. >> after years of working it's way through the california system. the supreme court voted unanimously to challenge the ban on same sex marriages. >> we are literally across the street and couples could run and demand we offer a marriage license to them. >> we got the call early on may 14th, where they said can you come in and make a meeting. that's where we found out the court already notified the city attorney's office there were going to render a decision >> then on may 15, the supreme court struck down the ban on same sex marriage in a 4 to 3 vote. they fought all the way and won. >> what a day in san francisco. what a day in california. what a day for america. what a day for equality. >> the most extraordinary part of this is i support we had from the elected family. what cities would you have an entire board of supervisors and a city attorney who was ready to fight and had purposefulness. >> the supreme court's decision was final at june 16th at 5:00 p.m.. >> he married the lesbian couple at 5:01 p.m.. >> we expected that we would have a signif

one billion to the corrections department, $650 million to the uc system, and another $650 million to the californiay system. in order to get a budget deal, the governor postponed his plan to let voters decide whether to extend some temporary tax increases. that means on friday, the state sales tax will go down from the current 8.25% to 7.25%. that can vary since a lot of cities and counties do have additional sales taxes. >>> this morning the death of a bay area soldier killed in afghanistan. the pentagon confirms specialist kevin hilaman of albany died saturday when insurgents attacked his unit. this was his third deployment. during his career, the 28-year- old received several medals including the bronze star and the purple heart. >>> taliban fighters are being blamed for a deadly attack at a hotel in afghanistan. 11 afghan citizens confirmed dead and so are eight attackers. nato helicopters killed some of the gunmen on the roof of the hotel in kabul. afghan security forces rushed in end to that standoff. the local police chief says the victims were all hotel employees and police officers. the at

california. these individuals were members of a group that was created within the present system in california. today, i intend to discuss this group and their seditious conspiracy. let me begin by discussing kevin james and j.i.f. in 1997, he founded j.i.f. while serving a prison sentence in california. james remained in prison throughout the conspiracy and the resulting investigation. james priest that it was the duty of members to target for violent attacks any enemies of islam or infidels. james identified these infidels as the u.s. government and jewish and non-jewish supporters of israel. james recruited fellow prison inmates to join j.i.f. he sought to establish a cell of members to wage war against these perceived infidels outside the prison walls. kevin james all see it -- also created and disseminated a document referred to as the "j.i.f. protocol." he said muslims should be allowed to rule themselves might shariah. jihad was the only true anti- terrorist action. kevin james also wrote documents that were essentially a proposed press release to be disseminated following an attack. jam

and a california college system. >> the budget also includes a $12 increase in vehicle registration fee. >>> there are signs the oakland city council could be on the verge of reaching a budget shortfall. >> most of that difference will come from unions which reached agreements with the city which includes a 9% pay reduction but union members have not approved the deal. >>> one chapter in the oscar grant shooting close today as they announced the settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit. >> if i got $1 or $100 million, it would not bring oscar back. >> they had agreed to pay oscar grant's mother $1.3 million. today's agreement and an earlier payment settles the families $50 million lawsuit. >>> an update to a story we have been following since spring. the justice department asked a judge to throw a lawsuit against a man whose car was being tracked by the fbi pre-he claims that the fbi had no reason to plant a tracking device on his car. agents it installed the device without obtaining a warrant. >>> now to san francisco were officials are pushing for gun control legislation. the attack at

system. we have approximately 8000 city employees in the california pension system. they will be participating by three different methods. the details -- we have some months to work out, because they are extraordinarily complex. we are happy that our brother and sister employees will be joining us in the program. we have new retirement tears. -- tiers. we are raising the minimum age at which one is eligible for retirement. this will encourage employees to stay longer. which not only reduces pension costs, but will reduce our costs for retiree health care. when people retire, we pay for their health care, and also for the health care to replace them. so, it is a two-for-one in that regard. on public safety, the retirement age is raised to 58 spurious -- to 58. we have a pension double salary cap which is 75% to 85% of the irs base. i can go into detail. . very complex. we are moving to a final compensation. for new hires, so the final pension will be calculated for new hires a son their three highest years, another fine a one-year -- not their final one year. we are e

system. in the state of california you can't be in the prison system unless you committed a felony. so those individuals who are committed to jihad in prison have stepped outside norms of societal behavior. they have already crossed that line often with violent backgrounds and experience with weapons with mount washington being a perfect example. we have an individual committed to jihad and already has stepped out and attacked the outside where we consider the norms of society conducting criminal behavior. so the jihadists mentality is basically overlaid on an individual who knows how to access weapons and knows how to communicate even in the prison system and outside the prison system. when that individual steps out of the prison has happened to washington after being radicalized and being -- becoming a member of j i f -- jis, this is an individual who has operated on the criminal side of the law and is very committed to carrying out violent acts. washington is a perfect example because in six months time he had recruited two additional cell members. they have acquired weapons. the

an additional $150 million each from the california state university and the university of california systems. and the universities are first in line to be hit by those trigger cuts if the anticipated $4 billion in additional revenue does not materialize. >>> now, on our website ktvu.com we have posted complete details about the budget now headed to the governor's desk. you can just look for the state budget tab. >>> time now 5:07. well, muni central subway project takes another big step forward. the board of directors unanimously approved a tunnel contract yesterday. the federal government has tentatively approved funding to pay the tunneling cost. now there are those who tell the examiner that the board should have waited until the money's in hand to award that contract. the subway will connect muni streetcars from south of market to china town. service reportedly will begin in the year 2019. >>> all right. 5:08 is the time. back over to sal. any problems this morning, sal? >>> yeah. i'm about to sneeze. >> that's a problem. >> okay. >> i'll try and hold it off until steve comes in. steve i

for one thing, it's so supreme court >>> a california prison system is by many accounts a mess. thing, it's so over crowded the supreme court recently ordered the state to cut the prison population by 33,000 inmates. the state is waiting to decide if taxpayers should pay for an inmate to get a sex change operation. one family was soup set that they asked to be heard. >> at first, i'm sitting there saying, is he really talk ability about my mom. >> when they put her murder behind bars. a headline cbs 5 first brought you resurrected their outrage. >> yes, him, stevens was born a man, but lives as a woman. and is no stranger to headlines. the first headline was 11 years ago when stevens used a shotgun to murder bonnie lynn lewis in this motel over a $400 clothing debt. stevens is now serving 50 years to life and that's why she's making headlines again. because stevens is asking the court of appeals to mandate that the state shell out between $15 and $50,000 for sex reassignment surgery. arguing she entered prison with silicone hips and breasts and at 5-foot 6, 115-pounds, she is un

system. we have employees in the california republican retirement system, calpers. the largest group are the deputy sheriffs. they are very similar, identical really, to the police benefits, although it is a different system. additionally, we have a wire for safety officers that have less expenses, and they're also in the public employee retirement system. women to move them into the san francisco -- we wanted to move them into the san francisco retirement system. this is unique. this does not exist in any form under pers, which is a state program. this charter includes language that either they will move in, or we will have equivalent savings. we feel very comfortable. the recognize that's this -- they recognize that this amendment must address all city employees and we believe it is financially responsible. new employees will be part of the san francisco employees retirement system. historically, there are better returns and better performance, and we think it is in the public's interest to have more people in the system. supervisor elsbernd: they are members of c

. >>> and the california prison system is by many accounts a mess. so over crowded that the supreme court ordered them to cut their inmate numbers. also at issue is a sex change operation for one inmate. more on a story from april. one family was so upset by that report that they asked to be heard. >> when i first heard that i was just sitting there thinking is he talking about my mom? >> reporter: renee and mcwilliams thought they put their mother's murder behind them, when they put lyralisa stevens behind bars. >> i said that is him, that is him. >> reporter: yes, him, 42-year- old lyralisa stevens was born a man, but lives as a woman. and is no stranger to headlines, the first 11 one years ago, when he used a shot gun to murder bonnie lewis over a $400 clothing debt. stevens is now serving 50 years to life, and that is why she is making headlines again. because stevens is asking the court to mandate 50,000 be shelled out for sex surgery, arguing that she entered prison with silicon hips and breasts, and being built slightly, she is under threat of

system. in the state of california you can't be in the prison system unless you've committed a felony. so those individuals who are committed to jihad in prison have already stepped outside the norms of societal behavior. they've already crossed that line. often with is violent backgrounds, often with experience with weapons. so you have an individual who is committed to jihad and already has stepped out and has acted outside what we consider the norms of society in conducting criminal behavior. so the jihadist mentality is basically overlaid on an individual who knows how to handle weapons, who now nows how to access weapons, who knows how to communicate, even in the prison system and outside the prison system. so when that individual steps out of the prison as happened to lamar washington who paroled after being radicalized and being a member -- becoming a member of j.i.f., you're dealing with a very, very dangerous situation because this is an individual who already has operated on the criminal side of the law and is very committed to carrying out violent acts. and washington's a pe

his given name is elmer gerard pratt, inmate number b13019 in the california prison system serving life plus three years for murder. born and raised in morgan city, louisiana, but the world knows him as geronimo pratt. he went to vietnam with the 82nd airborne and came home a hero with a chest full of medal including the bronze and purple heart. he enrolled at ucla in a program for gifted black students. and. >> revolution is now. >> reporter: became deputy defense minister of the southern california chapter of the black panthers. [ music ] >> reporter: and now there are growing indications pratt has spent 23 years in prison for something he didn't do. the whole case began on this tennis court in santa monica's lincoln park at 8:10 on the evening of december 18, 1968. remember that time, it's very important in this case. carol lynn and kenneth olson came here to play tennis. suddenly two armed black men came up and demanded money. the olsons gave them everything they had, $18. the man ordered the olsons to lay down on the court and they did. the gunmen then turned and started to walk aw

services, another billion to corrections departments and $650 million to the uc system and another $650 million to the california state university system. in order to get a budget plan passed, the governor postponed his plan to let voters decide whether to send some temporary -- extend some temporary tax increases. so friday the state sales tax will go down 1% to 7.25%. that can vary since many cities and counties have additional sales taxes added on. still, someone buying a $20,000 car can save about $200 in taxes by just waiting a couple of days. >> $200, i'll take it. >> yeah. 20 grand. $200. we'll take it, too. >>> are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> am i ready for the weather? yes. >> it was cool today but it's not going to be that way for long. >> don't worry, good news. it's okay, you guys can be ready. here is your weather. we are seeing that low pressure system right now making its way toward the east. we are seeing some snow showers over the sierra crest region and that's because we do have ample moisture and, of course, ample instability. our current temperatures, 54 santa rosa, redwood city 55. san jose

at that time to talk of his concern about the radicalization of muslim prisoners in the california prison systemsubsequent to that, we had a hearing. actually was a year later when the democrats had assumed the majority and the congresswoman jane harman conducted a subcommittee hearing in california for the purpose of looking at the kevin james case. i might note for the record there was no objection on the majority side and no suggestion that we were somehow involved in an improper pursuit of the truth there, or that we were somehow wrongly confining ourselves to that particular case and not dealing with all the other cases in the united states. i salute congresswoman harbin for her efforts on that and i just wish we would see reflected now the same concern and why partisan support. i thank the chairman. >> i recognize the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson-lee, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman and i do thank the ranking member for those an astute presentation they gave in their opening presentation. i would like to acknowledge congressman keith ellison who is here who was statements w

system safe and easier to maintain. >> meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now career talking about severe weather in northern californiae had a system that moved across the bay area that produced severe weather and tornado warnings out in yuba county. the maps i can show you on live stormtracker 2, still some thunderstorms here. as we do heading to the first weekend of june, more storms will be moving in. we will be bumping up the rain chances friday night into sunday. still some lingering moisture in place and we could have some instability. better conditions for tomorrow compared to this morning and spent for friday are next storm approaches with increasing clouds and rainfall developing across the north bay between 4:00 and 7:00 on friday. rain could be heavy at times. not a lot to show you right now locally in the bay area. quite a few clouds in place and the possibility of a few scattered showers especially in the north bay towards sonoma county. by 12:00, a few showers scattered around the bay. by 4:00 or 5:00, some lingering clouds and also the probability by 7:00 tomorrow night. forecast ties mainly in the 60s.

a couple of hundred million more dollars in cuts to uc and california state university system if we don't get that revenue. >> reporter: senator leno says borrowing a sharp downturn in the economy he says it is likely that if that additional $4 billion in revenue will come in meaning that additional cuts would not be triggered. now we are understand that the senate assembly are in meetings right now. the assembly is expected to come to the floor at 6:30. the senate after that and again we do expect a vote on this budget tonight. in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california's last on time budget was signed by governor arnold schwarzenegger back in 2006. budgets also passed on schedule in 2000, 1999 and 1993. last year voters approved prop 25, it allows lawmakers to pass a budget with a simple majority instead of the previous 2/3 majority. the measure also docks lawmakers pay if they fail to pass a budget on time. >>> and the council is meeting after last minute tentative agreements were reached with five city unions. the most significant agreement would come from the p

. >> many think of california's mutual aid system as something emergency responders use to help battle wildfires or natural disasters. these firefighters say today the mutual aid system allowed them to do something just as important. >> anyone that has some nexus or connection wants to do something, so this is actually a way for us to do something, and it probably helped satisfy a lot of my colleagues and co-workers' needs to do the same thing. >> reporter: now, unfortunately many of the 150 firefighters who filled in today here in san francisco have had to deal with the feelings of loss that come with losing a fellow firefighter in the line of duty. that's why some of them told us today they are willing to travel hundreds if not thousands of miles to help another fire department in need. live in san francisco, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, tracy. let's check in with kimberly perry with a closer look at the ceremony. >> reporter: diane, the service just ended. we are on the west side of saint mary's cathedral. you can see for yourself, there are thousands of people that

human services, a billion to the corrections department, 650 million each to the uc and california state university systems. >>> bart continues to negotiate settlements related to the death of oscar grant. ex-bart officer johannes mehserle shot and killed the unarmed train passenger at the fruitvale station on new year's day of 2009. yesterday, bart agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by grant's mother. >> what would make me satisfied is that my son would be here. that is what would satisfy me. >> we took responsibility right after the shooting for what happened. i mean, we -- before anybody was talking settlement and lawsuits. >> but while the payout is not a legal admission of fault, bart accepts responsibility from five cops that were involved. each is being sued by six other people including grant's father, for claims including illegal arrest and excessive force. >>> a train attendant has filed the first lawsuit in the deadly crash between a truck and amtrak train last friday in nevada. the woman who was injured accuses negligence on the part of truck driver and hi

budget also includes cuts of $150 million each to the university of california and california state university systems. that's in addition to cuts of $500 million for each of the systems that the governor imposed in january. >>> well, this morning police are still patrolling the streets of vancouver after fan frustration turned into violence. angry drunken fans ran wild through the streets of vancouver most of the night. fires, smashed windows and danced on overturned cars. several minor injuries. police made dozens of arrests. the riots started moments after the canucks' stanley cup loss on home ice. meantime the boston bruins ended nearly 40 years of frustration by winning the stanley cup last night. boston shut out vancouver 4-0 in the seventh and deciding game. it was boston's first nhl title since 1972 during the bruins glory days of the bobby ore era. police report only a handful of arrests during the street celebrations in boston after the bruins big victory. >>> today commuters are being urged to dump the pump. transit agencies are asking people to leave their cars at home and travel on public

it's hard to justify this crazy system where people in new york and california and texas are irrelevant throughout all presidential campaigns except as fundraising sources, just the way contemporary american politics is, new york, california, are overwhelmingly democratic states, texas is a republican state. the states are ignored. and there are millions and millions of voters in these states who get no attention and it really does affect our politics, the substance of our politics as well. for decades we sub siddize products drk -- ethanol, iowa was such an important state. this has substantive impact as well as political science impact. >> would it be fair to say our senate is probably the most unrepresentative upper house of the advanced democracy with the possible exception of britain's house of lords? >> britain, ever since tony blair is more representative.

when it comes to operating gas pipe line systems in california. the concept of business as usual must end. that's what the panel conclude. pg&e and other pipe linep agencies don't know what is under round. records were not kept or have been lost. >> one commissioner acknowledged that pg&e lacked the kind of safety culture needed. >> i think what your report identified is a culture where documents, retention and documentation and maintenance is sort of treated like flossing. it is an unpleasant task. we are at risk for heart attacks. it is part of the change. and recommendations were changed . he will see more fined in the area. shareholders are paying attention. lee cox will move quickly to remove the reports and detailed findings and improve the safety. it is a few feet from where it occurred. >> what are they going to do in the future. >> when it comes to the cost of underground testing, pg&e will ask that they don't pass them along to consumers. cost of replacing pipe lines may be another issue. >> they will look hard at who pays . they are goi

. >> reporter: raj, critics say lawmakers are destroying california's public school system. and tonight parents and students both agree that rising tuition may shatter college dreams. the class of 2011 is graduating. >> it is a blessing to have finished school and accomplished this. >> reporter: she has big plans. >> i'm going to go to city for two years, probably even shorter, then transfer to a big college. >> reporter: her stepfather wants to make her dreams come true but knows it won't be easy. >> they're cutting grant money and student loan money. so it's going to be a struggle. >> reporter: the class of 2011 may face a bigger hurdle. the lieutenant governor's office says the newly passed state budget includes $300 million in cuts to the system. take a look how fast tuition is rising at state schools. in 2002, a year at csu would be $1400. it's increased to its current rate of almost $5,000. if the governor signs the budget, that figure expected to keep climbing. >> it is discouraging, because at the same time if you don't have a lot of money, already people don't want

. >> in 2006 there were 261 cell phones confiscated from throughout our california prison system.that number grew to 11,000. >> padilla says the cell phones have not not just to talk with loved ones and to track -- they're also testing technology that would block calls from prisons, except for free pre-registered phones. >>> a family confronted the man accused of killing their daughter and stuffing her body into a lab wall. the former yale lab tech raymond clark iii was sentenced to 44 years in prison for beating and strangling annie lei back in september of 2009. today in court her family spoke about the loss and the senseless nature of her death. clark pleaded guilty to murder and attempted sexual assault charges in march. lei was found on what was to be her wedding day. >>> john edwards' secret love affair kept quiet with donors dollars. those are the new accusations tonight against the former presidential candidate. this is video of john edwards walking into a federal courthouse in north carolina. today a federal grand jury indicted him on illegal campaign contributions, and f

california. a new operating system and cloud computing service are expected to be among today's highlightings. >>> and finally, the average penny pincher has nothing on one man in utah who's been cited for disorderly conduct after paying a disputed medical bill with 2500 pennies. he now faces a fine of $140, or 14,000 pennies. >>> coming up from ejections to players. a wild night in the diamondbacks-nationals game. and miami's lebron james hammers home game three of the nba finals. your early morning sports headlines are ahead. >>> in weather, wide-spread record heat continues and a sneak peek with the tropics, including something interesting for me. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today ". and in sports, a dramatic victory in dallas last night with dirk nowitzki just unable to come through for the mav vicks this time around. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> hi there, good morning, time and time again, the mavericks' dirk nowitzki has been able to hit the big shot

but among the rest of california's water systems, officials have been bracing for this runoff for months. >> we've been coordinating operations with the national weather service, the corps of engineers and reservoir operators for two or three months to make sure that the reservoirs have made space to accommodate that snow melt. >> reporter: after several years of drought, this wet year is expected to ease water deliveries to agriculture and other users across the state. >> we're certainly pleased to see this type of water year. it's filled the reservoirs to the point where those reservoirs are meeting all the demands that are coming. >> reporter: but water economics were far from the mind of russell and his pals today as they headed to the banks the american river. >> warming up, i'm out of school finally. just going to go relax, go to the lake, go to the rivers, do everything that i can before i have to go back to school. >> reporter: and even colder than normal water wasn't derailing his plans. >> it's a little abnormal, but not to the point where we can't go in. the current seems like

we're seeing what's happening to the california public school system, at least, from the grade schools up through the universities. you need people who know how to do these programs. is apple committed to philanthropic work to help the educators educate the next workforce? >> not to the degree bill gates is. the reality is that's what the black economic forum is saying, take some of these billions of dollars in cash and start educating people. that's going to be a challenge for apple. >> belva: we have to move to quite a different kind of topic. something that will be on the san francisco ballot this next round -- >> let me see if i can tie this together. i'm not going to. this is one of those only in san francisco, physical of its kind in the country. san francisco voters as you said are going to go to the ballot in november and decide whether they should ban circumcision. that's going to be if you are a parent or a guardian of a male under the age of 18, you get him circumcised, you face up to a year in jail, you face up to $1,000 fine, you have a misdemeanor on your record. now, thi

spain actually has a second largest high-speed rail system in the world. californiah speed rail authority will meet with representatives from spain later today to sign an agreement that will share information about the best ways to run the system. the meeting will happen at 10 a.m. at the council chambers this sacramento. so very interesting. if you've ever been on any of those european high-speed trains, very, very nice, very impressive. >> also impressive, the japanese trains. >> really? i have never been. >> i went on the bullet train when i was in high school, it was really cool. >> how were the concessions? >> i was going to say, they had great food, some of the best curry i have ever had, japanese style. different on a buiil bullet tran i was a kid. here the ace train, beautiful, a wonderful flow on the rails, no delays. 680, this one through san ramon, minor construction heading through the area, whoops, then i moved off of our maps, there we go up toward ruggier, a big pot hole there, construction coming up no closures yet, watch those middle two lanes, big h