but he's got a democratic legislature. 's made it okay to talk across america about saying all of these backroom deals that were cut to take care of public employees maybe we ought to renegotiate. >> paul: even some democrats, cuomo's son andrew, almost certainly going to win. he's talked about a property tax cap and spending cap. you don't hear democrats say words like cap when it comes to spending. does he feel he needs to absorb some of that christie magic? >> there's a big caveat. yes he does feel that way. but he has no choice. one of the realities is, none of these governors has anywhere to hide any more. new york, california, illinois. their deficits are so huge, their public pension obligations are so overwhelming, it is no longer possible to raise tacks to pay that off. so they have to do these things. it is good christie was the first out of the gate. implementing this stuff is going to be harder. andrew cuomo is talking about a property tack cap. to get that reform he has to take on his assembly. he has to take o

democrats have a democrat i know i know the idea of a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic can draw a democratic. recently a democratic governor a democratic. state and everyone around me is a democrat even going to go to sleep. i go to sleep through the. politics today. and that is pretty much what he did during his time. now we know who mark terminator is on a mission today to save the planet what's that all about what has he been saying. well that was actually the topic for a lecture today at the high school of economics here in moscow many of course turning out not only to listen to what the man had to say but also because arnold schwarzenegger is a very much respected and loved figure here in russia his movies. have made him very popular and of course this is his first visit in over in more than twenty years he was last in moscow in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight whilst filming a movie called the red sea and of course this in the twenty odd years that r.t. hasn't been to rochelle lot has changed and a lot o

how is she going to get the democratic legislature to go along with her three-point plan -- >> what sheaid again this week is she will veto any bill that doesn't involve tax cuts, government reform, or education. and that's her strategy. >> yeah, and i think that's an issue, that there's an awful lot of bills up there that have to do with health care and schools and other issues that aren't particularly in those three points. she really hasn't answered the question how you govern like that. >> now we can move to the headlines. >> well, the headlines were of course the issue of whitman's immigration, which burst into the news the next day after the debate, when gloria allred, the los angeles celebrity attorney, held a press conference, had the weeping immigrant worker there. it was drama. nicky diaz, the worker, who is from the east bay, said that she'd worked for whitman for nine years, was undocumented, and allred said whitman and her husband, dr. griffin hearst, knew about it. whitman denied that. we went into a second day of press conferences, when allred produced the -- a letter fro

he's in there slugging, but a democratic legislature. we don't know whether he's going to get the pension reform done, but made it okay to talk across america about saying all of these back room deals that were cut to take care of public employees, maybe we ought to renegotiate them. >> it's fascinating and even some democrats, dan, i mean, mario cuomo, son andrew is running for governor here, prohibitive favorite, almost certainly going to win and he talked about a property tax cap and spending cap and you don't hear democrats say words like cap often when it comes to spending, so does he feel he needs to absorb, some of that christy mairj? >> i think there's a big caveat here, paul. yes, he does feel that way, but he also has no choice. one of the realities is none of these governors has anywhere to hide anymore. new york, california, illinois, their deficits are so huge and public pension obligations are so overwhelmingt's no longer able to raise taxes and pay that off and so they have to do these things and it's good that chris chris

idea of a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic controller a democratic treasurer had up until recently a democratic governor a democratic. secretary of state and everyone around me is a democrat even a night going to go to bed and go to sleep. thank you i go to sleep. but of course that last remark talking about his wife maria shriver who's not just any democrat but is connected to the kennedy family which is one of the most staunch democratic families in the united states so making some concessions there but after after this he will be visiting with the roof no company as well as going to his on to talk about investment opportunities there as well right a busy day for the governor of course we'll be back with more throughout the day thanks. we'll have more on the california governor's visit in our business update that's in around fifteen minutes. but first around half of children up for adoption in america are black yet their chances of finding a family are remarkably slim compared to white children part of t

idea of a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic control and a democratic. you had up until recently a democratic governor a democratic. state and everyone around me. even a night to go to sleep. i go to sleep. but all joking aside he did comment about how russia is a young. and he hopes to help support russia in all of its endeavors while he is here he's also going to be going to know as well as to tour the area there to talk about business and investment opportunities there as well so an important trip for the governor arnold schwarzenegger while he's here in russia a charismatic visit indeed. thanks very much for that. and we have more on the kind of front to govern this visit in our business update that's around fifty minutes time. now around half of children for adoption in america black their chances of finding a family are remarkably slim compared to white children part of the blame is being put on white couples who would rather spend thousands of dollars to find a caucasian child and accept a black hole

and you have a democratic think about this you have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic controller a democratic treasurer you had up until recently a democratic but then a governor a democratic. state and everyone around me is a democrat even a night going to go to bed and go to sleep. i go to sleep with the devil. and of course that last comment referring to his wife maria shriver who is not only a democrat but is also a member of the kennedy family one of the most famous democrat families in the united states now from here when he leaves moscow the governor will be going into khazan and also meeting with the president of a total stand there so that he can look at investment opportunities he will also while he's in russia russia be visiting with different ministers as well as visiting the company of rusinow know artesian thomas reporting there and you can get more on the california governor's visit to russia silicon valley with our business team in about fifteen minutes. now from any american would be parents willing to adopt a child color ma

i have the idea of a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic control and a democratic treasurer we had up until recently a democratic governor a democratic. state and everyone around me is a democrat even that night going to go to sleep i. go to sleep through that whole crowd. what i call it takes to bed early certainly knows how to make his album laugh and that is pretty much what he did during his time in the russian capital this is first visit over in more than twenty years he was last in moscow. whilst filming a movie called red horse this. twenty odd years that r.t. hasn't been to russia lot has changed a lot not only local demands but local demands have also not as one of the issues that was addressed as specifically the. necessity for battling the effects warming for climate control california of course having sell the whole experience in the matter. words stay there say more than your share tips on how to the curb greenhouse gas emissions and various other eco friendly matters so that was the focus of

and we have a democratic think about this we have a democratic legislature in the assembly and in the senate we have a democratic controller and everyone around me is a democrat even a night going to go to bed i go to sleep i. i go to sleep through the crowd and of course that last comment referring to his wife maria shriver who's not only a democrat but is also a member of the kennedy family one of the most famous democrat families in the united states now from here he will also while he's in russia be visiting with different ministers as well as visiting the company of those now no. that was official thomas covering the california governor's visit here to russia and you can get more of my admitted to without business team in about fifteen minutes time. the ballots are in full color stone's landmark parliamentary poll which in tonight. observers have praised as being free and fair so far no single parties have merged a clear winner with the central election commission saying that five parties appear to have crossed the necessary five percent threshold nataly nova covers monitoring th

so instead of having those freshmen who are elected in 2012 carville of their seats by the democratic legislature, democratic governor wi be able to protect those republican gains, ohio i think we are going to have a republican governor, state house, state senate, the scene in indiana and pennsylvania, the scene and was concentrating we are going to win the michigan state hous so those gains that we make it equal translate between 15 to 2 u.s. house seats either being protected or carved over the next cycles. ohio for exampleloses two seats, so having control of the ohio statehouse many to win the seats to gain control of the four seats to gain control of the ohio state house. there will be important because you want to have from our perspective if you're going to draw in order to lose two seats to all somebody all of their seats i would rather see dennis kucinich and john boehner out of the seat. so those are very important elections and that is one of the kind of unwritten or underreported stories of the impact and have a big year like we are having in the year that ends in zero because it can

so instead of having those freshmen who are elected in 2012 carville of their seats by the democratic legislature, democratic governor will be able to protect those republican gains, ohio i think we are gong to have a republican governor, state house, state senate, the scene in indiana and pennsylvania, the scene and was concentrating we are goi to win the michigan state house, so those gains that we make it equal translate between 15 to 25 u.s. house seats either being protected or carved over the next cycles. ohio for example loses two seats, so having control of the ohio statehouse many to win the seats to gain control of the four seats to gain control of the ohio state house. there will be important because you want to have from our perspective if you're going to draw in order to lose two seats to all somebody all of their seats i would rather see dennis kucich and john boehner out of the seat. sohose are very important elections and that is one of the kind of unwritten or underreported stories of the impact and have a big year like we are having in the year that ends in zero because it can r

. >> as you know, we do have a republican governor now and a democratic legislature and it's not really partisan issue, the debt problem but as far as meg whitman goes, voters care about what she does, more than what she says and when they aren't consistent, like on the immigration issue, where she says she wants to punish employers who hire -- >> that has nothing to do with that. >> employers have a responsibility to find out more about their employees, and she didn't live up to her own standards on this. martha: does any of that really matter. does it matter? you know, in the situation, you look at what california is dealing with, michael. >> this isn't the issue, and, that is a game that is being played. throw the illegal immigrant into the mix with gloria allred and the issue in california is 12.7% unemployment. we are bankrupt in the state of california. we need to change what is going on. and, it needs to change with a strong governor at the top -- do i agree with everything meg whitman does, no but i know jerry brown and lived under a jerry brown governorship in california and we

>> look, i think a republican governor can soror be the check and balance against a democratic legislature in massachusetts. it was a good thing. if you look at the romney years, the state never raised taxes over that period of time, governor patrick gets elected, he starts proposing tax increases as soon as he wins, major -- raises taxes eight times over the course of the last four years, over a billion dollars in new taxes, and that's despite the fact that he had a $2 billion rainy day fund, and billions in federal stimulus money to help him weather the storm. what they say to me is look, i didn't understand this balance thing so i didn't have it anymore, i want it back and i think that's why they're coming our way. martha: tell me specifically, what would you cut from the budget? >> we've made a billion dollars worth of proposal necessary terms of restructuring government. we're the only candidate putting reforms on the table about what we would do. we need to consolidate state agencies, reduce the number of people who work in state government, and i say that as a guy who likes and admy

swarzenegger when he flew into san jose today just two hours after the legislature finally approved a budget. >> we all together, democrats and republicans, fought through all the mine fields, fought through all the obstacles, but we got the job done. >> the fact that the state can't pass a budget within 100 days is bad for the business and bad all the way around. it's good to have that behind us. >> reporter: one reason san jose officials are happy is the government pushed through

which was signed four years ago by governor schwarzenegger after a strong majority of democratic controlled legislatureassed it. what we're seeing in response is a pretty remarkable coalition. you can look at this as a feature of climate change battles across the country because what we're seeing is you have some republicans, some democrats, people from the informal committee, local committed to organizations and the business community working together. -- environmental community, local community and organizations in the business committed to working together. the bad news, we know coal companies and auto companies will fight in a progressive initiative anywhere around the country whenever they see something that threatens their profits. -- we know coal companies and oil companies will fight any progressive initiative. >> jerry brown and meg whitman have both opposed proposition 23, but she has proposed suspending the global warming solutions that for a year due to california's economy. they debated the issue on tuesday. >> two will companies in texas and a big conglomerate a petrochemical conglomerate

so the big difficulty is going to be in a democrat-controlled legislature coming up in january for oursession how is this going to play? are we going to all be seeing some form of tax increase to chop away at this and maybe perhaps get to some place where we can get b on better footing for jobs or taxes cleanly off the table. the specifics are yet to come. we have another televised debate tonight. ma inwe'll hear something tonight. it's the last one scheduled for these two but nothing specific for either one of them. >> brown: how about in rochester, julie philipp? do you get specifics or just the general... >> depends on how specific you want to get here. they're all talking about property tax caps, restricting unfunded mandates, labor reductionings, zero-based budgeting, all those sorts of things but when you ask them what mandates would you cut, you you don't hear. how many positions would you cut, there are no answers. so, no, i wouldn't say we're getting terribly specific about the answers. >> brown: kathy lewis, brief word from you. how specific there? >> not. how brief was that.

. >> democrats help control the legislature -- have controlled the legislature since 1996. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> and john mccain came out swinging today in support of the senate candidate carly fee rena. during a rally at a veteran's museum in san diego, mccain wept after his colleague, barbara boxer. >> this person will never waive the white flag of surrender the way barbara boxer has tried to do every time we are in a conflict. barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the united states senate today. i though that because i have had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> earlier this week, the veterans of foreign wars political action committee reuh officialed the endorsement of boxer. they released a list of military spending bills and other measures the senator has supported. tomorrow bill clinton joins mike thompson at a stop in napa, and later clinton will appear with jerry brown and gavin newsom at san jose state university. and officials were in the bay area trying to help balance the scales of environme

. >> democrats have controlled the legislature since 1996. in pleasanton, lisa amin gulezian, "abc 7 news." >> former president bill clinton campaigned in northern california with stops in napa and san jose. yesterday he was in southern california. mr. clinton's appearance in napa is designed to bolster the campaign of congressman mike thompson. that is on third street at 2:00 this afternoon and is open to the public. at 5:00, he will attend a private fund-raising dinner to benefit the democratic party. then at 7:00, he'll take the stage at san jose state university with democrats jerry brown and gavin newsom to help in their races. >> we are going to see something today we haven't seen since the 2008 presidential race, the obamas campaigning together. they were stumping for ted strickland in the final two weeks of the midterm battle for control of congress. >> reporter: with early voters casting battles, the gloves are coming off. john mccain campaigning for carly fiorina. >> this person will never wave the white flag of surrender. >> you do

you have a democratic legislature, unions, and lobbyists -- should they not be in a broom for a week and have the solution? >> absolutely. governor quinn has had six years to do that and he has dropped the ball. we will lay the facts on the line and bring these stakeholders to the table to solve the state budget fiscal prices. it takes leadership. it takes someone willing to stand up for the people's interest. i would give you an example. we did this in a bipartisan way when it came to mccormick place. we sat down and came up with a solution only to have been vetoed by governor quinn because he was more interested in his campaign and special interests. i will work with these stakeholders to bring out real resolutions. >> i believe in taking on special interest. i have done it all my life. but the selling started the citizens utility board. we have also taken on the insurance companies. center brady actually voted against the bill that would have let new mothers stay in the hospital for more than 24 hours. he wanted to kick them out of the hospitals are like the insurance companies di

you have a democratic legislature, unions, and lobbyists -- should they not be in a broom for a week and have the solution? >> absolutely. governor quinn has had six years to do that and he has dropped the ball. we will lay the facts on the line and bring these stakeholders to the table to solve the state budget fiscal prices. it takes leadership. it takes someone willing to stand up for the people's interest. i would give you an example. we did this in a bipartisan way when it came to mccormick place. we sat down and came up with a solution only to have been vetoed by governor quinn because he was more interested in his campaign and special interests. i will work with these stakeholders to bring out real resolutions. >> i believe in taking on special interest. i have done it all my life. but the selling started the citizens utility board. we have also taken on the insurance companies. center brady actually voted against the bill that would have let new mothers stay in the hospital for more than 24 hours. he wanted to kick them out of the hospitals are like the insurance companies di

legislature and everybody's vote counts. right now, we don't have real legislative elections. we all know today who will win, the democrats and same numbers they have now. >> belva: you agree with that? of course. your book. >> fixing the election system and once we have ha legislature we can hold accountable more representative in california, we can do a second big thing, take out all those two-thirds vote requirements we have about budgets and taxes and school funding guarantees, transportation. one of the reasons we're so unhappy with the legislature, we've taken all their flexibility to govern and imposed the two-thirds requirements so the budget just passed and signed today, belongs to nobody. democrats didn't like it, republicans didn't like it, not the governor's budget, a budget that belongs to no one because we require this consensus system. we'd be better off changing the legislature and making it be more accountable and letting the legislature govern. >> belva: those seem like two things near impossible given the structure of the people who have to make the changes. is it possible? is there a way around? >> thi

are frustrated with the state legislature in which 95% of the state senate and state assembly district, if you are republican you have to governor right. if you are democratic, you have partisan legislature. have an l. we have complete gridlock. tant thiet important things don. certainly there needs to be reform, from the perspective of making sure that it has an impact the general funds, there is necessary puirement. requirement. you you don't necessarily have a way to fund it. i want to make sure they are written properly and taken out of the hands of the attorney general and mainly bill today framitive wa a positive way for his party, both republicans and democrats in a non-partisan group. we certainly need reform but critically important that we have the initiative process, particularly when we have of a state legislature that won't deal with spiraling problems and other issues that we are facing. >>> it's a question that i long been interested in. i believe i carried my first initiative form in 1995 or 1996 which i was a member of the california state assembly. it would have d thomething that i still believe is very important which is inform inform vot

. >> democrats have controlled california's legislature since 1996. in pleasanton, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> former presidential candidate senator john mccain came out swinging yesterday in support of carly fiorina. during a rally at a veterans museum in san diego, mccain went after his colleague and fiorina's rival democratic barbara boxer. >> this person will never wave the white flag of surrender the way that barbara boxer has tried to do every single time we have been in a conflict. (cheers and applause) >> barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the united states senate today. i know that because i've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> last week the veterans of foreign wars political action committee reaffirmed its endorsement of boxer. her campaign has released a list of military spending bills and other measures she has supported. former president bill clinton campaigned here in northern california today. he has stops in napa and san jose. he was in southern california yester

. >> democrats have controlled california's legislature since 1996.n pleasanton, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> former presidential candidate john mccain came out swinging yesterday in support of carly fiorina. during a rally at a veterans museum in san diego, mccain went after his senate legal and rival barbara boxer. >> this person will never wave the white flag of surrender the way that barbara boxer has tried to do every single time we have been in a conflict. (cheers and applause) >> barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the united states senate today. i had know that because i've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> last week the veterans of foreign wars' political action committee reaffirmed its endorsement of boxer. her campaign released spending bills and other measures she has supported. former president bill clinton complains in northern california with stops in napa and san jose. yesterday he was in southern california. today mr. clinton appears in napa to vote for the campai

no details yet, but lawmakers say both democrats and republicans compromised. of course, the legislature still has to approve the deal, and they will vote on thursday. >> the details will come out next week, but he will not sign a budget that increases taxes, he will not sign a budget that does not reform budget and pensions. >> this is the longest california's gone without a budget. last check, our deficit, $19 billion. >>> headlines from around the bay area now. the oakland police department is reviewing procedures after an officer killed a family's dog. the family wasn't home on tuesday night when the blar arm went off. police surrounded the home, saw a back door open, and thought an intruder was inside. they say the yellow lab charged at them, acted aggressively, so one officer fired three shots. >> the dog charged at the officer, the dog was growling and the dog got around 3 feet and the officer discharged his firearm. this all took place within a second, or two. this is a fast situation, a split second decision was nade, and it's unfortunate but right now, looking at the report, it

. >> they really do not like it when the legislature, the governor, democrats, republicans did exactly to the state of minnesota what you did this year when you pretend you balance the budget at the state level and end up with school districts having to go to four- day weeks. when you pretend to balance the budget and end up with communities having to cut fire and police. when you pretend to balance the budget, and now be as small businesses to balance their payment on sales taxes. that is not leadership. that is part of an ideological pandering that is not going to work for the future. >> mr. dayton, jump in here. >> representative emmer talked about the same level of funding, but we are expected to have 14,000 more students in our public schools over the next two years, so the same level of funding with 14,000 more students is on a per-student basis a cut, just like governor pawlenty has cut in real $1,300 dollars per student. that is why we have overcrowded classes. that will only get worse under representative emmer's proposal. >> we will talk more about education in a bit. mr. day

swarzenegger when he flew into san jose today just two hours after the legislature finally approved a budget. >> we all together, democrats and republicans, fought through all the mine fields, fought through all the obstacles, but we got the job done. >> the fact that the state can't pass a budget within 100 days is bad for the business and bad all the way around. it's good to have that behind us. >> reporter: one reason san jose officials are happy is the government pushed through pension reform for state employees, something san jose wants for its own public employees. state workers will soon contribute more toward their retirement and the retirement age for law enforcement will be raised to 55, and 60 for other employees and there will be no more spiking which allows employees to base pensions on what they made in their final year. new employees will see a two-tier pension system. >> pensions have become the silent thief of our treasury, have been taking and stealing from the parks, stealing from education, kindergarten through 12th. >> reporter: still, many education groups are unhappy. teachers and counselors in san

legislature since 1998. since 2006, he has been a state senator. incumbent is bill foster, a democrat who has held the seat since 2008. he worked for 22 years as a physicist. the green party candidate is also on the ballot. we have links to all three candidates on our website. >> why should you represent this district? >> we need change. i don't believe that this is well represented right now. people continue to struggle in the 14th congressional district. we need to make sure we turn this around. >> why do you feel you should be reelected. >> i understand the stress that businesses are going through. >> what is your major accomplishment? >> i was the republican spokesperson on the judiciary and in the house. we saw many good doctors leaving the state. i spent a good amount of time meeting with very many people. many people crafting legislation to keep doctors here. the other thing that i was excited about and has been very important is working on a graduated licensed program. i was one of the chief sponsors of part of that legislation. i worked in it bipartisan way to get that passed

top democrats and republicans reached an agreement on friday but full legislature isn't expected to vote until this thursday. if approved, the state controller will have ten days to give public notice on his intention to begin issuing iou's. california owes $8.4 billion to several thousand vendors it hasn't paid in months. >> up next on abc 7 morning news, a medical break-through. bay area researchers develop a new treatment that holds the promise of revolutionizing the fight against terminal cancer. >> and we'll show you how to find out what natural gas pipelines [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. [ music ] see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel, the one kids want to eat. and these e the ones you'll love on a school night pillsbury ham and cheese crescents with just a few ingredients, you have an easy to make dinner. they're crescents for the other 364. try them tonight. >> 4:48 on a tuesday. 75 fargo, 77 dallas. warmer than other parts of the country. we have one area of severe weather possible, and it's

and the democrats in my legislature said the same thing democrats in ohio say all the time. we're just going to have to raise taxes on the people of new jersey. in the last eight years, new jerseyens had their taxes increased 115 times in eight years. they've become the highest taxed state in america. so i said real clearly to the democrats, we're not raising taxes. they sent me a tax increase. in fact, they walked it right down the hall after they passed it to my office. so my mother taught me good manner. when guests are coming you come out to receive them. i walked out to my office and the senate president was there and he handed me the bill. i don't know he said it was like the new jersey fairness and justice act. they never call it a tax increase. right? so maybe they could fool you into signing it. and i said, steve, sit down for a moment. and i took that pen out of my pocket and i vetoed it and i said take that back to where it came from. that's the same thing john will do. [cheers and applause] and then he'll get down to the hard work and balancing the budget. and it

for the governor to be personally engaged with the co-equal branch called the legislature, all 120 republicans and democrats jerry brown 2.0 in the governor's mansion look like? >> look like just what we are seeing right now. this is the way it is going to be, open, transparent, exhaustive and very interesting. >> well, we will hear from meg whitman, the republican candidate, tomorrow "the daily rundown" and more of this interview with jerry rbi brown and meg whitman tonight on "nbc nightly news" with brian williams live from los angeles. chuck, i have to show you within thing we found in our research, chris donovan from nbc staff found the 1982 front page from the "los angeles times" shows jerry brown proclaiming "i shall return". >> just the opposite. he yeah. >> did he ever really go away? >> just the opposite of dick nixon, right, richard nixon in '62, lost to jerry brown's father saying you won't have dick nix ton kick around anymore. jerry brown never said that the only race he lost, to other than president, of course, '82 he ran for the u.s. senate, but i will tell you, the most fascinating thing he

governor schwarzenegger and state top 2 democrats and 2 republicans reached a budget agreement on friday but the full legislature is not expected to vote on it until this thursday. if it is not approved the state controller has to provide 10 days public notice before issuing i o u. california owes 8 and a half billion dollars to several thousand vendors. it has not paid in most. >> state supreme court mean time affirmed governor schwarzenegger power to furlough state employees today to save money until a budget is in place. state worker unions had argued that the furlough violated their contracts. most employees are forced to take 3 day off month unpaid which amounts to a 14 percent pay cu cut. >> promising cancer research is being reported in the proceedings of national academy of science. scientist at the california pacific medical research institute in san francisco say they succeed entered turning the tide on terminal stages of cancer in animals. allen has a closer look at the research and what it could eventually mean for humans. >> you can see the really striking reduction in both number and size of the lu

chuck reed praised governor schwarzenegger, just two hours after the legislature finally approved a budget. >> we all together, democrats and republicans fought through all the mine fields and obstacles, but we got the job done. >> reporter: the fact the state can't pass a budget is bad for business and bond markets and bad all around. it's good to have that behind us. >> reporter: one reason officials are happy is the government pushed through pension reforms for state employees, something san jose wants for its own public employees. state workers will soon contribute more towards their retirement and the age will be raised to 55, 60 for other employees and no more spiking which aplows employees to base pensions on what they made in their final year. >> pensions have become the silent thief of our treasury and stealing from the parks, stealing from education. >> reporter: still, many groups are unhappy, teachers and counselors in san jose's east high junior district says the budget shortchanges them and comes after hundreds of layoffs. >> we've been hit extremely hard. this will mean a lot of cuts for us. this does not

chuck reed praised governor schwarzenegger, just two hours after the legislature finally approved a budget. >> we all together, democrats and republicans fought through all the mine fields and obstacles, but we got the job done. >> reporter: the fact the state can't pass a budget is bad for business and bond markets and bad all around. it's good to have that behind us. >> reporter: one reason officials are happy is the government pushed through pension reforms for state employees, something san jose wants for its own public employees. state workers will soon contribute more towards their retirement and the age will be raised to 55, 60 for other employees and no more spiking which aplows employees to base pensions on what they made in their final year. >> pensions have become the silent thief of our treasury and stealing from the parks, stealing from education. >> reporter: still, many groups are unhappy, teachers and counselors in san jose's east high junior district says the budget shortchanges them and comes after hundreds of layoffs. >> we've been hit extremely hard. this will mean a lot of cuts for us. this does not

i want to start in about three weeks, call the entire legislature in and make sure every democrat and republican comes forward and gives their suggestion. and keep a meeting. whether it's 50 hours a week. five or six days a week until we get it done. if we have to take it to the voters for a special election, i'll do that. >> it won't be just if jerry brown wins just the congress in washington that has a lame duck session. he's going to call the legislature in and lock him in a room until they get it done. we'll see whether the voters regard that as a credible plan against meg whitman and the one thing jerry brown did not want to do today is revisit the "whore" comment that dominated the news. it's give an spring in the step of meg whitman. jerry brown said, i've said everything i want to say on that topic. >> california is on the president's map on his rally campaign, correct? >> reporter: absolutely. he's going to be traveling here. the president has got to rouse his base all over the country. bill clinton is coming in for jerry brown this afternoon to try to do his part. but everyw