An open internet is important for an open society. Chris nguyen has more. Reporter dan and kristen, officials are not holding back. The attorney for the county has announced his plans to file a lawsuit against the fcc in the coming weeks. In the heart of silicon valley, there are growing concerns over the fccs decision to repeal Net Neutrality. We depend on free and open access to the internet for startups, for innovation, for economic growth. Reporter Santa Clara County councillor James Williams is planning to file a lawsuit against the commission. The need for these rules has only increased in the last couple of years. Were going to challenge that action as violating the law under which the fcc is required to operate. Reporter san jose state Computer Science professor melody mo says the fccs argument for a free market made sense during the infancy of the internet in the early 90s, but that times have changed. Innovators really need to have their share of Free Internet so that they ca
Told me the sea lion that attacked him was absolutely massive. And he was powerless. Tonight he told me he is so grateful to all of the First Responders who helped him. And he hopes to head home from the hospital tomorrow. Christian einfeldt spoke to us from his hospital room tonight. Im in almost no pain. Reporter he thinks the sea lion trailed him as he swam to the mouth of aquatic park. I did feel threatened. I did have warning but there was not i was a quarter mile from shore, so there was nothing i could do. Reporter the sea lion bit his upper right arm. It started bleeding profusely. I was relatively calm because i wasnt dead. Reporter he flagged down a nearby sail boat that raced him to shore. The boat saved his life. If it hadnt been there, who knows what would have happened. Reporter this doctor says because sea lion attacks are so rare its hard to pinpoint a reason for the aggression. Sometimes animals can be sick or injured. They may be showing a behavior or protecting an ar
Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. The victim was om the water near a sea lion attacks a swimmer in the bay. Who came to the rescue im elizabeth cook. The victim pulled bleeding from the water this afternoon andria borba is there tonight. Andria . Reporter ken, elizabeth, the victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and is in serious condition from that bite. The soft waves at aquatic park lured swimmers into the waters of the San Francisco bay where exercise comes with the chilly lap of Mother Nature and her inhabitants, including the sea lions who call this pier 39 home. It was a few years back. But just somebodys toes nibble on the outside, nothing to fear. Reporter this afternoon, around 2 00 p. M. , a swimmer was outside the cove entrance when a sea lion began pursuing him. He originally said the sea lion was coming at him and he felt threatened. Thats when he started splashing water and yelled at him to get away. Reporter but the sea lion persisted and att
And how a young actress is getting to play the role of a lifetime in more ways than one. With you on a friday morning. This morning, reports are swirling, House Speaker may soon leave his job. With political claiming, they are seeing his journey coming to an end, as he engineers his legislative dream. That dream, tax reform. Lets jump in to the 1. 25 trillion tax plan. With them hitting more than a few snags as the last minute behind the scenes deal making is going on. We are learning that some last minute republican holdouts could complicate matters. For more, we good to tracy potts who is in washington, how are you . You saw him there, Floridas Marco Rubio may not be backing his partys bill. He said that he wants more of the Child Tax Credit refundable to low income families if they cannot work it out, he may be a novote, listen. Unless they figure out a way to increase the refundable part, higher than 1100. The way they figured out a way to give corporations an extra year of cuts an
Finally here. The star wars epic hitting theaters and fans just getting out of the first viewing. What did they think of this movie on this friday, december 15th . From abc news, this is world news now. Look at the mom, the grandma there, looking like princess leia, as you can see. She looks great. She did. Shes not a star wars fan. She just happened to wear that to go see i tonya. It was kind of awkward. Well break down of course the first night of star wars a little bit later on, as we say hello to eva. Its been a while. So great to see you. I get a slow clap. Yes, absolutely. Eva pilgrim back with us on this friday morning. Were going to start this half hour with a new republican defector, possibly, pufting the republican tax package o ground. Marco rubio says he will not support the bill in its current form and is hoping to use his crucial vote forea provision that would benefit lower income americans. It would only take three republican novotes to sink this bill. Mary bruce has th