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off on tax reform until newly elected alabama senator doug jones is seated. once that happens, the gop majority in the senate be tighter with a 51-49 split. it would be wrong for senate republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. reporter: republicans are scheduling votes for next week trying to meet the president s deadline by christmas. so even without doug jones in washington, dc, how much confidence is there that this bill will pass because there is still a couple of republicans senators who had some issues. reporter: you re right. a senator on the republican side came up with a question, they have met it negotiated, given them something. the wild card might be marco rubio. he wanted that 21% rate. he thought it should bump up to 20 or 21% for corporate taxes. but what s he getting in return? he wanted to help people on the lower income scale with that money. instead it s go ....
reporter: it made for a very unnerving morning at the courthouse near lake merritt. i was inside the building for the ghost ship preliminary hearing and heard all the commotion when the bomb squad was called in for the second time today. streets were blocked off by oakland police after a man left a backpack outside the building at 10 :30 a.m. the 26-year-old man then went inside the courthouse and was confronted by deputies who asked why he left the backpack there. authorities say he got into a struggle with the deputies and attacked them. he was detained and will be placed on a psychiatric hold. now, as for his backpack, the sheriff s office did not want to take any chances. we were overhead in skyfox as the sheriff s bomb squad suited up to inspect the backpack with an x-ray. it turned out not to be an explosive device and the all clear was given at about 12:30. the man doesn t appear to be connected to two firebombing incidents at the courthouse. the first happened a ....
6-1 approving the cuts. it came after hours of outcry the study before the meeting. reporter: frustration and anger erupted as hundreds came to the oakland school board meeting concerned about cuts to student services special education supplies libraries and staffing. the superintendent said her revise recommendation is $9 million in cuts. 5.2 million cuts from the central office. 23 layoffs and 3.8 million to school sites. we have to do a midyear adjustment as opposed to waiting until next year because we do not have a reserve as a district. reporter: the superintendent says as a former teacher and principal she understands the pain. the district has overspent and now it risk not being able to pay bills or maintain is state- mandated 2% reserve. the puts the district at risk of being taken over by the state. we are one .1 million short of our minimum 2% reserve. this is a mistake you guys made. it should be coming out of your salary rather than the students. repo ....
4:30. supercommute time. yes, sir and right now we are looking at a commute that is going to be a little bit slow, westbound 80 in some areas already getting just a touch slow in vallejo approaching the carquinez bridge but i m talking very little slow traffic. for the most part a nice looking drive on highway 37, 80 and 29 as you drive to the area, to the con carquinez bridge. right now that s what it looks like. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is still light. at 4:31, let s go back to the desk. thanks, al. law enforcement agencies are investigating several suspicious incidents at the alameda county courthouse in oakland. officials had to put the building on lockdown after a backpack was left outside. when police confronted a man about that backpack, he got into an altercation about sheriffs deputies. the 26-year-old man does not appeared to be appear to be connected to two fire bombing incidents at the courthouse. the first happ ....
providers to prioritize their own content. opponents say this could give certain internet companies an advantage over others and prevent new websites from getting their content delivered faster. there s also the fear that one day internet providers could begin charging higher prices for customers to watch movies and download content. as a result of today s misguided action, our broadband providers will get extraordinary new powers. they will have the power to block websites, the power to throttle services and the power to sensor online content. they will have the right to discriminate and favor the internet traffic of those companies with whom they have a pay for play arrangement. the sec chairman, however, voted yes and said the end of net neutrality will help providers such as comcast and at&t to invest more and provide more service options to customers and promote competition. now the changes won t take place immediately. the rules must be entered into the federa ....