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crisis in san francisco. feel great. i think i have all the evidence. after four months, mr. kerry s day is finally here e. if the rent board judge takes his side, it will all be worth the wait. brian webb, kpix 5. the rent board can only hear cases on existing leases. they can t help with complaints from apartment hunters. some call it an officer short fall. oakland has the money to have more cop, but they are stuck in the classroom. they are not out on the street. our ryan takeo on the new push to get them back out on the beach ryan. reporter: the public beat. ryan. reporter: tougher rules that would tighten the gap between what is in the budget and how many cops are actually on the street. we have gone months, but we are significantly below our budgeted staffing. oakland city council member shaff says the city has room in its budge tote hire more police officers. for months we have been way under budget. on march first of this year, we were 60 off ....
in particular, nebraska and kansas could see strong winds, hail, and possible tornados. the storm system is expected to move into the upper midwest over the weekend. recovery efforts are under way this morning in southeast texas. a tornado touched down yesterday afternoon. the storm damaged a large shed at a mobile home park, which fell into an r.v. a man and a dog were inside the r.v. when the storm hit, but they are oklahoma. power lines were knocked down by flying debris, but there are no reports of injury. the intense weather triggered a massive waterspout over the bay. it s a tornado that travels over the water. boaters say they saw fish being sucked out of the water. the mississippi river is expected to crest today in the minneapolis/st. paul area. the river is expected to crest at over 20 feet, the highest it s been in 13 years. more rain is in the forecast today. the mississippi is expected to stay above flood stage for another week. and now to the crisis ....
the supreme court was unanimous in a pair of rulings today, one on the rights of protesters, the other on presidential authority. in the first case, the justices struck down a massachusetts law that prevented antiabortion activists from getting anywhere near the entrances of clinics. jan crawford is covering the court. you can t control it! reporter: massachusetts said the law was necessary to protect women as they entered clinics for abortions. it requires protesters to keep their distance, off public sidewalks within 35 feet of clinic entrances. but the law also kept away people like eleanor mccullen, a massachusetts grandmother who quietly counsels women against abortion and said the law violated her right to free speech. the justices unanimously agreed, striking down the massachusetts law and calling into question similar laws across the country. in a majority opinion by chief justice john roberts, joined by the four liberal justices it s never too late to ch ....
kansas could see strong winds, hail, and possible tornados. the storm system is expected to move into the upper midwest over the weekend. recovery efforts are under way this morning in southeast texas. a tornado touched down yesterday afternoon. the storm damaged a large shed at a mobile home park, which fell into an r.v. a man and a dog were inside the r.v. when the storm hit, but they are oklahoma. power lines were knocked down by flying debris, but there are no reports of injury. the intense weather triggered a massive waterspout over the bay. it s a tornado that travels over the water. boaters say they saw fish being sucked out of the water. the mississippi river is expected to crest today in the minneapolis/st. paul area. the river is expected to crest at over 20 feet, the highest it s been in 13 years. more rain is in the forecast today. the mississippi is expected to stay above flood stage for another week. and now to the crisis in iraq and another example wh ....
and let s start things off in the traffic center where we ve been following this fire and how its affecting the morning commute. they ll initially estimated that it would be 8:00 a.m. before they would start to clear the lanes. as we looked at the scene there only have two lanes of traffic is getting by. thankfully the fire has been extinguished. you can see the cab here and arrest of the rig that is left over. kron4 jackielate last night, governo sissel has will e scene. they have shut down on the traffic it because they have to bring in more equipment. they continue to put water on this truck. the two right lanes remain shut down. i talked to another driver and he stated that it is completely burned out and there is no way they could get this towed away. they would have to put this on top of something else to get it out. it may be a lot longer than 8:00 a.m. before this cleared. here s a look at the impact to traffic. it is backed up all the way to the toll pl ....