and crowds had gathered at uc berkeley for an hour it was pretty uneventful.at 6:00 the fireworks started. >> then we looked down and heard a more fireworks. there you just heard a very loud banging as a cloud of white smoke. >> the speech was canceled but the protests continued. at 6:05 protesters used barricades to smash glass, more smoke bombs were set off. 15 minutes later as people in the crowd tried to block our cameras, a temporary light post was knocked over. by 6:24, that light and generator were on fire, we could see the fire burn ing from fox 2. about the same time members of the berkeley college republicans came outside. we were interviewing one of their members when red paint was thrown in our direction. >> i've got blood on my hands for -- what have i done? what have i done? >> for the next 30 minutes the crowd continued chanting as the fire burned. but by 7:10 the crowd started to disburse. at 7:14 we could see people starting to leave the plaza watch as fox 2 zooms in. you could see a group of people walking down been croft dressed in black car

the uc officials at cal were prepared for possible protesters from what we saw last night. now we're getting a clearer picture from our chopper, if you can see that, on the left corner of your screen, not quite sure what that smoke and light is, though. we did see fireworks, it could be more fireworks there, at cal. >> we should mention that this is a sold out event. a lot of people are expected to come here he's expected to arrive at 7:00 for an 8:00 event. the goal of the protesters is to say they want to prevent him from entering that hall, to be able to deliver hate speech. they will not be tolerated on the berkeley campus. >> from our field crews, they're telling us there are officers, campus officers and other officers trying to address the crowd. again now, this is a shot from the ground level, trying to address the crowd. not quite sure what they're saying at this point. there is some damage there and they're talking to the officers. we've seen in the last 90 minutes, the crowds picking up as the event draws closer, 8:00, the event is supposed to start, sponsored by

and that is the case here tonight at uc berkeley. the fire is growing larger as we speak and we can hear other things in the background, fireworks there. >> we quan see that they have just started a second fire, a -- we can see they have started a second fire, a much smaller fire. where are the police? are the police giving them a wide birth or are the police telling them anything about needing to disband or anything about that? >> i am not close enough to see if police are giving them any slack near the fire. but near the student union building, there's a bunch of officers together, huddled inside the glass windows there, as you see in that shot. and they have not moved. they've been there for about an hour or so. i would say there's several dozen officers, as well, so there is probably some who are closer to the site of the fire, but for now, the only ones that i can see are the ones inside the student union who are watching and waiting without having, uhm, any type of interaction with the people outside. >> earlier you were tellin

. >>> now at noon, fallout from a violent night of protests at uc-berkeley. demonstrators setting fires and damaging property in a free speech showdown and now the mess left behind. >> good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let get right to kpix 5's anne makovec live in berkeley with the aftermath. ann. [ drumming and music and noise in the background ] >> reporter: not only the mess but tension. the fight broke out in front of me about a half-hour ago. let's go to that video. the man in the suit actually was wearing a "make america great again" hat. that's the trump hat. and a person stopped right in the middle of the intersection, got out of his vehicle and started beating him up basically, ripping off the hat and it turned into a big fight. the man who assaulted that man did end up getting arrested. but this is just one sort of little pop-up drama that's been going on here around uc- berkeley and the downtown area. you can see the damage, boarded up window at the student union behind me and there's a lot of talk right now about free speech

the blame is on a uc engineer professor. >> reporter: uc berkeley engineering professor testified in front of the board of supervisors. he was on the peer review board which gave the project a green light in a letter to the city in 2006. >> my role in the project was very clearly spelled out as looking at the reinforced concrete structure. that's where i focused my work. and the other things that they think i should have been looking at were not in my scope. >> the city relied on him. he's basically saying you shouldn't have relied in me. >> reporter: especially since he was the chair of the review board for another project on tacoma. it was scrapped, considered too dangerous to build. >> he knew there were dewatering next door and didn't mention it anything in his letter. he knew that there was no geotechnical peer review but didn't mention it in his letter. you would think a professional like this would at least cover their behind a little bit. >> my biggest concern is an earthquake. >> reporter: pat dawson confronted the professor asking why her home was built on soil instead of b

. >> reporter: raj, uc berkeley tells us the level of violence and destruction that took place right here last night is nothing like they have ever seen before. students say they feel disappointed and incredibly sad. still, we saw more troubling behavior on display again today. >> reporter: tensions remain incredibly high at uc berkeley, this cell phone video shows a student member of the berkeley college republican club under attack by two men who pulled over on telegraph avenue this morning to grab the student's red trump hat. this man says it was a scary few moments but he is not surprised. after last night's violence shut down the milo yiannopoulos event, he is not surprised but says that college republicans are not backing down. >> all of us thoroughly condemn the violence that broke out last night. >> reporter: the university spokesperson said the violence is nothing like they have ever seen before. the university is doing all its can to foster an environment where everybody is safe to express themselves. >> and i think this is a time for cool, calm and considered reflection an

we are here students of uc- berkeley. the college republicans decided to bring milo yiannopoulos here and he has not been welcomed here. there has been fires too and we are not going to stand up for milo or for trump. we need them to go. the muslim ban, the immigration rights, we need that! and this is california. we do not accept that here and we do not accept that in the united states either. >> reporter: what do you think about the tactics use, the fire, the fireworks, some people broke windows? >> i mean, we wanted this to be a peaceful protest but they are not giving us what we want. and the people here are very angry at the whole situation of inviting a fascist racist person to the university of california berkeley one of the most liberal schools in -- in the united states. and we -- the students here are not going to stand up for that. and although you know it could get violent or whatever, with a fire, that's what we believe. we defeated it. >> so for you this is a victory? yes, it is. in it's against trump. >> ar

yiannopoulos was also scheduled to visit uc davis on january 13. but campus republicans who invited him canceled the event after protests there turned violent. >>> crime tape surrounds this bay area neighborhood after a sheriff's deputy kills a man. tonight, why sheriffs say he had no choice but to use deadly force. >> also tonight, president trump's ultimatum to the president of mexico. why he is threatening to send u.s. troops across the border. >> tonight, some airlines are competing to give you less. the new lower class of service that is about to launch. >> rain returning to the bay area right now. especially in the south bay, san jose getting steady rainfall. how much rain will fall and how long will it last? i will answer those questions next. where violence first erupted hours ago.. ahea >> we are staying on top of the breaking news out of berkeley where violence first erupted a few hours ago prompted by an appearance by milo yiannopoulos. most of the protesters have cleared off the campus now, but, police are still on scene there making su

he said if uc berkeley does not allow free speech, no federal funds. lieutenant governor gavin newsom tweeted back, as a uc regent i am appalled that ir depriving -- you are depriving students of an education because of a few people. this chart shows the majority of the funding at berkeley comes from the federal government, amounting to $370 million. experts say that president donald trump does not have the power to unilaterally cut funding to the school and he needs the support of congress to do so. >>> we are rain this afternoon into this evening, we have more coming up. >> friends of sierra lamar talk about the last time they saw her alive. >> the trump administration said nothing is off the table when it comes to dealing with iran >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break 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

it all started in the middle of uc-berkeley's sproul plaza. off fireworks some aimed at university police. the crowd of 1500 had gathered in advance of the 7:00 event featuring ultraconservative milo yiannopoulos. most demonstrators held signs but some wearing masks and started vandalizing property. flames burned nearby trees after a light pole fell. they used weapons to break the windows of the student union. >> a lot of us wondered if we should protest. we thought we should just boycott. but it's not free speech. it's hate speech. >> reporter: a lot of the rioters say those who were causing the damage were coming from outside of the group. perhaps intent on damage. several people were injured during the protest, many from projectiles amongst the crowds, some with bloody noses or hits to the head and concussion. a lot of them were supporters of the speaker who say people ganged up on them. police officers demanded that the crowd disperse at 7 p.m. hundreds of people stayed others moved to city streets and vandalized more property including se

these look like campus uc berkeley police officers lining the front of the building. they have actually locked the doors to this building already ahead of this 8:00 speech. they will start letting folks in around 7:00 we're told, and only those that can show their passes. we are live at uc berkeley and we'll see you again on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thanks very much. >>> a rare shooting in the city of alameda. who apparently tried to break into his house. a silver car was still surrounded by yellow tape hours afterwards. this happened on buena vista avenue not far from grand street. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is there live for us tonight. eric. >> reporter: and as you can see, police are still on the scene six hours after they were first called out here. detectives going back and forth, crime scene technicians as well gathering evidence all under the watchful eye of neighbors who are shocked by what happened. >> this is the police department. the place is surrounded. come out the front door with your hands up. >> reporter: that's the sound that neighbors heard as pol

uc's chancellor is condemning what happened. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. the chancellor nicolas dirks says individuals were clad in ninja uniforms who used tactics designed to shut the event down. >> and reaction is pouring in over what president trump tweeted. "if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, no federal funds." so barbara lee said, "president trump doesn't have a license to blackmail universities. he's the president, not a dictator and his empty threats." >> we do not condone violence but threatening stripping the university of federal funds is foolish." >> laura anthony has more. >> reporter: hi, kristen. campus officials not really taking the bait on the president's tweet. in fact, they are more focused on assessing the damage, like this, left behind from last night's protests and they are continuing the investigation into the demonstration they say was turned ugly by a group of outside agitators. one day after destructive and sometimes violent protests erupted on the ca

uc-berkeley being the home of the free speech movement. ironic and sad that this campus appears to be no friend to free speech anymore. >> he went on to defend himself saying he is not racist or sexist. >>> time now 4:36. we are on storm watch. >> it's raining again. the storms won't be as powerful but we'll see a lot of rain in a short amount of time. it's live hi-def doppler radar. we have heavy rain across the for the bay, inverness rain, same in fairfax and moderate rain. santa rosa, healdsburg, all light to moderate rainfall. i like to zero in on this area especially right there that mark west springs because that's where we had days and days of flooding with the january storms. east bay some rain showers from concord, clayton into walnut creek as you go around 680 and heading towards the san ramon valley. it's going to be heavy rain, especially in cordelia as you jump on 680 towards walnut creek. so rain and wind force morning commute lifting from the south. southeast winds30 miles an hour. we have a wind advisory in place over most

at uc-berkeley's sproul plaza.rowd of 1500 gathered there and some of them started setting off fireworks. some aimed at university police who were standing at the entrance of the student union building and they had expected protests here because of a planned speech involving ultraconservative breitbart editor milo yiannopoulos. but the group did appear to be infiltrated by some people intent upon wreaking havoc. many of them wearing masks. they started vandalizing property, a floodlight caught flyer, flames shooting into the air. some protestors then grabbed metal barriers, police had set them out as crowd control and they used them as weapons to break the windows of the student union. >> it sends a message that under no means will we allow any of this to go on anywhere near berkeley. >> these antifascists fascists decided that that was too much, threw rocks at me, broke my phone, and decided to just -- decided to steal from me and break my face! >> reporter: yeah. there were some people injured during the protest.

this happened last month at another uc school, uc-davis.you mentioned, the president weighed in on this, bringing up the possibility of cutting funds to berkeley. in response to that, california's lieutenant governor garch newsom took to twitter saying, as a uc regent i'm appalled at your willingness to deprive over 38,000 students access to education because of the actions of a few. uc receives millions of dollars from the federal government, direct toward research, student aid and health care. as for the protests, the university said it went to extraordinary lengths to try to make sure the speech did happen. in the end they felt it wasn't safe so they ended up canceling it a couple hours before that speech was supposed to take place. >> joe, thank you. >>> coming up, sean spicer today asked about the possibility of an executive order on what the white house called religious freedom. what that would mean for the lbgtq community. >>> kate couric joining us on the preview of a phenomenal new documentary called "gender revolution." no sir, no

my goodness, they got crazy there at uc berkeley. welcome to the nine everyone.ering where the police officers were. they were there but in the video we are seeing you can't see them.

federal money accounts for one third of uc system's budget. it amounts to about $8.5 billion a year. that's for veresearch, health ce and education. >> barbara lee reacted saying berkeley has a proud history of sis dissent. i am dispinted by the unacceptable acts of violence last night which were counterproductive and dangerous. who was behind all of last night's violence? it's believed to be protesters who used a tactic called black block to stay anonymous. it dates back to the '70s. demonstrators use it to infiltrate peaceful protests and create mayhem. they are dressed in all black while smashing windows, vandalizing property and setting fires. >> it started because of the speaker on campus. he got evacuated. when he got do safe location he went on facebook live and here is what he said. >> turns out the progressive left, the social justice left, the feminist black lives matter, the hard left, which has become so utterly against free speech is taking a turn post-trump election where they will not allow any speaker on campus even sun as sill

classes going on as scheduled at uc berkeley. milo yiannopoulos posted a message criticizing the protestors saying he's disappointed his speech was cancelled. >> i was evacuated by my security detail and police tonight from uc berkeley. of course they're the home of the free speech movement which is ironic and sad this campus appears to be no friend to free speech anymore. . >> he went on to say "the left is absolutely terrified of free speech and will do literally anything to shut it down." on the phone now is the berkeley college of republicans. thanks for joining us. a quick question. who cancelled the speech? your organization or milo yiannopoulos himself? or was it the police department? >> i think it was a combination of both. milo yiannopoulos's security team did not feel safe and the police officers inside the building didn't feel safe. they decided to cancel the event for the safety of students. >> your organization paid extra money to bolster the security kwh and i heard someone express frustration with the money you pa

violent protests break out at uc berkeley. breitbart news editor is scheduled to speak there. >>> our other story, we're in a microclimate weather alert with rain moving across the bay area. mostly green. pockets of yellow and orange as well. good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm lawyura garcia-cannon. >> we have the stormranger gives us an hd view of the rain around the area. pockets of rain moving through parts east bay, as well as the peninsula. as it stands you can see the red beam on the radar. heavy rain moving out. moving across the bay and moving closer to the east bay. we have rain approach almed and san leandro. and for parts of the santa cruz mountains, season is raining there. if you're not seeing the rain at this point, still wet roads. that may impact the commute. a traffic break in fremont. >> that's right. it is not related. we had a few crashes up in novato. this just in. 8 northbound 880 jammed. a disabled vehicle just north of there. let's look at the maps. didn't really show

uc berkely being home of the free speech movement. ironic and sad, this campus seems to be no friend to free speech anymore. >> he went on to say the left is absolutely terrified of free speech and will do literally anything to shut it down. our coverage of the protest continues on ktvu.com. there you will find unedited video, and there is a lot of it that unfolded this evening. >>> after a week of sunshine, rain is returning to the bay area. the beautiful bay bridge in the distance. get ready for a wet commute tomorrow morning. >> bill, this is just the start of a couple days of rain. >> yeah, we got some rain in the forecast, it's rained a little bit on thursday, especially in the south bay. but the real rain comes after midnight. the story will be the next couple of days. basically into thursday and into friday, we're going to see a wind advisory in effect through tomorrow, and then a winter storm warning that will be in effect in the mountains. anywhere around the bay area gets from an inch, to an inch and a half of rain, over two

if you ask uc berkeley officials or even the republican group that sponsored the cancelled speech, no one expected the extreme reaction we saw last night. to quote one uc berkeley student, he said it was an invasion and a takeover but outside agitators. >> when people use the words cleanup today, we saw plenty of the physical kind in the form of broken glass and closed businesses. after last night, there are other definitions as well for cleaning up uc berkeley's image as a tolerant icon of free speech. and even uc berkeley's image as an institutional education. >> it's sad and misleading what the rest of the country sees. >> even the berkeley college republicans say they never expected the intensity of last night's actions. >> if you had known what was going to happen last night, would you have invited him to speak? >> that's hard to say. >> we're in a war, plane and simple. >> once the agitators left campus they took aim at this starbuc starbucks. >> what is that? >> they don't like the like the big questions. >> the demonstrators hit the same place. let's ask the mayor. >> we have

the irony here is uc berkeley in the 1960s was the free speech movementment th movement. that was the right to express political opinions. >> thank you, kyung lah. trump nominees to oversee health departments are waiting for confirmation for full senate after the measure to advance the nominations against the will of democrats. finance committee rules say one democrat must be in the room for a vote to be held. when every single democrat boycotted, all those empty chairs, the hearing for steve mnuchin and tom price, committee chairman orrin hatch decided to suspend the rules to move the nominees fortress treasury and for full senate vote with no democrats involved. >> we took unprecedented actions today due to the unprecedented obstruction on the part of our colleag colleagues. as i noted, the senate finance committee has been able to function in the political environment. >> changing the rules to approaapprove mnuchin and price is troubling. on wednesday, democrats also boycotted a committee vote for epa scott pruitt. it has been rescheduled for later this morning. >>> th

controversial breitbart editor milianop lis who's radical views sparked fiery outrage on the campus of uc berkeley. >> they're so threatened that the idea of a conservative speaker might be persuasive and interested and funny. >> setting fires, smashing windows, clashing with police. we pull back the curtain on the infamous provocateur. >>> plus, former nfl star josh brown, exposed for years of abusive and threatening behavior towards his wife. >> i would say the cops have been called a little over ten times. >> when his private journals were made public, cut by his team. but now he says he's a new man. should the league give him one more chance? ♪ ♪ >> and how do you create the perfect illusion? a sneak peek at the stage for lady's super bowl half-time show. and is there a hidden message about a special guest performer in this instagram post? but first the "nightline" 5. >> number ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. he is the far-right provocateur, whose scheduled appearance sparked proflts on the uc berkeley campus. milo yiannopoulos has called feminism a cancer and routinely m

if you ask uc berkeley officials or even the republican group that sponsored the cancelled speech, no one expected the extreme reaction we saw last night. to quote one uc berkeley student, he said it was an invasion and a takeover but outside agitators. >> when people use the words cleanup today, we saw plenty of the physical kind in the form of broken glass and closed businesses. after last night, there are other definitions as well for cleaning up uc berkeley's image as a tolerant icon of free speech. and even uc berkeley's image as an institutional education. >> it's sad and misleading what the rest of the country sees. >> even the berkeley college republicans say they never expected the intensity of last night's actions. >> if you had known what was going to happen last night, would you have invited him to speak? >> that's hard to say. >> we're in a war, plane and simple. >> once the agitato left campus they took aim at this starbuc starbucks. >> what is that? >> they don't like the like the big questions. >> the demonstrators hit the same place. let's ask the mayor. >> we have li

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plus, violent protests erupted at a college campus at uc berkeley.ou might ask yourself, what gets people so fired up that they broke windows, these protesters? we will show you what happened and why when dave shapiro and richard fowler join us on the follow-through we come right back. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. whfight back fastts, with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums bp engineers use robotic ultrasound technology, so they can detect and repair corrosion before it ever becomes a problem. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. actually making your body feel better. i'm heather thompson, and that's exactly what tommie copper does for me and my whole family. they call it wearable well

we do not know the response, uc berkeley has their own.e kind of any backed off position right now. they told people to leave, this is kind of a lockdown situation. as far as teargas, going after or pushing these students were teachers away, we have not seen that yet. through the police there is a police presence. >> tucker: just to recap, it was certainly precipitated by a speech that was supposed to be given by milo yiannopoulos, a writer and provocateur conservative, among other thing things. where is he? >> he is gone, he left. he was supposed to speak, made it on campus he left. as soon as this stuff got kind of violent and they started lighting fires, they escorted him out. 45 minutes ago, milo yiannopoulos was gone. he left the building, canceled the speech and that was at. these guys did not leave. when they were told to push back, they started getting a little more violent, started breaking things and lighting things on fire. there are certainly some agitators there that are trying to cause some trouble. >> tucker: to the people w

uc berkeley is picking up the pieces from last night's protest of conservative fire brand milo yiannopoulos. the university said campus police were not match for organized protestors bent on destruction. >> they were covered in black, he used para military tactics to disrupt the event. >> reporter: the campus police chief said her officers were under attack. >> our officers were targeted by the group. they took defensive action. the group had students around them. i believe that our officers exercised tremendous restraint to keep from bringing harm to our students. >> reporter: the university said no number of officers on hand could have stopped them without risking student safety. >> we condemn the actions of the few that tainted the desires of the many to engage in legal and lawful protests. >> reporter: the mayor of berkeley said he received complaints about downtown damage. he placed the blame on violent protestors. >> the right wing media has portrayed berkeley as a radical place but that's not the values of the community. >> reporter: he said that the police did the best that they cou

and president trump threatening to cancel uc berkeley federal funding after massive rioting. we take up the leftist wash against free speech. president trump vowing to reorganize and renegotiate nafta. >> an extra f in the term nafta, you know what the f is for, free and fair trade, not just free trade, but free and fair, it is very unfair. lou: that is right, now it is america first. good evening trump administration now plans to impose sanctions against iran as early as tomorrow, some 8 iranian entities were to be designated for terrorism related activity, and 17 for ballistic missile activity, president trump tweeted that iran has been put on notice for firing a ballistic missile. -- iran was ons had last leg and ready to collapse until u.s. came along and gave it a lifeline in the form of the iran deal, $150 billion. and iran has tested a cruise missile, that is capable of caring nuclear weapons, following, ra iran test firing a medium rink range ballistic missile sunday. >> we had one instance in australia, i have a lot of respect for australia, we have a problem for wha

>> reporter: the chancellor at uc berkeley has issued an apology. there is soul-searching as campus administrators try to take a look what happened last night and repair the damage to uc berkeley's reputation and legacy as well as so much of the property. back to you. >> very good report. claudia cowan, thank you very much in berkeley on the day after all of this. >>> joining me to talk more about it, fox news radio host todd starnes, i was struck by what one of the protesters said, we have a right to defend ourselves so this shutting down and doing whatever is necessary to do that is our right to self-defense. let us not forget, they created a riot to stop someone from speaking? >> that's right, they opposed any speech they disagree with. this is nothing that's new in the world of higher education. we've seen this on college campuses across the country. the issue at uc berkeley is i do hold the university responsible. somebody had to have told the police officers in riot gear to stand down. it is absolutely unacceptable that only one person was arr

very militant protest on the campus of uc berkeley. some damage done to the building and speech cancelled. >> we saw barricades through glass doors and windows and this is a good time to remind you, this is live. we're trying not to show you signs with profanity or anything like that but people may be shouting it as well so that may come through the air waves. we apologize for that. we are doing our best to not bring that. >> we refuse to accept a america. the last 15 minutes or so before 6:00, showed up in masks and you see some wearing masks and bandannas, obviously, protecting their identity. >> and shields. >> they had literally home made shields. don't know howfe effective they were. there you see somebody posing. >> a sign, taking pictures. this is all because of mil milo yiannopoulos. >> there is a sign we don't want to see. >> reporter: do you want to hear from folks? >> please, laura. >> reporter: let me see if i can find someone. >> i think -- >> reporter: can i talk to you? ms.? >> sure. >> reporter: all right. so what do yo

uc berkeley tried to control the crowd of 1500 that spilled onto the streets, then chaos and fist fights broke out. demonstrators came to protest marli marlin yainnopoulis, the controversial breitbart news editor who has been criticized for what some call racist views. he is a trump supporter and political firebrand with ties to the president's chief strategist, steve bannon. the speech was canceled, but yainnopoulis found a platform on social media. >> i am not a racist or sexist or anything else that they put up claiming i am. even if things they said about me were true, this still wouldn't be an appropriate response to ideas. >> reporter: today president trump responded in a tweet raising the question of federal funding for the university. >> funding for the universities are used for financial aid to low income students and support the basic research that fuels the economies in the states of the nation. >> reporter: cal republicans say yainnopoulis was denied vet right this university has long valued. >> this is supposed to be the home of the free speech movement. i think it just ende

>>> protests erupt on the uc berkeley campus tonight where milo yiannopoulous was set to speak. the speech was hastily cancelled when all the violence broke out. >> hundreds of people were at the protest tonight. >> we have team coverage beginning with laura anthony. >> she was there from the very beginning, right in the middle of it, laura. >> right, dan, well, things have changed considerably, since last time we talked. let's show you some of what's going on right now, first of all, i'm standing near the first floor here of the asu student union. these are the broken windows things started to turn around 1k6 00 tonight, when the protesters began firing firew k fireworks actually at police. at that bone the we knew things had changed dramatically from there. they actually set a fire to a generator light stand that was set up, a generator for the purpose of trying to illuminate the protests that were definitely expected tonight. when this man was set to speak. at that point things again continued to turn, there was a big fire, the light stand went up, and at different times in t

two people arrested for the attack that we witnessed here along telegraph avenue this morning are not uc berkeley students. reporting live at berkeley, i'm joe did i hernandez nbc bay area news. >> as for president trump we just mentioned and he jumped right in to this controversy, the president questioning uc berkeley's federal funding. bright and early mr. trump tweeting, if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, no federal funds. how feasible is it to cut federal funding for cal. >> the university received $370 million from the feds for research. 874 million for lawrence berkeley national lab and 76 million for student financial aid. we talked to usf donald heller who specializes in financial aid, president trump could not make any of these changes with an executive order. it would literally take an act of congress. they have to write a new law that would explicitly tie federal funds to free speech. >> new video is giving a closer look at what protesters did in berkeley last night. the man who shot this was righ

the students are from stanford, uc berkeley and a college in san diego.president's order banning travel from seven majority muslim countries is unconstitutional and discriminatory. they say the stanford student can no longer travel to yemen to visit her husband. the student from berkeley is from iran and says his job offer in silicon valley is in jeopardy. the san diego student from yes, ma'am especially went outside of the country to visit his family and now can't come back. the aclu is representing all three of the students. >>> well, today san francisco assembly man introducing the announcement at 11:00 this morning at the mission neighborhood center at 362 cap street. now, he says that tenants undocumented know their landlords have the power to destroy their lives with just a phone call to federal immigration authorities. >>> happening today, mexican drug lord el chapo will face a federal judge in new york. at first the judge was going to conduct the hearing by video. but lawyers convinced him to conduct the hearing in person. el chapo guzman is charg

that's how much a former uc santa cruz student is getting after acougs a former professor of rape. >> for the first time that woman is revealing her identity. abc 7 reporter katie mars yooulo spoke with her tonight and has details from uc santa cruz. >> reporter: in 2015 the dave before luz portio was supposed to graduate from uc santa cruz she says one of her professors invited her to a luncheon and sexually assaulted her. >> this is still a very present problem in my life. something i'm dealing with on a daily basis. >> reporter: she says she spent her graduation day going to the hospital and reporting the attack to police and the university. almost two years later the university of california regents has settled with her for $1.15 million. >> the monetary did not mean anything to me. all i wanted was some sort of recognition of what happened. >> reporter: her attorney, john christiansen, says the university knew the professor was a pressured and did nothing about it. >> it's that type of behavior that festers in a kindling of the fire. it's really, really dangerous. >> reporter: uc

police made one arrest, uc berkeley police have not given any details about that arrest.y are not taking calls or questions this morning about the event. the campus was on lockdown during all of this, but they did lift that lockdown late last night so they do expect classes to go on as normal today. reporting live from berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> watch what happens as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman interviewed a woman last night during the protest. >> reporter: are you surprised, ma'am? ma'am? >> that woman pepper sprayed in the face. she was there hoping to hear yiannopoulos talk when the protester sprayed her. the woman's name is kiara robles and she told wayne later that she is doing okay. >> milo yiannopoulos went on facebook live after he was removed from the cal campus. he slammed what he called leftist protesters and the police response. >> the police presence did not seem to be particularly aggressive this evening and that's something that i witnessed and that my security detail witnessed too. it was a sort of sit back and let it happen approach. i

uc berkeley is the home of the free speech movement. we do not endorse the views of the performer. >> everyone know is who he is, he brings nothing but violence to the campus, they know what they are doing, if they do not cancel it, we will. >> reporter: the berkeley college republicans posted a statement on their website saying they do not agree with everything he says but the opportunity for him to come was too great to pass up. he is someone that stands up for speech from all sides of the political spectrum. out here live, this crowd will be growing within the next hour, we apts pate university police to keep the peace tonight. when i spoke with a representative with the berkeley college republicans, he said they are expecting violent protests. we do not know if it's going to escalate to that but we will keep an eye on things and bring you an update at 5:00. >>> at 4:30 we are speaking with our bay area insider on the history of free speech in the bay area. >> we have had a break in the stormy weather over the past few days but thing

very militant protest on the campus of uc berkeley. some damage done to the building and speech cancelled. >> we saw barricades through glass doors and windows and this is a good time to remind you, this is live. we're trying not to show you signs with profanity or anything like that but people may be shouting it as well so that may come through the air waves. we apologize for that. we are doing our best to not bring that. >> we refuse to accept a america. the last 15 minutes or so before 6:00, showed up in masks and you see some wearing masks and bandannas, obviously, protecting their identity. >> and shields. >> they had literally home made shields. don't know howfe effective they were. there you see somebody posing. >> a taking pictures. this is all because of mil milo yiannopoulos. >> there is a sign we don't want to see. >> reporter: do you want to hear from folks? >> please, laura. >> reporter: let me see if i can find someone. >> i think -- >> reporter: can i talk to you? ms.? >> sure. >> reporter: all right. so what do you thin

for the 2015 school year uc- berkeley received about $200 million for student financial aid. and another $400 million in research grants. overall, the university received nearly a quarter or 23% of its $2.6 billion budget from the federal government. university officials were reluctant to talk publicly about the president's threat but privately questioned the legality of pulling federal money in response to the action of outside agitators. lieutenant governor newsom responded to the president tweeting, that he was quote, appalled by your willingness to deprive 38,000 students access to an education because of the actions of a few. university officials were cautious today because the stakes are so high not wanting to inflame the situation that could cost students and the campus hundreds of millions of dollars, although some of them express privately doubts about whether or not the president could actually make good on his threat. at berkeley, devin fehely, kpix 5. >>> after the tweet from president trump, milo yiannopoulos doubled down. he says, quote, american universities ar

. >>> a new protest at uc berkeley. a peaceful demonstration against a planned speech by right wing protester milo yannapolus. we have kyung lah in the middle of all of the clash. >> reporter: christine and miguel, among a wave of post-election protests, students here at uc berkeley organized one with the protest outside the student union. it was to stop right wing speaker. about 1,500 students gathered here with the goal to stop him. saying that he is not free speech. he is hate speech. so, at some point the protests became violent. barricades used to smash in the first floor unions of the student union. protests set fires and faced off with police who had to use tear gas. the university says about 150 outside agitators of the 1,500 who showed up. that is who they are blaming for the violence. six people were injured. it became so violent, they had to cancel the event. the irony here is that uc berkeley in the 1960s was the birth place of the free speech movement. that was for students to have the right to express poli

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. >>> mass rioters wreak havoc at uc berkeley while police mostly stood back. we ask why didn't they move in? good evening. i'm ken bast >> i'm elizabeth cook. kpix5's christin ayers live with why police tactics are still being used tonight. >> reporter: you can still see protest signs at the student union. the windows have not been patched up and more than a dozen businesses were vandalized off campus. boarded windows and burn marks after last night's protest against ultra conservative brietbart editor milo yiannopoulos spun out of control. >> burn it down! >> reporter: uc berkeley officials say at its peak there were 1,500 protesters here last night. a band of about 100 masked rioters who authorities say were not students caused most of the chaos breaching barricades, breaking windows and at one point burning a portable light in the middle of sproul plaza, altogether $100,000 worth of damage. police appeared to hold back throughout the protests even as the masked protesters hurled objects and lit firecrackers. >> in the con text of the fact we've had no repor