kyra. they were there for about two weeks and authorities in oakland had thought it had gone on long enough and they thought it was a si safety situation over there and health problems with people living in those tents for so long. they decided to disband those protesters and cleared everyone out yesterday afternoon and a few hours later about 7:00, 8:00 at night about 500 protesters decided they wanted to take that area back. so, they started rallying towards city hall and that s where they were met by police who were in riot gear, who threw tear gas into the crowd. it was a very unsettling situation about 100 people arrested. there were some people with minor injuries. this went on all throughout the night. things as you said, now, are calm, carol. i ll step out of frame and you can see a live picture of what it looks like now. some barricades set up just behind those barricades are city hall. just a few protesters now. police monitoring the situation. things seem to be und
as a reference, can you calculate how long it will take you to pay off your own credit card balance? or, how about asking them to plan a monthly budget and savings for a three-month emergency fund for their families on a base salary of $45,000, which is the average american median income? i noticed earlier i m not exactly a math whiz myself. the difference between me and a member of congress is i m not responsible for crafting financial policies that can affect millions of other people. so maybe instead of sending candidates to media training classes and fund-raising boot caverns, something both major political parties issue, we should send all candidates to mandatory accounting and economics classes. if you were to look, so, yes, first, obviously, when you re talking to me, when you look at actually how to effect that, when you realize it again, the economy rewards those who can get your attention, there s a reason kim kardashian has a lot
careful when shooting those pictures, please. now a stunning report from san francisco on how much cash city workers rake in when they retire. listen to this. the average retiree who worked 30 years in city government earns an annual evening of more than $76,000. now, the average evening for a retiree from the fire department exceeds that. it is more than $100,000. those eye-opening numbers are outraging taxpayers who are footing the bill. liz, great to see you. i want you to do some math with me. the city in the city of san francisco, the average pay rate for the average person not a city work is $44,000 a year. so the average evening for a city employee when they retire is $77,000 a year. you are the math whiz. make these numbers make sense for us.