Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump will hold a rally in San Diego Friday and supporters, protesters and police are all expected at the high-profile event.

Trump is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. at the rally inside the San Diego Convention Center in downtown San Diego.

Officers with the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) and other law enforcement agencies began staging security preparations for the rally around 6 a.m.

Trump supporters, many decked out in Trump shirts and hats, began filing into the area early, securing their spots in line. Protesters, signs in hand, prepared early as well.

In light of violence earlier this week at Trump's rally in Anaheim, California, and in an effort to keep this rally peaceful, SDPD officials designated certain zones around the convention center as areas for Trump supporters and areas for protesters.

Some protesters told NBC 7 they were planning to demonstrate outside the designated zones. At least three separate groups planned to hold marches and protests against Trump near his rally venue, including one group planning to stage a peaceful protest at Fifth Avenue and Harbor Drive across the street from the convention center. That group said they wanted their voices heard but were not looking for a fight.

Earlier this week, SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman said “swift and decisive action” would be taken by police against anyone planning violence during Trump’s visit to San Diego.

“We are not going to tolerate violence or disobedience to the law during this event," said Zimmerman. "We will take swift and decisive action for anyone who causes an unsafe environment by engaging in illegal activity."

The police department reminded protesters that it’s illegal to block sidewalks or interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic along the busy streets near the convention center.

"We have designated free speech areas for those wishing to participate in peaceful demonstrations. These zones have been designated to allow the participants to have a reasonable opportunity to communicate their message in a peaceful way to the intended audience," Zimmerman said.

The chief said there would be uniformed and plainclothes officers out in full force at the rally.

As SDPD officers set up barricades in front of the convention center Friday morning, an enthusiastic crowd applauded the officers, one man chanting, “Blue lives matter!”

Many Trump supporters rolled out the welcome mat for the Republican, including Solana Beach congressional candidate Reagan Allvord who woke up very early to line up for the rally hours before Trump was set to speak.

“Americans need to stand up for America and I want to stand 24 hours – to do it prior to the Trump rally because that’s what it’s taking,” Allvord told NBC 7. “We want to make sure we don’t repeat the mistakes of the last two elections where Republicans stayed home and didn’t vote.”

Trump supporter Cynthia Bevins lined up for the rally with her young son. They both wore hats with the Trump slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“We just need him for our country,” said Bevins.

Two 18-year-old supporters felt the same way about Trump.

“I like how he puts America first,” one of them told NBC 7.

A Trump supporter who was attacked by protesters in Costa Mesa, California, last month was one of the first supporters in line for the San Diego rally Friday, NBC's Jacob Racon reported.

Vendors lined up outside the convention center to sell merchandise to Trump supporters, too.

Meanwhile, those against Trump sang a very different tune.

“San Diego is not supporting a Trump presidency,” one Trump opponent told NBC 7. “The dangers of such a presidency, is really, to inflame racial issues across this country and [cause] havoc abroad.”

Just before 10 a.m., dozens of SDPD officers outfitted themselves with protective riot gear in anticipation of the crowds at the rally.

If Trump’s San Diego rally is anything like his rally in Anaheim, things could get tense. At the Anaheim rally, shouting matches and violent confrontations erupted between opponents and supporters. Several people were detained after police declared the event an unlawful assembly.

Zimmerman told news media there was “significant presence” of SDPD personnel, as well as crews from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD). She said officers had been in contact with groups protesting the event, and the groups planned to organize peacefully.

“That’s the emphasis,” Zimmerman added.

The chief said the SDPD was working closely with other state, local and federal agencies to protect public safety at the rally. She said SDPD officials had been monitoring previous Trump rallies in anticipation for Trump’s appearance in San Diego.

The superbug gene found for the first time in the United States has health officials very worried, NBC News reported.

The gene, called mcr-1, was found in a woman from Pennsylvania who had a bad infection last month.

In her case, it was an E. coli bacteria. But scientists say this particular gene can turn up in any bacteria, including strains that are already hard to treat.  

Public health experts have been warning about antibiotic resistance for years. More than 2 million people in the U.S. are infected by drug-resistant germs each year, and 23,000 die of their infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What the CDC fears is a return to the "pre-antibiotic era," when people died by the millions from infections such as pneumonia or strep throat, from infected cuts and scrapes and after childbirth.

A new memorial honoring the nearly 7,000 military service members killed in action since 9/11 is set to be unveiled in Long Beach on Memorial Day.

A 1,200 foot long section of a pre-existing wall at Rosie the Riveter Park will hold ten granite slabs engraved with the names of the fallen.

The Honoring Our Fallen Memorial Wall will list the names of those 6,864 who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, including Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin, of Temecula, who was killed by rocket fire in an attack in Iraq on March 19. The names will appear in order of the date each service member was lost, beginning Sept. 2001.

Laura Herzog, founder of Honoring Our Fallen, a nonprofit that provides support to families of slain service members and who set up a fundraising campaign for the wall, says it's taken a few years for this memorial to come to life.

"I have been full of emotion and tears more so than ever," said Herzog. "We have supported five fallen hero funerals in the last two months all while preparing and watching this wall that has been my vision for many years."

Herzog says the total cost for the memorial will be close to $70,000. About $17,000 was donated by the family of a young Marine killed in combat, while an online fundraising campaign has raised over $14,000.

"I have always told each family I have served, 'We will do all we can to ensure your family's sacrifice is not forgotten' and this wall is one way we will do that," Herzog said.

Honoring Our Fallen has set up a GoFundMe page where donations can be made here.

An unveiling ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. at Rosie the Riveter Park located at Clark Avenue and Conant Street on Memorial Day.

A U.S. airstrike has killed a local leader of the terror group ISIS in Iraq, a spokesman for an American-led coalition fighting the group said, NBC News reported.

The Wednesday strike on ISIS headquarters in Fallujah killed local commander Maer al-Bilawi, according to U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren.

Warren said the attack was one of more than 20 airstrikes that killed 57 ISIS fighters over the past few days.

Thousands of Iraqi military, police and Sunni tribal fighters are poised to launch an assault on Fallujah to retake the largely Sunni city from ISIS control. Fallujah was the first Iraqi city to fall to ISIS. Retaking it promises to be a major challenge for the country's beleaguered security forces.

Family and friends of 15-year-old Pearl Pinson are asking their community to keep looking for a teen missing from Northern California, a day after the man thought to have kidnapped her at gunpoint was killed.

Investigators believe the teenager was kidnapped Wednesday morning as she walked to a school bus stop in Vallejo. Her suspected abductor, a 19-year-old whom she knew, was killed in a shootout 300 miles away in Santa Barbara County Thursday, authorities said.

"Pearl if you're out there fight your way home, find a way. Do whatever you can to get out of wherever you are," sister Rose Pinson said in an interview with NBC Bay Area on Friday. "I love you so much Pearl, we're here praying for you."

Officials on Friday afternoon said the search for Pinson was concentrated in Sonoma County, about 1½ hours north of San Francisco. A rescue helicopter covered roughly four square miles of rough terrain outside the small coastal town of Jenner, scouring the area for Pinson. The search was suspended late Friday, but is expected to be resumed early Saturday.

Solano County and Sonoma County sheriff's deputies searched the Willow Creek Road area of Jenner. The search was prompted by new information the Solano County Sheriff's Office received during its investigation, but did not publicize.

Christine Castillo, with the Solano County Sheriff's Department, promised to answer the question of "Why Jenner?" in the "very near future."

For their part, Jenner residents were overwhelmed by the influx of law enforcement officials and search-and-rescue teams.

Robert McShea said the city is a "retirement area" that doesn't often see "this much action."

"We're used to kayaks and stuff, not choppers and news cameras," he admitted.

Although two-plus days have passed since Pinson was last seen or heard from, officials continue to deploy boats, dogs and rescue teams with the hope of finding her. 

"Our number one priority is bringing Pearl home safely to her family and we do believe that is possible," Castillo said.

Family and friends searched for Pinson in Vallejo Friday afternoon and plan to be in Jenner Saturday morning to be close to investigators. The Solano County Sheriff's Office is working with Pinson's family to determine the areas where the searches will be held.

Pinson has green hair and was last seen wearing a gray sweater, black leggings and had a black and turquoise backpack. Her family has set up a GoFundMe account to help with their search.

The sheriff's office set up a tip line at 707-784-1963 but anyone with urgent information is asked to call 707-421-7090.

Investigators have also spent time searching the area of Sir Frances Drake Boulevard near the San Rafael Bridge in Marin County after officials said Castro was seen on surveillance cameras in the area at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Coroner's Office identified the man killed in the police shootout as 19-year-old Fernando Castro, and authorities identified the Vallejo resident as a suspect in Pinson's disappearance. Officials also said there is no indication Pinson is in Santa Barbara County.

The Solano County Sheriff's Office, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office and FBI are working together to examine crime scenes in the city of Solvang, where the shootout occurred following a pursuit on Thursday.

The search for Pinson started Wednesday morning when the Solano County Sheriff's Office said they received reports of shots fired near the Interstate Highway 780 pedestrian over-crossing in the area of Home Acres and Taylor avenues in Vallejo.

A witness reported seeing a man with a gun pulling a female, who was bleeding and yelling for help, on the over-crossing. The witness heard a gunshot while running for help, and responding deputies found blood on the ground, sheriff's officials said.

"I heard screaming, panicking screaming, and then after that, I heard two gunshots and the car went off really fast," said witness Leslie Caro.

The sheriff's office has not confirmed Pinson was shot or the extent of her injuries.

As of Friday evening, the overpass is the site of a growing memorial where people have placed pearls for Pearl Pinson. 

Castro was spotted in San Luis Obispo County on Thursday after the California Highway Patrol had issued an Amber Alert for Pinson. CHP officers pursued him into Santa Barbara County, over 300 miles south of the scene of the suspected abduction in Vallejo.

Federal prosecutors announced three new defendants in a widespread bribery scheme involving a Singapore business that overbilled the U.S. government by more than $20 million.

"Fat" Leonard Glenn Francis pleaded guilty to bribing senior naval officials in exchange for specific U.S. Navy warship movements so his company could overbill the Pentagon.

Francis and his company GDMA provided husbanding services, like fuel, tugboats and trash removal, for Navy ships and submarines in various Pacific ports.

Thirteen people have been charged for accepting gifts ranging from cash, luxury travel, high-tech gadgets, dinners and prostitutes from Francis and GDMA. Nine have pleaded guilty.

U.S. Navy Captain Michael Brooks, retired, 57, of Fairfax Station, Virginia faces one charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Brooks served as the U.S. Naval Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines from June 2006 to July 2008. He retired from the Navy in 2011.

In a complaint filed Friday, Brooks is accused of giving Francis and others inside GDMA access to write U.S. Navy documents and correspondence. Brooks then submitted that as his own work, prosecutors alleged.

In exchange, Brooks asked for and received the services of prostitutes he referred to by code names “shakes” “mocha shakes” and “high tea”, court documents allege.

Commander Bobby Pitts, 47, of Chesapeake, Virginia faces one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and two counts of obstruction of official proceedings, federal officials said Friday.

Pitts was in charge of handling logistical needs for the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet from August 2009 to May 2011. He's accused of giving Francis an internal NCIS report detailing the government’s probe into GDMA for contract fraud.

Lieutenant Commander Gentry Debord, 47, of Singapore faces one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Debord worked in the Western Pacific in different logistical and supply positions. He’s accused of giving Francis internal documents about the government’s investigation.

Each defendant faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

U.S. Navy Capt. Daniel Dusek, U.S. Navy Captain (Select) Michael Misiewicz, Lieutenant Commander Todd Malaki, NCIS Special Agent John Beliveau, Commander Jose Luis Sanchez and U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Dan Layug have pleaded guilty in the case.

Former Department of Defense civilian employee Paul Simpkins awaits trial.

Missouri's governor declared a state of emergency ahead of expected heavy rains, and warned that levees could be overtopped, NBC News reported.

"Areas along the Missouri River and its tributaries in west-central Missouri are of particular concern because more rain could cause some levees to overtop," Gov. Jay Nixon said in a statement issued on Friday evening.

Since Tuesday, storms in the state have caused high winds, heavy rains and flash flooding — with more rain predicted into the weekend.

Meanwhile, warnings were issued for South Carolina's coast Friday after a weather system that could become a tropical storm formed in the Atlantic, the National Weather Service said.

Heavy rain, whipping winds and dangerous waves could hit the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida over the holiday weekend, forecasters said.

Officials removed a small vintage World War II fighter plane that crashed in to the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey Friday evening, killing the pilot onboard.

The Army Corps of Engineers lifted the aircraft out of the river Saturday. The plane was taken to the Downtown Manhattan Heliport near Wall Street.

The P-47 Thunderbolt, a single-seat propeller plane, was on a flight to shoot promotional material for the Bethpage Air Show in Jones Beach when it went down in the water about two miles south of the George Washington Bridge at about 7:30 p.m. on Friday, according to officials.

Chopper 4, the first news helicopter on the scene, showed police, fire and Coast Guard boats and helicopters swarming the area as they searched for the pilot, later identified as William Gordon of Key West, Florida.

Scuba divers recovered the 56-year-old’s body about three hours after the crash, according to NYPD Det. Michael Debonis.

The plane suffered some sort of mechanical issue and the pilot tried to ditch in the Hudson, said Gari Lewi, a spokesman for the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport on Long Island, which owns the plane. It's not clear what the source of the problem was.

Diners at Waterside Restaurant in North Bergen, New Jersey, told NBC 4 New York they saw the small vintage plane appear to start landing, then suddenly plunge into the water nose first.

Other witnesses say they saw the smoke hit the water and at first thought it was an air show for Fleet Week, which draws thousands of people to the nearby Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum for events including live demonstrations.

Bethpage Air Show organizers said in a statement posted online they will proceed with the event "with heavy hearts."

"The pilot was a friend to us all and we send our deepest sympathy to his family and our friends at the American Air Power Museum," the statement read.

Gordon was a veteran air show pilot and had more than 25 years of experience, the AP reported citing promotional material on a website for a Key West air show last month. Gordon was an "aerobatic competency evaluator" who certified performers to perform low-level aerobatics, according to the site.

The P47-Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane used by Allied forces in World War II. The aircraft first went into service in 1942 with the 56th Fighter Group based on Long Island.

Lewi said the museum was going to honor the plane’s 75th anniversary of coming into service this weekend at the air show. The plane that crashed was supposed to fly in this weekend’s airshow.

The one that crashed in the river flew periodically, including to other air shows, Lewi said.

The site where the plane crashed Friday, near the Edgewater Marina, is a little less than 5 miles upriver of where U.S. Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the river in 2009 in what is now commonly referred to as “The Miracle on the Hudson”

Jonathan Dienst and Michael Gargiulo contributed to this report.

Thousands of supporters and protesters descended on downtown San Diego on Friday for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's rally.

Twitter buzzed around the hashtag #SDTrumpRally and thousands were sharing photos and videos of the heavy police presence in addition to the crowds.

Tweets captured the strong contingent of San Diego police officers watching over the crowd outside the San Diego Convention Center.

Countless media personnel congregated outside the convention center. As Trump arrived at the convention center and spoke before thousands of supporters, tensions outside mounted.

Video footage shared on Twitter showed protesters clashing with police, and by 3:30 p.m., one protester had been arrested.

Here's how the afternoon is unfolding on Twitter.

Hours after Donald Trump’s rally at the San Diego Convention Center on Friday, police were still forced to deal with protestors miles away in Barrio Logan.

Punches were thrown as Trump supporters and protestors squared off.

A wall of police officers following protestors down Harbor Drive were forced to take demonstrators down and handcuff them.

Police say 35 arrests were made during the protests.

Despite the violence after the rally, there was lots of spirited debate and verbal sparring before Trump took the stage around 2:30 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Center.

But when the rally let out, police in riot gear moved in, corralling the growing, unruly crowd on L Street between 5th and 6th streets.

As Trump supporters chanted “Build a Wall! Build a Wall,” on one side of the street, protestors were kept in a separate zone designated by police.

But that didn’t stop bottles of water, paper and lighters from flying.

At one point, officers were forced to move in and rescue an older gentleman swallowed by the crowd.

Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman says when fights erupted, the decision was made to declare an unlawful assembly.

She says officers will remain in the Gaslamp Quarter throughout the night.

The 2016 general election race is now a virtual tie. The most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal polls shows the Democratic front-runner clinging to a narrow lead in a head-to-head match up with the Republican nominee.

But an analysis of data from the poll shows that Clinton is still the more likely candidate to emerge as the winner when the voting's all over on Nov. 8, 2016.

The advantage for a generic Democratic candidate over a generic Republican is 4 percentage points. And though both parties are unpopular, the Democratic Party is nearly breaking even on favorability, while the GOP is under water.

The poll also shows President Barack Obama's approval rating is at 51 percent, meaning he'll be a powerful surrogate for Clinton after the primary.

Meanwhile, Trump is under-performing with white women by 10 points and showing a nine-point drop in the suburbs, according to the poll. Clinton has a 10-point advantage on the commander-in-chief test.

Several Trump University playbooks will be released to the public after a San Diego judge ruled for them to be unsealed with limited redactions Friday.

The Washington Post asked U.S. Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel to intervene in order to ask for thousands of pages of documents to be unsealed in one of the class-action lawsuits against Donald Trump and the now-closed Trump University.

In a San Diego courtroom, Judge Curiel issued the documents to be unsealed less than two hours after hearing from all parties involved.

In the class action lawsuits, Trump University is accused of misleading students with unfulfilled promises of teaching them the secret to being successful in the real estate business. The allegations outlined in court documents include Trump University, which took in over $40 million, was fraudulent and deceptive. Students paid up to $35,000 for real estate seminars, according to court documents.

Two class-action lawsuits against the now-closed Trump University are being heard in San Diego courtrooms, another lawsuit is based in a New York court. The San Diego cases include: Cohen v. Trump, a nationwide class action lawsuit and Makaeff v. Trump, a class action in California, Florida and New York.

Click here to read more about the Trump University lawsuits. 

Trump denies the allegations in the lawsuits. His attorney, Daniel Petrocelli said, “the case is unwarranted; (Trump) will defend himself fully."

The hearing Friday involved the Cohen v. Trump case.

Trump's attorney Jill Martin did not oppose the unsealing of most of the documents but argued specifically against unsealing some, including the Trump University playbooks.

She argued they contain trade secrets and if released would harm the business model of Trump University.

Dan Laidman, the attorney representing the Washington Post, argued for them to be released citing the public's right to know, among other things.

He said, “here there is a heightened public interest because Donald Trump is running for president and is making his business record a prime part of his candidacy. These records and this lawsuit illuminate important things about this record. Trump University has not been enrolling or holding live events since 2010; so, that undermines any argument for trade secrets.”

One of the attorney’s representing the members of the class-action said she agreed that the playbooks and other documents should be released and available to the public.

In his ruling, siding with the Washington Post, Judge Curiel asked for all documents except for the playbooks and a few other documents be unsealed immediately. Curiel ruled the playbooks should be unsealed by June 2 after phone numbers and non-corporate email addresses (those not ending in “trumpuniversity.com”) are redacted.

Click here to read the unsealing ruling from Curiel. 

Earlier this month Curiel set a trial date in the other class-action lawsuit being heard in San Diego. It is scheduled for November 28.

During his rally in San Diego Friday, Trump said he will be in court for the trial. Trump also discussed the Trump University lawsuits at the rally.

“We are in front of a very hostile judge,” he said. “Frankly he should recuse himself.”

This is not the first time Trump has said Curiel is biased against him. In February he told Fox News, the judge is biased against him because of Trump’s call to build a wall along the border. 

The endangered Persian leopard is being reintroduced to Sochi, Russia, nearly a century after they were hunted to the brink of extinction, NBC News reported.

Today, there are fewer than 400 Persian leopards in the wild, with the only sustainable wild populations in Iran and Turkmenistan.

The Persian Leopard Breeding and Rehabilitation Center in Sochi, created in 2012, has helped the population make a modest recovery in recent years. The project is bankrolled by the Russian government.

Conservationists will release two three-year-old animals within the next few weeks, followed by another pair later this year. Officials hope a leopard colony will again take root in the southeastern corner of Europe and spread eastward. But vital migration routes the animal needs to thrive are under threat from expanding ski resorts.

Thirty-five people were arrested Friday in an "unlawful assembly" outside the San Diego Convention Center following GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's first visit to San Diego, according to San Diego Police Department (SDPD).

SDPD had declared the gathering at the Trump Rally an "unlawful assembly" as of 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Thousands of protestors and Trump supporters began gathering since the morning near the San Diego Convention Center.

The crowd turned violent and officers moved in, wearing full riot gear and some carrying bags of tear gas.

SDPD Chief Zimmerman said there will be overnight police presence in the Gaslamp area. 

Zimmerman said most of the crowd in downtown had been dispersed within an hour after dispersal order were given.

As of 6 p.m., protestors had blocked Harbor Drive between Downtown San Diego and Barrio Logan.

Police in full riot gear were marching down Harbor Drive towards Barrio Logan, attempting to push the crowd back. At least three people were detained on the bridge.

According to the legal dictionary, an unlawful assembly is "is a legal term to describe a group of people with the mutual intent of deliberate disturbance of the peace. If the group are about to start the act of disturbance, it is termed a rout; if the disturbance is commenced, it is then termed a riot."

SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman said around 4:30 p.m., several fights broke out in the crowd and protestors had started pushing and shoving. 

According to a tweet by SDPD, as of 4:49 p.m., dispersal orders had been given and it was considered a misdeanor offense to stay in the area.

Officers with batons had slowly pushed the crowd back down to Harbor Drive. Multiple people were pepper sprayed.

The San Diego MTS tweeted that all green line trains will turn around at the Convention Center until further notice.

But police and fire will remain in the Gaslamp area throughout the night.

According to SDPD, there was no property damage or injuries reported.

No other information was immediately available.

A barrage of bullets pummeled a father's car in San Diego Friday, narrowly missing his infant son in the back seat but killing the father, police confirmed.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said 23-year-old Jamar Johnson, a father of three, was driving with his 6-month-old son in San Diego's Valencia Park community around 1 p.m. when an unknown suspect opened fire on Johnson's vehicle at Euclid Avenue and Market Street.

The bullets narrowly missed the infant who was strapped into a car seat in the back seat of Johnson's white Pontiac GrandPrix. Remarkably, the baby was not hurt despite being directly in the line of fire. The baby's car seat was struck by bullets, but not the child.

SDPD officers said at least five shots were fired into Johnson's car. There were bullet holes all over the vehicle, from the rear passenger door to the front seat.

When officers arrived on scene, they found Johnson unresponsive, with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was taken to the Scripps Mercy Hospital but did not survive his injuries.

More than 30 family members and friends waited outside the hospital emergency room. It was an emotional gathering with some expressing their anger over the murder and some sharing their grief.

Pastor Cornelius Bowser, the leader of the anti-violence group called "DOVE," comforted the family and told NBC 7 Johnson's death was unbelievable.

”Oh shocking, shocking. This is not something that is normal anywhere for anyone at any time so it’s most definitely a shocking situation,” Bowser said.

The intersection of Euclid Avenue and Market Street was shutdown to traffic while Homicide Detectives were called out to investigate.

SDPD said Johnson was at a stoplight when a newer Jeep SUV drove up alongside his car and one of the suspects opened fire.

Anyone with information is asked to the San Diego Police Department's Homicide Unit at (619)531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888)580-8477.

As of Saturday morning, no arrests had been made.

Students at Bonita Vista High School had an unforgettable senior prom in the Gaslamp Quarter Friday, that’s for sure.

As if getting to the area, finding parking and walking around in 4-inch heels wasn't difficult enough. Students had to weave through police barricades and thousands of protesters who had flooded the streets of downtown San Diego in opposition of a rally held by presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Friday evening, protesters of Trump filled downtown near the Convention Center. Chaos broke out later in the afternoon when some threw rocks and bottles at police and Trump supporters.

Bonita Vista High School couple Patrick Garduno and Vienna Chavez were late to their dinner reservation.

“They can’t even let us into the restaurant so we have to walk all the way around and we’re late. Honestly, I wish everyone would just go away,” said Chavez.

By the time prom rolled around, most of the protesters had left the area.

One parent told NBC 7, parking was even worse.

"Absolutely awful. I had to pay $25 for parking just to take them to dinner," parent Celia Cunningham said.

Students told NBC 7 it was night to remember and definitely one they won’t forget.

A large swath of the nation was on alert Saturday as flooding, heavy rain and the threat of a tropical depression loomed over the long weekend, NBC news reported.

Warnings were issued for South Carolina's coast Friday after a weather system that could become a tropical storm formed in the Atlantic, the National Weather Service said.

When the weather system hits land Saturday, it is expected to bring waves upwards of 13 feet, heavy rip currents and damaging winds to Florida, Georgia and Carolina coasts, according to Weather.com. Parts of South Carolina and North Carolina can also expect up to three inches of rain.

In Texas, at least two people were killed and three others were missing after torrential downpours, and the state was bracing for more rain through Memorial Day.

Meanwhile, Missouri's governor declared a state of emergency ahead of expected heavy rains and warned that levees could be breached.

A 22-year-old man died overnight after being shot multiple times inside a motel room in San Diego’s Palm City area, homicide detectives confirmed.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said officers were called to the EZ-8 Motel at 1010 Outer Road just before 9 p.m. Friday to investigate reports of gunfire.

When officers arrived, they discovered a man had been shot several times inside one of the hotel rooms, and was suffering from multiple life-threatening wounds to his upper body.

The victim was taken to a local hospital but he died just before 1 a.m. Saturday, police said. His name was not immediately released.

At the scene, police arrested Luis Avila, 23, as the suspect in the shooting. Avila was booked into San Diego Central Jail and will face one count of murder, the SDPD said.

The investigation is ongoing. According to homicide detectives, several people were in the motel room at the time of the shooting.

Detectives believe some sort of argument took place between Avila and the victim and Avila pulled out a gun and shot the victim. The men were acquaintances, police said.

Anyone with information on this case can reach out to the SDPD’s Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

A candidate running for San Diego City Attorney was arrested Friday as protesters flooded the streets of downtown San Diego in the aftermath of a heated rally held by presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Hours after Trump delivered a speech to supporters at the San Diego Convention Center in downtown San Diego, unrest continued on the streets with voilent protests that resulted in 35 arrests, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said.

Bryan Pease, a local attorney, was among those taken into custody as officers -- outfitted in riot gear -- worked for hours to control the massive crowds and avoid violent clashes between Trump opponents and supporters.

In video captured by NBC 7's News Chopper, Pease can be seen walking in front of a line of officers while holding a sign that reads, "Bryan Pease City Attorney."

Moments later, several officers break away from the police line and charge at Pease, taking him down to the ground and handcuffing him.

Pease recorded his take-down and arrest on his cellphone and NBC 7 obtained that video Saturday.

In his video, Pease can be heard asking officers, "Am I being ordered to move? I'm not blocking any traffic. I'm in the median -- in middle of the road."

Moments later, officers charge Pease and take him down, his cellphone flying onto the ground. As his phone lies on the ground, several officers can be seen walking by.

Pease sent NBC 7 an email about his arrest early Saturday morning. In the email, Pease wrote, part:

"I was tackled by several police officers for filming their riot today following the Trump protest, when they forced all protesters all the way to Barrio Logan. I was then held for 10 hours in a cramped, filthy jail cell with 20 other individuals similarly falsely arrested until our bail of $500 each was processed."

Pease was released from jail Saturday morning. He planned to speak with NBC 7 at 11 a.m. about his arrest and the "militarization of the police department," an issue he plans to address if he becomes San Diego City Attorney.

According to SDPD Lt. Scott Wahl, Pease was arrested and booked for "refusal to disperse" after he was ordered by police to leave an area filled with protesters.

After protesters refused to leave downtown areas, the police department declared "unlawful assembly." There were no reported injuries or property damage amid the chaotic scenes downtown.

NBC 7 reached out to the police department Saturday for further details of Pease's arrest, but we have not yet heard back from officials.