Reporter maybe. But for now, the fullcourt press is on. Any questions for the mayor . Reporter the timing of this, is it coincidence that it happened the same day they start hearings . Well, its planned. I mean, i think were hitting every milestone that we can. Reporter and they have milestones to hit and i think well hear more announcements like this. By the time this Christmas Tree gets through city hall, there are going to be a lot of ornaments on it. Yeah. Reporter what they are going to do about traffic remains to be seen. Sounds like there are a lot of presents under the tree already. Reporter you got it. Phil, thank you. New numbers out tonight show a dramatic turnaround for the state budget. According to the legislative analysts office, california now faces a much smaller deficit of 1. 9 billion for the next fiscal year which ends in july. We could even see surpluses by 2014 a big change from the deficit projected this year. It counts increased revenues by prop 30 approved by v
It will not impinge on business investments. The president did little to calm nerves on wall street. The dow ended down 185 points. The nasdaq lost 37. The s p 500 slipped 19. President obama spoke for the first time on the sex scandal that rocked the cia. The president would not say whether it was appropriate that he was kept in the dark about the investigation of david petraeus. Petreaus resigned as head of the cia last friday after the fbi uncovered evidence he had an affair with his biographer. I have no evidence at this point that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our National Security. The scandal is now threatening the future of general john allen, the Top Commander in afghanistan. The pentagon is looking into his email communications with jill kelley, the florida socialite whose complaints uncovered the petraeus affair. If you are Walking Around flashing a pricy smartphone, get ready for a wakeup call. Gadgets thefts are sp
And msnbc contributor, jeremy peters. Hans, starting with you. What were learning about numbers, locations, possible Additional Forces in afghanistan. Break it down for us. The numbers, the range is 3,000 to 5,000. Thats what were hearing. I just got off the phone with a Senior Administration official. Theyre stressing this is still in the deliberation process. No final decision has been made. And President Trump is asking some questions about this proposed policy. What we know about the policy, more troops to fight directly against the taliban. Bolster the Afghan National army. What trump is asking about is whats the regional approach. He is asking these questions namely because its difficult to see a solution in afghanistan unless you have some sort of approach to pakistan. The hostages. The network holds them in pakistan. A great deal of fighters that go back and forth. Remember, a couple of weeks ago it was the secretary mattis went to kabul. I was there with them. Theyre talking a
Mason this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. An american soldier on active duty has been arrested in hawaii on terrorism charges. The f. B. I. Accuses 34yearold soldier ikaika kang of providing Material Support to isis. Cbs news justice reporter paula reid is following the developing story. Paula . R reporter u. S. Officials say this american soldier swore allegiance to isis and offered to provide the terror group with military documents and military training. The investigation started more than a year ago and included the e b. I. And the u. S. Army. O w, kang is active duty and stationed in hawaii. He was arrested by an f. B. I. Tat Team Saturday night. His Service Record indicates that he was deployed to afghanistan in 2013 and iraq in 2011. He was highly decorated. According to officials, he was acting alone, but it is not loown whether or not he made contact with the terror group. Officials say the public was never at risk. Now, he is expected to appear in fed
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