Spokesperson, San Francisco mayor london breed said we cant ng n respondedpresident s threa intercede. Interceding means cutting budgets to help support services to get people off the street. Hes within very successful. Reporter San Francisco now spends 300 million a year on trying to solve the homeless crisis. A phenomenon that mr. Trump said started two years ago. We may be wrong about that. But it is true that in the past two years the number of homeless in San Francisco has gone up by 17 . As people continue to walk past a problem that will take years to fix. Reporter both garsetti and newsom say they welcome any help the Trump Administration wants to make to try to skoff this problem which they now call a national issue. Abc7 news. A large group of i San Francisco today demanding President Trump close down immigration detention centers. Abc7 news was there as the crowd blocked an intersection before marching to the federal building. One of more than a hundred protests planned arou
Of course, two days before the floor vote, if we get there. Could the dont get stuck in committee today . Josh we will find out if the tax bill will move forward in the senate. There are two key senators that are uncommitted to the bill. Either one of whom could stall the bill if theyve dont vote in favor. The most important is senator ron johnson of wisconsin, who has a lot of concerns about the passthrough rate. Johnson himself was the owner of the passthrough business. He says if he is not satisfied with the changes that Mitch Mcconnell is going to make, he will not vote for the bill. The problem is, if mcconnell were to offer more generous pass benefits, it may have the effect of increasing the deficit, which may recognize the vote of tennessee senator bob corker, who is yet to be committed because he has concerns about the deficit. It is not clear whether Mitch Mcconnell will be empty square the circle by 2 30. David lets bring in our colleagues from washington. Pur, ron johnson i
And we will have much more on Benjamin Netanyahus speech just ahead. But we begin with a developing story out of missouri. There is word this evening of a scathing report from the Justice Department. It reportedly accuses Ferguson Police of unfairly targeting the citys black residents. The investigation followed the shooting death of teenager, Michael Brown last summer. We have been looking at the reports, and joining us from chicago this morning, usher. Reporter good evening tony, thats right. According to various media reports of the preliminary investigation, the department of justice, Police Officers routinely violated the Constitutional Rights of the citys black rents. And over the months, they have been looking at 35,000 pages of Police Records those involving traffic stops, as well as analyzing race date a. Which indicated a pattern of Excessive Force and unjustified stops. For example, africans, who make up 75 of the population accounted for 85 of the traffic stops and where po
To the Police Officers involved. Reporter dorner was fired by the l. A. Police department in 2008 after filing a false brutality complaint against a fellow officer. A document dorner is believed to have posted on his Facebook Page listed 11 people targeted for revenge. It says, the violence of action will be high. I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in l. A. P. D. Uniform, whether on or off duty. You will now live the life of the prey. Investigators believe dorners rampage began on sunday with the more than of monica quan and her fiance in a parked car. Quans father is a retired Los Angeles Police captain who represented dorner at disciplinary hearingses. Dorners Facebook Post said about captain randy quan i never had the opportunity to have a family of my own. Im terminating yours. Lapd a specific target but all Law Enforcement is targeted. This is a vendetta against all the Southern California Law Enforcement and it should be seen as such. Reporter police ar