Afternoon. Drivers want a permanent fix and soon. Its dangerous. They will fix it of a amajor accident. Reporter in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. The big hurdle to the gas tax hike. Hours from a critical vote on road repairs, theres fierce opposition to a deal that also gives truckers a break. Governor brown making his final plea to secure a tax hike for road repairs. This is a fee, a fee for the privilege of driving on our roads. Jerry brown on the states of the step capital trying to win over holdouts to his multibillion dollars transportation proposal. Kpix 5s phil matier reports from a truck stop in vallejo explaining how the government hit a roadblock. Reporter thats right. Elizabeth, you know, the idea is to fix up our roads. As we found out the deal he cut to get the support of the Trucking Industry for the rise in the diesel taxes thats turning around to be quite a speed bump. Heres the story. It was a deal. It was a deal to get their support. Reporter state senator jerry hill
Colleagues senator ben allen from santa monica, we really advocated hard along with others to get more transit funding so the current version of the bill that were voting on almost tripled the guaranteed funding for Public Transportation compared to the original version. So im really happy about that. Reporter now, with the Senate Taking up this bill, we have to assume that they have the votes to pass it. Generally speaking, they wouldnt set it up to have a big pickup defeat. So we think it will pass. But you never know with one vote here or there, things could get dicey here. If they do vote, in the next hour, we will be right back here to tell you that story. Liz . Melissa, do you know the timeline on these votes tonight . Reporter well, you know, so after the senate votes, then it has to go to the assembly where they will make speeches and cast their votes. It could be very late. Although remember too, the legislature goes on spring break as of tonight. So i cant imagine they are go
Tottenham make it seven Premier League wins in a row to keep up the pressure on table topping chelsea. And from the countryside to the classroom. Well be looking at the lamb cams helping to teach children in inner city schools about life on the farm. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Happy easter. That doesnt look bread promising. Already raining in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but is it heading your way . Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. An attempt by north korea to launch a test missile has failed, a day after it issued a Nuclear Warning to the us. American officials believe a land based Ballistic Missile exploded within seconds of take off, close to the east coast city of sinpo. The test, which is in violation of un resolutions, came just hours after a massive Military Parade was held in pyongyang as a show of force. Us Vice President mike pence will arrive in the south korean capital this morning for talks on the norths n
Tottenham make it seven Premier League wins in a row to keep up the pressure on table topping chelsea. And from the countryside to the classroom. Well be looking at the lamb cams helping to teach children in inner city schools about life on the farm. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Happy easter. That doesnt look bread promising. Already raining in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but is it heading your way . Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. An attempt by north korea to launch a test missile has failed, a day after it issued a Nuclear Warning to the us. American officials believe a land based Ballistic Missile exploded within seconds of take off, close to the east coast city of sinpo. The test, which is in violation of un resolutions, came just hours after a massive Military Parade was held in pyongyang as a show of force. Us Vice President mike pence will arrive in the south korean capital this morning for talks on the norths n
Tottenham make it seven Premier League wins in a row to keep up the pressure on table topping chelsea. And from the countryside to the classroom. Well be looking at the lamb cams helping to teach children in inner city schools about life on the farm. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Happy easter. That doesnt look bread promising. Already raining in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but is it heading your way . Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. An attempt by north korea to launch a test missile has failed, a day after it issued a Nuclear Warning to the us. American officials believe a land based Ballistic Missile exploded within seconds of take off, close to the east coast city of sinpo. The test, which is in violation of un resolutions, came just hours after a massive Military Parade was held in pyongyang as a show of force. Us Vice President mike pence will arrive in the south korean capital this morning for talks on the norths n