Eric Drucker News Today

1998 – 25 years

check it out. >> i feel that i dont have full control of the oakland police department. >> reporter: yeah. he says he doesnt have full control but he does have full accountability. and that is not adding up for him. the conditions he has been dealing with, the layoff of about 150 officers and threats that the department could be put under federal control because of a civil rights lawsuit settlement from back in 2003. but the latest and perhaps sharpest jab is the mayor opposing a curfe...

off before, its even better. >> these are things you should learn from. >> man, its been nice out. >> what a nice afternoon yesterday, seeing that sunshine out there. coming into work today nice and clear. >> warm, too. >> looking good. folks, temperatures will heat up starting today mid-80s into antioch, 58 santa rosa. san francisco plenty of sunshine and about 73. patchy fog at the coast but even thats expected to clear. well talk about more on your sunshine in just a moment. right n...

and the mud. >> reporter: relation have been frosty. the body language was tense between the mayor and the chief. the strength between the two visible. it was jean quans vote two weeks ago that tabled a crime crackdown that the police chief had publicly supported. quan herself would not answer questions today lashing out at one reporter for asking about her anticurfew antigang injunction vote. >> youre incorrect. had i know the voted yet, it would have died. >> reporter: some say it is...