The reaction. Mark . He didnt talk about federal prosecution of medical marijuana but eric holder wants to scale back on the amount of prison time for what he called lowlevel nonviolent drug offenders. Hes going to instruct u. S. Attorneys to reduce charges to limit those mandatory minimum sentences. At the American Bar Association meeting this morning attorney general holder call forward a gnaw approach to inen forcing drug laws. Very mandated a modification of the justice departments charging policies so certain low level, nonviolent drug offenders will no longer be charged with offense thats impose draconian mandatory sentence autos holder says since 19 80s the countrys population increased by a third but federal prison population has gone up 800 . We cannot simply prosecute our way to becoming a safer nation. Holder says hes trouble bid a report black male drug offenders are receiving sentence thats are 20 longer than those on white males convicted of similar crimes. This isnt just
That killed a cure member. Jade hernandez live in San Francisco. Reporter heather, todays race was supposed to be about the speed and skill of 72 catamarans on the bay, but instead it was about two teams trying to survive. Both teams racing in the Louis Vuitton final cups struggled on the water. Emirates Team New Zealand was caught in a sharp turn, throwing two crew members overboard. All of a sudden it crashes. I was more worried about the people who fell over. Both men pulled to safety only suffered bumps and bruises. It was quite a welcome to americas cup. Reporter these spectators werent expecting the dramatic excitement. The safety boats had them scooped up within less than a minute. So just gave me a real impress how dangerous that collision itself was. Reporter the 25minute race proved too much for the Italian Team Luna Rossa challenge, which struggled with equipment issues forcing them to with draw after crossing the starting line. Regatta director says todays wind wasnt at its
Getting dangerous and 1. 5 mile in Half Moon Bay. Temperatures today will be close to average, near normal day with 63 at Half Moon Bay and 68 in San Francisco and upper 70s to mid80s for the bay and upper 80s in the north bay and even 90s in the east bay valley. Now the commute this morning, leyla gulen . We have Clear Conditions across much of the bay area but a buildup of congestion in the usual places including antioch and the Altamont Pass. We have a sigalert East Palo Alto northbound 101 on University Avenue. It turns into a signature aleft, a solo vehicle spinout and they trying to rescue the person in the car. There is spectator slowing to san jose. Now this drive coming across the bay bridge as you head into San Francisco, toward treasure island, you can see a little bit of slowing headed into the tunnel and it clears up when you make it to the city side and as we head to our camera, we will look at that and that is the Golden Gate Bridge with cones being picked up and southbo
And fog hanging back to oaths beach and Half Moon Bay. We will take a look at the forecast coming up. Thank you, lisa. In developing news this morning, in a few hours a judge will hear a request by governor jerry brown in his effort to avoid a bart strike. To keep trains running, the governor has asked for 60day coolingoff period in contract negotiations. This as the union and management expressed frustration and and fatigue over the labor dispute. We have the latest from oakland. Reporter another full guy of negotiations and even with the chance after courtordered coolingoff period, the pressure to hammer out a deal is still on. All along the process has been a lot more delayed than it should have been, but with this point with the political pressure we are hearing that the legislators are weighing in and urging the resolution. In an urge to keep the trains running, even it it a deal isnt reached this weekend. Governor jerry brown called for a 60day coolingoff period. There will be a
Does nothing to dispell that notion. Hillary clinton awarded the highest citation. This organization of the lawyers applauding what is described as her service to the cause of justice. Clinton, a former lawyer, senator and secretary of state used the occasion to denounce the u. S. Supreme courts decision that struck a blow to the 1965 Voting Rights act. She believes that will limit access for people of color and the poor. Citizens will be disenfranchised, victimized by the law instead of served by it that. Progress towards a more Perfect Union will go backwards instead of forward. Clinton says this is the first in a series of speeches she views on crucial issues restoring faith in government. Which increases speculation she may be laying ground work for a 2016 rez yil run. Shes not talking about it, her supporters are. In iowa they held a forum called madam president. The founder of emerge america trains women to run for office. She worked with clinton for years. I think there is treme