will be joined by seattle city councilwoman to schama so as one who holds no punches in her critical to critique about amazon and other big businesses all of that ahead but first let's have some headlines the brave new world of media mergers has arrived and as predicted and comcast has offered a sixty five billion dollars deal all cash for twenty first century fox the bid sets up a fight with the walt disney company which also seeks to acquire fox disney c.e.o. robert iger as essentially wage his future in the c.e.o. position on winning the media war adding to the drama mr iger also is believed to have held a corporate grudge against comcast since twenty fourth when comcast tried to acquire disney the decision by a federal judge to allow the merger of media giants eighty. time warner earlier this week was widely expected as we discussed on the program yesterday in detail to lead to an unprecedented level of consolidation of media ownership with bidding wars just like this one and more reshaping of the corporate med

cities? >> absolutely. amazon is entrenched in seattle area. don't -- as a corporation even if the city does something horrendous, you just don't pick up a corporation to move, it takes years. for example, here in san francisco, a huge engineering firm founded in san francisco about 100 years ago, has just announced they are leaving san francisco to move to virginia. that didn't happen overnight and it wasn't a reaction to one policy or attack it something we -- they have been planning for years. it's definitely a firing line over the other municipalities . >> we have mountain view, east palo alto, they have es and -- recently looked into similar measures, is this something that could be coming to our area at some point? >> you mentioned east palo alto. what would it mean to that city to have a nice building with nice jobs and not just enjoying local folks but people from around the region who otherwise might not be at the high-tech level. coders can find a job but what about the custodians and cafeteria workers? it's a tough nut to crack that'

somewhere in the neighborhood of $12 min a year for its 45,000 local employees in seattle the question is will oer citieshat saw what seattle was doing follow suit orl they consider this a big warning shot across the bow an say maybe it's not the right choice if you want companies to locate there and offer up jobs. >> time will tell on that. we'lsee you in a few minutes thank you. >>> toyota is investing $1 billion in southeast asia ride hailing firm grab. this is part of the company's latest round of fund-raising sources say grab's valuation is more than $10 billion with that toyota investment. >>> it's going to be a tough day for shareholders in h & r block. that stock down as much as 20% revenue and margin guidance falling well short of analyst estimates, despite a jump in the number of returns it filed. >>> and johnson & johnson has to sell its life scan unit to platinum equity for over 2 billion. life scan makes blood glucose monitoring devices used by more than 20 million people. >>> we are getting started on a busy wednesday morning on deck, why one of china's biggest tech companies is taking a hi

. >>> one month after passing a tax on big businesses, such as amazon, at the seattle city council will reverse itself and repeal the tax. it imposed an annual fee of $275 for an employee and would have funded low income housing and homeless services. council members say they reverse course after hearing from constituents and that decision comes as cupertino and other bay area cities are onal additi taxes from companies such as google and apple. >>> san francipublic works has a new design for public toilets. sleek shiny metallic toilets that will replace the parisian models that have been on the streets since the mid-1980s. >>> the golden state warriors are champion once again. back to back titles. >> for the third time in four years the golden state warriors are your nba champions. >> kevin durrant way outside. kevin durrant comes downtown. >> we have complete coverage already underway in the streets of oakland. >> it doesn't get old even when years. welcome to the night and extended coverage of doug mason celebration. high above the heart of downtown oakland, this is where someone mil

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thing about this, the seattle city leaders had voted unanimously just a couple of weeks ago and then amazon fussed about it, joined by microsoft and starbucks and all of a sudden weeks after the vote, seattle has said never mind. a number of south bay cities considered this head count tax which is a tax on every employee they have. they say if you're bringing people in mountain view, you don't ought to have to pay for insfra structure, that sort of thing. the other side says it's attacks on jobs not a slogan, bumper sticker slogan, it literally is a tax on jobs. >> the more they bring in. >> many consider -- companies could consider moving. >> to a different state. >> with different taxes too. all right, always something to watch. this morning the co-founder fashion label guess is out. company says paul marciano resigned as executive chairman. this is a sexual harass. investigation into his behavior. we reported on that before. kate upton among those who publicly accused him of wrong doing. >> in health news, more men are going under the knife for cosmetic surgery. the american socie

seattle city council reversed itself, not going to levee a head count tax on tech companies, notably amazon, in order to help homeless people. the astonishing thing about this, seattle city leaders had voted unanimously to levy the tax and amazon joined by by microsoft and starbucks. all of a sudden, weeks after the vote, never mind we're not going to do it after all. but you know a number of south bay cities talked about, most notably mountain view and google. if your company is bringing in all of these people, you should have to pay part of the insfra trukt tour. that's a good argument. it's not a partisan thing to say. it literally is a tax on jobs. seattle said maybe not a good idea. >> all right. one to watch. thank you very much, scott. >> it is quarter after 5:00. pain at the pump is continuing. consumers actually spending $69 more a month to fill up compared to last summer. currently americans are spending about 7% of their annual 2018 income on gas. experts say motorists can expect to spend at least $250 more on gas this summer, especially if you're taking those trips. this

seattle's city councildao seattle's city council voted today to repeal a tax on big companies, aimedt raising mieions of dollars to help homeless. it was passed just a month ago, but amazon, starbucks and ouher firms t heavy pressure to kill it. g income gap and soaring home prices have pushed seattle homeless rate to one of the worst in the nation. wall street mostly marked time today. the dow jonestrial lost one point to close at 25,320, the nasdaq rose 43 points, and the p 500 added four. this was a triumphant day for o sports teams. the washington capitals, winners of hockey's stanley cup, painted the town red with a long-await victory parade. players made their way down constitution avenue toward the national mal with captain alex ovechkin hoisting the cup. teammate t.j. oshie captured the mood at a rally that followed. >> seeing how many people are out here, how many people came out to support us, seeing how many people supported us since beginning, when apparently we weren't supposed to be very good this year, we love you and there have been a lot of chants, there's been "let'

. >>> seattle city council has blinked. the council has now voted to repeal a controversial tax hike on large corporations as w reported that tax was passed less than a month ago. it wou have raised about $48 million annually to combat the city homeless andffordable housing crisis. two of thege seattle b companies, amazon and starbucks were involved in the campaign to repeal that. t >>> finally tonight, americans are certainly feeling generous these days. a new report shows that charitable giving re to a record level lastr. yea robert frank tells us where the money is going. >> reporter: charitable giving jumped 5% last year to more than $400 billion. that is according to the giving usa annual report. giving individuals accounted for the bulk of that as rising stock political a charged environment and tax changes drove americans to write bigger checks. religion ishe top charitable cause in the u.s. receiving more than a third of all giving. education ranks second followed by human services. the only cause that saw a downtur

.>>> amazon and starbucks flex their muscles, getting seattle city leaders to back down, the tax thaty lobbied against and successfully repealed less than a month after it was approved. >>> oakland wathone city hosting a championship parade, the sights and sounds from the other side of the couny, look at that pitcher, washington dc celebrated their new stanley cup champions. >>> people in orlando florida and around the country at the pulse nightclubfriends gathered for a remembered ceremony, supporters dressed as angels helped to give family members privacy they grieve, some said it helped them feel close to their family members, and one woman talked about her cousin. >> little by little steps, also, a sense of healing, because there are so many of us, we have this community, and we are helping support one another. >> governor rick scott visid pulse nightclub to pay his respects, he ordered flags at half staff until sunset, they are raising money for a permanent memorial.>>> seattle has backed down on a business tax, city leaders repealed a x e companamazon and starbucks $275 per full

. >> in a special meeting seattle city council making an abrupt user and on the head tax voting 7-2 toal the tax on the 30th largest employers, the measure just passed a month ago, had really become controversial. it required companies with annual revenue of $20 million or more to contribute $275 per employee toward efforts to combat widespread homelessness raising $50 million after other services for the homeless between to the city's biggest corporate names, amazon and starbucks opposed the measure, a referendum to repeal the tax. it would have cost amazon more than $12 million a year. both companies said they were happy with the decision, made a report indicating 40,000 people signed a petition to vote on the tax. and its wheat seattle's mayor says it avoids and expensive political fight that would do nothing to tackle the homelessness crisis but as you mentioned activists were outraged. >> they were going to get serious about tax any quality and weren't going to tell for people they had to fund their own programs by increased sales tax. >> critics say the tax would discourage inves

charles: pressure from big companies got seattle city council, voting to repeal the tax they passed last. you remember that bill aimed at helping city combat the homelessness crisis. by taxing big companies more, here is discuss katri pearson, i applaud that companies push back. this is one of the wealthiest cities in america there is no excuse for a homelessness crisis, i find some fue fault is howd howard schultz push aggressive agendas, that mean higher taxes for everyone else, but they don't want it for their own country. >> seattle 68 million dollars on homelessness last year, what do they have to show for it? 4% increase. this is a page out of progressivelaook, maybe starbucks and amazon don't ize it, this is a baittcou giv us more money, we'll solve your problems, despite fact we have no record of actually solving problems. >> katrina, this is microcosm this president trump talked about in country. raising more money with taxes has not worked our debt goes up, less gets didn't you create big bureaucracies that are more inefficient. >> this is a perfect example of all politics star

in that tier of the economy, but i was just there talking to satya nadella, the tent cities under bridges in seattle the past few ars. he acknowledged to us that companies do bear some responsibility for helping the cities to thrive for everyone. so we'll see where they go from here >> interesting how it colors the hq2 debate as well we're waiting for that >> markets, you know, in a holding pattern ahead of the fed coming up in a couple hours. we'll be keeping a close eye on the press conference for any mention about trade or the hot wholesale inflation number we got earlier today. >> disney is leading the dow the worst performer, verizon speaking of the media m&a scenario we have been talking about. >> comcast not doing so hot. probably investors expecting they're going to spend a lot more money >> huge volumoon names like nizny. and we still have adobe earnings before the week is out let's get over to melissa lee and the half >> and welcome to "the halftime rert." i'm melissa le for scott wapner top trade this hour, getting ahead of the fed here at post 9, joe terranova, steve weiss, sarat, and al

seattle city council about to vote on repeal ago controversial tax on big companies to help the city'she head tax which passed unanimously last month was behind amazon's decision to put expansion plans on hold. dan springer is live in seattle. that was a quick turn around, dan. >> yeah, a stunning reversal. a 9-0 vote by the same city council to enact this head tax. in about an hour, we're expecting a 7-2 vote to repeal it. one of the two members that is not on board with repealing this tax put out a call to action today to members of her socialist movement to show up and protest this about face and id show up today. 400 big businesses would have paid $275 per employee. amazon with 45,000 seattle workers was the big target all along and would have paid more than $12 million a year. but the company fired back saying it might cancel plans to add 7,000 high-paying jobs in the city. that sparked a backlash. 20,000 signatures were collected, more than enough to get on the november ballot. >> the majority of people feel this was an attack on businesses that employ and live here. at some poin

. >> i just found out that the seattle city council is going to tell homeless people dying on the streete to be a vibrant, beautiful city just like everyone else. this head tax is not the right answer. taxing businesses, businesses that have thin margins that are not amazon will impact prices, impact jobs. ainsley: in fiery seattle council meeting seattle repeals amazon in order to help the homeless. brian: stuart varney is here host of varney and network. how significant is this? >> receipt jection of this tax is very significant there is a message here for west coast democrats. if you tax workers, jobs, and employers will leave. if you raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, then jobs will leave town. that's what's happening up and down the west coast. higher taxes on employers. higher minimum wage that the employers have to pay. in seattle, that is the classic example. seattle on may the 14th, seattle city council unanimously voted for $275 per worker tax per year on big businesses in the city. they were trying to raise money to build affordable housing. on june the 12th, less than a m

live a productive life. >> one articles a guy who worked with homelessness said other cities know how welcoming seattle is and people who have been arrested in other cities get a bus ticket to seattle. we are awaiting a supreme court ruling about whether the plaintiff is a public school teacher in california, he doesn't want to be forced to join a union and pay the dues, the supreme court is ruminating on that and we could get the decision monday morning, the american federation of teachers, randi weingarten had this to say. the notion that somebody else is going to try to take away our power to have a voice has blanked off our members but the fact is that teachers is you are taking away my first amendment right by making me give you my money to endorse your message as a union. >> in this case the teachers voted to unionize and there is collective-bargaining the other teacher is benefiting from what the union has negotiated, getting a salary and benefits based on how it is negotiated. if you don't want to pay the dues, started never to decertify the union. that has happened in the agricultural regions.

and by the way, it can't just be on the city of seattle, the city of san francisco, the city of los angelesis really requires federal resources. not all of these homeless people are local. they are coming from other parts of the country. but because you can live through winter on the west coast, this is a safe place to shelter. >> one analyst points out that in 2005, seattle launched a 10-year program to rid homelessness, and now the numbers the higher. >> well, the problem -- let's get to the root cause here. cost of housing. we have a nationwide shortage of housing. on the west coast in particular, we have an exceptional shortage of affordable housing. maybe they're fleeing abusive homes, which is another subset of the homeless population. there are people who simply can't afford to live and so they're on the streets. we have to change some of the laws because there are people with real serious mental health issues that need our help and care. and the way the law is written today, we're not allowed to infringe on their civil rights. but we need to give them that care so they can get bette

seattle city council repealed the so-called head tax less than one month after passing it. this is video of the meeting. the tax would charge companies by the number of employees it has. that means amazon and starbucks, both based in seattle, would have paid a massive amount of money. they strongly criticized the tax that would generate millions and would in part help fight the city's homeless crisis. mountain view and cupertino have discussed the same proposal. >>> investors have high hopes in the electric scooter industry. bird is raising more funding and about to hit a $2 billion valuation. the company raised $150 million and hit a $1 billion valuation just weeks ago. bird scooters are temporarily off the streets in fran while a permit system is worked out. >>> raising a child is expensive. with the high cost of housing in the bay area, fewer millennials are having children. birth rates dropped the most in counties where home values grew the most, falling 21% between 2010 and 2016. during that time, home values rose 61%. experts say many young people move to coastal citi

seattle city council repealed the so-called head tax less than a month after passing it.his is video from that meeting. the tax would charge companies by the number of employees it has. that means amazon and starbucks both based in seattle would have paid a massive amount of money. those companies strongly criticized the tax that would have generated millions of dollars and would have helped fight the city's homeless crisis.motaw and cupertino both discussed a similar proposal. >>> it is going to get easier to know if you're getting real louis vuitton shoes. a court ruled that the famous red soled shoes can be be trademarked. louis vuitton sued a dutch shoemaker who was making its own version of red soled shoes. >> i think you would know because it costs so much money. >>> coming up next at 6:30, you may have a say in fixing san francisco's crumbling sea wah. >>> a jogger throwing a homeless man's belongings into lake merit has been arrested. has been arrested. >>> breaking news in walnut ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a personalized financial

seattle city leaders meantime say they will work to repeal a tax passed last month on businesses suchs amazon and starbucks designed to help pay for homeless services and affordable housing. amazon and other businesses had sharply criticized the levy. the online retail giant even temporarily halted construction planning on a new high-rise buildings building near seattle headquarters. democratic mayor jenny durkin and seven of the nine city council members say they will consider legislation this week to rescind that tax. when we come back from singapore, the growing animosity between president trump and canada's prime minister as we had to break, a look at the island where this summit, just a few hours, will take place. the summit itself is happening on the island of santa rosa. you see there in the distance, just beyond universal studios singapore, a capella hotel. very private. beyond the trees there, its own private beach. about 20 million people every year visit that area, but you won't be able to get anywhere near the place where the two leaders are meeting alone with just two tra

the seattle city council later repealed the tax. although cupertino's tax is primarily aimed at apple, it could raise taxes on other businesses like grocery stores and larger restaurants. >> i think it is jumping the gun. >> reporter: the cupertino chamber of commerce is against the proposal saying it was put together last minute and has yet to identify a specific project to fund. >> what we need to do is figure out what it is we want to fund before we come up with the funding mechanism. >> reporter: if this proposal is passed tonight by the cupertino city council, it would then be put on the november ballot to be voted on by all the voters here in cupertino. this city council meeting begins at 6:45. reporting live in cupertino, len ramirez, kpix5. >>> this evening the oakland city council is expected to finalize a $12 million settlement for a motorcyclist severely injured in a crash with a police officer. the wreck happened last year. an officer allegedly ran a red light at the intersection of 19th street and broadway. if approved,

political backlash forcing the seattle city council to likely repeal the controversial business head large companies like amazon per employee. in an effort to help with homelessness and housing crisis. mayor of seattle out with a statement, we'll read part of it to you. here is the statement. we heard you. this week the city council is moving forward with consideration of legislation to repeal the current tax on large businesses to address the homelessness crisis. the city remains committed to building solutions that bring businesses, labor, philanthropy, neighborhoods and communities to the table. now more than ever we all must roll up your sleeves. there you go. we'll continue to follow this. >> we're always going to be ihop but america loves burgers and america loves ihop. we thought this was a fantastic combination. melissa: so we've been wondering the b, bacon, breakfast, bitcoin, break dancing, bananas? the announcement everybody is waiting for, the international house of pancakes changing its name temporarily from independent hop to ihob, who doesn't say ihob, where the b stan

. >> tonight we are learning details about the victim, her name is lily press seattle, a city plumber for the public utilities department. described as a hard worker. ve also leaves behind a little girl. we are on the scene this evening with details about what happened. >>> it was just a freak accident here on the downhill slope of 28th street. it leaves behind 20 little girl. after her single mom, 34 years old, was killed. >> they are all here, trying to finish the job. >> reporter: ecru works on a project that was halted by tragedy hours before. >> she was doing her jowas talking to the neighborhood people. she was a hard worker, she came in. >> reporter: she was a city plumber on a one day job fixing the leak in replacing some pipe when a car slipped up a tow truck and hit her. >> my car needs transmission, it had gone out. that is why i called the tow truck. >> reporter: the owner was watching as the tow truck driver tried to hook her black buick up on inclined flatbed. but he was struggling with it. >> i don't think anything broke. he was trying to put the hook under my car. and

other children and the family is asking for privacy at this time. >> bill: so this afternoon, seattle cityl vote on repealing this controversial head tax that will raise funds for the homeless. it passed unanimously. now amazon and starbucks want to fight it. dan springer is in seattle to bngus up to date. at you got? >> businesses were united against the head tax. the key was the opposition coming from the citizens of seattle. this tax on the most successful job creators struck a nerve and there was a big backlash. the tax of $275 per employee passed on a 9-0 vote and the mayor signed it. businesses launches a referendum campaign. as the group called speak out seattle said they got more than enough signatures to be put on the ballot. amazon would have paid more than $12 million a year. the company said they wouldn't add 7,000 planned jobs. residents got so outraged with the tax that they talked about ousting the city council. >> i wasn't disappointing. i felt well, they're listening. >> i don't have much trust. so it's like they just are doing that to save them to be re-elected. >> the $4

we went to the city of seattle and rap the campaign -- ran the campaign to remove 2.3 million pieces of plastic by working with over 150 venues, including the airport, space needle, and it was so popular in the city that the city of seattle approached our team. we created a culture. we asked that they announce the single use plastic straw ban at our press conference. it was really fin and really effective we see this trend all over the world from london to new york where they had a hearing last week. they are pushing that in new york city to chicago, new mexico, oakland, san francisco. this city is the first to push the effort. -- being looked at, being proposed, etc. right now, other than the city. so it's unique in that. and i think there's a real leadership position that can be taken to that effect, if you decide to put yourself there. thank you. >> president adams: thank you. any other members of the public. >> my name is jamie and i've worked with two dozen restaurants within the city and so many is very important to me. to get surf rider and get things checked off. we initially

. >>> one month after passing a tax on big businesses, such as amazon, at the seattle city council willal the tax. it imposed an annual fee of $275 for an employee and would have funded low income housing and homeless services. council members say they reverse course after hearing from constituents and that decision comes as cupertino and other bay area cities are additional -- seeking additional taxes from companies such as google and apple. >>> san francisco public works has a new design for public toilets. sleek shiny metallic toilets that will replace the parisian models that have been on the streets since the mid-1980s. >>> the golden state warriors are champion once again. back to back titles. >> for the third time in four years the golden state warriors are your nba champions. >> kevin durrant way outside. kevin durrant comes downtown. >> we have complete coverage already underway in the streets of oakland. >> it doesn't get old even when you do it three times in four years. welcome to the night and te

. >> tonight we are learning details about the victim, her name is lily press seattle, a city plumbers department. described as a hard worker. ve also leaves behind a little girl. we are on the scene this evening with details about what happened. >>> it was just a freak accident here on the downhill slope of 28th street. it leaves behind 20 little girl. after her single mom, 34 years old, was killed. >> they are all here, trying to finish the job. >> reporter: ecru works on a project that was halted by ag

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seattle imposed amazon tax, a tax on biggest employees in the city, to p for the homeless problem? the headline. seattle has revolted. the city is about to back down on the tax. we'll have details for you in a moment. ♪ stuart: good economic news. good news from the summit. we're down 20 points. 25,298 is where we stand. the price of gold this morning is down 80 cents. barely above $1300 an ounce. bitcoin, it was down big yesterday, a hack attack on south korean exchange. cryptocurrencies wiped out since sunday. bitcoin at $6700 a coin. >>> city of seattle wanted big companies luke amazon to foot the bill for homelessness and build affdable housing. they have a new tax. however, there is a push to scrap the tax. dan springer is in seattle with the latest. what have you got, dan? >> stuart, i know you covered the story a few weeks ago, when seattle stunningly passed this 275-dollar per employee head tax on companies that gross $200 million, or -- or $20 million. they did a stunning reversal. yesterday it came out, they would scrap the tax later on today at a special hearing which th

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. >>> and a backlash from hometown companies amazon and starbucks has now prompted the city council in seattle to repeal the ha fde affordable housing would in the city. the tax, which would have cost large businesses about $275 per employee each year, was aimed at tackling the growing income gap and homeless population. critics argue the city should take a regional approach to the problem. >>> a proposal to divide california into three states has now qualified for the state ballot in november. under the plan the new state of california would run along the coast while northern and southern california get their own borders. a venture capitalist is leading the push arguing the proposal will make government more efficient. but one poll found that only 17% of voters liked the idea, and it would require approval from congress. >>> coming up, the mystery over the pen that kim jong-un used at that singapore summit. >>> but first the fbi agent who accidentally shot someone while he was dancing is under arrest. the charges he's facing. >>> and the video of a high school pitcher hugging his friend after

. >>> the mayor of one bay area city is silencing concerns that a repealed effort to tax big companies in seattle will affect efforts here at home. [ screaming ] >> a heated city council meeting in seattle ended with a repeal of a tax on companies like amazon to combat homelessness in that state. amazon called the decision the right moving. a similar tax is on the table in mountain view. june 26th, california lawmakers will decide whether to put a so-called google tax on the november ballot. officials say it will alleviate transportation problems and high housing costs in silicon valley. >>> the crash test dummies find safety problems with some popular suvs. iane king hall of "cbsmoneywatch" reports. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with wall street. the market held steady yesterday after president trump's summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. the dow was down one. nasdaq up 43 hitting a new record. >>> the federal reserve wrapped up its two-day meeting today. it's expected to announce it's hiking its benchmark lending rate for the second time this year. they will look out for indica

as well whose rebels have released images of what they say is a coalition astroid in the city of north of seattle the main news agency says twenty four civilians most of the women and children were killed. let's head to the americas argentinean present career is facing a national strike since he took office in twenty fifteen worker programs to tackle inflation and return argentina to the world capital markets while the country has once again gold to the international monetary fund for lifelong treason. roadblocks all around when a site is this is how argentina's capital look on monday after the country's largest workers' confederation called for a general strike against the government of. left wing groups blocked major roads leading to the capital protesting against what they say is a government that rules for the rich. there is a social crisis in the political crisis there is discontent is the beginning of the pact between the i.m.f. and the government that brings about austerity measures the economic situation is worse that's why we will be on the streets. since taking office mackie's governmen

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refugees from the city of seattle.position toward your businesses and expect that you're going to maintain a healthy economy, and that's what seattle's finding out. neil: where are they threatening to leave? were they threatening to pull out of town? >> they weren't threatening to leave, but as you now, they're already -- amazon's already pursuing a second headquarters -- neil: right, right. >> the big, much-hyped thing. so they were establishing kind of another center of gravity. and then they also were building two towers in downtown seattle and said, well, you know what? maybe we'll pause construction. they actually did for a short period of time. and it's, you know, this was a bureaucratic piece of idiocy like i've rarely seen. it was a 26.042 cents per hour, per employee working tax. so, in effect, it was saying to a entrepreneur like me, the meter's going to be running every time you hire somebody even for part-time thing to do a job. employee every moment they spend at your office so tt we can pay for homelessne

q13 fox in seattle as the city council voted 7-2 today to repeal a tax on large companies like amazon starbucks. the about-face comes just one month after the council backed the measure to help pay to combat a growing homeless crisis. business is about to put a repeal effort on the november ballot. and this is a live look at a remembrance ceremony at the sight of what was the pulse nightclub in orlando from fox 35. the big story there tonight, survivors and victims relatives marking the second anniversary of the shooting at that night spot. 49 people were killed and 53 injured when a gunman opened fire in the early morning hours of june 12th 2016. last month, a memorial open to the public at the sight of the massacre. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we will be right back. ♪ with real meat and a blend of peas and carrots i can see. a totally new kind of awesome ing on h (avo) new beneful simple goodness. tender, meaty morsels with real ingredients you can see. i'm 85 years old in a job where. i have to wear a giant hot dog suit. what? where's that

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city of seattle which in may passed head count tax and rescinded it earlier this month after amazon said they could back away they their expansion plan there is. reporting from mountain view, nbc bay area news. >> sincetive decision there. >>> landmark ruling by the supreme court and tonight the pushback in the bay area. you might have scene extended coverage on nightly news. deeply divided court upheld president trump's travel ban. that triggered protest in the bay area. our sky ranger flying over this rally in san jose during our 5:00 newscast. this is near santana row. coming up at 6:30, 25 minutes from you, nbc bay area joins us where this court battle started andover. >>> big ruling from the supreme court today. justices put an end to california law that forced faith based pregnancy centers, so-called crisis centers, to provide information about abortions. nbc joins us outside the pregnancy center in gilroy which is really the one center at the center of this ruling, mary ann. >> reporter: you're right. informed choices pregnancy center is more than one of 100 centers across the sta

a lot of folks are leaving to other cities like seattle, austin, and houston, which also have big tech communities but don't have state taxes. he basically believes that, i think he said something like $40,000 is what the average person will lose next year if they stay here on property taxes. so, there is some money to be made by leaving. >> that's true. when you see that salesforce tower camera and think, it's a great place to stay. >>> in our next half hour, some people are shocked and disgusted over this video. the bear area jogger who trashed one man's homeless camp. >>> also, the terrifying 911 calls just released from the biggest wildfire in state history. ng, i'm devi >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >>> welcome back to kpix 5 this morning. the time is 6:30. i'm melissa caen. >> i'm devin fehely. let's start this half hour with a check of the forecast. julie watts is tracking what we can expect. >> we are looking at sunshine and it's going to be a beautiful day. we are just kicking off a warming trend. blue skies over the golden gate and pretty much a

angeles to make sure that their voices are heard, more than 700 demonstrations are happening in cities like seattlenver and folks at the particular rolllies are trying to send strong message against separation of immigrant children from families. despite executive order, they don't trust it and are worried they will be split apart. take a listen. >> they are people just period, their skin color doesn't matter, people who want a better life for themselves and kids and willing to risk their lives to do it. that's pretty american to me. >> there are going to be a few speakers, mayor eric garcetti, after march to go nearby detention center. >> thank you for that. >> they talk about the mueller investigation, it's really the rosenstein investigation. you appointed mueller, you're supervising mueller and supposedly about collusion between trump's campaign and russia and obstruction of justice but you wrote the memo saying that comey should be fired and you signed the fisa extense for carter page. so my question is to you, seems like you should be rescued from this more so than jeff sessions because you w

other cities including seattle and los angeles have utilized mandatory project labor agreements to ensure social benefits for the communities. such as providing an entryway to the trades to provide contractors to assist local residents to commence apprenticeships. likewise, san francisco should encourage partnerships between developers get unions and job training centre is to identify the populations that could benefit from this policy. we would like to thank city administrators for their help with the l.b.e.'s and the mandatory hiring ordinance as well. >> thank you very much. >> good day supervisors. i'm here on behalf of the council of asian american business associations. i've been a certified l.b.e. for the past three decades. the council had objected to the legislation in the form in which it was introduced because of the concerns that would undermine other city policies favouring the incubation and development of local business enterprises. l.b.e.'s are the employers of first resort and language minority communities. as you work through the legislation at craftier amendments, we wo

big business is breathing a sigh of relief in seattle as the state has repealed a new controversial tax law. the city anyway. >> tracee carrasco joins us with more on that another headlines. >> good morning. the controversial tax as it was being called once repealed yesterday just a month after the city c it animously. it was called in response to pressure from a business back referendum campaign called no tax on jobs which was scheduled to take effect next january would've collect that some $275 a year for full-time emplo at the highest grossing businesses in seattle like amazon and starbucks. cheryl: the city council made the decision, so theyically realized the error of their ways and that it would be a political nightmare for them. let's talk test was not great news. the company making another big decision. >> not a lot of big news, but tesla said it will cut as many as 3400 jobs in an effort to save money and get back on track with production goals. elon musk treated an internal mental confirming cuts will be almost entirely salary to employees, but not production line workers. he said that he h

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housing. >>> new numbers out today show what san jose, las vegas and seattle have in common when it comes to housing. home prices in those cities are soaring. according to zillow, the average home is nearly $1.2 million. that's up more than 25%. >> wow. >> just last year. as for rent, the average is $3500. that, up 1.8% from a year ago. >> we see it all over social media all the time. the housing crisis. well, amazon is launching something new to expand its delivery services by creating a shared business model called the delivery partners program. here's how it work. entrepreneurs can buy what are called amazon partner vans. they use those vans to pick up packages from one of 75 amazon delivery stations. those drivers would be charge of their own delivery services to get packages where they need to go. >> they can start with as little as $10,000 and earn up to $3,000. >>> the secret service is descending on s.a.p. center in san jose. you are looking live at the center. in about three hours, bill clinton is set to hit the stage to talk about his new book "the president is missing". we will be tweeting live updates. >>> and comin