. >> the movement to change the law began in the south bay with evan lowe. he believes the new rule will help prevent drunk driving. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo explains. >> reporter: when planning for the super bowl in santa clara evan lowe saw something in california law he didn't like. >> during this time it became apparent to myself that these companies were not able to provide free or discounted rides to individuals getting home safely. >> reporter: he's talking about companies that make alcohol. but starting january 1st, alcohol manufacturers can partner with a ride share or cab company ahead of an event like the super bowl and make arrangements for partygoers. >> it's my belief individuals and adults will continue to do the activities they deem fit for themselves, and it's imperative in the state of california we provide them an opportunity to do so but responsibly. >> reporter: groups like alcohol justice oppose the change. on its website it says the bill implicitly allows for beer manufacturers. the people we talked with disagree. >> i just t

when planning for the super bowl in santa clara last year, state assemblyman evan low saw something in california law he didn't like. >> during this time it became apparent to myself that these companies were not able to provide free or discounted rides to individuals getting home safely. >> reporter: he's talking about companies that make alcohol. but starting january 1st, alcohol manufacturers can partner with a ride share or cab company ahead of an event like the super bowl and make arrangements for transportation for partygoers. >> it's my belief that individuals and adults will continue to do the activities that they deem fit for themselves and it's imperative that in the state of california we provide them an opportunity to do so but responsibly. >> reporter: groups like alcohol justice oppose the change. on its website it says the bill implicitly allows for beer manufacturers to promote the overconsumption of alcohol. people we talked with disagree. >> i just think it's freedom of choice ultimately. i don't think it's going to cause necessarily people to drink more than they wou

when planning for the super bowl in santa clara last year, state assemblyman evan low saw something in california law he didn't like. >> during this time it became apparent to myself that these companies were not able to provide free or discounted rides to individuals getting home safely. >> reporter: he's talking about companies that make alcohol. but starting january 1st, alcohol manufacturers can partner with a ride share or cab company ahead of an event like the super bowl and make arrangements for transportation for partygoers. >> it's my belief that individuals and adults will continue to do the activities that they deem fit for themselves and it's imperative that in the state of california we provide them an opportunity to do so but responsibly. >> reporter: groups like alcohol justice oppose the change. on its website it says the bill implicitly allows for beer manufacturers to promote the overconsumption of alcohol. people we talked with disagree. >> i just think it's freedom of choice ultimately. i don't think it's going to cause necessarily people to drink more than they wou

. >>> the movement began in the south bay with evan lowe.believes the new rule will help prevent drunk driving. here is katie marzullo. >> reporter: state assemblyman evan low saw something he didn't like. >> during this time it became apparent to myself that these companies were not able to provide free or discounted rides to individuals getting home safely. >> reporter: he's talking about companies that make alcohol. but starting january 1st alcohol manufacturers can partner with a ride share or cab company ahead of an event like the super bowl and make arrangements for transportation for partygoers. >> it's my belief individuals and adults will continue to do the activities they deep fit for themselves. it's imperative we provide them the opportunity. >> reporter: groups oppose the change. on the allows for beer manufacturers to promote the use of alcohol. >> i think it's freedom of choice. i don't think it will cause them to drink more than they should. >> people will go to drink or be part of it. providing free rides makes sense. >> rep

mac evan lowe came up with abc7 11 allowing them to team up with ridesharing and cab companies to distribute vouchers or discounts. the service is offered in 44 states. many call it common sense. >> if they are drinking anyway, it makes more sense. >> i don't want to be on the road and have someone who shouldn't be driving. >> reporter: watchdog groups say the law will do just that. alcohol justice says the law promotes the overconsumption of alcohol which is responsible for 10,500 alcohol-related deaths annually. is that something you thought of?>> my aunt -- my assessment is that they will drink, regardless but we want to provide a safety net to do so responsibly.>> reporter: that is what they are hopeful for this holiday season. >> we want them to get home safely. >> reporter: the law goes into effect january 1, until then aaa will where i -- offer free rights. >>> firefighters are spending christmas battle in the thomas fire in southern california. it is the largest fire in state history. 281,000 acres have burned, so far it is 86% contained. we met with some of the brave men and women.

. >> state assemblyman evan low is concerned because there is still no standard test or tool for law enforcement to determine if a driver is imbaird pot. we have some type of baseline at demonstration on the books with respect to impairment. >> any kind of intoxicated driving is wrong. that includes prescription pills. it includes alcohol. and yes, it definitely includes cannabis. >> buddy's cannabis in san jose will start selling recreational marijuana on january 21st. they'll be talking with customers about how to use responsibly. >> a lot ofolks are coming in to experience how to use cannabis for the first time. we'll talk about the effects and also talk about some of the risks and dang aers with it. and we includ it in written form that goes out with ever transaction. >> california will charge a 15% excise tax on marijuana sales. some of that money is supposed to go towards education and research which could lead to a test similar to blood alcohol level content for pot. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> let's move on now. an alameda county's sheriff's department shot and wounded a

. >> state assemblyman evan low is concerned because there is still no standard test or tool for law enforcement to determine if a driver is imbaird pot. >> it's important, i think, that we have some type of baseline demonstration on the books with respect to impairment. >> any kind of intoxicated driving is wrong. that includes prescription pills. it includes alcohol. and yes, it definitely includes cannabis. >> buddy's cannabis in san jose will start selling recreational marijuana on january 21st. they'll be talking with customers about how to use responsibly. >> a lot of folks are coming in to experience how to use cannabis for the first time. we'll talk about the effects and also talk about some of the risks and dang aers with it. and we includ it in written form that goes out with ever transaction. >> california will charge a 15% excise tax on marijuana sales. some of that money is supposed to go towards education and research which could lead to a test similar to blood alcohol level content for pot. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> let's move on now. an alameda county's sheriff'

. >> reporter: state assemblyman evan lowe is concerned because there is no standard test or tool for law enforcement to determine if a driver is impaired by po the. >> it's important i think that we at least have some type of baseline demonstration on the books with respect to impairment. >> any kind of intoxicated driving is wrong, that includes prescription pills, it includes alcohol and, yeah, it includes cannabis. >> reporter: buddy's cannabis will start selling recreational marijuana on january 1st. they will be talking with customers about how to use responsibly. >> a lot of folks are coming in to experience cannabis for the first time. we will talk about the effects, also some of the risks and dangers associated with it and also include it in written form that goes out with every transaction. >> reporter: california will charge a 15% excise tax on marijuana sales, some of that money is supposed to go towards education and research which could lead to a test similar to blood alcohol content for pot. in san jose, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> 5:05 now. new this morning victims

but this cycle of on of election it seems very critical don't we have a very low turnout for to us funded morning up to now. evan podiatry reporting from monrovia thank you. and we turn now to peru where the country's former president to alberto fujimori has asked peruvians for forgiveness after receiving a christmas eve pardon from current president pablo because inskeep although the pardon was based on medical grounds it has sparked two days of clashes in the country who was convicted of human rights abuses and has so far served less than half of a twenty five year sentence the pardon is the latest in peru is continuing political crisis. protesters and police cash on the streets of lima the anger over exley dad better to pardon isn't going away. some demonstrators carry photos of victims slain jaring for him henri's presidency. during a decade in power for him henri oversaw extrajudicial executions massacres and the forced sterilization of thousands of women. families of the victims are furious with current president pedro pablo could since the two ordering food he mores release. was coming at a stanley's the

. >>> the president of the chicago fed is concerned about the low level of inflation in the u.s. charles evans says that's why he voted against raising interest rates at the most recent fed policy meeting. inflation has been below the central bank's 2% target for much of the economic expansion. evans and the president of the minneapolis fed were the two dissenters at that last meeting. >>> in an unusual move, the vice chair of supervision for the federal reserve wil recuse himself from matters related to wells fargo. randy quarles says he has repaid a business line of credit with the bank and sold company stock he owned. quarles wants to avoid a potential conflict of interest and adds that his decision is voluntary, not legally required. >>> today is the last day you can sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. a shorter enrollment period and a reduced marketing campaign will likely result in fewer enrollment this year. the final numbers for the federal exchange won't be known until next week at the earliest. figures from the states that run their own marketplaces could come

be going up by roughly 51 percent. many of the people who low or fixed news was devastating.i was mad as helli thought it was a jokeattorney evan owners may have the rent increase notice was given thirty days after president of the united states and brown declared a emergency in following the devastating started in early california penal code 396, states disaster has been either the governor, rents cannot be raised by more than 10 kron 4 news.charles clifford in petaluma, charles clifford kron 4 news. (steve) the two men charged in the ghost ship fire...will stand trial. the judge handed down the ruling today..after two weeks of preliminary hearings.36 people were killed in the fire. and as kron 4's terisa estacio explains...prosecutors believe the two defendants created the dangerous conditions in the warehouse...which led to the deadly fire. curtis briggs, what you have seen in two weeks, indictment not on my client max harris, or derick almena but the city of oakland a defiant end following two weeks of grueling and often graphic testimony on whether defendants max harris and derick almena should stand trial in the deaths of

low rate edward? december 13, we saw charles evans of chicago dissent along with neel kashkari, he is in his own orbit all agree. was here, he would agree with us. would you say we need to be careful about hasty rate increases? ed: no. from what i can tell, and i am not trying to be nice to the fed, but they are doing a perfect job of setting us up. they raised rates this week, and we are already for it. there was not a single person that would have objected. every rate increase next year will be the same way. whether it is 2 or 5. tom: you do not care about 2, 3, 4, 5. you are watching the preparation. ed: each of those will be associated. let's say they are five. way beyond what is likely. if they are five, you will get a 4% gdp number, you will get some big wage increases, the employment rate will go below 4% . oh you needill say , to have the funds rate close to three. we will be prepared for it if we get there. the funds rate is 1.5. inflation is 1.5. we still have a zero real funds rate. tom: do you have a confidence that if we go away from qe to qt, some sort of our tightening, we can do it wit

evan koslov, wusa 9. marijuana in maryland would be so popular. see what one supplier >>> welcome back to the news at noon. supplies at the first medical marijuana dispensary are so low, they may not open today. patients bought all of the marriage in just 2 days. owners of the shop in rockville said they sold all 5 pounds of medical marijuana and numerous cases of tablets. they expect to have more some time later this week. >>> now while some patients may have trouble filling their prescriptions, stephanie gailhart spoke to one patient who is calling it a lifesaver. >> i was an athlete before a lot of things hapne a schoolteacher. 4 years ago she was diagnosed with endomytreosis. >> the pain got worse, and unfortunately my body said i can't work anymore. some days i can't get out of bed. some days i can't eat. >> reporter: she said traditional pain medications like opioids only make her feel worse. >> when i go to new doctors and they ask what i use for pain, and i say i'm a medical marijuana patient, half are excited because that means i'm not on opioids, and the others question me and say i'm a drug addict but a marijuana is considered a drug. >> reporter: rise, on

federal reserve bank of chicago president charles evans, he was one of the dissenters, and he is dissension came because he was not convinced with the lownflation expectations. how much of a theme will that be? how convinced are you that inflation is going to pick up? >> well, i think there's a doubt getting into the fomc is quite meaningful. dissidents,en two mrs. yellen saying we do not understand the forces of inflation. euro-dollar,ok, the euro has appreciated enormously, but the real effect of exchange rate on the euro is still below average, which means that the euro can appreciate without dampening too much growth in the eurozone. at the same time, the fed is -- ig its doubts, and we do not expect this major movement that we have seen in 2017 in any direction, because that was due to the ecb catching up with normalization. yousef: we will get more into the other banks later on in the program. 4%, 5%, is that possible? >> not a chance. [laughter] yousef: you are sticking around. here's what's coming up. we will talk about calls for unity. the south african amc prepares to vote for its new leader, and president summa is urging the

is to t ayou low the strollers in the areas that are typically used for wheelchairs if that area is not being used. by the way we tried to get an interview with metro board chairman jack evans about this, but he declined and his aid said he had no comment at all. the issue, brody this bus aisleways are really, really narrow. >> right. if you get them in the middle then you'll have other people that won't be able to get biencht and you're trying to tep over them. >> the other thing if she wants those strollers to be in the positions for wheelchairs then what if someone with a wheelchair comes on to the bus. then maybe you change it because the wheelchairs need priority. i think a lot of times you get on buses and there's no wheelchair in that area. it's tough on the parents, too. >> i see both sides. >> for sure. >> it's been 15 years since the highly publicized murder of lazy peterson. >> sports is next, a rivalry renewed between georgetown and washington. what are the redskins chances as they take on the cardinals? we're one day away from the holiday classic coming to life. we have a sneak peak from a star christmas class. >> talk a little basketball tonight. it's a big ga

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many of the people who live here have low or fixed incomes and the news was devastating.soti was mad as hellsoti thought it was a joke but according to attorney evane law.the rent increase notice was given out less than thirty days after both the president of the united states and governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency in sonoma county following the devastating wildfires that started in early october.california penal code 396, states that once a disaster has been declared by either the president or the governor, rents cannot be raised by more than 10 percent for 30 days. sotso the owners here think that doesn't apply to their rent increase. we think it does.kron 4's reached out to the owners of the property on thursday afternoon, but no one was available to comment for this story.. livingstone concedes that the owners do have the right to raise rents to cover their expenses, but it shouldn't have happened while the state of emergency was still in place.meanwhile, the residents i spoke to say they would agree to a rent increase but hopefully it would be something far less than 50 percent.soti get one check a month. social security. i'm

many of the people who live here have low or fixed incomes and the news was devastating.soti was mad as hellsoti thought it was a joke but according to attorney evan livingstone, the owners may have broken the law.the rent increase notice was given out less than thirty days after both the president of the united states and governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency in sonoma county following the devastating wildfires that started in early october.california penal code 396, states that once a disaster has been declared by either the president or the governor, rents cannot be raised by more than 10 percent for 30 days. sotso the owners here think that doesn't apply to their rent increase. we think it does.kron 4's reached out to the owners of the property on thursday afternoon, but no one was available to comment for this story.. livingstone concedes that the owners do have the right to raise rents to cover their expenses, but it shouldn't have happened while the state of emergency was still in place.meanwhile, the residents i spoke to say they would agree to a rent increase but hopefully it would be something far less than 50 percent.soti g

social media can harm mental health — but are advising people to improve their low mood by posting more often. gwynne owen evanse was the victim of a miscarriage ofjustice. our reporter sanchia berg has been investigating and joins us now. phil us in on the case? good morning. this is the case of one of the last two men hanged in britain in 1964. this is not the case that has had the attention of derek bentley, for example. it is not very well—known. it was a pretty sordid murder in cumbria. a man was 53, who was a friend of gwynne owen evans, almost certainly his gay lover, he was murdered by evans and by peter allen. evans always said that he didn't actually hit his friend, that it was peter allen who did the hitting. but the two men were tried together. the jury found them both guilty. an appeal failed. together. the jury found them both guilty. an appealfailed. even though gwynne owen evans' mother wrote to the home secretary saying her son was mentally impaired and that he had them under a doctor since the age of eight, please spare him, the doctors did not find that his mental ability was substantially im

low law enforcement officers were killed. a chief deputy officer and an fbi agent were stopped by another car after the fire marshal stopped to help the fbi agent who was having car issues. evanambert is live at a funeral home in rockville tonight. evan? >> reporter: matt, 33-year-old chief deputy sander was escorted by police and fire marshall officials at the funeral home. you're seeing some of that on your screen, it happened just moments ago. deputy sander cohen was a veer firefighter also a chief deputy fire marshal as well. and we are learning that chief deputy cohen stopped to help an fbi agent stranded both hit by car several minutes later. fire officials shared this photo. she was 33 and in as supervisory role. he also volunteered at rockville station three. maryland state police say around 10:00 last night, fbi supervisory special agent carlos wolf was driving southbound on i 270 south of falls road when he collided with the median. deputy chief cohen was off duty and stopped to help. both men got out and cohen put on his flashers to close down the travel lane backpack while the law enforcement officers were outside the car, a car tried to avoid the stop cars ahead

evan mcmullan, former cia operative, policy director for the house of representative and most recently an independent presidential candidate. and tara setemayer. john heilemann, let me start with you because calling someone a low-level george fulfilled donald trump's need in the news psychele to dismiss him, to denigrate him and insult him but it didn't fill a long-term desire to keep his story quiet. >> right. and, you know, look. he's the first person to have pleaded guilty in this circumstance. he's been cooperating with mueller's investigation for a period of time. he's not going to go away. i don't think actually that it's untrue that he was, relatively speaking, compared to a lot of people on the trump campaign, not one of the senior most policy or public advisers. i think that's a fact. but what we're learning now is -- >> but that's not the spirit -- the spirit of low-level george wasn't he was low on the org chart. it was, he doesn't know anything. whorge >> who knows what the spirit of donald trump is. he denigrates lots of people. trump was trying to put him down. if you think about the people who were in a position to know the most about donald trump and his connections to russia or anything else,

many of the people who live here have low or fixed incomes and the news was devastating.soti was mad as hellsoti thought it was a joke but according to attorney evantone, the owners may have broken the law.the rent increase notice was given out less than thirty days after both the president of the united states and governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency in sonoma county following the devastating wildfires that started in early october.california penal code 396, states that once a disaster has been declared by either the president or the governor, rents cannot be raised by more than 10 percent for 30 days. sotso the owners here think that doesn't apply to their rent increase. we think it does.kron 4's reached out to the owners of the property on thursday afternoon, but no one was available to comment for this story.. livingstone concedes that the owners do have the right to raise rents to cover their expenses, but it shouldn't have happened while the state of emergency was still in place.meanwhile, the residents i spoke to say they would agree to a rent increase but hopefully it would be something far less than 50 percent.soti get one c

the "closing bell", everybody, i'm kelly evans we have a down session across the board on wall street the dow dropping 111 points on the bell just off session lows about half of 1% for the blue chips today that puts them under 24,200. s&p 500, broad market index down nearly ten points to 2,629 nasdaq composite holding up relatively much better tech was the only sector in the s&p in the green today the nasdaq dropping just about 2/10 of 1% 6,762. the russell 2000 the worst performer by a long shot, shed more than 1% today that was a 15 1/2-point drop that put it all the way back at 1,516. there you have it, the markets going out closing pretty much near their session lows. we simply tipped lower throughout the afternoon we'll have more on that in just a moment. >>> we also had regal entertainment group climbing more than 9% today on news that british movie theater owner c e cineworld is buying it coming up the ce o of amc will join us to talk about that and whether there will be more consolidation down the road. joining me, michael santoli at post 9 along with david from jeffries and cnbc contributor dennis burman from the "wall street journal" j

the expectations here are so low that when those paychecks adjust and incomes go up 3% to 5%, people are going to feel a lot better. >> evanally skeptical. >> i'm definitely if one of those, 3% to 5% of people. >> we knew that. >> i don't -- i'm curious -- by the way, we're -- the balance is really tipped here you got dan and larry are both singing the praises of this tax thing right now. >> yeah. >> you know, larry is sitting there nodding his head as dan is talking. i don't -- where does this -- >> before year end. >> where does this -- >> do i get one kudo before year end -- >> i'll give it to you. >> we've had this discussion. >> not until the end of the segment. where is this big pay boost coming from? i don't understand that. >> sure. >> dan >> so marginal tax rates are going down, expansion of the child credit i mean, there's a lot of middle class tax cuts in there. the democrats were focused on what happens when these tax cuts expire in 2025 that has nothing to do with what's going to happen in 2018 again, the number is $200 billion of tax cuts coming into effect in 2018 even if you don't like those tax cuts, even

evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth i mean, if you're just tuning in, you missed a crazy day on wall street. the dow dropped by 350 points. that was at its lowst going to -- we're doing this in time lapse right now. when word got out just before s 11:00 a.m. eastern that michael flynn was pleading guilty to lies

evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth i mean, if you're just tuning in, you missed a crazy day on wall street. the dow dropped by 350 points. that was at its low of the day we're just going to -- we're doing this in time lapse right now. when word got out just before s 11:00 a.m. eastern that michael flynn was pleading guilty to liesto bla lying to the fbi, prepared to testify against president trump, nbc something nice has yet to verify at any rate, down sharply. now we've come back. >> there was a lot of talk about tax reform, stocks recovering the early losses, tax reform appears to gain no men tucmomenm the latest from washington on where this bill stands coming up in fact, let's get straight to the big news in d.c. hitting the markets today. it is the fall yout from the guilty plea of former national security adviser michael flynn eamon javers joins us with the latest at this hour. >> reporter: kelly, we got news in the past couple minutes here reported by nbc news that two officials tell them that jared kushner is the official who is listed in the criminal information surrounding michael flynn guilty plea today as being a very senior tra

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