padilla has set is sights on a new goal... million teens preregister by november of 2020. tag. to get rid of the gas tax... are now proposing another ballot measure...one designed to fix our roads without charging californians more at the pumps.(catherine) however - it would be at the cost of the state's high-speed rail project. kron4's ryan o'donnell joins us with more..... ryan? the idea... is to talk about it now... before proposition 6 is voted-on in november. prop-6 would repeal the gas tax, state law makers and the governor approved last year. supporters of prop-6 say they'll file a proposed inititiative that would designate existing tax revenues for transportation projects. but by doing this... it would halt the 77- billion dollar high-speed train project. the proposed idea would require all sales tax on cars, car insurance and some traffic fines, go towards transportation projects, city buses, lightrail and bike lanes. although, opponents of prop-6 say it's already happening with the approval of prop-69 this past june.

. >> reporter: mercedes martinez padilla is the president of the teacher's federation of puerto rico. >> teachers are very anxious. teachers fear that they may lose their jobs. teachers are being relocated to distant schools because of school closures. a lot of them don't have transportation. they are in fear they may lose their benefits, their rights, their salaries, their pensions, so it's very bad for teachers right now. >> reporter: padilla says school closings have resulted in overcrowded classrooms and children in special educatio without services. padilla sees a more singster loerm agenda to destabilize education.he >>shut down schools, they create chaos in the public education system. people ask for privatization. they make a business and theyke a profit out of it. >> reporter: padilla is referring to the perhaps the most contentious change: governor ricardo rossellÓ andde keleher'sion to embrace charter schools. they are publicly funded schooly that are privaun. charter schools were illegal in puerto rico until this year. the boys and girls cluof puerto rico runs the island's

padilla has set is sights on a new goal... hopes half a million teens preregister by november of 2020. tag. the san jose housing department says that only 64 units of affordable housing were completed by housing were affordable 64 units of says that only department housing the san jose the san jose housing department says that only 64 units of affordable housing were completed by the end of the 20-18 fiscal year in june. that's far short of the city's goal of 10-thousand by 20-22. the new report says that roughly 600 more units are under construction. in november... residents will vote on measure v ... if passed - it will set aside another $450 million dollars to build affordable housing. (pam) an update now on a controversial homeless housing proposal in the south bay. san jose county supervisors voted 3-2 to accept a bid to demolish the old city hall building- which the county owns ... some wanted to be converted into temporary ... transitional housing for people in need. san jose county officials heard from the community to

>> reporter: union leader padilla is pushing for keleher to pay teachers more, limit class sizes andforget about charter schools. >> the government used the hurricane as an excuse toei achieve plans of privatization. >> when you're trying to implement change, that's a remarkable moment in time. you're normally notive an kind stop button, right, and then a restart button. it created a receptiveness t some of the ideas. >> former u.s. secretary of education john king has a personal connection to the island. >> so this is a picture of my mother and her younger brother. my mother was born in puerto rico and came to the bronx when she was a kid. >> king, who is now the p >> reporter: king, who is now he president of a nonprofit, the education trus in the past supported both traditional and charter public schools. says the bigger point i that the federal government should be doing much more to rebuild puerto rico. >> nearly as many people died in the aftermath of hurricane maria as died in 9-11. there's a lack of recognnion many parts of the mainland that puerto rico really is a full part

secretary of state alex padilla announced california teens are making history. since the launch of california's pre- registration program, more than 200,000 16 and 17 year olds have pre-registered to vote. the program launched two years ago and padilla says about 100,000 have turned 18 and will be able to cast their ballot in the upcoming election. getting the youngest voters to turn out on election day has been a priority for padilla. <"but if the energy and excitement i've been seeing at the many high schools i've been to across the state of california..is any indicator.. i know we're going to see them at the polls. i have no doubt.">(catherine) in the bay area - an estimated 39,000 teenagers have pregistered. coming up at eight... a training exercise went terribly wrong. why one fire department is taking heat..... for using a dead person to teach firefighters new skills. also - a man has been detained after being accused of assaulting a woman at an east bay bart station. we'll explain what happened. a six-year- old boy is back at home with his mom... after be

secretary of state alex padilla is a great booster of motor voter registration and its efficiency and now has to clean up the mess the dmv created with the erroneous voter registrations. padilla said in a written statement, i am extremely disappointed and deeply frustrated that the dmv's administrative error caused inaccurate voter information tr elections officials. in sacramento county, you can register to vote and make changes up to the day of the election. elsewhere it's up to the voter to make sure the information is write or you may get the wrong ballot or no ballot. >> you know if you have done business this year, if you put anything on your voter registration card, if you are registering for the first time, if you changed any information, call the voter registration office and make sure that your information is correct. >> reporter: to put things in perspective, the dmv has registered 1.4 million voters. and the mistakes represent less than 1% of the total. still, expect candidates to make political hay over the issue in an election year. in sacramento, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> co

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california secretary of state alex padilla announced today more than 209,000 16 and 17- year-olds have preregistered to vote, but the political atmosphere appears to be taking a toll. according to reports, nearly half of 16 and 17-year-olds registered with no party preference. if you have not registered already, the final day to register to vote online or by mail is october 22nd or you can register in person on election day tuesday, november 6th. >>> a fairfield man's lunch date with his wife ends with a knife in the chest. >> we've all heard of general neutral bathrooms. on the cal campus they're taking it to a new level. >> a miraculous tale of survival, how one teen survived weeks lost at sea. just having lunch with his wife... he was suddenly attacked! reporter angela musallam w >>> a scary ordeal for an 80- year-old fairfield man after having lunch with his wife. >> he was suddenly attacked. here's the details on what happened next. >> yeah. i was right there. >> reporter: 80-year-old ed monroe is standing strong nearly a week after he was attacked by a transient inside this burge

. >> reporter: carlos padilla who owns rental property says rent control ignores the basic laws of economics, that his cost for the upkeep and a maintenance aren't a capped at 5%. >> rent control is well intentioned and a good idea in theory, but some of the unintended consequences are that there's lost revenue to the city, to the county, to the state. >> reporter: the organize verse the campaign to repeal or rewrite some of the city's rent control rules missed a critical deadline for the november ballot. they now have their sights set on 20/20 but they adamantly deny the accusations that they have been dishonest with voters. >> i don't believe. i've met many signature gatherers. >>> we're following breaking news in vallejo. chopper 5 live over a walgreens store on springs road. we're told 18 people are being treated after pepper spray was released inside the store. it's not clear if people need to be transported to the hospital. we're going to stay on top of this breaking news story. vallejo police are still investigate what happened. >>> we have breaking news out of washington, d.c. just g

reportero: no fue fÁcil llegar a david sÁnchez padilla, el artista que todos conocen como "tempo". >>me criÉ. vengo aquÍ se me ponen los pelos de punta. se puede. las oportunidades existen. >> el respeto llega. las clases tambiÉn le recuerdan el curso de su camino. >> yo querÍa salir de ese lugar, yo querÍa ser alguien y optÉ por el narcotrÁfico. ♪ ♪ >> cuando comencÉ mi carrera, me llamaban templo, pero un amigo mÍo que asesinaron decidiÓ ponerme tempo, porque yo me salÍa de ritmo. yo estoy bien orgulloso de mi familia y ellos me inculcaron buenas cosas. mi madre tenÍa platos y ella ponÍa mÚsica de rap y me interesÉ por esa mÚsica, pero no la cantaba. a mÍ me gustaba cantar baladas. mi Ídolo de la mÚsica se llama ricardo montaner. reportera: un incidente con armas le obligÓ a salir de ponce. fue el barrio donde se criÓ. >> no pude terminar nunca la es la superior. reportera: en 1998, el rapero del mexicano lo invitÓ a participar de su city. >> cumplÍ mi sueÑo. la persona que acusaron conmigo de narcotrÁfico, no sÉ si el resto fue historia. reportera: Él tiene miles de seguidores. por

the agency sent a letter to secretary of state alex padilla and that explained that technicians had more than one customer record open on computer screens and those records were inadvertently merged. the mistakes affected vote by mail options, language and political party selections. >> it's one thing to wait hours and hours online to get the registration. it is another thing altogether to walk into the dmv and to walk out with your registration changed and you have not given them permission or you don't even know about it. >> people affected by this will be getting notices in the mail urging them to check their voter registration status. >>> time now 4:42. investigators trying to figure out what caused this plane to go down. what we are learning about the final moments before the crash. chopper 5 captured wsterday... scene of a deadly plane crash in palo alto. chopper 5 captured the wreckage yesterday still in the mud. that play ograying a 16- year-old girl and her mother from reading to a medical appointment at stanford children's hospital. they survived but the pilot died. that pilot

((topo padilla- president of golden state bail agents association)) "if somebody is out on bail, thattest opportunity and chances for that person to make all their court dates and that justice will be served." critics also say it could lead to longer incarcerations for more people...but supporters of the new law, including the governor, say it treats the rich and poor fairly. the effort needs 366 thousand signatures to qualify for the ballot."i've gotten calls from people all over the country asking what can we do, not just from my industry, but people that know this: what happens in california usually spreads across the country, and they don't want this to happen." ((ashley)) if the groups can round up the required signatures in less than 90 days. voters will decide in 2020 on whether or not to bail out the bail bond industry. soc soc industry. soc (vicki) also tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. (grant) starting in the east bay... where police in hayward are looking for a man after a deadly shoot

i was not involved in crafting those do you say you have nothing to do with the hamdon and padilla cases, that you weren't involved in the conversation about access to counsel for detainees. that you weren't involved in president bush's decision on assigning statement on the mccain torture amendment? are you saying that none of those things occurred? >> senator, what i've made clear is i understood your question then and i still understand it now and i understood my answer then and i still understand it now to be about those legal memos. i was not read in that program. senator durbin: not the question i ask, do you deny the three specific instances where you were involved inquest involving detention and interrogation?

lady from palm springs, california, kate zena, and a lady from new york and several -- elizabeth padillam texas. there was so many -- and trudy. all these ladies got together and started a message on facebook. they were determined to get me out of there. they were going to buy a car for me, but the dealer couldn't get out of the area to get to a dealership, so they found a u-haul. they paid for this and gave me money. total strangers did this for us. >> love that. how are the pups? >> they're doing great. we're here with my cousin, don stevens, in crossville, tennessee. we're at his condo. even though it was a good ride for them, they're doing great. we got here about 4:00-something this morning, and they're doing really well. i've had them out several times and they know as long as mom is here, everything is okay. >> isn't that amazing? dogs just know. dogs just know. >> we just got word from back home that they're without power already. my neighbors are all gone, so i don't know what's going on with my house right now. we'll just wait until further in the week. kate, this lady with the

. >> people may know the name josi padilla, as well. what you got at the time actually helped. >> that is correct. al qaeda, believe it or not, they are very bureaucratic with keeping notes and things like that. they have an application form, essentially, for people who apply to become an al qaeda member. he had applied. we had boxes of stuff we had gotten in the governor's compound, which was held by al qaeda before we moved in there. there was still stuff they had not gotten rid of. we found that point it turned out it was his application form and had his fingerprints on it. it was used in trial. mark, who did the sorting, testified in his trial as to the chain of custody of that information. >> so if you are starting your own terrorist organization, leave the bureaucracy behind. have a streamlined application process. we talked about bureaucracy, but when everybody gets out of your way is arguably the most important. you now have two different afghan leaders in the same city, brought in by two different teams. who are, essentially, r

the agency sent a letter to secretary of state alex padilla explaining that technicians had the records of multiple customers open at the same time on computer screens and those records were inadvertently merged. the mistakes affected vote by mail options, language and political party selections. >> it's one thing to wait hours and hours online to get the registration. it is another thing altogether to walk into the dmv and to walk out with your registration changed and you have not given them permission or you don't even know about it. >> people affected will be getting notices in the mail. >>> the tsa is no longer considering ending security screening at dozens of small airports. the proposal to end screening at 150 low volume airports across the country was one of ata congional committee week,th agency's chief >> we not reducing our presence at low volume airports. in fact, quite the contrary. i think we need to improve our security profile at smaller airports and so the reports that we were going to pull away from 150 airports around the country, that's not what we're doing. >> secu

combatants, hamdi and padilla. you confirmed that in our meetings and there are e-mails that support that fact. you were involved, and this is one i want to be specific about. you were involved with president bush's 2005 signing statement on senator john mccain's amendment banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees, and you confirmed that in the meeting. there were no exceptions in your answer given to me in 2006, not for litigation or detapee access to counsel or the mccain torture amendment. so if those three, based on the limited documents we've been given are obvious, what were you trying to tell me here? did you really disclose accurately your role? >> yes, i understood the question then, and my answer then, and i understand -- >> people have human rights. we're allowed to -- >> go ahead. >> i understood the question then and the answer then n i understand the question now and the answer now to be 100% accurate. you were concerned about whether i was involved in the program that two other nomi

do you deny being involved in the three specific areas do you say you had nothing to do with the padillases, that you weren't involved in the conversation about access to counsel for detainee, that you worn the involved in president bush's decision on assigning statement on the mccain torture amendment? are you saying none of those things occurred? >> i understood your question then, and i still understand it now. i understood my answer then. i still understand it now. i was not read into that program. i was not involved. my name does not appear in senator feinstein's report. >> that's not the question i asked. do you deny the three specific instances where you were involved in questions involving detention and interrogation? >> that was the question i saw that you asked at the time of that hearing, and my answer was then and is now, as senator feinstein's report shows and as the profession gnal responsibil report shows, i was not read into that program. >> i'm not asking about that program. i'm asking about three specific instances. feinstein is my defense. she came to my rescue. she wa

interrogation, turns out in specific instances that was not true, involved in discussions of detainees and in padilla detainees and torture amendment, he refuses to tell the advice on the law, what is it worth for these witnesses to stand before our committee, raise our hand and take an oath if they turn around and say things that are not true to us and are not held accountable, is there any credibility in this committee, what credibility is there for the witness under these circumstances, this request for subpoena documents related to archives related to rules governing detention goes to the heart of why we even administer an oath, what's the purpose if we are not holding witnesses to tell the truth and when they hold to tell the truth not holding them accountable, why do we waste time in the committee in doing it, i'm asking for documents to be presented, if they end up clearing, mr. kavanaugh from what i think were contradictions on the face sobeit, but if they don't, it's a very serious time for a man seeking lifetime appointment. >> i disagree, the clerk will call the roll on the durbin motion.

jason padilla paddlein a canoe, through what had been streets. >> this is-- it's bereal, n.i aid earlier, man, you only see this in tv. i never thought i'd see this. >> reporter: and it's expected to get even worse. forecasts show heavy flooding could reach 250 miles inland in north carolina-- and with it, tragedy. today, 170 milesest of the coast in new salem, police found the body of a one-yearld boy. the child was swept away in floodwaters on sunday when his mother lost her grip on him. >> they searched and searched and searched for the child and the child was found this morning. >> reporter: in another inland city-- fayetteville-- 100 miles from the coast, the downtown is largely under water. officials have ordered new evacuations, worried the cape fear river will go higher still. >> basically, i just stacked up the chairs because i thinking maybe if we did flood, it uld probably just come up to here, just to save a little bit of what i have. >> reporter: waheeda reese and her daughter anissa rode out the storm initially, but by sunday, they were forced to pack up and le

>> well, look, manny padilla is a patriot. a great chief out there. he has a lot on his plate. if this wall doesn't get funded while they have all this power, that it won't get funded. and look, i've been doing this 35 years, you talk to people on the border, i used to be a border patrol agent. there is thousands of aliens coming through every night. once they built the border, crossings went down. proven in san diego, el paso, they need to replace the fencing because it is in bad shape. we need new wall construction beyond what is existing and need to make that happen. this president has the right idea. we need to support him on this. what irritates me the most, this shouldn't be a partisan issue. every democrat on the hill, number one responsibility is securing this country. what is the downside? there is no downside. they need to be doing their jobs and protect the border regardless of democrats or republican. they need to do the job. they'd rather put politics and hatred of president trump over protecting the american people. i find that disgusting. >> that's a great point,

your discussions about the access to counsel for detainees, your involvement in the hamdi and padilla cases, and your involve with president bush's signing statement. judge kavanaugh, you say that words matter. you claim to be a texturalist when you interpret other people's words but don't want to be held accountable for the plain meaning of your own words. why is it so difficult for you to acknowledge your response to the question and acknowledge that at least your answer was misleading, if not wrong? >> senator, you had a concern at the time of the 2006 hearing which was understandable. whether i had been involved in crafting the detention policies, interrogation policies that were so controversial that the legal memos had been written in the department of justice that were very controversial. as you know, as the committee knew then, two judicial nominees to the courts of appeals had been involved in working on some of the memos related to that program. senator feinstein led the intelligence committee investigation of that matter. produced a massive report. large, unclassified repor