The bill as amended is passed. Reporter the senate voted 898 to avoid tax hikes for 99 of all americans. This shouldnt be the model for how we do things around here. But i think we can say weve done some good for the country. R if the bill eventually becomes law, the bush era tax cuts will be permanently extended for everyone making less than 400,000 a year. And families making less than 450,000 a year. It will also keep the alternative minimum tax for the wealthy from hitting millions of middleclass families. Middleclass families will wake up today to the assurance that their taxes wont go up 2,200 each. Reporter the Senate Agreement delays 110 billion in spending cuts that were due to kick in today for another two months. But because the bill doesnt address spending, getting it passed in the house could be much tougher. The fact that the president won challenges partly on spending cuts is disgusting. The fact that were not where we need to be on revenues is disgusting. Its just disgu
After tonsil removal surgery. The family will ask the judge to keep her alive through christmas. Im cate caugiran live in the newsroom. Crews in london spent friday morning checking the structural stability of an iconic theater after a roof partially collapsed during a play injuring dozens. Now authorities are focusing on the cause of the accident. And another check of your kcbs traffic. Right now all bart trains are on time. Bart is actually doing something a little extra special later this evening for christmas shoppers. They are offering safety escorts. Look for a Police Officer to escort you at three bart stations in the east bay, west oakland, fruitvale and bay fair stations tonight from 5 to 8 p. M. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. It looks like just the cash lanes are backing up and not too bad for this time of the morning. Only to the middle of the parking lot and no metering lights yet getting into San Francisco. The westbound 580 ride is typical though for this
Santa rosa where friends and family are trying to make sense of it all. Cate. Reporter this is where the boy was shot and killed by Sonoma County deputies. If you want to take a look in his place now, its just a candle lit memorial and stuffed animals to honor a young life lost. Family and friends hold each other in disbelief. Really good friend of mine. Knowing that now hes gone. Its really hard. [ crying ] reporter they are grieving the loss of this boy, 13year old andy lopez. He always used to like make us laugh and all that. Reporter Sonoma County Sheriffs Department said he was shot and killed by deputies tuesday afternoon. He was spotted carrying a rifle that turned out to be fake. Deputies say they told him several times to drop the weapon. They say he did not comply and they shot him. Neighbors say up to 7 times. They told me it was andy. I was like shocked. I was, like, how can this happen, like, why . Reporter lopez fell to the ground on top of the rifle. He was pronounced de
Chaos that began at the food court. Terrifying. Scariest moment of my life. Reporter police say it started when a fistfight got out of control drawing in at least 20 juveniles. He swung on one of the dudes and they started fighting and all the groups started fighting. Reporter gabby miller says even after police and mall security jumped in some of the teens kept fighting. Police caught three of them and then they all came towards the pretzel place and did it again. Reporter several people inside the mall heard gunshots. We heard it. Reporter most shoppers were trying to get away while store employees tried to understand what was happening. Something similar to gunshots. We dont know if it was gunshots but it sounded like shots. Reporter police now say they have ruled out any gunfire. They believe the sounds of large signs falling over may have led people to report shots fired. You start thinking the worst thing acan possibly happen like i just imagine someone with a gun or someone comi
At 6 00 this morning. But again, theres still some good news. We were here when the unions and bart officials came out of these doors last night to give the announcement that 400,000 riders have been waiting for that the strike is over. Both sides wouldnt disclose the details of the agreement right now. Its still tentative. It still has to be approved by barts board of directors and put up for a vote by the unions. And these will be the final steps to what felt like a never ending saga. We apologize to our riders for the hardship you have experienced these past few days. Were able to stand up for workers rights, safety and the riders safety. I will simply say that this offer is more than we wanted to pay. But it is also a new path in terms of our partnership with our workers. Reporter bart trains will be running on a limited service when it starts running. Bart is planning on running those charter buses from nine bart stations and those started at 5 00 this morning and will go until 8