driving under the influence. all-night people have been dropping off lowers where the crash occurred along this busy thoroughfare. she is a buddy of ours, her dogs were friends of our dogs, we would meet at the field. reporter: those who knew carolyn allen described her as a youthful spirit. she was a wizard of finance, a bookkeeper and accountant. her dogs were her children. she was a friend. she loved her dogs. wonderful neighbors. really the best. reporter: allen on eight routine walk with her daughter saturday night was crossing the street right in front of her home. neighbors say she was in the crosswalk when a car heading northbound did not see her or her dog and crashed into them. police marked the crash, and what you don t see our break marks. her and her dog died at the scene, another dog rushed to the hospital with a broken leg in stable condition. police arrested james boswell also from san anselmo. he had been driving under the influence. neighbors say he tr
on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the president and top democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. as they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. desjardins: president trump criticized senate and house minority leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. they decided not to show up. they ve been all talk and they ve been no action. and now it s even worse. desjardins: in a morning tweet, mr. trump preempted today s scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i don t see a deal! hours later, schumer an
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the president and top democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. as they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. lisa desjardins begins our coverage. desjardins: president trump criticized senate and house minority leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. they decided not to show up. they ve been all talk and they ve been no action. and now it s even worse. desjardins: in a morning tweet, mr. trump preempted today s scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i don t see a deal! hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that
afternoon. drivers want a permanent fix and soon. it s dangerous. they will fix it of a amajor accident. reporter: in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. the big hurdle to the gas tax hike. hours from a critical vote on road repairs, there s fierce opposition to a deal that also gives truckers a break. governor brown making his final plea to secure a tax hike for road repairs. this is a fee, a fee for the privilege of driving on our roads. jerry brown on the states of the step capital trying to win over holdouts to his multibillion dollars transportation proposal. kpix 5 s phil matier reports from a truck stop in vallejo explaining how the government hit a roadblock. reporter: that s right. elizabeth, you know, the idea is to fix up our roads. as we found out the deal he cut to get the support of the trucking industry for the rise in the diesel taxes that s turning around to be quite a speed bump. here s the story. it was a deal. it was a deal to get their support.
any moment. we kind of knew it was coming. um, nothing seems right about it at all. reporter: an emotional day in court for keith green s friends and family as they watched the mother of his children and his accused killer take one step closer to walking out of jail. money can get you all sorts of things. reporter: tiffany li just posted one of the highest bail amounts in history. $62million in property which is double the bail amount as well as $4 million in cash. my client is saying she is not guilty. there s going to be a trial. the young man is dead who shouldn t be and we agree with that. and that s the issue. the amount of money on bail is insue layerry. reporter: he insists his client is innocent. she is accused of conspiring with two men to shoot and kill green. his body found on the side of the road last year. brutally murdered, shot at close range. so it s a terrible story. and we will prevail. reporter: angela dunn says green lived with her for the