uc berkeley police declined to comment saying this is an ongoing personnel matter. no arrest have been made and dispatcher and sergeant are still on duty. that doesn't sit well with berkeley cop watch founder andrea pritchett. >> that's trouble and smacks of the double standard that shouldn't be allowed if criminal conduct happened, i would like to think there's one standard for all people. >> reporter: i reached out to the acting sergeant and dispatcher but haven't heard back. this week by the way is dispatch appreciation week. in berkeley henry lee ktvu fox 2 news. >> ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 starts with a show of support for sanctuary cities. >> the loss of federal funding is not just an imbration issue. it's -- immigration issue it's a community issue. >> the event ahead of court arguments tomorrow on immigration policy. >> also ahead keeping teens out of trouble. by helping them find jobs. >> plus stopping tragedy before it starts new details on the suicide barrier project at the golden gate bridge. stay with us. ktvu fox news at 6:30 is next. >>> now to today's

. >> uc berkeley police were criticized in february for allowing a demonstration against a planned speech on campus by conservative do menta tore milo yiannopoulos to get out of hand. berkeley police officers were accused of standing on the side lins as protesters fought one another during dualing rallies in downtown berkeley earlier this month. another group that invited coulter said it was no longer involved with the appearance due to security concerns. they cited a lack of assurances for protections from foreseeable violence from unrestrained leftist agitators. are you going to hear her speak? yes, to protest. or no, steering clear. looking at the poll results. 16% say yes going to hear her speak. just 6% saying yes you're going to protest. the vast majority, 78% say no, i am steering clear of the cal campus. i will be there to make sure that free speech is upheld. i don't care for ann or what she has to say but i fight for her right to say it. >> the home of the free speech movement needs to recall its past and allow venues for opposing speech. >> another person says not going with al

. >> we reached out uc berkeley police ha of the polls to reach the location of a sexual assault is made by case by case bases. they it not name a fraternity is if doing so could hamper investigation students we talked with said the alerts fall short and they want more information about a attacks on oh or near campus so they can better protect themselves. . universities are mandated by the federal clairy act to inform students aboutny major crimes on or near campus. they have to do in a timely manner. reporting live in berkeley marianne favro nbc bay area news. this tragedy has gas chromatographied not just the cool but the entire community. >> yaws hearing the stories. it was -- it's devastatesing, ewe guys. devastatesing. brave teachers. our staff here, so close. the parents are so close. the principle, everybody. it's so emotional for us we are just devastatesed. >> a bit of good news ton the other child injured in the shooting has been upgraded to serious condition in fact watching cartoons today. the elementary school remains closed the remainder of the week. >> a peeping tom case a

either this week or next week, but essentially this is the jurisdiction of uc berkeley police, and they will be there for mutual aid. of course, this whole firestorm started with ann coulter when her event was scheduled for this thursday. it was cancelled by university officials due to security concerns, and then days later the university tried to reschedule that event to next week. now in the meantime, student organizers are suing the university claiming they are restricting their free speech by cancelling the coulter event. and this all comes months after the milo yiannopoulos protest that turned violent in february. we spoke to students about the latest controversy. >> i'm not a republican and i don't like ann coulter and not a fan of yiannopoulos and i think they should be allowed to speak here and i don't think we should result to violence in any way. >> i find her views repulsive but that doesn't mean she can't speak. just means no one has to listen. >> reporter: the university planned to reschedule the event to may 2nd but ann coulter tweeted she still plans to come this thursday

the concern is violence, and berkeley police have been criticized for not doing enough to intervene. >> there will always be somebody who thinks you should have used more force, and those who think you used too much. >> now, uc berkeley police were criticized in february for allowing a demonstration against a planned speech on campus by conservative congressmen tatar to get out of hand. berkeley police officers were accused of standing on the sidelines as far left and far right protesters fought one another during dueling rallies earlier. another group that invited coulter to speak at cal is now dropping out because of security concerns. the nonpartisan young americans foundation released a statement krieth, quote, lack of assurances from protections from foreseeable violence from unrestrained leftist agitators. >>> the university of california was hiding $175 million in secret accounts while at the same time was asking the state for more money to run the ten campus uc system. an audit says the u c president's trufs overestimated the cost of running the uc campuses and spent less tha

. >>> developing news tonight, ann coulter's planned speech tomorrow at cal is off, but uc berkeley police say they're still planning for protests, coulter said she will still show up tomorrow despite the university saying their can't accommodate her. the school denies canceling her speech. in a news release it says it did not cancel the coulter event and has never prohibited ms. coulter from coming on campus. the reason it couldn't accommodate coulter was because security threats made a safe event impossible. >> reporter: the speech has been cancelled, but uc berkeley and surrounding police agencies tell us they are preparing and nonetheless, they will not provide specifics but say they are modifying their strategy, beefing it up, based on recent experience. >> deployment and staffing is going to be significantly different than what we had for milo. >> reporter: this time uc berkeley says they'll be more pro active. >> you will see a high number of highly visible presence of law enforcement. and i will also say this, tomorrow, we're going to have a very, very low tolerance for any sort of

. >>> developing news tonight, ann coulter's planned speech tomorrow at cal is off, but uc berkeley police say they're still planning for protests, coulter said she will still show up tomorrow despite the university saying their can't accommodate her. the school denies canceling her speech. in a news release it says it did not cancel the coulter event and has never prohibited ms. coulter from coming on campus. the reason it couldn't accommodate coulter was security threats made a safe event impossible. >> reporter: the speech has been cancelled, but uc berkeley and surrounding police agencies tell us they are preparing and nonetheless, they will not provide specifics but say they are modifying their strategy, beefing it up, based on recent experience. >> deployment and staffing is going to be significantly different than what we had for milo. >> reporter: this time uc berkeley says they'll be more pro active. >> you will see a high number of highly visible presence of law enforcement. and i will also say this, tomorrow, we're going to have a very, very low tolerance for any sort of violenc

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. >>> another sexual assault at uc berkeley. police say a student reported she was at a fraternity party friday night when it happened. at this point, police are releasing few details. >>> the search is on top to mine a missing teenager in freemont. take a look. it's kaelin blackburn. she's 15. and she hasn't been seen since last tuesday night near the freemont hub. she is considered at risk. if you recognize her and know where she is, please call freemont police. >>> tonight they are grieving again. this is in san bernardino. prayers and song for the teacher and young student who were shot and killed inside of their classroom. school closed tomorrow, and on wednesday. in fact, it will be closed until thursday, a school that will forever be impacted after a horrifying agent of violence employed out in front of a class of special needs children. the entire community is feeling victimized again, a year and a half after the san bernardino terror attacks. ♪ >> reporter: for the second time in two years, san bernardino is dealing w

. >> uc berkeley police were criticized back in february for allowing a demonstration against a planned speech by conservative commentator milo yiannopoulos to get out of control. berkeley police officers were accused of standing on the side lines as the protesters fought one enough during dualing rallies earlier this month in down town berkeley. another group that invited al coulter at cal is dropping out because of security concerns. young america's foundation released a statement citing, quote, a lack of assurances for protections from foreseeable violence from unrestrained agitators. a berkeley city councilman will be here to talk about the security for ann coulter's appearance. in regard to ann coulter's planned speech tomorrow afternoon, here is the question of the day for you. are you going? yes, to her hear speak. yes, to protest. no, steering clear. >> let us know what you think by voting on our twitter page or ktvu.com. we also love reading your comments on the ktvu facebook page. >> okay, gasia. >>> the time is 7:12. after a rough week, more trouble for bart. the incident inv

i reached out to uc berkeley police but got no response. a spokesperson release aid statement saying we will continue to do what is necessary to provide safety and security for our students and other members of the berkeley campus community. >> some far left groups are vowing to prevent ann coulter from speaking at cal. one of those groups is by any means necessary and i spoke with a member of that group last hour. >> what gives you the right to keep someone from speaking if i wanted to go and see her talk? why is it that you have the right to tell me who i can go see speak. >> our objective for, for this, for this protest is just that, we've, we've, we've put out a call and i'm saying now that for people across the state to come out and protest her to make clear that this state is not, does not accept immigrant bashing and that means to, to use our bodies, to use our voices, to use, to, to, to make it loud and clear. >> i also asked him if he expects violence on the cal campus on thursday when ann coulter takes, he told -- talks, he told m

uc berkeley police declined to comment saying this is an ongoing personnel matter. no arrests have been made and the dispatcher and sergeant are still on duty. that doesn't sit well with berkeley cop watch founder andrea pritchett. >> it's troubling and smacks of a double standard that shouldn't be allowed. >> if criminal conduct happened, i would like to think there's one standard for all people. >> reporter: now i reached out to the acting sergeant and dispatcher but have not heard by this week is dispatch appreciation week. >> henry lee in the newsroom tonight thanks henry. >>> we are tracking the weather out there. we have had rain totals today. you know a year ago two years ago the numbers would have been leading the newscast. now the numbers are almost throw away they are the last 24 hours of rainfall. and i mean in a weak system like we had go through santa rosa coming up with over a half inch of rain. i mean there was a time last year that would have been a big deal. 16/100 san francisco. so, the point being it's raining and we have had the longest wettest s

berkeley police and uc berkeley police are going to be on high alert throughout the day. as we showed you, we have seen officers coming in for their shift hours earlier than usual and on patrol out here at civic center park. back to you. >> all right, allie, it you. >> and we time is 6:36. grief counselors will be at pittsburgh high school after the death of a fellow student who suddenly died on tuesday while training to be a marine recruit. the 17-year-old floyd barell was preparing to start boot camp this summer after graduating from high school. last september, we joined -- he joined the marine corp's delayed entry program as a recruit specializing in artillery support. on tuesday, he was just starting i workout with his fellow recruits at veteran's park in brentwood when he collapsed. >> and one recruited ran to a nearby water park where one of the city employees jumped into action and started performing cpr on floyd. >> and this morning, class, might teacher told us that he was, he had an asthma attack and he was -- in training. >> and he was due to graduate in june

it's just like how is that information going to help me. >> we reached out to uc berkeley police the sergeant told us the decision to release the location of sexual assaults is made on a case by case basis. and they will not name a fraternity if doing could hamper the investigation. but students say they need more information and they want to get the alerts right away not days later so they can respond to a possible threat. there are situations where the alerts on campus are helpful. for example, over the weekend stanford university issued a campus alert about a man who had groped two women and that alert came within two hours of the attacks. i spoke with one student who told me that because of that alert she decided not to walk to the library by herself that night. reporting live in berkeley, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. th thank you marianne. >> this saturday's farmer market in berkeley because of patriot's day rally. samher ertz feature trump ear orters slated for noon at at ricenter park. a counterprotects is scheduled etweena.m. same location. breers market feel that surre

i reached out to the uc berkeley police and got no response. a campus spokesman declined to discuss tactics on camera. >>> we will have more on ann coulter in about 10 minutes. i will sit down with a group calling to demonstrate her speaking. >>> a beautiful day today. we will see some changes. >> we will see a repeat of clouds and a possibility as scattered showers coming back for wednesday. this afternoon we have a little more sunshine, temperatures are up by a few degrees. it is breezy and for most it is a nicer day. 64 right now santa rosa, oakland 63, upper 60s in san jose. when the giants play it will be cool and breezy with partly cloudy skies. the northwest wind about 20 miles an hour at gametime. bring along the jacket and unlike last night you will not need the umbrella. a few sprinkles last night passed and we had dry weather today. that will change as we get into wednesday. here is a look at future cast. we remain partly cloudy skies and tomorrow we are covered in overcast once again. on the screen there is a little blue to the nort

college republicans and the university. >> reporter: i am standing outside of the uc berkeley police department on campus. campus could not find a safe and suitable venue for ann coulter to speak one week from tomorrow they say it has nothing to do with politics for her part, ann coulter says she will speak at a soon to be announced venue on april 27 but it will not be sanctioned by uc berkeley. yesterday evening the officials sent a letter to the berkeley college republicans saying the administration could not ensure safety and security of people who would attend the event, uc berkeley wants to reschedule the talk for september. they say the only venues were already booked for next week. coulter said on twitter instructing berkeley student group to spare no expense in renting my venue. she also wrote i exceed every demand i called their bluff and the cancel, uc berkeley confirms they asked her to end her speech by midafternoon and the cancellation had nothing to do with politics. i spoke to a campus spokesman this afternoon here is what they had to say. >> it does not matter what th

they on high alert and prepared and planning for what one uc berkeley police captain told ktvu is a, quote, riot-like situation. the possibility, they say in the community today and people preparing for the events planned later today. >> thank you. >>> april is donate life month. many of us signed up to donate the organs and issues after the desk. each year, 6,000 americans become living donors. they donate a kidney or part of their lung or liver. even a segment of the pancreas and small intestine. what other -- what are the risks and what is this experience like? the fox medical team joining us now lee from atlanta and you donated a kidney to a stranger in 2015. what made you make that decision. good morning, pam. i think it's working as a health reporter for the fox medical team. i started meeting people who were doing the very same thing who were taking time out of their lives and giving a kidney to a stranger. and i just bam kind of really interested in the process. the chance to do something special for someone else. and i felt like, you know, the risks to me were pretty low. i

uc-berkeley police captain alex yao admits that the community is struggling with protestors who use a tactic to call black lock to disrupts events. >> it's not just here but in this region. >> reporter: the chief sees a role of police as preventing harm. >> really our job is to stabilize the situation. it's not to -- just stabilize the situation and minimize chaos. >> reporter: some of the most ardent protestors at recent events are antifascists who don't think free speech should extend to anyone. >> i'm happy to be considered intolerant of intolerance. >> reporter: this self- proclaimed antifascist says it's okay to use violence to disrupt people like coulter. >> in the interests of humanity, in the interests of justice, to say that people who are trying to promote another genocide who are trying ostracize parts of our society shouldn't try to promote them and make them mainstream. >> they are allowing a heckler's veto. it's allowing people to preempt speech. >> reporter: the member of the republican national committee said the police should enforce the law. >> you treat the violent

and another sexual assault investigation at uc berkeley. police say a student reported she was at a frat party saturday night when this all happened. at this point, police are releasing few details and no suspect description. >> a large explosion rattles a city in turkey. at least four people are hurt. it happened today in a kurdish city in southeastern turkey. about 60 miles north of the syrian border. one victim is reported to be in serious condition. the cause of the explosion is unknown. a turkish news agency says it happen said while work was being done on a an armored police car can caused part of a nearby building to collapse. >> russian authorities have announced a string of arrests in connection to a deadly bombing in st. petersburg. eight extremists have been arrested in the bombing that killed 13 people and injured dozens. the suspect is said to be from soviet terriers in asia. a 22-year-old man has been identified as the bomber. there are reports thor may have trained with isis. >> climbers in southern california are being remin

. >>> conservative author ann coulter has pulled out of her speech at uc berkeley, but police are still getting ready for possible trouble on the campus. hello, i'm julie hainer. >> and outsidesomerville, coulter cancelled her spem shall -- outside summerville coulter cancelled her speech after the university said it can't provide security for her visit. >> if we can't get her here without guaranteeing the safety of the attendees, then that is a move that we cannot take. in effect, our free speech has been stifled because the university has not, not decided to assist us in making this. >> dan says the university was caught off guard by this speech. he says they only learned about it a month ago. he says students who organized the event did not give uc berkeley the recommended two months advanced notice. >> we looked at these venues, could we, you know, move a class here, move a class there, cancel an event. but this is a place of 50,000 people, this is final, moving in to finals period. they get booked up months in advance. >> ann coulter herself discussed her decision to cancel her spe

berkeley police and uc berkeley police are on stand by on high alert, and we saw some of the officers here this morning said that they had been called into their shifts it hours early, ahead of their regular shifts because of the activity planned today. >> thank you. >> yeah. >>> after coulter announced the cancellation of the speech, she made the appearance on fox news and talked about students that invited her and were sponsoring her speech. >> they ran away. they gave in. and there was nothing i could do. >> now we have yap saying we're go to strike a blow for the next speaker at berkeley. no, i want to win now. can republicans ever win now. >> she mentioned the young american foundation, it was cosponsoring the speech with two other groups. the berkeley college republican blame uc officials for the cancellation after they were told coulter's safety couldn't be secured. now, we have allie on campus. christien kafton is at the cal campus itself. we'll bring him in as he explains more on the next steps being taken by the organizing groups. our coverage continues through the day, live

officers were deployed in large numbers around the edges of civic center park as well as the campus of uc-berkeley. >> there are police officers everywhere. >> reporter: some complained about the show of force. others say it's what was missing during past protests that turned violent. >> gave them a c-plus. they put up that zone of exclusion and then allowed them to come up and trample it down. >> reporter: police cleared the park with a dispersal order that left pro coulter demonstrators to trade insults with a small group of counter- protestors. >> we are here to support sanctuary cities. we're here to say no to donald trump. we're here to say yes to immigrants and that ann coulter has millions of opportunities to speak all the time and she wants a certain room and a certain place and time. you know what? sorry. we're here to say, we have the right to speak our voice for equal rights. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> ann coulter is scheduled to speak tonight in modesto at a republican party lincoln day dinner. >>> we have learned bart has been seeing a spike in crime that spans well beyond t

berkeley police are taking part in training exercises north of the uc berkeley campus. people in the area may hear simulated gunfire and see a lot of police cars and ambulances. the police also plan to close down scenic avenue between virginia street and ridge road during this training. it all begins about 1:00 this afternoon. it should end about 3:00 p.m. >>> the city of oakland is reaching out to those forced out of their apartments because of a deadly fire last month. the city has approved to use $600,000 in community development money to help those left homeless by the major fire in oakland. they have managed transitional housing for 100 people whose apartments burned in the building. tenants should start getting financial assistance as soon as tomorrow. >>> let's go back to christien kafton who is in oakland. as authorities there are investigating a series of burglaries in the oakland hills. >> reporter: yeah. this neighborhood was buzzing with police activity last night. take a look now. it is much calmer right now. we have seen neighbors waking up, making their w

a visit by ann coulter uc berkeley and berkeley police say they're ready for her to show up on campus on thursday even though not invited. but now another announcement from the group organizing the visit. the young america perforating on the website a short time ago they're backing out as a expanser saying they can't be sure it's safe. minutes ago she tweeted she is still expected to be in berkeley. >>> this is the first time we've heard waiting to find out what plans are 6789 scott budman talked to berkeley police they say they're ready. >> reporter: we got a couple of stories coming out of kaylie campus. the police force say it's gathering up most students say they are ready to move past the controversy, lawsuits and all. a beautiful spring day on campus hides at least for now turmoil about the ongoing ann coulter drama. conservative author still says she plans to stick to her original plan and speak on campus some time thursday. uc berkeley officials cancelled the visit then suggested a new date next week and college republicanings filed a lawsuit against the school claiming censer

. >>> conservative author ann coulter has pulled out of her speech at uc berkeley, but police are still getting ready for possible trouble on the campus. hello, i'm julie hainer. >> and outsidesomerville, coulter cancelled her spem shall -- outside summerville coulter cancelled her speech after the university said it can't provide security for her visit. >> if we can't get her here without guaranteeing the safety of the attendees, then that is a move that we cannot take. in effect, our free speech has been stifled because the university has not, not decided to assist us in making this. >> dan says the university was caught off guard by this speech. he says they only learned about it a month ago. he says students who organized the event did not give uc berkeley the recommended two

berkeley officials say campus police advised them to cancel the april 27th visit by conservative author ann coulter because of security concerns. >> if you want improved security then you have to listen to the recommendations of the law enforcement professionals. >> reporter: students we spoke to have mixed feelings about their campus, long known as the birthplace of the free speech campus. >> i believe in free speech. >> i can't stand ann coulter, she is trashy. >> reporter:Ñi berkeley says it did not have enough security for the surprise visit. >> we learned about the visit by reading about it in the newspaper. >> reporter: berkeley campus republicans say it's not true, that they provided plenty of notice about the plans and say ms. coulter will still speak here. >> despite the left wing agitators, ann coulter will speak in berkeley april 27th. >> now he h-- she has said that no school accepting public funds can ban free speech. and she says they will be here, but won't tell us precisely where. >> okay, scott, thank you, the violent protests in berkeley and at cal are becoming more c

berkeley and city police will have a large presence here to make sure these groups do not clash violently, we will have to wait and see, back to you. >> do you see a lot of police presence? i know you can't show everything but maybe different agencies coming to help out? >> reporter: not yet but this is what we see, giving you a 360 we don't see that yet with police lined up, but they are probably staging and prepared to do that in case things get violent but it is still early this is a small group of people there is no real problem to speak of. we will keep our fingers crossed. >> jesse gary live from berkeley we have been reporting on this and a couple of hours ago we saw people arriving. >> we will continue to monitor the situation in berkeley and bring you complete coverage in our later newscast and you can always get updates on ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. that was a great newscast. >> jeremiah towers and chris kattan. >> thank you for watching everyone. yo welcome to maxx you. you are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. we see what makes you unique. so we have somethi

uc police say they had credible threats there would be violence during her speech and coulter was upset when her supporters backed out of the event. they announced they were not moving forward with the speech because uc could not provide a safe venue for the event. the foundation is suing the school claiming it violated their right to free speech. >> berkeley, as you know, all along they have changed their possession every five minutes and it's like a game of musical chairs and whenever the music stops the answer is no, she can't speech. my allies and love were on the same side, but they ran away, and they gave in and then i was -- there was nothing i could do. >> uc police say students will see more officers on the campus today and they will be very visible and they notified outside departments to be on stand by just in case and they will have low tolerance for any violence. the city of berkeley says it's not sure how many people will show up to the rallies today but the police department is ready and the city is planning for several different possibilities. reporting live in berkeley,

berkeley campus. >>> and police are looking to make more arrests for connect with saturday's violent crash between demonstrators supporting and opposing president trump police are reviewing social media pictures and photos. at least 20 people were arrested over the weekend. and some are facing charges, including assault with a deadly weapon. a spokesperson went over a list of confiscated weapons. >> and baseball bats, poles, bricks, rocks. >> several people were injured and one was stabbed. all of those who were injured were part of the demonstration and they said that two of those arrested were associated with a similar confrontation at the place on march 4th. >>> and word it's official. the oakland mayor is running for a second term. a few hours ago, the mayor sent out a press release confirming published reports she's running again. she has 19 months in her current term and appears eager to launch her re-election campaign and is vowing to double down on the efforts to serve all of the needs of people in of oakland and that fight is more important than ever with president trump in

. >> sandra: we have been looking live and you are looking live now at the uc berkeley campus where police are in a standoff. we are being feared over protests that ann coulter could actually turn into riots. we're going to continue to monday tort situation there. and take you there if there is news breaking. and, up next, american voters weighing in on the best and worst moments from president trump's first 100 days. pollster lee carter is here with the results right after this. ♪ ♪ s about moving forward, not back. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. boost® the number one high protein complete nutritional drink. usaa gives me the and the security just like the marines did. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children. we're the williams family, and we're usaa members for life. w...i was always searching for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i had it covered. then i re

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conservative pundit ann coulter ready to speak at uc berkeley one way or another. police say they are getting ready for what could be a sticky situation. >> i'm planning on giving my speech and i assume the same way i will be doing my job they will be doing their jobs and providing a safe and secure location for my speech. hey you've gotta see this. c'mon. no. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >> shannon: fox news alert. a close call for u.s. navy destroyer in the persian gulf. u.s. officials tell fox news that an iranian ship came within 1,000 yards of the destroyer prompting the u.s.s. mahan to change course. months after a similar incident off iran's southern coast. >> bill: police bracing now for a speech and action ahead by ann coulter. the conservative come men tator said to spea

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police in riot gear arrested 15 people on the uc berkeley campus after a brawl between supporters and opponents of president trump. police had to use tear gas to disperse that crowd. >>> and volunteer firefighters in delaware county meantime respect training to keep you safe and they hope that many more will join them in this effort. reliance hook and ladder company hosted a burn practice drill in west chester today. firefighters used a hose ladder and other skills to put out a fire. the delaware county firemen's association is sounding the alarm about the shortage of volunteers. today was part of a county wide effort to try to boost their ranks. stay with us. still ahead on "eyewitness news," chaos at penn station. what sent more than a thousand passengers running during last night's evening commute. >>> plus, hundreds of people gathered at the philadelphia zoo to take part in the annual rabbit run. why the tradition is about more than just easter. that's next. lauren. >> and dope do have a very warm easter in store with temperatures in the 80's, windy conditions and when we have the

two of the groups that invited ann coulter to uc berkeley are suing the university and the police, this lawsuit after the commentator's speech on campus was rescheduled this week to next week when students are out of class and studying for finals. the group claims coulter's constitutional rights are being violated and says she will come to berkeley this thursday and the university says there's no safe pla for coulder to speak on campu this thursday. >>> kate larson and a scary situation that took place on b.a.r.t. witnesses say between 40 and 60 teenagers jumped on b.a.r.t. and robbed seven people of their phones and bags. >>> there will be six more weekends of cancellations and delays at fso because of runway repairs. leslie talked to flyers she said are so frustrated. >>> president trump closing in on his 100th day in office that could end with a government shutdown. live in washington to explain. >> reporter: the money for the government runs out on friday meaning without a deal the government would be shut down on the president's 100th day in office. a push to put points on the boar

a huge police presence at uc berkeley tonight. >> stay on sidewalk please. >> reporter: that same presence at civic center park, where conservatives and liberal factions stood their ground in the name of free speech. u.s.a.! u.s.a. >> make it clear, immigrant are welcome here. >> reporter: police also standing their ground in the name of law and order. >> i can tell you that today we did have a significant police presence in the city. several hundred officers here, perhaps the largest deployment i've seen in the 18 years i've been here. >> reporter: a precaution because the last several rallies in berkeley have become violent, especially in february when former breitbart editorianio minutopolis minutopolis's's appearance turned into violent protests. the majority of today's rally was peaceful even though five people were arrested. >> the police promised us at the beginning that they had us protected. and they would not allow what happened two weeks ago to happen today. >> reporter: i did ask police today if what they did today would be standard operating procedure for next time. they told

police in riot gear arrested 15 people on the uc berkeley campus after a huge brawl between supporters and opponents of president trump. police had to use tear gas to disperse that crowd. >>> now to a developing story at this hour, north korea attempted to launch a missile today but it was unsuccessful. the defense department says the missile blue up immediately. the country held a massive parade to show you have its military might. vice president pence will be visiting the region this weekend. >>> eight death row inmates received an 11th hour reprieve after arkansas. arkansas governor asa hutchinson scheduled the executions to take place before the state's supply of one of its lethal injection drugs expires in two weeks. the inmates filed legal challenges to the timetable and the state's use of midazolam which has been used in botched executions in other states. the state attorney general has vowed to appeal this decision. >>> volunteer firefighters in delaware county are training trying to keep everyone safe and they hope that many will join in this effort. reliance hook and ladder c

having flat out rejected that rescheduled date she accused uc berkeley and the police chief there of quite literally letting liberal protestors run riot. listen here. >> i suggested two measures that would allow free speech to exist on berkeley if they wanted it to and that was one thing to announce that any students caught engaging in violence, mayhem or disrupting an invited speaker's speech would be expelled and number two, to have a little talk with the berkeley chief of police who is allowing these rodney king riots to go on whenever a conservative speaker speaks. >> coulter and other critics claim that a planned event by another speaker was the point at which uc berkeley gave the green light to these kind of protestors to shut down any conservative speaker they want to, shannon. >> shannon: all right. what is berkeley's position now? she says no thanks on may 2. >> officials there are saying they're doing their best. they're trying to balance two important competing issues. listen to the chancellor. >> as the home of the free speech movement, we fully support the right and abil

there's still a very heavy police presence in a neighborhood just west of uc berkeley as officers search door to door for a man with a gun. this is video of the search from sky 7. someone saw the gunman around 4:30 this afternoon. police issued a shelter in place for a four-block stretch, which is keeping residents on edge. >> this kind of police is unusual. you know, we're berkeley so we see a lot of protests and we support that. but it's a whole different thing when you have a gunman in your neighborhood running around. >> streets are still blocked in the area and police are still urging residents to shelter in place. we'll post updates on this breaking story on abc 7's mobile apps. make sure to enable push alerts to receive those breaking updates. >>> president trump is making ambitious promises for the next week as he closed in on the first 100 days of being in office. >> the president is pushing for action on the new health care deal and promising to unveil a massive tax cut package. there have been accomplishes, slashed regulations and a supremcourt justice confirmed, but this pres

there's still a very heavy police presence in a neighborhood just west of uc berkeley as officers search door to door for a man with a gun. this is video of the search from sky 7. someone saw the gunman around 4:30 this afternoon. police issued a shelter in place for a four-block stretch, which is keeping residents on edge. >> this kind of police is unusual. you know, we're berkeley so we see a lot of protests and we support that. but it's a whole different thing when you have a gunman in your neighborhood running around. >> streets are still blocked in the area and police are still urging residents to shelter in place. we'll post updates on this breaking story on abc 7's mobile apps. make sure to enable push alerts to receive those breaking updates. >>> president trump is making ambitious promises for the next week as he closed in on the first 100 days of being in office. >> the president is pushing for action on the new health care deal and promising to unveil a massive tax cut package. there have been accomplishes, slashed regulations and a supreme court justice confirmed, but this pr

be easy to assume that the worst happened at uc berkeley today. just one small complications. >> she's not even here. >> leaving us with the ann coulter no-show show. a big wind up on a campus racing for violent demonstrations didn't materialize. >> this is not a good use of police. clearly nothing is happening. >> unless it served as a deterrent in form of nonverbal communication. officers for most of the day listened to large dose of political rhetoric in the home of free speech. >> everyone around here should be sounding the alarm about this facist regime in the white house. >> the only problem is making sure their voice is louder than the person next door. >> on the positive side citizens in this nation enjoy the luxury of expressing, light on the theater, twist of existential and light on the dialogue. >> it's confusing, hard to understand, not really real arguments just a lot of absurdit is. this is a group of law students saying third student was arrested on campus, one for carry ag knife and one for carrying a mask, not cooperating with po

a uc berkeley spokesperson says she was on track to graduate next year. in elk grove, macy jenkins, kpix 5. >>> a bay area sheriff's deputy shot and killed this world war ii veteran in front of his wife. how a routine welfare check escalated in to a deadly encounter. >> an intruder snuck in to this bay area home and snatched the family pet. the predator's trail of clues left in the mud. >> and b.a.r.t. plagued by mystery glitches that knock cars out of service. the proposed fix tonight, magnets. a santa clara county sheriff's deputy.. is fighting to make o her >>> tonight the widow of an elderly navy vet shot and killed by a santa clara county sheriff's deputy is fighting to make sure what happened to her husband doesn't happen to anyone else. kpix 5 joe vazquez on the wrongful death lawsuit and claims of excessive force. >> reporter: it started off as a welfare check. the granddaughter of 86-year-old world war ii veteran eugene craig would call to see if someone would check on eugene and his wife at their saratoga home to see if they're okay. september 1

. >> reporter: this protest, another response to the chaos that broke out on camp uc berkeley in february after ultraconservative milo yiannopoulos visited the university. in march, there were protests that berkeley police did not do enough to stop the violence. this time, authorities won't say what, if anything they will do differently. >> we anticipate seeing larger numbers. we staffed accordingly and we are preparing for a number of different contingencies. >> reporter: our understanding is that the counterprotesters will essentially be a cookout in the middle of the park. in berkeley, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> tensions between the u.s. and russia are spiking tonight over the situation in syria. >> right now, we are not getting along with russia at all. we may be at an all-time low with the relationship. >> in a conference with the secretary general of nato, trump distanced himself from his campaign promises to repair ties with moscow and side russia likely knew about the syrian attack. >> any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable. cannot go unanswered and those responsible must be

. >>> there is a report of yet another sexual assault at a uc berkeley frat house. a female cal student told police she was assaulted at a party off campus saturday night. the frat has not been identified and there's no suspect description. frat parties were suspended last fall after two women reported being sexually assaulted within 10 minutes. >>> we all know airports keep a close eye on travelers, but tonight the aclu is going after sfo for how it's keeping tacks on drivers. -- tabs on drivers. kpix5's cate cauguiran is live at the airport to explain. >> reporter: liz, san francisco international airport is recording every license plate that drivers in and out of this -- drives in and out of this area and now the airport says it is also sharing that information with law enforcement. tonight the aclu is slamming that new poll of and so are travelers. -- new policy and are so travelers. >> the bureaucracy is using technology to invade our personal lives. >> reporter: sfo says it uses license plate readers to monitor fastrak accounts at garages and commercial operat

. >>> also in berkeley, police are investigating the death of a uc student who died after falling from the balcony of a apartment building. she's identified at 21-year-old kimberly ee zief. she was a junior studying computer science and fell from a third floor bell connie on dwight way. so far it's not clear how she fell. her death comes two years after six people were killed when a balance donnie collapsed from a apartment building a few blocks from the uc berkeley campus. >>> the city of concord broke ground to connect riders with the city center. path would ride about a half mile along grant street. plans call for a raised crosswalk, bike lane and new lighting. city officials say they have been working on creating the path for years. bart riders we spoke with add mixed feelings. >> we would totally love that. i have five kids. we would absolutely use it. >> put more money in the bart trains. they're rely any bad shape a lot of them. that's where the money should go. >> officials say most of the money for the project is coming from the contra costa transportation authority. >>> the a