amazon has over 10,000 affiliate's in the state driving business to amazon every single day. what ab 153 would do is state very clearly that those affiliate's relationships, the sales agents for them sun and others, create business in the state and therefore should collect sales tax. amount to briefly explain the notion of the affiliate's and sales agent. there are affiliate's who are, for instance, schools. mice -- my son's school was an amazon affiliate's. they said if we went to the website and bought a copy of the book the fifth grade class was reading, amazon would give them a little kick back. authors do this themselves to sell their books. they send people on their web sites to amazon and get a commission back. amazon will tell you that those people, sales agents, are creating a link on their web site. amazon -- we could argue that point. there are many other affiliates who have e-mail lists and websites. amazon provides weekly list of specials, just like what you get when stay in your mail from what the market are safe with, the things you get from local stores. emma'

we hope that amazon and over stock rethink these bull he -- bullying tactics. >> amazon is not goingo blink. >> reporter: he says the law could backfire if businesses leave california. >> they can just shift across the border to nevada. >> reporter: as for mindy, she feels caught in the middle. >> this hurts, though. this feels personal. aren't there bigger fish to go after? was this the one we need to do pick, because it's going to hurt a lot of little people. >> reporter: and so a short time ago, we got a last minute e-mail from amazon. he says: this legislation is counter productive and will not cause our retail business to collect sales tax for the states. it looks like they will not be doing that if you buy from them on friday. it will be up to the board of equalization to try to get the taxes from them or assess any penalties. >> they know where you are and they will come get it. all right. thank you. >>> gasoline prices are apparently causing a hardship and forcing some to take desperate measures. there have been nearly two dozen reports of gas siphoning from neighborhoods in

amazon. amazon won blink. >> reporter: says the law backfires if the businesses will leave california. >> if they can shift across the border to nevada and do this, they probably will. >> reporter: as for mindy, she feels caught in the middle. >> this hurts though. this feels personal. this feels like aren't there bigger fish to go after? was this low enough hanging fruit? it's going to hurt a lot of little people. >> reporter: kiet do, cbs 5. >> we received an email last night from an amazon executive who says, this legislation is counterproductive and will not cause our retail business to collect sales tax for the state. >>> survivors of the san bruno pipeline explosion are upset that safe and sane fireworks are still legal in their city. san bruno is one of a dozen bay area cities that allows the sale and use of these fireworks. a lot of charities and sports programs depend on that money raised from fireworks sales. last september, that blast killed eight people and destroyed dozens of hom

with amazon. and amazon is not going to blink. >> reporter: cnet has been covering the issue for ten years. they say the law could backfire if businesses leave california. >> it's going to drive them out of state because firefighter they can just shift a-- because if they can just shift across the border to nevada, they probably will. >> reporter: mindy feels caught in the middle. >> this hurts. this feels personal. aren't there bigger fish to go after? was this the one we needed to pick? was this low enough hanging fruit? it's only going to hurt a lot of little people. >> reporter: kiet do, cbs 5. >> we received an email from an amazon executive to says this legislation is counterproductive and won't cause our retail business to collect sales tax for the state. >>> hybrid drivers are losing their unique right to drive in the fast lane. they had that right now for six years in the state program to reward drivers. all electric and compressed natural gas vehicles will get to use their stickers throu

: welch is one of 10,000 10,000 amazon affiliates in california. some mom and pop operations, others large marketing companies with employees. almost any son sumatraer item can be found for a rangen of prices, some with sales tax, some without -fpltd but, those feeling it first, and worst are the people who sent amazon isso much business before today >> the sales i would have referred to amazon, i might put a link to barns and noble or target. com. >> reporter: california is the seventh state to pass similar laws and amazon has dropped iassociates in those states, too, where it is suing >> >> a southern california based online advertising network bought social networking site my space and singer, actor justin timberlake reportedly has a stake in the deal. rupert murdoch bought it for $580 million. today, specific media announced it bought my space. $35 million, 6 percent of the original price. no word on the size of timberlake's stake >> >> rescue from mens in a sáeupbing boat. it started with a may day call at midnight. the crew radios they were a

. >>> if you buy from amazon or itunes your bill is going up. the change impacting every online purchase from stores that you can only find online. >>> pink slips as a get out of jail card. better yet for criminals no jail at all. the message community leaders say is being spread to the wrong crowd. >>> what is good for the goose is not good for the gander that's if the goose is a sea lion and the gander is salmon. the fight that has other states out to kill one of our noisiest attractions. >> i'm dane king, good evening. >> i'm i'm ken bastida. is it a real solution and will the governor approve of it. the assembly approved the bills to cut into the remaining 9.6 billion deficit including raising local sales taxes by a quarter of a percent. cutting $3 billion from schools. >> given the tools at our disposal we are doing our jobs. >> what you'll get is basically a band-aid. >> if they did not make it lawmakers for the first time would stop getting paid. governor brown says that he is going to review the plan before deciding whether to sign it. >

about a quarter of the books on amazon's top 100 list were a dollar or less. and when you're talking about selling more e-book units than physical book units, i have no doubt that amazon is telling the truth, but we really have to look at it from a fresh perspective all the time. um, consumers aren't as hungry and sophisticated as we like to think they are. i'm actually going to cover that more later. but the other thing is, and this is actually increasingly hard to quantify, the mechanism of book discovery is very much interconnected between print and tingal. now, i always bump into people who own a kindle, they love it, they evangelize about it and say how transformative it is to be able to see somebody with a print book and download it at that appointment and start -- moment and start reading it. there's no doubt that is transformative, but it's only transformative if person with the kindle sees somebody with a print book in the first place. [laughter] so just -- and, also, i can't tell you how many independent booksellers have mentioned to me they've seen

not just from amazon. amazon happens to be the biggest. but, amazon has bailed out of its affiliate agreement with small stores in the past. if you are a small toy company in california and sell through amazon what state lawmaker did is one of the worst things that happened to you if amazon bails on that agreement and you can't ship through amazon. the other thing is pandora. >> how did they do? >> they didn't exactly rock. the easy listening, the coit of ipos. >> where is dalila? >> slightly above the initial price after heavy trading. up about 9%. it was much more than pandora estimated a couple weeks ago they set up a price much lower and kept bumping it up. you look at it broadly it turned out pretty well. a couple billion is okay. >> not bad. >> a billion here, a billion there. >> all 18 din a day's work. >> california home prices down in general. there is a bright spot. bob? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. if you live in palo alto or some of the towns here in silicon valley be surprised, you probablyealize eq iuityt equity is up or

book, i'd write a book about amazon, but amazon would make sure i'd never sell the book. [laughter] actually, i'm sure amazon doesn't care what the books inside sell, they just want to sell items. and that's actually part of the problem. they're good and efficient at selling widgets at a cheap price and by considering every book to be a commodity rather than a discreet cultural item, they do great harm to people who write books for a living and people who sell books for a living livd people who publish books for a living. at the same time, for people who read it's a great deal. it just so happens that we subsidize, we have huge government subsidies for amazon because if you buy my book in this store, you have to pay sales tax, and if you buy it on amazon, you don't have to pay sales tax. oh, i didn't say that. we have government policies that make amazon richer and challenge stores like this, and that's a shame, and that shouldn't happen. but it is the case. amazon has, had a heavy hand in all it negotiations with publishers. it's been dictating the terms in terms of the

in the amazon associates program". san francisco based ebates got a similar letter. being cut off could mean a 20% loss in business and put some of its employees in jeopard. everything from layoffs. at least a freeze of hiring. we have one growing and hiring people the last few years up until leaving the state. >> assembly woman nancy skinner has been trying for years to push through the so-called amazon tax. >> if amazon decides to be the bully that they threatened to be we have lots of great barnes andsears, borns and noble, home depot. >> amazon cut ties in arkansas, connecticut and illinois when those states cut similar laws. interestingly, they did not cut ties to new york. nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >>> california is the 7th and largest state in the country to pass a law to collect taxes on out-of-state internetales. illinois, arkansas and connecticut acted earlier this year. north carolina, rhode island and new york since 2008. other states currently are considering similar bills. and by thet that supershuttl

desiree just bought these jeans online through an amazon affiliated company.he uses amazon.com for all her purchases, but that may soon change. a new state law requires amazon and other large out of state retailers to collect sales taxes on all online purchases by california customers. >> i won't buy as much. because the main reason i go out of state is because it's only shipping and price, there's no tax. so i won't buy as much now because i don't like paying tax. >> reporter: the law goes into effect on friday. it's part of the state's plan to reduce the budget gap with an expected $300 million from the new online sales tax. >> i don't think it's fair, because you're not buying from california. why does california have to put a tax on something not in their state? >> reporter: internet retailers had a competitive price advantage over brick and mortar retailers like target and small mom and pop businesses. owner eric johnson supports the state's move to charge the sales tax. >> sales tax needs to be charged for internet sales, because taxes need to be collect

amazon severs its state ties. what's more, some shoppers say with an increased online sales tax, their shopping will slow down. >> i won't buy as much. because the main reason i go out of state is because it's only shipping and price. there's no in between, plus tax. i won't buy as much now because i'm only paying tax. >> amazon sent an e-mail saying we oppose this bill because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. similar legislation in other states has led to job and income losses and little if any news, tax revenue. >>> well, from pop superstar to high tech, a former member of 'n sync now owns a part of myspace. for more on that news before the bell, let's talk to nicole lapin. >> there's no other news besides j.t. out this morning. a couple of other things. futures are higher after wall street put in some modest gains yesterday. they say the recent rally may be due to the usual end of quarter window dressing of sorts by mutual and hedge fund managers. asian markets rose overnight on the greek news. eur

. >> amazon revenge against california and we just learned what it is refusing to do. >> the battle overraditional food heats up. the voice out against an enxpensive soup. >> and high gas prices have robbers using an old trick. the neighborhoods they are targeting. good evening. i'm ken batista. >> just act an hour ago amazon said it won't charge california customers sales tax which is a requirement part of the new state budget. that is not the only way they are using their muscle. >> reporter: for mindy roberts the bomb shell e-mail came today. >> angry. confused. >> reporter: she is for now a so calendar amazoz affiliate. now they have cut off 25,000 in california. >> we are dumping you and because somebody said -- someone wants you to conform and we don't want to agree with it. >> reporter: for them the can amazon it's what they have done in other states. there is then no physical presence and therefore no need for sales tax. one of the author of the new law gave a statement saying cutting ties won't change the fact that under our e fair law they will still need to collect sales tax.

in california. >> amazon says the online sales tax is unconstitutional. the company cites a 1992 supreme court ruling that says companies cannot be required to charge sales tax if they don't have a physical presence in the state. >>> all right. i hope you're enjoying that warm weather out there because it might be going away. >> somebody went to the beach with his daughter yesterday and had a ball. >> and what a time it was! it was gorgeous out there. but out at the beaches today, that's where it's going to be tough. we'll see more low clouds and fog developing, some of that trying to form this morning, just patchy so far. a few high clouds overhead. high pressure beginning to weaken and that means we'll see cooler sea breezes and that will drop temperatures. starting out fairly mild inland. a lot of 50s and 60s at the coast. 49 degrees in pacifica. patchy fog beginning to show up there. this afternoon still warm, 80s in many places inland, 82 degrees livermore, 86 fairfield, 83 concord. inside the bay you will feel the influence of the sea breeze, 79 in

. >> some shop on amazon to avoid sale's tax. >> reporter: it was passed as part of the state budget. it would create $200 million a year. so this 142-dollar tax free purchase of shoes would cost 159 with tax. many online shoppers said the online sales tax was just a matter of time. >> just kind of a bummer. i have been expecting it for a while so it's not like its surprising. >> if it impacts prices can won't be great but it won't change my habits. >> reporter: amazon has cut ties with thousands of advertisers in sales tax where states passed the law. >> they won't pull out of california. they mate say we won't offer agreements with people, small businesses that sell through amazon in california. >> reporter: lawmakers passed online sales tax requirement in 2009 but the governor vet oh, d it. expect the battle to go to court. amazon calls it not constitutional because a ruling said companies can't be required to charge sales tax if they don't have a physical presence in the state. >> lot of companies and states when you look at this one. >> yes. it could set a precedent. >> thank you

the brazilian amazon is home to as many as 68 uncontacted tribes, including this one, whose pictures 2008, making many of us feel as if we were staring into the faces of our ancient selves. to protect them from exposure to the outside world, only rarely do government officials initiate first contact, as seen in this extraordinary video. in 1990, abc's john quinones visited one tribe that had had only minimal outside contact. and could not comprehend our music. >> he wants to know if that's a foreign language he's listening to. >> reporter: when i visited a similar tribe in 2008, they were mesmerized by my video ipod. but said they wanted to retain their ancient lifestyle, despite what many of us might consider inconveniences. this is a sensitive question, but if you want to be alone with your wife, you want to be intimate with your wife, you're living in this room filled with people. how do you have privacy? the people we met were warm and funny -- but also scared. they say outsiders are bringing destruction, disease and violence. we visited one tribe with only six members left. ♪ it

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the new state budget includes what is already being called the amazon tax. internet retailers like amazon will be required to collect sales tax from californians who buy from its dot-com affilliates here. other retailers contract out with 25,000 small california businesses which provide links to their sites. san francisco-based e base .com says there will be economic consequences. >> everything from layoffs and they have seized hiring. we are people who have been hiring people the last few years. >> amazon is cutting ties with the california-based affilliates like it did in arkansas, illinois and connecticut when they approved laws like the one governor brown just signed. >>> president obama is challenging republicans in congress to raise the nation's debt ceiling. at a white house news conference today, the president suggested keeping congress in session over the 4th of july holiday unless significant progress is made this week. he says ending tax breaks for the wealthy must be part of the deal. >> the tax cuts i'm proposing we get rid of are tax breaks for

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and amazon doesn't? >> the law only previously required retailers with a presence in california to collect a sales tax. e-tailers got away with not collecting the money because they zront a store front on his state. they contract with 25,000 known as affiliates, providing links to sites. now that the new law is forcing sites to start collecting sales tax from california residents, buying from affiliates, e tailers have begun receivering ties. amazon saying quote, we'll terminate contracts with all california residents participating in the associates program. san francisco-based eba ebay -- ebates got a similar letter, it could mean some of the 50 employees could be in jeopardy. now kor rit officers are weighing option autos everything from layoffs, and a freeze of hiring and we're a business growing and hiring pompl the last few years, all the way up until leaving the state. >> assembly woman nancy skinner has been trying to push through the so-called amazon tax. >> if they decide to be the bully that th

amazon says without affiliates here, it's exempt. mark welsh's business is one terminated by amazon. >> what i do know is i just lost 26% of my income. >> california hoped to collect $200 million in sales tax because of the change. six other states have passed similar laws and amazon has dropped its associates in all of them except new york. that's where amazon filed a lawsuit claiming the tax is unconstitutional. >>> your time now 5:35. governor jerry brown still has not signed the main budget bill here in california. the one passed by the legislature tuesday night. the governor's expected to sign the bill today. now the new fiscal year begins tomorrow and governor brown vetoed the first bill sent to him by lawmakers last week. but then he worked with democrats to come up with a revised version. and now we're hearing that lieutenant governor gavin newsom voluntarily gave up his salary to join in with state lawmakers who had to forfeit theirs until they came up with a balanced budget. newsom says he believes all elected officials sho

amazon and overstock has found away around it. the products that are located in california they can sever ties with them. this is what they've done that have passed an online sales tax. some mom and pop stores have been hitter by this. when amazon stops doing business with you, that can impact the bottom line and put stores out of business. so critics say this is a terrible idea. most small businesses support the idea of an online sales tax. they believe it will level the playing field. the proposed budget does eliminate the 9.6 deficit and it still needs approval from jerry brown and he has not said what he thinks of it >>> johannes mehserle's attorney says the former bart cop is spending time with his family. he was released from jail on monday after serving a year for the shooting death of oscar grant on new year's day in 2009. he is somewhere in northern california with his girlfriend and two and a half-year-old son. according to his lawyer he will start looking for a job next week but it probably won't be easy because he has

the new state budget includes what is being called the amazon tax now. internet retailers like amazon will be required to collect sales tax from californians who buy from the dot-com affiliates based here. amazon and other e-tailers like overstock.com contract out with 25,000 small california businesses which provide links to the sites. san francisco-based ebates.com says there will be severe economic consequences. >> everything from layoff, freeze of hiring. we are a business that has been growing and hiring people over the last few years. >> amazon is cutting ties with the california based affiliates, just as it did in arkansas, illinois, connecticut. when they approved laws like the one governor brown signed. >>> menlo park police are investigating three separate copper theft at the site of facebook future headquarters. someone took the copper from the storage unit and two of the nine vacant building on the 57-acre campus on constitution drive. the thefts occurred between june 2 and june 22. the thieves made off with more than 2,000 pounds of copper,

. >>> overstock.com and amazon are cutting all ties with thousands of california affiliates. that's because new state budget requires online retailers to charge sales tax to california customers. the change could raise $200 million in new taxes, but amazon has already removed california based associates from its site. amazon is also hinting it could sue to have the law declared unconstitutional. >>> governor brown still hasn't signed the main budget bill passed by the legislature tuesday night. now the governor is expected to sign that bill today. the new fiscal year begins tomorrow. brown vetoed the first bill presented to him by lawmakers last week but then he worked with democrats to come up with a revised version. >>> we are now learning that lieutenant governor gavin newsom voluntarily gave up his salary to join in with state lawmakers who forfeited theirs until they calm up with a balanced budget. newsom says he believes all elected officials should be held accountable but probably didn't suffer too much financially from a few days of not getting paid. according to the

amazon severs ties. what's more, some shoppers say with an increased online sales tax, they'll ease up on their online shopping. >> i won't buy as much. because the many reason i go out of state is because it's only shipping and the price. so i won't buy as much now because i'm only paying tax. amazon sent an e-mail to its affiliates saying we oppose this bill because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. similar legislation in other states has led to job and income losses and little if any, new tax revenue. >>> 5:47. get ready to sweat. it's going to get hot outside. christina loren joins us with a look at your forecast. >> good morning to you. yes if you are able to get through the last mini heat wave without turning on the ac, yikes. i don't know if you'll be able to this time. we have a long stretch of hot weather moving into the bay area. take a look at the changes that we've noticed over the past 15 minutes. you see this is the sunol cam. and we were talking about the moisture left over fro

>> i think the amazon outage was actually a good thing for cloud computing.t highlighted to people that the cloud isn't magic. you still have to do all the best practices around understanding what happens when fail you'res happen. >> reporter: experts say cloud computing is fundamentally safe. do your homework. research the cloud provider. and don't let yourself fall victim to questionable e-mails that could possibly be phishing attacks. felicia taylor, cnn, new york. >>> so, who is taking the lead in this new computing paradigm and what will cloud computing companies actually deliver in terms of interactivity and content? our special series continues tomorrow with a look at where cloud computing is now, where it's going and where the investment opportunities lie. tune in for that if you can. >>> coming up next we're going back to the opec summit in vienna and we'll hear more from our business analyst about the numbers behind the market for crude oil. plenty more to come on the show. >>> hello and welcome back to cnn "world business today". >>> oil and water

that refused to pay an eight point six billion dollars per order pay out for poisoning ecuadorian amazon rain forest causing fourteen hundred people to die and this call for foreign investment on a day where as we just talked about jobs numbers are dismal and this also comes in the wake of many other difficult economic announcements so what is really going on here well are two christine for the alexander. it was billed as an initiative to promote the leadership of the united states to develop economically communities around the world. and featured former secretary of state congolese a rights partnering with chevron one of the largest oil companies in the world we can help countries to begin to build infrastructure that can attract and properly use private investment and business the development which and then produces jobs for its people while the launch was short on details there were many references to the important role the u.s. had to play in improving welfare around the globe. global welfare may not be something that pops into the minds of citizens around the globe when they hear th

today, we did this experiment, we tried this experiment on amazon.use they have this thing called "amazon sales ranks" and they rank your book according to how many people are buying the book. so we tried this experiment where today at 3:00, new york time, i wanted everybody to buy the book. you know, just don't buy it yesterday or the day before. buy it today at 3:00 and then at the west coast time at 12:00 you buy the book then. so see if the rank -- the sales went up. so here's the screen grab of what it was. we're number ten, you guys! [ cheers and applause ] at 3:00. there's tina's book. "hunger games." that was at 3:00. that was at 3:00. 4:00 came, bang, here it is. ten, didn't move! ♪ nothing helped. you can't beat the system. you can't beat the system. >> steve: you got a ten. that's good. >> jimmy: no, no, it's not a rating. no. it just didn't move up or down or anything. it's ridiculous. how do you go up and down? >> i think i bought 12, at least. >> jimmy: did you buy any? >> steve: i bought four, four, four and four. >> jimmy: because the

the way that amazon took wikileaks off its servers is a good example of how easy our seemingly open and free internet can be turned into something very controllable simply because of powerful senator staffer called amazon did you know you're hosting wikileaks on your servers? when will you take it down? we have a network of people committed to making sure that that information that one state doesn't want to get out may yet get out and be visible to all of us. we have a new potential to hold the powerful accountable. it's a dreadful world we live in, but when was it any better? actually, i should reframe that. i think the times we live in are very exciting and that the potential to hold the powerful accountable is now in many, many more hands, and it's just up to us what we decide to do with it. with that, i give you my friend, doug rushcoff. [applause] >> i'm going to continue where you left off. there's a guy in my town i was talking about the wikileaks thing that i was going to come do this event. oh, the wikileaks guy, they should catch him and shoot him in the head. this is a guy wh

. >> a controversial damn in the brazilian amazon gets approval. opponents say it will destroy the ecosystem. >> we begin in syria where a 13-year-old boy has become the symbol of anti-government protests. hamza al-khatib was abtucted and tortured to death by local security forces. this contains graphic images. >> uprisings often need a human face. this is the face of syrian's revolt. 13-year-old hamza al-khatib allegedly tortured to death by local security forces. images are impossible to verify. the body appears battered with gunshot wounds and signs of horriffic torture. at his few radical -- at his funeral, his family was in no doubt. so what happened to the 13-year-old? it seems over a month ago hamza was picked up by security forces. fimely last week his body was returned. his family says they were threatened and told to stay silent. they found signs of torture. his neck broken and mutilation of his genitals. images spread fast on facebook and youtube. sensing the damage, syrian tv broadcast a lengthy denial of any torture. experts claim the

it is important to remember the content is still owned by the publisher of beer copyright and the amazon can go or the ipad or any of these devices are simply distribution vehicles. they don't own the content they are virtually little bookstores you can carry around in your briefcase. they have not taken possession of content. not to say they won't try all along devolve that way but in a present-day paradigm, as long as there are physical books, don't forget to physical books are the dominant format, the publisher should be in control of the content. >> host: something else i wanted to ask, publishers are creating conservative imprint separately from the major lines. why is that? >> the simple answer is they finally figured out by a book of better answer is from my own experience is simon & schuster it would surprise to know the most publishers are liberal and people tend to publish what they like and what i found is we had a sense there was a huge conservative audience wanting to buy books but nobody wanted to publish them so we found one conservative publisher and she started threshold

in crocker-amazon, we're given a great gift with the bocce ball courts started over a month ago. trash dumping -- i will be real quick. trash dumping in our neighborhood supported by the efforts of supervisor cohen and at avalos. there are certain hot spots that we cannot do with any longer. we need public service announcements about big trash days, at least two times a year. i last issue, public safety. engleside and terrible station represents the biggest area of san francisco. -- terraval station represents the biggest area of san francisco. engleside to visitation valley. we are down about 20 officers in each district. we need to look at the classes of retirement, people on sick leave, officers on sick leave, officers on disability. we know that the first to go are our police officers on foot patrol in those corridors. i am glad that mayor lee brought this up. public safety in this district, engleside, terreval -- we love our police officers. i want to thank you for this opportunity and i want to thank you for listening to our issues in district 11. [applause] >> thank you, s

amazons is pointed to its terms of service and said, we can kick off our servers. the neutrality in the station would do nothing about that. so i think we have to be honest with ourselves and realize how contingent and fragile this thing is that we have been taking for granted him. it is a wonderful thing. if we use it wisely it can liberate us, but it is hardly clear that is -- this accident of an open, the services incident is going to be around for another generation unless we fight really hard for it. >> and this kid ourselves. when push comes to shove if i'm going to feature rise -- >> is that the word? >> sure. it is now. it wasn't before. if we don't teach our kids programming or the very basics of how these technologies work, people in other places are. for every one programmer that comes out of college there are probably 1,000 or 2,000 this come out of china with it ditch permanent in elementary school. what will happen is. not much supply medical. some group of chinese hacker kids are red army supported russian mob whatever well hack. everybody's accounts

online retailers have found a way around this law like amazon and overstock.businesses that deal with states in the tax. so companies that sell products in california could lose overstock as a client. this has put some small companies out of business. the california state legislature needed to close a $9.6 billion deficit and this is expected to bring in $1200 million a year in revenue. some brick and mortar stores think it's unfair. so do the benefits outweigh the side effects. republicans support it and it needs a simple majority to pass. the governor has to sign it to go into effect and jerry brown has not said whether he supports it. >> eric: a passenger from an sfo flight will be in court this afternoon facing criminal charges after he wouldn't pull up his pants. 20-year-old deshon marman was dressed in the in pants that are popular. they asked him to pull up his trousers and refused and later resisted arrest. >> he was not threatening anybody directly but being on board an aircraft and being disruptive to the air crew interferes with their duties and tha

additional storage space at amazon starts at $20 per year. meantime, microsoft focused on its video game platform, the xbox 360, and its kinect motion device. in the two years since announcing the kinect, sales have been hot-- more than 10 million worldwide. microsoft unveiled a library of new video game titles for the holiday season, access to google's youtube through the xbox network, as well as other live tv programs. microsoft also adds a search function to its video game console, using voice recognition technology. dennis durkin is the chief operating and financial officer at microsoft's interactive entertainment, the division responsible for xbox. >> you know today how difficult it is to find content inside your digital television ecosystem, and now we've solved that problem for consumers today. so whatever show you want to watch, whatever movie you'd like to see, whatever game, whatever piece of content you're going to want to find, we're going to make that super easy for a family. >> tom: lance ulanoff is the editor-in-chief of pcmag.

another revenue gimmick critics say is the so-called amazon tax. tax on internet sales from out of state companies like amazon. the legislature is penciling in $200 million in revenue here but there are serious constitutional challenges. lawmakers will be voting shortly on another constitutional and confrontational revenue stream that has to do with the sales tax increase about .25% going into effect on july 1. democrats say they can vote it in by majority, republicans say no there are will challenges on that you can bet. in either event there will be fighting going on this afternoon and they all say they will get it done by 11:59 p.m. at the latest or they don't get paid. >> we have heard that before. that should be a good motivator. you won't get paid, get it done, guys. let's hope they do it. >> reporter: indeed. >> mike luery in sacramento, we thank you. >>> and there may be a stall on governor brown's plan to extend some taxes. a new field poll shows only 49% support an increase on taxes while 45% are opposed. >>> are you ready to leave that b

you've got facebook, amazon, apple-- why is it such a strategic initiative for them to get into this space? >> with apple, the facility they built for this new icloud service-- it's a billion-dollar facility-- and they see this as a strategic end goal to get more people to use itunes, to getting them into the iphone ecosystem, and they are only going to create more competition for pandora. >> reporter: competition and innovation might be good for music lovers, but investors who pick the wrong company might end up singing the blues. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: most investors were singing the blues and get you updated with tonight's market focus. >> tom: the selling picked up steam throughout the day as the major indices slide to new nine- week lows. this is what the day looked like for the s&p 500. the index fell about 1% at the opening bell, fueled by worries about europe and the sluggish u.s. economy. let's roll out to this 90-session chart puts the selling in short-term perspective. we're still watching the march low. with the drop today, the index

the new state budget includes what is already called the amazon tax. internet retailers will be required to collect sales tax who buy from the affiliates based here. amazon and other e-tailers cop tract out with 25,000 small california businesses to provide links to the sites. san francisco-based ebates.com says there will be economic consequences. >> everything from layoffs, you know, at least a freeze of hiring. we're a business that has been growing and hiring people in the last few years. >> amazon is cutting ties with the california based affiliates. just as it did in arkansas. illinois, connecticut. when they approved laws just like the one governor brown signed yesterday. >>> a number of new fares, fees and fines take effect tomorrow. caltrain is raising fares. truckers will pay higher toll on bay area bridges. 85,000 hybrid owners who drive solo will lose the right to use the carpool lane. in san francisco, the fine for parking in a handicap spot goes up from $335 more than $900. gas prices are heading down but not fast enough to put more drive

until now, online retailers like amazon did not collect sales tax. >> consumers are not being punished. this law is on the books. these taxes must be paid. the problem has been that california can't enforce it because they don't know who's selling into the state and who's buying because they cannot require the retailer to collect the tax. >> reporter: supporters of the bill say by not collecting sales tax, out-of-town internet retailers had a price advantage over many in-town small businesses. >>> a wanted parolee shot by san francisco police this morning after police say he opened fire on officers. that shooting unfolding near the corner of gough and ellis. school was in session at sacred heart prep. luckily no students were affected. acting on a tip, two plain-clothes officers went to the ellis location and spotted the suspect pulling out of a driveway on gough in a gray honda. as they approached, the suspect fired. police shot the man several times causing him to crash into a few parked cars. >> the suspect did try to escape in a vehicle. and crashed right there on the 1000 block of