i don't think jean kwan can shift it.hink it is jean kwan against jean kwan. >> surely somebody is going to step up. >> that could be anybody. you recall how gray davis lost his job. >> it was a joke he would step in and he did. and speaking of that he had a rough year didn't he, arnold. >> he had a revealing year. >> i would say maria had a rough year because that is serious public embarrassment to know you were cheated on in front of yourself for that long. >> well, in america, obviously we have different standards in we really do whole elected types up and celebrities up to a higher standards than ordinary people are able to achieve. are old arnold schwarzenegger was in that category and he literally tried to keep the lid on. >> that would be a reality tv show, on another reality tv show, moving to washington, obama, good year, bad year, what do you think? >> he has been picking him up, now showing himself as the president trying to cut taxes. good with that. >> i am over joyed with the fact he is surviving over the ab

committee to recall jean kwan now began collecting signatures yesterday. similar petition by the committee to recall jean kwan and restore oakland has been circulating since last month. the first petition to collect are required 20,000 signatures would appear on the ballot. >>> city of san jose in the spotlight tonight as it hosts the figure stait skating championship at hp pavilion. a big honor that has given us big names figure skating. we are leif in downtown san jose tonight and it's a great event and great to have it here. >> it really is. you don't have to follow figure skating to appreciate what is going on here. i was blown away watching some of the really young athletes out there on the ice. they are the future stars of figure skating. tonight they got to see the legends. opening ceremony here at hp pa ville i don't know for premiere skating event that san jose now has the pleasure of hosting for a second time. big deal. san jose has national again. it has been since 1996 and it is rare as i said before it's rare for another city to host the natio

committee to recall jean kwan now began collecting signatures yesterday. similar petition by the committee to recall jean kwan and restore oakland has been circulating since last month. the first petition to collect are required 20,000 signatures would appear on the ballot. >>> city of san jose in the spotlight tonight as it hosts the figure stait skating championship at hp pavilion. a big honor that has given us big names figure skating. we are leif in downtown san jose tonight and it's a great event and great to have it here. >> it really is. you don't have to follow figure skating to appreciate what is going on here. i was blown away watching some of the really young athletes out there on the ice. they are the future stars of figure skating. tonight they got to see the legends. opening ceremony here at hp pa ville i don't know for premiere skating event that san jose now has the pleasure of hosting for a second time. big deal. san jose has national again. it has been since 1996 and it is rare as i said before it's rare for another city to host the natio

and receive $25 off your registration fee, because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> mayor jean kwan feels the heat of occupy protesters even though she's on the west coast. these occupy protesters in washington, d.c. surrounded kwan's taxi yesterday holding hands and shouting shame. kwan is there for the u.s. conference of mayors meeting. protesters have been demonstrating outside her hotel for days. police realized what was happening and forced the protesters to move. >>> the goal was to make this the biggest occupy protest yet. and sf pd had its hands full crippled the financial district today. they caused problems for customers and employees at several banks. tracy grant joins us now where the group is gathering once again. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, the latest update we got is 18 people have been arrested today. i want you to take a look out here today. this is herman mraz is a. a lot of these same people were actually living here before the camp was broken up. now they're making sure their presence is still being felt. >> when the resistance becomes a duty. >> reporte

the race until the national convention this summer. >> back here in the bay area, oakland mayor jean kwan china town to help celebrate the chinese new year. the first time an oakland mayor visited the oakland chinatown family association during the new year. the visit was symbolic given kwan this first female asian american mayor in a new york city. >> a new warning. the scan san francisco police department has seen -- the caller asks victims to wire money. one san francisco woman was tricked. whatook to what to watch out for. >> the phone call came out of the blue, and when she answeredn voice. >> my nephew says i wasn't drunk but all three of us and they want $3,500 bail. >> the man on the phone said he was beverly's nephew, attending a wedding in the domestic dominican republic and they got a car crash. i said, why do you sound like that? he said my nose is broken. he need with beverly not to tell anyone what happened but could she please wire him $3,500 for bail. >> he didn't want his parents to know. so i could understand >> bev >> bevel is -- beverly is in her 80s. getting around is

. >> there was a rally in support of jean kwan not only fighting a recall but dealing with a major fiscalsis prompted by the loss of redevelopment dollars. >> no recall. >> members of this construction union say recalling may mayor jean kwan will only make matters worse. >> this is, when i read the news, and it's not a good thing. and we spent over $1 million? i don't think so. >> it's devastating for the organization. >> this comes a day after city administrator announced to oakland will send 1500 layoff notices to half employees. that is thanks to the loss of $26 million in redevelopment money. in the end 200 employees will lose their jobs. decisions to be made by the city council. >> do you worry about notices going out to people? >> yes. i do. i think we have to because no legislation has been introduced yet. >> oakland crisis is bad because here, redevelopment money is spread across the budget. and pays for half of the salaries of the mayor and top administrators. governor brown sympathize was the fight. and maintains it must go. >> all good things come to an end. >> in oakland organ

a visibly flustered mayor jean kwan voiced her frustration. >> "occupy" oakland has to stop using oakland at its playground and people in the community and the "occupy" movement have to stop making excuses for this behavior. >> at the height of protests during the day, demonstrators pushed off police. some throw objects and police responded with bang grenades, and several conflicts eripped like this one near 14th and broadway. i talked with one woman who watched this action. the says the police are being too heavy hasn't. >> sometimes protesters get upset but i think it's wrong. it's like taking a sledge hammer to kill a flea. >> after watching demonstrators throw objects at officers and then break into city hall and damage city property, city leaders are at their wit's end. >> in my opinion amounts to a domestic terrorism when these people start taking buildings and start costing incredible amount of resources. >> one of the buildings the group rushed was the downtown ymca. police removed one group and encircled another group outside. the police say they plan on holding and charge all of

. >> in oakland mayor jean kwan is proposing a budget and elimination of more than 100 jobs. we have more and is there any good news in this budget? >> there is a little bit gf news. an hour ago unveiling a way they say could eliminate $28 million they say now they can do that by cutting about 105 full time positions that is about 50 fewer than this time, last week. this is after receiving notices of possible layoffs with proposed budget they say by reorganizing and consolidating they'll be able to achieve that level of savings with fewer layoffs. it would merge human resources departments and parks and recs departments into one. there will be job losses and pretty much everything related to redevelopment including a number of positions and public works. >> what you're seeing here is a proposal that has much fewer layoffs. that is why we organized this broadly. you'll see we're going to have less administrators and in the end we did our fwoft make sure there are no cuts to core services. >> i don't think that february 1 that is going to evaporate. >> and this has everything t

. >> oakland there, jean kwan is planning her next move against the violent occupy protest. who she wants to talk to about it. >> for the latest news, weather, traffic, find us on bo o nbc bay area. >> a good tuesday morning to you. taking a live look outside. activity already picking up out there as we take a live look in the south bay this morning. it's 6:12. >> oakland mayor jean quan will try a new tactic in dealing with protesters. the mayor will ask leaders to intervene with the local demonstrators. the mayor says the latest violence this weekend was the result after splinter group. the city may ask the courts to impose a stay away order. 400 people were arrested saturday night. >> also in oakland leaders will vote on how many jobs they have to cut as a result of lost redevelopment funding. last week city workers showed up in the council meeting to fight to keep their jobs. 2500 people received layoff notices though less than 100 are expected to actually lose their jobs. >> 6:13 now. homeless activists are raising red flags over san francisco's plan to ban camping in p

mayor jean kwan showed us most of the damage during the break-in. some damage the mayor was not able to show us was on the 14th floor. she said one tried to damage the room and then force their way out on to the roof. she says her tolerance for violent demonstrators is over. >> they're looking for police brutality. they're constantly provoking the police, like this is how they're trying to make their movement. >> more than ten hours after their arrest, some demonstrators cheered as they were released from the city jail. most of the people were taken into cuffed after they rushed the downtown ymca. >> a crowd of people that started rushing into the y because -- seemed like they were going to throw tear gas. >> another person arrested there said he didn't see any vandalism and didn't hear any clear order to disspeakers. >> i would guess they charges would be dropped because it's so bogus. if they gave us an order to disspeakers, an hour before handas a place that was ten blocks away, that was unclear. and you can't really charge is with failing to dis

. >> during an early morning show and tell tour, mayor jean kwan describes the damage to city hall. >> i think it was probably the architect's model. we got it from the museum. >> the original architectural model. >> that's what they think. >> which would make the model more than a century old. other damage was a smashed window, graffiti, and the california and united states flags were yanked from their place on the mezzanine. >> i'm tired of them using the city city as a playground. i think oaklanders are getting tired. >> that's the charred remains of northwestern flag that some demon straighters pulled down and burn out here on at the front steps of city hall. thit this is youtube video of demonstrators waving the u.s. flag and then setting it ablaze and stomping it out. during the city hall break-in, dozens of people were being arrested following a different break-in at the downtown ymca. i talked with one san francisco resident who is one of about 70 people arrested at the y. >> there was no order to dispercent. i was never read my rights, never told what the charges were. they s

>> reporter: diane, oakland mayor jean kwan says sense october occupy protesters have cost the city about $5 million. of that 2 million in vandalism alone. in downtown oakland last night, an occupy demonstration turned into a clash with police as officers were arresting dozens of people who they say broke into the ymca. city officials say other protesters broke into city hall, causing major damage to children's art and other displays. two flags were also stolen, one of them reportedly burned by protesters. >> what just fight taking over a ymca? what justifies vandalizing a historic, beloved building that's a symbol of oakland's resilience and history? nothing, i think. nothing does. >> police estimate the crowd to be 500 strong and say they made more than 400 arrests. at least three officers and two protesters were injured. police showed us some of the items one officer alone confiscated from protesters. >> knives, cutting instruments, obviously these are items that can seriously injure a person. >> reporter: they also showed us this shield police say protesters were using it as they move

. -- jean kwan. she would be in a stronger position. a close election awarded by ranked-choice voting makes the incumbent vulnerable, period. if you're going to have run off, and i participated in a runoff in 2002, if you're going to have a runoff, i agree. five weeks after the election stinks'. i would submit that you have a runoff on the tuesday before thanksgiving. that gives where the top two candidates are momentum from the election and you can have the thing completed before the holidays and a result that is not influenced by the ability of well-financed campaigns to be able to do the polling and taylor a message that can destroy somebody, which is what has happened in the past. with regard -- i am in favor of the proposition, no. 4 and i am against item 5. if i can say why. with regard to the education, no amount of education would have been able to vet candidates in the election of 2006 and revealed that one of them did not live in san francisco. supervisor kim: thank you. >> i am a six-year resident of san francisco, i live and

the mirror jean kwan of oakland has called on other occupy movements around the country to disavow occupy oakland because of the trashing of city hall thoughts from either you guys on those or on the other the other goes well i have one really important thought which is that nobody speaks for the entire occupy movement and i certainly don't speak for the occupy movement a middle class guy with a job who goes out and supports them as i can on my evenings and weekends and i think what's going to happen with some with the with the with a demand like that is the occupies all over the country will be meeting convening general assembling discussing and figuring out what they want to do it's been we had a solidarity march this sunday in d.c. and in several cities around the nation in new york and philly and and boston. several others to go we're all in this together and we were united against the police then eric suzy thank you all very much for being with us thank you. who knows what will happen in the nation's capital and i but as we've seen in the past over and over again excessive police for

. >> and occupy oakland sent a letter to mayor jean kwan threatening to shut down the airport if police try to stop the next fem dem straigs. they returned to announce they'll stage a march this saturday and plan on taking over the building and making it their new home fchl evicted they claim they may blockade the airport. >> occupy oakland has no home. we're trying to provide the movement a home. also people of oakland a home. beyond that a social center. >> the group says they may try to occupy city hall itself. the mayor's office did not want to comment to us about the protest plan. >> still to come here tonight on abc 7 news clean up crews going to work on a san francisco rock slide. there is a history of rock removeals from this site. >> deadly confrontation on a freeway. tonight a possible case of road rage landing an angry driver in the morgue. >> and later here tonight a national watch dog group calls for break up of bank of america so it's not too big to fail. >> this trail of moisture aiming north but there are drops might fall in the north bay. i'll sl >>> layoffs and cuts fa

. >> there is a rally in support of embattled mayor jean kwan not only fighting a recall but dealing with a crisis by the loss of redevelopment dollars in the city. laura anthony joins us live now. the antirecall rally is underway. laura? >> actually it's just wrapping up. supposed to go until 4:30 and ended early. this is one of many events that have taken place since it began last year. this is a day after the city announced major layoffs. this message is that a recall would be devicive especially if they're facing a krigsis with $26 million. yesterday, the administrator announced 1500 employees will be receiving layoff notices. of those, 200 will be let go and will be up to the city council and mayor to decide who loses their job. >> you worry about notices going out? >> yes. i do. and we have to because no legislation has been introduced yesterday yet. and the court says we're just trying to be fair to people and give them as much notice as possible. >> and is there a statement the mayor can lead stit out of a crisis. >> no. at all. >> and that organizer needs to gather 20,000 si

. >> and next week city manager and mayor jean kwan will submit their proposed budget, ultimately deciding who loses their jobs effective february 3. >> because they have done so many cuts everything is on the table. we're going to take money out of public works from pot holes and streets. it's going to be devastating. >> 200 layoffs will happen in a quick time frame. and will have to make final cuts in just a week's time. >> thank you. >> if you've tried to browse classified today or check something out on wikipedia, you found they're down. they're taking part in an internet blackout to protest two bills below congress. they're credited with helping spark arab spring. now, social media sites are serving as a front line in a different revolution. fighting the stop online piracy act. >> there is off shore criminals stealing american jobs. everyone says we ought to stop that. >> supporters including disney, parent company of abc 7 says it will crack down on copy right infringement and piracy. yikts say it would kill the internet as we know it they don't make sense with the internet. this is

major jean kwan has been talking with chinese investors. increasing price tag and some taxpayers say it's not quite what they signed up for. >> debbie, spreading lies and rumors for a year? >> put your hand up when you're done so i can answer. >> it's a debate many thought was over. should santa clara build on land near the great america theme park? passed the finance plan including $1,800,000,000 bank loan. >> we want what's right. >> collectingcollecting signatures, saying it's not the same they passed in 2010. >> now that we have a contract, we need to look and vote on what has become, not what was portrayed. >> reaction at the farmers was mixed. >> they're for the it. >> dozens signed their name. >> what did you decide to sign it? >> because i trust these people here. >> a lot of information, the same misinformation they were getting before and i'm sure after this goes, if all this comes to pass, it will be something they continue to say. >> in fact, the city isn't even sure a referendum on this vote is legal. >> we're still researching

the group sent a letter to mayor jean kwan and warning they may try to blockade the airport. >> still ahead he's the last man standing. the reason one activist stayed behind after japan's ef date dr -- devastating earthquake. >> michael finney will answer questions here later, you can contact michael on twit dwrer at m finney. >> and it's friday. if you're getting away for the weekend you can see here there are green lights out over california and nevada. delays being reported in phoenix due to construction. there is 45 minutes an arriveal. and there is 30 minutes to about an hour, in boston, 45 minute delays. i'll be back with a look at the forecast. >> tensions rose in cairo. thousands celebrated the first anniversary of one of the bloodiest days of last year's uprising. protestors chanted antimilitary slogans and want to see a transfer of power to civilian leaders. many died during the friday of rainl when then-president mubarak's security forces fired on on protestors and also demanded generals be tried for killing and wounding hundreds of civilian autos french frez sarkozy announ

inside that cab, oakland mayor jean kwan. protesters have been demonstrating outside her hotel for days. >> lee is questioning whether his sheriff can handle the job while his is facing charges. the sheriff's wife, an alleged abuse victim, says that politics broke up her family. and during flag raising at city hall, player lee was asked about his new sheriff. >> the sheriff has to serve the people of san francisco and i think the question for him now, is whether he can do that. with this distraction going on. this very serious target. i said time and time again. >> the charges against the sheriff stem from a new year's eve incident in which the mayor allegedly grabbed and bruised his wife right arm. a family hearing is scheduled for monday. >> still to come at 6, breaking up is hard it do, unless you ucff. what its plan to separate itself from the rest of the uc system. >> a critical moment in the race to the white house. how they are spending their final hours before what could be a make or break final. >> plus, they make mi

embattled oakland mayor jean kwan fighting recall drive and another money crisis at city hall. >> mendingistake. government orders up a correction on the martin luther king jr. memorial. we'll mack lyon. a timely bible lesson the lord's way. churches of christ in the to have you visit one of worship assemblies. just do that? you will. week, will you? >> one man died and mother and 2 daughter spent more than an hour trapped inside their mangled car teetering on the side of a southern california bridge after being struck by a gravel truck on thursday. that truck plunged 100 feet below and then exploded killing the driver. the crash left the woman's car with her 10-year-old they were dangling over the side of the bridge. hour later. >> they came. they asked if they could help with traffic or something else. they had a large forklift with them that we were able to obtain and have them use so they could support the bmw as it was teetering on the side of the bridge. they supported the bmw so the fire personnel could get in and extricate the parties. >> unbelievable. the woman and 2 children wer

still to come, oakland mayor jean kwan trying a new tactic to calm down protesters. >> what walnut creekdoing about downtown violence. >> i'm meteorologist christina loren live in the nbc bay area weather center. looks like we'll see a few showers, i'll tell you where and when and if you want to fire up the grill with friends and family this weekend, you'll be able to do so. your full forecast coming up. >> then you start up the engine, keep in mind you might have to wipe off the windshield. michigan around the bay area could cause an issue. 880 not a problem through oakland. >> a live look outside from the south bay. a tad warmer out there. >> reporter: new this morning in one hour thousands of workers are expected to walk off the job at kaiser permanente hospital location across the bay area. i'll have that story coming up. >> reporter: police are considering criminal charges after a man is crushed to death on a construction site in the south bay. that report coming up live from milpitas. >> the polls open two hours ago in florida, does mitt romney have the primary wrapped up? we'll ta