Decreased while the size of the overall state budget has increased by more than 30 billion. Now sudbly theres an emergency. Governor brown says he wants a tax plan to be voted on this week but after so many years of neglect, he was asked whats the rush . You look a little younger than me. You got more time. I dont. I want to get it done, okay . The governors proposal was shared with the legislature march 30th. That means lawmakers have seven days to consider and pass the new plan which is lengthy and contained taxes, fees, and a constitutional amendment. I give them great credit for starting to pull together their energy and focus on transportation but lets not be so artificial about it. Lets get it right. And that isnt something you do with deadlines. One problem with rushing this plan, getting the 2 3rds vote. With no republican support, that means every single democrat in the senate has to go for it. Bay area Senate Democrat is not onboard yet. I think youll regret it. Whatever mome
Permitting requirements are. Reporter pg e is backing off a bit promising they wont cut down more trees until middle ground is reached. The battle between safety and scenery and who decides is at the root of the problem. Pg e told me they are meeting with each of these cities individually trying to come up with solutions. The meeting with walnut creek is scheduled for a week from today and well let you know what happens. Live in walnut creek, brian webb, kpix 5. The tree transfer is expected to last five years and cost 500 million. New tonight, they said it couldnt be done. Today a major cell phone manufacturer announced its adding antitheft devices to deter cell phone theft. Julie watts says this new Technology Available in phones goes on sale next week as the number of cell phone thefts in the bay area continues to climb. Reporter smartphone thefts accounts for as many as 66 of robberies here. So following pressure from San Francisco lawmakers among others verizon and u. S. Cellular
The attorney general of the American People. He said they found no collusion. Whereas the special prosecutor specifically said collusion is not a legal term and he didnt make any findings, said we hadnt reached a finding on criminal conspiracy. We have to hear from mueller, ask him a lot of questions. We have to hear from other people. Eric we have full coverage on all of this. Phil keating is in florida near maralago. Garrett ten any has reaction tem the campaign trail. Allison bar deer has reaction from barber has reaction from washington. Reporter they said the dojs proposal would prohibited discussion of the full report from other members. They say they need to see everything and there needs to be a mechanism to ensure access to grand jury material. Democrats say they will do more in regard to the special counsels report and they believe thats what the special counsel wanted. On page 220, the report says this, quote, congress has authority to prohibit a president s corrupt use of h
says he has no immediate plans as far as work in the summer he will take some time off before considering his next career move. for more on this we are joined on the phone by wgn legal in the wgnterry sullivan. ed maier him he is very friendly to speak to and he has the background we need he made it really big. it did not matter if there was corruption he was going after them. and that is what you want in the u.s. attorney. he was the supervisor of so many people he said in his time in chicago over 10 years he tried not to get in the way of prosecutors and as a former prosecutor that is a really good trait for anyone in his position. he has gone over both political grounds and you cannot say he was a republican or democrat and i believe that will be his legacy. he was definitely an equal opportunity prosecutor let s talk about the timing of this announcement no prosecutor stays on forever do you think this will give the president enough time to appoint his successor.
christmas day, churches are being attacked. two churches in particular, two bombings. many people are dead and wounded. you re shown the area here, we re showing it to you, this is in nigeria, two cities in particular, madala and jos. you see the distance they are apart. a great distance apart. these are christian churches during christmas day services and prayers. again, there are a number of casualties. we do not have a definitive number yet. we re working to confirm how many, though. we ll get back to you on that. these attacks are reminiscent of last christmas day. bombers once again targeted churches in nigeria. dozens of people died in those attacks, as well. we are just getting word of this. a short time ago, these bombings just taking place. those details still coming in here at cnn. we re on top of it. we ll continue to keep you updated there. another important story happening overseas today. on the international stage, the biggest public protest we have seen in deca