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

late this afternoon, uc berkeley e-mailed out a response to ts lawsuit being filed in part writing, uc berkeley has been working to accommodate a mutually agreeable time for miss coulter's visit which has not yet been scheduled and commits to doing so and all members of the berkeley and larger community including ms coulter herself are safe. they're saying it's not yet been scheduled and ann coulter saying she will be on campus this thursday. abc7 news. >> thank you. we've posted the entire court document on "abc news".com and abc7 news app. >>> a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a sacramento man beaten by police for suspected jaywalking. john burris made the announcement in sacramento. this is video of the incident that took place earlier this month. sacramento police officer pushed him about 20 times. the suit names the city and county of sacramento alleging excessive force and racial profiling. >>> the weather behind us you can see, it has been a grey and rainy day today. >> spencer christian here. how long is this going to continue? >> periods of grey traveling through the bay a

we will be posting updates on our free mobile app and twitter facebook and ktvu.com controversy at uc berkeley after officials announce an appearance by conservative commentator ann coulter will not happen next week but the republican student group that poked her says that the speech will go on, coulter took to twitter to address the controversy saying that no school accepting public funds can ban free-speech we get the details from henry lee he is live from the newsroom with more. >> uc berkeley says it could not find a safe and suitable venue for ann coulter to speak, the campus says it is nothing to do with politics. coulter says she will speak on april 27 but it will not be sanctioned by the university after violent protests in january and again off-campus this past weekend officials sent a letter to the berkeley college republicans saying that the administration could not ensure the safety and security of people attending the event, uc berkeley wants to reschedule the talk for september they say campus venues are already booked for next week, coulter says the student group has sp

uc berkeley has been working to accommodate a mutually agreeable time for ms. coulter's visit and remains committed to doing so. the campus seeks to ensure that all members of the berkeley and larger community including ms. coulter herself remains safe. she counters no such restrictions are placed on liberal speakers such as former presidential candidate bernie sanders when he spoke at cal last june. >> the issue is that the university is allowing off- campus critics to hijack its role as the appropriate gatekeeper of who gets to use these rooms.>> the plaintiff seeks an injunction from the federal courts to bar you see officials from using the high profile speaker unwritten rule to bar certain types of speakers from campus. as for and coulter, she has tweeted out today that thursday looks like a nice day for an outdoor speech on the cal berkeley campus . >>> bernie sanders is surprising a lot of people by defending and coulter and her effort to speak at cal. the senator from vermont said, what are you afraid of? her ideas? confront her intellectually. bullying

berkeley press secretary dainne klein issused a response that reads in part "uc berkeley has been working to accommodate a mutually agreeable time for ms. coulter's visit - which has not yet been scheduled - and remains committed to doing so. the campus seeks to ensure that all members if the berkeley and larger community - including ms. coulter herself - remain safe during such an event." not good enough say dhillon

uc berkeley after all, but there's a twist. the university faces claims of unconstitutional censorship. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. legal action was threatened against the university. the ultimatum, honor the original terms of the speech tomorrow or they're taking the case to federal court. kpix5's christin ayers is at cal campus tonight. >> reporter: first officials here at cal-berkeley told students there would be no speech by ann coulter. then this afternoon an about face. today chancellor nicholas dirks changed his tune. conservative pundit ann coulter can come to uc berkeley's campus but not april 27th and not at the original location. dirks called the new location. >> an appropriate protectable venue that is available the afternoon of may 2nd. >> reporter: campus police captain alex yow said police could not be sure her original speech would be safe. >> there's specific threats to ms. coulter's event april 27th held on the berkeley campus. >> reporter: authorities could provide more protecti

if she comes back all eyes are going on on uc berkeley. >> uc berkeley says the sole reason it couldn't accommodate coulter is because credible security threats made finding a suitable venue impossible. the school is still preparing for potential disruptions tomorrow. abc news reporter laura anthony. >> staffing is going to be significantly different than wat we had for milo. >> reporter: this time officials at uc berkeley say they'll be ready, more proactive, should there be protests thursday after the cancellation of ann coulter's speech. >> you will see a high number and highly visible presence of law enforcement. i will also say this. tomorrow we're going to have a very, very low tolerance for any sort of violence. >> reporter: on february 1st a planned speech by milo yiannopoulos was canceled too but only after this violent protest began. we were on the ground at sprow plaza when an otherwise he peaceful demonstration took a violent turn minutes after a group of armed masked protesters marched in. that night uc police were mostly inside the student union and on a balcony overhead,

tonight a bay area attorney is threatening to sue uc berkeley for canceling her speech. we've got the new information now from ktvu's monty francis. >> reporter: well frank and julie, an attorney for the campus republican sent a letter to the university threatening to file a lawsuit in federal court if the school does not allow ann coulter to speak as the group had planned next week. the fast-moving series of events began with the university reversing a decision to cancel a scheduled speech by right wing pungence ann coulter. they found an alternative venue to ensure her safety and the safety of people who attended. >> it's the home of the free speech movement. we fully support the rights and ability of our students to host speakers of their choice. >> reporter: but there was a catch. the university wanted to change the date of the event from april 27 to may 2. when classes are not in session the week before final exams. coulter responded on twitter saying, "we've already spent money for april 27 and i can't do may 2. there are no classes at berkeley that week." >> ms co

. >>> a new chapter in uc berkeley's battle over free speech. representatives for ann coulter say that her event will happen next week. three berkeley aprpolitical eve in three months have resulted in violence. last week about a dozen people were hurt and three people were arrested during a clash between groups in support and in opposition to president trump. last month a similar encounter ended with ten arrests. now remember in february, people set fires and smashed windows around spiral plaza on the campus of uc berkeley. here's the latest on this story. >> reporter: dan, student groups say that ann coulter will speak here on campus next thursday as planned. they're now looking at both venues both on campus and off campus and they say they'll announce exactly where she'll be speaking next week. conservative commentator ann coulter says she will speak at uc berkeley next week. instructing berkeley student group to spare no expense in renting my speaking platform. she will be speaking to uc berkeley's-after heightened security concerns following

. >>> a new chapter in uc berkeley's battle over free speech. representatives for ann coulter say that her event will happen next week. three berkeley aprpolitical eve in three months have resulted in violence. last week about a dozen people were hurt and three people were arrested during a clash between groups in support and in opposition to president trump. last month a similar encounter ended with ten arrests. now remember in february, people set fires and smashed windows around spiral plaza on the campus of uc berkeley. here's the latest on this story. >> reporter: dan, student groups say that ann coulter will speak here on campus next thursday as planned. they're now looking at both venues both on campus and off campus and they say they'll announce exactly where she'll be speaking next week. conservative commentator ann coulter says she will speak at uc berkeley next week. instructing berkeley student group to spare no expense in renting my speaking platform. she will be speaking to uc berkeley's-after heightened security concerns following

uc berkeley is hosting a non-partisan stands up for science rally. abc 7 news was there yesterday, as students and scientists used posters, they will be using to get their message out. most told us they were at best concerned at what they see as an anti-science agenda if washington. they believe they can make a difference. >> especially with the political climate going on, someone who is studying environmental biology here at uc berkeley. i feel in some way i can be a part of the larger picture. >> the stands up for science ramally at uc plaza begins at 11:00 a.m. t. march for science in san francisco also begins at 11:00. >>> from "star wars" to star trek and everything in between. the second annual silicon valley comic con did not disappoint t. mane attraction was william shatt ler, the audience in the palm of his hands. abc 7 reporter katie marzulo was there. >> what do i think about that? >> reporter: william shatner is the comedian of fans with serious questions ability his future roles, got answers leak this. >> is this generation soaked in rum

. >>> the back-and-forth between commentator ann coulter and uc berkeley isn't slowing down. a federal lawsuit. we ask you, do you think coulter should be allowed to speak on campus? the results, after the break. >>> free tuition such as fall for residents of san francisco. the gpa those students have to maintain an order to get that free tuition. >>> power has now been restored to all customers at the height of the outage 88,000 people were left without electricity. the outage started shortly after 9:00 and it caused the montgomery bart station to shut down. traffic to to gridlock after signals went dark. the outage was caused by a fire at a pg&e substation. >>> a student group is threatening to sue the university over its attempt to change the date of his scheduled speech by ann coulter. we're following the fast-moving developments tonight. >> all of the back-and-forth started on wednesday when the university announced it was postponing her speech. yesterday uc berkeley chancellor announced the school have found an alternative date for that speech. they said they can -- tic

life as a uc berkeley student on the autism spectrum. discussion of the increasing number of uc berkeley students with autism and their support networks among themselves and with the university. presentation by anna burnett, uc berkeley freshman, former member of mayor's youth commission. public comment is welcome. agenda item number 12, information item. partnership and life issues. the experience of students with autism. this presentation will focus on the impact a support system can have on a student's life. discussion topics include, identity development, family, school, community, special interest, and the overall experience of our panelists. presentation by lovette spencer, disability specialist san francisco state university and mikhail jamison san francisco state university student. public comment is welcome. agenda item number 13, public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three minutes. please, approach the microphone or give your common card to the mod staff.

. >>> the latest on the controversy at uc berkeley on the speech by ann coulter. it looks as though this could all end up in court. here's an update. >> she was invited to speak next thursday evening. they'd like to move this to mid afternoon five days later and away from the plaza due to fears of more violent demonstrations. nicholas dirk said she could speak may 2. the university said it found a place to make sure that everyone who attended would be protected. colder so she can't make that may second date. today the attorney for the republicans which gave coulter the invite told us she will file a lawsuit in federal court if the university doesn't allow the speech to take place next week. >> these are students who have rights as people who are accommodated under a college campus does publicly funding. but that funding comes in obligation to obey constitutional norms and we intend to hold uc berkeley to that standard that it has fallen short of. it has become the cemetery of free speech. >> account spokesman says they are on solid legal ground and saying quote th

he was scheduled to speak at uc berkeley in fetch t. university chance emed the event because of violent protests. he promised to release details in the next few weeks. >>> a number of san francisco firefighters and community members will participate in today's annual nert training. nert stands for neighborhood emergency response team. volunteers will set up command centers and other disaster response skills. today's training starts at 9:00 this morning at marina middle school. >>> college students can now buy emergency contraception as easily as a can of soda. they arrived in the recreation center at uc davis earlier this month. it offers tam upons,ed a victim, pregnancy tests, condoms and plan b, often called the morning after pim. it's the result of two years of hard work by former uc davis senator. >>> i'm more skeptical and negativity i got, like it's not going to happen kind of pushed me more. >> under the obama administration in 2013, plan b became available to women of all ages without a prescription. davis is one of the handful

reoccurring concern at uc berkeley after its campus has become a magnet for extremist protesters. this was in february. when more than 1,000 protesters turned to violence, successfully stopping self described right-wing internet troll, from speaking there. he is a fascist and berkeley did not welcome him. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, the streets of berkeley erupted with anarchists fighting against trump supporters. now the school once known as the birth place of the free speech movement is accused of shutting down just that. even getting heat from liberals who claim uc berkeley for caving to left wing radicals. >> berkeley used to be the cradle of free speech. now it is just the cradle for [ bleep ] babies. i feel like this is the liberal version of book burning. >> reporter: even senator bernie sanders is defending coulter's right to speak on campus. telling the huffington post. people have a right to give a speech without fear of violence and intimidation. berkeley says they did not cancel her appearance but offered her a date first week of may when they could better control

in addition to the march for science in san francisco, uc berkeley is hosting a nonpartisan stand up for science rally. abc 7 news was there today as they made posters to get the message out tomorrow. most told us they were at best, concerned with what they see as an anti-science agenda in washington. but believe they can make a difference. >> especially with the political climate going on, being someone who is studying environmental biology at uc berkeley, i feel like i can be a part of the larger picture. >> the stand up for science rally at uc's plaza begins tomorrow at 11:00. the march for science in san francisco starts at noon. how is your weather panning out for the weekend? sandhya patel is here with that. >> it's going to be a lovely weekend but changing from today. look at the highs today. many areas in the upper 70s. antioch, concord, livermore got up to 77 degrees. 77 in san jose. 80 degrees for ukiah. we have rain chances but not until tuesday. until then, you have yourself a dry weekend. you don't have to worry about any rain as you check out live doppler 7 right now. w

many uc berkeley students we talked to today hadn't even looked at this email they received monday. letting them know a woman was sexually assaulted saturday night at offcampus fraternity party. this woman says she is frustrated how often she is alerted about staults. >> at this point almost numbering because of how many armistice like that we get. >> in the past month uc berkeley sent out five alerts four involved sexual assault or batter some students complaint the university alerts are rarely useful and question by this alert didn't name the frarnt where the alleged sexual assault happened self. >> you're you can't jaelt or so okay that happened atlas 15 plus from a eternities around here. 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

nami murata/uc berkeley studentit would be nice if people were more accepting of the fact that people come and give speeches, give controversial speeches and because its berkeleyand that berkeley students unfairly get the blame when protests turn violent.nami murata/uc berkeley studenti see it all on facebook a lot of the time where people choose not to come here because of all the controversial things that happen but its not really the students.sarah bernardo/uc berkeley student: now because it happens in berkeley, everyone is like oh we are going to pin it on these liberal snowflakes. not all of us are liberal. we have a variety of political spectrum and people who believe different things on our campus. we also asked students if they would see coulter speak.sarah bernardo/uc berkeley student: oh now i wouldn't. so i don't align with her ideology and i don't agree with the ideas that she espouses as an individual so i wouldn't go and see her but i also don't want to be involved in a protest particularly because i know there would be outside instigators that would make it dangerous f

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

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

some uc berkeley scholars are keeping track of what president trump has and has not accomplished so far. >> reporter: when it comes to his health care plan, president trump has a different tone than the one he had during his campaign. >> repeal and replace obamacare act. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i'd like to say next week, but i believe we will get it. >> reporter: today at this uc berkeley symposium, some believe mr. trump acted too quickly in trying to get rid of the affordable care act. for example, only five days into his presidency bill clinton tried to do away with a ban on gays in the military but ended up with the don't ask don't tell policy, a watered down version. a president's success is measured by the number of laws passed through congress. in the first 100 days president. george w. bush, seven and mr. obama 11. president trump? >> he's passed 29 bills which is more than obama passed in his first 100 days. >> reporter: but they haven't been significant legislative achievements except for wone. >> he has gotten a person on the supreme court zblrge. >>reporter

. >>> uc berkeley has struck a new deal with peet's. the 10-year $8 million contract will provide paid internships, jobs, scholarships, grants and even funding for student gardening. the deal does not make peet's the only coffee company on campus. it's now headquartered in emeryville. >>> and a reminder, taxes are due one week from today. >>> we have sprinkles and light showers around the bay area, showing up on live doppler 7 right now, as you can see with these little patches of green scattered across the screen there, but we don't have any heavy activity at the moment, but this is the picture right through the central part of the area, through marin county across the east bay, current temperatures range from mid 50s at the coast to lower 60s near the bay and inland. let's take a live look from our east bay hills camera, these are our forecast features, showers continuing through the morning hours, another storm arrives tomorrow night and it will be a little bit more energetic than the current storm, and we'll see sunny and mild condi

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some uc berkeley scholars are keeping track of what president trump has and has not accomplished so far. >> reporter: when it comes to his health care plan, president trump has a different tone than the one he had during his campaign. >> repeal and replace obamacare act. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i'd like to say next week, but i believe we will get it. >> reporter: today at this uc berkeley symposium, some believe mr. trump acted too quickly in trying to get rid of the affordable care act. for example, only five days into his presidency bill clinton tried to do away with a ban on gays in the military but ended up with the don't ask don't tell policy, a watered down version. a president's success is measured by the number of laws passed through congress. in the first 100 days president clinton had 24. george w. bush, seven and mr. obama 11. president trump? >> he's passed 29 bills which is more than obama passed in his first 100 days. >> reporter: but they haven't been significant legislative achievements except for wone. >> he has gotten a person on the supreme court zbl

nami murata/uc berkeley student it would be nice if people were more accepting of the fact that people come and give speeches, give controversial speeches and because its berkeleyand that berkeley students unfairly get the blame when protests turn violent.nami murata/uc berkeley studenti see it all on facebook a lot of the time where people choose not to come here because of all the controversial things that happen but its not really the students.sarah bernardo/uc berkeley student: now because it happens in berkeley, everyone is like oh we are going to pin it on these liberal snowflakes. not all of us are liberal. we have a variety of political spectrum and people who believe different things on our campus. we also asked students if they would see coulter speak.sarah bernardo/uc berkeley student: oh now i wouldn't. so i don't align with her ideology and i don't agree with the ideas that she espouses as an individual so i wouldn't go and see her but i also don't want to be involved in a protest particularly because i know there would be outside instigators that would make it dangerous f

. >>> right wing pundit ann coulter won't appear at uc- berkeley today. she blamed the university for failing to provide a safe space but also went after her allies. >> forget this is where the free speech movement started. the amount of money they get from the state and the federal government, but all of the people who should have been standing up for the first amendment here, all ran away with their tails between their legs. >> coulter may not be speaking at cal but joe vazquez tells us, plenty of people on both sides still plan to show up and have their say. >> we are here to stand up for free speech. coulter got banned from uc- berkeley and we drove all the way up here to support free speech and to stand up for our president, donald j. trump. >> reporter: we caught up with this group of trump supporters who bused up from southern california. >> we are here just to support the president, to express ourselves. everybody has their strong opinions. >> we didn't come for a fight. we are not challenging the people of berkeley. all we want is a chance to say

. >>> uc berkeley has struck a new deal with peet's. the 10-year $8 million contract will provide paid internships, jobs, scholarships, grants and even funding for student gardening. the deal does not make peet's the only coffee company on campus. it's now headquartered in emeryville. >>> and a reminder, taxes are due one week from today. >>> we have sprinkles and light showers around the bay area, showing up on live doppler 7 right now, as you can see with these little patches of green scattered across the screen there, but we don't have any heavy activity at the moment, but this is the picture right through the central part of the area, through marin county across theast bay, current temperatures range from mid 50s at the coast to lower 60s near and inland. let's take a live look from our east bay hills camera, these are our forecast features, showers continuing through the morning hours, another storm arrives tomorrow night and it will be a little bit more energetic than the current storm, and we'll see sunny and mild conditions on f

should ann coulter be able to speak at uc berkeley. 62% say yes. 38% say no. most of you say yes because it's free speech. she should speak but the republican club should pay for police services instead of paying her 20,000. everyone has a right to free speech. we need more arrests on both sides when things get violent. ac000 tweets sarcastically, why allow free speech in america. >> lisa says if she can not speak in the birthplace of the free speech movement, then everything we fought for was for naught. >> she should be able to speak, and i can't find the poll to vote, by the way, so we santa cruz for not being able to find that poll -- we apologize for not being able to find that poll to vote. it will pop up. we have all re-tweeted it. we'll keep taking your responses and appreciate your use of our hash tag, ktvu the 9. >>> we're hearing about a large power outage in san francisco. police say about 13,000 people in the financial district are affected. pg, and e says they hope to have power restored by noon. this is also affecting b.a.r.t. and muni. trains a

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p uc berkeley and uc davis -- oh, please, top 3% in the country. berkeley has always been known as the beacon, the shining light of free speech. all the protests and marches, what they want to be censored? i am so sorry, it's just too expensive to hear you talk. >> by listening to all of you, i am so proud tonight that you are standing up for free-speech. i remember when people at thoset trump rallies used to say things like oh, and then they would punch them and knock them down.o >> those were paid protesters. >> when you guys want to have a conversation about things like debt and deficit, oh, don't talk about it, let's not bring that up. how about when police abuse their power out here and kill black people? oh, let's not talk about it. no. >> i think we did a segment every day for the summer last year. >> always say is oh, copyright and if you really want to -- the silent majority is conservative and silencing just as much. >> why would you think we would take the side of the police because the mainstream media doesn't, so we are providing the f

uc berkeley has done it again. for the second straight year, cal tops forbes list of the best value in higher education. the goal was to find the university with the most meaningful return on your investment. ucla is at number two. princeton, stanford and uc irvine and uc davis. >>> serena williams was caught off guard. she accidentally shared the photo on snapshot to show her baby bump. she metropolitan to save the personal photo to her phone and pressed the wrong button and shared it publicly. she plans to continue her career on the court after becoming a mom. the father to be, is alexis -- the founder of red dit. >> you got to be careful what you snap. >> jeff ranieri is here. it's a little gloomy. >> a little? >> you know, tomorrow we're going to start to see -- right now, there's still clouds lingering over the south bay. we have a few breaks of sun as it's setting right now and 6 approximate. i'll talk more about hotter weather and when upper 80s return in about five minutes. >>> they don't look like a tradit

uc berkeley has been working to accommodate a mutually agreeable time for ms. coulters visit and remains committed to doing so. the campus seeks to ensure that all members of the berkeley and larger community including ms. coulter herself remains safe. as for and coulters you tweeted out earlier today that thursday looks like a very nice day for outdoor speech. at the campus perhaps referencing sproul plaza. live in san francisco, ktvu fox2 news. >>> a short time ago i talked with ann coulter . she detailed her plans to come this thursday and the controversy surrounding her trip. >> for one thing you don't want to give me publicity. i shut down my speech.>> we will have more coming up at 5:30. you will hear what she says about people who say that her speech is hate speech. >>> terrifying moments for passengers on a bar train in oakland and dozens of teens swarm the car robbing passengers. it was a coordinated attack. ktvu's rob malcolm joins us from the coliseum bart station in oakland with who police are looking for and what they got away with. >> reporter: th

was scheduled to speak at uc berkeley in february. but the university cancelled the event because of violent and destructive protests. he promises to release details in the next few weeks. >>> no, no, no! >> a number of san francisco firefighters and community members will take part in today's annual nert training. it stands for neighborhood emergency response team. they will set up command center and other disaster response drills. today's training starts at 9:00 this morning at marina middle school. >>> college students can now buy emergency contraception as easily as a can of soda. the wellness to go reason arrived at uc davis this month. it offers advil, pregnancy tests and plan b and condoms. it's the result of two years by former uc davis senator. >> the more skeptical negtist i got kind of pushed me more. >> under the oma administration in 2013, a plan b became available to all women without a prescription. happening now the california dental association is holding a free dental clinic this weekend. patients will be seen on a f

the speech at uc berkeley is reversing its decision to cancel and and coulter's speech. why she isn't having any of it. john kelly and jeff sessions getting a first look at border security. they will join us live from san diego just ahead >> you cannot impose arbitrary and harassing restrictions on the exercise of a constitutional right. i don't happen to be available on may 2nd to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars in rescheduled, rebuffed, hotel rooms, flights, for me, my security, my guests. none of this has to do with security. >> jenna: that was and coulter last night sounding off after uc berkeley asked her to speak on a different date due to security concerns. jonathan hunt is standing by with the very latest. >> ann coulter is determined to speak and to speak on the date college republicans had invited her, april 27th. she says her schedule is too busy to agree to uc berkeley's proposed date change and she once again accused university officials of caving to threats of violence by liberals who she says simply wants to silence opposing views. >> this is a fo

several violent protests in recent weeks and now supporters are suing uc berkeley to force cal's and and have coulter on campus this week rather than a different date. with all that have going on, berkeley police are holding a public safety forum. that's where we find nbc bay area's pete suratos. we know this was already on the calendar, a community event, but do you know if police plan on addressing this latest incident with ann coulter? >> reporter: good morning, kris. i spoke with police right before this community event taking place behind me, and they made it clear they will be there for uc berkeley police if they need help on this ann coulter visit that's taking place 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 or

>>> a showdown is looming at uc berkeley with conservative commentator ann coulter vowing to defy university officials this thursday and speak on campus. >> i don't know, i suppose, i guess it could be revived by a megaphone. but i'm planning on giving my speech. >> uc berkeley is the birthplace of the free speech movement back in the 60s. but tonight the university is facing a lawsuit that accuses it of discriminating against conservative speakers. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. more from our interview with ann coulter in just a moment. but first the lawsuit filed today. ktvu's paul chambers is on the campus with reaction from students and the university administration. paul? >> reporter: frank, julie, many students we talk to do not agree with ann coulter's speech, but believe she should have the right to share her belief with the university. >> the calm before the storm at uc berkeley campus. right now it's business as usual for students. however in a few days when ann coulter comes it gives a speech on cal's campus. some fear this peacefulness will disappear. it

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. >>> civic center park is less than a mile from the campus of uc berkeley. demonstrators gathered at b bancroft and telegraph avenue so did police in large numbers. we continue our team coverage from the cal campus with a look at the activities there. >> reporter: if a person saw only the police presence how they marched, how they prepared, it might 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

this event"uc berkeley spokesperson danmogulof... mogulof/uc berkeley spokesperson: "you know just recently, just this last weekend there were violent clashes and our police department received intelligence that some of these same groups responsible for that violence intended to target the ann coulter event. we acted here in order to protect her first amendment rights and the first amendment rights of our students because those rights can't be exercised at an event that can't take place">the president of the berkeley college republicans, naweed tahmas takes a different view of why the university cancelled the controversial conservative speaker