To sidestep those who get in the way. That was part of his state of the union speech. We have highlights with ken pritchett. If there was a threat running through tonights state of the union, it was the president vowing to go on his own if he cannot get cooperation. Speaker, the president of the United States. Reporter president obama began on an upbeat note, siting an improving economy. A rebounding housing market, a Manufacturing Sector thats adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s. But he gave credit to the American People not congress. And said he will go it alone if partisan stalemate continues to dominate washington. America does not standstill and neither will i. So whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more americans families thats what im going to do. Reporter the president did not lay out a bold new agenda for congress but asked them to take care of unfinished business. Lets get Immigration Reform done this year. Lets get
Running through tonights state of the union, it was the president vowing to go on his own if he cannot get cooperation. Speaker, the president of the United States. Reporter president obama began on an upbeat note, siting an improving economy. A rebounding housing market, a Manufacturing Sector thats adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s. But he gave credit to the American People not congress. And said he will go it alone if partisan stalemate continues to dominate washington. America does not standstill and neither will i. So whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more americans families thats what im going to do. Reporter the president did not lay out a bold new agenda for congress but asked them to take care of unfinished business. Lets get Immigration Reform done this year. Lets get it done. Its time. Reporter the president challenged republicans opposed to the new Health Care Law to come up with a better idea. But lets not hav
But it was actually on the southbound side. Officer gonzalez was driving. Investigators say when he came upon the driver from the earl littler crash he swerved to avoid him and lost control of his squad car. It slammed into a guardrail, struck a pylon and flipped. The two officers 33 and 34 years old were killed instantly. We lost two fine officers members of the california highway patrol. They were classmates, trained together, came on at the same time. Reporter investigators say both officers were wearing their seat belts. The chp says it is standard procedure for two officers to ride together on the overnight shift. Officers gonzalez and lee had many friends here in the area. Officer gonzalez got his start with the chp and law got his careers started reporter their deaths are sending shock waves through the chp family. A lot going on in fresno this week. Reporter officer ross lee worked the night shift with gonzalez before he was transferred to the bay area in 2010. I just immediate
Littler crash he swerved to avoid him and lost control of his squad car. It slammed into a guardrail, struck a pylon and flipped. The two officers 33 and 34 years old were killed instantly. We lost two fine officers members of the california highway patrol. They were classmates, trained together, came on at the same time. Reporter investigators say both officers were wearing their seat belts. The chp says it is standard procedure for two officers to ride together on the overnight shift. Officers gonzalez and lee had many friends here in the area. Officer gonzalez got his start with the chp and law got his careers started reporter their deaths are sending shock waves through the chp family. A lot going on in fresno this week. Reporter officer ross lee worked the night shift with gonzalez before he was transferred to the bay area in 2010. I just immediately went back to the seeing him Walking Around in the hall way. Walking into briefing. He was a nice guy, nice, approachable, friendly.
Heather was just inside city hall when the accident happened. Reporter when we walked out we found van nuys between hayes blocked. The victim was actually running in and out of traffic here on busy van nighs when he was hit by the car. His body then flew in the air before he hit the bumper of a parked car. Investigators take pictures of a handa police say minutes earl littler the pedestrian a 38 yearold man had been in an argument with a couple standing at the crosswalk. It was simply an argument. It was not physical. There was just loud yelling between the two. The man attempted to cross. Made it to the Center Median. When trying to go from the Center Median to the east side of van nuys and was struck. Reporter the female driver in her 20s did stop and is cooperating. Theres nothing to indicate that she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Now to the east bay where Sutter Health has confirmed plans to lay off 358 employees at alta bates medical center. The lay offs include 180