one police union board member is trying to get a vote. the communications director says the chief has a tough job now. >> the chief did not create budget shortfalls. the chief did not create the recession. the chief did not create the pension challenges we have over the next 5 to 20 years. what he dealt with, not through anything he has done is with a shrinking budget. >> item appears on the poa agenda. the board could decide to take it to a full vote or let the issue drop. >>> mayor quan is distancing herself from a "new york times" magazine article that quotes her as saying certain police officers were out to get her. she said police were trying to send her a message when her car was immobilized two years ago for unpaid tickets. her statements in the article about oakland and the occupy movement threatened to worsen already strained relations between her and members of the department. quan acknowledges making those comments. she says she was just talking about what people were saying, not what he believed. the times reporter kept trying

today, hundreds of members of the police officers association packed the unions' board meeting.ey cast ballots on whether to bring a no confidence vote against chief chris moore. the president said the vote was over whelmingly against the idea saying that the real problem were the soaring crime rate. the officers say they want the chief to pressure the city council to restore. >>> casino matrix open its doors today. hundreds of people came to experience the new card club during today's soft opening. it will be open 24 hours a day, offering 15 different card games. it had nearly 800 employees and is to hire even more. matrix is expected to provide $10 million a year in gaming revenue to the city of san jose. >> for the city, we're the largest single taxpayer along with our competitor. we bring more revenue than anyone else. we bring high paying jobs to people who don't necessarily have to have a degree to get those jobs. so we bring at lot of positive economics to the local economy. >> the casino has battled five years of legal delays. the latest in april when the city postponed

the trip started here right outside union station state police investigating. >> those who were on board tell a horrifying story, the impact that for some, several passengers have to be cut out of the wreck including the woman who died. i just came to and everybody's bodies were in the aisle and had blood on their faces. >> he called me from the bus in said we just got into a major accident and i could hear people screaming and crying. the meg a bus was carrying 64 people and about half were hurt when a tire blew south of the state capitol on the chicago and st. louis kansas city route. still, mega bus passengers left chicago late today. 30 ambulances and five helicopters responded to that crash. >> a 16 year-old was on the the bus headed to a concert with a friend, she told me there was something she kept that captor safe. >> we have this contest that if you give somebody money and when they get to their destination they give it to charity and my dad gave me $1 before i left and i had it with me and i think that's what kept me safe. >> she was not injured in the crash but was taken to n

police officers association. today, hundreds of officers passed the union board meeting. the issue, whether to bring a no confidence vote against chief chris moore. the officers voted overwhelmingly against idea adding that such a vote would only overshadow the real problem which is an understaffed department and a soaring crime rate. >> we have some of our best people leaving. over 100 officers have left other agencies. our numbers are at lows that we haven't seen in over 20 years and they're going to go even lower. >> moving forward, officers say what they really want is the city council to restore the levels. >>> the south bay's newest and most controversial casino is open for business after years of delays, san jose's casino matrix opened its doors today. it was scheduled to open tomorrow morning but that got pushed up a bit and many gamblers were all in today. the casino opening ends a five-year legal battle that began when the old garden city casino was bought by eric swallow and the leonardi family. >>> now to our exclusive coverage of the 2012 olympic games. danvi

commitments i made and we're still in the course of it is that we will bring on board 300 new police officers. >> reporter: but the union says the efforts to hire and retain officers is just not good enough and worried crimes will only continue. >> we don't have enough staff. training is not always adequate and leadership has failed them in my estimation. >> reporter: matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> we should say matt ackland reached out to chief lanier. she was not available today. the police union estimates there's about 3,800 officers in d.c. they'd like to see that number at 4,200. >>> two groups will hold meetings in d.c. to talk about parking and traffic camera tickets. council members mary cheh and tommy wells want to find a way to reduce speed and red light camera ticket fines. they're up to 250 bucks in d.c., but they're only $40 in montgomery county and the department of transportation will meet tomorrow about parking tickets. you can express your thoughts at the meeting at the old council chambers on fourth street northwest starting at 2:00 tomorrow. >>> he was one of the greatest triumphs. his was one of the gr

keep one is growing crime rate, but the board says it will not hold a no confidence vote against the police chief. that decision came during this morning's union meeting. they are again calling for chief moore to stand up for hiss department and take the fight to city hall. >> the staff levels are really killing us. every day at the end of shifts they are constantly asking officers to say over. it used to be a long, long time ago if that would happen, maybe one or two officers would stay over, we're getting up to 11 to 12 officers. >> members of the public are extremely frustrated as am i. they left me with many things to think about, many of which are the daily steps i take to protect them. >>> switching gears now, san francisco mayor ed lee says he is done with a controversy stop and frisk proposal. instead mayor lee says he will now focus on cracking down on crime by relying on targeted police enforcement and crime tracking software. the stop and frisk proposal the mayor had been considering implemented would allow police officers to stop and frisk anyone that they believe could be carrying a web. weapon. today mayor lee says he's stepping

unions throughout new jersey he made sweeping changes to pension benefits and he also under governor christie four thousand police officers in new jersey were laid off last year that was across the board that's the same pattern we've seen happening throughout the united states but in this. that was our two correspondent in important that's going to wrap it up for this hour but for more of the stories we covered target or you tube channel you tube dot com slash artsy america or check out our web site r t com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter wall we'll be back here in a half hour see them.

unions throughout new jersey he made sweeping changes to pension benefits and he also under governor christie four thousand police officers in new jersey were laid off last year that was across the board that's the same pattern we've seen happening throughout the united states but in this situation we're talking about the most dangerous city in the united states losing their police department clearly this does not look like a safe decision but it's on the last that is going to be pushed forward by the end of the year very controversial issue there are a lot of play marina thanks so much for staying on top of this story that was our t. correspondent marine important. and that's going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered you can check out our youtube channel youtube dot com slash or to america you can also add to our website r t v dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter liz wall for now have a great night.

board for the police officer association. he is the one who put this on today's agenda. they have a 7:30 a.m. meeting here at union headquarters. you can see from this, vote of no kof dense on chief moore from the membership scheduled today. officer johnson and several officers say they're frustrated with the chief and how he runs the department. chief moore tells nbc bay area he knows they are frustrated specifically about pay, and chief moore says he is working to get them more money. he spoke to damian trujillo about the issue and clearly he's taking it in stride. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> how do you fix this? >> it is depends. we'll see what happens on tuesday. >> reporter: other officers say they are pleased with the chief's job performance and that 18 months he served he had his work cut out for him over the last year and a half with the growinging homicide rate, he has been criticized for traveling too much and spending too much time away from his city. to be clear, today's meeting will address whether or not to take this vote of no confidence to the full membership. so today if they vote no the entire