dmv delays.eople who want a driver's license in the district have to wait months to take the road test. the backlog is due to increased demand and a shortage of people to administer the test. but as mark segraves reports now soon you'll be able to avoid that long wait. >> reporter: outside the district's one and only location where you can take the road test and you'll find lots of people with the same story. all been waiting months to get a driver's license. >> i've been wanting a driver's license since march 27th when i passed the knowledge test. >> it's been about six months, yeah. >> why so long? >> they said there's been no openings so i had to wait. >> i'm speechless on how long it actually takes for us to get a driver's appointment or anything of that sort. >> reporter: part of the reason there's such a long wait list, two of the five examiners who give the tests have been on medical leave. and -- >> those three or four months of summer are our busiest for road tests. >> reporter: official

however, both showed us dmv registration. with full address. >> we weren't getting adresses and didn't know. >> bridge officials realized their computers can not capture dresses for some random plates like shelly's. and could not read full addresses for many leased cars. no address, no bill. no bill, no toll. curry said the district would write off tolls as a loss and says 5,000 nonpaying cars is a small fraction. still if kept up that is $360,000 a gleer lost revenue autos thank you to 7 on your side we have this issue flushed out for us. we're fixing it. >> so now the bridge district is using our information to help rebuild the information meaning drivers can stop worrying about why they didn't get a bill and means no more free rides. >> yes. michael finney making sure everybody pays, thank you. >> and a mixed verdict in the trial of bradley manning. a judge found manning not guilty but was convicted of many lesser charges. manning admitted he's giving hundreds of thousands of documents to wiki leaks. the verdict sparked th

however, both showed us dmv registration. with full address. >> we weren't getting adresses and didn't know. >> bridge officials realized their computers can not capture dresses for some random plates like shelly's. and could not read full addresses for many leased cars. no address, no bill. no bill, no toll. curry said the district would write off tolls as a loss and says 5,000 nonpaying cars is a small fraction. still if kept up that is $360,000 a gleer lost revenue autos thank you to 7 on your side we have this issue flushed out for us. we're fixing it. >> so now the bridge district is using our information to help rebuild the information meaning drivers can stop worrying about why they didn't get a bill and means no more free rides. >> yes. michael finney making sure everybody pays, thank you. >> and a mixed verdict in the trial of bradley manning. a judge found manning not guilty but was convicted of many lesser charges. manning admitted he's giving hundreds of thousands of documents to wiki leaks. the verdict sparked th

. >> i'm nannette miranda the dmv.r california license plate soon be getting high-tech >>> welcome back everyone. so glad you are with us. it's 8:30 and we want to start off with a quick look at the weather. here is frances dinglasan. >>> good morning everyone. sunshine inland areas, like concord where it's 59 degrees right now. 66 in antioch. still cloudy at the coast. 53 in san francisco and cloudy in santa rosa at 52. more clouds and fog in watsonville and monterey at 54 degrees. we'll see the sunshine although we're socked in right now with the live shot of golden gate bridge. you will see sunshine later on today. by the late morning hours along the coast you see it earlier for inland communities. that is where temperatures are going to warm up to near hundred degrees today. so a few degrees warmer than yesterday. around the bay, look for low 70s to low 80s, warm and comfortable, if you like it cool head to the coast. that is where temperatures are going to hover in the 60s throughout the week. there are changes an

the bill would allow the dmv to create a pilot program to test thousands of cars for digital plates. 160,000 cars could be involved. lawmakers hope to improve efficiency in vehicle with registration and possibly save the dmv millions a year. a privacy group says the digital plates could leave drivers vulnerable to surveillance. the pill is in the appropriations committee. >> you can watch your favorite abc shows no marry -- matter where you are on "watch abc live stream." it will bring you local news and all of your favorite abc tv shows. watch abc allows you to bring abc7 news wherever you want to be a new benefit brought to you by abc, comcast, charter communications at no additional cost. can you get the watch abc live stream and download the app. you can watch us, it is an easy thing to do. >> you can watch both your tv and your ipad. >> overload. just a bit. are we overloaded with the weather? >> not that much. i thought it was more dry this morning. coming in from the city at least it seemed to be warmer and dryer. temperatures will be five degrees warmer further inland. live d

. >> i'm nannette miranda at the dmv.our california license plate could soon be getting a high-tech makeover. they are consi >> good morning, everyone. thanks so much for joining us. coming up on 6:30 and we are starting this half-hour with a look at the weather, fran continuing is in nor lisa argen this morning. francis. >> good morning, everyone. we are socked in right at the golden gate bridge with this live shot. you can barely see across the span right now. temperatures in the 50s with fog also reported in parts of the valley like isn't'sa. 52 san francisco, 55 oakland and 59 in san jose. but we will see a lot of sunshine eventually this afternoon. here's a live look from the east bay hills. you see the fog just spilling in from the coast, as well. that will clear by late morning, midmorning even in some locations. temperatures will be a few degrees warmer compared to yesterday foreign land neighborhoods and bay side neighbors. so numbers getting to near 100 degrees. it's going to be quite hot inland. around the bay

the dmv would save $20 million a year. it wouldn't have to mail renewal tags.orters say the digital license plate would look a whole lot like the current one plus have the ability to display amber alert and register fast track toles, but the electronic frontier foundation opposes the idea says it doesn't protect your location and personal information. >> law enforcement needs a warrant to be able to put a tracking device on your car. it's a possibility the way this program could be immremented, these smart plates could be that tracking device. >> a lobbyist for smart plates says the program sbt geared toward the average driver but for big companies with large vehicle fleets, but measure doesn't specify. we found drivers on both sides. >> i kind of like the idea actually. i'm a big proponent of fast track and anything that can speed up the day. >> the government is going to have personal information on people. that's not right. >> if smart plate had its way it would produce digital plates that ran advertisements. in san francisco, sharon chen, kpix 5. >> the sta

have wireless capability so dmv can directly update the registration once you pay and maybe even helpate a stolen car. >> gordon bean bought a pre-owned car and supports the idea of bipassing the dmv. state spends 20 million dollars a year on postage alone for renewal. >> i think a lot easier. come down here to pick up the taking or mail anything in. i wouldn't have come down here with my police to get new one. >> this advertise under development but new jersey has this idea. south carolyn company says it can go as far as shaming drivers with messages of expired or uninsured across the screen. >> this will be big brother watching us. >> brave situation group are concerned. wireless technology means we can be tracked. the nsa proves that. and aclu report out this week reveals many law enforcement agency across the country are keeping data gathered during license plate scam in parking lot and road. electronic frontier foundation would like to see more protection. >> consumer simply giving up 0too much of the private data and it's the legislature job to protect average californians from

the dmv would save $20 million a year. it wouldn't have to mail renewal tags. supporters of the measure say the digital license plate would look like the current one and have the ability to display amber alerts and register fastrak tolls. but the electronic frontier foundation opposes the idea saying it doesn't protect your location and personal information. >> law enforcement needs a warrant to track you with a device on your car. it's a possibility that the way this program could be implemented, these smart plates could be that tracking device. >> reporter: a lobbyist for smart plate says the program isn't geared toward the average driver but for big companies with large vehicle fleets. but the measure doesn't specify. we found drivers on both sides. >> i kind of like the idea, actually. i'm a big proponent of fastrak and anything that can speed up the day. >> it's not right. >> reporter: smart plate would have produced digital plates that ran advertisements to generate state revenue about that measure died in california three years ago. in san francisco, sha

to the dmv because there's always traffic and everything. >> privacy advocates and other critics areut how the information from those plates would be used and how long it could be stored. >>> time now is 6:38. from fancy perks to wild parties, how some google interns are upsetting their neighbors. >> plus, how the pope says you can get to heaven a lot faster by following him on twitter. >> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's check the early numbers this morning. a bit of a mixed bag. coming up we'll get an update from kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. ,,,, yesterday. the mono-rail lost power.. and stopped a ories up. >>> well, more than 20 people got stuck and had to be rescued at the state fair in sacramento yesterday. the monorail lost power a couple of stories up. firefighters used a lift to get the people down. everyone was okay. a little scary there, though. >> about 102 degrees there, too. >> no kidding. >> about an hour there stuck inside the cars, long day. >>> a daredevil photographer is creating a buzz for a photo. >> very creative. take a

. >> a measure would enable dmv to create a pilot program with up to 160,000 fleet vehicles. that would allow plates on a small screen showing what one might look like for a motorcycle having wireless capabilities to update registration once you pay and maybe help cops locate a stolen car. gordon sup pots the idea of bypassing the dmv. >> i think it would be easier if we don't have to pick up tags, i don't have to be coming down here to get new one autos new jersey has this idea. at a south carolina company can go as far as shaming driver was messages of expired or uninsure add cross the screen. >> this will be big brother watching use groups are concerned wireless deck nolg is sweeping the track. >> aclu report reveals many report many law enforcement are gathering scan as cross the road. the electronic frontier foundation would like to see more protection. >> consumers giving up too much data. if legislature's job to protect average californians from overly. >> i think it's a lot of things. i think things should be the way they are. if it's not broken why fix it? if approve

. >> a measure would enable dmv to create a pilot program with up to 160,000 fleet vehicles.hat would allow plates on a small screen showing what one might look like for a motorcycle hav wireless capabilities to update registration once you pay and maybe help cops locate a stolen car. gordon sup pots the idea of bypassing the dmv. >> i think it would be easier if we don't have to pick up tags, i don't have to be coming down here to get new one autos new jersey has this idea. at a south carolina company can go as far as shaming driver was messages of expired or uninsure add cross the screen. >> this will be big brother watching use groups are concerned wireless deck nolg is sweeping the track. >> aclu report reveals many report many law enforcement are gathering scan as cross the road. the electronic frontier foundation would like to see more protection. >> consumers giving up too much data. if legislature's job to protect average californians from overly. >> i think it's a lot of things. i think things should be the way they are. if it's not broken why fix it? if approved and

we did check dmv records and he only had one minor accident and it is not clear he was driving a bus when it happened two years ago. >>> san francisco is setting up to help reunite stolen bikes. it would also help them get it going and there are up to 800 reported bicycle thefts and most of those are in the mission and market areas. now car thieves are choosing their trucks. it is the most popular vehicle and the next floor spots are in the chevrolet avalanche and the 350 pickup. the cadillac escalate was nearly 10 years but it went to 6th place. >>> back over to sal for the commute, sal? >>> we are still watching that crash on the road and this is reported to other vehicles. the traffic is looking good on the san mateo bridge as you head out to the high-rise and traffic does look good on interstate 880 north and southbound in front of the coliseum and there are no major problems. all right, it is a bigger fog bank and i tell you this high pressure system, i will talk to a colleague of mine. it was drifted towards the north coast and not much rain, if you are traveling san diego, not

. >> a measure at the capitol would allow dmv to have a pilot program with up to $1,160,000 vehicles that would allow a digital screen on the license plate. youtube shows what one might look like on a motorcycle. it has wireless capabilities so dvm can directly update your license plate as you pay and maybe spot your car. >> he supports the idea of by passing the dmv. the state spends $20,000 on post an alone for renewals. >> i think it would be easier if we didn't have to come down here and pick up our tags or mail anything in. i wouldn't have to come here with my plates to get more one. >> it's still under involvement but new jersey has this idea. a south carolina company said it can go so far as shaming drivers with messages of expired or uninsured across the screen. >> this will be big brother watching us. >> privacy groups are concerned. wireless technology means we can be tracked. the nsa proved that. and an acl ureport out this week revealed many law enforcement companies are keeping data gathered during license late scans in parking lots and on the road. electronic frontier a

do you guys go down to the dmv together? or what is the process like?manche, we bypass the dmv. >> jimmy: you were able to -- >> really? a government agency? great. >> jimmy: yeah. you skip the government agency. you do it on the reservation or -- >> yeah. no, i was just adopted, you know, into their culture, their nation. and it was -- >> jimmy: did her actual sons -- does she have family of her own? did they know they were getting a new brother? >> they did. some of them didn't know exactly who their brother or cousin would be. >> jimmy: and it turned out to be you. they must have been surprised. >> some were happy. [ laughter ] some were happy. >> jimmy: were any of them unhappy? >> some were happy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, that's focusing on the positive. the movie came out great. it's great to see you. thank you for all the sweet kisses on the face. i appreciate it. johnny depp, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] "the lone ranger" opens in theaters wednesday. we'll be back with rebecca romijn. ♪ ♪ [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods

i want to have enforcement easier with increased oversight by the dmv and making the plagued photos available. another recommendation is out of the advisory committee is disability brakes shouldn't mean parking for unlimited time which is law school san francisco to requirement meter payments. i'm committed to working with the mayor's office and office of disability to push those remedies forward and hope when we consider this in september i will as well. the rest of my items i'll submit >> thank you madam clerk. today optimum introducing an ordinance that is upon the data performance having more strict deadlines creating a strategy for residents of san francisco to gain access to their own data and protection for the residents of our city. this ordinance is from the president obama ordinance that just wants the data policy. this ordinance takes from and takes data from president obama's strategy that used technology to improve and make a difference in people's lives. i'm introducing this because we know that the resources by making them useable in the community we can help fuel entrepreneurs

. >> takes out hassle from going to the dmv. >> reporter: they would create a pilot program to test carsh electronic license plates. $20 million a year, it wouldn't have to mail renewal tags. the digital plate would look a lot like the current one and have the ability to display amber alerts and tolls. s. >> law enforcement needs a warrant to be able to put a tracking device on your car. it's a possibility that the way this program could be implemented, these smart plates could be that tracking device. >> reporter: a lobbyist for smart plate says the program isn't geared toward the average driver but big companies with large vehicle fleets. but the measure doesn't specify. we find drivers on both sides. >> i kind of like the idea. i'm a big pro ponent of fast track. >> the government is going to have personal information on people. that's not right. >> reporter: and smart plate would also produce advertisements. but that measure died in california three years ago. >> advertises are not included under the current bill which is being considered. >>> boy scouts of america is hosting its nat

in the dmv area we see 300 to 350. >> it's overwhelming but helpful. there are a lot of people willing to help. >> at cafe connect we have volunteers that work as waiters. everyone who come here experiences a surprise that it's such an easy thing to relate to this group of people. when you are out of the street you ignore them. when you are here you treat them like human beings. people are gratified. >> you give back to people. you give back to our community and it makes the world a little less cruel. >> i heard people in line talking about the donation when they walked out. it was nice to see people come and get the things they want and leave. it's rewarding for our employees to help out. >> the feedback i have gotten from the employees today has been positive. they are encouraged that the fact the city is doing something like this for the homeless. >> i got involved, my son adam who's a teacher in san francisco participated and invited me. >> i got involved with a friend. i came a couple months ago and wanted to make it a priority to come again and i

or of the dmv when a woman behind the counter looks twice at the name of my driver's license and looks up and tells me of the day she met george on the street or worked on george's campaign. or about the time in her life in our city's life when things seemed more touchable, more human, or just tells me that she's honored to meet george moscone's son. or on the first preview of the play that my dear friend tony wrote about george and me, a play called ghost life, and the first public performance up in ashlan, oregon. halfway through the second act, at long last, george shows up and the fractured city hall backdrop begins to fill with floating lights outlining the golden gate bridge and we hear tony bennett sing his legendary recording of "i left my heart in san francisco." and then the character of george, sometimes mouthing the words, sometimes singing them quietly, moves towards john without looking, for he cannot look at his son. and he touches john's heart and then he moves away towards the city hall of john's memory and john set the stairs in the way that george did, cocky and sexy

the bill would allow the dmv to test a pilot program that wouldg replace those traditional license platesith digital screens. the technology was created by san francisco-based smart plate mobile. lawmakers say the goal is to make vehicle registration more concerned about privacy because the plates would have wireless capabilities that could allow police to track vehicles. >>> forbes releasing its new list of hollywood's highest paid, and mr. ironman himself, robert downey jr., is tops. forbes talked to producers, agents and managers to stint that downey made $75 million between june of last year and june of this year. in the past year, he starred in six move says there have grossed more than half a billion dollars at the box office worldwide. not bad. second on the list, oh, too bad we don't have a picture of this guy, channing tatum, that's followed by hugh jackman, mark wahlberg and dwayne "the rock" johnson.çpgñ >>> the great wait for princess kate to deliver that royal baby is bringing out the gambler in so many people. so the question is what are the latest odds when it comes to nami

you can shop 24 uzbek, '70s we, have something delivered and then you go to the dmv. you go down to local building department. you don't in and pay a parking ticket and all of a sudden you realize that divide. so my fear is this. citizens are now engaged. you. get more engaged directly as we move through a framework of not just social networks but mobility, the localization of services and data access and the ubiquity of the clout. we're stuck with this old top down i.t. cartel mindset. i say lovingly. this notion that we could build the systems and servers in the world when i had this on demand resource, the clout and you're always getting the great, the next best iteration. you're renting, not even buying and yet we're still building in government spending you are saying it is no longer relevant? you say the clout potential everything. but when you talk about engaging, citizen to citizen, we're talking about a virtual engagement still, aren't we? >> i talk about peer-to-peer i think about -- i think it kick started, i could go on and on these examples where people a

or of the dmv when a woman behind the counter looks twice at the name of my driver's license and looks up and tells me of the day she met george on the street or worked on george's campaign. or about the time in her life in our city's life when things seemed more touchable, more human, or just tells me that she's honored to meet george moscone's s

also if a car is salvaged it must be reported to dmv and there was no such report you made an error, i told them remove the information them refused. >> car fax said an insurance company reported the loss in an e mail to the couple a manager said unfortunately, because the record has been verified correct with the source of the record, i cannot remove the record from the car fax report. helen had had enough. she contacted 7 on your side and the company researched this case. sure enough, it found the report was wrong. car fax removed this total loss blemish replacing witness no accidents or damage. car fax said report was reported to us in error and when researching it we found the error and updated it. we work with every summer with when an issue comes up with a piece of data. we're happy to work with any customer with concern autos what a relief. yes. >> huge money, here. car fax tells us it makes every effort to correct mistakes and the company thinks it takes a day to remove errors if you have a problem i want to you let me know about it. >> great job. >> yes. >> thanks. >> a san

the dmv says about 850,000 offroad vehicles were registered in the state last year. offroad vehicle manufacturers are expected to make design changes and use new materials to meet these rules. the requirements will be phased in over four years. >>> i was surprised not to see you in the background of that video of the garlic festival. you're always there. >> i know. that would have been nice. i'm still kind of tired from the america's cup park that we went out to. we talked about this big bay evening coming up. that looks like a party, doesn't it? let's go ahead and get into what we can expect. looks like a home run at at&t park. a suit and tie as i said earlier might be perfect at candle stick with fog and drizzle. you want to take the jacket, ladies. no matter how cute that outfit looks, it's going to get chilly for you. and mother nature with some of the best wet ner mountain view with temperatures in the low70s. lows in the 60s continuing into 10:00 tonight. let's get you outside now to that live hd sky camera network. oakland you can see right now clear skies. bu

also if a car is salvaged it must be reported to dmv and there was no such report you made an error, remove the information them refused. >> car fax said an insurance company reported the loss in an e mail to the couple a manager said unfortunately, because the record has been verified correct with the source of the record, i cannot remove the record from the car fax report. helen had had enough. she contacted 7 on your side and the company researched this case. sure enough, it found the report was wrong. car fax removed this total loss blemish replacing witness no accidents or damage. car fax said report was reported to us in error and when researching it we found the error and updated it. we work with every summer with when an issue comes up with a piece of data. we're happy to work with any customer with concern autos what a relief. yes. >> huge money, here. car fax tells us it makes every effort to correct mistakes and the company thinks it takes a day to remove errors if you have a problem i want to you let me know about it. >> great job. >> yes. >> thanks. >> a san francisco ma

and those are being stored with the dmv.hey are not telling us how long they are storing that for. not saying that makes it or justifies it or makes it right, but it is data on your personal vehicle being stored -- it is kind of similar. it is the same type of situation. >> i don't understand how everyone is so excited about the government having more power to find out you haven't paid up on your registration. they are not catching terrorists with this. they are finding people who have not registered recently. i don't understand why we have to grant the government more powers to do that. >> i have to move to other stories. >> i totally wasted andy on that. >> you wasted me by getting you to agree that you agree with the aclu. the wwe outcomes are leaked. the leaker goes by dolphins 25 and then you said not his real name? >> yes. >> i don't remember that. >> remember jennifer 8? >> exactly. >> i was going to explain what hops go but you don't care, do you? >> remember that old shampoo commercial, it is that. >> joleen was bor

the state says the plates will have electronic numbers and save the dmv time and money.ivacy groups say it's not a good idea. that means your location could be available to the government at any time. >>> speaking of cars driving around. let's check in with sal. see how things are moving on the roads. >> things are getting a little busier now as we get closer to can where -- to 7:00 where it's usually the peak of the time. at the mccarthur maze it still looks good. when you get there, it's a backup of 15 minutes. in the livermore valley we've had slow traffic coming in west 580. if you're getting on the freeway in dublin, that drive still looks good. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. we still have a lot of low clouds around. there is plenty of low clouds around. 70s and 80s in the inland areas that were in the 70s yesterday. 60s and 70s coast and bay. >>> new developments in the ash january that airlines crash at sfo. the action more than 80 passengers now plan to take. >>> shots are fired in san jose neighborhood. leaving an officer in the hospital. [ inaudible ] >

and the last thing i'll say, texas only has dmv offices in 81 of 254 counties in the state.o if you don't have that i.d., which 600,000 to 800,000 registered voters don't have, and if you don't have a car, and hispanics are more likely to not have a car and live in counties without dmv offices, how are you supposed to get that i.d.? you're supposed to drive 250 miles the to get it? so for all those reasons, it was blocked under section five, and that's why the justice department and group s going forward are going to try to challenge this law under other provisions of the vote rights act. >> i want to ask you about the politics of what happens and what ari's saying there. he laid out for us very clearly how these policies have disparate impact. but in order for this attorney general, under this president to sort of move forward with this, they are going to have to talk about intent. and that leaves an african-american president and an african-american attorney general having to say, the state lawmakers in texas are basically racist in their policy making. how bad is that, po

the dmv will be in crimson and cream for the next week. we are excited. this is our 51st national convention and we're celebrating our centennial. actually this is the third time that we've been in d.c. as a part of our centennial celebration. in january we had a founders day. we were founded on january 13 at howard university. so we had a major celebration here that weekend. and we brought in about 20,000 people, members of our organization. then we reenacted the suffrage march in march. it was just a couple of months ago because our founders were the only african-americans who participated in the original suffrage march in 1913. now we're back in d.c. for this, our national convention. and we have over 40,000 who have registered. >> that's what's amazing. >> that's those who have registered. we know there will be others. >> there are so many people who are coming just to be here. they didn't register or register in time but they want to be here for the celebration. 40 to 50,000 additional people in downtown washington. what is that going to mean? are st

supporters say they would be able to register fastrak tolls, display amber alerts and save the dmv $20illion a year but there are critics. >> law enforcement needs a warrants to be able to put a tracking device on your car. it's a possibility that the way this program could be implemented, these smart plates could be that tracking device. >> the electronic license plates would be produced by smart plate. that's a startup based right here in san francisco. >>> it's 5:37 right now. coming up, what people are trying to flush that's costing bay area cities thousands of dollars a year. >> and watch out elevators. why mayor michael bloomberg says they are bad for new yorkers. >> and it's one of hollywood's biggest nights. we are standing by for the emmy nominations from los angeles. ,,,, [ birds chirping ] [ reel clicking ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] seize your vacation with southwest's nationwide sale. go to southwest.com, where our lowest fares are now available starting at $59 one-way. book now at southwest.com and carpe vacay. ♪ emmy nominations are under this is live from north hollywood. a

the bill would allow the dmv to test a pilot program that would replace those traditional license plates with digital screens. the technology was created by san francisco based smart plate mobile. lawmakers say the goal to make vehicle registration more efficient. but some groups are concerned about privacy because the plates would have wireless capabilities that could allow police to track vehicles. >>> palo alto planning to chop down nearly two dozen magnolia trees near university avenue. the trees are either decaying or suffering from structural problems and being removed as part of a tree maintenance project aimed at improving public safety. removing the trees will improve the structural integrity of other trees lining the streets. probably a lot of roots they're dealing with. work will start monday, continue through the fall. half of the magnolias expected to be replaced. pretty trees but thick roots. >>> 5:09. preventing dementia. what you can do to keep from developing the disease. >> more than a dozen people arrested after a crime spree in hollywood. what police are saying about

drive any longer whose license expired, who have been voting all of their lives and can't get to the dmv or to the penndot to get the strict form of i.d. that the laws have been put into place to restrict the votes. so the other point that's really important is there is no voter fraud in our country. they don't do anything to stop any case of voter fraud. we see them, you know, being resurrected again this year. last year, we won many cases in court against voter i.d. laws. section five was used against voter i.d. laws. texas has a very strict voter i.d. law. people have to get 200 miles to get their i.d. and have the underlying documents, they need a bit certificate. -- a birth certificate. other people are naturalized citizens. to replace their documents would be $345. it could go on and on. so it is basically something that isn't necessary at all in our country and has a very, very heavy impact on the poor, on black, latino, asian-american voters, on women who change our names or hyphenate or things along those lines and something that we need to fight back against through litigation

. >> ask people in texas who have to travel for miles and miles to go to a dmv office to get an i.d. not true. >> i do think the republicans are trying to diminish the vote of the african-american as a citizen take away their effective citizenship and i hold reince priebus the chairman of the national republican party personally responsible for this. he has not lifted a finger to stop this effort in the 41 states. thank you for all the information. >>> up next, from impeachment to immortality, bill clinton gets the ultimate washington honor. he gets to become a building. and be sure to catch our final edition of "the chris matthews show" this weekend. i hate to see it go, but join me with 17 of our favorite panelists as we address the big question race in america's future. and also celebrate 11 great years on the air with a champagne toast, if you will. plus watch as my guests turn the tables and ask me all the questions this sunday. i'll have some last thoughts as we close out what i think has been a great run. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i'll just press this, and yo

it's on first street near the dmv. >>> how about this one?thought it was the target of vandals after they found some unexpected damage to their suv, but it turns out the culprit was actually simply just a hungry squirrel. take a look at this. you can see the squirrel nibbling away at the suv leaving behind pretty large holes. animal experts say squirrels have been known to chew through car wires and it's not unusual for the little critters to look for a nice warm place to nest. the family says they will wait until the squirrel is finally full before they get the suv fixed. >> i can't believe we've got video. i guess they can show that to insurance. really, a squirrel has been eating my car. >> i would think a rat. >> that happens. the rats craw up there and want to get warm and nibble on the wiring. >> let's check the forecast. >> a little extra, check your car before you head out this morning. weather is looking good. temperatures today 70s:í and 80 inland. if you like today, you'll like the weekend forecast, a bit warmer, closer to 90 inlan

so don't say you're going to throw them away, because we know that -- otherwise you become the dmv in seattle where you go in to get your drive's license, you take a number, and you wait. and you'll have a long line of people because they're not organized. they're taking them one at a time. and if you take 292 or 298 one at a time and dent organize your thinking -- and don't organize your thinking, it doesn't make any sense. so i want you to be careful about how you reorganize. but i would like you to take the rest of my time to answer the questions that mr. brady kept interrupting you on. >> i appreciate that, congressman. the point i was trying to make in response to mr. brady's questions was that there are certain procedures that need to be followed in getting the answers that this committee is looking for and the american people are looking for. as an example, clearly the employees involved need to be interviewed, and i am helping to make sure that those employees are interviewed. the issue is that i've been asked by the justice department and the inspector general to enable them