who are very desperate, people who are willing to do anything. >> the government launched the amnesty programn august to deal with the large number of illegal immigrants. it is designed to help strengthen malaysia's security and reduce international crimes like drug smuggling and human trafficking. >>> a three-day sino myanmar festival was held. the carnival ended on tuesday. the festival was attended by tens of thousands of chinese and myanmar tourists. the event featured floats showcasing myanmar's culture. an ox cart competition and a beauty contest are traditional sports. a match between the chinese team and myanmar team was very popular. >> translator: we were very happy to be in china to take part in this event. we'll come every year in the future. >> the carnival is held to promote friendship between china and myanmar and deepen tourism and trade among the two countries. >>> tonight in the third part of our series on refugees, we bring you the story of former boat people, they caught the world's attention following the vietnam war. more than 1 million people fled vietnam after the fall

that amnesty program runs through january 27th. >>> on capitol hill, a house committee has found there is not enough evidence to conclude that d.c. mayor vince gray actually promised a job to former mayoral candidate sulaiman brown. lawmakers investigated claims from brown that during the campaign, gray's staff gave him cash and promised him a job if he took verbal jabs at the former mayor adrian fenty. after gray won the election, brown did get the job but was fired after a month. and a federal grand jury is still looking into brown's allegations. gray has denied from the beginning that there was any truth to the allegations. >>> well leading gop presidential candidate herman cain said he is the innocent victim of a witch hunt. at the national press club he responded to a report in politico.com that he sexually harassed two female employees while he headed the national restaurant association back in the 1990s. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone and those accusations are totally false. >> now politico withheld the women's names but did say the restaurant association reached a fiv

new amnesty program that could help you get rid of old speeding tickets. >>> the latest on reports ofa morning showdown at what is being called occupy wall street headquarters. >>> i'm live in martinez, the bell for first period here at he will ham bra high will ring in -- at alhambra will ring in about an hour. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. if you are heading to southern california it is going to be cooler in los angeles today 88° notice the fog there. san diego 72. planning a trip today lake tahoe comfortable 75° sacramento today 87. get more information on state travel by going to abc7news.com. now here's more news with eric. >>> 6:43 now. right now a house panel getting set to hold the latest in a series of hearings about solyndra. this time the house energy and commerce committee is investigating whether the energy department broke the law when it restructured solyndra's 535 million dollar loan in february. new e-mails show the treasury department was concerned the deal could violate federal law because it put repayment to private investors ahead of taxpayers,

. >>> on 9news now at 7:00, the ticket amnesty program is one of the stories we are following. we will talk about that and where the money is coming from tonight at 7:00. >> look forward to that, derek. >>> topper is outside taking in the halloween forecast. it's not quite ghoulish yet. >> not yet but it will but it will be dry if you are an early trick or treater. temperatures are in the low 50s. it's cool outside. 51 arlington. 50 bethesda. 52 in leesburg. the forecast, by 7:00 temperatures in the low 50s. by 8:00 temperatures around 50. by 9:00 temperatures in the upper 40s. it will be dry through 9:00. we will tell you when the showers will roll in. . >>> still to come on 9news now, fright night. a closer look at the lucrative business of scary people. ♪ [ jerry ] attention shoppers. your groceries are the size of idaho but the interest rate on your checking is small potatoes. earn more at capital one bank. get new high yield free checking. your interest rate will be 5 times the national average. that's huge. and free atms at any bank. free is good. sign up at capital one b

amnesty program for divers who have fines dating back -- for divers who have fines dating back to januarythe first six months of next year you will get a 50% discount. the amnesty does not apply to parking tickets or fines for wreckless driving or dui. >>> your smartphone might be able to save you money on taxies. here's jonathan bloom on the app that helps you share a ride and split the cost. >> i touch this window like this. >> reporter: dan wanted to solve a problem that is older than smartphones. the problem of finding a taxi. >> no open cabs to be found. cab after cab going by me with one person in it going downtown. >> reporter: the days he was lucky enough to get a cab he decided to try something. i would pull over for people who were waiting or trying to hail a cab asked if they wanted to share my cab downtown, i was never turned down. >> reporter: dan had found a need and set about creating an app for that >> you see another rider, you can tap their icon and chat with them. >> reporter: taxi share is social met working. live in chicago you tap where you are headed and finds peopl

an amnesty program for drivers who have fines dating back to january 1st, 2009.f you pay up in the first six months of next year, you will get a 50% discount. the state expects to raise 46 million dollars. the amnesty does not apply to parking tickets or fines for reckless driving and dui. >>> your smartphone might be able to save you money on taxis. here's jonathan bloom with the app that helps you share a ride and split the cost. >> i touch this window like this >> reporter: he wanted to solve a problem that is much older than smartphones. the problem of finding a taxi. >> no open cabs to be found. cab after cab going by with one person in it, going downtown. >> reporter: on the days he was lucky enough to get a cab he decided to fry something. >> i would pull over for people who were trying to -- hail a cab and asked if they wanted to share a cab. i was never turned down. >> reporter: dan had found a need and set about creating an app for that. >> you see another rider. you can tap their icon and chat with them. >> reporter: taxi share is social networking mee

. >> dcs ticket amnesty program appears to be paying off. department of motor vehicles started the program three months ago. people can pay up without penalty so far they have collected nearly $2 million there is still time to take advantage of the program. >> don't pay your traffic tickets it could effect your credit score. chevy chase village is using debt collectors to track down those ticketed by controversial speed cameras, now john good the sew you as always -- see you as always why are they going this route. >> it is so hard to collect unpaid parking tickets. in dc alone there are $355 million in outstanding parking tickets, and in new york city, $700 million that is the scope of the problem across the country, chevy chase village is going after your credit score if you don't pay up. >> a lot of people would have a bone to pick with them in the first place they have two speed cameras, block after block some times put a block on the third block, so three speed traps in three blocks now using debt collectors sounds like money making str

real valid social security numbers that reagan put in and all that is nine hundred eighty six amnesty program combined with his aggressive war on organized labor in effect told both employers and non citizens that there would be few penalties and many rewards to increase in the u.s. labor pool with undocumented immigrants thus driving drunk wages in the process so after reagan stopped and forcing employer penalties a million people a year continue to come across our southern border but they stopped returning to latin america every fall because instead of seasonal work they were able to find permanent jobs and what has been the magnet drawing them illegal employers so yes we need immigration reform and it needs to start with taking a stance against these corporate criminals we need to mandate huge fines for first offenses jail time for c.e.o.'s for second offenses and a corporate death penalty dissolving their charters to operate for repeat offenders get rid of the illegal employers and not only will the jobs of americans like tad's brother be protected but there will be far less incentive for

don't i think the term amnesty is for all i was going to be the reagan before reagan did his amnesty program but we never had a problem with people coming north and staying here it seems to me that there's a very clear association between the fact that reagan basically stopped and forcing against stopping first in actions against employers we had to preserve a program in the sixty's which was an awful racist program employers were on record they were counted they were they would say they were tracked all the way into the editing and all of a sudden we stand so i like immigrants i want them to stay here why why do you want to go back i think immigration for america i'm in favor of rational immigration but i think every country should be should should have a labor force that matches their new labor needs well i think that that's the problem is that we don't have a clear immigration strategy right now and i think that it would be hard pressed to argue that we don't have a problem we have a problem with too many people coming in illegally and you know unfortunately sometimes we talk about oh a c

program. the amnesty does not apply to parking tickets or final s for wreckless driving and dui. >> well, coming up next, san jose's little italy. >> the plans to turn one corner of the city into a slice of rome. we'll be back. edededed credit unions are hoping to cash in over anger over debit card fees in the south bay according to the business journal. >> several credit unions in the area have launched a campaign and hope to lure business from large retail banks such as bank america who cause as much as five dollars a month for credit card purchases. >> at the university of fresno, up to 47 students will be admitted to a pilot program. 1% of nurses nationwide have doctorates in nursing. >> and the historic italian union is expecting to undergo a face list. they are selling personalized walkway bricks for up to $250 a piece. you will find more on these headlines on the silicon valley business journal tomorrow. >> and we don't do weather words anymore but today was perfect. >> let's get more from sandy. >> yes, it was a warm afternoon. 90 degrees in places like livermore, concord. san jose getti

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type of program where people come out of the shadows of illegality when they work with a visa program. amnesty is not on the table. i'm not for the dream act. i am for citizenship the old- fashioned way and that is the reason we require these young people in texas to be working toward united states citizenship. >> who tracks the progress toward citizenship? >> the universities. that is the way the legislation was written. and then you don't have 50 dim -- different immigration policies. you bet arizona which i don't necessarily agree with everything about their loss. i joined them to support them and their right to pass their law as we did with alabama but having 50 different immigration laws is not good public policy. america needs to have one immigration policy in place for the 50 states which is one of the things they should be doing. in lieu of them doing their job and the states to have the right and the respect that right of putting issues into place but to go back, the issue of creating a work visa program where individuals -- this is where you pay your taxes, this is where you get a dr

listening to the far rightrick perry had a much more moderate view on immigration, on amnesty, on guest worker programsa piece, an editorial saying he supported a guest worker program, but that's not something you hear him talk about very often, and last night they used the phrase illegal aliens to refer to illegal immigrants. in a state like nevada where the population, as you said, is about 25% latino, that will do some damage to whoever makes it out of this primary come the general. if you look at the polls, obama now is doing pretty well among latinos. he's got about 65% support right now, but there is an opening for latinos who are looking for more support in terms of some of the issues that they care about, and those issues are jobs and, quite frankly, immigration as well. >> dee dee, when you look at the debate that we saw last night, as a latino, an american citizen now, how do you feel when you see people on that stage in the republican party, a party you recruit latinos for almost spitting out the material like illegal immigrants, sank ore. how do you sit there and feel as a republican latino

i was talking to a controller earlier today, and he said the new program gives controllers instant amnestythere's no skin in the game for the controller anymore because he doesn't have to fear about making a mistake. he said previously if a controller made a minor mistake, he would have to inform his supervisor immediately, and then the supervisor could make some kind of corrective action, or the supervisor would be better aware of what his employees are doing. now they basically go out on their break, they go down, log on, say they made a mistake, and there's no more retribution for these guys. >> we're pretty hard on these guys, scott. you got to look at the record, there's not been a major air disaster in this country for the better part of 10 years, so the system is for the most part working very effectively. >> no, absolutely. i saw a statistic this morning that told you are safer on a commercial aircraft you are sitting in your own living room. we have a tremendously safe system, but this kind of gets back to why the faa continues to push for the data. they know -- i mean, accidents

. >> we interrupt our regular programing to bring you this breaking news. >> reporter: the amnesty was announced with some fanfare. over although this footage didn't make it on to tell television, burma's most popular comedian swamped by well wishers after his release. he's called zaginaw, or tweezers in english. the government was a frequent target of his most a savage humor. "will you go back to "entertainment." asked one? "of course" he said. he was banned from performing in 2006 and given a 35-year sentence for criticizing the regime's relief efforts after a cyclone in 2008. yet his release, along with a handful of other government critics has been greeted warmly by some, including burma's de facto opposition leader aung san suu kyi. >> reporter: burma has a new government led by this man, he's promised a series of democratic reform bus human rights groups say today's move is simply not good enough. the crowds gathered in the afternoon sun to welcome their kin and welcome a change, a small chink of light in a country long covered in shadow. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. has said all pol

program. that's from my perspective amnesty is never on the table. i'm not for the dream act, i'm not for amnesty in any form or fashion. i for citizenship the old-fashioned way and that is the reason that we require these people in texas. you have to be working towards united states citizenship. >> one tracks the progress toward citizenship? >> the universities do. that was the way that piece of legislation was written in the university's. and then you don't have the 50 different immigration policies and that is the problem with what we have today with this border is you got arizona which i didn't necessarily agree with everything about the arizona law. i did join them in the amicus brief to support them and their right to pass that as we did with alabama. but having 50 different immigration laws it's not good public policy needs to have one immigration policy in place for the united states that is actually one of the things that they should be doing, but in lieu of them doing their job, the mistakes to have the right and i respect that right out pu

to the effectiveness of criminal enforcement programs like secure community programs and using it to move forward with amnesty related legislation. this is their statement. in june of this year and they report in this release, quote, ice union leaders say that since the no-confidence vote was released, problems within the agency have increased. citing the director's latest discretionary memo as one example, quote, any american concerned about immigration needs to brace themselves for what is coming said the president of national ice council that represents 7,000 agents, officers and employees, quote, goes on to say this is one of many ice policies stopping the enforcement of u.s. immigration laws in the united states. unable to pass the agenda through legislation administration is implementing it through agency columns. he goes on to note while emigrants and others were involved in this policy, no input in these policies was received from the agency and its employees which is one of the previous complaints they had. are you concerned about this? for two years it appears representative group for these officers

program. from my perspective, amnesty is never on the table. i am not for the dream act or amnesty. i am for citizenship the old- fashioned way which is the reason why require them to work towards being a citizenship. >> and 2 tracks their progress? >> the universities do. that was the way that piece of legislation was written. then you do not have 50 different immigration policies, and that is the problem with what we have today. we have arizona commo which i did not necessarily agree, and i did join them with an amicus brief to support them and their right to pass that, as we did with alabama, but having 50 different immigration laws is not good public policy. america needs to have one immigration policy in place which is one of the things they should be doing. in lieu of them doing their jobs, the states do have the right, and i respect that right, of putting these issues in the play. not to put too fine a point on it, but the issue of creating a work visa program for individuals, here's where you pay your taxes, get a driver's license, become a cantor. member of society, because

program -- in which country does a pull pop into a pub for a pint? >> hello. the release of potentially thousands of prisoners from jails in burma is underway. it's part of a long-awaited amnesty. we understand already around 120 political prisoners have been freed, including one prominent satarist. as many as 6,000 will be released. while many will have criminal convictions, the eyes of western diplomats will be fixed on how many of these detainees were being held for their politics. our correspondent, rachel harvey, is in bangkok in neighboring thailand. i asked her how many prisoners we're expecting to see. >> the total number of prisoners the government has set is just in excess of 6,500, 6,559 i think is the figure they stated yesterday. but the majority of those will not be political prisoners. and as you rightly said in your introduction, the eyes of the world will be on that total. that we do not know. no list has been made public of which prisoners are to be freed today. it looks as though at the moment the number of those considered to be political detainees who have been released today stands at somewhere around 100 and is expected to rise. now, in advance of this d

effectiveness of criminal enforcement programs like this secure community programs and using it as a selling point to move forward on amnesty-related legislation." this is their statement. in june of this year they report in this release "union leaders say that sends the no- confidence vote was released, problems with an agency had increased." citing the latest discretion every memo as one example. "any american concerned about immigration needs to brace themselves for what is coming." said the president of the national ice council that represents 7000. it goes on to say that this is just one of the many policies that is stopping the enforcement of u.s. immigration law in the united states. unable to pass the immigration law agenda -- agenda it is implementing it through agency policies. it goes on to note that while immigrants rights groups and others were involved in this policy, no input in these policies was received from the agency and its employees, which is one of the previous complaints they have had. first, are you concerned about this? for two years now it appears that the representative group for these officers h

effectiveness of criminal enforcement programs like this secure community programs and using it as a selling point to move forward on amnesty-related legislation." this is their statement. in june of this year they report in this release "union leaders say that sends the no-confidence vote was released, problems with an agency had increased." citing the latest discretion every memo as one example. "any american concerned about immigration needs to brace themselves for what is coming." said the president of the national ice council that represents 7000. it goes on to say that this is just one of the many policies that is stopping the enforcement of u.s. immigration law in theunable to pass the immigration implementing it through agency policies. it goes on to note that while immigrants rights groups and others were involved in this policy, no input in these policies was received from the agency and its employees, which is one of the previousfirst, are you concerned about this? for two years now it appears for two years now it appears that the representative

effectiveness of criminal enforcement programs like this secure community programs and using it as a selling point to move forward on amnesty-related legislation." this is their statement. in june of this year they report in this release "union leaders say that sends the no- confidence vote was released, problems with an agency had increased." citing the latest discretion every memo as one example. "any american concerned about immigration needs to brace themselves for what is coming." said the president of the national ice council that represents 7000. it goes on to say that this is just one of the many policies that is stopping the enforcement of u.s. immigration law in the united states. unable to pass the immigration law agenda -- agenda it is implementing it through agency policies. it goes on to note that while immigrants rights groups and others were involved in this policy, no input in these policies was received from the agency and its employees, which is one of the previous complaints they have had. first, are you concerned about this? for two years now it appears that the representative group for these officers h

i think you start looking at some type of program where people come out of the shadows of illegality and they work appropriately. amnesty is never on the table. i am not for the dream act, not for amnesty in any form or fashion item for citizenship the old-fashioned way. -- i am for citizenship the old- fashioned way. >> tracking their progress towards citizenship, who does? >> the universities. that was the way that piece of legislation was written. then you do not have 50 different immigration policies. that is the problem today with the porous border. you have at arizona, which i do not necessarily agree with everything with the arizona law, but i did support them and their right to pass that, as we did with alabama. but having 50 different immigration laws is not good public policy. america needs to have one immigration policy in place for the 50 states. that is one of the things they should be doing. doing theirof them job, the states have the right, and i respect that right. but to go back and not put too fine a point on it, but the issue of create a work visa program, or individuals, here is where you pay taxes,