lee gelernt is deputy director of the aclu immigrants' rights project. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, border patrol agent jason mcgilvray pleaeaded guilty to a misdemeanor chcharge for assaultiting an undocumented immigrant. according to court documents, mcgilvray apprehended the man -- who has not been named -- when he attempted to jump a border fence in southern california earlier this year. after taking the man into custody, the border agent subsequently punched him in the subsequently punched him in the face. few details are known abouout te assault. mcgilvray had been a border patrol agent since 2006. he resigned as part of his plea agreement and was sentenced to one year probation. he is the second border patrol agent to plead guilty to a ttacking a migrant in jujust the past few w weeks. earlier this month, agent matthew bowen pleaded guilty to intentionally hitting a guatemalan migrant with his truck at the u.s.-mexico border near nogales, ari

the aclu also has concerns. but passengers say they just don't like the feeling of being trapped on the train while this is happening and some say they worry about safety. >> it's a chance for them to practice their talent with an audience. i get that. i believe in the arts. that's a form of art. i just don't like the feeling of being locked in and have to participate. i like choice. >> people break dance on b.a.r.t.. women and children on the poles. i seen a guy almost get hit in the head. i take b.a.r.t. every day. it's starting to get outrageously out of control. >> the san francisco examiner reports that the aclu would fight it, saying it is likely unconstitutional. the aclu is fight similar proposal in sacramento. the b.a.r.t. board member who is considering it hasn't proposed it yet but the idea has people talking with a lot of people calling this one a complicated one. reporting live in dublin, abc 7 news. >>> your safety is an important of abc 7's effort to tell stories to building a better bay area. car

the aclu is asking a federal judge to once again step in and make it clear. >>when my grandchildren can be taken from their parents dhs says children are only their pa parents are criminals or endangering the children but the aclu says its documents show some parents had their children taken over traffic violations or misdemeanor property damage. nevada senator jacky rosen. >>the culture of cruelty that this administration continues to pursue in regards to my grandchildren is absolutely wrong rosen says she'll continue to block confirmation of to dhs nominees until conditions at the border improve in washington, alexander lee mount. >>next at 5.30 a disturbing story to babies found near a dumpster in fairfield with or what we're learning tonight about their mother. >>lawmakers want to keep your information safe. th >>welcome back to our top story at 5.30 today is the 4th annual as have homeless projects where 30 media outlet serve covering the issue it impacts all of us certainly kron 4 is committed to reporting on this community crisis kron four's maureen ke

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the aclu's message in running this experiment and publishing the results. with errors like these facial recognition technology is not ready for its lose-up. assembly member was among the lawmakers falsely identified among the mugshots and he joins us now to discuss this. hello, welcome. having me. to talk about the legislation that you are pushing on this bui have to ask, first, were you prepared to learn that your face looks like >> óokabsolutely. the aclu did the same test with members of congress and 28 of thought ed. it would be interested to do the same thing. higher percent ge of us hit. 26 out of the 120. >> were all of the legislatures willing to participate? having their faces submited to this or is that part of it, too. >> our portraits are on ublic web sites. they just took them and crossed m em fe mug shots. >> got it. so what does your legislation are trying get through do on this? >> so ab-1215 sets it up perfectly where it bans facial recognition software fcam body eras. i did body camera legislation last year to have more transparency, body

the aclu did the same test with members of congress and 28 of t thoued. it would be interested to do the same i . higher percentage of us got hit. 26 out of the 120. >> were all of the legislatures willing to participate? having their faces submited to this or is that part of it, too. >> our portraits are on public eweb sites. just took them and crossed them from the mug shots. >> gt. so what does your legislation are trying to get on this >> so ab-1215 sets it up perfectly where it bans facial recognition software from body cameras. i did body camera legislation last year to have more transparency, bodcameras as ey are deployed are built for building trust so we have a public record of what happened particular incident. so, by banning facial recognition software it is ensuring the cameras continue to build trust rather than surveill the commuity. it would be like deploying thousands of camhras with 24- r surveillance. >> a lot of the knock facial recognition technology has bee  that people of color seem to at a higher risk, maybe even gender issues, too

these results were just released by the aclu as part of an experiment. the aclu used amazon's recognition software and screens 120 lawmakers' images against the database of 25,000 mugshots. it says the findings showed the need to block law enforcement from using the technology and officers information body cameras. supporters say police could use it to help alert officers to criminals, especially at large events. san francisco assembly man phil ting was among those falsely identified. >> while we can laugh about it as legislators, it is no laughing matter if you are an individual who's trying to get a job, an get a home. if you get falsely accused of an arrest, what happens? it could impact her ability to get employment. >> ting has introduced a bill that would ban police departments from using any facial recognition technology on body cameras. it passed the assembly and is now in the senate. amazon said in a statement to kpix 5 in part facial recognition technology can be used for a long list of beneficial purposes from assisting in the identification o

groups like the aclu call it unconstitutional. in an e-mail the aclu said bart would likely have issues with them because it would violate freedom of speech, and there was a recent battle with sacramento over a similar city ordinance last year. so far no vote or ordinance has been scheduled. >>> classes begin at the new mill yo creek elementary school district. for years people wanted to change the name of the dixie school district due to the obvious confederacy ties. >>> let's get a check of the forecast. we will see a little bit of a warmup today, or is it a lot of it? >> a little bit for the inland areas compared to yesterday. we are feeling humidity as we start out, low clouds and low 90s, and we're going to see a lot more 90s in the forecast. mid-70s in san francisco as the skies clear. >>> we have a camera at emeriville, and there are reports of a roadside fire. low clouds may complicate the view of the smoke which could be a good thing, and traffic not slowing down but it is building, so watch that. 680, vta is impacted by

why did you or why did the aclu file this lawsuit on behalf of the mr. torrez? >> the aclu filed this lawsuit because we believe it is unconscionable for a person, a u.s. citizen, to be detained and incourse rated based on their looks, based on their race or based on ethnicity. it is a violation of mr. torrez's constitutional rights, both his fourth and 14th amendment constitutional rights. the aclu wants to be on the front lines of this battle against president trump's mass deportation agenda here in louisiana. >> do you have any evidence or do you believe that authorities have now at least admitted that ethnicity or his ethnicity to be specific was a factor in his detention? >> well, i can tell you this, mr. torrez had valid -- a valid social security card, he had a valid louisiana driver's license, which you cannot obtain unless you provide proof of citizenship. he had a passport and his family members and co-workers provided additional -- additional proof that he was a u.s. citizen. and so once the sheriff's office received that information and decided to co

the aclu is currently fighting a similar proposal in sacramento. the b.a.r.t. board member who is considering this points to passengers who say they feel trapped on the train and that they can't escape the panhandler. reporting live in dublin, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news devoted a week to covering b.a.r.t. as part of our mittment to building a better bay area. you can see those stories on our website, abc7news.com. >>> a disturbing find at an oakland elementary school. a rope hanging from a fence which some parents say resembled a noose. abc 7 news reporter has the school district's response. >> reporter: it was a rope but it was a rope in the form of a noose. period. >> that's what this parent saw in this picture taken wednesday morning. a rope hanging on a fence. >> reporter: for me it was extremely triggering. very hurtful. i was nervous and scared. >> the school removed the rope before student arrived. officials don't know what the motivation was but it made people uncomfortable. >> it's shame. >> the principal emailed parent about the incident which said in

one felt -- groups like the aclu, though, say this is unconstitutional. in an e-mail, aclu said bought would likely have issue with his them because it would violate freedom of speech. the group even references a battle with the city of sacramento over a similar ordinance last year. >>> more details, b.a.r.t. getting better reviews for the according to the quarterly performance report. 6,000 riders were surveyed, with you big improvement spot, the elevators, 58% of the riders said they were good or excellent, up from had 2% last year. passengers also gave higher ratings to the platforms, the rest rooms and escalators. b.a.r.t. says this is the third straight survey in which it's seen improvement. >>> faa investigators today will have their hands full with two new northern california investigations about crashes one involves a single-engine plane in livermore that crashed yet, sending the pilot to the hospital. the other involving a twin-engine jet in butte county that burt into flames. no one was hurt in this crash. there were ten people on board. it happ

. >> police say they plan to adopt the rules that the aclu suggested including prohibiting the use of drones for random surveillance. >>> an update this morning on a heavily elm battled mural at one san francisco school. the life of washington is in the georgia washington high school and shows the first president as a slave owner. some say it shows the ugly history of american racism. but late last night the board decided not to paint it over instead they made a compromise. >> this is an opportunity for us to say we're not going to paint over the art. >> we don't need a reminder of the genocide of the slavery that we went through. >> the board has decided instead to cover it up. an alumni group says the board reversed its decision after massive backlash from the public. a june estimate for covering the murals came in at $875,000. >>> new this morning the fbi is investigating a shooting at a pair of i.c.e. offices in texas and authorities believe this was not a random act. the shootings happened yesterday in san antonio. fortunately no one was hurt. the fbi specifically knew which floo

the aclu is saying not so fast. >> a lot of b.a.r.t. passengers say it's really uncomfortable dealing with panhandling on the train. but the question is now would this ban stand up in court? >> reporter: b.a.r.t. riders can't escape from it, whether it's panhandling or busking. >>> yes i see it every day -- and in the evenings too i see it. >> reporter: it's almost like a job. >> pretty much, an everyday thing. >> reporter: while some people enjoy the performances, many say they can be disruptive, especially on a packed train. >> there's nowhere to go. so you have someone performing right in the middle during rush hour. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. director says a number of rider complaints led her to propose the plan. >> i think the person who paid to get in the fare gate and stood on the train, they have rights too. >> reporter: many riders support the ban. >> it would be easier to get from point a to b. >> reporter: aclu plans to challenge the proposal. >> panhandling is protected freeech une first amendment. >>> yes i'm just out here tryin

>>that was my clurey reporting for us tonight, the aclu says that more than half of the falsely match. lawmakers were people of color. last year the organization conducted a similar test that misidentify 28 members of congress. the test also showed more and accuracy is with women and people of color, currently there are no cities in california that have this technology in their police body cameras. >>let's switch gears take a peek outside as we get a check on the 4 zone forecast it is hot hot hot even though there is a breeze here by the bay you see that palm trees and the flags going a little bit still. very warm maybe even hot you could say at this hour in the city yet we're looking at blue skies, but they're not real. >>clear skies. mabrisa rodriguez say here to tell us about spare the air. yeah, there's smaller concerns tonight all the way through thursday. so don't blame the messenger hot temperatures still impacting the bay area right now, here's a live look outside from golden gate bridge and as you can see that marine layer non existent this evening but finally getting that co

weld: i resigned when joe rao, he became the head of the aclu and announced the aclu would defend the constitution except for the second amendment. he hated guns so much that he said we will not support the second amendment. i quit. >> i guess it is up to interpretation, right? thank you for coming by. i wish we could have had a brighter day. mr. weld: i'm an old new englander, there is a lot of november. >> that's like me, i met lentic -- i am atlantic north. mr. weld: i love seattle. >> i worked with a phone company for 45 years. mr. weld: you have an up close and personal thing. >> that's right thank you, governor. appreciate the hat. mr. weld: nice to see you. >> having fun? mr. weld: i am having fun, against all odds. >> step up, get a picture of you. >> i'm trying to stay out of it. >> thank you for coming to iowa. mr. weld: thank you. i didn't think he would sit still. >> thank you for being here. mr. weld: i think the party is moving apart, beginning with the 1994 election. >> 1994? that was the gingrich election. mr. weld: yeah. i happen to know when he was minority leader, h

the aclu says i am braced reform not just in actions but in deeds. you are trying to ship the view from what you created. there are people right now in prison for life for drug offenses because you stood up and you used tough on crime phony rhetoric that got people elected but destroyed communities by -- like mine. this is not about the past, sir, this is about the present. the: the headline inside wall street journal and also available online at wsj.com. side writing the following quote, over the course of long nights of debate this week, three different democratic presidential primary contests emerged. knockrst is a battle to former vice president joe biden from his position as front-runner. the second is a deep struggle between the moderate and progressive wing and the third is the quest to find a candidate might be able to straddle both lanes. none of these parallel contests were resolved. mr. biden and other moderates are asking whether big price tags won't drive some middle-of-the-road voters back into mr. trump's arms which leaves the question

the aclu had sued you. >> absolutely. you know why? because when we came in we announced this was an issue we were going to deal with it. the aclu's problem wasn't that we didn't share a goal. they didn't think we were moving fast enough. you know what? they were right. so we came together and ended up partnering to create what i discussed there, which i'm really proud of which is national, national standard-setting transparency measures that we took on. the reforms we did in the newark police department, the efforts starting to get a police civilian review board, there was so much good stuff we did. >> do you stand by everything you did with the police department in newark? >> i not only stand by -- i wish we moved faster, but we inherited a very bad situation during a very difficult time. a national recession. rising crime. we actually started out by announcing we were going to take on this issue of dealing with the police accountability issues, and so i'm very proud of the progress we made. and that doesn't include we reformed the c

. >> the aclu is calling out amazon's facial recognition software again. >> we are expecting dangerous heat for our inland locations which is why heat advisory is in effect for all inland locations for today and tomorrow. we'll talk about when we'll finally cool back down coming up. >> i'm tracking your commute into work and into school. i'll have your back to school for san jose. traffic forecast just ahead. dale's ldo is ouinutes from hot by ha dale's ldo is ouinutes ashley's mtiaws, wyn. ove, a great byams closerhan you think. visit ashley's mtiaws, wyn. ove, >>> 5:15 right now a recent test of facial recognition technology is a fail. >> these are the faces of 26 state lawmakers who were recognized. screened 120 lawmakers' images against a database of 25,000 mug shots. the findings show law enforcement needs to block this technology. supporters say police could use it to help alert officers to criminals especially at large events. san francisco assemblyman phil ting was amongst those identified. >> while we can laugh about it as legislators. it's no laughing matter if you're an indi

>>> right now the aclu blasting bart this morning over the agency's plan to ban panhandling. that's not all the agency is thinking about putting the brakes on. plus -- >> say no to juul. >> all new this morning, house speaker pelosi versus san francisco ecigarette maker, juul, and coming up the stand she's taking against juul. >>> and packing quite a punch. what was found in crates of bananas heading to safeway stores. >>> mike is going to get us to the commute in just a bit, but first we want to start with temperatures with kari hall this morning. >> we are starting to warm things up, especially in the valleys. we will feel that as the coast now sees fog. there's low visibility right there at the golden gate bridge. let's check out the high temperatures. we will reach in the mid-90s today. low 90s in santa rosa. today, livermore up to 94. mike, you are tracking a grass fire. >> yeah, as well as the live shot. there was fog at the golden gate bridge, and meanwhile a clear view of the roadways. green sensors almost all the way appeared the bay. at the bay bridge, the crowd sta

i had control of that once i stop the permit and i got a nasty letter from the aclu but i kept people say. we did that permitting process and because they couldn't come to the state because i wanted to review how we could do is save the day then said you'd have to rally in richmond on the sidewalk at one of the reasons was richmond city police, the mayor and the chief of police ban all masks. they limited the time. masks are important one of the benefits that came out of charlottesville was the counterprotesters had their cell phones and they were taking pictures of these neo-nazis and white supremacists and they immediately put them up the next day on social media. many people lost their jobs. tech about this young man who worked at work we. he added hot dog standing up fire. a member of the united states marine corps was thrown out of the course a lot of people paid a price. virginia will come out of this stronger and you will come out weaker and that's exactly what happened. many got indicted and have been charged. their names were put up and they were fired from their employment a

the aclu -- said, judge, in this courtroom as aclu i defended two k lrks ar klansmen. i went and got the parade permit and could testify to the senate factors that there was a klan there. so little things like that. it takes a long time to learn. throughout the summer 2012 for the south carolina voter i. dmt ca case, i wrote a report. the department of justice citing my report objected under section 5. then south carolina sued and we came right here to d.c. with a three-judge panel. imincluding now supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. different senate factors. there had been a big debate on a license plate that said coon hunting. now, you know, you can make what you want of that, but the african-american community objected and then at the time the governor of south carolina, mark sanford, who liked to hike the appalachian trail, actually vetoed it because he saw the imply kimp imply cases of what it meant. it was in the record. he said now, vernon, you grew up in '96 south carolina. you wouldn't think anything at all, would you, if you went to the gas station at noon

. >> we are hearing from groups like the aclu, they will certainly challenge this new little getting rid of the floor is agreement. heather: exhaustive search for two firefighters off the coast of florida is suspended. >> an extremely tough decision. >> it comes one week after brian and justin were seen on a fishing trip. hundreds of volunteers joined a desperate search covering 100,000 mi. . any new information, the search will resume. jillian: federal investigators subpoena 2 dozen staffers at the jail where jeffrey epstein committed suicide. the ap reporting 20 officers have been ordered to testify before a grand jury. reporters suggest they fail to properly watch the financier as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges, he was found hanging in a cell earlier this month. a judge could name a special prosecutor in the jussie smollett case, he would look into why all charges were suddenly dropped against the empire actor, staging a hate crime against himself. jussie smollett maintains his innocence. todd: bernie sanders, $16 trillion green new deal proposal but he says it will

i'm a big supporter of the first amendment, and as you know, as i tell in the book, members of the aclu national board resigned, said, "we're not here to protect fir amendment rights of neo-nazis." if the city is saying, "we can't keep you safe," that not, to me, an infringement on first amendment. if we cannot keep you safe, n which there possibilityib in this small park, then, you know, that's... they should have moved it, but... >> there was an independent review initiated by the mayor of charlottesville about what happened. what do you say to those who say the state didn't takees enoughnsibility for the failure of coordination with local authorities?s >> well,say in the book, we did a lot of coordination, the memo, the actual memo, the cas i made to the mayor. we sent the state police down, and people can all, you ow, go back and rth. the folks to blame are the neo-nazis and the white supremacists. let us be very clear. heather heyewas killed by a 32-year-old by the name of james fields o weaponized his car and injured 35 people. you know, i mean, this...th book is about dealing wit

and with those despicable people to defend their free speech and process rights but now the aclu has that activist culture with william and mary two years ago the aclu and they talked over her to prevent that from happening and they gave the mic to the leader. >> of the free speech movement i actually learned in 1963 the far left very progressive student group invited nazis to campus to make a free-speech point and with that whole nazi regalia nobody heckled him but they just laughed at him when he was done. and this is something that the progressive students did that we are for ironclad free-speech campuses would be shut down as a national day of mourning and how the mental health of the entire campus was negatively affected to the point nobody could go to classes or take exams. so this is a survey of the problems i described in my book and i talk about different activist groups that have been active over the last ten years and specifically their goals though without getting too hyper specific i will just very briefly talk about the trends linking these groups and contributing to th

and now this position of the aclu seems to be settling now as the position even of conservatives on the court. during the debate over the nazis, dave hamlin said we must be free to hear the nazis because we must be free to choose the nazis. but that freedom to choose the nazis in a free election spring of course from that proposition. all men are created equal. but the nazis with their racial principle rejected at the root that founding premise and with it the regime of free elections. to say that it was legitimate to choose the nazis and election was not only to choose the party that would and free elections, it would sweep away also that regime of absolute freedom that the aclu effects to treasure. this is a spiral into incoherence. from the principle of moral relativism there is no ground on which to judge this regime of freedom as a good which has a moral claim to be preserved. justice alito sees himself as trying to cast a wider zone around the protection of speech because he hasn't mined the ways in which political speech has been repressed on campuses in the country. but as dan e

weld: i recently appeared before the aclu in new hampshire and that used to be a member, when i was a younger man, and i am going to rejoin. >> that was me. i was always wanting to say yeah, so finally i did. >> i am going back. >> i resigned when joe became head of the aclu, and he announced it was going to defend the constitution, except for the second amendment. he hated them so much, he said we will not support the second amendment. i quit. >> i think it is up to into predation. they give for coming by -- interpretation. >> thank you for coming by. i wish we had a sunnier day. gov. weld: i am used to it. i am a new englander. i love rain. >> i worked with a phone company for 45 years -- gov. weld: you are up close and personal with it. >> rain meant money. thank you, governor. gov. weld: i appreciate the hat. thank you. nice to see you. >> are you having fun? gov. weld: i am having fun, against all odds. i appreciate it. i will get a picture of you. >> i was trying to stay out of it. >> you are out of luck. >> thank you for coming to iowa. gov. weld: not a bit. thank you. gov. wel

well, we learned last night thanks to the aclu that is not at all the case. family separation is not only stipulate happening, it is widespread and systematic. according to new court documents filed by the aclu, june 2018 through june 2019, the government separated more than 900 children from their families including numerous babies and toddlers. the documents showed the government continued to take children from their family members using criminal history, no matter how minor, or unilateral judgments that a pasht is unfit as their stated cause. the trump administration continued to do this for over a year after the president signed an executive order saying that he ended family separations. from the filing, quote, one parent was separated from their child based on a 27-year-old drug possession conviction. another father was separated from his three young daughters because he has hiv. one mother had her child effectively kidnapped while she was in the hospital. listen to this. she broke her leg at the border and was briefly hospitalized for emergency surgery.

today on whether a controversial abortion law can take affect tomorrow, planned parenthood and the aclu wanted temporary restraining order in misery until a lawsuit against the legislation is resolved. they argue the new law is unconstitutional. it bans abortions at or after the eighth week of pregnancy with exception for medical emergencies. johnson & johnson will appeal what it is calling a flawed ruling in a landmark opioid trial. a judge ordering the company to pay $572 million for fueling the opioid crisis in oklahoma. lauren blanchard has more on the next step. >> the opioid crisis ravaged the state of oklahoma. >> a judge deciding the actions of johnson & johnson and its subsidiaries are responsible for helping to fuel oklahoma's opioid epidemic. >> a plan that consists of 7 and $52,001,020. >> family members of some of the victims were in the courtroom when the ruling came down. prosecutors argued the companies were motivated by greed and created a public nuisance by flooding like with painkillers, used deceptive marketing campaigns and undersold the risk of addiction. oklahoma'

i got a nasty letter from the aclu but my job is to keep people safe and we redid the permit process then they would not come to the state because i did not give them a permit. then they said we will have it outside on the sidewalk. and five or six people came by one of the reasons was richmond city police, the mayor and chief of police they banned all polls they limited the time they banned all masks. and one of the benefits that came out of charlottesville was all of the counter protesters had their cell phones taking pictures of the neo-nazis and white supremacist and put them up on social media. and many people lost their jobs like this one man who worked in berkeley at a hotdog stand was fired a member of the united states marine corps was thrown out. he paid a price. virginia will come out stronger and then it really became diminished. then the names were put up and then to have another event admonish - - washington that's what happens in the movement. but those chilling observations because they all run aground to turn against each other. because that flourishing and doing tha

the aclu found 26 false matches. >> my picture is right here. there are 26 legislator who are misidentified when they ran amazon's recognize software new a mugshot database. >> the police are not using this tool to spy on people but as a means to identify criminals and reduce the criminal element in our community. legislator need to not stop us from keeping our community safe. >> amazon said the aclu test is flawed and is wrong about facial recognize technology. the bill is passed in the assembly and is waiting for a senate vote that may happen this month. >>> 18 hi-definition security cameras are going up in san francisco's chinatown neighborhood by early next month following several violent crimes there. the city is joining a partner, including san francisco state, a non-profit group working to make safer neighborhoods. they will be installed from washington street to the sacramento street tunnel. the project was in the works even before three men attacked and robbed go people there in broad daylight last month. >>> our time is 7:17. plans to

support the first apple and the board members of the aclu jewish members quits in protest saying i'm for the fir amendment but flint nor protecting neo-nazis to come in and -- dahlia that day they were screaming, we're going burn you and going to burn that synagogue, like we did in ash witness. every a wore was the f and n work, every woman was called the fing c word and how did we get to a miss in america. that's the point of the point. how did we get here and how do we move america forward to. >> i'd love to have you spend a minute -- i'm sitting here in new york, you're in d.c. you and i both know charlottesville very well. can you just describe for people who haven't been the how truly tiny those parks are, how small that park is, the town itself is just -- it's a few miles wide. there's one synagogue. there's a couple of african-american churches. this is not a town that people recognize if they live in big cities. >> guest: right. a small, mayberry rfd. got a beautiful main market street, main street, that a lot of great restaurants but it's right where the university of virgin

the aclu used the software to screen 120 lawmakers 25,000 mug shots. the group says the findings show the need to block law enforcement from using the technology. san francisco assemblyman phil ting was among those falsely identified. >> while we can laugh about it as legislators it's no laughing matter if you're an individual trying to get a job. if you're an individual trying to get a home. if you get falsely accused of an arrest. what happens. it could impact your ability to get employment. >>> the ability to ban police departments. it passeded the assembly and is now in the senate. amazon said in a statement to kpix 5 in part facial recognition technology can be used for a long list of services to helping find missing children to inhibiting human trafficking. >>> this morning the historic cliff house in san francisco needs someone new to run it. the national parks service is looking for new partners to lease and run the cliff house at lands end which of course over looks the pacific ocean and the ruins of the sutro baths. the cliff house is a real

. >> the aclu said the ban would infringe on freedom of speech. the reasonable ordibenefit of the riders. >>> heading into the weekend the temperatures will be trending up. look at the highs, temperatures, the warm spots hot. fairfield 97. san jose 80, and san francisco in the upper 60s, tomorrow will be warmer, not much change into sunday. clouds will be a factor and monday temperatures will cool off a little bit. and patchy fog near portions of the coastline. temperature in the 60s and 70s. here's a live camera, we have partly cloudy skies, off to a mild start tomorrow morning, as far as the warmup it's a little bit of a bump in the numbers. we'll bring in cooling as we head toward labor day. the beaches in the 60s, areas of fog, inland will be warm to hot. here's the forecast. 7:00, the clouds clear back to near the coastline. fire danger will be going up. no red a rosa, clearlake and fairfield. oakland 79. san jose 85 and san francisco downtown 70 degrees. your weekend is almost here, cooler by monday and more cooling as we head into next week

." >>> right now the aclu blasting bart this morning over the agency's plan to ban panhandling. that's not all the agency is thinking about putting the brakes on. plus -- >> say no to juul. >> all new this morning, house speaker pelosi versus san francisco ecigarette maker, juul, and coming up the stand she's taking against juul. >>> and packing quite a punch. what was found in crates of bananas headi

all about free speech, due process, kind of aclu values. what we're seeing now is a lot of attempts to shut down speakers who come to college campuses, even the professors of the activist students who are purportedly on the west as well, the progressive left, say they can't have conversations with these students anymore, that it risk finding system they do offend them, they're jobs could be in trouble because they could be investigated. it's changing our culture very quickly and dramatically toward this cancel everybody. everybody who is problematic has to be out of public life and that's running fromming this active vin visit -- activist contingent on the left. >> host: all on he left. >> guest: it's on the right as bill and talk about the ill liberal rhythm of the alt-right which is a white nationalist gruesome that has gotten some attention like the radical left, small in number but loud, vocal, and has had huge effect in the realm of social media, primarily and harassing people and make it unpleasant to be online. >> host: you say that

. >>> the aclu is warning bart not to try to stop people from asking for money. one bart director said she wants to ban pan hand manying or preforming and suggesting people make a donation. they said bart riders have complained but the aclu said banning it would infringe on freedom of speech. >>> the plastics industry said it supports reducing plastic. that's after the rally at the state cal roll. state capitol. they passed two bills that set a goal to reduce the plastics by 75% over the next 11 years. . >> the folks in china have decided they don't want our junk anymore. >> now the experts say a lot of the plastic that can't be recycled ends up in the ocean. the waterways. the group environmental california said that scientists are finding dolphins and sea turtles washing up on shore, their stomachs filled with plastic. >>> time to head out to sal for a check of the roads. hi. >> good morning. i'm just look around to make sure we don't have any surprises but we -- looks like it's a pretty even commute. it's getting slower by the moment. for example, if you are d

the test was conducted by the aclu which supports the bill. >> the aclu ran all 120 members of the california legislature against a mug shot database. using facial recognition technology. that system produced 26 false matches. >> police are not using this to spy on people, where using it as a means to reduce the criminal element in our community. legislators need to not stop us from keeping our communities safe. >> the facial recognition bill has already passed the state assembly and is now awaiting a vote :00, san francisco says they are installing 18 high definition security cameras in chinatown. the cameras will go up along stockton street from washington to sacramento street tunnel. officials say the camera project was already in the works before an incident where three men assaulted two other men in chinatown and stole a watch. the cameras should be installed by early next month. >>> on day seven of deliberations, the jury in the trial asked to review the testimony of derick almena. this means the court clerk will read back his testimony allowed. almena testified over the course of four

>>the aclu says more than half of the falsely matched lawmakers working people of color. >>we'll take a live look outside and how the salmon is at the san mateo bridge, we're looking at right there boyd clear night out you can sort of see some of that fog in the distance that is a fix. >>bank of fog out there as we're joined by our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez today. so much cooler than the past couple days and almost all fall outside yeah, very pleasant temperatures for interior valleys, but the fog actually cleared out faster along the coast. so we did notice above average highs for most of our kills coastal areas and even along the bay as well. so we're a few degrees above average along the san francisco peninsula and even along the east bay shoreline but it felt very pleasant out there right and also for those of you in santa rosa, 78 eegrees for your daytime high average high 83 degrees so 5 degrees below average but very comfortable weather nonetheless beautiful summer day in the bay area along the coast and even for interior valleys live look outside from our al

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we're exploring all legal options with aclu. we're going to really challenge this and fight this. this is incredibly unjust. we're going to try to stop this deportation machine and fight this all the way. >> stay with me for a second. i'd like to bring in juanita toliver. good to have you back with us. i'd like to get your reaction to this what we just heard about jonathan's case but also about this rule that is in place. >> it's flat out disgusting. at this point it falls in line with the inhumane and just depraved tactics that trump and his administration have levelaglevelage -- leveraged against immigrant communities to putting kids in cages and not giving them soap. now he's g vulnerable segment who come to the country and seek live saving medical care often not available elsewhere. it's another depravity of the administration. for what? targeting the most vulnerable communities here. these are children and families who need this care to survive. honestly, the mother who said it's like signing the death sentence for her child, this a reality they are facing and it's impacting

>>the aclu says more than half of the falsely match. lawmakers were people of color. last year the organization conducted a similar test. the miss identified 28 members of congress that test also showed more inaccuracy is with women and people of color. police in san francisco say they need your help in catching this man they released these surveillance pictures monday, a possible shooting suspect who shot 2 men in san francisco's south of market neighborhood. the shooting happened back on may 24th at 6 the mission street where police found the man ages 2350 both suffering from gunshot wounds, they were taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. no current information is available on their conditions. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>caught on camera terrifying video of a woman being attacked outside her san francisco apartment building have really disturbing it happened early sunday morning on beale street right near the embarcadero conference michelle kingston. spoke to the victim we will get to that story very shortly moving along now a

. >> reporter: she says the aclu sued and blocked a similar ordinance from taking effect in sacramento. but allen says that ordinance applied to public transit areas. her proposal would apply to the areas between the turn styles and trains where you have to pay to get in. >> we have the right to put reasonable ordinances in place for the benefit of our paying ridership. >> reporter: now, the aclu has not said what it will do if such an ordinance passes, but as we know, they've never been shy about litigation and going to court. they did so in sacramento. they could do that here. live in pleasant hill, bart, erik thomas, abc7 news. >> hey, erik, is deborah allen facing any opposition from other bart board members? >> reporter: it is definitely not unanimous. and one big obstacle she may face is opposition from bart board president bevan dufty. he is quoted in several news articles saying he is against this idea. >> interesting. erik, thanks very much. here's some motivation to take public transit. a new report that says each commuter in the bay area waists more than 100 hours per year s

hold children in jail. >> should we expect the aclu to be challenging this? >> right now i think the challenge will come principally through the case, the flores case. and so we will be prepared to provide whatever assistance is necessary and we'll be monitoring that closely. we'll hopeful that in that flores case itself the court will simply strike it down and say this violates the agreement and nothing else will be necessary. >> let me ask you, because is keeping children together with their parents for a longer period of time, is that better than separating them and holding the children for only 20 days? i say that and that would be an if the government would follow the policy of only holding children for 20 days. >> so first of all, when they get separated, they're not held for only 20 days. they end up in facilities for months and months. but what really is going on is it's a false choice. we don't either need to separate them or hold them for long periods of time. we can release them. but the statistics show notwithstanding what is coming out of the adm