violent protests break out at u-c berkeley. this is video of the scene outside of the student union last night as the demonstrations got out of hand. and this morning president trump is threatening to take federal money away from the university and their students. good morning and thanks for joining us... i'm darya folsom. and i'm mark danon. we have complete coverage of the violent protests in berkeley last night... and how the president is responding... but it is also raining this morning. here is a live look at stormtracker four radar. wide spread rain expected all across the bay area today. . we have complete team coverage of the storm this morning. james fletcher is tracking the storm in the weather center. robin winston is in the traffic center monitoring the impact on your commute. and will tran is out in the rain in hayward. first lets start with james. weather update: light rain will impact the morning commute and turn to scattered showers this afternoon. isolated thunderstorms possible tonight through friday morning.

marching through downtown berkeley. crowds surrounded cars...at least one person was hit by a car that drive off....today that driver contacted berkeley police. the downtown berkeley association, said that at least 10 businesses were damaged by the protest. big banks...chase...bank of america...as well as starbucks were targteted....many of them with graffiti. some of the black-clad protesters tried to intimidate bystanders who snapped photos of the destruction, slapping phones out of people's hands and pushing them away. our coverage of this story continues online.on our website.. we have social media reaction to last night's protest.more incredible video of the fires and damage on campus and around berkeleyand more on how president donald trump is responding to the unrest. tonight a man is in jail accused of runnign over and killing his girlfriend.. neighbors describe the scene as horrific as the woman lay pinned under the suspects vehicle. it happened in san leandro last night... near the bayfair center. kron4's lydi

he said if he spotted me around berkeley he was going to attack me. >> reporter: uc berkeley arrested a 27 year old from san francisco and a 28 year old from oakland for the attack. the men are not affiliated with the campus. >> the reaction we got from the progressive left, not everyone, it's worrisome. >> it's unfortunate that you cannot wear a hat in civilized society. but . >> is it fair to say that tensions are still high? >> not as high as yesterday but there is still tension, one group was upset that all of the damage was caused. the other was upset that milo yiannopoulos was here. they understand the reasons that they are upset but many do not grow with all of the -- agree with all of the damages on the campus. >> is there a increased police presence there tonight? >> reporter: it seems to be business as usual here but we know that the police are keeping a close eye on things as they did yesterday. but yesterday they took a handsoff approach. they seem to be doing the same thing tonight. >> thank you christina. >>> president donald trump had a strong reaction to the violence i

a violent night in berkeley. fiery protests erupted on the campus of u-c berkeley in opposition to a planned speech by a conservative writer and activist milo yan -nop-po-lus. he was set to speak at the campus last night. kron 4's alecia reid has the details. people that came out to protest say tonight's guest creates a climate of hate.and that puts communities that are already volnurable . at risk. pkgthe protest at u-c berkeley quickly turned violent tonight. two hours before guest speaker milo yiannopoulos was set to speak, a small group ripped down barricades, started a fire and shot fireworks directly at officers.sot - i think its negative and it's dangerous. when you're going against people you call fascist, yet your actions are fascist, it's negative and it's not the way forward. the majority of people that turned up tonight were peaceful. they tell me they were protest a man, who they believe represents racism, transphobia, and misogyny among other forms of hate.sot - it is my responsibility as a student

police on the berkeley campus saying the milo event has been cancelled. and the campus is on lockdown in essence, they're asking everyone to shelter in place on campus, that all campus buildings are on lockdown. this coming from uc police at berkeley, again, those -- everyone that's on that campus is being asked to shelter in place. it's a volatile situation, enough that they're asking everyone to shelter in place, all the buildings remain closed at this point. we have not yet heard anything from milo yiannopoulos. i've been following his twitter page to see if he has said anything about the cancellation. >> what we've seen in these last 90 minutes, more than 1,000 people down below. with this event cancelled at cal, how much damage is there, and what will these protesters and students and other people do tonight. is it over now, will they disburse or are they moving their targets somewhere else. >> ian is on the cal campus for us, he joins us on the telepho e telephone, what are you seeing. >> reporter: there are a lot of people that are continuing to co

. >>> a berkeley student wearing a make america great hat is assaulted in berkeley the day after last night's violent protests, i'm ted. >>> shutting down the planned speech by right wing breitbart editor milo yiannopoulos. a crowd estimated at 1500 gathered outside the student union building wherein in a was set to speak. mass protesters tossed fire work he the event was canceled. uc berkeley place say they had extra officers on hand, they kept a hands off approach as they ordered the crowd to disburse. >> this campus is well known for its free speech stance. no group should hesitate to have an event. >> now after the chaos on campus, a group of protesters marched to downtown berkeley where a number of businesses there were vandalized, police say six people were hurt and one person who is not a student was arrested last night. damage though on the campus is estimated at $100,000. >>> earlier ed to uc chance all right -- chancellor release add statement condemning the proest it, we deeply regret that the violence unleashed by this group as well as those who came to law flee assemble.

berkeley. abegan as a relativel. took a >>> we're continuing to follow the protests unfolded in berkeley today. began as a peaceful protest, but took a turbulent turn and fast. what you are looking at there is some of the video from tonight. the highlights. an organized group of anarchists, hurdled and started a been fire. show you what things look like. calm, peaceful. there is destruction there. clean-up is under way. we will keep you update on the situation and full report tomorrow on some more of the numbers exactly, the estimates of damage. and exactly what happened. >> our other headlines. nbc bay area respond to more than two dozen of our viewers who were targeted by a debt collector. all stems from an ambulance service. >> they said there must have been a mistake. got nowhere. called consumer investigator, for answers. chris, did you get some? >> answers and refund. people say they were labeled financial dead beats. though they never got a chance to make the first payment. >> i was in so much pain. >> an ambu

he said if he spotted me around berkeley he was going to attack me. >> reporter: the berkeley police arrested the two men, they said they are not affiliated with the campus, one is a 28 year old from oakland and another is a 27 year old from san francisco. they are being held in the berkeley city jail on battery charges. the republicans called the attack unfortunate and sad. >> chris seena, hue bad is the damage? >> >> reporter: the damage is severe you can see splattered paint and broken windows, there is a lot of cleanup underway. driving down telegraph workers were trying to scrub off the paint. >> thank you christina. >>> joining us now is a member of the berkeley college republicans, first of all, your reaction to what president donald trump said today about withdrawing federal funding to cal. >> i was proud to see president donald trump taking a stand on free speech and i am thankful for his support. >> you were inside of the student union, at what point did you know you were in for big problems? >> when the building started to shake and wroa saw bricks being thrown at us, that

at uc-berkeley's sproul plaza. a crowd 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 prot

and into the city of berkeley. while the crowd of hundreds was overwhelmingly loud, but peaceful, there was destruction left in their wake. graffiti that read kill fascists and smashed and tagged atm screens on bank of america demanding devestment of the dakota access pipeline. it was driven by anger and percussion. some climbing into trees to get a better view of the spectacle and a view of the sign reading become ungovernable. now we are back out here live. there are helicopters overhead at this point. we haven't heard any of those orders declaring anything to be an unlawful assembly at this point. it has been quiet out here for the past hour at this point. ken, liz? >> thank you. >>> cell phone video shows the moments protesters first tore down the barricades. you can see a dozen people rush up to the building and violently take apart the metal gate. another video shows police shooting flash bangs into the crowd of protesters. you can see a few fireworks thrown at the protesters. our phil matier got in the middl

"uc berkeley students who are signed up to the berkeley college republican emailing list have received what they call ominous messages following wednesday night's riots that cancelled an event with guest speaker milo yiannopolous.bradley devlin, berkeley college republicans member"they don't hear this point of view so when they see this point of view carried out whether it's more moderate or controversial or provocative like milo is they yell racist, bigot, nazi, kkk member and they get away with it time and time again." devlin says it started when thursday a man on a bike road by spraul plaza and snatched their email list. since then a twitter user with the handle "olaam" posted a letter that was sent to the list of students saying they plan to write an article to monday with the students' names. naweed tahmas, college repubicans "it's completely that targeted harassment is occurring even after they reached their goal of milo. and that they attack people who aren't members of berkeley republicans." about 1-students are the list but only about 50 are active members. but a bcr the maili

fallout from a violent night of protests at u-c berkeley. demonstrators setting fires and damaging property -- in a free wdown. >>> 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 t

reporting live at berkeley, i'm jodi hernandez. nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, an oakland congresswoman barbara lee released a statement on the protests saying in part berkeley has brought history with dissent, and berkeley students are within their frights to protest, she does go on to say the violence is counterproductive and dangerous. >> well, what is happening in berkeley, getting attention from the white house, president trump making a veiled threat. mr. trump saying if you see berkeley practicing violence on people with a different view, no federal funds, and gavin newsome says he is surprised about the actions against a few. does the president have the authority to pull funds? our investigative unit is following the money, more with the financial figures and the possible impact of this tweet. >> it is not clear if the tweet is aimed at the entire uc system or just cal so we looked at the budget and crunched the numbers. the uc system received nearly $8.5 billion a year in federal funding including education, research and

>> reporter: the university of california berkeley, erupting in flames last night. >> shut it down! >> reporter: campus officials say it started out over a peaceful protest, over a thousand turning out because this man was scheduled to speak on campus. >> black lives matter is nothing more than e acceptable hate group. >> muslims rape everyone. >> i'm grateful for everyone for coming, but quite honestly, [ bleep ] your feelings. >> reporter: he's one of the most famous or infamous self-proclaimed trolls on the internet. he's an editor at breitbart, the conservative news website. >> i don't say anything i don't believe. but i do say things in a way that is going to elicit a response from people. >> reporter: abc's terry moran interviewed him in london last fall. >> i'm so bored of this uptight -- no. america needs more hatred. >> reporter: the berkeley event was supposed to be the last stop on his college tour. >> we will not tolerate racism or sexism, or hate crimes and violence. he's a fascist and berkeley did not welcome him. >> reporter: but it was canceled after more than a hund

the violence on the berkeley campus. the first showing just the size of the event on the campus through the gate. let's look at more. there is video as well. look at this. a violent protest -- a man -- men dressed in black. several dressed in black storming the campus. the prosecute test was mostly peaceful until this group showed up on the scene. then i have something else. look at this. see a man in a red frank gore jersey giving a tv interview when he is hit from behind by a protester. during that interview. he tried to run from the crowd but they grab his shirt and try to drag him back. the person who recorded that video said that the man in red was hit with a bike lock. finally one more thing to show you. the damage. a shining light in the darkness, a student cleaning up the mesa long telegraph avenue. that is just the start in what will be a lot of cleaning up for local businesses and the campus of berkeley. our coverage of the protest will continue on ktvu.com. go there you will find unedited video of the chaos ou

berkeley tonight. we have a statement. >> yeah, yiannopoulos posted on his facebook page. >> he was supported to speak tonight. >> i can read it. it says i have been evacuated from the u.c. berkeley campus after violent protesters threw rocks and roman candles and breached the ground floor of the building. my team and i are safe. i'll let you know when facts are clear. one thing we know for sure the left is terrified of free speech and will do anything to shut it down. that's the message from mil milo yiannopoulos and things got tense and that is cancelled. >> yeah. so he will not be speaking. he didn't speak at cal ppoly or uc davis. protestors showed up. many are students here. others we don't know if they just came to campus to take charge of this demonstration in someway but as you can see, there are hundreds, thousands of people as you look live at sproul plaza at the campus of u.c. berkeley victorious in their effort to prevent a speaker from uttering a single word to those who were going to show

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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

but tonight, milo continues to fan the flames on fox news. >> berkeley gets $370 million a year. it's one of the biggest research universities, one of the highest ranked universities. but it's turning out graduates who don't do much. only 47% of their graduates go on to full time employment when they leave. that money could be repurposed if berkeley refuses to honor its first amendment commitments. >> i don't think any serious person denies american academia is dominated by left-wing points of view. >> he's allowed to be as hateful, racist, misogynistic as he is. but good people also have their free speech to say that's not acceptable. >> reporter: the protests at berkeley just the latest flosh point in an increasingly divided country. people have been prompted to exercise their free speech rights, galvanized around issues like women's rights, environmental concerns, and immigration. >> and then you have opportunists like milo who are gleaming off, poaching off this divisiveness. >> reporter: for milo, there seems to be no limits, no holds barred for the dropout from cambridge un

people here in berkeley reacting here as well. here's what they're seeing as they wake up this morning, damage all over the downtown and on campus. we've got some twitter video that shows people breaking windows. you can see them destroying businesses. these are banks that were destroyed, also a starbucks, notice the vandals were all dressed in black. the university has condemned the violence, saying this is not a proud moment for the campus. people who are surveying the damage this morning, we're seeing them shake their heads and telling us they're disappointed it ended this way. >> it's two sides to everything. so, i mean, hopefully this kind of goes on peacefully. i mean, it's a good message that he's trying to get out. just i think they kind of went away from the point and just kind of put out the rage. >> reporter: this is who they were protesting, milo yiannopoulos, the alt-right breitbart editor who was supposed to speak on the campus. his speech was canceled because of the protest. hi later said the left is terrified of fr

breaking news at ten: violent and destructive protests in berkeley. i'm pam moore. and i'm steve aveson.the protests began in response to a planned speech at u-c berkeley by a controverisal alt-right figure. the event was canceled -- but the protests continue.... right now demonstrators are on the move... through the streets of berkeley. this is a live picture.. the crowds have thinned.. we have seen multiple instances of vandalism -- and also some violence. in the last 30 minutes we've learned bart trains are not stopping at the downtown berkeley bart station. we want to show you the scene... on the u-c berkeley campus just hours ago. that was just before 7:00 tonight... we brought this all to you on kron4 as it unfolded live. there have been fights -- fires set -- and windows broken now a protest and march are continuing in the streets of berkeley.. this all started because of a planned speach by breitbart news editor milo yian-nop-po-lous.. he is a man who calls himself an internet troll... the event was called off. toss to alecia toss to jr stone. toss grant he'

it all started in the middle of uc-berkeley's sproul plaza. rioters set 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

this time line of what happened in berkeley tonight. just after 5:30, the crowd started to form. police set up barricades for the protesters, the demonstration quickly turned violent. at 6:01, can you see someone throwing fireworks toward police on the balcony. a minute later, demonstrators boke down the barriers and stormed the martin luther king student union building. by 6:25 they had broken windows and set a diesel generator completely on fire. after that, police issued numerous disbursal orders. at least for an hour, protesters remained. by a little after 8:00, many left and took to the streets of berkeley, breaking windows of a chase bank and shattering doors of a bank of america branch. >> now, we have live team coverage tonight, let's begin with lilian kim. lillian? >> university officials say they suspected trouble when they saw paramilitary style protesters march toward campus. uc berkeley police say they had never seen anything like it, protesters dressed in black, inflicting violence on campus. they threw commercial grade fi

the majority appears to be berkeley students. there appears to be a few older people in the crowd but they are not stopping and watching what is happening. they are getting through the campus. >>> breitbart gained notoriety, especially milo yiannopoulos, for his critical tweets of leslie jones. do you see officers now, are they letting the protestors mill about or are they trying to disburse the crowd. >> they are not trying to disburse the crowd. they are letting the protestors do their things, i am near where the fire is burning, the police are waiting, they are not trying to disburse the crowds. >> we got a statement from the police saying that some of the protestors have thrown things at them like bricks and smoking objects and fire works and that the police have issued disbursal orders to the crowd. did you hear the police address the crowd? >> reporter: no, i did not hear that. it appears that people have torches where there is smoke, but no, i did not hear the police give those orders to the crowd. >> i want to bring back

reporting live in berkeley.. police arrested two men today who attacked a president trump supporter at u-c berkeley. the 21 year old student was wearing a "make america great again" cap on his way to class. that's when an s-u-v suddenly stopped...and two men ran toward the student. they pummeled him before getting back in their car and driving off. but police were able to catch up with them. rain returning to the bay area... with showers overnight last night. kron-4' meteorologist brittney shipp joins us with how long it's expected to stick around. light spotty showers continue new tonight, san bruno police are asking for the public's help in finding the driver of a car that hit and killed a 29-year-old woman back in december. investigators say.... this is a case of hit- and- run and they are now hoping someone may have information that could help solve this case. kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight in san bruno. today, he attended a news conference at police headquarters. charles , we understand the victim

berkeley after violent protests last night. we'll tell you about how the protests turned violent coming up. >>> scattered showers in the forecast today. rain expected for the next several days. we'll have a look at conditions coming up. 0. >> 7:00 take a look at your screen because if you like to know what you're facing weather wise before walking out into it, this will answer your questions. it's windy out there and many of us are also seeing rain. this is the second day of february, welcome back to mornings on two. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. rain outside our studio. steve has your weather information. >> we started at the break, here we go again. this will take us into the middle of next week. we have a wind advisory going until 3:00 a.m. friday and for good reason. gusts about 35 and troy would like you to know it's windy and steady rain in oakly. so thank you for that information. there it is, watch how this slides up highway four and brentwood, discovery bay up to bethel island, there you go. o

he was invited to speak by the berkeley college republicans.. but the event was canceled due to the violence. kron4's ella sogomonoian is at u-c berkeley with their reaction. last night's protest at u-c berkeley spilled into the downtown area. a number of businesses were damaged... and now owners are left to clean up. kron 4's alecia reid spoke with the downtown berkeley association where they talked about how bad the damage got. pkg uber ceo and co-founder travis kalanick will now not participate in president trump's business advisory council...because of the president's executive order on immigration. in a memo to employess... kalanick said initially "joining the group was ánotá meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda... but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that." the uber ceo was one of 16 business leaders on the council. last weekend after th travel ban was imposed some people thought uber was trying to break a taxi strike at jfk airport...the delete uber hashtag was trending. but uber, said it was m

some of them from the berkeley campus some of them in the community. four news." >>: refrigerators freezers and cabinets. >> reporter: nothing of this fire was suspicious in nature. >> reporter: a plan to make sure that this heavily traveled road never closes again. caltrans is working on a design study. putting in bigger drainage pipes. nearly 40,000 drivers use his role on the daily. >> reporter: water is being released from anderson reservoir. the drought is essentially over. all the reservoir are at or near capacity. >> reporter: 41 reservoir is good news for boulders. boaters >> reporter: you conceive of scattered showers are around much of the state. great news for all of our larger issues. is making his way right across the bay bridge. >> reporter: in the south bay you have more scattered showers. east bay your seeing a couple of raindrops to. whence have been kicking up all around the bay area. >> reporter: things are starting to settle down a little bit now print. >> reporter: things are on the state of settle right now. therine heenan is here

this time line of what happened in berkeley tonight. just after 5:30, the crowd started to form. police set up barricades for the protesters, the demonstration quickly turned violent. at 6:01, can you see someone throwing fireworks toward police on the balcony. a minute later, demonstrators boke down the barriers and stormed the martin luther king student union building. by 6:25 they had broken windows and set a diesel generator completely on fire. after that, police issued numerous disbursal orders. at least for an hour, protesters remained. by a little after 8:00, many left and took to the streets of berkeley, breaking windows of a chase bank and shattering doors of a bank of america branch. >> now, we have live team coverage tonight, let's begin with lilian kim. lillian? >> university officials say they suspected trouble when they saw paramilitary style protesters march toward campus. uc berkeley pole say they had never seen anything like it, protesters dressed in black, inflicting violence on campus. they threw commercial grade fire

that is in downtown berkeley itself. when they kind of widen out, you can see that there is a fairly sizable crowd on hand for this. again, it looks like it could be some kind of a cart that was overturned? and then lit on fire? quite honestly, i am not sure. a food trailer of some sort. >> tucker: with the tires burned off. there is no evident law enforcement present. people are standing around, this burning vehicle like a campfire. where are the cops? >> they are they are, it is kind of hard to see but we have been watching this for a wild. they were inside the building, on top of the building. they are certainly not being aggressive. you're talking about uc berkeley, the protest here go back 40-50 years. they knew this was going to happen. >> tucker: earlier we had shots of protesters trying to ram something through a glass barricade, a door. which does seem a little over the top. has anyone been arrested? how is the state or city responding to this? >> we have not heard of any arrests so far. i do not know if that is

the protest also caused major damage to businesses in berkeley. the starbucks on oxford and center was forced to close yesterday as crews boarded up the windows and cleaned up the damage. a total of 11 banks, a-t-m's, and retail stores were also damaged by protesters. the city of berkeley has a history of free speech, activism, and protest. officials with the downtown berkeley association say they want to make sure all of those causes are still honored... while protecting the businesses. city officials say they will work with business owners in the coming weeks to figure out a way to protect their properties in the event of more protests. and this morning experts say that it will be difficult for president trump to follow through on his threat to cut federal funding to the university. this is a story we first told you about yesterday on the kron 4 morning news... after the protests on wednesday night the president took to twitter and threatened to cut federal funding. but the american council on education says that there is nothing under current l

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

a lot of smashed windows on the berkeley campus. as you can see things slowly sort of getting back to normal and classes have gone on as scheduled today. >> okay. tensions still high with that man getting assaulted just a few minutes ago. >> reporter: certainly. if. >> the university itself released a statement condemning the protest the saying we deeply regret the violence unleashed by this group and that undermines the first amendment rights of the speaker and those who came to lawfully come together and protest his presence. several crowd control measure was in place but we couldn't plan for the unprecedented. >> and the mayor expressed his disappointment writing they provided far right exactly the images that they want to use to try to discredit the vast majority of peaceful protesters in berkeley and across america who are deeply concerned about where our country is heading. >> the president took to at which time tore weigh in on the protest. >> we are live with that part of the story. >> reporter: a few boarded up window as th

masked rioters wreaked havo u-c berkeley.. stood back. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. >>> 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 hol

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berkeley is very much a left-leaning campus. they do have a fairly sizable republican group on campus that actually promoted this. they got the administration to let milo yiannopoulos speak. again i said earlier the caveat being if he spoke the republican group would have to pay the extra cost for security and they said fine. i'm sure nobody thought this was going to happen but they clearly knew they were going to be protests, social media, the past couple of days, this has been planned. this has been stoked. metaphorically, to have that kind of a protest on campus tonight. nobody quite expected this. as for who is handling it and who is in charge and what reaction we are supposed to be getting right now? it almost seemed to be a little slow on the pipeline. >> tucker: i have noticed that. obviously nobody is in charge. if i heard you correctly, theke group that brought this writer, whether you agree with milo yiannopoulos or not, he is a writer with political views. which he was hoping to express. you are saying that the school

in berkeley haaziq madyun kron4news our other big story tonight: a wet weekend ahead. this is a look at stormtracker four radar. tonight -- team coverage on what you need to know. kron4's lydia pantazes is monitoring conditions in the east bay. first meteorologist lawrence karnow is timing out the rain in the weather center. >> reporter: not one to be a total rainout for the weekend. we are just watching this one trying to wind it down a little bit. >> reporter: teams are pretty active out there right now. = =things >> reporter: we are going to see more of the showers off and when tonight. you will see more scattered showers to the east bay street >> reporter: in the north bay you'll continue to see more scattered showers. a lot of folks are probably getting a little tired of the rain. >> reporter: people are starting to wonder whether the train every ind.end. >>: 1 is really heavy you can't really see. >>: i like rainy weather but is really dangerous. >> reporter: here is a look at the traffic on mollusk canyon road. --niles canyon rd >>: weather changes like this it

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

. >> rioters at uc berkeley forcing milo yanoupoulus to cancel. elizabeth mcdonald. sabrina schaeffer, uc berkeley gets about 55% of research grants from the government research grants. should that be in play here. >> there's been coercion, and supposedly helping women in sports, has gone to controlling various parts of the university. why shouldn't universities be bastions of the first amendment instead of caving all the time. let's have coercion in the right direction instead of social engineers. >> bruce, it's more than free speech. there was only one arrest when the rioters were doing damage to the college. authorities seemed to let the protesters do what they want, including, by the way, i think we can show there's one video of a woman who was being interviewed and she got pepper sprayed right there. and she had a red hat on. it wasn't a pro trump hat, by the way, but doesn't something have to be done if local authorities aren't going to do it? >> yeah, well, listen, some of the stuff is definitely over the top, but donald's response appears as though he's again

"uc berkeley students who are signed up to the berkeley college republican emailing list have received what they call ominous messages following wednesday night's riots that cancelled an event with guest speaker milo yiannopolous. bradley devlin, berkeley college republicans member "they could be assaulted. they are in danger through this email list we could see a drastic impact on campus safety."devlin says it started when thursday a man on a bike road by sproul plaza and snatched their email list. since then a twitter user with the handle "olaasm" posted a letter that was sent to the list of students saying they plan to write an article to be published monday with the students' names.naweed tahmas, berkeley college repubican member"it's completely disappointing that targeted harassment is still occurring even after they reached their goal of shutting down milo. and that they attack people who aren't members of berkeley college republicans." about 1- thousand cal students are subscribed to the list but only about 50 are active members. bcr members say campus police are investigating t

berkeley officials are talking now. let's listen in. >> prime objective for policing on the college campus is protecting the safety and well being of the students. >> what was the extent of -- what was the police presence that was here tonight. >> we had university of california police officers throughout the system, nine of the ten campuses donated or gave us officers to use for this event. so we would have sufficient officers on hand who understood what our priorities are with campus police. >> about how many in total? >> i'm not going to give out the numbers that we had here. >> once the -- we saw the extent of the damage and the tactics that were being used by the agitators, we made a call to the county -- >> the security costs, we spoke with berkeley representatives and we were told that an anonymous donor covered for security, but we were getting unverified reports. >> let me talk about this for a second. this is -- it's been consistently misreported. every student group. assessed basic security costs, that are de

and we did see in downtown berkeley this protest moved into the downtown berkeley area. there were quite a few businesses, several banks and a starbucks that were vandalized as well. a lot of damage left behind across the city of berkeley. a lot of clean-up on the campus this morning. the police department and university officials defending how they responded. they expected protests but they were not prepared for this outside group of what they described as agitators who came in and caused all of the trouble. >> the mayor of berkeley will join us during the 9 to talk about the protests as well. thank you, alex. >>> there was an unexpected turn of events following the protests the uc berkeley. the school is blaming agitators for the violence but the group that invited milo yiannopoulos to speak is reporting a surge of interest and support. the group held its weekly meeting last night. there was a line out the door as more students than normal showed up to hear what the club has to offer. >> you know, that's the absolute irony out of all of this. >> that isn't representati

reporting live in berkeley, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> cheryl thank you, from berkeley to the white house, a lot of people talking about it president trump jumping right into it. talking about federal funding, tweeting if berkeley doesn't practice free speech and targets people, no free funds, and gavin newsom said i'm appalled on the actions of a few. >> and when they have stayed there if the people had not been on campus, many people say their right to free speech was tram -- hurt. >> reporter: berkeley protests turning to riots last night, police blaming so-called black block protesters because of how they dressed. starting fights, shooting fireworks at officers. the university and many students say the group is not associated with cal. >> because you know it gave a bad reputation to a lot of berkeley students, we're like this is not the values we have here. they're a party group that came from somewhere else. >> reporter: this woman organized one of the other protest groups, but was glad the actions were taken to shut out milo yiannopoulos. >> we're united in the diffe

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