street fights in new portland oregon last night pit far right activists connected to a group called proud boys against the far left's loosely affiliated antifa, or anti-fascist. showing once again how america's political conversation is forgetting to use its inside voices as both sidesam rhetoric. former attorney general eric holder raised the rhetoric at a campaign event. when they go low, we go higher. no, when we go low we kick them. >> reporter: saying he was not advocating violence. two days later a gubernatorial candidate said in. all over your face with golf spikes because i'm going to win this. >> reporter: some like andrew cuomo say the slept brawls hold the trickle-down effect. >> i hold the president responsible, when you start to demonize differences division you can out of control. >> reporter: the proud boys say they are inspired by president trump. >> i think the proud boys and i think donald trump to the most part drives people that have been disenfranchised by boast of the public because they don't fit. >> reporter: in the anti-defamation league says slept political speec

places like portland oregon and boise idaho will be relatively safe guarded apart from a bit of wild fire smoke. apart from the ashes of your fellow americans wash figure through the. hundred smell of shattered dreams and hubris other than that you will have a lovely time in boise all right well assuming some sort of society still exists and we don't just devolve into a mad mad world of strapping slower people on the grill of our monster truck paying for a gallon and clean water with a bag of opioids. tune in next week for the guardian article entitled how the poor can try to survive while the rich move to places which allow human existence. this . positive as you can see in the photo once disney world is underwater you can feed on the carcasses of drowned disney mascots so goofy goofy can sustain your family for a long time and for appetizers enjoy the winnie the pooh platter. or try some snow white meat gets one story story was tore his horse we do not have to change our ways not at all once you get to boise idaho we can go back to eating giant a hamburgers that come inside a styro

this is out of more than 180 city, only behind portland, oregon. it looked at affordability, diversity and quality of food. sacramento coming in at 16th. oakland, 19th. san jose, 42nd. and santa rosa is 65th on that menu. >> let's make reservations. >> why is portland above us? you said affordability. oh, yeah. >> yeah, there's that. all right. good day to go out, right? any day is. >> i mean, we've had some really nice weather. we can't complain. today will be very much like yesterday. as we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge and it's a nice morning and fog free. as we get a look at the seven-day forecast, it's coming up at the bottom of the screen in the south bay as we look at your current temperatures. look at these numbers. nap napa, 49 degrees. 55 san jose. 55 also in paolo altollo alto. if you're headed out to the gym, it will be the mid-50s with a few clouds drifting by and mostly sunny skies headed in later this morning. temperatures trending into the mid-60s. let's go to the south bay and look at our highs for this afternoo

live coverage on in just a moment, we will take you back live to portland, oregon, in that state's governors debate. ♪ >> welcome back, everybody. our debate continues. the debate for oregon's future. all of the questions asked from young people, high school students from across the state. we have had some questions answered this evening in the first half hour. now we continue. shasta, who is our next question from? >> next question is from 15-year-old kai. he wants to ask you about teen suicide. >> hello, my question is for governor brown and representative buehler. in oregon, the second leading cause of death for 10 to 24-year-olds is suicide. those numbers have been rising in the past decade and a currently well over the national average. what plans do you have, in particular be on gun safety, to prevent youth from suicide and improve the overall mental health in high-risk groups such as male teens and the lgbt community? >> we begin with mr. buehler. mr. buehler: think you for your question. it is an issue i'm passionate about. my wife pattie has brought this to my attention from her wor

that's what's happening right now in portland, oregon. police stood idly by and let this happen. >> [bleep] >> [shouting] >> laura: instead of confronting violent protesters, we don't call them protesters. violent thugs. cops are succumbing to leftist leaders and backing off, leaving ordinary americans scared and unprotected. joining us now from portland is one of the organizers of last week's counter protest, joey gibson. he's also the founder of patriot prayer. joey, i know you were arrested at one point in may for, didn't you carry a gun at one of the events at the university of washington campus, or a couple of your guys did? you were arrested for that. did your group -- >> we were detained. >> laura: what is that? >> we were detained for a second and let go. >> laura: okay, you are detained and let go. in this case, did you have any intention of getting violent with this antifa group? >> we never have any intention to get violent. for us, it's about challenging the mayor, challenging the protest groups and just being able to march. i

violence on reservations to get justice is the violence against women's act joining us today from portland oregon to discuss this topic is native writer and award winning journalist jacqueline keeler thank you so much for joining us today jacqueline. thank you for having me thank you so the violence against women act was passed in one nine hundred ninety two which i want to make i want to add was coined the year of the woman because of the impact of anita hill's one thousand nine hundred one testimony and the record number of women that one congressional seats and that momentum helped to get the act passed now we're in the year of blaming women for everything and it's gone from words to actions and they're now now it's just blatantly putting lives at less risk when you see this jacqueline what does the violence against women act do specifically to help native victims of sexual violence and why is that so necessary. yeah there are large swaths united states in which native women are completely vulnerable there are gaps in the justice system which were really evolved in the nineteenth century and w

. >>> next tonight, the violence breaking out over and over again in portland, oregon among opposing protesters and the mayor under fire for a plan to restrict who is allowed protest and where. nbc's miguel almaguer has more on the controversy. >> reporter: these aotic street brawls in portlan oregon began as planned protests but spilled anto violence between leftnd right extremists groups as they often dw the mayor wants the power to restrict when and where demonstrators can demonstrate if they have a history of violence. responsibility to protect the public and bl protect the puic's property. b >> reporter: there is protest over the proposed ordinance. the aclu says it's a violation of the first amendment. >> they the tools already on the books to hold people accountable and simply aren't doing so. r eporter: with the bl oody battles leaving so afraid to venture into downtown, soon the city will decide on the mayor's plan. alrey sparking protests over protests. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> next, supreme romance, the secret between two justices revealed after decades. the washingto

street rights in portland, oregon, and a group called proud boys and latifah, short for anti-fascist. showing how america's political conversation is forgetting to er obama attorney general raised eyebrows. when they go low, we go high. they go low, we kick them. >> reporter: later saying he was not advocating violence. two days later, scott wagner, a republican candidate told his opponent -- >> you better put a catcher's mask all over your face because i will stomp over with golf spikes because i will win this. >> reporter: some like new york governor andrew cuomo says it's trickle down rhetoric. >> i hold the president responsible. when you start to demonize differences. when you fan the flames of racism and division you can create a fire out of control. >> reporter: the proud boys say they're inspired by donald trump. >> i think the proud boys and donald trump disenfranchise those that don't fit in. >> reporter: it has given a license to street level violence. >> in part, that's because the ability for people to try to leverage the public discussion on the ground is what brings peo

city of portland oregon after they blocked traffic and attacked cars on a protest against police brutality and he's kind of a mop and comments things got rowdy in downtown portland now it was in the aftermath of a vigil for an african-american man who had been killed by police officers now the vigil itself was peaceful but afterwards protesters poured into the streets and things got intense people described the scene as chaos random people in cars driving by were harassed by the protesters let's take a look at some of the video that came out of the incident in downtown portland. ted cruz the senator from texas was simply having dinner with his wife he was in a restaurant and soon he was surrounded by left wing activists who are furious about the the situation regarding brett kavanaugh a controversial supreme court justice who has just confirmed now of the protesters interrupted him this took place in september and after the incident took place there was actually a threatening tweet that was made on social media let's take a look at what happened to ted cruz and his wife as they were just t

laura and philip hunger are adoptive parents to michael and henry now he lives in portland oregon with this family philip and nora hunger. this is a local news report filmed last year with michael and another boy their doctors from china. three years after they took michael to america tabitha gave birth to another boy solomon. it's pizza night at the hunger home but something is missing when they heard the top of that had another baby and was again in need of help the hardest and money for solomon's calf. they wanted to adopt him to and sent an agent to talk to tabitha awash in hunger. yet they added the meal. we see the. now anatomy and. eventually the hunger came to uganda and hottest as she was called to a meeting in town parlor. she said she felt ill while she was there and had a dizzy spell it was then she says the woman at the meeting took solomon from her and gave him to laura hunka. we asked the hungus to confirm what happened at that meeting but they didn't respond to the question however they didn't see this the tab or the has repeatedly agreed to the adoption and that she si

protests breaking out this weekend in portland, oregon.clinton said democrats cannot be civil with republicans in charge? we're on it this hour. a race we're talking about closely, new jersey senate race. senator bob menendez, vasing bob huge begin. how does he plan to convince people of new jersey to vote republican? that is a tough mission. >>> a female welder making a mission to get more women in construction jobs. she will make her case. how do you do that? you're watching the second hour of "varney & company." ♪ stuart: i'm going to call this is a very modest loss after last week's 4% decline for the dow. we're off 50 points, 25,282. the price of gold has gone up over the last week when i was away on vacation. we're up 11 bucks as of this morning, still at 1233. that is only 30 bucks higher than 10 days ago. >>> how about the price of oil. with all the stuff surrounding saudi arabia, look at that the price of oil is down 44 cents. we're back to $70 per barrel. >>> latest polls in new jersey, the senate race there, senator bob menendez

two years ago i was living in portland, oregon, where i grew up, working a regular office job, singing on the side. i had gotten my undergraduate degree in music had you had drifted away from my passion. one day, i had a realization that life is too short not to do what makes you happy, and that was what led me to san francisco and to the conservatory. sfcm is providing me with skills and tools to become a professional musician out in the world. the caliber of excellence we have here at sfcm is simply unmatched, and i wouldn't be getting this kind of education anywhere else. the bose center will expand our dynamic community as our campus more than doubles in size providing even more state of the art opportunities and resources for students. the bose center will mean so many wonderful things for our future, its proximity to the incredible arts partners in the civic center area, beautiful new spaces for collaboration among students, if a kilt, and visiting artists, and most importantly, it means that sfcm can reach and inspire even more musicians of the future. on behalf of all my fellow

articles that we mentioned earlier that gave us so much attention in hawaii and beyond and in portland oregon we have kathy jett no kitchener she is a poet artist and activist as you'll see co-founded a dedicated to finding solutions to climate change and other environmental issues threatening the marshall islands ladies it's good to have you here. with doing that . you'll face was just changing. passion and steam coming out of your head i could i could feel it but this idea of. going to the u.s. in particular. why would they go in the first place shall i. because the contract with the association which. at least for callao we became a sovereign nation or but in free association it gave people the ability to come to the united states we don't have to. really work for thesis it was just we can come to the united states to work we can attend school and the same kind of in other news. and why so obviously they go because it's kind of an. but you're not quite as big as the united states but. so was open and open to much any chance to go to hawaii to go to the rest of the u.s. but why would they w

laura and philip honker are adoptive parents to michael and henry now he lives in portland oregon with this family philip and nora hunger. this is a local news report filmed last year with michael and another boy their doctors from china. three years after they took michael to america tabitha gave birth to another boy solomon. it's pizza night at the hunger home but something is missing when they heard the top of that had not the baby and was again in need of help the hunger send money for solomon's cat. they wanted to adopt him too and sent an agent to talk to tabitha a wash. they added the the meal . now anatomy and. eventually the hunger came to uganda and hottest as she was called to a meeting in camp parlor. she said she felt ill while she was there and had a dizzy spell it was then she says the woman at the meeting took solomon from her and gave him to laura hunka. we also hungers to confirm what happened at that meeting but they didn't respond to the question however they didn't say this the top of the has repeatedly agreed to the adoption and that she signed documents to that e

help with major expansion of its streaming video service known as amazon prime video based in portland oregon elemental made software for compressing massive video files and formatting them for a different devices is technology had helped stream the olympic games communicate with the international space station and drone footage at the central intelligence agency the cia elementals national security contracts weren't the main reason for the pros acquisition but they fit nicely with amazon's government businesses such as the highly secure cloud that amazon web services was building for the cia and then the article goes on to claim that amazon found a little chip on some of the devices and that the f.b.i. and cia and stuff were working with. but now they they categorically deny it but it's an interesting story well you know if you think of course amazon competes with alibaba alibaba chinese corporation and any way that they can undermine alibaba in some way the chinese authority in some way and plays into their global expansion efforts but this on a broader scale is another sign of the end of g

in portland, oregon, the incumbent congressman is talking about marijuana.e democratic representative blumenauer, who joins us from portland. good to have you with us. "bloomberg markets likewise -- rep. blumenauer: likewise. david: explain why the issue of marijuana resonates with your constituents. rep. blumenauer: oregon was the first state to decriminalize marijuana. totland, oregon is reputed be a progressive community, but actually, this is an issue that deals to conservatives and -- appeals to conservatives and liberals alike. people understand federal regulation of marijuana is flawed. it is not highly addictive. it does have medicinal uses. we are part of a wave that is taking place across the country, where over 30 states have decided, by the voters, to be opposed to the failed policy of prohibition of marijuana. david: explain a little bit the economics about it. you sit on the house ways and means committee, i believe. potentially -- --ld this be essentially -- d this be potentially rep. blumenauer: a national tax would be a new source of revenue

including new york city at trump tower and portland, oregon and san francisco. protesters demonstrating at jeff flake's office in arizona. four women arrested for there's pie -- for trespassing. >>> and in a matter of an hour, the announcement of the nobel peace prize is happening. up for the prize is kim jong-un as well as donald trump for their efforts. last year, the prize awarded to the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. i mention you can bet on this. angela merkel is the actual favorite. a british web site has trump as 5 to 2 odds. >>> nine minutes past hour. new hacking al legations agains russia. and issues with china is undermining the u.s. what the countries have to say next. >>> 4:13 eastern time. the government of china accusing vice president mike pence of slander and unwarranted accusations after he launched a broad attack against beijing. accusing china of aggressive practices against the u.s. and trying to undermine president trump. >> to put it bluntly, president trump's leadership is working and china wants a different american president. >> c

>> i was homeless in the streets in portland, oregon. >> reporter: what was the lowest point?e bloodlines and trying to field a pint of blood so i could get $20. i never thought in my life i was going to find myself in a place like that. and i was embarrassed. >> reporter: he started treatment at the v.a. for ptsd. he got a service dog named ax. but it wasn't until a friend took him fishing that he found his real medicine. >> i was like a walking zombie. with that much medication in your system, i couldn't smile. >> reporter: when you hooked that. >> what did that feel like? >> it's that jolt of energy, of life that brought me into the present where i can actually be able to feel the air, feel the currents that i'm standing in the water. it made me alive. >> reporter: brown says his doctors actually prescribed nature and fly fishing, a different kind of healing he is passing along through soul river. there. >> are veterans throughout that are fighting their stuff. they're also young peoplengheir. they're walking around with duct tape over their mouths basically. >> reporter: t

angry mob in action including some traffic blocking in portland, oregon. first major breaking deep state news tonight. we will put all of the pieces together. rod rosenstein is in hot water as are others. we can connect all of these dots between the fisa abuse and the clinton campaign and all of the corruption before and after the election. buckle up. a lot in tonight's breaks opening monologue. some democrats turned the confirmation process into a circus for 3 weeks. they vilified judge kavanaugh and tried to ruin his life. turned an angry mob against him. they thought the president might give up. but he stood by his nominee and stood up for the core principles of our system of justice. due process, the constitution, presumption of innocence, and simple common sense. a huge rally in iowa the president congratulated the newest member of the united states supreme court and so much more. let's take a look. >> yesterday at the white house we proudly swore in the newest member of the u.s. supreme court. >> [cheers and applause]. >> justice brett kavanaugh. >>

. >> portland, oregon, the latest city to be overrun by highly political mobs disrupting traffic andf a mess. a disabled veteran firing back over censorship after he says his pages were removed without warning. >> facebook's explanation and a major censorship case heads to the supreme court. >> reporter:-year-old war veteran says he is prepared to take facebook to court if the social media pages are not restored, he claims facebook shut down the page for his right wing news website and his business page very great coffee, they were two of the 560 pages and 251 accounts deleted by facebook over with a company called coordinated inauthentic behavior, he responded on his website, quote, i am not a conservative or liberal, i am an american who believes in what our country stands for. i prove this by vowing to protect and fighting for america's greatest tenet, free-speech. a facebook post he writes facebook lied, they took down my page because it was conservative, powerful and the elections are in two weeks. major support flowing in from the top of the trump administration. get ready, he

the mayor of portland, oregon is playing damage control after being slammed with backlash for defendingi was appalled by what i saw in the video but i support the decision of the portland police not to intervene. this whole incident will be investigated. heather: so are scenes like this the result of an out-of-control safe space mentality? here to weigh in is director of campus reform.org, emma michelle. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. heather: you're from portland. you've seen the protests on and off campus. tell us what you personally experienced or family members or friends. >> as someone who is from portland, the riots do terrify me, not only for the sake of my hometown, but the sake of the country. the left has taken on the mentality that they think they hold the moral high grounds and they're not only justified but obligated to do any means necessary to shut down their opposition over politics. and this is something that i think stems from the college campus at the leadership institute campus reform, i used to be a correspondent. i went to one of the first antif

violent behavior from the stanford left vestal tries to justify a series of stunning videos from portland oregon showing antifa black lives matter protesters verbally attacking a senior citizen in a wheelchair. initially to protest a shooting that ended up violently targeting the passersby and witnesses say there was no police presence. shannon: very interesting. thank you very much. should democrats take a stronger stand against 11 and what about a g.o.p.. candidate for now rhetoric? now with juan williams. welcome to you but my grandma has no electricity she is in worida. [laughter] i love you. not only the defacement but this is the beginning you are worried we are coming for you. >> there is a lot ofn rhetoric on both sides right now and to my mind it is the democratic side that they need to show some spine and that the kavanaugh nomination with that political process and even sense them but they should feel that they have the house and the senate and now the majority wire and the democratic politicians more respected? when you hear eric holder say if they go low we will kick them. and then

weekend we saw several brutal classes, near riots between groups in cities like new york city and portland, oregon. look at this on your screen. this stuff has to stop, somebody's going to get hurt and somebody's going to end up getting killed. at the end of the day we all need to be safe. this is what rand paul was warning about. everyone was entitled to their opinions, and we don't have the right to throw punches. in portland they are blocking traffic and assaulting pedestrians, intimidating commuters. settle your political disputes, you have your shot in 22 days from now. whether this type of violence occurs on the left or the right, we know it should be the duty of elected officials and leaders to strongly confirm these actions. sadly we can also report tonight, instead of calling out, these mobs were what they are doing in this violence, they are being spurred on by demonizing political differences, vilifying people who have different points of view. it's happening from the left. this sounds like a call to arms or marching orders on behalf of some people, and it's extraordinarily dangerous. t

>> shannon: portland, oregon, police protect the rights of an t5 to protest. land's citizens complained the active fat activists blocked there right away. the police did nothing. police officers monitoring the protest pate they did not intervene in order to protect the rights of the protesters. the activists were diverting traffic during demonstration about the shooting death of a black man by portland police. the union representing icy employees has asked state and federal officials to open a criminal investigation of portland mayor ted wheeler over his direction of a police response to i.c.e. protests over the summer. demonstrators blocked areas around the i.c.e. office, set up camps and clashed with federal police officers. california secretary of state demanding a new investigation into the dmv. blaming a processing error for improperly registering noncitizens to vote in california. the dmv said none of the people registered are in the country illegally. here is one noncitizen who got registered by the dmv. >> i got this piece of cardboard that said congrat

but the antifa people are practically running portland, oregon.y bunch it's reminiscent of news reals of the sa, hitler storm troopers beating up on opponents of the would-be if you ar be fuhrer. it's reminiscent of the nazis coming to power. liz: senator elizabeth warren doubling down on her claims of native american ancestry, and president trump says bring it on. president trump: i hope she is running for president because i think she would be very easy. i hope she is running. she'll destroy the country. she'll make our country into venezuela. .. when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering seven things every medicare supplement should have. it's yours free just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call, a knowledgeable licensed agent-producer can answer any questions you have and help you choose the plan that's r

eric: well, it was billed as the law and order march in portland, oregon, but it's gotten to the latestnce. members of the extremist group antifog clashing with the right-wing group h. or a prayer after another my leg in york city. manhattan's exclusive the sidesteps her park avenue. the building was vandalized by the protesters. they were demonstrating against a prisoner controversial right-wing provocateur gavin mcginnis, founder of the so-called prague boys group who call themselves, western chauvinist. critics had blasted mcguiness says -- after his appearance three men were arrested for being a protester industry. social media claims the suspects are members of the prague boys. new york police are not confirming who they are. ed cox who happens to be a president son-in-law and condemning the incident. >> this type of political violence is not acceptable in our democratic system. we are unique with other democracies in the free world that our differences are settled at the ballot box but not by violence. eric: how can we stop these cases political violence russian ark chairman of th

including new york city trump tower and in portland, oregon. >>> just moments ago, the nobel committee announced the nobel peace prize. honoring denis mukwege and nadia murad. there have been 331 nominees. 115 different organizations nominated. this using sexual violence as a weapon of war. two people spearheaded campaign against that. winning the nobel. >> most thought it would deal with the korean peninsula. whether it was kim jong-un or president trump. >> maybe next year. >>> hacking allegations against russia and major accusations of china undermining the united states. what with both countries have to say next. y, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and customer service are critical to business success. the kind of skills, that work for you. (john foley) i was there in chicago when bob barnett made the first commercial wireless phone call in 1983. yes, this is bob barnett in chicago. (john) we were both working on that first network that would eventually become verizon's. back then, the idea of a nationwide wireless network was completely unreas

felt short of portland, oregon, number one. it looked at affordability, diversity. sacramento in 16th. oakland 19th and san jose in 42nd. >>> let's turn things over to jeff and talk about the warmer weekend. >> it will be a nice weekend to eat outside, let's say. you can see even tonight looks really good. not much in the way of fog. that's the sign of a warming trend in san francisco. 61 and fog-free. we'll let you know how much hotter and how gusty the winds could get in a few minutes. thanks, jeff. >>> transforming misery into art. the mural to honor the victims of the mendocino wildfires. week communities mark one year >>> memorials and tributes across the north bare as communities mark a year since the devastating fires. >> we're showing how one community remembers the devastation and recovery with art. >> i've been doing this 40 years now. i'm narrative artist. >> there are stories in broken things. >> i like breaking it up and putting it back together. >> mosaic art is -- there we go. perfect. >> likes finding stories in chaos. >> mosaic, you take things and

especially in portland, oregon that used to be one of the most of charming cities in america.ow it's a hotbed of crowds stifling free speech. it's an amazing thing to think that america is losing free speech as rapidly as it has. >> hillary clinton is saying this about civility. >> if we are fortunate enough to win back the house and/or the senate, that's when civility can start again. liz: what happens if democrats don't win? what is hillary clinton threatening. if democrats sweep a future election. it's unlikely you will see republican incivility on the streets. that sounded like a threat from hillary clinton. >> it is a threat from hillary clinton and a threat to the whole democrat party. we are not going to play fair. we reached the bottom of the barrel horribleness during the kavanaugh hearings when people crowd in an elevator in the senate and started shouting and screaming at republican senators about kavanaugh. that was an outrage. people are not allowed to go out to dinner "their wives. it can't be allowed to go on that you can't walk down the street with a maga hat w

the surprise of a lifetime after dna tests through "23andme" connected her with her brother in portland, oregon. neither had any idea of the other existed. >>> reporter: >> we're on our way. i'm nervous. i feel like i have a lot of adrenaline. >> reporter: her heart was racing as 38-year-old rene from california made her way through portland international airport to meet her biological brother from salem, oregon. >> i had no idea that i had a sister. i had no clue. >> reporter: justin and his older sister were born in south korea. they were abandoned by their parents in different locations when rene was about 4 and justin was just 1. >> i was told that i was found at a theater next to a police station which was actually quite common back in the early '80s in south korea when there was a lot of poverty. >> reporter: they were adopted to families in the u.s. neither knew about the other. decades later, to try to learn about her health history, rene did a dna test through "23andme." >> right there it said, parents and it said me and then it said justin, 35, salem, oregon. um, and it said "23andme"

andy ngo lives in portland, oregon. he's a journalist at quillette.s been following this very closely and he joins us tonight. so andy, we played a bunch of videos, some of which you publicized, about what is happening in the streets of portland. i don't even know what your politics are. i just want to be clear. were those right-wing protesters? were those republicans in the streets of portland? >> they were not. >> tucker: hmm. they were not. who were they? and what was the point of this? and how much coverage did it get in portland?th and did any civic or political leaders in portland raise any kind of outcry about this, the violence? >> some of the footage you showed was recorded over the weekend on saturday by brandon farley. that was a protest organized by "don't shoot portland" which is a black lives matter type of group. they were protesting the police involved shooting of a man who is suspected of shooting two people. well, the police here take a pretty hands-off approach must of the time with protestors. what you saw on saturday in the video

life hanging in the balance -- it happened when an oregon man was ready to jump off a bridge in portland, oregonyft' driver and his passenger drove by and saw him at just the right time. cole miller reports. this is zachary laxton and he is no stranger to getting behind the wheel --then again -- it's pretty much his office these days.zachary laxton/lyft driver"about a year and a half."that's how long he's been driving for lyft... 22-hundred trips later -- he admits that most haven't been too exciting.zachary laxton/lyft driver"not as many as you'd think."but that all changed last week...zachary laxton/lyft driver"so me and a passenger were driving over the bridge and we noticed a man like walking towards us on the bridge and then he got up on the railing and we drove past him and we were kind of just in shock."that man -- standing on the railing of the burnside bridge.laxton immediately pulls over and calls 9-1-1...zachary laxton/lyft driver"i mean, he was looking down and in my mind, he was contemplating it. he said that he was just going to jump head first and end it all."his passenger able to