but in any event, in any event... in any event, i was fired. for a racist post? for a racially charged facebook post. even after i was forgiven by reverend sharpton. so, if anything, it shows that trump is not a racist, he doesn't want to be associated with them. and that was after being with me for five and a half years and knowing that i don't have a racist bone in my body either. i mentioned the bushes have come out and said there should be no equivocation about the condemnation of racism, bigotry. 0bviously, fellow republicans there. and we've also heard only a few hours ago that donald trump has closed down the manufacturing council as well, with regards to the peo

. >>> 7 on your side michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post them with the hashtag ask finney. he'll answer those questions a little later. >>> i'm taking a live look on our traffic flu san francisco. it's slow this both directions on the right hand side. that's your southbound trachk. on the left hand side they're trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge and over to the east bay. not >>> today richmond police and the fbi announce the results of an 18-month investigation into a violent street gang called the swerve team. they are facing charges for dozens of crimes including murder across 12 cities. we have more on the story. >> reporter: one suspect is outstanding. seven are in custody. this really speaks to the nature of the charges that they are facing. each is being held on $24 million bail. richmond police say the young men pointing guns in the you tube video are violent street gang members. >> a lifestyle that these folks are living total guns and committing crimes. >> reporter: they are accused of three richmond murders. spannin

my child's famous facebook post was "if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." she paid attention. she made a lot of us pay attention. oh, my gosh, dinner with her we knew was going to be an ordeal of listening. [laughter] and conversation and perhaps disagreement, but it was going to happen. and so, my husband would say, i'm going to go out in the car and play on my video game for a while. we would grill and she and i would talk and i would listen. we would negotiate and i would listen, and we talked about all of the stuff. we talked about politics, we talked about anything that caught her eyes that she felt was fair, unfair. she would talk about her feelings about the the office and how things were going. i mean, she just talked, the girl loved to talk. and she was single, so there was nobody to listen to home so mama got a lot of it. [laughter] and that was wonderful. you never think you will bury your child, and you never think to take those pictures. they asked me for pictures and i struggled. i had pictures from her childhood, but i had to go to facebook t

i will restrict my facebook post. fortunately i have never tweeted." he plans to keep his job as a city council member. >>> coming up attempting to scale a mountain in the australian alps may have turned deadly. details coming up. >>> north korea once again testing president trump's patience. the american response to another set of missile launches coming up. >>> breaking heat over the bay area this afternoon with another hot one expected for tomorrow. we'll have a look at the advisories in place, a spare the air, and your numbers are coming up. >>> new tonight a vigil held for a young woman after crashing her moe ped on vacation in hawaii. the 20-year-old of new castle both killed earlier this month after she crossed the center divide and stirred -- steered into a flat bed truck. she packed a lot of those experiences into her short life and she will be remembered for her ambition and compassion for others. >> it shows everyone here, they care about each other and they will all be here for each other no matter what. to show them the same kind of love s

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(tiffany) but his facebook post... isn't getting support online.kron 4's will tran is standing by at the bridge this morning to monitor the situation. will. ( will ) happening today... there could be major problems if you commute across the golden gate bridge. an anti-marxist group is calling for a protest on the bridge starting at 9:00 this morning. the group wants to block traffic.. until the city of san francisco agrees to call the group "antifa" a terrorist organization. according to c-h-p... while everyone has the constitutional right to protest.. blocking highways is against the law and dangerous. the group also does not have a permit. <(jennifer mcguire/commute r-it's illegal to block bridge traffic so, i don't know, i don't think it's going to happen)(reporter-did you say, let me get across earlier just in case it happens?)(jennifer mcguire/commuter-exactly. let me make it across early enough just in case something happens. i mean who knows?) (reporter-any fear for you safety?)(jennifer mcguire-no. (laughs). it's san francisco> the facebook

you see, she learned about archie from a facebook post by susan reel. sue had just rescued archie litter mate chipper from oakland animal services and wanted to help find a home for his brother. >> i knew i had to help this dog. >> sue had been wanting to rescue a dog for quite some time. but had put off taking care of one until she took care of herself. >> for two yours, i was watching my kidneys fail. it was pretty devastating. >> sue had been diagnosed with end stage kidney disease. which brings us to michelle's other recent rescue. >> mostly because if i was in that situation, i would want somebody to do the same for me. >> at the time, the two didn't even know each other. but again, a facebook post by sue asking for help made its way to michelle through a most unlikey series of connections. >> michelle is the girlfriend of the younger brother of my boyfriend's best friend from the '80s. >> so not long after seeing sue's post, michelle sent her a message. >> something along the lines of, hey, you don't know me but i'm at the hospital getting tested

it was traced back to the original facebook post. it was posted july 10. the photo was put up on instagram a couple of days before that rally, when it hit facebook. it just went viral. so the photo is genuine. the officer in this photo is indeed protecting members of the kkk, and indeed doing it extremely admirably, but he did it last month. weeks before the nation was focused on the violence there on august 12 in charlottesville. >>> now if you've go you'd like us to verify, you can reach out to us on wusa9's facebook, or twitter page, or send us an email, verify at wusa9.com. >>> on the way, a look at the total solar eclipse through the eyes of a wusa9 reporter who went to the path of totality to see it with her family. up nex >>> the u.s. navy says divers have found bodies aboard the uss john mccain. searchers are looking for ten sailors inside the warship's flooded compartments. it's the fourth major collision in the pacific this year. the second in just the last two months. seven sailors died in the uss fitzgerald collision in june. now the navy is tem

the mayor of feed mob is stepping down -- piedmont is stepping down after a public outcry after facebook posts. kpix 5's john ramos explains. >> reporter: the news was posted on the door of piedmont city hall. jeffrey wieler resigned as mayor. last week constituent mccarthy asked wheeler if he would join in a moment of silence for those killed in charlottesville. >> his importance was as a moment -- response was as a moment of silence i will stop engaging with you. >> reporter: she began looking at wheeler's public facebook page and found post after post espousing angry right wing sentiments. she read some of them last week. >> the left is danger and un- american. transgenders are mentally ill. >> reporter: in this affluent and largely progressive town, surrounded by oakland, residents were outraged. >> i began receiving e-mails from constituents approximately every 10, 15 minutes. the vast majority of which were calling for his replacement as mayor. >> reporter: so his colleagues on the council who voted him in as mayor scheduled a special meeting to remove him from the post. that's not neces

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trump is fired from his job because of a facebook post. or his comments over the line? >> wusa9 at 5:00 on friday evening, we are back in 2 >>> another day, another example of online behavior impacting people's lives. >> he was fired for what he wrote on facebook, it was a thread for people talking about meeting out to protest the presidents rally. he wrote you are all pathetic. can't wait to drive through. we will be sweet in this crowd, i name my lifted truck trumper. the man seems to be referencing the charlottesville that ended with the death of heather heyer. >> i made several posts and because they stated fact and showed reality rather than living under the fantasy that the liberals seem to, they kept on getting deleted. it was meant to ruffle some feathers, it wasn't meant to cause a scene. >> i have absolutely no desire to drive my truck through an angry group of people that will do harm one to me or my vehicle or both. >> the post got the attention of the police who paid him a visit. the tire company announced they fired him in a public post. he said he already