brands now car rental competitors hurts avis and budget also have ended their discount programs for n.r.a. members and air travel delta and united it had ended their discount programs united had been specifically discounting travel to the n r a's annual meeting other big names severing ties with the n.r.a. include the cyber security company semantic met life insurance and simplest safe home security. the supreme court heard opening arguments today in a case that could deal a crushing blow to the public sector labor unions and the labor movement as a whole the case janice vs asked me local council thirty one could result in public workers who benefit from contracts to go shaded by unions no longer having to pay fees that are used to negotiate those contracts and represent workers the ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in the case could financially cripple public sector unions one of the few remaining bastions of organized labor in the united states labor was previously spared this blow when justice antonin scalia died which left an evenly divided court unable to set precedent in a sim

the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo international.lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. during the week's chief executive hit out at the protesters. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. offer special benefits to members of the national rifle association. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it's concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it. that's good. that's not bad, that's good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. the debate over what to do next will be highly charged and intensely political. the headlines on bbc news: un security council is meeting in a new attempt to get a resolution callin

at age 40, he decided there was 17 cars, he was going to go into competition in the rental car business so now he's leasing hertz and national and people who have hundreds ofthousands of cars and he has 17 cars and his cars aren't any different than theirs . general motors, for chrysler and he can't get the airport locations but he was determined that hewould . basically, he offered the customer an offer of a different car, but he can't offer them friendlier service than they ever seen so he started a company, he named it after a battleship that he'd fallen from in the pacific, it was the uss enterprise and he died about a year, year and ahalf ago . but when he died, his rental car company starting with those 17 cars was worth more than hertz and avis and all the rest of the rental cars put together. the man's name was jack taylor and his son andy taylor is a good friend of mine, runs a business now. his grandchild is in the business so this man, in the united states, he didn't invent artificial intelligence. he didn't do anything that was like, this is me selling furniture. any one of

but when he died, his rental car company starting with those 17 cars was worth more than hertz and avis and all the rest of the rental cars put together. [applause] the man's name was jack taylor and his son andy taylor is a good friend of mine, runs a business now. his grandchild is in the business so this man, in the united states, he didn't invent artificial intelligence. he didn't do anything that was like the previous woman selling furniture. any one of us could have entered the business but he lived by the creed basically of delighting his customers and working with people and establishing relationships with them so that they in turn would want to know the customers, he couldn't go out there and take care of every rental car possibility but he learned how to project himself and his attitude towards his fellow man, and his desire to make a friend out of every customer. he managed to take very ordinary cars and turn them into this extraordinary business from virtually nothing. it illustrates several points. one is you don't necessarily get it right the first time. in the car leasing

. >> bay area based software company semantech, car rental companies alamo, hertsz national and met life are all on this list. >> we want to know how you feel, should companies boycott the nra? >> that's right, you can vote right now on our live poll at abc7news.com/vote. you do not need to login or sign up. just go to the website and click on a thumbs-up or a thumbs down. >> you can see should companies boycott the nra, a majority saying yes right now. >>> now we want to focus more on this issue of trying to boycott the nra in this movement. abc7 news reporter leanne melendes is live in the newsroom. >> in the past boycotts have been an important weapon to bring about change, and there's a lot of companies out there who have been associated with the nra, fedex, for example, offers nra alliance members up to a 50% discount on shipping experiences and one california wine club calls itself the nra wine club. semantech is behind products like norton anti virus. the cyber security solution ises was offering members of the national rifle association packages issued right on its website. seman

brands now car rental competitors hurts avis and budget also have ended their discount programs for n.r.a. members and air travel delta and united it had ended their discount programs united had been specifically discounting travel to the n r a's annual meeting other big names severing ties with the n.r.a. include the cyber security company semantic met life insurance and simplest safe home security. the supreme court heard opening arguments today in a case that could deal a crushing blow to the public sector labor unions and the labor movement as a whole the case janice vs asked me local council thirty one could result in public workers who benefit from contracts to go shaded by unions no longer having to pay fees that are used to negotiate those contracts and represent workers the ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in the case could financially cripple public sector unions one of the few remaining bastions of organized labor in the united states labor was previously spared this blow when justice antonin scalia died which left an evenly divided court unable to set precedent in a sim

united and delta airlines have joined car rental giants hertz and enterprise in ending discounts forent, peter bowes, reports. the aftermath to a school shooting that could prompt change in america. amidst the grieving, the mood has been different this time. within hours of a gunman killing 17 people, anger overflowed onto the streets. never again! now its social media, where pressure is being exerted on the hugely powerful gun lobby. under the hashtag #boycottnra, activists are targeting firms that offer special benefits to members of the national rifle association. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo international, they're ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there's been no word in response from the nra. it's unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. during the week, its chief executive hit out at the protesters. their goal is t

well companies that have severed ties with the entering clude major insurers car rental phones and to america's largest airlines delta and united the n.r.a. has lashed out at the companies saying that they're punishing membership in a shameful display of political and civic cowardice the advocacy group argues activists are using the february the fourteenth shooting to expand gun control and abolish gun rights in the u.s. well peter matthews is a professor of political science at say priest college in los angeles he says the boycott is going to have a significant impact on the n.r.a. . if these are large companies when i was a small company like a car rental company that's one thing but when you buy their lines and delta and other symantec i believe a high tech companies does the same thing it's going to have a both of. impact and a moral or ethical impact because the word then spreads and the awareness of the issue of assault rifle especially assault rifles that's what needs to be banned and a lot of these young people the students have been galvanizing public opinion and these corpor

these are large companies when it was a small company like a car rental company that's one thing but when united airlines and delta and other symantec and leave a high tech companies does the same thing it's going to have a both of a material impact and a moral or ethical impact because the word then spreads and the awareness of the issue of assault rifle especially assault rifles that's what needs to be banned in a lot of these young people the students have been galvanizing public opinion and these corporate opinion now against the n.r.a. and that's very significant my view two hundred thirty members of congress over half of the house of representatives receives money for the n.r.a. from the n.r.a. for their campaigns and now they're going to have started jacking up money because their own constituents will turn against them once these companies turn against them and once the students have led public opinion against the n.r.a. and what it's doing because the n.r.a. does not i want to have any kind of regulation whatsoever but once these members of congress and their candidates to r

car. >> just stop? >> they just stop. >> clearly they got into something? >> reporter: but when investigator reid examines jens and elizabeth's rental car, he comes up empty. you sprayed the luminol inside the inside of elizabeth and jens's rental car -- >> i got no reaction. >> reporter: remember it's 1985, and dna testing is not yet in use in criminal courts. so without a hit on the car, investigators are looking for a match to the type o blood found at the crime scene. it wasn't the victims' so they assumed it must be the killer's. >> there was -- several droplets -- minute droplets of o blood found on the screen door -- and there was two small spots found in the master bedroom. >> reporter: investigators are flummoxed again, because elizabeth has type b blood. her fingerprints did show up on a vodka bottle at her parents' home, but that's not surprising, she visited often. but then someone from elizabeth's own family, points a finger of suspicion at her. >> it was from dr. howard haysom, who is elizabeth's half brother. he thought his sister had something to do with his parents' death. >> reporter: that's a pretty unbelievable -- pretty shocking thick

the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo and national.ing discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best is giving guns to teachers. it's concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it. that's good. that's not bad, that's good. and a teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. the debate over what to do next will be highly charged and intensely political. one of the uk's biggest children's aid charities has confirmed there have been six cases of child sexual abuse by staff and volunteers in the last two years. plan international says five

police continue their investigation into the haysom's double murder, they find the agreement for the rental cars she and jens used that weekend. this is the rental air agreement? >> yes. >> reporter: show me where the mileage is. >> right here is your mileage of 669 miles. >> reporter: you saw that and you thought -- >> that's when we got to thinking, "well, wait a minute." >> reporter: even though this is long before the days of waze -- >> you're all set. drive safely. >> reporter: investigators know that from uva's campus to washington, d.c., the round trip is only 240 miles. >> 240 miles. >> reporter: and you had 669 miles? >> exactly. so once we put pen to paper, we sat down and we looked. and that -- if you went from charlottesville -- to d.c., d.c. back to lynchburg, d.c. -- lynchburg back to washington and then back to charlottesville, that's pretty close to bein' 669 miles. >> reporter: it's quite a coincidence. so, police question elizabeth again. >> we asked her about that miles. and she said that they had gotten lost. >> reporter: that's pretty lost. >> yeah, pretty lost. >> reporter

. >>> car rental company enterprise says it is ending of the discount for in our a members. the bank of omaha is now refusing to make in our a credit card for the nra. >>> the one help to identify two suspects that broke into a home last week. but just released these photos from a homeowner surveillance video. these members pushed into the back door on february 16 and ransacked the house and stole property. if you have any in for nation please call the police. >>> last night a mental health form was held to help people still struggling with losing their homes in the wildfire in october. it was hosted by mike thompson and two supervisors. many people say they are still dealing with the trauma and stress and they are trying to rebuild. . >> all of our friends have lost their homes too. we just struggling trying to find help. . >> what i know for being a former therapist and having my own trauma is that sometimes it does not start to set in until the third or fourth month. . >> before the form began there was a resource fair and a lot of information about mental health services

prize rental car a -- enterprise rental car will be ending its discount for nra members. blackrock is asking gun makers to respond to the shooting in florida. what that means exactly has not been made clear. maria: another week of wild swings in the stock market. is volatility the new normal for investors. we have keith banks. a wild week. is it true that volatility is here to stay? keith: i think it is. we have had a regime shift. we have gone from a period of secular stagnation to a tactical reflation. and with that comes volatility and higher inflation. maria: are you worried about inflation and higher interest rates? when i look at 2.9%. i am thinking we have had rock bottom rates for so high. >> we have to remember to look at real rates. even though the entire yield curve has shift up. at the shortened of the curve they are negative. you have got to keep an eye on rates. we think the 10-year will end between 3 and 3 1/4. maria: we see the thousand-point moves whenever the yield moves up a bit. how do you want to be positioned. are valuations where you think they shou

enterprise, alamo, and national car rental are ending that discount effective march 26th.t the kids of stoneman douglas high school are moving the mountain. >>> new charges for paul manafort and rick gates in the mueller investigation. the latest reporting on the 32-count indictment charges enough to amount to a life sentence for manafort. >>> plus president trump says he wants schools protected like banks, talking about arming teachers with guns and paying them bonuses for carrying a concealed weapon. >>> the resignation of an armed deputy who had a gun and responded to the shooting but never went in after the gunman. "the 11th hour" on a thursday night begins now. good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new

car rental companies, insurance companies, banks and the like. they're talking about wiping out a state mandate for airlines. quote, i will kill any tax legislation that benefits at delta unless the company changes and fully reinstates its relationship with the nra. corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back. this is a remarkable development, and to the last part there that georgia's lieutenant governor is stripping away any pretense, they have become active in the republican party. >> i think that gun control advocates do have a little bit of a problem here where they say they're not against individual gun owners or the institution, but in effect they're making someone pay a little bit more for a car rental. this does get in the realm of where people feel like they're being bullied or demonized where they need to be persuaded. there are ten more democrats than that were republicans back in 2013 and the weapons ban failed by 20 votes. you're going to have to see movement among ten democrats and then get republicans.

can you see the other major corporations that announced similar plans as well and includes major car rentalompanies including avis, budget, hertz, also the competition over at enterprise holdings which includes enterprise, alamo, national car rental. and also first national bank of omaha said that customer feedback is prompted them to not renew their contract with the nra and that they will no longer be issuing the visa nra credit card. the companies have not elaborated saying exactly why or when they have made this decision but when you read between the lines here, they certainly have been under some extreme pressure by some gun safety advocates to cut their ties with this gun organization. in the meantime, the nra has not responded to this specific move by the major companies. fred? >> all right. keep us posted when and if they do. all right. joining me right now to discuss, cnn's political commentator and assistant editor to "the washington post." all right. so how significant is this to sever ties from the nra? >> yeah, fred, i think it is significant. you know, these companies, these b

prize rental car a -- enterprise rental car will be ending its discount for nra members. blackrock is asking gun makers to respond to the shooting in florida. what that means exactly has not been made clear. maria: another week of wild swings in the stock market. is volatility the new normal for investors. we have keith banks. a wild week. is it true that volatility is here to stay? keith: i think it is. we have had a regime shift. we have gone from a period of secular stagnation to a tactical reflation. and with that comes volatility and higher inflation. maria: are you worried about inflation and higher interest rates? when i look at 2.9%. i am thinking we have had rock bottom rates for so high. >> we have to remember to look at real rates. even though the entire yield curve has shift up. at the shortened of the curve they are negative. you have got to keep an eye on rates. we think the 10-year will end between 3 and 3 1/4. maria: we see the thousand-point moves whenever the yield moves up a bit. how do you want to be positioned. are valuations where you think they shou

car rental companies no longer doing discount programs with them. we have seen some back and forth. delta has gotten in some political difficulty in georgia. some lawmakers blocking a tax break proposed to them because they were upset that delta pulled out of a deal with the nra. those cases companies are basically trying to figure out how to have the least political trouble possible. they are between customers on one side of the debate and trying to lay claim to those companies and get them in a position to express them. because of the personal nature of the statement from the c can eo there, dick's, it's the son of the founder of the company. it's a publicly traded company, but he still owns a significant stake personally. i think this business is his life in a way that is is more than just a profit maximizing enterprise. i think you see that in that statement. this was more difficult decision for them to make than with those car rental companies. because dick's is among other things in the business of selling hunting supplies. so they surely have

enterprise operates car rental companies alamo and national.onal bank about the hot announced it will no longer produce credit cards for the nra, some activists call for consumer boycotts of companies that do business with the nra. a new report shows american workers are making more money. the economic policy institute says between 1979 and 2016 average earnings increased 30% but rather than increasing wages average earnings are up because people are working more hours. researchers found the average american worked 7.8% more hours per year in 2016 compared to 1979. the report shows the lowest income workers increased their hours by more than 24% in the same time period.>>> if you're looking for a summer job great america in santa clara is looking to fill 1000 positions. the park is hiring operators for new rides and staff for restaurants for the upcoming season. it is $13 an hour and there are some fun jobs, they are holding auditions for singers, dancers and people to dress up as characters. that should be fun. a lot of retailers start to get

they include the car rental companies hertz and enterprise holdings, both of which have stopped offering for members of the association, in the wake of the florida school shooting. amidst the grieving, the mood has been different this time. within hours of the gunman killing 17 people, anger overflowed onto the streets. on the hugely powerful gun lobby. and they include some of the most familiar corporate names. the car rental companies hertz and enterprise, which also owns alamo international. which also owns alamo and national. they're ending discounts offered to members of the gun lobby group from next month. met life insurance and the software company symantec are taking similar action. there has been no word in response from the nra. it is unclear whether these actions will hurt an organisation that boasts 5 million members. during the week, its chief executive hit out at the protesters. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms. so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. donald trump says he is open to new ideas but the one he seems to like best

it treats car rentals -- >> we should have procedures in place so san francisco police officers are twrrainedady a able to assist a citizen while a crime is in process. >> he walked up to the van calmly and bluffed, giving those inside three options. he said they remove the loads of luggage and hand over the keys. he says he isn't sure if he would do it again. >> i think it was a bad idea that had a good ending. >> the incident has been brought to the attention of the police. and they're investigating. >> he really doesn't want to criminalize anyone for this, he just wanted the van returned and he'd like to take a second look at that law. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> a story you'll only see on nbc bay area. some serious security changes at a popular south bay kids attraction, after a mother reports a disturbing incident. coming up on a special edition of nbc bay area news at 4:00. >>> now to a developing story out of ohio, two police officers are dead after a violent encounter in westerville, which is just north of clom bus. the two officers are respo

major companies are cutting ties with the nra, including car rental companies and hotels. the nra says the loss of a discount will not scare or distract any member from its mission. >>> is this time different in the gun deeb? moderator chuck todd will talk about that on "meet the press." that comes right here on nbc 10. >>> workers are marching ahead of a case in the u.s. supreme court that could change their future. hundreds of workers rallied during a day of action in center city yesterday. the requirement that they must pay dues to unions. they're hoping it sides with organized labor to maintain fair wages and strong contract negotiations. >> janice case is nothing but a naked attempt by rich ceos to use the highest court in the land to cut down our unions. >> many conservatives argue that forcing public workers to join and pay unions is a violation of their first amendment. >>> now to a live look at the olympic flame in pyeongchang, south korea. just hours before the finale of the 2018 winter games. overnight, while we slept, the russians beat germany for the gold meda

enterprise holdings which owns enterprise, national andal mow car rentals also announced it is ending a discount promotion for nra members. >> bay area leaders are pushing back on president trump and his comment today about pulling i.c.e. agents and border patrol out of california. >> we have said let california alone let them figure it out for themselves. in two months they'd be begging for us to come back. >> his statements today are completely consistent with everything that he has said. it demonstrates his ignorance, it demonstrates his racism. >> oakland mayor schaaf wasn't alone in her tone. san francisco mayor mark farrell said we are a sanctuary city because we know our city is safer when law abiding citizens and residents regardless of immigration status are active members of our community. >> a bizarre twist to a story we first reported last week. a high school track coach in san jose has been fired after he was arrested on suspicion of p possessing child pornography. 47-year-old clinton pappadakis was take sboen custody two days ago at his san jose home. he was the track co

alamo and national car rental brands has ended a discount for nla that change effective late next month. and cyber securityoftware company sem an tech has also stopped its discount with the gun rights organization. it had been offering a price reduction on norton anti-virus and malware protection for members of that group. as some investors reevaluate their gun stock positions investment firms and pension funds have to prepare for a potential shakeup in their portfolios. just how easy is it too that? and what's the cost? joining us to talk about this is craze aleman, the chief executive officer of the world's larnest educator pension fund. chris, thank you for joining us tonight. er thank you, bill. it's good to be >> now, we all know about socially responsible investing. you invest in what you support. often it's environmentally friendly companies. you avoid wout oppose. often it's tobacco or alcohol or even firearms. your mandate is simply to make money to sustain an enormous pension fund. do you already consider yourself a socially responsible investor? >> bill i'd actually say,e are

also enterprise holdings which owns enterprise national and alamo car rental also says it's ending a discount promotion for them. >>> pushing back on president trump and his comment about pulling i.c.e. agents and border patrol out of california. >> let california alone, let them figure it out for themselves. in two months they'd be begging for us to come back. >> his statements today are completely consistent with everything that he has said. it demonstrates his ignorance, it demonstrates his racism. >> an oakland mayor libby schaaf was not alone in her criticism. san francisco mayor mark farrell says we're a sanctuary city because we know we're safer when law-abiding residents, regardless of status are active members of our community. >>> dianne feinstein tweeted this. his obsession california is growing more outrageous by the day. >>> you need to keep an eye on your laptop. despite the recent arrests of six suspected thieves rs more laptops have been stolen. many happen at cafes like this one. on shattuck avenue, the robber is hanging out around the cafe and he ran up to the custo

enterprise holdings which owns enterprise, national andal mow car rentals also announced it is endingt promotion for nra members. >> bay area leaders are pushing back on president trump and his comment today about pulling i.c.e. agents and border patrol out of california. >> we have said let california alone let them figure it out for themselves. in two months they'd be begging for us to come back. >> his statements today are completely consistent with everything that he has said. it demonstrates his ignorance, it demonstrates his racism. >> oakland mayor schaaf wasn't alone in her tone. san francisco mayor mark farrell said we are a sanctuary city because we know our city is safer when law abiding citizens and residents regardless of immigration status are active members of our community. >> a bizarre twist to a story we first reported last week. a high school track coach in san jose has been fired after he was arrested on suspicion of p possessing child pornography. 47-year-old clinton pappadakis was take sboen custody two days ago at his san jose home. he was the track coach at oak

the insurance giant, metlife, the national series, and hertz -- national enterprise, and hertz car rental company. >>> tonight the california teacher association says arming teachers is not the answer. in a statement it said, "bringing more guns into schools is a misguided and dangerously flawed idea." thinking more firearms on our campuses is the answer is the most irresponsible solution you could imagine. east bay congressman tweeted this. "the nra and president trump would rather have us argue about this non-starter idea of arming teachers rather than moving ahead with common sense gun violence reform supported by the vast majority of americans. don't be distracted." >>> a former 49er is in custody tonight after posting a chilling image on instagram. the post caused a school shutdown in los angeles. >> reporter: this image of a shotgun and shells sparked a shutdown friday at one of l.a.'s most prestigious schools. police detained jonathan martin, ex-nfl player, for a post on his verified instagram gun. along with the words, "when you're a bullied victim and a coward, your options are s

they include the car rental companies, hertz and enterprise holdings, both of which have stopped offering for members of the association, in the wake of the florida school shooting. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. the aftermath to a school shooting which could prompt change in america. and it is the grieving that has meant the mood is different this time. the gunman killed 17 people, and anger overflowed into the streets. never again. on social media, pressure is being exerted on the hugely powerful gun lobby under the hugely powerful gun lobby under the hashtag boycott nra. they are targeting firms that offer benefits to members of the nra. that includes some of the most familiar corporate names, hertz and enterprise, for example. and they are ending discounts for members of the nra. metlife and symantec as well. no word in response from the nra. it is unclear if this will hurt an organisation which boasts 5 million members. during the week, the chief executive hit out at protesters. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment to eradicate all individual freedo

include major insurers car rental firms and two of america's biggest airlines delta and united the n.r.a. has lashed out at the companies saying they are punishing membership in a shameful display of political and civic cowardice f.c group august activists using the february fourteenth shooting to expand gun control and abolish gun rights in the u.s. it's a matthews as a professor of political science at cypress college and he joins us now from los angeles good to have you with us so what's the impact of all these companies causing that ties with the n.r.a. . it's going to have a significant impact because these are large companies when it was a small company like a car rental company that's one thing but when united airlines and delta and other symantec i believe a high tech companies does the same thing it's going to have a both of material impact and a moral or ethical impact because the word then spreads and the awareness of the issue of assault rifle especially assault rifles that's what needs to be banned and a lot of these young people the students have been galvanizing public opi

these are large companies it was a small company like a car rental company that's one thing but when you know their lines and delta and other symantec and leave a high tech companies does the same thing it's going to have a both of. impact and a moral or ethical impact because the word then spreads the awareness of the issue of assault rifle especially assault rifles that's what needs to be banned and a lot of these young people the students have been galvanizing public opinion and these corporate opinion now against the n.r.a. and that's very significant in my view two hundred thirty members of congress over half of the house of representatives receives money for the n.r.a. from the n.r.a. for their campaigns and now they're going to have star rejecting that money because their own constituents will turn against them once these companies turn against them and once the students have led public opinion against the n.r.a. and what it's doing because the n.r.a. does not i want to have any kind of regulation whatsoever but once these members of congress and their candidates to run agains