A very good saturday morning to you. Right now, in this country, some 61 of workers, 18 and over, have access to some form of paid sick leave. About 49 million American Workers lack paid sick leave. Thats what we are talking about this morning. Only three states in this country require some form of paid sick leave. Here is a map this morning from the National Partnership for women and families. Those three states, california, massachusetts, and connecticut, connecticut and massachusetts laws provide 40 hours of sick time per calendar year. Calendars taxed at 241 hours. Law goes into effect in january. There is also over a dozen cities and municipalities around the country that have their own laws when it comes to paid sick leave but president obama has proposed a sevenpaid sick leave california year in his state of the union address. Here is the president on tuesday talking about that proposal. Today we are the only advanced country industry on earth that doesnt guarantee paid sick lea
Right shoulder present arms [silence] stuart s, veterans day, 11 11, 2014. We have more on this throughout the program today. It is about obamacare, it was hard to believe an architect of obamacare says you are stupid for passing it. Rarely has the arrogance of the liberal elite been so clear. Good morning everyone. We get to stability in a moment. The debt spiral of obamacare is gathering steam, they reduce the enrollment forecast 9 million maybe, not 13 million, watch your premiums go up and the Supreme Court will rule on subsidies. There is a threat. No subsidies, no obamacare. Here is a lot that failed to meet any of its promises, the signature legislation of the obama years and is sliding into chaos. Now tost pity. Listen to what and obama redeye thinks of you and then varney and company will begin. This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure cbo did not score the mandate of taxes, like a transparency is a huge political advantage and basically, the stupidity of the Ameri
Girlfriend. Schools were with on lockdown and a highway closed. To the northeast of paris, police ring the printing plant and say they trapped the brothers inside. Im steve handelsman, nbc news. Now the massacre at that french newspaper may not have been the brothers first strike. The Associated Press is reporting that he one is suspected of fighting for the terrorist group in spring. He may have been among the foreigners deported from yemen in 2012. Stay with us. This is still a developing story. It continues to unfold. You can find the details when we are not on the air at nbc bay area. Com. Happening today there will be a historic closure of the Golden Gate Bridge. A live look this morning. Traffic light and flowing. The key word is flowing. Come midnight the picture will look different because the bridge will be closed. Nbc bay area is live at the bridge this morning and it is supposed to keep drivers safer while crossing the bridge eventually, right . Thats right. Good morning to
Maybe moving a little bit. It had been shut for much of the night. We have not seen anything in the way of tear gas canisters thrown by police trying to disperse the crowds. We have heard that they have been police have been firing bean bags using batons to clear those freeways because for a time tonight everything you see there was at a complete standstill. Yeah, the bush toward the bay bridge began several hours ago at the pedestrian bridge that crosses u80 at University Avenue in berkeley. Protesters there squared off with police before demonstrators made a break for interstate 80. As soon as police corralled one group off the road, another group would just break through. At some points blocking traffic in both directions. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. We begin with jean elle. She is live in San Francisco, where Law Enforcement officers are gearing up to help deal with protesters shutting down traffic and trains in the bay area. Jean, what do you have . Reporter were h
Drought, and hey, even though were in a drought and have this rain coming your way, we urge you to please keep the conservation efforts going, because even the storm system that could dump eight inches or more of rain in the higher elevations, it is not going to bust that drought. This is what you can expect through this afternoon, sunshine, that rain moves in tomorrow evening into the north bay, then were talking about really dangerous conditions by thursday. Torrential downpours. In fact, theres a Flash Flood Watch issued for the entire bay area due to localized flooding on streets and rapid creek and stream rises. Also we have a high wind watch for the entire bay area and northern california. Gusts in excess of 60 Miles Per Hour. And this one is going to dump snow above the sierra nevada. 5,000 feet, thats where the snow level will be through friday. Were talking maybe two to three feet of snow above 7,000, looking like a foot above 5,000, but its the snow pack that we really need t