margie matthews has long been the front-runner to replace district 4 representative chew after being recommended by mayor elect sam liccardo and mayor chuck reed. several council members boycotted the process calling it a rushed power grab by liccardo to get more supporters on the council. >> by pushing through an appointment he may feel it's a sign of strength but it's actually a very, very distinct sign of weakness. >> reporter: the police and firefighter unions say they feel betrayed and see a long drawn-out fight over pension reform. >> it may be unavoidable. and that's too bad. it's sad for the troops. i think it's sad for city hall and the citizens. especially in district 4. >> reporter: liccardo shrugged off criticism pointing out he had pushed for a public hearing on this appointment several weeks ago and said matthews is a good choice and has already promised not to run in the april special election to elect the next district 4 councilmember. >> i'm cough sent margie matthews has the intelligence and independence to represent that district very well. i don't think margie's g

. >> former san jose council member margie matthews has long been the front-runner to replace councilmaner being recommended. several council members boycotted the replacement process calling it a rushed power grab to get more supporters on the council. >> by pushing through an appointment, he may feel that is a sign of strength. the's actually a very distinct sign of weakness. >> police and firefighter unions say they feel betrayed by the new mayor and see a long, drawnout fight over pension reform. >> it may be unavoidable. that's too bad. it's sad for the troops, city hall and the citizens. especially district four. >> he shrugged at the criticism calling out he pushed for a public hearing on this appointment several weeks ago and said matthews is a good choice and promised not to run in the april special election. >> i'm confident margie matthews has the intelligence and independence to represent that district very well. so i don't think margie will have any problem. >> with matthews in place, another controversial appointment needs to be made. city council will meet on december 30th

i think this is what should happen. >> thank you, margie. are talking about that. hi, "mayor for life". i'm a second-generation washingtonian. you had a great impact on my life. mainly something that i heard the career advancement project. i was a recipient from that. i got paid for tuition. graduated from howard university. i got back and worked with the dc department of recreation. you had another program that you put into low income areas for cultural activities. to stand up y want and let you know that you are a great person. a lot of those programs i put into place have eroded. they are hardly anything now. mayor, i used to give $2000 to every valedictorian and $1000 to every salutatorian. all of that is gone. $1000 to every student that was in the top 10% of his or her class. we are going to bring some of that back. >> you started tonight saying that you wrote the book

medics like margie lee from scotland. >> we have to look after us before we look after anyone else. it's important to drink and put on and take off equipment properly. it's important to look after you. >> sierra leone's finance minister said that more than 100 cases are reported every day, but that figure could get much worse. >> this is in preparation of the fact that there may be an upsurge. >> reporter: in an effort to prevent that the nigerian government has sent at least 175 volume tires to sierra leone. the first group of an eventually 600, who hope to strengthen the country's health facilities. the world bank has promised $160 million to help the economy recover as part of a two-year plan. but medics say their priority right now is treating patients. dominick kane, al jazeera. >> police fire fear gas at protesters who are protesting in the greek capitol. thousands of people took to 9 streets of athens to mark six years since police shot a teenager during a protest. let's go live to a athens, john, why is it worse this year than previous years. >> reporter: it's the police's b

. >> reporter: 50 people on a 30 minute march doesn't seem very impactful until you hear about margie'son. >> my son was killed, he was a manager of a rite-aid in chester. he was murdered. >> reporter: or julia's friend. >> last year it kind of took a little bit more of a personal toll losing a friend of our family. >> reporter: or ann's class. >> three students who were killed by an estranged father. >> reporter: all hoping one day this day means more than it does now. of course the other side we hear about this so often and that we've done reporting on is arming teachers. back in september there was a senate committee hearing on this. they spoke at length about arming teachers but no action on the bill. meanwhile the gun debate continues in harrisburg. for now we're live in springfield, steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right, steve, thank you so much. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, new details in the sony hacking scandal. james bond appears to be the latest victim. >>> plus the new message the hackers have for the media giant. >>> when good intentions go

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the sped-up appointment process and liccardo's quick recommendation of former councilmember margie matthews had critics accusing the mayor elect of ignoring democracy, bypassing voters, and insulting employee unions. >> what san jose needs is an end to the my way or the highway. >> is unprecedented, is dishonest, is unethical. >> reporter: liccardo did not back off support for matthews as she did her public interview before council. liccardo pointed out the council followed all legal processes and the district needed representation as soon as possible. he scoffed at accusations he betrayed anyone. >> we know there are a lot of folk hot would like to hit the reset button on the last mayoral election. they're going to continue to complain. i understand that. we're going to continue to work with everybody. >> reporter: even though several council members did boycott the vote, calling it a rushed process, the public interviews are wrapping up right now. we expect to know the appointee by our 6:00 newscast. >>> warning tonight for homeowners and merchants with flat rooftops, especially during th

it's put on by the rendell center, former governor rendell joined with margie rendell as the students read their essay's out loud and answers questions. the winners won $1,000 prizes to take back to their classrooms. >>> cecily tynan is back with us, will we shake the cold. we'll warm up and it will get rainy. everything is a tradeoff. we'll go live now at sky 6, taking a look at the jersey shore, i talked about how the sunset will be nice looking at atlantic city, the sunset about 10 minutes ago, it's looking really nice out there. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there. and we'll keep things dry right through the week and right through the weekend, this is a great photo sent in to my facebook page, this shows cirrus clouds, that is latin for curly hook, known as mare's tails, they are made of ice crystals, 20,000 feet in the atmosphere and not thick enough to shade and get rid of the sun today. we finally saw some sunshine. 40 in millville and 39 in allentown and wilmington 38 and trenton 38, factor in the winds, we have windchills in the

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. >> and margie carter has made some potential inflammation remarks in 2006.reemptive strikes in north korea writing if north korea persists in the launch that u.s. should make clear the intentions to strike. do you think that will be an issue for anyone? >> you know, i'm sure his past comments will come up but ultimately, folks on the hill and by all accounts seem to welcome his potential nomination. he has a lot of experience in the pentagon. he's gone through, you know, spoken on the hill numerous times, considered a brainiac. >> i want your thoughts on some lynch's remarks about race. they're making rounds. back in 2001 she talked about the mistrust between police and minorities saying quote, the minority quote has often had a conflicted relationship with law enforcement. this is primarily because so often we are at its target often perceived to be the only targets by others and by others. joe, does that kind of mentality raise any red flags, you think, for republicans? >> not from me. i like what she's saying. i like her record. i like what she's saying.

it's what happens at the margi margins. it's more important than simply the credentialing. i think that hensarling will happen. that's not really what i'm interested in. >> guest: i realize families are just in this and students are just sitting credentialing as well but we have to open their horizons to something beyond that. the most disheartening thing for me about the reaction to the book is that a simple paraphrase i said many of her most of these schools are not giving students what i would call a real education which is what you just described and the response has often been from within those institutions are people who recently graduated not as we do give a real education but who wants a real education these days? this is about jobs. this is about careers. this is about return on investment and the kinds of things you just talked about that it's about life and not just about your job this is increasingly difficult argument to make and it's one of the main reasons i wrote the book to try to push back against this intensely pragmatic and self exceedingly pragmatic ide

council is hearing from several candidates for the spot but lecardo has thrown his report behind margie matthews, who is willing to do the job for free. >> she has a strong record for independence and in fact, has been strongly supported by labor unions in each of her two successful elections and we know those are the same special interests that have been very much opposing me. >> reporter: matthews also supported lecardo's run for mayor. a councilman says he's trying to pack the council with votes in his favor. >> i think this is a sign of not being willing to cooperate. i think it is a sign of weakness. >> reporter: lecardo has set a date for a special election in april with the winner seated in august. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> residents in marin county have barely cleaned up from the last storm before today's rain hit. abc 7 news reporter nick smith with more from tiburon. >> it's scary. every time it rains this much, it gets scary. >> reporter: the rain is coming down but to understand why some get nervous, just ask myra. >> water was up to my ankles. it was really bad. >>

host: let's head to texas with margie. caller: good morning. of all, i want to say that i agree with a lot of what gentleman is saying. that we could stop it immediately if we put the blame on the businesses in the u. s. that are hiring these people. they don't want to stop. they are working for a lot less money. they want to keep it the way it is. from the 00 miles border. we'll hear a lot more about activity down there than the the of the u. s. -- all of killing, gangs. in one instance, they came across the border and killed a lot of americans. people forget that. were nk of the businesses made -- i mean, give them time hiring or something for these people. guest: this is obviously a big part of this debate. what the caller: is referring to is called worksite enforcement. that is often left from the border control to immigration and control enforcement -- ice. host: and ins was the one agency that went away after 9/11. guest: when you look back on that the ic problems attacks uncovered -- and recommendations about -- there was only one agency