civil rights attorney john burris says he wants to recommend a former police chief who has experience in dealing with the justice department to serve as compliance director. he wants someone with experience in reform. all sides say it's too early to name a potential candidate. in oakland, i'm da lin. cbs 5. >>> tonight more talks, some traveling and still a chance our country could go over the so-called "fiscal cliff." top economists showed up at the capital today for further talks about the impact of tax increases and government spending cuts on the middle class. from a home in virginia president obama sat with a middle class family he says will be hit hard if congress doesn't extend middle class tax cuts. >> for them to be burden unthis isly because democrats and republicans aren't coming together to solve this problem gives you a sense of the costs involved in very personal terms. >> republicans are standing behind their counter-offer to close tax loopholes and limit some deductions. they say the president needs to deliver a new plan they can agree on before the january 1 deadline.

john burris says this allows federal judge to have more control over the police department.also said an action plan first carry out several reforms. also improving investigations of citizen complaints. john burris says the difference between eight receivership and compliance director is that a receiver can hire and fire anyone. in this case the compliance director is ours is limited to the command staff of the police department. the compliance of armor also cannot spend money without approval. both sides meaning the city of oakland and the attorneys representing the ccitizens in the original lawsuit have to submit their recommendations by december 21st. >> running a private business inside the city hall in east bay city. that is what an employee is alleging in a complaint filed with multiple agencies including the contra costa county d.a.'s office. the complaint is filed several months ago and now employs land was so publicly. decided to speak on camera about the situation for the first time to kron4 is a zeke man down. >> we are looking at the city hall address where the hu

civil rights attorney john burris says he wants to recommend a former police chief who has experience in dealing with the justice department to serve as compliance director. he wants someone with experience in reform. all sides say it's too early to name a potential candidate. in oakland, i'm da lin. cbs 5. >>> checking bay area's headlines, all lanes of traffic on the san mateo bridge are open again. this is after a crash involving 7 cars. it happened about 4:00 this afternoon in the eastbound direction. nobody was hurt. the last of the wrecked cars was towed away an hour ago. traffic is still a mess in the area. >>> san jose police are looking for the driver of a deadly hit- and-run crash involving a pedestrian. it happened yesterday evening at the intersection of south white road and quimby. the victim was rushed to the hospital but later died. police are looking for a dark colored suv or van. >>> back to the bridges, a geyser of water closed the main entrance to the bay bridge this morning. san francisco police say that a driver of this car slammed it into a fire hydrant at folsom

. >> it's interesting you say that the attorney for the family john burris said that this man was not acting aggressively towards the officer. he was trying to give himself up and turn himself in. but the district attorney's office said, no, this was justified. now, moody is back on the force. >> why was this video released to the public? >> the attorney for the family released the video. they want the justice department and u.s. attorney to file murder charges against the officer. >> the volcano started spewing ash and lava. you can see the smoke rising. wait until you see images of this volcano at night. >> oh, boy. >> color, fire, trees even on fire. this volcano has set dormant for 40 years, which is why people are so excited about the fact it is spewing lava. get this. tourists who want to go see this thing, there are tour groups that will take you there from the nearest village by suv, by van. it's a 10-hour ride. it costs anywhere from 650 to $1,050 to take this little tour. >> thank you. i don't want to go see evil volcano that can spew enough lava to get me. >> it's crazy, a

lawyers, john burris and dan siegal, argued the rulings -- against johannes mehserle, and the other twoed in the incident leading to grant's murder... a federal judge ruled in may 20-11, that bart can * not be held legally responsible for the 2009 shooting death of oscar grant at oakland's fruitvale bart station. million dollar federal lawsuit against theformer bart police officers ... should be decided in a jury trial. new details tonight -- in a fire that broke out over the weekend near the san the blaze caused an estimated one- million dollars in damage.. the fire started in the historic fleishhacker pool building, next to the zoo parking lot around one - in the afternoon... the building was once part of a massive swimming pool complex that housed the world's largest heated saltwater pool. since the building shut down, it has been known to attract the homeless. fire crews are investigating the cause of the blaze. >> the nation is one month away from the date that it could go over that physical cliff. with higher taxes for all and there is no sign of a compromise of the fiscal cliff.

. >> the oscar a great civil rights case was back in court yesterday lawyers for his the state john burris and dan siegel argued the ruling against johannes mehswrle and the other two board officers involved in the incident leading to grants murder should not be overturned. a federal judge ruled in may 2011 that barred cannot be held legally response for the 2009 shooting death of foster grant at oakland's fourth fail bart station. the judge wrote a $50 million federal lawsuit against the former bart police officer should be decided in a trout. >> deficit gabor supplies is expected to make its final decision on the to dry banyan on nudity. plenty of people will be on hand today as a surprise meeting. and many will oppose the ban, a plan to strip down the meeting. it would not be the first time. last month the board initially approved the ban on nude with a narrow 65 vote. several people took off their clothes and protests. if the ban is finalized, it would take effect on february 1st. i was start on that-that at one under dollars and go up with each additional fence. >> this is a live pict