union official when he was appointed and at some point, his union along with many other unions went out on strike and he recommended the strike that did nothing in his official capacity as airport commissioner. the court held -- held that there was no relationship between his actions and -- as a union official and his actions as an airport commissioner that would be sufficient to merit his removal. when it was emphasizing in office, it was emphasizing the relationship or the connection and the mayor agrees there must be a relationship. that case has absolutely nothing to do with the timing or the misconduct. how does this relate to the government code and to the state removal proceedings? if you look at the government code, you will notice that there were two different procedures for removal. one of which is the procedure that the sheriff has been talking a lot about. it is called removal other than by impeachment. it does have a process for an indictment and the grand jury and the trial. the other set of provisions, however, is about impeachment. those procedures are much more -- what

union navy and merchant marine. but to be rebuffed from the army officially is enormously significant. and that's the official army line. really for more than a year for the beginning of the war. the bar was officially lifted against black enlistment by the militia act of july 1862. well, sort of lifted. it's lifted in that the militia act allows the president to accept offers of service of black men in any capacity he may see fit. it doesn't say as soldiers and in fact, most people read it as sort of normalizing the black army laborer phenomenon figuring sort of equalizing how we pay for contraband labor. but lincoln sees it -- go ahead. >> wasn't that the justification in the militia act for setting a lower wage because it was anticipated or was a justification. >> yes. we're getting to the many ways in which they will face discrimination. the militia act is exactly how the pay differential gets -- well, the case that's tried to be made. so this militia act will matter for a lot of reasons. the final emancipation proclamation endorses black soldiers. there are two units in the field,

received a personal benefit from a trade union or a trade union official. >> the prime minister has the call. >> thank you very much, madam deputy speaker, and to the manager of opposition, how remarkable they cannot sustain a debate on the budget for even one question time. so little interest in our economy, in jobs, and the cost of living on working australia's occurred so little interest on care, about working australians and the prospects and their future. and not have the intellectual ability our economic capacity -- >> the prime minister will answer the question. >> let me say this to him. i have been completely frank about all matter is that involving the members. the manager of opposition business is run, the deputy leader is another pair the leader of the opposition is the third on the espy matter.

before he entered parliament he was a union official. he is accused of misusing his credit card at the health services union on things like fancy dinners, flights and prostitutes. there have been a number of investigations. he has yet to be charged with anything. but the opposition has been pursuing him try to force them out of parliament. during the month, the opposition tried to force credit thompson to deliver a full statement to parliament. >> my question is to the treasure, can the treasury explain why there was no mention in the budget speech last night of the government seeking to increase the nation's credit card limit from $250 billion to a record $300 billion? >> order, order. order. people are not assisting the treasurer to be heard. >> madam deputy speaker, this is a question i take seriously because the government takes its $250 billion debt cap very seriously. mr. speaker -- >> [inaudible] >> i will not tolerate excessive noise while question time is under way. the treasurer has the court. >> thank you, madam deputy speaker.

. >>> the spanish government on monday officially asked the european union for financial assistance to prop you up its struggling banks. banks of the eurozone's fourth largest economy are suffering from massive losses on their property loans. the government hasn't disclosed how much it needs, but an audit by an oversees accounting firm has indicated up to 60 billion euros would be required. the assistance would be limited to aiding commercial banks, not the government that is suffering from a heavy budget deficit much like greece. it's not considered easy to calm market worries about spain's fiscal trouble. the eu aid would further increase the amount of its debt. spain is the fourth country to seek assistance after greece, ireland and portugal. >>> panasonic and sony plan to team up for the next generation tv. now it's official. the two companies say they plan to come up with technology for the mass production of organic, e-lectroluminesce ennc displays by the end of next year. these displays are thinner and produce clearer images than lcd panels. they plan to develop large 50-inch di

i call little dictators to seize control of cities in michigan fire all the local elected officials break union contracts slash spending on social services and sell off huge chunks of the commons city property at a fire sale price of their corporate buddies' so far cities like benton harbor flinty course and pontiac have met this fate and citizens of those cities no longer have control of their local democracy this is literally at least at the local level the death of democracy but michiganders didn't give up especially on democracy so after rallies marches and a massive petition drive a group called stand up for democracy collected two hundred twenty six thousand signatures to immediately put snyder's little dictator law on the whole place on the ballot in november so the michiganders could have a vote on whether or not to repeal it for good order or to keep it so even though snyder killed off local democracy he wasn't able to kill off statewide democracy he couldn't stop people from organizing collecting signatures and formally challenging his radical law democracy was going to be killed off

there were reports indicating european union officials are considering a plan to lend money to spain. we have stock-index futures indicating a slightly higher open right now. if you are on linkedin, the website confirms a report that user passwords or compromised in a security breach. it happened as recently as last month. you will know that your account is affected, since your password will stop working. do you feel like most of your work e-mail is johunk? just a quarter of your work e- mails is considered essential for work purposes. apple is feeling more heat from samsung. and i will tell you what jobs make you more susceptible to gaining weight, all coming up in the next hour. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. looking at temperatures in the mid 50's for the most part. >> still to come, a successful opening for maryland's largest casino. the line was wrapped around the building to enter the maryland live! casino. we will hear from some customers. >> and our investigation into the d.c.'sd newest speed cameras, how much they have generated this fiscal ye

european union officials are demanding that banks increase their capital by the end of the month to demonstrate their health. officials at the bank say they were n able to secure the necessary funds by themselves. so they asked for help from the government. the eu president will propose integration into banking supervision at the eu summit that be guns on thursday in brussels. he will suggest intro ducts duc common euro zone bonds. he issued a report, entitled towards a genuine economic and monetary union. he drew up a plan for the next ten years with three other eu leaders. the report proposes integrating bangi banking pervision. it also calls for member nations to get approval from the eu if they need to issue government bonds above a certain level. another proposal is the introduction of common bonds issued by member nations. but a heated debate is expected as germany and other members oppose the bond plan. their concerned that richer countries will have to cover the cost for debt-ridden members. >>> now let's take a look at what is taking in south korea. our reporter in seoul, sue choi. >>

european union officials cou coordinated with the americans. leaders will understand more fully the urgency of the choice they face. 20 economies, china and singapore have now qualified for exemptions. and that's all for now in this edition of newsline. we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. so do join us then. thank you very much for walking. thank you very much for watching.

the attorney general was in denmark yesterday meeting with european union officials and while there, he called the vote unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented. republican speaker of the house john boehner continued to be vocal on the issue hinting that the white house may be involved in a cover-up. >> the decision to invoke executive pvilege is an administration that white house officials were involved in decisions that misled the congress and have covered up the truth. so what is the obama administration hiding in fast and furious? >> boehner intends to bring a contempt vote before the full congress next week. the contempt vote came in response to president obama's first use of executive privilege, to block the release of some 1,300 pages of documents about the case. the white house press secretary bristled during questions yesterday. >> is there not a reason to find out what the department of justtijus justice knew when they were giving false information to congress? >> that was discussed including the 7,600 document provide. the issue -- i would refer to you a leading member o

. >>> european union officials have sent repeated warnings to president bashar al assad with little effect. so they've decided to impose additional export bans. the latest sanctions include cars, jewelry and other luxury items. they'll also prohibit the export of chemicals that could be used for producing weapons. eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton said the bans target those responsible for the crackdown. eu officials had already stopped all oil imports from syria. they've imposed sanctions on assad and more than 170 persons and organizations. they've frozen financial assets and banned travel to europe. >>> north korea's official newspaper is urging south koreans to replace their president. former leaders of the two countries signed a statement 12 years ago aimed at improving relations. the workers party newspaper published an editorial marking the anniversary. the editorial says the re-election of south korean president lee myung-bak in december would lead to the end of inter-korean ties and all-out war. officials in pyongyang would like to see a more conciliatory government. they w

but european union officials are quick to add that they aren't making plans for an actual exit. and, as darren gersh reports, the greek election this weekend may not settle the question of whether greece stays or goes. >> reporter: in greece, the polls shows voters are deeply divided-- so divided, the election on sunday could leave the winner with a weak majority in the new parliament or, even worse, unable to form a new government. if that happens, there's a slight possibility another election could be called. >> i'm sure many greeks will be really enraged since many of them are fed up with the politicking and the games that have been played all these weeks, if not years and decades, on their backs. >> reporter: recent polls show the coalition of the radical left with a slight lead. known as syriza, the party plans to nationalize banks and renegotiate the terms of greece's $130 billion euro bailout by the european union. syriza's conservative new democracy party opponents say syriza would force greece out of the euro. even so, both parties say they do not want to bring back the

conflict with the contract for building trade with the ironworkers because my husband is not an official with the union anymore but just for full disclosure for the board and the public, he is a member of that union and the conditions of the contract would apply to him but i have no financial interest in it. >> thank you. >> item m, discussion of other educational issues tonight. none tonight. item n, consent calendar resolution removed at previous meetings for a second reading and action. none tonight. item o vote on consent calendar, moved and seconded under section f. roll call, please. >> consent calendar vote. >> yes. sorry. >> miss tom? >> yes. >> thank you. misfewer? >> yes. >> miss mendoza? >> yes, except on items 11, 23, 33 and 34. >> thank you. miss norton? >> aye. >> miss wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee. thank you. >> item p, consent calendar resolutions severed severed for board discussion and immediate action, that would be -- jill? >> thank you. i just wanted to -- i don't have a problem with this. what i do have a problem with is if you read the description here, you can tell this description

hear from wisconsin governor scott walker and likely his democratic challenger and all of the union officials trying to end the governor's rule. you can catch it at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. in case you didn't know on fox business network as well. speaking of which effective monday we move to 8:00 p.m. from 6:00 p.m. so naturally that puts us up against bill o'reilly. i know what you are thinking. neil, why are you teaing on "the factor." because i want to. and bill is nervous. bill, see me. looking at you. you getting nervous. me. >> i'm betting on you. >> watch the irish guy. all part of our new fbn lineup starts up at 5:00 p.m. with melissa francis and throughout the night. the name in business news, fox. when we toppled some legends as you know it. first anderson cooper and then o'reilly and away we go. up next, millions still out of work but many on extendedts unemployment benefits.'m n we're on it. ons. i'm making the most of my money. and seven-dollar trades are just the start. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. and i'm loving every minute

unions have too much power and benefits that are too generous. was it a turning point or a bump in the road for government workers. today we'll hear from both des. we'll hear from officials of top labor. but first governor mitch daniels who fought against the unions and governor, welcome back to "fox news sunday">> good morning, kris. >> chris: also in california, two cities. san jose, those voters passed an initiative to cut back on government worker pensions. governor, what is the message? >> guest: i think the message is, the voters are seeing the fundmental unfairness of government sitting on both sides of the table and they are noticing with sadness the fundmental services education and health care and others are diminished because so much money is devoured by very high salaris and higher than those than the taxpayers are earning and more generous benefits and bullet-proof job protection and huge pension. >> is this a watershed what we are seeing right now. are voters giving state and local officials a green light to go after or at least curtail public unions? >> i hope no one thinks of it that way . i hope it means a turning point in trying to address the balance.

officials also said work schedules and reston requirements were violated. d.c. police uniongation of the burning of some departments of records, the personal records were placed in trash bins and incinerated last month. d.c. police chief says consideration is a federally accepted that it would disposing of documents and more effective than shredding. the records were of this qualified job applicants. an update on and d.c.'s ongoing corruption scandal. harry thomas jr. owes the city more than $300,000. yesterday the judge ordered he repay $353,000 of one use money but he will not have to pay back another $90,000 diverted to thomas from the city drug program. he will serve more than three years in prison. still ahead -- breast-feeding fiasco. new pictures of breast-feeding mothers causing a whole lot of controversy. and who was it that carries the most germs at work -- men or women? seven on your side with the results of a new battle of the sexes that repairing first another check of traffic and weather ereveryone's hair breaks. ♪ oh oh oh oh ♪ you see it in the brush... ♪ oh

. >> the spanish government on monday officially asked a european union for assistance to prop up its struggling banks. banks in the eurozone's fourth largest economy are suffering from their fourth largest loss if loans. an overseas accounting firm indicated up to 60 billion euros would be required. the eu expressed its willingness to help. its assistance would be limited to aiding commercial banks, not the government to that suffering from heavy budget deficit much like greece. it's not considered easy to calm market worries about spain's fiscal trouble. the eu aid would further increase the amount of its debt. ours after spain's announcement, a cyprus said it would also apply for eu rescue funds. cyprus is the fudge country to ask for such a bailout after greece, ireland, portugal and spain. >>> muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi has been declared winner of the presidential election in egypt. but the new president election faces challenges bridging divisions in his country. nhk world reports from cairo. >> reporter: after the big celebrations of morsi's victory, people are

sir. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: up next, we sit down with two top union officials to get their take on what happened this week and what it means for big labor. >>. >> chris: now we want to hear from the other side of the wisconsin recall site. organized labor. joining us is dennis van roekel, president of the national organization, the country's largest union and a leading policy voice, afl/cio that has more than 12 million workers. let's ask this question. when you look at the recall voted in wisconsin as well as the vote in those two california cities to cut back on government worker pensions, what is the question? >> it's the balance of power, governor walker, i think that is very important. second think it points out the impact of unlimited corporate funding in elections. we have to see it as it plays auto as we move toward the november election. >> chris: do you not think there was a message in voters at that time when states and local governments owing more than 1 trillion dollars to public pension and healthcare funds that at least some private voters, non-public workers are

signaling germany is softening its stance on the proposed banking union which german officials say should only come after a fiscal union in the region. >> translator: the fiscal pact is an initial step but by no means a far reaching step. we'll discuss how systemically banks can be put under european supervision so national interests don't play such a large role. >> the german spanish banking giant is an and giant santander said there is no financial crisis in n. spain and that just a few banks need financial assistance. joining us as our guest host, tim condon, ing. an unbeat tone from spain. what the depth of the banking problem that that country is facing? >> they need a lot of capital. they need a bank recapitalization and typically when it's a system wide recap, state funds are involved. that's the issue in spain. can the state pie nance the needed recap. markets have intermittently doubted the spanish sovereign's ability to do that. that has caused some problems. now we're in a situation where we've heard some market friendly noises from the eurozone that perhaps a way could be foun

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. >>> union officials say 99% of their employees voted yesterday to go on a strike. is does not mean they will walk off the job immediately and, they are asking for concessions which is contributing more. the union? >> who is on strike... >> and about 250 hotel workers will begin the second day of the strike in san jose today. workers say they want to freeze their salaries and pay for their healthcare. organizers say they want to get back to the bargaining table soon. >>> i am thinking you are keeping an eye on 24 because a couple of the big bosses are taking that road to working. >> i am as simple to read as a preschool book. our bosses take this road on highway 24 and you are a boss too if you take this freeway but seriously, we watch highway 4 quite a bit because it is one of the busiest traffic regions. on highway 4 between antioch and concord, it is getting busier by the minute now that we are getting closer to 7:00. let's take a look at the commute, hayward fremont union city and another commute, this is also one of the busiest between hayward and fremont. san j

this came after spain's reports that it would officially ask the european union for support next monday. >>> finance ministers of the 17 eurozone countries held a meeting in luxembourg on thursday. they discussed ways to prevent the debt crisis from spreading further. they decided the european commission and the spanish government would discuss the scaling conditions for the aid. they confirmed they would decide on the details for their next meeting scheduled fur july 9th. the spanish deposit said the country's commercialanks need a maximum of 62 billion euros in extra capital, however the eu said it's ready to provide up to 100 billion euros. the finance minister has also decided that investigators from the eu and other organizations will visit athens on monday. they'll begin talks with the new administration that wants a relaxation in the austerity measures. so let's see how stocks are trading following the meeting. the finance ministers say they're accelerating actions to help banks in spain. so how did investors react to the announcement? >> well not as positively as one might imagi

officials from the european union and the international monetary fund demanded spending cuts in return for the billions of dollars in aid. the coalition of the radical left led those opposed to austerity. party leaders argued the package of spending and job cuts brought greeks more pain. the party finished a close second with around 26% of the vote. >> translator: we'd like to play a major role as an opposition party. >> reporter: so now samaras faces another round of talks to form a coalition. he is expected to pick his former partner in the passive party once again. the two parties won a total of 162 seats of the 300-seat parliament. together they could have a majority. >> translator: if we really want greece to remain in the euro zone and get out of the crisis for the benefit of every greek family, we need a government by tomorrow. >> reporter: samaras chose the path of austerity. the result should put them back on the road. >> translator: let us wish the new government the best of success. greece needs it. >> reporter: they're already discussing what happened here. they are gatheri

this came after spain's report that it was officially ask the european union for support next monday. ministers of 17 euro zone countries held a meeting in luxembourg. in the meeting finance ministers decided the european commission and the spanish government would discuss the scale and condition for the aid. they confirmed that they would work on deciding the details at their next meeting. scheduled for july 9th. the spanish government said the country's commercial bank need a maximum of 62 billion euros in extra capital. however the eu said it is ready to provide up to 100 billion euros. >>> that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." thank you very much for watching.

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. >> the european union top officials arrived over the weekend to be welcomed by vladimir putin. a first meeting with him since he returned as president of russia. at today's talks, the violence in syria is on the agenda, with european officials stressing that russia's role is critical in persuading its allies to stem the violence and make kofi annan's cease-fire plan work. >> the opinion and russia might have some diverging assessments, but we fully agree that the kofi annan plan provides the best opportunity to break the cycle of violence in syria, avoiding civil war, and finding a peaceful, lasting solution. but while european and western officials laid the blame for the violence largely on the syrian government, russian officials argue responsibility for events including recent massacres is shared with rebels fighting to topple president assad. observers fear the bloodshed is looking more and more like civil war, with a sectarian focused. that raises concerns for neighboring lebanon. residents in the northern city of tripoli went on strike to protest clashes in recent days be

on monday, the spanish government officially asked the european union for financial assistance to prop up its struggling banks and just hours later, cyprus made the same move. and when it rains, it pours. u.s. credit rating agency moody's cut the ratings of 28 spanish banks also on monday. it's yet another blow to spain, after the agency lowered its assessment of the country's government bonds earlier this month to just above speculative status. the latest bank downgrades ranged from one to four notches, the largest banco santander a two notch reduction to baa2. bankia was cut two knocks to the speculative rating to ba2. many other banks are also now considered below investment grade. moody's sa the towngrades are due to a forecast rise in uncollectible loans due to the collapse of spain's real estate bubble, in addition to the impact of the rating cut of spain's sovereign debt. >>> meanwhile u.s. stocks ended lower in new york following further concerns about spain's banks and the bailout for cyprus. investors were worried that this week's eu summit might fail to contain measures for