Off on tax reform until newly elected alabama senator doug jones is seated. Once that happens, the gop majority in the senate be tighter with a 5149 split. It would be wrong for Senate Republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. Reporter republicans are scheduling votes for next week trying to meet the president s deadline by christmas. So even without doug jones in washington, dc, how much confidence is there that this bill will pass because there is still a couple of republicans senators who had some issues. Reporter youre right. A senator on the republican side came up with a question, they have met it negotiated, given them something. The wild card might be marco rubio. He wanted that 21 rate. He thought it should bump up to 20 or 21 for Corporate Taxes. But whats he getting in return . He wanted to help people on the lower income scale with that money. Instead its going to folks who make a Million
61 approving the cuts. It came after hours of outcry the study before the meeting. Reporter frustration and anger erupted as hundreds came to the Oakland School Board Meeting concerned about cuts to Student Services special Education Supplies libraries and staffing. The superintendent said her revise recommendation is 9 million in cuts. 5. 2 million cuts from the Central Office. 23 layoffs and 3. 8 million to school sites. We have to do a midyear adjustment as opposed to waiting until next year because we do not have a reserve as a district. Reporter the superintendent says as a former teacher and principal she understands the pain. The district has overspent and now it risk not being able to pay bills or maintain is state mandated 2 reserve. The puts the district at risk of being taken over by the state. We are one. 1 million short of our minimum 2 reserve. This is a mistake you guys made. It should be coming out of your salary rather than the students. Reporter some said the board sh
Reporter it made for a very unnerving morning at the courthouse near lake merritt. I was inside the building for the ghost ship preliminary hearing and heard all the commotion when the bomb squad was called in for the second time today. Streets were blocked off by Oakland Police after a man left a backpack outside the building at 10 30 a. M. The 26yearold man then went inside the courthouse and was confronted by deputies who asked why he left the backpack there. Authorities say he got into a struggle with the deputies and attacked them. He was detained and will be placed on a psychiatric hold. Now, as for his backpack, the Sheriffs Office did not want to take any chances. We were overhead in skyfox as the sheriffs bomb squad suited up to inspect the backpack with an xray. It turned out not to be an explosive device and the all clear was given at about 12 30. The man doesnt appear to be connected to two firebombing incidents at the courthouse. The first happened about 1 a. M. On decembe
4 30. Supercommute time. Yes, sir and right now we are looking at a commute that is going to be a little bit slow, westbound 80 in some areas already getting just a touch slow in vallejo approaching the carquinez bridge but im talking very little slow traffic. For the most part a nice looking drive on highway 37, 80 and 29 as you drive to the area, to the con carquinez bridge. Right now thats what it looks like. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is still light. At 4 31, lets go back to the desk. Thanks, al. Law enforcement agencies are investigating several suspicious incidents at the Alameda County courthouse in oakland. Officials had to put the building on lockdown after a backpack was left outside. When police confronted a man about that backpack, he got into an altercation about sheriffs deputies. The 26yearold man does not appeared to be appear to be connected to two fire bombing incidents at the courthouse. The first happened on october 25th, the secon
Coast and santa clara valley. 5 01. And sal tells us the traffic is . Its moderate. We have slowing out there. We are going back to the tracy commute to show you slow traffic, steve. Good morning to you at home. If youre just about to leave and head out to the altamont pass, its about normal, which is to say that traffic is going to be slow in some and some areas are getting santa rosa, speeds are down slower, speeds with down, 22 miles per hour. Some speeds are lower than that. If you make it through the altamont pass, it looks good into livermore and pleasanton, no major problems driving through. If youre driving on interstate 880 in oakland, traffic in both directions is doing very well. No major problems there. At the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is light. At 5 01, lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Topping our news right now, the overnight standoff in the south bay appears to be finally over. Yeah. San jose police spent more than 15 hours searching for a burgla