. >> la republicana meg whitman y jerry brown se enfrentaron hoy. >> ambos candidatos expusieron suse crear empleos en el área de manufactura y jerry brown en áreas verdes . >> meg whitman muy comoda presento su tactica. >> la clave es crear empleos. >> pero jerry brown parece que leyo de unos apuntes y tambiñn quiere acortar los salarios de los legisladores. >> jerry brown utilizo el sentido del humor y en un momento dijo que el no favorecera a los millonarios, molestando a meg whitman . >> jerry brown legalizara a nivel federal. >> pero meg whitman dijo que ella no. >> al final meg whitman se reunio con los periodistas. >> ella dijo que favorecera solo a los empleados documentados. >> esto permitio conocer a whitm >> asi es buenas noches, las reacciones no se hicieron esperar, entre ambos hay mucha diferencia. >> un grupo de profesionales se reunieron para saber las posiciones de meg whitman y jerry brown . >> me molesto que ella noc crea en las ciudades santuarios, cada ciudad puede tener el derecho de recibir a quien quiera. >> meg whitman no cree en ello. >> el como maestro apoy

[ñindiscernibleñ] i am jerry brown, california needs major changes. to live within our means, return decision making to the local level and no new taxes without voter approval. >> jerry brown, thenology and know how. whitman responded by calling a misleading renovation of brown's record. president obama used today to push for the creation of new american jobs. he acknowledges the private sector job growth is too modest to bring down the unemployment rate. >> reporter: the resident took the podium in milwaukee. after the passage of the recovery affect nomarch of last year the job's picture steadily improved. since then it has been limping along, raising fears of a double dip recession next year. >> that's why i am announcing a new plan for rebuilding america's roads and rails and run ways for the long term. i want america to have the best infrastructure in the world. >> reporter: price tag? $50billion. the program would build 150,000- miles of roads, construction maintains 4,000-miles of rail, enough to go coast to coast. 150-miles of runways and put i

clinton endorsed jerry brown's candidacy for governor. ll comes a day after brown apologized to the former president for making a joke about the monica lewinsky scandal. the two men have traded shots at each other since they both sought the democratic nomination for president in 1992. >>> headlines now from around the bay area. san francisco supervisors gave approval to a new tax on alcohol served at bars and restaurants, but the vote was 7- 3 and that is one vote short of what is needed to override mayor newsome's promised zito. the new fee would add an extra 5 cents to a bottle of beer, even more for hard liquor with that money going to alcohol abuse programs. and honda is returning to the port of richmond after pulling out in the 90s. they'll resume shipping vehicles there boosting port business by 35%. honda h ah will so make $37 million in improvements into the facility. >>> silicon valley on the cutting edge of art tonight. right now you can express yourself in a big way with pictures, posts andre just old fashioned speech. kiet do i

one ad which i know has received a lot of attention, which was the bill clinton ad talking about jerry brown's record of governor. and let's dissect this for a minute because i stand by that ad. let's look what bill clinton actually said. cnn said governor brown had taken a $6 billion surplus to a $1 billion deficit. absolutely correct. he also said that taxes were higher, and in fact the only error in the facts were the taxes were not higher 8 out of 8 years, they were 6 out of 8. and on average, taxes were higher in his administration than under ronald reagans. i stand by the ad. jerry brown doesn't like the ad because it calls out his record. he likes my positive ads about the vision that i have for california even less because, in fact, we are going to upend the status quo. we cannot continue to do things the way we have historically done them. and i want to reform the pension system. i want to reform education. and by the way, many of the unions who are so deeply entrenched in sacramento, they don't want any changes to the things that i know parents and others in california desperately wa

. >>> republican millionaire meg whitman who traded jabs with jerry brown. >> the fact that jerry brown tried to distant himself from the labor unions was amazing to me. my view is putting jerry brown in charge of negotiating with the labor unions around pensions how many people we have in the state government is like putting count dracula in charge of the blood bank. >> if everybody in state service worked as long as i have, the pension system would be overfunded by 50%. if they want to stay around to '27. by the way, if you elect me

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jerry brown not so much. he can pick up money but from smaller donors, that's harder work when you have to pick up $1,000 checks instead of $25,000. jerry brown doesn't have spanish on his website. she has the ads, on univision, that's what is worrying democrats in terms of the you know, the challenge for jerry brown up against a candidate with this much money. >> let's go back to the last election, pg&e had that proposition, mercury had that proposition that payed millions of dollars and they were defeated. one of the things you see meg whitman doing, one is the sweatless and flower and the other is stuff against jerry brown it's terrible. made me think of the nickname meg hitman. is there a chance this will backfire that she's spending so much of her own money people saying why would you want to buy that. >> i talked to the democratic party chairman yesterday who said look, the average californian has seen a meg whitman ad more than 300 times. they think that california is going to be numb to this complete

analyst and usf processor says opening the office in oakland under cuts the attack adds. >> she says jerry brownbad because oakland is bad. she is coming in to oakland saying i'm for you because i can make oakland a better place. >> reporter: brown's camp does not see the lake shore office as either bold or intimidating. so what do they see instead? >> meg whitman has yet to see a dollar she wasn't gonna spend. >> reporter: but whitman's camp goes on to say that this office is resonating with oakland voters and they point out the fact that hundreds of people, they say, have stopped by. now jerry brown has just one campaign office, it's across town, at jack london square, and dane, a his camp says his history with this city, that's what's resonating with voters. >> it's a big town. >> reporter: and a lot of campaign signs. >> there you go. robert liles, thank you. >>> checking headlines around the bay area don't, environmentalists are asking ship operators to watch out for what else off bay area coastline. this after a container ship headed into the port of oakland with that sitting on the bow. n

now, she's trying to use bill clinton to bring down her opponent, jerry brown. ad she's put on the air. brown and clinton butted heads when running for president in 1992. she's ripped the scab off that and got them fighting again i guess. i guess it's good politics. sche. hold all your phone calls. for the next hour, there will be no agenda. marie callender's invites you back to lunch, with a new line of fresh recipes. like chicken teriyaki with crisp water chestnuts. it steams to perfection in minutes, giving the fresh flavors and textures of a homemade meal. marie's new steamed meals. it's time to savor. >>> we're just talking about that hot republican primary tomorrow night in delaware. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports from delaware that minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann radioed in to a station and said hello, to the host and proclaimed, quote, christine, delaware's next governor! of course, christine o'donnell is running for the u.s. senate. "hardball" will be right back. ♪ ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o [ child giggles ] but now, to get it really c

jerry brown. he just can't deliver the results california needs now. >>> in san francisco today, veteran anchorman, was remembered, a friend and family. among those giving eulogies was his coanchor for 12 years. another co-worker, sportscaster, wayne walker recalled the first time he met him. >> i looked at him and i said, god, this guy looks more like raffle cramden then he does walter cronkite. but, that's what it was all about. i remember jackie gleason's man identified with him and that was dave. >> he dayed at the age of 81. he was a fixture in bay area tv and radio news for 50 years. >>> there is a potential food fight brewing between smaller grocery stores and big corporate supermarket chains and it could mean money in your wallet, according to the "the contra costa times" smaller stores like fresh and easy and henry's farmer's market are getting ready to open in the south and east bays. these are smaller stores which could offer shoppers better deals and shoppers say they are looking forwa

jerry brown. california needs major changes. >> reporter: the meg whitman 2010 campaign responded by saying after 40 years of politics protecting the status quo, it's no surprise jerry brown kicks off his campaign with a misleading historic renovation of his own record. jerry brown is the last person we can trust for major change in sacramento. brown takes exception to the accusations that when he left the governor's office the state was flat broke, flirting with bankruptcy and with 11% of residents out of work and he says he was able to reduce taxes and create nearly 2 million jobs despite a recession. >> we're dealing with a campaign on the republican side that has no regard for truth. when california came out of the recession the revenue came pouring into the state because i left it healthy and structurally sound. >> reporter: brown's campaign claims that meg whitman has run 45,000 ads just since the primary. he says he thinks people are tired now of listening to her negative attacks and they'r

this month the field poll shows 41% of likely voters support jerry brown compared to 44% in july. g whitman is tied with brown at 44, 41% compared to her 43% in july. 18% of californians are undecided, that is up from 13% in july. but there's more to these numbers than what meets the eye. let's bring in today in the bay's political analyst larry gurston. interesting the closer we get to the election the undecideds go up. that sounds unusual. >> yeah. that's probably the first statistic one we'll look at closely, garvin. we're talking about a meaningless figure to some, but meaningful to the rest of us. that vote has gone up to 18%. the undecided vote has gone up to 18% from 13%. this is the time in the season when people begin to make up their minds. instead now, they are less sure than ever. this may be a reflection of jerry brown beginning the active stage of his campaign, defining himself instead of leaving that to meg whitman. that could make a big difference down the stretch. >> he's had all the money. she's had all the money and ads and he's kind of cracked in to that. >> sav

she spent millions saying jerry brown raised taxes. fact is brown cut 4 billion in taxes.ose keeps growing by the millions. first time since early may >>> with a win tonight the giant could move into shoal possession of first place for the first time since early may. each tom la sore data is having a hard time watching his dodgers this year. the giants offense would weak him up in a hurry though. aubrey huff and the rally long strike again. three hundred shot to right. huff daddy, buster posey launches one half-way up the left field bleachers, 5-1 giants, josi guillin gets in on the fund, tattoos the curve ball into the bleachers, they'll fight over another souvenir, the bats did plenty. jonathan sanchez run support sets a new career high with 12 strikeouts, maybe even more impressive for sanchez, not a single walk. they beat the dodgers 10-2. the padres 10-game road trip makes a stop in st. louis. yadier molina bloops a single to right. beat the padres 4-0, san diego is just 6-9 in september. so the giants are all alone in first place with a half game lead over the padres

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at least jerry brown had learned that the hard way. hat's no >> he doesn't tell the people the truth. >> that's president clinton attacking brown in 1992. the primary debate is now the centerpiece of an ad being run by brown's republican rival meg whitman. in response to that ad brown joked that clinton wasn't always truthful himself alluding to lewinsky. well, today brown called the president and apologized, former president, saying that it was wrong to make light of that incident. new parking policy. drivers have to bac diagonally. >>> meanwhile freemont city hall mandated a new parking policy. drives have to back in and -- drivers have to back in and park diagonally. they say it's a lot safer that way, but as kiet do reports, it's already causing a lot of problems. >> reporter: in freemont it's simple, unorthodox and it just might work. diagonal parking spaces that you have to back into. >> you make it look so easy. >> it is. >> reporter: the city has put in a few dozen of them on capitol avenue in front of city hall as part of a pil

esperan poder impulsarlo para llegar nuevamente a sacramento. >> yo estoy bien bien seguro que jerry brown porque él est prograor la ge que está buscando trabajo. >periodista: en este lugar realizado por el sindicato de alameda en oakland el tema del día fue el tema de crear trabajos y es la plataforma de jerry brown. >> (hablando en inglés >> >intérprete tengo una plataforma de empleos de energía renovable que crea más de medio millón de empleos. también criticó meg whitman de ser una multi millonaria que darle extensiones de impuestos de más de 17.000 millones de dólares a las grandes empresas que están financiando su campaña. wittmann ya gastó más de 25 millones de dólares de su propia fortuna en la campaña >> (hablando en inglés >intérprete la gente ya dejó de escuchar su mensaje a pesar que ha gastado tanto dinero, como parte de su campañ jerry brown reveló su primer anuncio político que empezará a salir al aire empezando mañan martes. >> actualmente jerry brown ocupa el puesto de procurador estatal pero fue gobernador de 1985 a 1993 pero quiere regresar a gobernador para ser líder de

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. >> santa cl ara tambiñn opina lo mismo, el srtseñor jerry brown opina lo mismo que yo, queremos buena, asi evitamos más deportaciones, pero esto de comunidades seguras no solo se tiene que implementar aca en san francisco sino en otras ciudades. >> hay otros temas que usted es famoso por el matrimonio gay. >> que ofrece usted?. >> hemos ofrecido el pre escolar universal, soy un gran defensort de la comunidad latina, pienso que hay que preocuparse, usted no siempre puede estar de acuerdo, pero yo creo en una poblacion diversa, no solo para la prensa. >> algúnas personas dicen que usted puede tomar en sus manos los de los matrimonios homosexuales. >> me mantengo en mis principios, las televisores y las radios se oponen pòrque apoyo a la comunidad latina, hay una gran diferencia entre mi contendor, yo siempre ayudo a la gente. >> gracias. >> gracias gavin newson . >> faltan 5 semanas para las eleccionos, hoy se enfrentan, pero esto puede ser delimitante. >> hoy meg whitman y jerry brown se enfrentan en television, ambos mostraran sus ideales conservadores. >> meg whitman es vista como la

i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. to challenge ourselves on the most demanding track in the world. with us, in spirit, was every great car that we'd ever competed with. the bmw m5. and the mercedes-benz e63. for it was their amazing abilities that pushed us to refine, improve and, ultimately, develop the world's fastest production sedan. [ engine revving ] the cts-v, from cadillac. the new standard of the world. ( barking ) but destroys fleas. you avete for rivantage, the flea specialist for gentle, but effective, flea control. >>> how much tragedy can the soul bear? that's what one family is asking had self tonight. you see, the sunnyvale family lost their home in a fire just as they were getting their lives together again. the flames quickly engulfing their three-bedroom home on plain tree

gentlemen, your truck is ready. >>> decision 2010a new pole shows jerry brown leading his challenger whitman. brown came in with 47% of the support while whitman had 42%. in another report, whitman and brown are nearly tide. 47% support jerry brown, 46 support whitman. >>> big changes in store for our forecast, details coming up in just a few minutes. [ male announcer ] barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law is keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy. to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... because i want to see the words made in america again. that's it. that one...right there. exactly how much did the other airlines make off with? ♪ it was like $25. was that one-way? or roundtrip? roundtrip. $50? did you have a second bag? yes. mm! it was $35. that's $120 roundtrip. [ gasps ]

i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. >>> our online weather check indicates cool temperatures as the fog returns to the bay area ,,,,,,,, shourd - says she may be released as early as tuesday. >>> an attorney for detained hiker sarah shore said she may be released as early as tuesday. they agreed to release her for medical reasons. shore can leave the country but faces charges of illegally enterling and spying. fellow detainees will remain in custody until their trial. >>> now back to california, and to politics because voters are going to be excited who is the next governor. it is neck and neck as we go into the final stretch. >> meg whitman or jerry brown one of the biggest challenges is how to get people back the work. as john is here to tell us about their plans in your case what is wrong w

i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. think like a fashionista. shop like a maxxinista. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. bay area racetrack. a jockey paralyzed in a fall over the weekend. a tragedy just as he is expecting the birth of his first child any day now. abc7's alan wang with what happened and the faith the man's family has he will walk and ride again. >> out of business, is he? >> in a split second, a 1,000-pound thoroughbred triped and fell, crushing her 108-pound jockey, michael martinez. the impact shatter ited three of michael's vertebrae which severed his spinal cord, paralyzing him from the waist down. doctors were afraid he might not make it until today. >> they actually asked him his name and he responded micha

taxes went down under jerry brown. but whitman's nose keeps growing by the millions. meg whitman's nose keeps growing. whitman says california lost jobs under jerry brown. turns out 1.9 million jobs were created. she spent millions saying jerry brown raised taxes. fact is brown cut 4 billion in taxes. but whitman's nose keeps growing by the millions. >>> new details about assaults. there has been a fourth assault reported. we want to show you where they are happening on oak road. kron 4's jonathan bloom talks to resident about security. >> reporter: it happened again, this latest assault is unrelated to the string of sexual assaults. police tell us they are 100% positive this is a different assailant. residents told us they are not feeling safe and some said they won't feel safe until new security precautions are put in place. >> what would make you feel safer? >> security call back. >> reporter: although the manager would not talk to us, a spokesman told us they are considering additional safety precautions. pedestrian can walk into the complex. jonathan bloom, kron

finally >>> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] jerry brown's good old days. what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he doesn't tell the people the truth.

even her plan is say glossy brochure. >> she is a sharp, quick-whited person and knows jerry brown's record. when he talks about one side, she can highlight how he stood on the other side. >> for brown the pressure is on. analysts said this is his first big chance to make his case to voters where as whitman has been doing it for months in costly advertisements. >> if you were born in the 70s or 80s, you have no knowledge of jerry brown as governor of california. no actual memory probably. >> political consultant believes the topics that will come up are the economy, jobs, the state budget. as brown has to reintroduce himself to voters, whitman has the challenge of having to moderate her view since the time of the republican primary in order to win the more moderate voters. >> arnold schwarzenegger won the independent vote and the governorship. pete wilson won the vote and the governorship. dan lund grown didn't and failed. >> reporting now on october 12th, nbc will host their own debate between whitman and brown with tom brocaw moderating. you can see it live at 6:30. we will have ext

she spent millions saying jerry brown raised taxes. fact is brown cut 4 billion in taxes.but whitman's nose keeps growing by the millions. daughter... how friends and family remembered one of the s of the pipeline >> you're watching cbs5 "eyewitness news." >> a mother's anguish over the loss of a daughter. how friends and family remembered one of the young victims of the pipeline explosion. >> things happen. injuring that this was gonna happen at all. >> teenagers dealing with the loss of a friend in a deadly car crash that claimed a young life and what police suspect caused it. >> and fun for all ages and religions, how families responded when an amusement park made a special appeal to muslims during here in the bay area. i'm ann notarangelo. >>> she was among the youngest victims of pipeline explosion nine days ago. jessica morales was known for her great love for family and her mischievousness. >> friends, family and local leaders gathered to say good- bye. there was laughter and tears at tonight's memorial as they recalled jessica's morality, her fashion sense, and her

i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. many people in denver know whether they lost their homes are not have described the last few days this realty. >> those who came back to their shellshocked neighborhood on sunday afternoon, had a new appreciation for what home means. >> it is good to be home. and what we have a home still standing. >> but they look out of scenes and that tempers that appreciation. >> very sad, in my neighborhood. after >> to got a lot worse for us. >> their relief discern replaced by the realization that their neighborhood is for ever been a change. >> if i can barely looked down the hill, i mean it was is almost like, to look at my kitchen window but this usually treat, but it also means those blocking the view. but i will be reminded of it every time i come home, as i'm co

>> brings up bad memories of this ad. >> if you're jerry brown, the first thing you do is zip it for what you said because you need bill clinton badly. clinton offers two things for brown, both very important. first of all he's got that huge roll low deck and that has lots of names in it and those names have lots of money, especially the hollywood crowd. you want to see that very important. brown needs money in case you don't know it, he's being outspent about six to one. now, secondly, of course, it's to energize the democratic base. everybody's been worried if you're a democrat at least, the democrats aren't coming out. they're just not enthused. they have a candidate they're not excited about, not only here but nationwide the same problem. if you can energize that base with the most popular democrat in the country, bill clinton, that can go a long way toward offsetting some of that malaise. >> interesting. let's switch talk national for a second. let's talk tea party. some more success in some recent primaries around the country for those backed by the tea party movement. but then,

the first time voters had the chance to see whitman and jerry brown go head to head.he third highest unemployment rate in the nation. they talked about creating jobs. >> targeted tax cuts. i want to eliminate the factory tax. it penalizes manufacturers. if we lose manufacturing, we will lose the soul of our state. >> i have a specific plan. it's not to give a $5 billion tax break to myself but to the billionaires and millionaires. my plan is to invest in clean energy, the tech of the future. >> the styles of the two candidates were completely different. billionaire and former e-bay ceo 54-year-old meg whitman stayed close to her talking points where veteran politician, the 72-year-old jerry brown had some unscripted moments, at one point saying he would stay focussed at governor because he's older and married. >> i come home at night. i don't try to close down the bars of sacramento like i used to do when i was governor of california. >> the two did agree they would protect colleges and universities from higher fees. both would be tough on crime and enforce the death

you know, i will tell you, national republican strategists have more faith in and worry about jerry brownbrown is in the to be written off or underestimated. >> in 2010 if jerry brown could have picked a worse year to attack bill clinton, i don't know what year that would have been. bill clinton has had a very successful run in 2010 and probably if you privately polled most members of congress and asked whether they wanted bill clinton or barack obama in their district, most would pick bill clinton. >> yeah. he's become kind of the go-to guy in this election. he can help democratic candidates a lot. he could help jerry brown a lot. maybe he will. you know, i agree that jerry brown is a really resourceful, canny, wily politician who can't be written off. whitman with all her money and with considerable skill has done a really good job of kind of defining herself as more of a centrist figure and she's tough. it will be a great race. >> let's talk about washington d.c. we've made no secret of the fact that we've been fans of what the mayor has done on education reform but it looks like he's

with who could soon be f ockoln' rhalll o the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. [ female announcer ] jerry brown and oakland's schools. what were the facts? fact: march 7, 2000. brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases...50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad...the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. >>> for those about to rock, like tom, we salute you. 15 actors honored for induction into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. here's a look at the names on the short list. alice cooper, bc boys, bon jovi and ll cool jay made the cut. the top five inductees will be announced in december. the ceremony takes place next march. >>> how about that. so you got to fight for your right to party with the beasty boys. >> stick around. ♪ you don't bring me flowers >> bon jovi. >>> "nightly news" coming up next. ring ring ring ring. hey, your chicken no

jerry brown has four.makes it rather odd. >> you know, it sometimes feels just a little bit suffocating, and yet there doesn't seem to have been any kind of backlash against it or am i wrong? >> it's hard to know. we're now going down to the last seven weeks. the question is will all this money do her an awful lot of good, or will it backfire? look, we know it's backfired in the past. it backfired against steve wesley and backed against michael huffington when all these people spent vast amounts of money. the voters said so what. this time we're talking about a different ball game, a different parameter all together, and that's the big question. >> the latest poll showed whitman moving ahead. can brown keep up with whitman spending all of this money. >> he has to find ways to use the press in a way that benefits him. that's why this last 24-hour news cycle was so important for jerry brown. instead of going forward and moving his campaign, he's defending his actions of 20 years ago. he wasted time. he has t

sacramento, something she says brown won't have because unions are funding his campaign. >> putting jerry brown in charge of negotiating with the labor unions around pensions, around how many people we have in this state government is like putting count dracula in charge of the blood ba blood bank. >> reporter: brown was quick to point out he had the record of vetoing labor. and says whitman will reward her backers with tax cuts. >> i tell you the majority will get an immediate tax break from her key economic plan, which is to eliminate totally the california capital gains tax. >> immigration is a defining issue. >> we can't round them up and deport them like they did in eastern europe. we have to find the path to citizenship. i think if we do and we secure the borders -- >> whitman opposed the comment on citizenship, but agreed with immigration. both say creating jobs is a top priority. brown will look to bring jobs. whitman will look at tax cuts and incentives. there are lots of undecided voters out there. both sides are claiming victory, but the real question is will this performance and thi

>> reporter: a "los angeles times"-usc poll shows jerry brown ahead of meg whitman by just four percentage points. the latest field poll has them in a dead heat, with 18% of voters undecided. >> i think it will be. you know, as debates go, it's going to be closely watched. >> i think they're going to be issue-focused. >> reporter: whitman is the novice political debater. >> even her public appearances have been prepackaged, have a lot of planted material, planted questions. even her plan is a glossy brochure. >> she know house to hold herself. she is a very sharp, quick-witted person. when he talks about one side of an issue she can highlight how he stood on the other side previously. >> reporter: but for brown too the pressure son. some political analysts have said this is his first big chance to make his case to voters, where as whitman has been doing it for months in costly advertisements. >> if you were born in the '70s or '80s, you have no knowledge of jerry brown as governor of california, no actual memory probably.

i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. >>> apple tonight is denying reports that ceo steve jobs is a ninja, well, sort of a japanese magazine called "spa" claims jobs is board from boarding his private jet over the summer when a security scan showed he had he had a ninja-throwing star in his carry-on. jobs says only an idiot would hijack his own plane. even though apple denied the episode, 90 news outlets picked up the stores. jobs is only a ninja making us buy new expensive toys every six months. only true. >> that was too good a story for news outlets to pass up. nightly news is next. see you again at 6:00. [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and a

she spent millions saying jerry brown raised taxes. fact is brown cut 4 billion in taxes. but whitman's nose keeps growing by the millions. getting fired up. >>> the fairly mellow campaign against proposition 19, the measure to make pot legal, is getting all fired up. the california beer and beverage association has contributed $10,000 to the no on 19 campaign. the spokesperson says that he believes the donation stems from concerns over public safety. ore than they want them drinking beer while they're driving." there's no comment so far from the prop 19 campaign. but some >> we have hundreds and hundreds of trucks running up and down the state. i don't think they want their drivers under the influence of that marijuana any more than they want them drinking beer while they're driving. >> no comment so far from the prop 19 campaign, but some speculate the beer industry may not be concerned about safety but rather consumers choosing marijuana over beer. >>> your cell phone could soon be checking your heart rate. no, it's not an app for healthy living. it's to thwart would be

meg whitman and jerry brown traded accusations in this first debate. itman said that brown will have to pay back labor unions who contributed to his campaign. on the other hand brown accused whitman of proposing tax breaks for wealthy californians at the expense of public education. intelligence officials say th have intercepted a credible terror plot against britain, france and germany, the terror threat level has already been raced in france where last night the eve ill tower was evacuated for the second time in as many weeks. >> 11 people are still missing following a landslide in mexico. at first officials in the southern mexican state feared as many as 1000 people were trapped, but rescue teams discovered that those reports were overestimated. still many homes and roads are badly damaged. the landslide follows days of heavy rain and more rain is in the forecast. >>> nine months after a disas druse earthquake haiti has yet to see the billion dollars pledged by the u.s. the money is still tied up in washington. more than a million haitians are living

i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. welcome back to kron 4 morning news we continue to attract two major hot spots one is the bay bridge. the right lane may still be closed cleaning up a spill of oil on the roadway after bas dropped its transmission in the 5:00 hour look at what is done to the commune. i'm not our only problem in

jerry brown is the last person we can trust for major change in sacramento. some strategists wonder if brown should have released his tv spot sooner. others think his timing is just right. >> jerry brown is coming in right when voters are kind of ready to pay attention. they're just starting to think about the election. >> i'm jerry brown. >> with two months to go there's plenty of time to change the message. >> future ads will go negative on whitman? >> that strategy, i leave that to my volunteer campaign. >> strategists warn candidates be careful about going negative. it can backfire or they can decide not to vote at all. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> the former chief executive of hewlett-packard in palo alto mark hurd has a new job this morning. larry ellison has named him as oracle's one of two co-presidents and director of the company. hurd resigned from h. p. after an investigation into his personal relationship with a contract turned up questionable expenses. he replaces charles phillips, a former marine and investment banker. he was in the news when hi

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jerry brown.n't deliver the results california needs now. checking on wall street stocks extending their rally. modest improvement on the job market. the dow up 54.3 now trading at 10,000 for 40. s&p up as well. >> to toys r us will invade the mall. they plan to open 600 express stores in malls and other shopping centers around the country. they will also hire 10,000 seasonal workers. choice rests express stores will be opened in california. most of these will be open for christmas season and then close january. some could become permanent out lodestars. those interest in applying for a physician should visit the web site they have. new this morning mortgage rates edged up as investors fears about the economy improved mortgage by air says the average rate was 4.3%. that is up more than 4% from the week before it was only the second rise in the past 12 weeks last week was a los number since freddie mac starting to records. >> space shuttle discovery being moved into the assembly building will it it

defends his record. >> the jerry brown story, the real story. 40 years in politics and failure has followed him everywhere. >> reporter: whitman's camp spent $20 million on ads alone. 45,000 of them have aired across california, according to brown's campaign. at one of four campaign stops today, brown accused whitman of waging a campaign of deceit. >> we are dealing with a campaign on the republican side that has no regard for truth. when california came out of the recession, the revenue came pouring into the state because i left it healthy and structurally sound. >> reporter: the whitman campaign didn't back off one bit in its response. after 40 years in politic prospecting the status quo, it's no surprise that jerry brown is kicking off his campaign with a misleading historic renovation of his own record. tom sinkovitz, nbc bay area news. >>> on october 12th, nbc bay area will carry a debate between jerry brown and meg whitman in what could be a taste of november. tom brokaw will moderate the debate in san rafael. we will start coverage at 6:30 on that night right here on nbc