To meet the quota. Reporter comes down to who makes money. Also comes down to labor unions. The labor unions oppose counting rooftop solar because most of the production of Grid Scale Renewables is done by unionized workers. We need both the big solar facilities and the rooftop to meet our goals. Reporter sounds like there is environmentism here, economics and politics. Mostly politics. The next fight is the question, if you have solar panels and you are generating more electricity than you are using, how much do you get to charge to sell it back . That is the next fight and that could make or break the industry if the number comes in too low. Phil matier, kpix 5. A lot of people in the game, including governor jerry brown who is headed to paris tonight. He will be one of the speakers at the Climate Change summit that started today. He will tout californias effort to cut back on the green house gases. Oaklands mayor will also be there. She was invited to speak on three different confer
Equipping officers with protective body shields. We have about 60 now, and we will be giving six to every station to use as containment shields. Reporter taser guns are much more controversial and have twice failed to win approval from the Police Commission, for fear in part that overuse could be used. I have ordered specific, immediate steps to ensure they have more options to resolve situations with a minimum use of force. Have you asked the commission to approve tasers . I will be asking for tasers. I have had lingering concerns about tasers, but im open. I certainly believe a taser in this situation would have ended much like it did in london on saturday, and i dont think you all would be standing her talking to me. Reporter this week, the Police Commission will talk about startup, but in addition to talking about tactics and policy, theres several investigations into the shooting and the conduct of the officers themselves, and the story is far from over as they try to look ahead.
To the city of las vegas. Many of the people who are marching have been personally touched by some kind of violence that has taken from them somebody who they love. One person who helped organize told me that violence has hit entirely too close to home. I personally have attended five funerals, two of them recently. We need to do better. So we decided we would come together and have a vigil to let the Community Know that we will not back here at the courthouse, this is one victim. The man on the righthand side of the screen was killed on may 26, he was 22 years old. She was one person who took part in the march and when candle does represent him. They are also active on social media. They have the come all lives matter. This is what they call themselves and you can see that the video reflected the sign. They hope marches like this help people who are grieving. They can heal together. I am reporting live, news 3. Gerard thank you for the live report. A metro police and faithbased leader
Force on anything its senseless, not practical and not safe. We look at everything from training, deescalation of conflict to alternative use from a weapon. The same thing. So, um, the minimum amount of force necessary to address the threat, right, will always be seen as the reasonable amount of force necessary. You dont see a difference. No. What about the Officers Union concerns . You know, i think everybodys this whole situation has left everybody very raw right now. How many more [ indiscernible ] has to die, get killed . Take time to make [ indiscernible ] theres something inherent about how we use force to address. The chief is talking about using shields. To disarm them. Reporter the chiefs other idea is getting pushback from the other side. The think the officers should have tasers i think the officers should have tasers. They talking about it. The reality is that tasers can be lethal reporter so its completely uncertain as to when or where or even if the Police Commission is g
The president is expected to sign this spending bill that got overwhelming bipartisan support by both the house and senate. Critics say taxpayers are on the losing end of the fight. Consider the work of our national correspondent. It has had a multitude of problems, but the Fighter Jet Program is once again getting a boost from the federal government to the tune of more than 1 billion. There are also 640 million for a new ship. And a tax extenders package that includes the nascar tax break, which allows motorsports entertainment complexes to write off construction and renovation cost. What happens is to increase the passage of a lot of favors are treated that end up costing taxpayers. The National Taxpayer union the single worst part of the omnibus is it is going to continue the policy of breaking spending gaps that congress had agreed to previously. An agreement meant to save money now broken. It was a game changer for some lawmakers. That was a no vote. We broke the budget cap, we ar