senator mike johanns says new requirements for small business tax filing have to go. he's making a case for that on youtube. >> this will mean a mountain of new paperwork for as many as 40 million businesses and other entities. >> reporter: that tax provision was added to generate $20 billion to help pay for health care reform. johann's proposal to do away with the extra tax paperwork has the support of the national federation of independent business. the group also opposes the health care reform bill. >> right now, with so much uncertainty and with businesses struggling to get out of the recession, they don't need a new requirement to basically file a form for every transaction they make. this is the kind of stuff that got tacked into this health care bill that needs to go away. >> reporter: johanns would pay for his proposal by cutting funding for wellness care and changing the mandate on individuals to buy insurance. consumer advocate larry mcneely says that would restart the health care debate. >> it's really less a solution to a concern that's been raised by some

here is a nebraska senator mike johanns talking on c span about small business. >> small businesses neednother loan like they need another kick in the pants. >>> only two republican senators voted to move forward on the business bill and both of them are retiring. i don't think the republicans want to do anything to help job creation in this country because a better economy will only hurt their chances at the ballot box. joining me now is austan goolsbee, the new chairman of the council of economic advisers for the white house. good to have you with us tonight. this has been good news in recent days for the white house, is it not? >> i wouldn't say good news. what we want on the policy side is to get these small business packages through and get the middle-class tax cuts through because they're both very important for the economy and the fact that they won't go along and we can't do this is not so great. now, it's heartening that two republicans looked at the small business situation and stopped with the game-playing and so it looks like we're going to gait vote on that. that part is goo

johannes mehserle's father doesn't care what anybody thinks, he plans to be out here for the rest of the season. reporting live in san francisco, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay aria news. >>> new tonight at 6:00, brent wood police are warning parents about a man allegedly trying to lure children away from a local park much the man is targeting children at the sunset athletic complex on sunset road. the most recent incident happened at 11:00 saturday morning when the man asked two boys between the ages of 9 and 11 if their mothers were around. a similar incident was reported a week ago regarding a 12-year-old girl. officials describe the man as between 50 and 65 yea'5" years 5'8" with a thin build. he wears round, silver eyeglasses. >>> police are looking for a man they say attacked a jogger on a popular trail yesterday morning. il we are talking about the coyote alamitos in south san jose. that is where damian trujillo spoke with the victim's friend. >> reporter: attack happened in this dry canal behind me. i am told the victim is a little rattled and bruised tonight but otherwise, she

kids: johannes brahms?! i bring you arts-enriched raisin brahms, fortified with increased test scores and creative problem solving skills. it's good! ...and good for you. bobby? suzy? don't worry. that's just the power of the arts. announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org >> and they will want to thank them for the lumir willingness. i want to recognize that we also have a very diverse group of individuals serving on a diverse group of boards and bodies. have the pleasure of reappointing someone who has a connection that goes back generations, larry mazzola, sr. i'm pleased that subject to approval, p.j. johnson will serve again. president of the arts commission, who has been doing an outstanding job, really raising the bar in terms of public art and our commitment to neighborhood arts. i want to thank lisa gruwell for her willingness to serve on the civil service commission that sets my salary. i wish you luck and independence from whoever is servin

johannes mehserle" fue condenado por el homicidio involuntario de "oscar grant".n total, esta muerte le ha costado a la agencia de transporte casi seis millones de dolares, lo que incluye el pago de abogados hasta consejeria para sus empleados.--el condado de alameda tuvo que desembolsar cerca de 25-mil dolares en gastos de traslado. --el presunto pandillero acusado de herir de gravedad a un policia de fremont en oakland, enfrenta dos nuevos cargos graves.--las nuevas acusaciones son asalto a mano armada y amenazas terroristas. andrew barrientos", de 20 annios, se presento hoy ante un juez para responder tambien a otros siete cargos por haber disparado y herido al oficial 'todd young'.los hechos ocurrieron el pasado mes, cuando barrientos iba a ser arrestado por cargos de violencia domestica. --siguiendo en san jose, la oficina del forense del condado de santa clara tambien identifico a un ciclista que fue atropellado en "zanker road" y "los esteros road". --se trata de "carmen reyes martinez", residente de la ciudad de alviso, quien regresaba de su trabajo cuando

kids: johannes brahms?! i bring you arts-enriched raisin brahms, fortified with increased test scores and creative problem solving skills. it's good! ...and good for you. bobby? suzy? don't worry. that's just the power of the arts. announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> what everybody please stand for the pledge of allegiance? >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the commissioners. president marshall: present. vice-president mazzucco: present. commissioner dejesus: present. commissioner chan: present. >> james hammer is excused this evening. all seceded is the assistant chief of police and also as someone from the office of citizen complaints. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. this

. >> also ahead, how much alameda county spent to send the johannes mehserle trial to los angeles. ,,[ jogging ] [ breathing heavily ] whoa! [ male announcer ] sometimes you just don't see it coming. that's why we have some of the largest doctor networks in california. blue shield. [ smack! ] [ insects buzzing ] [ male announcer ] you never know when you'll need a good doctor. that's why we have some of the largest doctor networks in california. blue shield. >>> good morning from the traffic center. we continue to monitor the situation in orinda where moraga way is closed between camino pablo and brookwood due to a broken gas line. eastbound 24 access is restricted so detour around brookwood over to 24. you should not have any problems getting on the freeway through that area. westbound 24 unaffected. we'll continue to bring you live updates from the scene. if you're working your way south 680 at sunol boulevard we have an accident involving a big rig and delivery truck. all the activity is on the right shoulder. looks like delays are a little bit better through that portion just some

activated the eoc in cooperation with the police and other agencies for operation verdict for the johannes mehserle trial, and we will be talking about that later in the agenda as well. august 12, we did a mitigation steering committee kickoff, as we are trying to work a little bit more together with brian strong and agencies in san francisco to develop items in a better way for our fema applications for pre-disaster applications for pre-disaster brand management mitigat

kids: johannes brahms?! i bring you arts-enriched raisin brahms, fortified with increased test scores and creative problem solving skills. it's good! ...and good for you. bobby? suzy? don't worry. that's just the power of the arts. announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org >> turn off all mobile devices that may sound you have during the proceedings, and when speaking before the commission, speak directly into the microphone and state your name for the record. at this time we would like to take role. [ roll call ] >> first up for consideration are items proposed for continuance, item 1, case 23010.0054u, personal wireless service facility site permits ordinance proposed until september 16th, 2010, item 2, case 2007.1457e, for 1050 valencia city, an appeal of a preliminary declaration. under calendar, 2010.0459c for 130 turk street proposed for continuance until october 7th of 2010. also under the regular calendar, item 11, case 2010, .0126 e for 60 no

activated the eoc in cooperation with the police and other agencies for operation verdict for the johannes mehserle trial, and we will be talking about that later in the agenda as well. august 12, we did a mitigation steering committee kickoff, as we are trying to work a little bit more together with brian strong and agencies in san francisco to develop items in a better way for our fema applications for pre-disaster brand management mitigation. then, on august 18, boma did the annual financial district building exercise. just wanted to mention that september is national preparedness month, and in recognition of that, boma is also doing a seminar, and there is more information available on this list for you, and on september 19, the san francisco department of emergency management is presenting sunday streets, a prepared this pavilion, at our sunday streets even for that day, and we will hold it in the western addition. it will feature, as i mentioned, preparedness pavilion adjacent to fire her station 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. we will have a number of interactive exhibits. the fire

characters, for example african american characters, i'm also caution -- i had written another play called johann that was about an african american gi and a japanese wife that got married in post war japan. i wrote that play 20 years ago. i wouldn't do it for about 8 years or so because i just didn't feel comfortable about being a japanese american writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i eventually through my relationship with danny glover pulled it out of my drawers -- out of the drawer, desk drawer, and read it and danny was instrumental in saying, let's do this. let's just do this. but, again, it was me working with some african american actors and i actually had it vetted by august wilson, read it and checked it out for me and there's another fellow who wrote soldier's story, charles fuller, took a look at it for me. i wanted to make sure my bases were covered. but this new play, what i did

> if you were at any of the giants game this is past weekend, you see a boat in the bay with free johanny. it has been motoring through mccovey cove. it is the former bart police officer's father. >> i want the bay area to know that my son is a kind individual who has never had a mean thing to say to anyone that we can remember. ever. >> todd mehserle's son awaits sentence figure for involuntary manslaughter. he feels he needs to do something to show support for him. >>> an east bay hospital getz a boost to the bottom line. they will get a check for $100,000 from hyundai hope on wheel to help kids with cancer. cancer is the leading cause of death by disease with american kids between the age of 1 to 14. >> this is a class gift like no other. the aspire school network is celebrating compliments of oprah. >> the angel network is giving each network $1 million. >> $1 million. also oprah gave millions to high performing public schools. the a pyre network service nearly 10,000 students in modesto, sacramento and los angeles. >> more than 100 musicians will perform in oakland as part of the un

the trial for former bart officer johannes mess early was moved to los angeles. they spent $25,000 on airfare, $55,000 on lodging and another $17,000 in other hotel costs. mehserle was convicted in involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of oscar grant. >> the opening of a new campus in pleasanton. the clorox research and development operations. clorox remains in oakland but the employees being relocated spend thousands of dollars in oakland and it will hurt the city's economy. >> we'll have 500 less people walking around the plaza i would expect. difficult to determine what the financial impact would be. taxes are not based on the number of employees. so it would be more what's it gonna mean to the local retailers? >> the clorox employee move is scheduled to be completed late next year. >> san francisco will not be levying a fee on sodas anytime soon. mayor newsom said he's abandoned his much public sided plans to charge a fee for sugary drinks. he wanted to charge big box stores but not restaurants. he's running for re-election and his opponent slammed him as

the trial for johannes mehserle was moved to los angeles.rosecutors spent $25,000 on airfare, $55,000 lodging and another $17,000 in other hotel costs. mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed passenger oscar grant. the first in-depth interview with a berkeley woman freed from an iranian prison will air today on oprah. sarah shourd was released last tuesday. her fiancee shane bauer and her friend josh fattal are being held in iran still. the three were arrested in july 2009 during a hiking trip along the iran/iraq border. iran officials claimed they intentionally controlsed into iran as spies. you can see oprah's interview with sarah shourd today at 4 p.m. here on abc 7. >> be prepared to come up with a little extra cash for your next coffee drink at starbucks. the chain has been absorbing the rising cost of beans but now it will pass it to consumers. they wouldn't say exactly which ones or exactly how much. bags of coffee beans are also likely to go up. basic brewed drink, a tall coffee, is probabl

the mystery boat was spotted in mccovey cove and reads free johannes mehserle and advertises a website. he's the former barts police officer of convicted oscar grant. we're told this is not the first time this boat has been spotted but no word on who is behind it. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" a home coming over a year in the making. sarah shourd is back in the united states. the political statement she plans on making today just ahead. >>> and fears of a mass suicide are growing as police search for missing members of a california cult, including eight children. life leaves spaces for you to create in, shouldn't your card do the same? it can. meet zync from american express. it's a great way to get more out of the things you're into. build yours to fit your life by adding packs filled with bundles of rewards and benefits. it's not just a card. it's your canvas. create yours at zynccard.com. >>> new this morning, a cal graduate held in iran more than 13 months is back on american soil. sarah shourd arrived early this morning after leaving oman yesterday. a spokeswoman for the f

senator johanns will then take my place as ranking member. unfortunately, many military personnel and their families have been put at risk by dangerous exposure where they're living, working, or serving our nation. last year, we had a hearing to discuss some of those exposures, including contaminated drink water -- from the water and smoke pits. we will hear about defoliants with toxic contaminants that were widely used in vietnam to clear jumbles. for all who been put risk by these and other exposures, but is extremely important in a process to identify their health may be affected and make sure they receive a fair, hassle- free, and timely benefits that they need and deserve. as to discuss the presumptions -- as we discussed today, the pros and oceans can play a critical role in the process. -- the presumptions can play a critical role in the process. it can create a quicker, easier path the benefits and services. the current framework for creating presumptions may have flaws. institute of medicine recommended a whole new approach -- one th

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rosa now learning that the cost of in the county a hundred and $44,000 to try for berkeley's of sir johannesy. prosecutors spent more than $25,000 on air fare and $55,000 on lodging. the d.a.'s expect is also included $16,099 and other costs. 17 doesn't tear dollars in personal expense claims. a jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter for the new year's day shooting death of oscar branch. in national news some provisions from the health care act that president barack obama signed into law last march will take effect today, nicole collins's in washington with how this will affect you and your health coverage. >> six months ago president barack obama signed into law a sweeping health-care bills now some of the law's provisions are in effect. among the changes insurers were no longer be able to deny coverage to children with pre-existing conditions lifetime limits aren't covered or cancel a policy without proving fraud. >> all of these things are designed not have the government's more involved in health care they're designed to make sure they you have basic protection. in your interacti

but what we can do is start to chip away, we can pass an amendment like the johanns amendment from lastdy knows what that is. [laughter] >> that's right. >> well, it's a job-killing measure that's in obamacare. we can start with, also, the language for irs agents that's included in this, so we can chip away at that funding. and eventually, it's like a bit of jenga. you remove one piece, another piece, and slowly this bill that's wreaked havoc so far will come apart. it's something that not only republicans agree on but, again, more and more democrats every day are running ads opposing obamacare. it's something that ought to concern democrats. megyn: brad, the thing about jenga is it's politically popular. 53% of the country want to see the whole thing repealed, so how do you guys fight that politically? >> well, first of all, they have three problems. one, we don't think they're going to take back the house and the senate. secondly, i think it's a political problem. remember, september 23rd, this thursday, most of the initial benefits of this bill come online for the first time. childre

and it's not because mike johanns reach that had conclusion. this bill won't cut health care costs because the actuary, the employee for medicare and made medicaid look ked at this and saped it won't bend the health care cost down. actually health care costs are going to go up. that translates into higher prices for businesses. but here's the problem. how much high center can you plan on what's going to happen next? >> does it make small business feel better because the president vilified industry? rates are going up. why? because of the health care bill. you don't get something for nothing. so when the president said we're going to do this and we require them to do that and this and that and the next thing, all i can tell you is that this punishing, punishing, job-killing 1099 provision buried in health care isn't good for any business. i don't care if it's general motors that the president bought or the smallest business in america. why would we want them to trace their 1099's? and the i.r.s. has looked through this and said this information

washington journal," a look at the tax package for small businesses with senate banking member mike johanns. we will speak with a texas congressman, henry cuellar, about border security. after that a discussion of education with tom luce. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. on c- span. later, a daylong conference on civil rights in the 21st century examining various aspects of civil rights policy in history. that is live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now, a look at the nuclear arms treaty signed in april by obama and russian president dmitry medvedev. the measure must pass the senate by 2/3 majority to be ratified. the state department and georgetown university hosted this event. >> is a pleasure to welcome -- it is a pleasure to welcome rose gottemoeller, richard burt, and david hoffman. let me say one important thing. it is always special to welcome back to graduate of georgetown university. especially a distinguished one like secretary gottemoeller who was a student in what used to be the school of languages and linguistics where she majored in russian. she also taught here

kids: johannes brahms?!ng you arts-enriched raisin brahms, fortified with increased test scores and creative problem solving skills. it's good! ...and good for you. bobby? suzy? don't worry. that's just the power of the arts. announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org