sca 4 and sca 8 would propose to the people of california and measure to approve the voters wrestle for voter transportation special taxes from two thirds to 55 percent. sca 9 is a little bit of a variance on that. it too would seek to reduce the voters threshold from two thirds to 55 percent. for economic development projects. those are not well defined in the bill yet. there is a lot of work to be done on this measure so we recommended watch. however for the two local sales tax measure bills we recommended support position. i can take questions here. i have a quick budget overview. >> what you get that update in that we will take questions. >> last week the governor release figures for the 2013-14 budget. legislative analyst said it's a reasonable budget. for the first time in recent memory you have a balanced budget in effect with a good chance of remaining in balance. the risk are mostly what might happen from the federal government and cost impact that might flow to the state in a couple of minor risks. they stamped it "prudent. " first time i've seen that in 15 years. in the world

so we have recommended a watch and another measure introduced sca 11 that deals with voter thresholds we recommended a watch does does apply indirectly to transportation but also across the board to all government taxes it will reduce the voter thresholds from two-thirds to 55 percent. as i indicated it would apply not only to transportation but other kinds of special taxes as well and that is my report. >> thank you, very much. colleagues do you have any questions on this report? >> thank you. are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this report? >> okay, seeing that there is no members of the public, public comment is closed. >> this is an action item. is there a motion to provide it? >> so moved. >> thank you very much. >> without objection? >> this motion passes. clerk, please call item number five. >> and i did five and i will call six. >> internal accounting report and investment report for the six months ending december 31, 2012 and this is an information item. >> good morning, commissioners, fong and this is the internal and accounting report and inves

sca promotions is seeking to recover $12 million it paid to armstrong for winning the tour de france.company wants the money back in light of the cyclist's admission to doping during those races. >>> in the nba, the hot-shooting rockets take on the heat. he takes dwyane wade's hard pocket for the uncontested slam. the heat pull away late to win, 114-108. >>> in the college ranges now, number 5 kansas struggles on the road against texas christian. the jayhawks scored 13 points in the second half. they can't recover from the slow first half and they lose. it's the first big win for texas. >>> a rough night for carey price. he takes a shot right between the these. things didn't get much better for him. he gives up two third period goals to boston and a little more than two minutes and the bruins win, 2-1. >>> when we return now, weighing his political future. new jersey governor chris christie has choice words for a former white house doctor who offered a dire prediction. ♪ the freshenator. the buddy system. the do si go. the two-handed tango. el cleaño. [ female announcer ] nothing leav

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. >> somehow we have blown out of proportion and out of context radiation risk from the ct sca scan.eporter: dr. michael brand is a radiologist and executive director of neuroscientist at hoeing memorial oh, no hots in newport beach and points out the cancer rate is down slightly and says no evidence the scan radiation has cumulative effect. radiation from multiple ct shouldn't be added up to one big dose. each event separate didn't at different times allowing the body to heal between tests. using a sunburn analogy. >> stood there for an hour one dose red blister skin every week or so you go out for 5 minutes 12 weeks hour worth of exposure. nothing happens. >>reporter: the doctor adds even if a small cancer risk with ct scan the benefit outweigh the risk. >> the need to destroy the cancer is much greater than the slight concern from ct scan being used to monitor whether or not the treatment is being effective. >> that's my about i don't know how to weigh saving somebody life and then potentially them dying later. >>reporter: cross has one more problem. in a letter last month his doc

. >> somehow we have blown out of proportion and out of context radiation risk from the ct sca scan. >>reporter: dr. michael brand is a radiologist and executive director of neuroscientist at hoeing memorial oh, no hots in newport beach and points out the cancer rate is down slightly and says no evidence the scan radiation has cumulative effect. radiation from multiple ct shouldn't be added up to one big dose. each event separate didn't at different times allowing the body to heal between tests. using a sunburn analogy. >> stood there for an hour one dose red blister skin every week or so you go out for 5 minutes 12 weeks hour worth of exposure. nothing happens. >>reporter: the doctor adds even if a small cancer risk with ct scan the benefit outweigh the risk. >> the need to destroy the cancer is much greater than the slight concern from ct scan being used to monitor whether or not the treatment is being effective. >> that's my about i don't know how to weigh saving somebody life and then potentially them dying later. >>reporter: cross has one more problem. in a letter last month his

. >> somehow we have blown out of proportion and out of context radiation risk from the ct sca scan. >>reporter: dr. michael brand is a radiologist and executive director of neuroscientist at hoeing memorial oh, no hots in newport beach and points out the cancer rate is down slightly and says no evidence the scan radiation has cumulative effect. radiation from multiple ct shouldn't be added up to one big dose. each event separate didn't at different times allowing the body to heal between tests. using a sunburn analogy. >> stood there for an hour one dose red blister skin every week or so you go out for 5 minutes 12 weeks hour worth of exposure. nothing happens. >>reporter: the doctor adds even if a small cancer risk with ct scan the benefit outweigh the risk. >> the need to destroy the cancer is much greater than the slight concern from ct scan being used to monitor whether or not the treatment is being effective. >> that's my about i don't know how to weigh saving somebody life and then potentially them dying later. >>reporter: cross has one more problem. in a letter last month his

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sca paid bonuses to him after his tour de france wins.stifying before the u.s. anti-doping agency. he's been given a two-week deadline to come forward or his ban will become permanent. >> armstrong may feel pressure. it show 20s% of americans report extreme stress. that's down from 24% in 2010. last year one out of four say they managed stress by eating. that's down from 34% in 2008 and the number of people turning to alcohol has gone down to just 13%. >>> nelson mandela's gra granddaughter says the former south african president is in good health and good spirits. this photo was taken saturday. he's seen holding his youngest great grandson. nelson mandela is now 94 years old. >> turning 95 in july. it's just go >>> it is being called the great health crisis of the 21st century. we'll show wow why cases of alzheimer's disease could soar. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." chili's lunch break combos start at just 6 bucks. so ditch the brown bag for something better. like our bacon ranch quesadillas or big mouth burger bites, served with s

time trying to actually fix the economy as it did claiming it was fixed and then finding excuses and sca scape goats when its premature announcements were false i suspected the economy would be better than it is doing here today. >> christine romans, is he right? the unemployment rate is still what, 7.9% now. >> yes, 7.9%, 157,000 jobs created in january. that's modest hiring. that is an economy that is healing still slowly but carol when you look at the end of the year, we had some revisions to the jobs creation in november and december. i want to show you the end of the year, things look stronger than we thought at the end of the year so hiring was picking up in november and december. hiring picking up enough, carol, to actually eat into the number of people who are out there still looking in the wake of the recession. one area i wanted to show you that's really important i think when you look at construction jobs, carol, 28,000 net construction jobs added, that's because of hurricane sandy cleanup, and the housing market, carol, is getting a little bit better so we're adding some cons

sca promotions, the sports insurance company that bad lance armstrong $12 million in bonus money duringle run, they want that money back, plus interest, plus legal fees. so on top of that multimillion dollar lawsuit, armstrong could also be facing federal charges. abc news says that investigators are looking at charging him with obstruction of justice, intimidation and witness tampering. in an effort to clean up the sport of cycling, the anti-doping agency is giving armstrong two more weeks to decide if he wants to speak with agency investigators under oath. the original deadline to speak with them was yesterday, wednesday. of course armstrong must cooperate with usada to get his life-time ban reconsidered. >>> you never want to be a senior in high school and vp mommy issues. that kind of faced alex collins yesterday. yesterday was national signing day. collins one of the best high school running backs out there was expected to sign with arkansas to play football. just before he co-signed the letter of intent, his mom got up and split midpress conference. you don't want to have mommy is

i an a cashier.i sca i scan food all day that i cannot afford to eat. i watch my fellow co-workers. in ramen noodles -- my co- workers eating ramen noodles and they cannot afford to pay their utility bills. these are families taking these jobs and there are no other jobs for them. none of us can afford cars. i have broken stove, a broken washing machine. things are tough down here. i just think the rest of the country does not realize there's a lot of depressed areas that people that are trying to support a family are trying to support them on that kind of incumben -- income. host: mike is in atwater, california. caller: that last caller almost broke my heart. wow. i oppose it. during the 1990's i work for walmart. the minimum wage was raised three times between the federal and california. i saw my wages initially -- walmart had to raise our wages because we were below minimum wage. whiche next two wilraces, were much smaller, we did not get a raise. so the people that were starting work got more money than the people than had been working there for three years or four years. walmar

but children, teens, even babies can die from sca as well.en more so than concussions. the good news is most of these conditions are detectable and treatable if caught early. yet a lot of parents know their youngsters are at risk. they don't know the signs to look for and that their children can be tested. one family is trying to change that by turning their tragedy into educating others. darren and phyllis had a happy family life until their 3-month-old son simon was found dead in his crib. in the midst of their shock, their pediatrician told them, get tested. >> they said go get your heart checked. >> reporter: they were in for another shock. phyllis was diagnosed with a hair heart problem. it could have caused her heart to stop. she had none of the usual symptoms like unexplained fainting but she unknowingly passed it on to simon. >> once i was diagnosed with the syndrome, it can easily be treated. >> reporter: after their tragedy, they started simon's fund to pay for free heart screenings in and near philadelphia. the fund estimates that

sca won't ya and roberts celebrate by taking away minority voting rights protections. take down section five and the next thing you know, someone in alabama will suggest bringing back cotton and free labor and he says racial entitlement, wait, wasn't that the name of one of the slave ships. find us online at twitter at bpshow. >> bill: i have to ask you about this. so -- and i give mother jones credit for this. this is where i read it. john roberts has a long history of being an opponent of the voting rights act. when he was working in the reagan white house and back in '82 when the renewal was up, he argued against it. he argued for striking it down. >> he argued for limiting really key section of it. >> bill: he had a thing about the voting rights act. he's wanted to change it. weaken it. abolish it, whatever. for 30 years. and now he's chief justice. shouldn't he have to recuse himself? doesn't he have a real conflict? >> he certainly has been on record about this issue for a very long time. i think we -- going into this case and going -- the court heard this case t