It will likely increase the cost of doing business though, which is problematic because uber and lyft have never been profitable. Ubers legal officer says they negotiated in good faith, and their offer gave driver access to sick leave and injury protection among other things. Establishing for the first time ever, a guaranteed minimum running standard that would provide stability for drivers while allowing them the flexibility to earn more and to work whenever, wherever and for whomever they choose. West said the vast majority of the drivers dont want to be employees, and they are disappointed that lawmakers couldnt reach a compromise. If Governor Newsom signs the bill, which he is expected to do, it will go into effect in january 1 of 2020. The bill creates exemptions for dozens of businesses. Now lyft highlighted that in this statement saying the fact that they were more than 50 industries carved out of ab 5 is very telling, we are fully prepared to take this issue to the voters of ca
Here at home, there is another delay in the high profile murder case happening in san matteo county. Opening statements were pushed out a week in the trial when the defendant posted 35 million bail. Ktvu joins us live at the courthouse in redwood city with what is coming up. Alisyn . Frank, tiffany lee was quiet inside the courtroom as a judge announced that Opening Statements had been delayed. We caught up with her attorneys afterwards who said that lee was glad to be out of house arrest if only temporarily. Shes been under house arrest effectively for over two years. Any time she gets out, shes actually become a little agoraphobic being there for so long. She is more comfortable indoors. Well, we encountered lee this morning surrounded by her attorneys. Then quiet, not saying a word as she entered the courthouse. Lee has been under house arrest at her chateaustyle mansion in hillsboro since spring of 2017 after she and her family posted a sky high bail of 66 million at 5 million in c
Louisiana pkg boehner the budget deal is poised to be House Speaker John Boehners office. It essentially prevents another Government Shutdown and puts off a debt crisis. hrem02 dc feed lawmakers leaving while leaving negotiations with the white house that stretched until almost midnight uonday, s hrem02 dc feed rep. Darrell issa r ohio 16 49 down the government i also dont want to be part of doing be part of doing nothing so hopefully this middle ground is something i can support i file the 144page bill calls for an increase in spending of dollars over two covers defense and domestic programs. Reforms to Social Security Disability Insurance and lifts 2017, well after the president ial election. Some conservatives want more. sot hrem2 dc feed rep. John fleming r louisiana 17 06 has never shown an interest in reforming entitlements 10 faced a fast approaching november 3rd deadline to avoid a debt default. A vote on the ryan vo a day before paul ryan is set to be elected the news. 3 democ
And kod. Former boxing Champ Mike Tyson adds his name to the list of growing hoverboard victims today, wednesday, december 30th, 2015 announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday morning. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside carson daly in for matt once again, the birthday boy i might add. Happy birthday. You watched that mike tyson video. 30, 40 times, hard to not chuckle at the former champ. Like so many this Holiday Season who got the hoverboards. And then fell off it. A mean fall. Right on the back. Posted it to instam gram. A good sport. Top story, torrential rains gave the northeast its first real taste of winter. It now has more than 18 million americans bracing for potentially historic flooding. Weve got all of this covered, andy with want to start with nbcs Morgan Radford in missouri where the rivers are rising this morning. Morgan, good morning two. Repor