expected. -- longer than the regents expected. the chair said she was shocked and appalled when she saw this video of uc davis police pepper spraying students while they sat in protest. she told students this morning this will not happen again. >> we want all of you to know that we fully and unequivocally support your right to protest peacefully. >> i'm really glad to hear that people are starting to say that it is unacceptable. it is totally unacceptable. lor logan harris was hit by a police baton at the, c berkeley campus. she is glad to hear the university is looking attack ticks -- but didn't want administrators to lose sight request they were protesting in the first place. >> we are asking sacramento to increase our state funding from the current 2.3 billion dollars to 2.7 billion dollars. this is critically important. >> reporter: the meeting is a tell conference with regents dialing in from four campuses. -- the meeting before this was cancelled because of threats of violent protesting. today's teleconference was a compromi

expected. -- longer than the regents expected. the chair said she was shocked and appalled when she saw this video of uc davis police pepper spraying students while they sat in protest. she told students this morning this will not happen again. >> we want all of you to know that we fully and unequivocally support your right to protest >> i'm really glad to hear that people are starting to say that it is unacceptable. it is totally unacceptable. lor logan harris was hit by a police baton at the, c berkeley campus. she is glad to hear the university is looking attack ticks -- but didn't want administrators to lose sight request they were protesting in the first place. >> we are asking sacramento to increase our state funding from the current 2.3 billion dollars to 2.7 billion dollars. this is critically important. >> reporter: the meeting is a tell conference with regents dialing in from four campuses. -- the meeting before this was cancelled because of threats of violent protesting. today's teleconference was a compromise. >> do we

the regents are not going to be voting on any specific tuition proposal. but a recent presentation to them at the last meeting indicated that tuition and fees have gone up by $10,000 in the past 20 years. also what is interesting, usually in these meetings, they have a general comment section, where about 20 minutes, people can come up and talk to the regents, they extended that 20 minutes, to a full hour. back to you guys. >> all right. gil, thank you very much. >> and now, an american airline jet from new york to san francisco, made an emergency landing in buffalo. officials say flight 177, landed safely, after the pilot noticed some smoke in the cockpit last night. and all passengers were escorted off the plane safely. >>> a firefighter remains hospitalized in critical condition this morning. the victim of a hit-and-run. here in san francisco. and kristy siefkin with newly-released surveillance video that police are hoping might catch the culprit. good morning. >> good morning to you. frank and grace. that firefighter still here at san francisco general

regents are aware of this anger they cancelled that one meeting.e going to meet by teleconference that won't stop students from poe testing. they are motivated because of the pepper spray incident at uc davis. -- regents will have a public session speakers can go to the ucsf mission bay campus in the bay area. also uc davis, uc merced and ucla from 9:00 to 10:00 this morning. usually the public comment session is 20 minutes long. today it will be one hourlong. regents will not be talking about the possibility of tuition increases today. but, that is a topic on the students' minds especially since their tuition has tripled in the past 10 years. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 6:32 now. a california man who survived a tour of duty iraq and now fights fires for state is in a san francisco hospital fighting for his life after being intentionally run down by an angry driver. police say they have a new clue that could lead to that driver. they are asking for the public's help in identifying the man in the white t-shirt on the left. these pictures were tak

but not all of the regents were there. why that made demonstrators even angrier. >> reporter: that's right, elizabeth. the protestors turning out here, a small force but loud one. they showed up here and on three other campuses and shouted down the reg ends, ending the meeting early despite a lackluster turnout. it wasn't the rocket protest expected. just a few dozen protestors holding signs in a meeting that was specifically called on a day when students wouldn't show up. >> 150 people signed up at four campuses for a regents meeting that was deliberately called the monday after thanksgiving because regents didn't want to face thousands of students. >> reporter: and the regents didn't have to. it was teleconferenced, a move that infuriated protestors but that gavin newsom called it worth a try. >> i think it's a worthy experiment. >> reporter: the circumstances worsened earlier this month. first it was protestors at uc berkeley clashing with police. the you tube videos went viral. and then this, a pepper spraying incident

to open the regents to the 99%. to all of us who have paid too much. >> reporter: the regents meeting was originally scheduled two weeks ago but was abruptly postponed due to escalating tension from protesters and campus police. today's meeting was teleconference. >> many are not willing to look students in the eye. i think it's telling there are no regents other than the student regents at davis. >> reporter: a week and-a-half ago uc davis police pepper sprayed students which went virus and caused an uproar on and off campus. >> it's better for us i think to get out of san francisco and to have the meetings all throughout the state by teleconference or video conference. i think it's a worthy experiment. >> reporter: activists from refund california say regents rescheduled their meeting for today on purpose in order to shut out student protesters. many students still are returning home from thanksgiving break. >> we talked to dozens of folks who weren't able to make it back tonight or back until tonight to make it t

the -- the regents are meet today. protesters are expected. >>> have you seen the man in the white t-shirt? police want to talk to him in connection with a hit-and-run involving a san francisco -- excuse me a firefighter who is fighting for his life. >>> good morning i'm mike nicco. live look from vollmer peak. the fog is very thick. very widespread. we'll talk about how long it will last and dangerous winds in the forecast. >>> good morning. sue hall following your monday morning commute this is the golden gate bridge very dangerous driving conditions due to the fog. >>> after enduring decades of dictatorship egyptians line-up to cast a historic vote. >>> 5:01 on a very foggy monday morning. i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze from northern to southern california uc students will be protesting at a rescheduled regents meeting with threats of a campus shutdown at uc davis where students are planning a strike the latest response to this video of police dousing protesters with pepper spray. amy hollyfield is live at

he's a uc regent and was at the mission bay campus, along with heavy police presence. students and supporters held up signs during this meeting in san francisco, telling the regents the banks should be paying for the higher education costs. however, police far outnumbered protesters. newsom said he fully supported the students. after the meeting was halted newsom stayed and talked with many protesters. he said the state budget cuts have led to the doubling of tuition since 2008. >>> the san jose police department is in shock after one of their own took his life and the life of his wife. this happened in gilroy. officers discovered the bodies of 51-year-old christopher shymeek and his wife 43-year-old lynn after friends and family called police saying they could not get ahold of them. police say increase to have died from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. they have not said how his wife died. the san jose police department is in disbelief. >> he was well-liked. he was well-respected. and nobody saw this coming. it was a complete shock. and it's very difficult for t

we are told the regents won't be voting on a specific tuition proposal.ven though the main meeting is happening here at the mission bay campus, recents are tele conferencing into the meeting from three other satellite campuses, ucla, uc davis and merced. >> when does the meeting start? and how many students or how many protesters do you think will show up? or do they have any idea? >> i talked to campus police a few minutes ago. and they don't have an idea of how many student protesters might show up. they are expecting some to show up. they said they are not beefing up security. they're just going to be a regular staff. but it is going to start at 9:00. we don't see any protesters here but they might show up in the next couple of hours. frank? >> still early. thanks, gill. >> for college students and everyone alike, okay, gill, thanks. >>> well, right now, california's biggest city is telling occupy protesters enough is enough. in l.a., we've got some live pictures from our sister station, kcal, this is chopper video in l.a. protesters are still gathered

regents are getting an earful at a special meeting this morning. meeting in four sites, and communicating via teleconference. damian trujillo joins us live. >> reporter: they were expecting protesters here at the campus. they reserved this driveway behind me for the overflow crowd. right now, there are more cops than protesters here. let me take you inside the meeting. students and supporters held up signs during the meeting, telling the regents the banks should be paying for higher education. the regents were scattered among the four campuses and each university took turns addressing the board. mayor gavin newsom is on that board. newsom says regents probably deserve to get an earful from students and one grad student says the wealthy need to pitch in. >> i don't think taxes are the only way, but the way they've been doing it so far, which is cutting down on budgets and also, you know, relying on various revenue streams that do not touch the people that, you know -- who very manifestly cause the problem, institutions and the super wealthy. >> chee

this is a rescheduled meeting buy the board of regents.y canceled the last meeting for security concerns. fears of angry students storming the event. now we have big screens from four campuses, including here at ucsf, ucla and uc davis. the regents are sure to get an earful about the pepper spray incident by police at uc davis. tuition hikes is not on the agenda. but the cost of higher education is a big point of contention for the students. in fact, nbc bay area political analyst says taxes might be the only answer. >> more than a general strike. more than protegsing going to class or protesting the trustees. people need to real you want to keep those things down you have to find revenues. that means taxes and the question is, from where, from whom? and how much? >> and the regents will meet in closed session at 8:30 followed by this long anticipated meeting at 9:00. you can see several police officers, more of them arriving at the conference center. there are already a couple of dozen of them inside at this point. they're expecting a lot

and yes, this is one of the sites that regents will be meeting because interestingly enough the regents will be tell conferencing each other for today's meeting, from this campus and merced and davis ucla. >> back to you guys. >> i'm sure they will be at all campuses. thank you. >>> 4:33 now. two of the nation's biggest cities are telling their occupy protesters enough is enough. done in l.a., protesters are still gatheredded near city hall despite a deadline to vacate the area by 12:01 this morning. >> this is not something that you can just stop. like you cannot stop it. >> police say there will likely be arrests at some point and they hope they don't have to use force. no word on a time line for when the arrest might begin. >>> more occupy protests in l.a. this is a live picture right now, from ktla our sister station down there. mayor antonio villaigarosa released a statement late last night saying protesters would get ample time to remove their belongings. he has said he sympathized with the protesters but is concerned about public health and safety. >>> and in philadelphia, dozens

a high-profile regent who sided west protesters today at one of the locations for the regents meetings. ucsf. lieutenant governor gavin newsom says his fellow regents should be criticized and so do campus lawmakers. he says students need to be held accountable. >> they have been cutting down on budgets and also, you know, relying on various revenue streams that do not touch the people that, you know -- who very fanfestly cause the problem which are financial institutions and the super wealthy. >> clearly folks up in sacramento don't value higher education. you can dispense with all the niceties. they don't value it and as a consequence regents are forced to make tough decisions. what we eel hear is a critique of the regents. i hope it's proportional. >> tuition, you might know, for uc campuses, has nearly doubled since 2008. the regents said they are doing what they can to prevent another fee increase, but they say sacramento keeps handicapping them with reduced funding. >> well, new at 6:00 tonight. first came allegations of faking safety report and now two fired caltrans are respondi

the last uc regents meeting was canceled because of fear of violence. all of that may have been fuelled in the last few weeks u all across the state because thof the pepper spraying event at uc davis. the event has u only fueled the anger students have to the rising cost of higher education. ucsf, ucla and uc davis. in fact, some groups have posted they plan to shut down operations at uc davis today. nbc bay area political analyst dr. larry gerstein says something has to give to curtail the rising cost of education. >> more than a general strike. more than protesting going to classes or protesting regent's trustees. people need to realize you have to find alternative revenues. that means taxes. from where? from whom? how much? security as if the president was in town. a meeting an hour and a half before the 9:00 a.m. scheduled meeting. again, there are fears and obvious concerns over what might happen can students. if you know the campus here at ucsf. it's an industrial area over by at&t park so not a lot of housing. wooep keel you posted. >> damien, th

instead the regents met over the phone. and kristin airs on why that made angry students even angrier. >> reporter: and ken, the meeting was telecast, much to the chagrin of some protestors who believed that the uc regents were trying to put a damper on their protests that did result in low turnout. it wasn't the protest expected, just a few dozen protestors holding signs in a regents meeting that was called on a day when some believe students wouldn't show up. >> 150 people signed up for a regents meeting that was deliberately called the monday after thanksgiving because regents didn't want to face thousands of students. >> reporter: and they didn't have to. the meeting was teleconferenced, a move that infuriated protestors but that gavin newsom called worth a try, the teleconference or video conference is a worthy experiment. >> reporter: the circumstances worsened earlier this month. first it was protectors at uc berkeley clashing with police and the you tube videos that went viral and then this, a pepper spraying incide

the protest was set to coincide with the board of regents teleconference meeting this morning. the regents decided to use teleconference after threat was possible violence forced them to cancel a previous meeting. >> it's awkward at best. not ideal. it's what it is. the question was, do we change it yet again or cancel again which would have been a mistake. >> the group refund california joined occupy protesters this calling for the regents to open the discussion to all and to determine thousand make banks pay for public education. >> the thing about our rights is you don't need anybody's permission to exercise it. >> students with occupy uc davis are hoping for a shutdown of the universe. they're calling for a general strike in response to the uc regents meeting. 150 speakers signed up to speak during the comment period. >>> today the uc berkeley police officers association has released an open letter in response to the use of force by campus police to break up an occupy encampment earlier this month. the letter says in part, quote, to the students a and faculty, please peacef

. >>> uc students outraged by tuition hikes got their chance to face the regents.few dozen showed up. at mission bay the students were frustrated when the regents didn't appear in person instead conducting via teleconferences. others believe the date was chosen to minimize confrontation. >> 150 signed up at four campuses for a regents meeting that was called the monday after thanksgiving because regents didn't want too face thousands of students. >> during the meeting uc president promised to wrap-up an investigation of the uc davis pepper spray incident within a month. they concluded by asking for funding to offset too fee hikes. >>> an historic election in egypt. a muslim group is poised to take control in the election. >> reporter: the polls had not opened this morning and already the sidewalks were jammed for this historic vote. >> we're working for our future. after the week of extraordinary violence leading up to the elections there was speculation that people would be too afraid to vote. clearly not. >> inside rival party workers and election officials watch

students accuse regents of being unfit to represent the interests of students. regents will not be discussing tuition increases today but that is one of the sticking points that has students upset. students calling for the termination of the clans for at davis campus following the pepper -- of the chancellor at the davis campus following the pepper spraying incident. people can show up to four campuses and offer comments from 9 to 10 this morning at the ucsf mission bay, uc defense, uc her red and ucla. the public comment portion has been extended from 20 minutes now one hour. at the meeting some members of the uc staff are expected to talk about possible other sources for revenue rather than just relying on tuition and taxes. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 4:34. in l.a. protesters are still camped out near city hall despite the order to take down tents at 12:01 a.m.. police are there. so far they've taken no action. katie marzullo is following the developments. >> reporter: good morning. you don't need me to do the math. that deadline passed 4 1/2 hours ago. po

it is that fear that forced the regents to cancel a previous meeting. they are choosing to teleconference with one another from around the state, hoping to avoid any possible clashes. for this meeting, they will not tackle tuition. in san francisco, will tran, kron4 news. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look outside on this foggy monday outside of the golden gate. thick >>mark: the dow is 600 points lower than it was three weeks ago. >>darya: police in san francisco are looking for a man who ran over a firefighter with his car. this is surveillance tape from the jack in the box. this is the man they're looking for, in the white t- shirt. it started at the jack in the box on geary street and 11th avenue. and employees saw the man in the white get into a fight. it was an argument that escalated into a fight. the victim on the left walked down the ninth injury. there is more surveillance video from the shell station that shows you the suv that police believe crashed into the victim, a black mazda suv. it then took

bay began shoot shouting and forced almost all regents to leave the room. similar interruptions took place at ucla, davis and merced. they voiced their opposition to tuition inserieses and violence that occurred a few weeks ago. >> the justice will be heading our task force in addition to the firm handling fact finding. we're in good hands to get to the bottom of this on the berkeley. >> this reconvened and considered a proposal to ask to avoi increase autos union representing uc berkeley police officers released an open leter to the campus community. and in that letter a video clip does not depict the full story of the fact according to police. not caught were scenes of protesters hitting, pushing and grabbing officers and fighting back with backpacks and skate boards, they clashed when police tried to remove tents that have been pitched on november 9. uc berkeley senate is meeting now in fact and how police will deal with protesters in the future. >> only threat that came to our health and safety was from the police. i don't see how anyone can see that ju

do the regents have any wiggle room?ven if the protests flair up and there is a general strike. >> we've been talking for a long time, you and i, about the state budgets and these triggers that are going to take effect. sure enough, we're not getting the money that a lot of people hoped to get. that's what's leading csu and uc to once again possibly raise division. so yeah, students are really in a mess over it. faculty are unhappy about it. the regents and the trustees are unhappy about it. they don't like doing this either. the question is, it's the oldest question of all, where are you going to get the money? somewhere, jer i hry mcguire, s me the money. >> so they're set to vote on that. a lot of students say they're calling for a general strike. will that matter? >> it will be a very important statement. more than a general strike, more than protesting going to classes or protesting the regents and trustees, what people need to realize is if you want too keep those things down, you have to realize how to get revenue

>>reporter: interruption caused the regent to delay the meeting. eventually resumed and voted to ask the state legislature for more funding for the campus system. governor brown already asked the department of finance to negotiate with uc president. he's trying to avoid any tuition hike. >> i don't want to privatize university i'm sick and tired of sacramento privatizing university of california. i didn't cut our budget by 900 million dollars. that was cut in the last 2 years by the state of california. so if they have a gripe that's my nightmare that it's privatize. him if. >>reporter: protestors decided not to confront police and eventually left the building. the president his now asked former california supreme court justice now a prominent civil rights attorney to be part of the task force that will investigate charges of excessive force by police. the judge accepted. this is 7 new news. >>> while uc rage interest got an earful uc berkeley police defen the action they took early this month. officers and student protestors clashed when police tr

the regents walked out. protesters say they are upset with the crack downs on occupy camps and protests. >>> scott olsen who was injured in a "occupy oakland" police raid talked about what happened. >> we were attacked and i was victimized. i was attacked and i ended up in the hospital. that night. >> scott olsen didn't elaborate on his injuries but he spent several days in the hospital. >>> new poll shows voters are divided over the occupy movement. when asked whether they identify with the movement, 46% said they identify a lot or some. 58% said they do agree with the reasoning. 32% said they disagree. as for placing blame about the economy woes, they blame george bush. many who don't support occupy plame the obama administration. you will find the latest o on the occupy movement on www.ktvu.com. click on the occupy protest tab. >>> a return home for a marine killed in afghanistan. ktvu's jade hernandez is in danville with a town paid special tribute. >> reporter: this is not the way the family wanted to w

it's in response to the uc regent's meeting. the students are hoping to suttst shut down the university. they say today's strike is focused more on the budget strikes and pepper blackouts. since. pepper spray, they have allowed the occupy individuals to stay in place. what happened? ure reporter has more. >> reporter: it's been a long, intense night as protesters faced off with theland who showed unprecedented restrain in this deed line. 12:01 came and went -- there was concern, there was rumors, a lot of peer that be would -- there would be a massive raid. that never happened. actually, theland says thatter inner was the -- was the plan. about four people were arrested after they would not leave the intersection. the streets in downtown los angeles were blocked for a long time. a lot of deadlines came with no arrests and finally the l.a.p.d. moved in in massive force just it -- just to get people back on the sidewalk -- sidewalk. so so far the encampment is still here outside the -- outside of city hall back to you. >> stu, liv

the regents won't vote on hikes this month. but will discuss private funding and vote on the next budget. >>> the century old five story building that burned in berkeley friday night may have to be torn down. city officials red tagged the 39 unit sequoia apartment building declaring it unsafe to end. flames raised to the roof, engulfed the entire building also took out several ground floor businesses including two popular restaurants. investigators suspect an electrical problem started the fire. >>> 6:08. this past weekend we had rain, gorgeous rainbows now things are drying out. >>> live doppler not picking up radar returns. thick fog around novato visibility a quarter of a mile sprinkles showing up even showers in the northern part of the state. jet stream starting to lift north a break from the aggressive pattern we had over the weekend. right now 37 in napa and novato, 40 in fairfield, 46 around oakland, redwood city, san francisco, 44 san jose, 46 concord and livermore partly to mostly cloudy, increasing sun near 60 antioc

she's a member of the uc board of regents. they want her to sign a pledge she'd be in favor of putting back funding taken away from public higher education through california state budget crisis. you can see books, not banks is the theme mentioned on signs here, they want the state to spend its money on public education. now live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and this occupy san francisco protestors joined by occupy cal protestors. sky 7 shows you the scene. prot yofrts targeted the state build skpupg set with regents canceling a meeting scheduled for today. vic lee joins us now with more. vic? >> they have been here in front of the state building on the golden gate side about an hour. and there are numbers dwindled to 100. this has become a target because regents cancelled their meeting for fear of violence. more important event for occupiers happened today and that is where the mayor and his city department heads met with representatives of the protestors about an hour and there was a belief that the mayor ed lee is ready

some chanted uc regents got to go. during the march, they blocked traffic sitting on battery street between pacific avenue and broadway. afterwards, they targeted big basics in the financial district. they concluded the march with a message to the governor at the state building near golden gate avenue and market street. >> we are not going to put up with further tuition hikes! >> we are not going to accept further point freezes and purlows! >> reporter: the occupy sf protestors are hoping to hold a debate the first week in december. uc president -- chancellor robert birgeneau, and governor jerry brown are still waiting for all three to respond to those invitations >>> mayor edly says there are -- ed lee says there are health and safety problems at the occupy san francisco encampment saying he was "disappointed after his visit." he is beginning to harden his tone. he's calling on protestors to make more responsibly stopping violence, and keeping the area clean. >> i have expressed very strongly that i need dramatic chan

angry denies gave regents an earful yesterday during a board meeting. lt.governor gavin newsom also a regent was the only one to stay after protesters interrupted the meeting at ucsf mission bay. students made several demands stud.ñ of excessiveal demands force by police. >> in the future there will not be any use of violence [ inaudible ] >> the meeting resumed after leaders moved it to another room for security reasons regents met at four campuses across california and teleconferenced. >>> governor brown has asked state police officers review their policies for using force and make changes to their guidelines, accordingly. the police officers' union sent an open letter yesterday defending police action against occupy protesters. the letter says video from november 9th, showing officers with batons attacking occupy protesters is misleading and doesn't show officers being hit, pushed and threatened. the uc police chief agrees. >> there was individuals which there has been in the past where there's individuals with intent to start a confrontation. some indiv

demonstrators want the csu board and the uc regents, including bank of america director monica lozano, to sign a refund california pledge. a promise to make big banks pay their fair share to stop cuts to higher education. representatives from cal weren't available for on camera interviews this morning but i just got off the phone with two spokesmen before we sent in our package and they said they are supportive of the students exercising their right to freedom of speech and that they're drawing attention to the need for more public school funding. but they say they are concerned about the students setting up tents. they said that they have told students multiple times this is against school policy but as we have seen at other encampment this doesn't stop people from staying overnight and additionally, a spokesman said that this 81% tuition hike that students have been talking about so much he said that's not on the table right now and in fact regents now have turned to the state for additional funding. they are asking them for $411 million which if they receive would prevent the schoo

today the regents will hear it all. area political analyst says taxes might be the only answer to save higher education. >> more than a general strike. people need to realize you have to find revenues. and that means taxes. from where? from whom? how much? >> the four campuses are ucla, uc davis, where the pepper spraying incident took place and here at ucsf mission bay conference center. log onto nbcbayarea.com because there's interesting insight into tuition hikes. but a couple of dozen police officers already here at mission bay conference center. the barricades are up. we haven't seen one protester yet. but i'm sure they will be here. live in san francisco, i'm damien trujillo, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >>> a firefighter who recently served in iraq is fighting for his life. as police continue searching for the suspect who attacked him on thanksgiving day. he is listed in critical condition after suffering traumatic brain injuries. on early hgz morning he got into a fight with a suspect shown wearin

they also chanted uc regents have to go. they rallied in front of the state building to send the governor a message. occupiers explain how tuition increases have impacted their lives. >> no more tuition hikes! we are not going to accept further increases and layoffs. >> i still have to war years left. >>reporter: you may not be able to go to uc santa cruz? >> i might be in great depth. >>pam: the mayor says there are major health and safety problems after an early morning raid. >> we are not going anywhere. we are not thinking of the short term, day-by-day. we are trying to save the entire world. >>pam: j.r stone has been following this story all day. he is joining us live from justin herman plaza. >>j.r.: the mayor says that he wants a change now. one of the deputy fire chiefs just left. there has been heavy police presence all day. in the distance, you can see some of the tents along the embarcadero in the grass area. the mayor wants the tense down. it does not look like they will come down anytime soon. some of the protes

they are still very increase at the regents, forcing the regents to see here, at least some of them. it will be teleconferencing with other regions from around the state. the reason they're doing that is because they are afraid of any possible violence, so much so that they had to cancel a previous meeting. for this meeting they will not tackle the issue of tuition which continues to be a hot button issue. >> and lawns angeles, a midnight deadline for protesters. the protest was mostly peaceful as police officers were able to get protesters clashed on to the sidewalk. there were arrests for failure to disperse. there were no injuries reported. cars and traffic are moving smoothly around the area. another deadline, this one in philadelphia. this is video this morning showing protesters blocking arms overnight. since then, the scene outside of city hall has been called. taft the police presence is heavy. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick in san francisco, and one of the many places saw thin by fog. we will be right back. coughe

. >> angry students gave uc regent an earful disruning board meeting and demanding the wealthy pay more taxes to help fund higher education. >> will you join us? >> what the hell. [applause]. >>reporter: lieutenant governor newsom who is also a regent was the only one to stay today after protestors interrupted the meeting at san francisco mission bay campus. students made several demands following charges of excessive force by police during recent demonstrations. >> in the future that auto campus not any use of violence, police non-vailt protest. violence shouldn't be used. >>reporter: meeting resumed after leaders moved to another room. they voted to ask the state legislature for more funding for the 10 campus system. for security reasons they met today at 4 campus across california. protestors also disrupted meetings in davis and los angeles. >> mean time police officers union at uc berkeley sent open letter to regent and stunts at the university defending police action against occupy protestors. the letter says that video on november 9 showing officers with baton attacking occupied p

. >> angry students gave uc regent an earful disruning board meeting and demanding the wealthy pay more taxes to help fund higher education. >> will you join us? >> what the hell. [applause]. >>reporter: lieutenant governor newsom who is also a regent was the only one to stay today after protestors interrupted the meeting at san francisco mission bay campus. students made several demands following charges of excessive force by police during recent demonstrations. >> in the future that auto campus not any use of violence, police non-vailt protest. violence shouldn't be used. >>reporter: meeting resumed after leaders moved to another room. they voted to ask the state legislature for more funding for the 10 campus system. for security reasons they met today at 4 campus across california. protestors also disrupted meetings in davis and los angeles. >> mean time police officers union at uc berkeley sent open letter to regent and stunts at the university defending police action against occupy protestors. the letter says that video on november 9 showing officers with baton attacking occupied p

>> reporter: and it is focused on the board of regents, one of four locations where they will discuss number of issues, one of them that is not on the agenda, tuition but students hope to make it part of the agenda by protesting live and it has grown a little with many tents out in the quad area as they continue their occupation. they kept it going through the thanksgiving holiday and will be out here even after the police came through and pepper sprayed them which only gave this occupation even more strength as they continue to gather support from students and today they hope that support will continue when they walk out what they hope and tuition is not on the agenda but they are simply using it is a an agenda to keep it rolling, back to you. >>> state university may have a new football coach, the big name reportedly hired to leave the team. >>> also a dramatic southern california rescue how by standers moved in after watching a rollover crash. i joined the navy when i was nineteen. i was a commissioned officer at twenty-three. i was an avionics... tactical telecommunications... squ

their cakeover coincides with the regents meeting. the regents decided to ask the state for more funding to minimize the fee hikes. the uc president is promising to wrap up an investigation of the pepper spray incident within a month. a few dozen protestors showed up at mission bay campus yesterday but were frustrated by the fact that regents weren't there in person, instead conducting their meeting by teleconference >>> more campaign trouble for herman cain. a georgia woman says the two had a long-term affair. ginger white says the relationship went on for 13 years. cain made an appearance on cnn's situation room to deny those allegations. >> these are awkward questions but i'll ask you the questions. it was an affair? >> no, it was not. >> there was no sex? >> no. >> none? >> no. >> and if this woman says there is, she is lying, is that what you? >> let's see what the story is going to be. >> cain acknowledged a friendship with the woman but says there was no affair between the two of them. >>> well, tonight syracuse university play

. >>> it was a frustrating morning for regents. as they occupied mission bay also. >> coming up later, we talk to some of the demonstrators and the one board member who did not walk out on today's meeting. >>> "occupy oakland" demonstrators are outside city hall. i want to show you live pictures of the scene. protesters say they are going to hold a constant vigil now. they won't be sleeping there but there will be protesters there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. all of this is an alternative to the encampment till police cleared out the tents two weeks ago. >>> los angeles is still occupied tonight. occupy los angeles protesters filed a motion to block bloc the city from tearing down the encampment. tonight 200 tents with remain in los angeles. the police chief says that is 150 fewer than there had been over the weekend. >> occupy philadelphia protesters are also defying orders to leave their encampment. police stood by as the deadline passed yesterday. dozens of tents are still outside philadelphia city hall. the city wants them to

uc regents were scheduled to meet tomorrow and the next day in san francisco.cause of threats of violence. there are signs all over campus in morning calling for students to join in on the strike. professors are expected to join in. joining occupy cal will be some of the folks who have been staying at occupy oakland where we find amy hollyfield with that side of the story. >> reporter: good morning. for the first time in about a month look, you can see frank ogawa plaza. the whole thing, your view is not obstructed by tents or the kitchen, any of the hundreds of people who have been sleeping here. even a street washer here cleaning the plaza this morning. so, they are gone. they are still again after being cleared out yesterday morning by police. there were plenty of police officers here to keep it clear overnight. 10 officers were here watching the three protesters who did spend the night here. they did not try to pitch a tent, police say they were here to make sure another tent city doesn't pop back up. occupy oakland protesters regrouped yesterday after gett

. >>> uc regents will meet by teleconfrence tomorrow. police warned of possible violence if the regents all met in one location. instead they will hold teleconference meetings. the public may go to the teleconference location or watch online. look for the link near the top of the page. >>> los angeles police are interviewing witnesses and victims of the pepper spray incident at a wal-mart in the san fernando valley. about 20 people were hurt on black friday when a woman sprayed the crowd near an x box display. she turned herself in that night and was later released. her name has not been released. police want to complete interviews to decide whether or not to press charges. investigators don't know if she used the spray to try to gain advantage to get an x box or if she was frightened by the crowd. >>> people came together to remember masconi and harvey milk. people then marched through the castro to milk's old camera store. he and masconi were shot and killed in 1978 by dan white. milk was the first openly gay person to be nominated int

. >>> protesters interrupted a regents meeting tonight. the regents were discussing next year's budget when the students startedded to demand that the wealthy pay more taxes for education -- students started to demand that the wealthy pay more taxes for education. >> the board of regents would rather meet behind closed doors than to talk with the rest of us about how to make banks and millionaires pay for public education. >> reporter: uc president says the students should be taking their protest to sacramento since it was the state legislature that cut the budget. >>> a confrontation at uc davis. that story coming up. >>> black friday turn into green monday as stocks surged today due to a strong start to the holiday season. as consumer editor tom vacar found out, there are positive signs to be found instore and all around. >> reporter: there's good news thanks to a good black friday and big green weekend. michael fenley does not think this is an accidental phenomenal. >> everything looks like it's going to be a good year. >> black friday

. >>> protesters interrupted a regents meeting tonight. the regents were discussing next year's budget when the students startedded to demand that the wealthy pay more taxes for education -- students started to demand that the wealthy pay more taxes for education. >> the board of regents would rather meet behind closed doors than to talk with the rest of us about how to make banks and millionaires pay for public education. >> reporter: uc president says the students should be taking their protest to sacramento since it was the state legislature that cut the budget. >>> a confrontation at uc davis. that story coming up. >>> black friday turn into green monday as stocks surged today due to a strong start to the holiday season. as consumer editor tom vacar found out, there are positive signs to be found instore and all around. >> reporter: there's good news thanks to a good black friday and big green weekend. michael fenley does not think this is an accidental phenomenal. >> everything looks like it's going to be a good year. >> black friday

davis was one of four campuses connect for the university of california board of regents meeting today. >>> funeral services for james cupoowill be held this wednesday. he was gunned down while chasing a bank robbery suspect two weeks ago. the suspect has been charged with murder. he leaves behind a wife and three daughters. the funeral is 11:00 wednesday morning. >>> and the body of a u.s. marine killed in afghanistan was brought home to danville today. he graduated last year where he -- 150 flags lined the route. kron spoked to the man who organized this event today. >> i want to show this service member, the community is there to support them. we are here to show the family the importance as a community to honor this young 19-year-old marine that paid the ultimate price. >> long the route residents came to show their appreciation for the fallen soldier. >>> new tonight at 11:00, getting closer to solving one of the most mysterious crimes. details on what investigators are finding out about the db cooper case. with cyber monday and black friday in the books, we are looking at the sho

many here are carrying signs referring to the regents as the 1%. the very people occupy protests are protesting again. a controversial item number three, whether they here will be setting up tents after this general assembly. you can hear there are people shouting back and forth this, is what they referred to as a mic check. the plaza is rapidly filling up. and getting difficult to move here. people have marched here to take part in this portion of the protest. that is people passing out agendas and leaflets. they'll break out in groups to vote on those items and university police on stand by at the end of the plaza let's people do try to set up tents and sleeping backs which is something they said they will not tolerate. >> and thank you very much, john. >> and coming up from 7 on your side imagine paying 18,000s adds a year for health insurance, then being hit with an increase and there is a missing piece of history, found, what happened in moments and hours after jfk's assassination. >> and our sunny, mild streak going to come to an end and cold

the chancellor and regents are canceling their meeting for tomorrow . there is a missed opportunity to come together to work on solutions, but investigators say they received reports that anarchist were planning to disrupt the meeting. >> it was evidence that law enforcement found very credible that there was some rogue elements who were locking to cause trouble, violence and vandalism. >> now, the events for berkeley start around 8 a.m. and at 2 p.m. they plan to march throughout the city and marching on big banks such as wells fargo and citibank. they plan to regroup at 5:00 and "occupy" sproul plaza so it should be an interesting day. grace, frank, back to you. >> i guess. okay, anser hassan live over at uc-berkeley. >>> meanwhile california's oldest university has a computer hacking scandal on its hands. fbi is questioning people at santa clara university after someone broke into the computer system and changed the grades of more than 60 current and former students. all the grades were changed for the better, by the weigh. the unauthorized access ha

and org mizers called for a campus-wide strike to coincide with the regents meeting. saying the 13 protestors required medical treatment. protesters say they now want to concentrate on stopping fee increases and budget cuts. >> and uc berkeley's academic senate is holding a meeting now to discuss accusations of police brutality this month. police called other agencies to help enforce a university policy against camping on campus and accused police of using unnecessary violence to remove what they call nonviolent protestors. the police officer union says the the video doesn't tell the whole story saying some officers were attacked with backpacks and skate boards. >> and in los angeles hundreds have ignored a midnight eviction deadline. they have been camped out almost two months. and today, the mayor antonio villaraigosa aannounced police will not immediate make arrests. it's unclear what is going to happen next. rob hays has the latest. >> deadline was set for occupiers braced and... l.a. mayor villaraigosa's order to vacate the city hall brief at 12:01 came with z.we

>> this caused regents to delay they're meeting. they resumed and voted to ask the state legislature for more funding. governor brown asked the department of finance to negotiate with the uc president. he's trying to avoid a tuition hike. >> i'm sick and tired of sacramento private tiesing university of california. i didn't cut our budget. that was cut in the last two years by the state of california f they have a gripe, that is my nightmare that, it will be private tiesed. >> and protestors left the building. president udoff asked a prominent civil rights attorney to be part of the task force to investigate charges of excessive force by police. >> and the use of force, thank you very much. and the number one item on the agenda this afternoon, abc 7's nick smith joins use good evening. today uc berkeley's academic senate held a special meeting. the first time students had an opportunity to hear their chancellor apologize about the force used by november 9th. >> and the uc berkeley chancellor said before a packed room of teachers and

. >> now students accused the regents of being the so called one percent and they asked themed to get the wealthiest californians to help fund public education with raising taxes. >> we are saying the people who are bangers, -- bankers, they need to sign the high income pledge. >> now the regents proposed to vote to sacramento for approval with a $400 million shortfall. they say tuition could rise again if lawmakers done fix that shortfall. >>> when roll albert smith -- henry albert smith did not enter a court appearance. he has been held without jail since the november 17th shooting death of jim cap pooh. services will be held at the high school. >>> san leandro police will introduce information from a black friday shopper which handed out side the wal-mart on the boulevard. investigators say a man in his 20s was critically wounded during a struggle with would be robbers. that victim is expected to survive. police arrested one suspect shortly after the shooting. they have been looking for two other suspects and a weapon. >>> now a woman who used pepper spray may have used it in self-

ironically, despite the ongoing protests, on monday the uc board of regents approved several raises. the vice chancellors of each university will receive 9.9% raises, one interim dean received a 7.5% raise. and six uc campus attorneys received raises ranging to 21.9%. they said the raises were necessary to keep pay in line with market rates. >>> and we continue to follow developments in los angeles. the occupy protestors there facing eviction tonight. a deadline for those protestors has passed. los angeles police have closed off streets. you are looking at a live arial picture. the encampment is likely being torn down by police. police cars line a one block perimeter around the city hall camp where hundreds of those protestors are preparing for what they do believe is an imminent raid by police. we'll tell to follow developments and be back with more in this newscast. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worr