. >> reporter: organizer heather valentine said when she learned there wasn't a rally planned locally, knew it was up to her. >> if i don't do it, who is going to do it? >> reporter: arranged for speakers to share stories. 19-year-old felt empowered. >> came from family undocumented. i remember the fears when i was younger if i spoke up risking deportation, if not parents, could be uncles. >> truly biblical proportions of destruction of families. >> reporter: father said the crowd was full of allies. >> lot are fearful. afraid to come out of their homes. getting others to walk their children home from school. >> reporter: posted virtual event to sign petitions and contact elected officials if they couldn't attend today. abc7 news. >>> bay area stooi steyer is giving money. founder and president of next gen america, already contributed nearly $2.5 million to legal groups. also outspoken critic of president trump, insists immigrants are in desperate need of support right now. >> need is as great or more than every to protect the people in threat of deportation and positive work of daca

. >> reporter: organizers heather valentine said when she learned just days ago that there wasn't a rally planned locally, she knew it was up to her. >> i felt, if i don't do it, who is going to do it. >> reporter: she arranged for speakers to share their stories. 19-year-old anna maria vasquez said she felt empowered. >> i came from a family that came here undocumented. i remember the fears when i was younger was, if we spoke up, we'd be risking deportation. if it wasn't our parents, it could be our uncle. >> it really is biblical proportions of destruction of families. >> reporter: the crowd was filled with allies. >> a lot of people are fearful, afraid to come out, staying in their homes, getting their neighbors and teachers to walk their children back home from school. >> reporter: families who belong together hosted an event for people to sign petitions if they could not attend. melly woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> a new report on the hillary clinton investigation says former fbi chief james comey was insubordinate in handling the case. the report blasts him for reopening the case just 11

organizer heather valentine says she planned the rally days ago after she learned there wasn't a localnned rally. >> i work with children, i work with adolescents, i work with kids in the foster care system, so i know what this kind of trauma can do to people and is doing to people. >> i do come from a family that came here undocumented. i had those fears when i was younger, if we spoke up, we'd be risking deportation. if it wasn't our parents, it could be our uncles. >> the group families belong together hosted a virtual event for people to sign petitions if they couldn't attend in person. >>> 6:37. a u.s. drone has allegedly killed a pakistani taliban chief. his name is mullah fazlullah. he and two other insurgents were killed. it's notable because he was designated a global terrorist a few years ago. he was a chief of a prominent taliban group in pakistan for the last five years. >>> a new report on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation says former fbi chief james comey was insubordinate in his handling of the case. the report by the justice department watch dog criticizes him fo

organizer heather valentine said she planned the rally days ago after she learned there wasn't a planned >> i work with children, adolescents, kids in the foster care system, so i know what this kind of trauma can do to people and is doing to people. >> i do come from a family that came here undocumented. i remember those fears when i was younger of, if we spoke up, we'd be risking deportation. if it wasn't our parents, it could be our uncles. >> the group families belong together also hosted a virtual event for people to sign petitions if they couldn't attend in person. >>> new this morning, a u.s. drone has allegedly killed a pakistan taliban chief. his name is mullah fazlullah. he and two other insurgents were killed. he was designated a global terrorist a few years ago. he was chief of a prominent taliban group in pakistan for the last five years. >>> a new report on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation says former fbi chief james comey was insubordinate in his handling of the case. the report by the justice department watch dog criticizes him for push lickly discussing the inves