and the allegation is that ron calderon was approached by these undercover fbi agents that were posings movie executives who wanted that budget threshold lowered to $500,000. calderon was allegedly willing to put forward legislation that would make that happen in exchange for bribes. >> trevor i feel like we're going to hear people calling entrapment on this one. >> i'm sure if he goes to trial and is charged -- i think it's important to note that he has not yet been charged for the crime. but they need to prove he committed a crime that he could not have otherwise committed on his own. that the fbi made possible a crime that otherwise wouldn't have been possible. they also go into great detail about a local hospital. the pacific hospital of long beach, in which the chief executive was very busy doing spinal surgery. he overbilled the state for tens of millions of dollars. the fbi affidavit aledges that calderon received payments, and they helped prevent a bill from going forward that would have closed a loophole that would have allowed him to make millions of dollars, and this shows t

even so, ron calderon's relationship with the agent pretending to be a movie boss continued. lationship the affidavit suggests the senator knew was trouble. we cannot have a conversation we just had, calderon is quoted as saying to the agent. we cannot a have a quid pro quo conversation. the alleged exchange of money and favors continues. a $4,000 vip table at this concert last halloween at the bellagio in las vegas, way beyond the legal gift limit calderon could accept. then this past winter, the affidavit says calderon gave a legislative staff john to the movie is producers a girlfriend who also was an undercover fbi agent. al jazeera america confronted calderon at a golf course, not surprisingly, the senator wouldn't talk. the sealed document includeds even more allegations. calderon, working with his brother, former assembly man caldercal der accused of taking money from a health care executive to help a new business avoid set it regulations. we have been keep him in business four years he confides to the undercover agent. then $25,000 donated by the undercover agent to a

even so, ron calderon's relationship with the agent pretending to be a movie boss continued. relationship the affidavit suggests the senator knew was trouble. we cannot have a conversation we just had, calderon is quoted as saying to the agent. we cannot a have a quid pro quo conversation. the alleged exchange of money and favors continues. a $4,000 vip table at this concert last halloween at the bellagio in las vegas, way beyond the legal gift limit calderon could accept. then this past winter, the affidavit says calderon gave a legislative staff john to the movie is producers a girlfriend who also was an undercover fbi agent. al jazeera america confronted calderon at a golf course, not surprisingly, the senator wouldn't talk. the sealed document includeds even more allegations. calderon, working with his brother, former assembly man caldercal der accused of taking money from a health care executive to help a new business avoid set it regulations. we have been keep him in business four years he confides to the undercover agent. then $25,000 donated by the undercover agent to

ron calderon told the undercover fbi agent that he gave those giant tickets as vip seats. signberg says these were $37 seats. he said he took his son, today he said he took somebody with him. according to the affidavit ron calderon told the fbi agents that he arranged with oil game. >> and you got additional documents today? >> uh-huh. we have obtained the documents that refer to how the undercover fbi agent was hired. we're not going to identify the cover of the undercover agent, but it -- basically the senator approached senator calderon approached the senate president, requested that the job be created -- >> again, this is a woman who had no reason to be hired. >> right. she was a model. she had no experience. there were no jobs that existed at the time. >> and according to the affidavit the senator knew that. >> yes. and he went to daryle signberg, requested that the job be created. the president confirms that, but says it was no special ask. and he is disgusted with the statements being made. >> there is a real question in the affidavit of how much of what ronald cald

and it is alleged that steinberg approved that special ask. >> we did catch up with ron calderon severaleeks ago with california. >> senator steinberg, i was hoping we could ask you a few questions about the calderon investigation. >> go ahead. >> are your -- what are your concerns with the investigation? >> you know what, i actually won't comment on the specifics of the investigation. that's being dealt with in the appropriate way, and, you know, we have a job to do here. we have had an incredibly productive year in california and -- >> did you ever accept any gifts from senator calderon. >> i'm not commenting on the investigation. >> did you accept any giants tickets? >> i did back a year or so ago. >> who attended? >> i think my son. >> did you meet with oil executives? >> no. >> did you disclose those tickets? >> i did. >> as a gift from the senator. >> yes. >> you didn't take any oil executives? >> i took my son. >> do you think senator calderon should resign if he is indicted. >> i'm not going to comment. let the investigation run its coarse. >> thank you for your time. >> that is

thousand dolla >>> some new details tonight in the elaborate fbi sting targeting state senator ron calderon. he is suspected of accepting $60,000 in bribes. turns out he allegedly agreed to hire an undercover fbi agent on to senate staff in exchange for his job for his daughter at a phony movie studio which was being operated by another undercover fbi agent using the fake name of rocky patel, which is the name of a well-known cigar company. these details just released in an fbi affidavit obtained by tv network al-jazeera. >> the fbi alleges that you have accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for supporting legislation. >> that's like i said i'm not going to answer anything right know. >> the fbi was investigating calderon for bribery, extortion, conspiracy and fraud. so far no charges have been filed. >>> the white house tapped silicon valley experts to help fix the obamacare website. among the companies lending him are google, oracle and red hat. the website has been slammed by glitches since it rolled out at the beginning of the month. health and human services secre

conspiracy, mail fraud, extortion, what an ugly combination. >> this is obviously bad news for ron calderonimself, but how does it ripple out toward other democrats? somebody must have known something somewhere. >> yeah. well, it does in a couple ways. first, the indictment mentioned that calderon had conversations with several other senate democrats, including senate president pro tem daryl steinberg. he and the others mentioned acknowledge conversations, sure, but they deny that they knew anything about the bribes. and, in fact, there's no evidence, that has to be repeated, no evidence that any money changed hands. nonetheless, they're jittery. they're jittery that their names were even mentioned. and, second, there's this whole matter of the next year's state elections, the public perceptions and all that stuff. right now democrats enjoy that rare, and i might add, bare two-thirds majority in both houses, which has allowed them to have their way on almost everything this past year. with all of the assembly seats and half the state senate seats at stake next year, you know, it just wouldn

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. >>> a federal judge has ordered law enforcement officials to respond to state senator ron calderon's claim that he was a victim of retaliation. the state senator says the fbi and u.s. attorney's office leaked an affidavit alleging that he accepted $88,000 in bribes. calderon says the leak was in retaliation for his refusal to wear a wire to secretly record conversations with two other state senators. >> temperatures dropped off a couple more dprees today in some places. it was a nice day. look at the numbers. 70 in fairfield. one of the worse. temperatures on the mild side. it gets a little cooler tomorrow as the system drops down from the north, and it comes straight to the north. that's why it's a cold system. it's going to bring cooler air now. i think the big thing you know sort of morning overnight lows it's going to be downright cold as we get into sunday morning and monday morn wg temperatures in the freezing levels in the north bay and in the east bay. those are the current numbers right now. lots of 50s. outside tonight it's beautiful night. partly cloudy. tomorrow a nice da

. >>> state senator ron calderon has been suspended.erday, the state senate voted unanimously to remove the los angeles county democrat from all his committee assignments. calderon is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars from an undercover fbi agent. at this point, he hasn't been charged and he denies any wrongdoing. >>> 5:51. it's more than likely drivers will have to pay more to get across the golden gate bridge very soon. friday the golden gate bridge district plans to discuss a potential toll hike. plans on the table include increasing the toll to $8 over the next five years. the earliest of those plans would be implemented next april. hike would cost a driver commuting from marin five days a week $2,000 a year to get into work. the district is considering the increase to offset a five-year deficit of $142 million. >>> san francisco's repair bill for the "rim" fire is more than $36 million. the fire that started near yosemite national park in august damaged the city's hetch hetchy water and power system. the examiner re

. >> reporter: back in june, fbi agents raided the state capital offices of state senator ron calderonazeera tv reports according to an affidavit submitted by the fbi calderon was being investigated for bribery extortion, conspiracy and fraud. the documents outline how calderon was caught up in an fbi sting in which investigators set up a phony movie studio and paid calderon and members of his family more than $60,000 in bribes to draw up and promote legislation that could have resulted in lucrative tax credits for the phony studio. capital roan's daughter, for example, according to the -- calderon's daughter for example according to the documents produced was given a job at the studio paid $30,000 according to affidavit but never showed up for work. when a correspondent confronted calderon about the allegations, this is how it went. >> the fbi alleges that you have accepted bribes in exchange for supporting legislation. >> it's, uhm, that's, uhm, like i said, i'm not going to answer anything right now. >> you're an elected officials state senator in one of the largest states in the co

ron call da roan. an -- caleder o -- calderon. the fbi agent stalled himself rocky fatel and set up a twitter account where he posted photos of himself with several southern california elected officials. that twitter account was taken down wednesday after details of the sting became public. >>> president obama's aides secretly considered replacing vice president joe biden with hillary clinton on the 2012 ticket. that is according to a new book on last year's race for the white house. the aides reportedly began thinking about making the switch late in 2011 when president obama's reelection outlook appeared uncertain. but they eventually decided against the plan despite clinton's popularity, they felt the move would not provide a

. >>> and ron calderon says he is being investigated by fbi because he refused to take part in an fbi sting against senate leader darryl steinberg. according to fbi documents calderon took $88,000 from an fbi agent posing as a movie producer. but now calderon has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the fbi is retaliating against him. calderon says that is because he refused an fbi request to record conversations with steinberg using a hidden microphone. the state senate recently stripped calderon of miscommittee assignments because of the fbi investigation. calderon denies any wrong doing. >>> the u.s. government distributed a list of nearly 5,000 americans to federal agency, including the internal revenue service, the cia, national security agency and food & drug administration. the names came from the customer records of two men who were under criminal investigation for reportly teaching people how to pass lie detector tests. authorities -- de -- a authorities -- de -- a uthorities hope to find federal ploys who try to use information to lie for security clearances. critiques say it is

federal judge has ordered the fbi to respond to accusations by southern california state senator ron calderonat he's a victim of retaliation. a leaked fbi affidavit accuses him of taking $88,000 in bribes to influence legislation from an undercover agent posing as a movie producer. on wednesday, calderon filed a lawsuit accusing the fbi of leaking the affidavit to retaliate after calderon says he refused an fbi request to use a hidden microphone to record conversations with senate leader daryl steinberg and another senator. the judge order od federal authority -- ordered federal authorities and calderon to resolve through settlement talks. >>> i'm not a perfect man and i will not be a perfect president. my pledge to the american people is we're going to solve the problems that are there. we're going to get it right and the afford affordable care act is going to work for the american people. >>> the president announced a fix to the affordable care act yesterday but house republicans say it does not go far enough. as ktvu channel 2 reporter kyla campbell reports from the washington d.c. news ro