state senate president pro tem darryl steinberg says he's confident he will have the republican support needed to strike that deal. >> we're hearing that some republicans may be willing to grant an extension of taxes on the ballot for june, in return for key issues. among them, pension reform. >> yes, and we are willing to engage in those discussions. we think there are some very good ideas when it comes to reforming pension. >> the governor says he wants a budget deal in place by next thursday in order to get that tax measure ready for a june 7 special election. >>> a former executive of frye's electronics accused in a multimillion dollar kickback scheme has reportedly pleaded guilty. he's been charged with nine felony counts of wire fraud and money laundering. he was arrested in 2008 at friday's headquarters in 2008. his trial was supposed to start last month, but was canceled two weeks before. the documents filed in that case was sealed in federal court and that document is believed to be a plea deal. >>> documents released this week show pg&e replaced aging gas pipelines very close

i was at the republican convention last weekend and they are hardened on this and darryl steinberg, theead of the democratic senate in the senate majority leader said that, look, the republican party in california, at this point, answers to a guy in washington, grover in order kwis, a couple of radio shock jocks and a blogger in sacramento. and that's where we are down to, i think in a lot of the discussion. these people are so influential on the next election that republican legislators are just afraid to move. >> on the you tube thing he put it up at 11:00 saturday night. did he think he was on snl? >> we have to remember that jerry brown has been a governor that has been savvy in the use of social media. he has had 40,000 hits by this time, but the fact is it is probably 40,000 hits of republicans looking and seeing what is he planning next. >> does he tweet? >> he does tweet. he tweets, his dog tweets, his wife tweets. they are all over social immediate yachlt they have used it effectively but wow, even in this case, when you talk about the california budget, the fact that all of th