head of catholic social services thehead of catholic social services testified that certifying a home of a same-sex couple would be in violation of that religious belief, that a home study is essentially a validation of the relationships in the home, and that a final home study includes a written endorsement of the relevant relationships of the foster parent. and the state law as well asks an agency to assess the ability of applicants for approval as foster parents. what the city is asking css to do here is to certify, validate, and make statements that it cannot make. and i'm not aware of any case where this court has said it's okay to compel speech or coerce religious exercise as long as you can tag a disclaimer onto the end of it. respondents certainly haven't cited to any. it would be hurtful for css and for the couple, if any couple ever approached them, for them to go into their home, assess their relationships, interview them about their intimate relationships and their family, and then, at the end of that, have to say we cannot provide that approval for you and your family. cs

by a vote of 9-0, the supreme court voted with catholic social services. there's a limiting provision in this decision. what catholic social services said, you need not only to rule in favor of us, but you need to strike doubt an earlier ruling from the supreme court that says there's no religious exemption to laws that apply to everybody. the court did not go that way. this is the supreme court's way of ruling for catholic social services in this case, but not trying to set a larger principle that said any organization is now free to violate laws against discrimination on the basis of same is sem orientation. it narrows it down because of the way the decision was made. a victory for catholic social services, a defeat for the city, but the supreme court has gone out of its way to not make at green light for other organizations to announce religious freedom. surprisingly again, 9-0. >> that's incredibly interesting. that had been the big question here wlrk or not this would be a broader decision that would, for example, open the door to other businesses her

for taking out catholic social services.more homes for children when catholic social services are to help those in need. jon: it has been suggested that federal officials or government officials, i guess at every level because this is a city case, sort of tried to weaponize antidiscrimination laws and use them against religious organizations like in this case catholic social services. do you see it that way? >> i think this was an attempted cancel catholic social services because they have the wrong set of beliefs. this is an agency that served children regardless of their race, their religion, their sex or sexual orientation. they have been doing a good job of that and they want to continue doing so. it was simply unnecessary to try and kick them out of foster care. jon: you know, at the heart of this, as you mentioned, you know, are the children who, i mean, there are hundreds, thousands, perhaps, who need foster parenting who want to be in a home and this was an organization that was trying to make that happen. >> that's

him of the washington post has reported that the same-sex couple has never approached catholic social services before. and it is only one of 30 other agencies that can provide services to help benefit children in the city of philadelphia. at the same time, just last fall here in texas, our governor decided that social workers should be allowed to refuse services to people based on sexual orientation. and although this is a narrow ruling, i think it is unreasonable to anticipate that you will not see complaints and efforts like that revived her to today's decision. >> all right pete williams, josh letterman, and everyone, thanks for all of you for getting us started today. coming up next, shot in the dark. why some teenagers are finding they are unable to get covid vaccine if parents will not give them permission. but first, whirlwind week, president biden back in washington knowing that g7 summit, nato meetings and the historic summit with lata mayor putin. so where does the domestic agenda stand now that he is at home. you are watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. nobody builds 5g l

they can turned down the temperature, halt the cycle of retaliation, get people to social services. and it works. community violence intervention programs have shown a reduction in violence up to 60% in many places. we heard from two community leaders do this work, eddie, thank you for coming from chicago, you are quite frankly -- it was impressive, your presentation. and logan from richmond, california. eddie was formerly incarcerated for gun homicide and he lost his brother to gun violence. eddie worked as a violence interrupter. now he runs a program that provides high risk -- cognitive behavioral therapy to help them react to the impulse by calming down rather than following through with violence. it changes their trajectory. the program has reduced shootings by 40%. he runs a program across california and other states that enroll high-risk individuals and peace fellowships, complete with intensive mentoring and social services. he is saving lives. in sacramento, for example, 90 1% of participants stayed away from gun violence -- 91% of participants stayed away from gun violence

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catholic social services has placed children through the government with gay couples before.rsonal certification, of what a home look like for a child. and not working with catholic social services is unconstitutional today because the supreme court said so in a unanimous ruling. >> but on a personal level, what harm would come to a child if placed in the home of a loving same-sex couple? >> children are placed in same-sex homes all the time. they are placed -- i think you're asking me a question about religious beliefs. and the religious beliefs of catholic social services -- >> i'm asking about the needs of children. the aclu argued, they were involved in the case. they said this could have a profound consequences on more than 400,000 children in foster care across the country, putting aside the legal ripple effects -- i'm asking you, do you think that a child is put in harm's way -- a child who needs a foster home and we know a lot of children are in need of foster care. why would you cut off an avenue for children to be in a loving home of a same-sex couple? what harm wou

the catholic social services said doing that would violate their religious beliefs. they asked the supreme court to say there should always be a religious exemption to generally applicable laws. they should basically trump discrimination laws, but the supreme court didn't go that far today. this is a very narrow ruling. it ruled in favor of catholic social services because of the complexity of the way the city contracted sometimes imposing certain restrictions and sometimes not. so on those very narrow grounds it sent catholic social services win, but it did not go further. it did not say that claims of religious freedom can trump non-discrimination laws, ayman. >> two very important rulings. pete williams in d.c. thank you. the supreme court rulings come one day after president biden returned to washington to find what may be progress on important parts of his domestic agenda while he was away. ginning us now nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and white house reporter from the associated press. i'll take a stab at it and you're probably suffering jetl

but the city of philadelphia went to catholic social services and said, you have to be like the other 20. you cannot practice your faith. even though literally catholic social services had never had a gay family reach out to them for an adoption placement. they had go to gone to other places. the city of philadelphia said, no, you have to change the your practice. unfortunately, catholic social services had to argue for their religious freedom all the way to the supreme court, and today they ruled 9-0 that a faith-based institution cannot be discriminated against because of their faith. they should be able to live out the tenets of their faith and be able to practice that a now, to me that's a great decision to be able to make, to say why can't we coexist? why can't we honor everyone in their inner city dids of opinion? -- in their differences of opinion? there was no work for catholic social services to stop gay marriages in philadelphia or to stop couples from fostering children that are gay couples there. they just chose not to do it based on their faith. so they weren't working ag

this case in the catholic social services case out of philadelphia was heard back in november. we figure there was a lot of consternation trying to get together what to do with the case. there are concurrences but not a single dissent. a 9-0 decision if favor of this agency and it is important to note, too, what philadelphia said is we can't work with you because catholic social services places foster children but does not place them with same sex couples because of catholic church belief on that point. a couple justices notice there was never a same sex couple who went to catholic social services and said we would like to be part of the foster care program and turned away. it was a situation that hadn't happened. what the court found was the city of philadelphia could not say you can't be part of this because of a religious issue. it was a 9-0 decision and for a lot of people that was very surprising. a little bit of what chief justice john roberts said. he said the catholic social services group that would allow it to continue serving the children of philly in a manner consis

catholic social services wouldn't certify gay couples. they also wouldn't certify unmarried heterosexual couples. gay single parents were perfectly fine with the church. the city complained, the refusal to certify gay couples was wrong. the courts unanimously ruled for the catholic social services saying it was their first amendment right and freedom of religion. i'm skipping over some complicated details. this time minutiae in the way they wrote city laws, 110 pages long. the headline is freedom of religion. >> so you're saying not to read too much into the specific case as far as what might affect others in the situation. >> exactly. this is not a land mark case where we say from this day forward, this is true. it is not like roe versus wade. >> a lot to get through. thank you. >>> the bill making juneteenth a holiday is on the president's desk. this is new video, house speaker pelosi signing the bill this morning, surrounded by members of the black caucus. juneteenth marks the day where it finally reached the people enslaved in texas t

here today, you have a social service agency, all social service agencies in pennsylvania are supposed to allow lgbt couples to adopt and become foster parents. here, they say, because of religious objections, this group doesn't have to follow the law that everyone else has to follow. that's a big cause in the conservative movement. and unless you think, because of the aca decision today, that the supreme court has suddenly gone moderate, this is an example of how the con sservatives have wo this case and won it unanimously. the covid cases were not unanimous. this is a very controversial issue about religious liberty, versus lgbt rights and conservatives and religious institutions are winning most of the cases. >> joan, your thoughts on this and the fact that it is unanimous. there were those that signed on to the main opinion and that buyer joined the first photograph of the majority. what's the take away for people at home? >> because it was unanimous, it means that it was narrowly written. we have been on the air here. i don't know exactly what the chief said in it. it might apply

it heard about catholic social services and its policy. even though no same-sex couple approached them, asking them to become foster parents, they decided they wouldn't let anymore children be placed with the agency because they were so upset. that was a huge mistake. >> sharon fulton was the plaintiff in this case, a foster parent. obviously a big win for her and so many other people like cecilia paul who had done such admirable work for these agencies over such long periods of time. we have pictures of both individuals. here's a mom who has also been a big part of this program. listen. >> catholic social services saved the lives of my children and gave me the greatest lesson of all. the gift of motherhood. >> so one of the -- take a step back and look at this -- it's the jack philips case. he lost his case in colorado tuesday, i believe, and justice gorsuch used the jack philips. he was denied a transgender woman cake for her changeover ceremony that she wanted to celebrate. she has already said to him if this case didn't go her way, she

while she agrees with reallocating dollars for mental health and social services, she said it is too much too soon. >> my hope is we can focus on the vacant positions that we have a so we can fund some of the initial recommendations for the task course and we can look at again the transitional model to fund some of the other programs. >> reporter: this is the vice mayor and said that 23 layoffs is the worst-case scenario and fear mongering and transferring money to new projects will help alleviate crime. >> we can't deal with poor people and in an impoverished community by criminalizing poor people activity. we have to find ways to get through the root causes of things causing pain and that is pushing them into the underground economy. >> reporter: two shootings happened tying up all officers on shift for hours according to the sheath. the founder of the anti-police terror project said now is the time to make a change. >> what about the violent crime you are actually not preventing and in most cases not solving? the argument that we should keep giving you money to do something not wo

the one thing i should note, john, is that the chief did note that other social services agencies in philadelphia do screen same-sex couples for foster care so they're not being outright excluded from everything, and that was at least how he justified allowing catholic social services to go that far. >> we just talked about the supreme court in the context of the affordable care act ruling and what does it tell us about this new trump centric, conservative centric court. >> yeah, chief justice john roberts is very carefully trying to divide and conquer the trump justices because neil gorsuch went the other way here. he wanted to give much more of a religious accommodation, go stronger in terms of supreme court precedent for down the road in terms of favoring religious believers but justices amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh stuck with chief justice john roberts as did our liberal members of this court, justice alaina kagan signed onto this, as did sonia sotomayor and steven briar. there was some variation in the legal reasoning there but this decision showed that for now chief ju

turn down the temperature, halt the cycle of retaliation, connect people to social services. and it works. community violence intervention programs have shown a reduction in violence up to 60% in many places. we heard from two community leaders that do this work. thank you for coming from chicago. really, quite frankly, it was impressive your presentation. and davon bogan from richmond, california, he was formerly incarcerated for a gun homicide and he lost his brother to gun violence. and he worked as a violence interrupter. now he runs a program that provides high-risk men with cognitive behavioral therapy to help them react to the impulses by slowing down rather than following through on violence. it puts them in paid jobs to change the trajectory. the program has reduced shootings by 40%. davon runs a program across california and six other states that are all high-risk individuals and peace fellowships complete with intensive mentoring and social services. he's saving lives. in sacramento, for example, 91% of participants stayed away from gun violence. states and cities

they want to see more social services. that's really what's at stake tonight of ongoing marathon. it started at 10:30 a.m. and it is still going on right now. >> reporter: for roughly four hours, more than 100 logged on today. some shared their fear of public safety. >> we are afraid to go out. >> reporter: others like leonard -- >> what the hell is going on in that department and why are we still giving them so much money. >> reporter: council president nicky cortanado freezing several police positions and removal of specific squads. >> let's hire oaklanders and let's fund macro and let's stop throwing money at the oakland police departments. >> reporter: the oakland police says opd is staffed at 714 officers with 78 vacant positions. >> we need to acknowledged that opd is under staffed and therefore impacting its recruiting abilities and what it does is it puts our most vulnerable at risk. >> reporter: and still no vote quite yet. there has been a lot of debate over those police academy whether the city should have a fifth police academy or whether there is enough cadets from he

turn down the temperature, halt the cycle of retaliation, connect people to social services. and it works. community violence intervention programs have shown a reduction in violence, we heard from two community leaders to do this work, thank you for coming from chicago, formerly incarcerated lost his brother to gun violence. and worked at a as violence in a raptor, provides high risk men with cognitive behavioral therapy to help them react to the impulses by slowing down rather than following through on the violence, puts them in jobs to change her trajectory, the program has reduced shootings, high risk individuals and peace fellowships and social services, its saving lives. in sacramento for example 91% of the participants stayed away from gun violence, states and cities should invest in american rescue plan funds and those kinds of anti-violent crime programs. today i'm announcing that the white house will be working with 15 jurisdictions, from baltimore to baton rouge to memphis to minneapolis, and a republican and former chief of police joined us today to be a part of t

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in the city of philadelphia anchor license catholic social services based upon an article that appeared in philadelphia newspaper. the pointed out that csf would not place foster children in a nontraditional family. no one had complained. and there were plenty of service providers who would in fact gladly place children in nontraditional homes including homes of same-sex partners and same-sex married couples.ma that one article in years culture report, how did the city council the other city officials of philadelphia to say, we are going to condemn bigotry. and so weig anchor license. there are hundredss of children in philadelphia need to be placed. and yet cfs is been sidelined. he could no longer providess the services. so happily, the firemen rushed to the rescue of csf. the archdiocese of philadelphia became for the case was arguably one of the early cases heard in november. i it went very well. i'm prayerful that it will be super majority. i don't think that we can convince them but am maybe - but hopeful there will be a moderate opinion to struggle with some kind of middle ground

government should give police departments more resources or spend the money on mental health and other social services instead. the president tried to appeal to both sides on wednesday, saying that this is not the time to turn our backs on law enforcement or communities. under the plan, state and local governments will be allowed to use their designated $350 billion in coronavirus relief funds programs like hiring police officers up to pre-pandemic levels, paying overtime for policing work, and supporting community-based and high violence groups. governments struggling with high crime will be able to go further, hiring more officers than they had during the pandemic. they also do some analysis in the paper of the announcement yesterday. this is analysis by alexander burns in the new york times. why choose? democrats seek to fund and reform the police, writing that "in the nash -- the nation's capital, the president but the weight of his office to hide a crime-fighting agenda, unveiling a national strategy host: that's from "the new york times." the attorney general, part of that announcement yesterday

that's why we have social services. that's why we do dish every, any stage approach that we're talking about spain among your p and country, but we could be told about the united kingdom. wanted to do so many people commit suicide trunk. people who change that on a young age. i'm sorry i, i don't take steps. i cannot accept, that's what you would need to cite specific biggest or your argument. i'm not, i'm not prepared to talk about specific cases and i do not accept people who change jane. that's that go on necessarily to commit suicide. like everything you know is an element of people that sell palm is an element of people that take their own lives. well, that happens across the board, or how long gay children actually are lesbian. children that claim that happens with transgender children with respect, is just simply not supported by the evidence. paula spain obviously wants to confront discrimination against the l. g. b t. community you've, you've brought up this point. i just want to, to expand on it. what about? y

catholic social services who brought this case invited the supreme court to do that, rather aggressively. it's time to throw that out. they didn't get any takers on that one. the supreme court's decision is quite narrow, based on the complexities of the specific way the city contracted with catholic social services. so the supreme court was really trying not to let this decision stand for a wider acceptance of the idea that you can discriminate based on religious freedom. >> josh, any formal or official reaction from the white house other than those tweets from the chief of staff so far? are we expecting anything from perhaps president biden? i think we will see him later this afternoon for the bill signing on the juneteenth federal holiday, right? >> that's right. we will hear from the president later today. that will be an opportunity for him to address his reaction to this news. all we have heard is from ron klain, who is very happy that this has been saved. we're also expecting the white house will more formally release something on paper. in the meantime, we are hearing from the hea

now, the catholic social services said to the supreme court, give us a broad ruling.gious freedom exception to nondiscrimination laws and the court didn't go that far and said catholic social services wins this case because of the narrow way in which the city administered the contract. so, it's not going to have a wider effect on county clerks that refuse to issue marriage licenses or bakers who refuse to make cakes for same-sex weddings. >> you never get to take vacation in june. what is coming next that you're most anticipating? >> three decisions next week, by the way, chuck. the court has just said on monday, wednesday and friday. we're still waiting for the case that i think maybe a lot of people are interested in about whether schools can punish children for what they call off campus. remember this is the young woman who sent the saucy little tweet or internet message about getting kicked off the cheerleading team and then most interest, i think, to your viewers is that the court will probably set the rules for deciding when states violate the constitution when

they provided a lot of social services to gay people who had been devastated by anti gay policing . and they did develop a, the infrastructure of a gay political movement in the years before the gay liberation movement was born and the wake of stone wall. i was not involved in the home phone game movement. because i had gone to some meetings of the daughters of belie this, which was a homophobe organization for women. and i found them to be too conservative for my taste. i discovered that lesbians were in the village, so i went to the village. and in the beginning, i often would follow women, i thought were likely prospects. i called them i said to lesbian, so i would walk around discreetly. i asked them in the hopes that they would go into a lesbian bar. and i could find a lesbian bar because i was too shy to walk up to you couldn't walk up to someone say hi, are you? what was it? think of elizabeth, but eventually somehow i found out about a couple of bars. there was the stone pony. there was cooking on west 14th street, and all these bars were on by organized crime, by the, by a

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country is much better when they haven't all their friends going to school, they have a lot of social services still, they are happy with everything because a lot of other problems they start thinking about think about things like what they're they're so much just being your kids, these kids, i believe a lot of them never have been able to be just kids on the life. i think a good solution would be for the countries for europe to try to help them in morocco. i don't really know what way is, but then i use the other thought i had learned to be honest, when i see facebook videos of my friends who emigrated because they seem healthier . that's how that on the floor, and they look great and what get a job, how they dress well and live well in as soon as yan age and thought i had learned new cation. i'm not jealous of them, but i'm frustrated. and you know, because i wish i was like them on their level guys. and of course for my home i want to be with them. we had said i had learned to has some of the truth is that i missed them a why when you, when i think of them my heart h o d and i went through

catholic social services had never actually reviewed, certified same-sex couple.came about after a newspaper article in 2018 talked about it which led to one group suing. there is not lots of victims in this case. the advocates of religious liberty are happy. on the other hand, have the courts -- has the courts liberal block change their mind? no, i think they view it as a one-time only decision, like the cake baking decision in colorado a few years ago. they do not change underlying precedent and there will no doubt be cases like this again in the future. >> trace: yeah, and we point out that a lower court, a circuit court, this actually, that philly could do this. you talk about the catholic church never turned down an lgbtq couple, the catholic diocese said if we came to us we would simply send them somewhere else. chief justice john roberts said philadelphia has made exceptions before, byron, they're not making exceptions for the catholic church. it's not great. >> the reason we are going to see more of these cases, this was so clear cut the reason we are goin

they live here, they haven't, all they have their friends is going to school, they have a lot of social services still they are was everything comes a lot of problems. they start thinking about the things like things, but they're just they're just being kids. these kids, i believe a lot of them never had been able to be just kids normal life. i think a good solution would be for the countries for europe to try to help them in morocco. really know what way is i me ah, cruise of a thought i had learned to be honest. so when i see facebook videos of my friends who emigrated because they seem healthier, that's how that i'm a ford and they look great and what good job, how they dress well and live well in as soon as yan asian, i thought i had learned indication, i'm not jealous of them, but i'm frustrated. the snow is because i wish i was like them on their level are going to close for my home. i want to be with them and we're going to shift. so i had to learn is who has some of the truth is that i missed them a lot only when i think of them my heart h o d and i went through a lot with those people,

halt the cycle of retaliation, connect people to social services. and it works. in violence up to 60% in many places. we heard from two community leaders that do this work. eddie, thank you for coming from chicago. quite frankly, it was impressive, your presentation. and devon from richmond, california. eddie was formerly incarcerated for gun homicide and devon lost his brother to gun violence. eddie worked as a violence interpreter. now he provides a program that provides high-risk men with cognitive behavioral therapy to help them react to the impulses by slowing down rather than following through on violence. it puts them in paying jobs to change their trajectory. the program has reduced shootings by 40%. devon runs a program across california and six other states that enroll high-risk individuals in peace fellowships, complete with intensive mentoring and social services. it's saving lives. in sacramento, for example, 91% of participants stayed away from gun violence. states and cities should invest in american rescue funds and those kinds of anti-violent cri

a few more comments from social media and our text messaging service. this is john in michigan saying that the court should look and act like the country. we are now diverse and progressive. we aren't conservative anymore is what john says. sorry, but forcing the citizens to fight against right-wing believes and conspiracy theories wastes time. this from ray in colorado. it really varies from case to case. garland v. ming dai and sanchez v. mayorkas were unanimous opinions. other rulings get brought up. barrett, gorsuch, and thomas ruled in favor of some of these rulings going through a few of the cases. this from william in middletown, connecticut. the supreme court will do what is right for america. no need to pack the bench from either side. and one more in skippers, virginia. i view the current supreme court as being about right. the conservative majority respects the constitution and will make decisions on following the constitution. i worry democrats want to load the court with leftists who want to make laws versus interpret the law. taking your p

that money will be redirected into social services over two years. new police chief argues defunding isn't the answer. others say police don't prevent violence. they just respond to it. >> nearly 90% in homicides this year says that we have a significant challenge in front of us. i think it is not the time to have less resources. >> you would rather see violence prevention than to see folks arrested and locked up after the fact. >> we are fighting tooth and nail to ensure that the city has a moral budget that does that as well. >> among programs that reallocated money will fund, victim services and emergency housing. mayor libby schaaf issued this response. "i believe that until we have proven alternatives, we cannot destroy oakland's current public safety system at a time when we are losing so many to gun violence." >>> a live look from san francisco where ambulance response times are getting slower. according to the chronical it is because medical calls have jumped 16% since 2015 while number of ambulance personnel has remained steady. supervisors

philadelphia, the justices ruling that the city violated the constitution in banning catholic social services from taking part in its foster care program because of the agency's exclusion of same sex couples but the court also dismissing a challenge to the affordable care act on thursday, ruling that texas and other republican-led states had no standing to bring this suit. let's bring in our panel, wall street journal columnist, dan henning and kim strassel and big mcgern. interesting case, some of the justices think it didn't go far enough to pro detective liberty. -- protect liberty. what do you sunshine. >> on the one hand, it was a 9-0 opinion. so that's very impressive. on the other hand, if you read the concurring opinion, 77 pages by justice alito, i think he makes a pretty good case that this is on a technicality. basically, the court ruled because in itsing contracts, philadelphia allowed for exceptions, they couldn't denies a religious exemption and justice alito i think rightly pointed out all they have to do is eliminate these exemptions and they can deny the catholic social servi

> we wanted to make sure that regardless of income, young people and people who receive basic social services from the city, that they also have access to our art and cultural institutions. >> the museums include the children's creative museum, the dave young museum. >>> also new the line sup out for the stern grove festival. it's wide ranging. the sf symphony, tower of power, love them and much more. the free festival runs on sunday from june 20th to august 29th. reservations are required. they open at 2:00 today for the first show and you can find details on kpix.com. >>> up next meghan markle releases her first children's book. how she first came up with the project. >>> and today on the drew ba . >>> it's a pretty good view from the top of sutro looking over the city. here is another one from the top of sales force looking back over the town. there's your view over oakland. you see mount diablo. it's a beautifully clear day with just a few stratus clouds. just to get you ready for what's coming our way. temperatures that will be staying pretty much where they are today and holding steady

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than the top of the line $10.3 million funding reduction from the police department to other social services. >> we need services in place before we take services away. >> reporter: that's the message from richmond police chief french, as city council contemplates taking away $10.3 million from the department's budget. that move, chief french said, would result in 23 officer layoffs and the loss of the spot shotter program. it would decimate the heralding policing model. >> it seems we're going back to where we were 20 years ago, and so it seems like it's taking a big step backwards. >> reporter: french agrees that mental health and homeless services are needed to help people and prevent crime, but calls this too much too soon. vice mayor johnson, a fourth generation richmond resident, says these changes aren't meant to be punitive to the department but positive for the community. >> this isn't some like pie in the sky esoteric form of policy that i'm thinking of. i am literally thinking of how it's going to impact my friends, my aunts, my cousins, my uncles. like these are all things -- i h

vegas police say there was no evidence of long-term abuse and no evidence of any prior calls to social services. >>> another story we're following, most adults in the bay area have been vaccinated. what about kids? two prominent bay area hospitals are playing an important role in getting young kids vaccinated. the so-called final phase vaccine trials are underway for 5-11 year olds at stanford. at kaiser san jose, oakland and sacramento, this is video from the stanford trial. if all goes well, kids as young as 5 could be cleared for the vaccine this fall just as school is getting back in session. >>> one week from today california is lifting a lot of its covid-19 restrictions, but will local counties do the same? local health leaders have the option of keeping tighter rules, but will they? we've got answered for you. head to nbcbayarea.com. you can see what will happen in your specific county come june 15th. it's at the top of our home page. just click on "june 15th, what to know" or type in nbcbayarea.com/bayarea reopening. >>> that internet outage that knocked out big websites across the glob

talk about what your proposal is and may be why investing in more preventative resources and social services is not as much of a focus as police. >> know -- it is just as much of a focus. i support investments in macro, violence prevention, it is a huge priority of mine. i believe we can do both. we can invest in these new prevention methods which i fully support and have championed forever. we cannot deplete the current safety safety net we have in place now and has been proven to reduce violent crime and prevent it when it is done in collaboration with community and services. we can and must do both, build these new systems, but at the same time, not take away the very safety net we have right now. council member taylors proposal would do exactly that. that is what i support, doing both. >> let's talk about oakland's police chief. he says he is looking forward to tomorrow when president joe biden is set to unveil his anticrime policy on gun safety. what tangible outcomes are you expecting from that announcement? >> oakland has often been a model for successful holistic approaches for gun v

councilmembers told kpix 5 that he want some of that money to be used for social services instead . > the reality is that i need to help children and families. i need to make sure they are in school. if you look at high schools, 50- 60% absenteeism. >> the city council is expected to vote on the police budget in tomorrow's meeting. >>> antioch is one step closer to what the mayor calls the cannabis capital of northern california. a plan is in the works to turn and old kmart into an all-in- one marijuana facility. >> andrea nakano shows us that not everyone is as old. >> reporter: the city council in antioch unanimously approved the project to go forward but not everyone is on board with the project. >> we will save the cannabis capital of northern california. >> reporter: a title that the mayor of antioch says with pride and gratitude. >> we owe a debt to the cannabis industry for saving people's jobs, making sure economic growth continues throughout the city. >> reporter: antioch is already home to cocoa forms which could potentially become one of the largest facilities of its kind i

police say there's no evidence of long-term abuse and have no evidence of any prior calls to social services. >>> okay, reopening just in time for summer. napa and alameda counties have moved into the less-restrictive yellow tier joining the majority of the bay area. gyms can increase 50% capacity. we can have outdoor live events that can happen at 67% capacity. remember a week from today, the entire state can open up. two prominent hospital group also help determine whether children as young as 5 can get the vaccine. trials are under way for 5-11-year-olds in stanford. the video you're looking at is a standford trial where dr. maldonado is leading that study) this is phase three trials. this is to look for safety and effectiveness, >> it felt not that bad. it felt just like a little pinch. just a little pinch. >> she's so cute. dr. maldonado you've seen on our air at times. if all goes well, kids as young as 5 could be cleared for the vaccination this fall. and much like stanford, kaiser is expanding the vaccine trial to kids 5-11. it will include 75 kids in the study. two-thirds of the chi

police said the boy had not been referred to social services. there is nothing that indicates there was any type of long term abuse whatsoever. san jose police say officers had no previous contact with the family until a week ago, when the boy's father called to say he didn't know where liam and his mother were. at that time, he was not sure if he wanted to pursue any type of, you know, child stealing parental abduction charges on mom. the father had no idea his son had already been killed. a family friend came forward days later, saying the composite sketch of the book looked a lot like liam, las vegas police detective flew to san jose to get liam's pillow. an item was provided to them with dna that they were able to match in a statement to ktvu, liam's grandfather, chris, whose dad wrote apprehending sam to face what her actions have done is great. she needs to be held accountable, no matter why it happened. however it doesn't make a difference for my son. he is devastated by the loss of liam. now the boy's mother was with another male at the

cops on the beat, no way, it's several things intertwined, it's about guns, it's about lack of social servicesce. one guy gets shot, the next day it's a revenge shooting. it requires a multi-layered response. and that's what you hear from cops on the beat but not politicians. >> i appreciate it. let's talk with baltimore police commissioner michael harrison. commissioner harrison, thanks for joining us. there have been at least 18 homicides in just ten days in baltimore. what's going on? >> so, thank you for having me, first of all. we are seeing the same thing you're seeing in new york and all the other big cities across the country, a spike in increase in violence. but it's a number of issues. it's grouping gang violence, it's retaliations from previous bad acts. what we are seeing is increase in acquaintance shootings and domestic violence shootings where people have poor or no-conflict resolution skills and are using guns to solve their conflicts. just like everybody, there's a proliferation of guns in our city unlike any other, and the willingness to use them. and when you put that togeth

nikki fortuneado bass who wants to reduce funding for his police department and divert it to social services but no one could have prevented that in the same way that violent prevention and other services could have. >> the violence has to stop. put the guns down. >> reporter: in oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area. >>> the fire in big sur is still burning and firefighters aren't gaining much ground. it scorched close to 2,500 acres since the start thursday night. the fire is burning in the ventana wilderness. it is 0% contained. hundreds have been ordered to evacuate. flames are threatening historical sites, cabins, ranches, and firefighters are challenged because the terrain is steep and rugged. >>> it was already bad, but the pandemic made it worse. a racial and social class inequality increasing you can't look. the annual report by san jose state university hushts institute looks at housing, education, and income in santa clara. this year's report will be released on wednesday. but nbc bay area's marianne favro got an early look at the findings now. >> reporter: the report found the

wiley wants to relocate a large sum of the police budget to social services.ow are voters reacting to all of this? i see mentioned, maya wiley used to be a contributor to msnbc. >> yes, you know, i think andrew yang was sort of the favorite for a few months, when the race seemed to be focused in part on the city's economic recovery from covid. >> of course, but is still a major issue. voters care about that, but it seems like crime has kind of taken center stage. and a lot of what andrew yang was saying about the city reopening has happened, so the urgency, the emotion around it is a little dissipated from a few months ago when he was leading. as for the policy divide that is displayed between maya wiley and eric adams, we will see how it plays out on tuesday when we see the numbers. but i think that there is certainly a movement, and the voters behind who want a less aggressive nypd. i expect they will be with maya wiley. but it seems that there is more energy amongst democrats, for what eric adams is saying, as crime is on the rise, and shootings in particul

or most social services?>> conflicted, in the middle, and if it does go to the programs, that would be fantastic. but on the other side, in oakland, there is never a cop around when you need one. >> the police are an enormous part of the budget already and i don't think we want, as a city, for the police to overwhelm the budget completely. >> i'm going to take a chance and maybe even put some more money into some of those other programs. >> don't really want to see the police defunding because the police are beyond busy. >> reporter: the farther east you go especially in oakland, where most of the homicides and shootings have taken place, many people complain that there are not enough officers. >> we need more police in oakland. >> so often, people broke into the car, homes, so no, i disagree with defunding the police. >> at the square shopping center many people say they are fed up with the gun violence. >> i understand why people want to defund the police. they think the police are violent. who is going to

that money will be redirected into social services over the next two years. the new police chief argues defunding is not the answer. others say police don't prevent violence, they just respond to it. >> 90% in homicide this year's says we have a significant challenge in front of us and i think it is not the time to have less resources. >> we would rather see violence prevention dentist the folks arrested and locked up after the fact. >> we are fighting tooth and nail to ensure that the city has a moral budget that does that as well. >> among the programs that reelect headed money will fund victim services and emergency housing. the mayor issued this response saying i believe that until we have proven alternatives, we cannot destroy oakland's current public safety system at a time when we are losing so many to gun violence. >> rather than defunding police, the new budget set aside money specifically to maintain staffing levels. but chief bill scott says he needs more help than that. he treated state -- he tweeted today that we know we can do better. unfortunat

. >> reporter: supporters of redirecting funds away from police are pushing for social services and violence prevention programs. but the chief says those programs aren't operational just yet. >>> meanwhile, in chicago, at least 74 people were shot over the weekend. 6 people killed in the violence. >>> in new york, police are searching for a suspect after a tourist was shot in times square. police are now boosting patrols in that area. >>> the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is triggering new concerns and restrictions now that it's spread to 49 states. because of the variant, health officials in los angeles county are now recommending everyone wear a mask indoors in public places regardless of their vaccination status. meanwhile, some good news, a new study suggests the pfizer and moderna vaccines might provide some long-term protection even without a booster shot. >> what this study adds is our bodies still continue to make antibodies, but we still need to see more data about the elderly and immuno compromised. they're getting vaccinated may not need boosters at all. >> h

. >> reporter: las vegas police say there was no evidence of long-term abuse or calls for social services. police say when samantha was arrested this morning in denver, there was a man with her at the motel. but they say they do not suspect that that man was involved in the murder. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. of course we're following the story very closely. go to nbcbayarea.com for an extended conference. you can find the link on our home page. >>> okay. reopening just in time for summer. nap and and alameda moved up to the most restrictive. so the changes mean indoor bars can open at 25% capacity. gyms can increase to 50% capacity. wineries and tasting rooms can also increase to 50% capacity. one week from today, though, the entire state opens up. governor newsom says all capacity restrictions will be dropped june 15th, which is exactly one week from today. >>> it could be another sign of progress. this time on the vaccine front. stanford medicine is holding the final phase of its covid vaccine trial on young children. babies ar

and we wanted to make sure regardless of income and young people and people who receive basic social services from the city and they also have access to our art and cultural institutions in the city. and we have come up with the program in 2019 to provide for the summer museums for all. and providing access to museums receiving assistance level from the human services agency so no child, no matter income, no family that may receive public assistance would be left out of the process of enjoying and exploring our museum during the summer of 2019. at that time we had about 25,000 guests take advantage of that program. that is a huge number but in san francisco we have about 225,000 people in general who actually qualify so we want to make sure to get the word out and in fact, we're not going to just continue to do this for the summer. our goal is to do this year round. so yes, it is amazing. and i remember the field trip. i always think about all the field trip, but remember the field trip when we went to the exploratory sent arenaed academy of sciences. the de jong museum. and the reason why th