you have the eeoc in there fighting. they are scary. >> sure that sound scary. >> how will you supposed to win against the eeoc and anthony to my point they are full of big words, reasonable accommodation. what does that even mean? it is reasonable. whatever you think is reasonable. >> these guys were probably just happy to be muslim. it really worked out. i'm sure they went through many tough times because they were and they were like we made the right choice or whatever. there was a similar case where the drivers were lining up at the airports and refused to go to the duty free shop and the airport was having trouble because we can't discriminate against these muslim drivers. then they are discriminating against you. >> isn't that the case the whole time? >> the cat is beginning to chase its tail for crying out loud and i don't even know what that means, but andy does. >> it is an analogy. you said you are a jew, but you will handle the ham hawk. >> i will handle it during the daylight hours with a bag and whatnot and

. >> the eeoc says it first tried to negotiate a settlement with the city but failed. >>> this will make your skin crawl. tonight another bay area library is closed because of bedbugs. menlo park closed its doors after the parasites were found in the building. those pests were crawling all over a chair. this is third week in a row that bedbugs have been found in a public library on the peninsula. the previous two times they turned up in palo alto. >> i'm wondering why. imthought it was an isolated incident, but every day it seems that there's another library that has them. >> the library spent the day getting rid of the bugs and will reopen in the morning. >>> tomorrow volkswagen's top executive is supposed to testify on capitol hill in the smog scandal. the company recalled millions of cars because of software that cheats emissions tests. vw plans to start fixing the cars in january. the automaker estimates it could take a year. some vehicles will get new software. others will need new parts. >>> get ready to see a lot more solar panels and wind farms after governor jerry brown signed s

emergency crews including a hazardous team called out to check a suspicious envelope outside the eeos -- eeocbuilding tonight. their block on m street northeast. officers called to check out an envelope with an unknown white substance and a note. it was found not to be hazardous. no word on what the letter said. after a brief shutdown on the street, traffic is back to normal. >>> nor problems at -- more problems at airports. long lines reported across the areas after issues with the u.s. custom border agency computers. passengers had delays at customs after technical issues. a spokesperson for dulles international says it's the automated kiosks that are done, but airports are still able tomanually process passengers. we are learning a short time ago that glitch has been fixed, but it may be slow going for awhile. >>> to prince georges county now. two men found shot in the 100 block of west mill avenue. both were rushed to the hospital, but their injuries are not believed to be life- threatening. police do not have information about who the victims are or who shot them. >> the mother of a repo

. >> reporter: the eeoc tried to negotiate a settlement with the city but failed. the case heads to federal court now. we did reach out to the attorney representing the city of milpitas. he says he has received the lawsuit and is reviewing it and has no further comment at this time. in milpitas, devin fehely, kpix 5. >>> a sour note for a soul singer. he was robbed during a video shoot in oakland. ♪[ music ] >> that's a previous video. he and his crew were held up monday by four people as they were packing up their equipment. two of the suspects were caught after a high-speed chase. two others still haven't been found. nobody was hurt during the robbery but some of the stolen equipment has already been recovered. >>> across the bay somebody stole massive bronze sculptures from an art display in san francisco. this is a replica of one of those sculptures. three of them disappeared from harry bridges plaza in front of the ferry building. they had been on display since the middle of july. organizers noticed that they disappeared sometime last month. the sculptures are

. >> the eeoc says it first tied to negotiate a settlement with the city but failed. >>> blue angelsre going to be practicing today around noontime. the skies are going to be bright and blue. right? >> they are going to be maneuvering around the bay between 2 and 4:00. what happens at noon? there's a kissing booth? >> just kidding. >> we were -- >> making plans. [ laughter ] >> all right. >> there is no sailor kissing booth on any of the piers. >> killjoy. >> i'm sorry. >> good morning, everybody. >> not a bad idea. >> heading outside. we have blue skies for the blue angels already. we are beginning to see sunrise as we peer out towards the bay waters. we actually have touring of the ships today beginning at 10 a.m. temperature-wise in the 50s and 60s. if you want a complete fleet week schedule you can visit us online at cbssf.com/fleetweek. 50s and 60s out the door this morning. later today warmer than yesterday up to 70 in pacifica. cool spot will be half moon bay in the mid-60s. 70s, 80s peninsula. 86 degrees morgan hill. low 90s tri-valley. meanwhile for the bay numbers stacking

the eeoc, the equal employment commission, why do they pick a situation like this where they are outwardly representing muslims, who knew before they took the job that they would be delivering alcoholic beverages? why take a job that's against your religion. >> this is the same arguments that the critics of kim davis made, saying why did she take the job? if you can't take the job, don't take the job. very different position from the same people who are now defending the muslims. >> correct. but in that situation, she should have passed that obligation to issue the same-sex marriage licenses onto somebody else. >> she should have been granted an accommodation, based on her religious beliefs as the muslims should have. but you either are sort of with them or against them on these religious accommodations. >> that's what is wrong with this with them or against them. i don't like the idea of the government getting involved. these are private disputes which the government has no interest. when the government picks and chooses winners and losers, it chooses specific private dispouts and decides

we had a surprise cut by the eeoc. -- pboc. argue -- how much more worried are you? that the figures that they give us are not real? eric: i think the growth numbers, i don't know. the people inom europe who deal with china to not see a slowdown beyond 6.5%. i think the numbers are up. now we get the stimulus. percent is still night enough. and there arentry pockets which are not doing so well. i am more about the longer-term outlook. in francine: the structural reforms they are talking about? these are not stock reforms. massacre -- massive demographic problem. it makes europe look like a walk in the park. it's a completely different situation. you have this need to change from to a consumer economy. it's massive. they have a real piece of work cut out for them. given what we are seeing, will markets focus on the wrong thing? everything is focused on the manufacturing numbers. erik: i think that's right. it's amazing how the world has changed from a year ago. everybody thought china would be just fine all the time. now they don't believe the numbers or the policies.

do you believe the department of labor or the eeoc could merely adopt this much broader joint employer standard without going through a rule making process? why do you suppose that osha is going around trying to figure out whether some employer is a joint employer when its job is really worker safety? >> the only answer i have for that, senator, is it appears to be part of a concerted effort by labor and its allies to hold incredible leverage over employers by being able to federal agencies to step outside of the bounds for which they were created by congress to protect and try and go after other areas that then give labor leverage in various ways in our economy. i don't understand osha's reach, and i certainly think it is possible that other federal agencies will try the same thing and try and extend the nlrb's bfi decision. >> thank you, senator murray. >> mr. rubin, let me start with you. i think we all know we have a lot of workers today who are struggling with stagnant wages, poor working conditions on the job, and you have worked with a lot of them. oftentimes those works have ve

do you believe the department of labor or the eeoc could morley adopt this much broader joint employer standard without going through a rule-making process? and why do you suppose that osha is adopting -- is going around trying to figure out whether some employer is a joint employer when its job is really worker safety? >> the only answer i have for that, senator, is it appears to be part of a concerted effort by labor and its allies to hold incredible leverage over employers by being able to use federal agencies to step outside of the bounds for which they were created by congress to protect and try and go after other areas to then give labor a leverage in various ways in our economy. i don't understand osha's reach, and i certainly think it is possible that other federal agencies will try the same thing and try and extend the nlrb's browning farris decision to their statutes to try to expand the scope of liability. >> thank you. senator murray? >> mr. reuben, let me start with you. i think we all know that we have a lot of workers today who are struggling with stagnant wages, poor wo

do you believe that the department of labor or the eeoc could merely adopt this much broader joint employer standard without going through a rulemaking process? why do you suppose that osha is adopting -- is going around trying to figure out whether some employer is a joint employer when its job is really worker safety? mr. kisicki: the only answer i have for that, senator, it appears to be part of a concerted effort by labor and incredible o hold leverage over employers by being able to use federal agencies to step outside of the bounds for which they were created by congress to protect and try and go after other areas that then give labor leverage in various ways in our economy. i don't understand osha's reach and i certainly think it is possible that other federal agencies will try the same thing and try and extend the nlrb's b.f.i. decision are, our browning-ferris -- or browning-ferris, to try and expand the scope of liability. senator alexander: thank you. senator murray. senator murray: mr. rubin, let me start with you. we know we have workers that are struggling with stagnant wages,

2000 and used to deploy to joint field offices i can remember literally sitting on the floor at some eeoc somewhere without connectivity to the internet with whatever i could carry with me in terms of reference materials until someone could set up a table and computer for me. today an attorney may still be sitting on the floor but they'll have internet connectivity, have that reference material and they can hit the ground running and time is of the essence in a response environment so they are never at a loss for the materials they need and so the responsiveness has improved dramatically. and of course the timeliness of our advice is critical. so these tools, the technology that we provide has made it -- made a huge difference in terms of timeliness factor. >> so keeping on point here with -- on the preparedness side of things, marie-claire, the district put together a legal handbook, some would argue perhaps modeled off of fema's dlr. what was the driving force behind the district taking that step, a step that quite frankly many other local jurisdictions have not taken. >> so as adrian s

so, the feds literally sent investigators in, it's the eeoc, the commissioners of which are appointedt and the investigators said, well, you could change this delivery route and you could rebottle the trucks this way, so at that these guys can have a beer-free truck. so you have federal agents telling private industry how to run their businesses based upon a political model rather than leaving these businesses alone to run themselves as their owners see fit. that's where we are in america today. stuart: that's incredible. that means that-- now, let's turn it around. supposing the delivery company had said, i'm sorry, we're not going to employ you, you're muslims and you're not going to deliver beer in which case it would have gone back to court because you have to hire them-- >> the 1964, act, hiring, promoting based on religious preference. this is a far bigger case of too many laws, we have laws which contradict each other. how does one obey a law when one could get ensnared no matter how one complied with it as you just pointed out. what do you do with these guys? they are capable,