. >> reporter: the pasadena city council has been taking heat for weeks, after announcing a 9.4% tax on streaming video, calling it a utility. so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> my constituents do not want this tax. >> even if it's a couple of bucks to help out the city? >> reporter: tyrone hampton says the designed tax was designed to make up lost tax revenue for people getting ridof cable tv and home phones. >> i read it multiple times and was like, when did this happen? >> reporter: it happened when pasadena voters modernized a law in 2008 to tax cell phones, like land lines, and never thinking it could be applied to video streaming. 41 california cities now have similar laws. >> folks are going to wake up and see tax line items on their netflix and hulu bills and they are not going to be happy. >> reporter: the internet association director robert callahan believes cities could be violating federal law because the government doesn't allow tax on the internet. >> utilities are electricity and water and sewer and all sorts of other types of actual utilities. websites

and now, in the face of stiff opposition, pasadena has put its new tax plan on hold. >> and where do we stop? you know, is it hulu? is it netflix? is it pandora? every time you stream music in your car? california still haven't started collecting the controversial and unpopular tax. and elaine, when they do, they'll likely end up in court. >> quijano: carter evans. carter, thanks. a wave of wildfires is sweeping across israel. some may have been set. smoke has sickened dozens this week. tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. france, russia, and turkey are sending firefighters and equipment. an american service member was killed today by a roadside bomb in northern syria. no the service member was not identified. several hundred americans are training syrian rebels who are fighting isis. in iraq, a car bomb destroyed a gas station south of baghdad today. at least 80 people were killed, dozens wounded. isis claimed responsibility. the white house says the attack was intended to inflame the divide between the two major factions of islam. around 5,000 american troops are se

larry: a 20-year-old woman from pasadena, maryland, facing charge. savannah weaver attacked her grandmother with a knife saying she needs to cut the demons out of her. her 82-year-old grand mother is recovering from her injuries. michelle: across cuba people are paying respects to former leader fidel castro who died friday at the age of 90. cast lowr -- castro turned control to his brother in the man of shooting and killing nine black people in a church plans to represent himself in his own trial. a judge granted dylann roof's motion to defend himself despite calling it unwise after roof was found competent to stand trial on friday. he will have defense lawyers at his bench he can consult with if he had questions. the prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. larry: police in prince george's county are looking for the person who grocery store. suzanne kennedy reports it happened at the shopper's food warehouse in hyattsville on chillum road. suzanne: we talked to the employees this morning who were shocked by what happened even before the store open

anth >> reporter: the pasadena city council has been taking heat for weeks after announcing a 9.4% tax on streaming video, calling it a utility, so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> my constituents do not want this tax. >> reporter: even if it's just a couple of bucks to help out the city? >> even if it's just a couple of dollars that they're already -- it's being taxed twice. >> reporter: councilman tyrone hampton says the surprise tax rid of cable tv and home phones. >> i read it multiple times and i was just like, well, when did this happen? >> reporter: it happened when pasadena voters modernized a law in 2008 to tax cell phones like land lines, never anticipating it could be applied to video streaming. 41 california cities now have similar laws. >> folks are going to wake up and see tax line items on their netflix and hulu bills and they're not going to be happy. >> reporter: internet association director robert callahan believes cities could be violating federal law because the government doesn't allow tax on the internet. >> utilities are electricity and water and s

that is what one community pasadena is upset about tonight. carter evans explains why the announcement of that surprise tax has many people taking their concerns now to the city council. >> this tax doesn't make sense. >> reporter: pasadena city council has been taking heat after announcing a 9.4% tax on streaming video. calling it a utility so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> even if it's just a couple of bucks? >> even if it's just a couple of dollars. is being taxed twice. >> reporter: tire on hampton says the surprise tax was designed to make up for lost tax revenue from people getting rid of cable tv and home phones. voters in 41 california cities have no approved changes to tax cell phones as they woodland lines. never anticipating -- taxes could be applied to video streaming. it happened just this month in alameda. jill is the city manager. you said in no uncertain terms we are not planning to tax netflix. we don't want to be first on this. >> right. we do not want litigation. we do not want a battle in our community. we w

and now in the face of stiff opposition pasadena has put its new tax plan on hold. >> and where do we stop? is it hulu? is it netflix? is it pandora? every time you stream music in your car? i mean, where do we actually stop? >> reporter: cities in california still haven't started collecting the controversial and unpopular tax. and elaine, when they do, they'll likely end up in court. >> carter evans. carter, thanks. sweeping across israel. some may have been set. smoke has sickened dozens this week. tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. france, russia, and turkey are sending firefighters and equipment. >>> an american service member was killed today by a roadside bomb in northern syria. no details were available, and the service member was not identified. several hundred americans are training syrian rebels who are >>> in iraq a car bomb destroyed a gas station south of baghdad today. at least 80 people were killed. dozens wounded. isis claimed responsibility. the white house says the attack was intended to inflame the divide between the two major factions of islam. ar

. >> reporter: the pasadena city council has been taking heat for weeks after announcing a 9.4% tax on streaming video, calling it a utility so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> my constituents do not want this tax. >even if it's just a couple of bucks to help out the city? >> even if it's just a couple of dollars that they're already-- it's being taxed twice. >> reporter: councilman tyron hampton says the surprise tax was designed to make up for lost tax revenue from people getting rid of cable tv and home phones. voters in 41 california cities have now approved changes to tax cell phones as they would land line, never anticipating those taxes could be applied to video streaming. it happened just this month in alameda. jill keimach is the city manager. you said in no uncertain terms, "we're not planning to tax netflix. we don't want to be first on this." >> right. we do not want litigation. we do not want a battle in our community. we just want to retain our existing services. >> reporter: and leaving your options open. >> and leaving our options open for future councils.

then i left pasadena got on another lane, i was in anaheim. then i went on another-- this went on and on. i was on the way 7 hours and i still didn't get to palm springs. finally there was a car driving up alongside of me and there was a fella in it and his wife and two of their kids, you see, and i turned to him, i said, "pardon me, is this the freeway to palm springs? he says, "you're lost?" he says, "we're still on our honeymoon." (audience laughing) of course i though he was, you know, being a smart aleck and everything until i saw his car drive up in front me and i saw it had a 1952 license plate on it. (audience laughing) - say, boss. - oh. - oh. (audience applauding) - yes? - excuse me for interrupting, but that television reporter has to leave. - oh, the one who is in my dressing room now? - mm-hmm. - i know, well, he didn't ask me any questions yet. - well, he asked me some so i answered them for you. - oh, you did? - mm-hmm. - oh, well good. stance? - well, first he wanted to know where you went to school. i told him in waukegan, ill

yeah, chicago, il already is...and pasadena, california is looking into it now. news for millions of us that like to plop down on the couch, relax and stream a tv show...movie....or music.... cities across the country are desperate to make up for budget shortages and they could pounce on your checkbook just for watching netflix in the comfort of your home. so cities want to reclassify video streaming services as a "utility" so they can tax it. but... how is that legal? one internet expert says it might no robert callahan, internet association director "utilities are water and electricity and sewer and all sorts of other utilities. websites and apps don't fit that mold whatsoever." callahan says cities could be violating allow tax on the internet. and here's the really crazy part of this story---- cities are trying to use a loophole with a law voters voted yes on 8 years ago! i'm putting the final edits on that part of the story now to have it for you at 6-30. allison..... many shoppers are making the black friday frenzy a family affair! the juszczyk family lined

inside of our mailbox is under federal jurisdiction, so if you broke my right thumb, that's the pasadena city police. but if you broke my left thumb, that's the fbi. if i'm going to jail, i'm killing him, not breaking his thumb. yeah. ooh! i got a letter from my meemaw. (sniffing) mmm. smell this. (sniffing) what is that? uh, roses, bengay and dr. scholl's foot powder. yep. grandma by calvin klein. you know, the last time i got a handwritten letter was from someone who told me i park like a blind person. that someone has a name. uh, thank you. oh, meemaw got a new set of teeth. oh, but then she found her old ones.

but get this: some cities like pasadena, california are looking into a 9- point-4 percent tax hike right now on video streaming services like hulu and netflix. that's on top of the amount you already pay per month! here's what i'm digging into next--- how is this legal? one expert tells us it might not be...i'm 30. allison....... there's a growing movement this morning to recount votes in several states where president- elect donald trump beat out democratic candidate hillary clinton. green party candidate, jill stein, has raised four million dollars that she says will go towards investigating whether voting fraud was a problem in states like pennsylvania and wisconsin. she says because the hacking of the d-n-c has been linked to russia, she wants to make sure that every vote is counted. voting rights attorneys say it likely't the outcome, but it is part of a healthy process of democracy. there are usually some leftovers after thanksgiving. but studies show you may not want to reheat some of your holiday meal. marlie hall has more. if you have beware: not all your favorite dishes may be

inside of our mailbox is under federal jurisdiction, so if you broke my right thumb, that's the pasadena city police. but if you broke my left thumb, that's the fbi. if i'm going to jail, i'm killing him, not breaking his thumb. yeah. ooh! i got a letter from my meemaw. (sniffing) mmm. smell this. (sniffing) what is that? uh, roses, bengay and dr. scholl's foot powder. yep. grandma by calvin klein. you know, the last time i got a handwritten letter was from someone who told me i park like a blind person. that someone has a name. uh, thank you. oh, meemaw got a new set of teeth. oh, but then she found her old ones.

someone found his body this morning in the marine in south pasadena. right now detectives say the death is not suspicious. this woman. she robbed a bank of america on the 62nd avenue north earlier today. this is surveillance video caught of the incident. the woman claimed she had a bomb and left the bank with cash and was seen getting into a cream- colored van that had headed east. you should contact police with any information. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida. abc action weather. >> temperatures are pretty nice with titan doppler radar hard- pressed to find any rain at all across the entire state. these guys are partly cloudy with dew points a little bit lower. temperatures right now mostly in the middle 70s under partly cloudy skies. after that a front that rolled through into saturday with a couple of showers, a nice stretch of weather with partly cloudy skies. today with high temperatures at 82 in tampa and 80 at parksville. still 85 in sarasota and the normal high this time of the year in the lower 80s. it is partly cloudy waking

jonathan: 2 from pasadena facing criminal charges for viciously attacking her own grand mother. police say that savannah weaver stabbed her grand mother repeatingly saying she kneaded to cut the demons out of her. she is now undergoing mental evaluation. her grandmother is recovering from her stab wounds. maureen: "7 on your side" with health news. texas, now joins florida as the only state with the locally transmitted cases of zika. the virus was confirmed last she had not traveled to an area where the zika is prevalent. jonathan: coming up next for us, the "7 on your side" i-team going knocking on the doors to find out if the d.c. small business awarded the contracts are based in d.c. maureen: rain is on the way. steve rudin is coming back maureen: well, d.c. mayor muriel bowser set a goal to give half of all city contracts to small and local businesses in the city. jonathan: as "7 on your side" government watchdog investigator chris papst found out much of the money is not local. the companies outside the district f in on washington's economic boom. chris: while staring at th

>> reporter: it happened when pasadena voters modernized a law never'ing it could be applied to video streaming. 41 california cities now have similar laws. >> folks wake up and see tax line items on their bills and not happy. >> reporter: internet association director robert callahan believes cities could be violating federal law because the government doesn't allow tax on the internet. >> utilities are electricity and water and sewer and all sorts of websites and appeas don't fit tt mold whatsoever. >> reporter: it hasn't stopped chicago who is currently being sued for charging a 9% tax on video streaming. and pennsylvania is charging a 6% tax on everything from apps to downloads to help close a 1.3 billion dollar budget gap. and now in the face of stiff opposition, pasadena has put its new tax plan on hold. >> where do we stop? you know? is it is it pandora? every time you stream music in your car? where do we actually stop? >> reporter: so far, no california cities have actually started collecting the unpopular streaming tax and when they do, they will likely end up in court. for

this happened in pasadena yesterday for stop the police say that savannah weaver attacked the 82-year-old woman. she claimed that she was trying to get the demons out of her grandmother. the victim has been released from the hospital. jonathan: you state university after yesterday's attack. the police say that abdul artan slammed into a crowd of people, then jumped out of his car slashing them with a knife. isis is claiming responsibility, but they are not saying they directed him to carry out the attack. 11 people were hurt yesterday. >> initially it felt like somebody had punched me in my hand. it was just a dull pain. blood. jonathan: one minute after the attack took place, artan was confronted by a police officer and shot and killed. michelle: this man is wanted for rape, abduction, salt, and gang activity, and fairfax county police need your help to find contrary is. tom roussey tells us. tom: fairfax county on social media, searching for ronald herrera contreras. the gang member allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl. the police say that he threatened her, demanding that she have a rela

they were taken to palms of pasadena hospital to be treated for life-threatening injuries. deputies believe it was a diving accident because they ongoing tonight. >>> a doctor that investigators say turned into a drug deal ser free on bond tonight. deputies tell us they put the cuffs on dr. alfred chapman and charged him with practicing medicine without a license. deputies told us he wrote prescriptions for more than 6,000 tablets of oxycodone and other controlled substances. one of chapman's neighbors didn't realize the scheme had been going on for a while. >> we knew h course. i mean, we knew he was, i think, a pain doctor or something, but we didn't know anything else. >> detectives tell us five patients chapman prescribed medication to were fraudulent. >>> a suicide bomber breaks into a heavily protected u.s. base in afghanistan and kills four americans. the bomber disguised himself as laborer to get in early this morning. two service members and two contractors were killed. are hurt. the taliban is claiming responsibility. >>> anti-trump protests are breaking out acros

a disturbing investigation in pasadena, maryland. grandmother stabbed repeatedly, the police say by her own granddaughter. the police say that say vanna weaver stabbed -- savannah weaver stabbed her grandmother to " get rid of the demons." weaver was taken into custody and placed into a hospital for mental valuation. >> it's a tragedy, horrible, mental illness. it's horrible. jonathan: a neighbor said victim was giving her troubled granddaughter a place to stay as she was battling mental illness. the police are searching for a person who shot at a shopper's grocery store in hyattsville this morning as the store was opening. nobody was injured. the only damage was to the window. store employees believe that a disgruntled employee is responsible for pulling the trigger, but so far no arrests made. michelle: the man accused of killing nine people inside of a prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case against delon roof. nine black people were killed in the horrible shooting, and roof has been called a white supremacist. jonat

and now in the face of stiff opposition, pasadena has put its new tax plan on hold. >> where do we stop? you know? is it is it pandora? every time you stream music in your car? where do we actually stop? >> reporter: so far, no california cities have actually started collecting the unpopular streaming tax and when they do, they will likely end up in court. for "cbs this morning: saturday," carter evans, los angeles. >> so the question is how much is that house of cards season worth to you? >> 9% is a lot! >> in chicago is high! i could see a small tax but 9%? >> that is down right frank underwood style. >> yeah. >>> coming up, chasing oscar gold. our film critic reveals the movies you have to see before the awards season gets under way. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." in our house, imagination runs wild. but at my table, i keep the food real. and no artificial flavors or preservatives. real country fresh taste from real ingredients. welcome to crock country. i love that my shop is part of the morning ritual around here. people rely on that first cup and i wouldn't want to