Wayne messam from florida. He is followed by senators Bernie Sanders and kamala harris. Lets right, everybody, start back again. Is and irend theohar are going to hold it down, reverend barber taking a bit of a break. Lets get that walk on music playing and have mayor wayne messam come to this stage. All right, mr. Mayor, you four minutes begins right now. Mayor messam good evening, everyone. Miramar, florida mayor wayne messam and i am so excited to be in front of you today, not just as a candidate for the United States, but the odds were against me. I am the son of immigrants. My parents were immigrants from jamaica. My father was a contract sugarcane cutter that labored in a field of south florida, cutting sugarcane for . 75 per row. My mother actually was a cook that went out in those fields and fed the sugarcane workers, so i know what it means to be poor, and i know what the spirit of this campaign is about. I went on to Florida State university on an academic and football schola
Reverend barber taking a bit of a break. Lets get that walk on music playing and have mayor wayne messam come to this stage. All right, mr. Mayor, you four minutes begins right now. Mayor messam good evening, everyone. Miramar, florida mayor wayne messam and i am so excited to be in front of you today, not just as a candidate for the United States, but the odds were against me. I am the son of immigrants. My parents were immigrants from jamaica. My father was a contract sugarcane cutter that labored in a field of south florida, cutting sugarcane for . 75 per row. My mother actually was a cook that went out in those fields and fed the sugarcane workers, so i know what it means to be poor, and i know what the spirit of this campaign is about. I went on to Florida State university on an academic and football scholarship, where i played for a legendary coach and won our First National championship as a wide receiver. Had a brief stint with the cincinnati bengals, but when my nfl career was
Im claudine wong. Monterey senior. Thank you for joining us. Were following developing news right now out of san jose where the city council has taken a crucial vote which could determine whether thousands of city workers will go on strike, which was set to start today. The city council has approved an agreement, will have the tails when theyre released in just a few minutes from now. But it held a closed door meeting this morning to review and vote on the conceptual terms of an agreement reached yesterday between the city and two labor unions. A three day strike was temporarily put on hold pending the outcome of the councils decision on the terms. Now, the workers have been working without a contract since the end of june. Theyre demanding better pay, parental leave and improved staffing. Well keep you posted on this. Developing story. Well, triple digit heat has returned to parts of the bay area. Lets take you out live for a look at mount diablo. You can see some clouds in the sky, b
Now at 5, the strike is off san jose after the workers unions and the city have a deal. But the mayor doesnt like it. Thanks for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5. Im grant lotus Vicki Liviakis after to san jose worker union struck a deal with the city council. Yeah, it calls for big pay raises over the next few years and staves off a potentially devastating strike. Union officials are calling this a big win for workers. Kron fours terisa stasio reports. Im here in jose city hall. A big sigh of relief from union worke s. But the mayor as a much different response early tuesday morning, the city council met behind closed doors to go over the latest proposal sent by union officials. And just before noon, a big announcement, a tentative agreement that calls for sweeping changes for one wage increases in the first year by 6 with 2 more years of pay increases. Also an increase of one to 8 weeks of paid family leave more competitive, bilingual pay and an expansion on retention and recr
Devastating wildfire. How a bay Area Organization is trying to help those who lost everything. And cutting the cord with and how the bay areas largest city is looking to create its own Utility Company and what it would have to do to get the approval. My from jaclyn square. This is morning time to the nine and good morning. Todays tuesday, august 15th. Were looking live at the bay area here. A little bit of congestion or i would say congestion, cloud cover coming over the bay. You see the san mateo bridge in the background. We have to continue to follow the news out of hawaii where its now been one week since the deadly fires broke out in maui. And crews are continuing to sift through the ruins of lahaina. The confirmed number of deaths has now climbed to 99. And keep in mind, hundreds of people are still unaccounted for in a city where about 12,000 people did once live. As jake kerr, alexis tells us only about 25 of the burned out area has been searched so far. A week after the deadlie