you know what's the routine general assemblies or the horizontal democratic process through which the camp is running decisions are made basically. you know everything from when do we stop drumming or you know we need to sanitation department medical you know all these things kind of organically come out of the g. and i find the fact he brought a drumming kind of interesting because i know that at the local residents that asked to perhaps if you could keep the drowning out for just two hours a day. and you know from i wasn't here yet so i was reading reports of people with their saying that maybe this is where we saw little bit of division amongst the occupiers was whether they want to drama all day long or those that like a little silence of the true while we welcome people who want to express themselves artistically we decide the car with a way that we can all sort of work together and get along and i think you can see the value of our democratic procedure that we managed to accomplish so that's a good so what gets accomplished after every general assembly that you take part in off

i'm pat warren coming up on eyewitness news, the maryland general assembly considers online lottery. >>> i'm andrea fujihi, a violent weekend leaves three people dead and three others injured. the latest on the investigation just ahead on wjz eyewitness news. >>> another unseasonably warm evening, stick around for the forwarn weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a shooting has police scrambling. andrea fujii with more on the violent outbreak. >> reporter: police made an arrest in the murder of a cab driver. but there are many killings in the city to be solved. police say a 27-year-old man survived a robbery and shooting on north polaski street. lawrence edwards was gunned down and died. early saturday morning, 32-year- old jeffrey smith was shot and killed just off bell air road. his friend anthony jasper isn't surprised by the violence. >> as time goes by i'm trying to deal with it but you never know what can happen. >> reporter: early sunday morning, deon barnes was found dead in his car. police say shot multiple timeless. soon after, a 30-year-old taxi driver had a bullet grace

the report is being compiled at the consent of the general assembly. the state senate president is in favor of the merger. the board of regents is not taking sides. >> the board takes this very seriously. i think it will come to a conclusion of what is in the best interest of the system, the state, and quite frankly, all maryland. >> the final report is due out on december 15. it will be passed on to the maryland general assembly for review. >> now, your 11 insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> big temperature range from a very cold morning to a relatively cold afternoon. we see the pattern repeats for a couple of days ahead. the dry high-pressure system tracks its way through, we see a 33-degree temperature swing from 26 in the morning to 59 degrees in the afternoon. we actually hit 60 degrees at the inner harbor. a mild afternoon after a cold morning. normal high for this time of year is 50 degrees. the record low in the single digits, nine degrees on the second of december in 1967. east of the mountains temperatures are

. >> estate advisory panel is out with the proposed redistricting map for the maryland general assemblythey say it reflects an increase in the states minority population from the 2010 census. the map contains 12 districts that are the majority african- american. water districts are majority minority. -- four and districts are majority minority. some districts have been changed to reflect population loss in the city. the amount will go to the general assembly for consideration in the 2012 session. >> a dangerous situation in baltimore county this morning. a van hit a home on ridge road and damaged a gas line. that is just the end of the story. according to police, it was speeding with its headlights off and refused to stop for police on 95 south of the beltway. d thee say it exit e freeway onto the street. they say the man behind the wheel ran off on foot. authorities are working to identify him. ♪ >> all day the forecast has indicated the chance of snow flurries or rain tonight. this is producing snow that is not hitting the ground or a few sprinkles. i have circled the city over the ba

the industry argues that's regulation enough and so far, the general assembly has agreed. i'm pat warren reporting, back to you. >>> howard county has a local ban on the use of tanning beds by minors. state of california also bans the use by teens. >>> the measure was designed to clearly decline what constitutes a conflict of interest. >>> hundreds of u.s. airmen are home for the holiday and air women as well. monique griego was there. >> reporter: after months of being operated for military families, these final moments are filled with anxiety and a lot of anticipation. >> i'm excited to be with him for christmas. they were among the dozens of family members and supporters who gathered to give heroes welcome to the last 300 air force members to leave iraq. >> the military is good for them. it's a relief to know they're home and safe. >> reporter: the cheers that accompanied every arrival shows just how thankful the crowd was to see those troops home. >> i didn't know it was going to be that big. >> reporter: for many today's journey home is part of a new beginning. >> hav

they want this to go through the official process of the general assembly but that's a catch 22. the man i just spoke to said he is headed over to the mission this morning to check it out so a lot of them are going and putting their feelers out but it is still a closed locked lot right now. >>> thank you. >> running out of options. >>> an exclusive cbs 5 survey says people aren't happy with how mayor lee handled things. 46% disapprove while 31% approve and 49% say the city was wrong to offer the demonstrators a new location on mission. 40% say it was the right move. coming up at 6:00, we are going to talk with mayor ed lee about the "occupy sf" situation and what happens next. >>> "occupy" protestors in santa cruz are giving no indication that they plan to leave a former bank building anytime soon. between 20 and 30 people broke into the river street building. they say they want to turn the two-story building into a community center. police are offering no timeline there on when they will go in and remove the protestors. yesterday, though, officers posted signs on the building de

they would extend the protests presumably at their general assembly. they're voting on that very thing right now. we were at the staging area earlier today at the department. the protest in the morning went by and large very peacefully. we talked to the police chief who said there were two arrests. >> this was done in order to keep the operational. >> reporter: we saw them gear up and get ready with their riot gear ready. they were here for a couple of hours and then dumped in and then left in the direction we saw them staging. i have to say, i haven't seen a law enforcement presence down in the area where i have been for the past couple of hours at all. again, things are very peaceful here. they have blocked the street completely and for all intents and purposes closed down the port. the shoreman not to come in for the shift earlier today. they were saying they had done that for the long shoreman knowing the protesters were going this way and a victory for them. paul chambers marched with them. he has more from his vantage point. paul? >> reporter: th

once again at the general assembly they could not agree 100% that would allow the group to move. so they remain at a stalemate and here at justin herman plaza. >> still no decision made. all right, thanks. >>> a lot people are not happy with the mayor's handling of the situation. in a new poll, 46% disapprove and 31% approve. 49% say the city was wrong to offer the demonstrators a new location on mission street. 40 percents say it was the right move -- 40% say it was the right move. in about 15 minutes, phil matier will chat live with mayor lee about "occupy sf" and what the mayor plans to do about it next. >>> trading on wall street is under way. the indices are up in the early minutes following new numbers on employment. holly quan is on the phone now with that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 8.6% figure is the lowest since march of 2009 with the private sector hiring 140,000 retailers, 50,000 with half of those in the clothing and accessories stores. leisure and hospitality industry hired 22,000 mostly restaurants. holiday hiring has help the numbers. jewish vo

>> after the police withdrew there was a small victory celebration and they continued their general assembly discussion about shutting down the port of oakland on monday. so essentially what happened here is the police flexed their muscle to remind everyone that this park is close etd -- closed for renovations because of the encampment, and then released the detainees as long as they promised not to pitch their tents again. police say they will be monitoring the plaza on an hourly basis. reporting live from justin herman plaza, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks, alan. >>> a car chase in pittsburgh ended with a crash and two injuries and a suspect in custody. it ended at crest view drive and alvarado avenue. the suspect's car on the right hit a car driven by a woman. the suspect's head hit the windshield. emergency crews took into the hospital the woman who is seen here with the gray blanket was also taken to the hospital. the chase began after officers pulled the suspect over for erratic driving and then discovered that the car was stolen. >>> folsom state prison is on lock down after 10 inmat

general assembly and the u.n. security council. it would be for the security council to bring in the international criminal court. that would be the most likely scenario. again, we have those permanent members permanentveto power -- permanent members with veto power, so that might be a stumbling block. there are very credible allegations of crimes against humanity in the report. as you said in the introduction, over 300 children apparently killed since the start of the violence. >> they are very graphic descriptions. thank you very much for joining us from geneva. the international criminal courts chief prosecutor has requested a -- he is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity in darfur in 2003 and 2004. icc has already issued an arrest warrant for the president of sudan. the republican presidential hopeful in the west, herman cain, has admitted given money to a woman who says they had eight affair. he said he repeatedly held to the woman, ginger white, with bills and expenses, but he denies having sex with her. she says she no

. >> occupiers may have been moved out of their recent home, but their nightly 8:00 general assembly meeting went on as planned at. >> second thing on the agenda -- the discussion was moved to outside of city hall and focused on how the occupied baltimore movement will reorganize and continue on. >> i think this is just a start. there will be occupations. it will be popping up around town. this is just -- lost i was not the end. it is just the beginning. it is time to move on to face it two. >> plans to retrieve items removed from the campsite during the early morning raid. about 100 police officers moved protesters out of the square just before 3:30 a.m. he was about one of a 40 occupiers the evicted from the site. >> it was definitely peaceful. it was respectful and a sense -- from a personal standpoint i see it as a violation of our first amendment rights. >> protesters discuss but made no official plans for a new occupy site. >> is where to have an general assembly tomorrow. >> while the had a lot of decisions to make, occupiers say they are still focused and dedicated to their g

>> after the police withdrew there was a small victory celebration and they continued their general assembly discussion about shutting down the port of oakland on monday. so essentially what happened here is the police flexed their muscle to remind everyone that this park is close etd -- closed for renovations because of the encampment, and then released the detainees as long as they promised not to pitch their tents again. police say they will be monitoring the plaza on an hourly basis. reporting live from justin herman plaza, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks, alan. >>> a car chase in pittsburgh ended with a crash and two injuries and a suspect in custody. it ended at crest view drive and alvarado avenue. the suspect's car on the right hit a car driven by a woman. the suspect's head hit the windshield. emergency crews took into the hospital the woman who is seen here with the gray blanket was also taken to the hospital. the chase began after officers pulled the suspect over for erratic driving and then discovered that the car was stolen. >>> folsom state prison is on lock down after 10 inmat

from the general assembly meeting is about to start. at least 3000-4000 people in this area. you did hear the helicopters above. we are on the ground as well. i have not seen any damage in a portable windy area. we have seen protesters who wrecking things before call that has not happened in the area that i have march. as we get updates, we will bring them to you here. >>grant: as we have been telling you, the for a booklet, by all indications it is close if not disrupted by all of the protesters there in oakland. there are two shots, on the left-hand side of your screen, brown level, protesters milling about. on the right-hand side, a lot better perspective as we continue to cover the occupy protests. for now, a short break in and we will be right back. >>grant: welcome back to continuing coverage of the occupy protesters as they were to shut down the port of oakland and once again. this happened a month ago at the beginning of the occupy protests. couth call call as you see, in the middle of your screen, there are people congregating by one of the entrances. their mission i

protesters took the barricades and blocked market street then held their nightly general assembly on market had it blocked for a time barricades removed by police, things returned to normal. police brought the barricades to clear out the sidewalk so pedestrians could get by. demonstrators are divide over what to accept the offer to move to a new camp. the city is offer a place at 15th and america. most protesters want to accept -- 15 and mission. most protester want to accept. >> i'm not stopping you from staying, don't stop me from going to mission street! >> reporter: the general assembly held every night it was held on market street last night two arrests last night, lots of pushing not a lot of violence before protesters returned to their camp. city officials say they are negotiating with occupy san francisco representatives. again, you've got to have everybody moving to that new camp over on mission street or there is no deal, says the city. right now because some protesters don't want to move, there is no deal. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> another occupy movement in san fran

occupy protestors took the general assembly to the middle of the street. you can see demonstrators setting up barrier to keep everyone away. right now they have gone back to justin herman plaza short distance away that's where we are live right now. >>reporter: hi. actually everything i quiet because police just removed all the barricades. packed them up on to trucks. hauled them out and so they are pretty much going home for the night except the officers always out here. they have been quite a day because protestors thought that something might happen. they might get raided because they were told they needed to leave by noon today that didn't happen look at the latest incident that happened as market street. they took the barricade up. police had brought out. and they blocked the traffic at drum street and so parts could not get by. finally police came removed the barricades and then the protestors sat right in front of the federal reserve bank and held the general assembly for some time as police just looked on then as you said they came to the plaza. th

on november 2nd eisenhower learned at 4:00 in the morning the general assembly had passed the americans cease-fire resolution by a vote of 64-5. with the soviet union voting in favor. democratic candidate adlai stevenson was critical of the situation. we have alienated our ancient and strongest european allies, he said. we have alienated israel. we have alienated egypt and the arab countries. and in the united nations our main associate in middle eastern matters now appears to be the soviet union. in the very week when the red army has been shooting down a brave people of hungary and poland. stevenson concluded i doubt if ever before in our diplomatic history has any policy been such an abysmal and complete, catastrophic failure. ike was not sleeping well. his doctor was concerned. the president's blood pressure, his heart skipped beats and he suffered constant abdominal discomfort and diarrhea. the records at the eisenhower library are marvelously detailed. one day i told one of the library staff that they don't report on the president's diarrhea was just a little more information than

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and a general assembly meeting is at 6:00 tonight. frank and grace? >> okay, gil diaz live for us in san francisco. thank you. >>> we'll get a final check of the weather. cold temperatures sticking around. >> very chilly out there and yeah, good to see you guys. >> you, too. >> you guys look fantastic today. [ laughter ] >> 2.5 hours to say that. >> to get to that point. >> coffee is coming my way! [ laughter ] >> took long enough. >> you want the love, you have to pony up early. >> you may need it, too. these temperatures, 32 in napa 32 in livermore. 30s and 40s around the bay. likely to see some patchy frost out there this morning, too. by the afternoon, we are enjoying some sunshine and temperatures up in the 50s and the low 60s. and boy, this pattern is going to kind of:linger here as we're seeing high pressure overhead minor fluctuations over the next couple of days, maybe a couple clouds floating across our skies on thursday and friday. over the weekend a few more clouds move in. partly cloudy monday and tuesday, no rain coming. >> but it could

>> it went to general assembly, but they could not reach consensus. consensus is what they call a majority or whatever percentage makes it a go, and they took it makes it a go, and they took it back today.

. >> the general assembly called for the study.hey want to know the pros and cons of merging the university of baltimore with university of maryland, college park. >> the board takes this seriously and i think welcome to a conclusion that is in the best interest of the system, the state, and quite frankly, all marylanders. >> state senate president and baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake have made it known where they stand on this issue. >> it is a win-win for everybody. >> i have serious concerns about the potential pace of the development, particularly on the west side. >> meantime, both current presidents have had little to say about a possible merger. >> it has been a very good exchange. i think the good news, no matter what the regents id zoo, is that we already spr a stroong platform of cooperation and collaboration and it can only grow. >> the governor, college presidents, and the leadership of the general assembly, will be among the first breach on the report before it is made public. tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> an

. >> after hearing the map goes to the general assembly for consideration in the 2012 session. >> the last american troops have left iraq after the nearly nine-year war comes to an end. the final convoy rolled across the border today and soldiers bumped fists and hugged in relief and joy. iraqi soldiers waived to the departing troops. >> i can't wait to go home. >> think about seeing my wife again. go back. spend some time with the family. >> six months, a year from now, everybody is going to look back on it and say would you, we were the last people there. >> nearly 4500 americans died in the war and thousands more were wounded. nearly -- the u.s. spent $800 billion on the war. >> stay with us. we'll be right back. >> and h.d. doppler is showing just a little bit of fleury activity. still under mostly cloudy skies, but that will >> new your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with lowell melser. >> taking a live look now at the ocean city boardwalk from the grand hotel and spa, and the sun's coming up. looks like it's shaping up to be a nice day there. at the airport, 33. humidity holding

150, 200 here who arrived from the federal reserve building around 6:00 to hold their nightly general assemblyting this, is something they have been doing every night at 6:00. they decided to do it here at justin herman plaza they tore down yellow tape. police had placed around the park. they went inside, and they erected a single tent. now, mayor lee has said and he once again reiterated this afternoon to us that he will protect their first amendment rights to protest. this is to speak and hold rallies in the city. he will not tolerate tents or sleeping after 5:00. so obviously, police have been waiting theer say if there was a violation or if it was going to turn violent or if there was any violation of the law. i don't know what triggered them to move in. and when they did. they under there. >> you can. what we're looking at is police surrounding demonstrators there. >> there are a group that have sat down and this is where they're seated and police under the sort of the foreground just sort of forming a "u" around them. >> you can see this is more police and more watching what's happening.

and another general assembly could be the same. >> and thank you, carolyn. >> still ahead, a company's merger with time warner. >> san francisco with world aids day with a tribute to people first to respond. >> groupon is live. >> and taking a look at traffic now. in san francisco, you can see it's very slow going in both directions here at the skyway. approach to the bay bridge, and the approach to 101 and the peninsula. you can see the camera here is shaking quite a bit as well. winds are still gusting out there. >> today is world aids day. san francisco marked it with a remembrance and a special tribute to san francisco general hospital, one of the first places in the world to treat aids patients. >> this was an amazing reunion of the nurses and staff who treated the first aids patients more than 30 years ago. the reunion took place at national aids memorial grove in golden gate park. the grove is celebrating its 20th anniversary. it's a beacon of hope for many. now, most of the people who met there today worked at ward 5 b and 5 a at the beginning of the epidemic. and here in san f

. >> the general assembly called for the study because they want to learn the pros and cons of merginghe universities. >> the board takes this very seriously and i think we will come to a conclusion that is in the best interest of the system, the state, and, quite fairly, all marylanders. >> the mayor and the school board have let it known where they send this issue. >> i have serious concerns. >> the college presidents have had little to say about a possible merger. >> it has been a good exchange. no matter what the region's decide, the good news is that we already have a strong platform of cooperation and collaboration. it can only grow. >> the governor, college presidents, and the leadership of the general assembly will be among the first briefed on the report before it is made public. >> shoulders, knees, and back are the areas where we feel the most pain as you age. coming up, what you can do to fight back paying. >> and avoid buying him another necktie even if he doesn't wear one. some ideas on what to get a lucky man in your life for the holidays coming up. >> i think the women

at this point they say they're going to have a general assembly meeting. i believe they're going to decide whether to extend their blockade in the morning hours. and at last word democrat nal operators cancelled the 7:00 p.m. shift. >> and more live pictures you can see there are hundreds of demonstrators looking at this ground level shot. there is jonathan bloom reporting live. >> what you're looking at here is the second wave of protesters. they started marching at the west oakland bart station made it here to join the other targ group that left city hall. you can see these protesters are densely packed and they stopped likely to listen to instructions here, they say we're the 99%. the message of the movement and they're holding up some of the very nice colorful professionally printed signs and there are other forts that are being blockaded during the action. you can see folks have bicycles here in front of the marchers. you can see marchers have stopped there. and this is because they're plume bli stopping to organize into the port there and this is we

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everybody broke out and the bickering and the game on the drums are going to start from our general assembly giving up their lives by our other words part of the ride for them are some of the police and the rest but if you think the american people are not saying they're not getting started that is abusing the colonists but they feel like they've won the day the battle. so as you can tell everybody was in pretty good mood today and so one of the things about this movement is that it doesn't have a leader and the critics of the movement think that this is something that's bad about it this is what's going to make it fail but if you talk to the people that are there that's what they love about it is that there is no hierarchy here this is a democracy the whole general assemblies everyone's voice is heard but at the same time there are a few faces that have become i guess you could say a little more recognizable one of those is a protester named jesse and the way that he became recognizable is first because he did a number of interviews with mainstream media outlets where i'd like to say think

a proposal the general assembly is considering. it all comes down to making money. maryland and other states are in a financial crunch. >> we are the fourth highiest source of revenue for the state of maryland. last fiscal year we generated $519 million to the state. >> reporter: general assembly asked for research. lottery officials do not believe it will impact existing business. >> you can buy your groceries online and everything online. i know at my house just about every christmas gift was bought online. it is an option the legislator thought should be given consideration. >> reporter: lottery estimates half of all people in maryland play. this could open the coughers to cash from people around the globe. it needs approval from maryland lawmakers. new york, illinois and virginia are all states considering selling lottery tickets online. wjz eyewitness news. >> lottery tickets from the u.k. are on sale online. we'll have more on the internet gambling debate coming up on eyewitness news news at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> one person is recovering after being pulled out of

any proposed increase would have to go to the general assembly and governor. >> maryland is about to dig deep into its coffers for the largest casino. the board of public works is preparing to vote today to spend $160 million. the state has spent $99 million to buy 5000 slots and 800 slot machines at the towson downs casino. at the ocean downs casino. posting details about their personal finances online. they are prohibited from accepting gifts. the new law prohibits contractors from submitting bids on projects -- councilmembers will still be allowed to accept some perks including tickets to sports from virtually anyone. >> a new program makes it a reality for those who want to earn their ged while learning a trade. maryland integrated basic education and skills training is being offered at several community colleges around the area. the train students in carpentry, electrical design and helping them gain credits toward their high school equivalency diploma, and it is free. >> either one would be a valuable thing, to pick up a ged or to get the training. this is a tremendous opportun

>> it went to general assembly, but they could not reach consensus. consensus is what they call a majority or whatever percentage makes it a go, and they took it back today. they agreed on something. they had to vote again starting three minutes ago, because the offer was to all of occupiy, soi know there is a proportion of the group that is wanting to move it because the situation is deteriorating to such a degree, but the offer was made to the entire encampment, so i do not know where that is going to go. if i get any notice, i will update you at that time. >> the last thing you mentioned was the lab. you know the status right now? we had an up day there was not a backlog, that anything that was tested has been tested. guardsmen we have added the staff -- >> we have added seven staff. we are moving forward. we believe we are in complete compliance, and we do not believe we have any problem being transparent. we have invited them to check under the hood and make sure things are as they should be. i know there is certified. they are the national certi

she arranged for the employee to go on the payroll of the general assembly. the employee was paid about $800, but did no work for the state. she made her mark as a rookie legislator earlier this year, switching her position on the same-sex marriage bill, to reading to its failure. she is also charged with allegedly using campaign funds to pay for a wedding dress. she will likely join state senator ulysses currie on ethics charges. he was acquitted of federal charges, but has been referred to the legislators ethics committee. a biweekly review has been ordered on alston's legislative account, and a takeover offer employee time sheet. -- a takeover of her employee time sheets. >> police shoot a man after a high-speed pursuit. the authorities loaded the suspect in three medivac chopper around noon. he was driving a car that matched the description of when used in an armed robbery last night. when officers tried to pull him over, the 19-year-old driver refused to stop. >> as he is traveling on northbound 97, he is holding the weapon outside the window. he is wavi

at the general assembly they talked about whether they would try to put up tents but a lot of people said they didn't want their tents taken away so at this point whether they will try to reestablish their tent city that remains to be seen. where are they all now? somebody told me he walked up and down market street in the seven 11 areas. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the city has already spent nearly $1 million controlling and cleaning up the occupied camp. that number is expected to grow as police will continue to make sure that occupied protesters do not reoccupy the area. here is more. the department has unloaded dozens of video and audio files onto the city's website. now the clips show several demonstrations over the past few months. one shows protesters crowding around a police officer with a baton. there are others with transcripts as a response to accusations of excessive force. we will bring it to you on our website with more on www.ktvu.com. >>> they plan on meeting today to discuss the sudden death of a football player in the bay area. he graduated from oakland t

the general assembly voted to continue to block the next shift which starts at 3:00 a.m.eporting live from the port of oakland, abc 7 news. >> okay allen thanks very much. could be a long night there this port blockage has been going on since 6 or so this morning. they shut the port down disputed by port official officials. the union confirms that many of the members never made it to work for the day shift. that's 3 quarters of the 200 ordered by the port companies for the day. >> well officials from alaska to southern california say the occupy protest had little impact on operations today in fact in long beach we take you there first as many as 400 demonstrators targeted a dock facility leased by a shipping company partially owned by that giant investment firm goldman sachs that's why it was targeted by demonstrators. one arrest was made there. in seattle police use pepper spray and percussion grenade for those that blocked the port facility. multiple people arrested there. sky and in portland oregon protestors blockade semitrailers and chem kept them from making deliver

it seems there is no doubt there will be a lot of fighting in the general assembly over new taxes. >> you get what you pay for. there is no way to build $100 million bridge for $10 million. there is no innovation in the arsenal that allows that to happen. >> if he has his way, higher taxes will be a reality in 2012. before talking about the bad and the ugly, the governor highlighted some of the good for the state in 2011 including what he says 26,700 new jobs added highlighted in the single largest month drop in unemployment since 1984. maryland schools ranked no. 1 in the u.s. for the third year in a row. the state had its lowest crime rate since 1975 including the city of baltimore on pace for the year. a two milestone was released to reduce pollution in the bay. the governor said on top of the $6.8 billion in spending cuts made to the budget, taxes are inevitable including a possible hike in the gas tax. >> the price of a gallon of gas is down from the $4 per gallon peak that it was. somehow we have to find a way to make the modern investments that a modern economy requires to crea

previously, the occupiers' general assembly voted not to move. that assembly requires unanimous consent to approve any proposal. >>> in santa cruz police are considering their options after an unsuccessful attempt to clear occupy protesters out you have vacant building. 30 officers in riot gear tried to clear the building last night. demonstrators barricaded if the inside. protesters linked arms to prevent miss from getting in. officers pulled back to avoid confrontation. -- >>> the labor department says the number of people applying for jobless benefits last week rose by 6,000 to 402,000, the second straight weekly increase. there are hundreds of jobs available today at an job hire event.kfy >> reporter: if you are looking for a job you should probably be we are at the doubletree hotel on gateway place in san jose. abc 7 is helping to stop sore this free job fair which kicks off at noon today. 13 companies will be here looking to fill 250 jobs. those companies include prudential, big five sporting goods, new york life and nasa research center j

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. >> what would you think of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early. i think it is tricky. i do not mean to sound too conservative. when you say to make a list of grievances, we could sit in this room and come up with a list of six ideas or grievances that need to be made real and lead to change. you need to find your issue, work in your community. work in the organizing around the issue. link up with groups doing work. if it is student debt, find ways to take on the banks, local legislators, and congress in the short term. is not very revolutionary. at the event we did on 9/11, i said i felt this country was in a pre-revolutionary moment. it was about a week before occupy was street launched. i believe in evolution, not revolution. >> katrina, did you read the foreign affairs article that backs up the occupy movement? there was a recent article about the

peaceful assembly, hundreds of protesters who gathered at justin herman plaza and went to hold a general assembly, they're talking about different issues and went into the park and proceeded to begin, there were many gathered around. we had a peaceful assembly and we were surrounded and they decided to arrest. >> good evening. i have been a teacher in san francisco for 25 years. the political director of the united educators of san francisco. we came to the demonstration tonight to voice our support for occupy, articulating the concern of the 99% who are being denied basic services and the most precious is our students and we no classes are overcrowded. we came to peacefully assemble this evening. the president of our union, but tell me out there, we saw peaceful demonstrators articulating their first amendment right surrounded by the police. what we noticed is a much more aggressive stance by the police. we also heard a demonstration of 100 occupiers this afternoon, the police showed mounted -- mounted police showed up. we were very concerned there was a change in tone. demonstrators were peacef