. >> reporter: oakland city councilmembers are trying to figure out ways to put cops on the streets. >> if we get 44 back, i would love to put 44 back in police cars giving service to the city. >> reporter: that's easier said than done. >> we can't afford to be a city where we have only police and fire running around but nothing else keeping our children motivated, inspired. >> reporter: there's a $58 billion deficit looming over the city. a tentative compromise has been reached with the open police union and four other city employee groups. they are willing to pay a part of their pension plan. but the problem is this. if councilmembers vote to carve out money to bring 44 of them back, 44 officers will be heading out the door through attrition. a math equation the chief says he has to deal with. >> this year if things go through, we're budgeted for 650. we want to go a little above that by 20 to 22 knowing we're going six a month worse case scenario for a year. for me i'll take it. >> nbc bay area news. >> 4:36 right now. bart will pay $1.3 million to oscar grant's mother to settle a

. >>> oakland city council scrambling to come up with a budget plan just hours before the fiscal year begins tomorrow. councilmembersill meet in a special session this afternoon and follows a four-hour hearing on tuesday where they discussed three separate budget proposals but were a little too divided to settle on one of them. got to figure it out today. oakland is trying to close out a $58 million budget deficit. >>> president obama has ruffled some feathers in congress by issuing a big challenge to republican lawmakers. now, he told reporters that any deficit reduction plan must eliminate selected tax breaks for oil companies and the wealthiest americans. he said if republicans keep insisting that the richest americans keep their tax break, senior citizens and the poor will bear the brunt of additional budget cuts. republicans are criticizing the democrats' plan to raise the country's borrowing limit. >> we know if we increase taxes, this bunch of democrats in washington will spend every dime of it without cutting back on the things that really deserve to be cut back on. >> by august 2, we run out of tools to mak

oakland, the clock is ticking for city leaders to come up with a budget plan there. the council will meet in a special session sometime this afternoon. it follows a four-hour hearing on tuesday. that's where councilmembers discussed three separate budget proposals but were too divided to settle on one of them. oakland is trying to close a $58 million budget deficit. >>> the search for a missing nursing student michelle le has now gone out of state. hayward police tell cbs 5 that they followed a possible lead in arizona. a san diego television station reports two calls were made on le's phone after she vanished last month. apparently the first call was night a person in reno and a second made to a woman somewhere in arizona. le's brother confirms that a woman contacted him about the reported call. >> i did get a phone call from her. and i just relayed that to the police. every day gets harder and so my resolve has to be that much stronger. >> hayward police tell us that their trip to arizona was not connected to that alleged phone call. in the meantime a spokesman for the le family dismissed the news report in a statement saying, quote, we want to emphasize that the facts in this article have not been ac

oakland city council is still struggling to come up with a budget plan just hours before the new fiscal year begins tomorrow. council will meet in special session tomorrow afternoon following a four-hour hearing tuesday. then, councilmembers discussed proposals but couldn't settle on a budget. they are trying to close a $58 million budget deficit. >>> an internet giant says it won't go along with part of california's new budget plan. late last night, amazon said it will not charge california customers sales tax which is a requirement by the new state budget. as kiet do reports, that's not the only way the company is flexing its muscle. >>> reporter: for mindy roberts one of the leading mommy bloggers, the bombshell email from amazon came today. >> confused. >> reporter: mindy is for now a so-called amazon affiliate based on scotts valley. buy products through her site, amazon ships them to her and she gets the sale. >> we are dumping you. somebody wants you to conform to some new rule. we like you, we don't want to dump you so we have to. sorry. >> reporter: for amazon based in seattle, eliminating the nexus of california affiliates is part of a strategy they have done in other states that also have online taxes. by getti

city councilmembers will discuss the idea at their next meeting on tuesday. >>> a judge is ordering a preliminary injunction five alleged gang members in oakland's fruitvale neighborhoodme down yesterday prohibits the men from wearing certain clothing, associating with one another or possessing guns in the area and also enforces a 10 p.m. curfew. opponents say the i injunction it too broad and could lead to racial profiling. >> it does not contribute to public safety. this is the kind of thing we find reprehensible in totalitarian states and this is what came down today. >> the fruitvale injunction is the second sought by the city. last year the judge issued an injunction against 15 alleged gang members in a north oakland neighborhood. >>> san jose is getting federal assistance in its effort to crack down on gangs. on monday two federal immigration agents will join the gang task force but they're worried did may lead to more deportations. the agents are strictly for criminal investigations aimed at stopping gangs. the agents are on indefinite loan from the federal government. >>> tens of thousands of nascar fans are headed to infineon to watch their favorite drivers h