texting may soon be taxing. california public utilities commission is set to vote next month on a proposal to add on a surcharge for text messages. abc 7 news is live in san jose with details. amanda? >> reporter: kristen, so many of us have our heads buried in our cell phones, and if we're not communicating through social media, then we're sending text messages. this is just one reason that proposed text tax could really take its toll. if you've ever reviewed your cell phone bill, recognizing exactly what you're being charged for can be a challenge. >> when hard working criminals are already feeling taxed and feed to death, that not every idea needs a new tax to fund it, and here's a great example. the cpuc is sitting on $is billion for this purpose. >> reporter: carl guardno with the silicon valley leadership group is referring to the public purpose program. the federal government and states put the program in place charge customers a fee for telephone service that. money helps fund programs for the poor. this

of charging a new tax on cell phone texting. kron's gabe slate explains what these new taxes would aim to do, if passed. currently, some wireless carriers assess surcharges, or taxes, for texting, while others do not. the california public utilities commission said the industry filed a petition asking them to clarify whether text messaging should be included in the bill amount that is subject to the existing surcharges. the pending draft proposal that the cpuc will vote on january 10th, recommends that the cpuc include text messaging revenue as part of the total bill amount subject to surcharge. cpuc uses a portion of cell phone bill surcharges, or taxes, to fund their public programs like 911 service; subsidies on phone bills lowering rates for low income consumers; and providing special phone equipment for the hard-of-hearing, and deaf and disabled. the cpuc says it's unclear how a new tax on texting in california will affect consumers, they said it's possible phone users will not see a higher bill because the wireless carrier

and the authors of this text, they don't like that kind of clericalism.ice. and they are strongly discouraging people from participating in it. >> the gospel of judas is a polemic. it's a political smear against the people running the early church. >> the apostolic church was emerging. the institutional church was emerging. what we know is christianity was emerging. the gospel of judas was kind of a narrative against this institutional christianity. >> written decades after the new testament gospels, the gospel of judas is less a story about jesus than a condemnation of the leadership of the early church. >> it gives us an alternate picture of the formation of christianity. it doesn't show christianity as developing necessarily all harmoniously. there were dissenters. there were people who felt that things had gotten off on the wrong track. >> the gospel of judas suggests that church leadership is mistaken, is more diabolic than divine. >> so controversial is the gospel of judas that in 180 a.d., the bishop of lyon declares it heresy. >> i can easily imag

texting gave everyone hope especially was ecstatic. died, she got it charged, it's good. >> reporter: across town her friends got texts of their own. >> our phones started beeping at the same time with texts. >> it was like such an eerie feeling. i was like, oh my gosh. >> what was she saying? >> she said, i'm sorry, my phone was dead, i sounded it back on. >> it sounded promising, bren do you used that safety tech near she sect texted beforely the special code. >> i said, can you tell me if you left the red folder on my desk? >> if beverly was in trouble, she would know to text back her location. >> there was no response. >> the one that i got was out having drinks with friends. i was like, wonderful, we're right here. >> reporter: the text omp beverly's husband's foreign just as deflateing. they raerksd yes, sorry, phone been dead, carl jr. knew his mom wouldn't go out and not tell anyone. >> to go from she's okay, this is all over to the second we sue that screen and saw what those texts said, we knew, someone used her phone. >> she

even retro the text raising millions of dollars could end up in they earn from texting" in san francisco kron 4 news. the cpuc will look at this the cpuc will the cpuc will look at this proposal during their next meeting on january 10th, and possibly vote on it at that time, the commission said the existing proposal might be altered before that vote because of what the f=c=c did today... back to you guys. (ken) we are now less than two weeks away from christmas and the bay area is getting into the holiday spirit. but unfortunatly thieves are also out and about. this afternoon, kron 4's charles clifford visited a south bay neighborhood where criminals have been stealing christmas decorations. well, here along gavota avenue in the willow glenn neighborhood of san jose about every other house has christmas decorations up but sadly a few items are missing after thieves struck in the middle of the night.this home along gavota is bathed in christmas lights. flashing candy canes, wreathes, and stars. but there are also three of these little signs. micke mouse stolen december 4th. 3

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now the text message tax. the state m >>> right now at 11:00, first we had the gas tax, and now maybe the text message tax. the state might start taxing us for texting. >> it's an idea that's sure to have a lot of people balking. cheryl hurd joins us live with the story new at 11:00. >> reporter: well, you would think that everyone would be against a tax on texting. but i did find one person who was for it. but that person might be in the minority. >> to have them try something else is just dumb. >> reporter: some may think it's done, but some regulators think it's necessary. the public utilities commission is floating the idea of taxing texting. >> it's a very complicated and complex proposal they have put forward. there's a lot of questions. and one of them is the legality of retro activity taxing texts going back five years. >> reporter: one question this proposal raises, according to rufus jeffers. he along with several other business groups are against it. >> the tax presumably would support services that

a state agency has floated the idea of charging a new tax on cell phone texting. and that's got a lot of people saying o-m-g. but kron4's maureen kelly reports that the proposal may have been delievered a setback by the f-c-c. (nats ) that ping of a new text message...is sounding like a ching ching to the california public ultilties commission....which has proposed taxing those electronic missives....to help pay for a program that makes phone services more accessible to the poor. there's already a surcharge on voice calls for that purpose....but the cpuc has said this proposal could allow them to tax callers less and texters more....saying it should end up as a wash from the consumers's perspective.... cell phone users i talked to had mixed opinions. i'm all for helping people, like if you have a phone and your texting you probably can afford $.70 whatever to go help somebody who needs the money i think it's unfair and unnecessary given all that we already pay in regulatory and surcharges on our cell phones currentlya group representing the wireless industry is al

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. >>> taxing your text messages.ing before the state regulators and what it means for anybody with a cell phone. >>> oakland taking the oakland raiders to court. what the team is threatening to do in response. >>> friday and sunday. today and tomorrow looking okay but yesterday you could not see out the window. today is better. 40s and 50s, warmer compared to yesterday. far less on the fog. there are pockets. livermore seems to be the only spot hanging on. fog earlier and visibility 1 myopic everywhere else is good. oakland has been improving after starting off about 1 mild disability. temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. mid-50s are popping up. san jose's 54 and temperatures are ready warmer compared to yesterday. the napper or port -- napa airport high clouds will keep things there but we have a northerly breeze and slight offshore in livermore and sfo, translating into warm temperatures. tomorrow, the same in the system, friday, getting weaker. the one over the weekend into sunday is pretty good. 60s on the temper

they destroyed struck and pages text, 19,000 texts, if he's destroyed 19,000 texts, they put him in jailen though they can because he's the president. as we said much more on this coming up did you know russia probe cost taxpayers more than 25 million dollars. your money well days after texas judge ruled obamacare unconstitutional, senator minority leader chucker vowing to intervene. >> first thing we're going to do when we get back there in the senate is urge, put a vote on the floor, urging an intervention in the case. republicans susan collins weighing in as well saying she thinks the judge went too far. he could have taken a much more surgical approach and just struck down the individual mandate. i believe that it will be overturned. trump administration remaining firm, though, expecting the health care law to be struck down completely in the supreme court. >> obamacare was ruled to be unconstitutional. and more important question is whether democrats are tbing to work with republicans once obamacare is ultimately struck down which we believe it will be. that ruling lookly to face le

this tax would be a monthly fee, not per text.he exact structure of the charge would vary between carriers. >>> few things pack emotional punch of the surprise military homecoming especially during the holidays. a mother from redding, california pulled it off not once, but twice. her son is home from deployment for the first time in three years. watch as he surprises his two younger brothers. >> mason! mason! >> my heart exploded. i felt half my heart goes to him now. >> oh, heck no. >> hi, buddy. come here. >> it's okay, honey. >> it's okay. >> that family will all be together this christmas. >> they get me, romans, every time. pass the kleenex. here is to our troops. >> i'm conflicted. for a kid, do you want to be caught on camera crying? at the same time, it warms my heart. >> it does. >>> let's get a check of cnn business. global markets are higher after theresa may surviving the no con i have dense vote -- confidence vote. stocks on wall street up higher and the trade saga with the enthusiasm cooling off toward the end of the

for instance, why all those text messages are deleted. and those are questions he could not answer because he had not considered those questions. >> after three long days in the hot seat, paul zumot's testimony was finally over. had he persuaded the jurors that he was innocent? >> do you feel he got a little chippy or arrogant on the stand? >> i don't think he got arrogant, but i think clearly he was tired and exasperated. he wanted to tell his story. he was being cut off. but the jurors once they got the case said they were determined to look at the evidence, not just courtroom theatre. >> everyone was very committed to going over the evidence and discussing each of the witnesses and each of the crucial pieces of evidence. it was really encouraging. >> and it was crucial, they decided, to compare very carefully the different time lines claimed by the prosecution and the defense. >> so we analyzed the timeline for the entire day, from his testimony where he said he was and then other pieces of testimony and evidence to either validate or

then texted the fiance? to me. why? because someone was lying. >> reporter: police also say at 5:13 p.m. the same day, berreth's phone was detected by a cell tower nearly 800 miles away in idaho. berreth has family in washington and idaho where her mother lives, but no one had seen her. >> makes us wonder what she's doing up there, what the phone is. she may not be there, maybe the phone is. >> reporter: family and police searched berreth's home. inside, her makeup, clothes, suitcases left untouched. a neighbor tells us kelsey had only lived in this condominium since about june, that she was quiet and kept to herself. when mest same to search, they found both her cars in the driveway and signs that she'd left unexpectedly, including cold cinnamon rolls left on the stove. as authorities launched a national search for berreth, her own mother was there to make an impassioned plea. >> call if you can. we won't quit looking is. >> reporter: frazee was a no-show. >> i understand patrick was invited, why is he not

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texting could soon be tax. the california public utilities commission is set to vote next month on a proposal to add a surcharge for text messages. now, the way this is written, this wouldn't necessarily be a tax for services like apple i message or facebook messenger, but for text messages sent on your cellphone. it would be a flat fee, not a charge per text. state regulators say the money would be used to support phone service to the poor and create continuity among carriers. in a statement to "abc 7 news", cpuc say some wireless carriers assess surcharges for texting, other carriers don't. this proceeding seeks to clarify the rules on whether texting revenues are surchargeable or not. did you get all of that? if more surcharge revenue comes from texting services, less would need to come from voice services. opponents question if a text tax is even legal. >> the constitution of california makes it very clear new taxes need a vote of the legislature, two-thirds vote. if the legislature wants to go down this ro

they could in theory come back wednesday night, have text of a bill, ready to go, and they could vote on that thursday, and the senate could send it on fried, and everybody could be home and with their families just several days ahead of christmas eve, but there also could be drama with president trump changing his mind and that's the reason we haven't seen a roll out of legislative texts or what text is being drafted right now because appropriations committee staffers have been preparing some options. they're not formally preparing them but they've been told to get ideas ready in case they do need to go ahead with the two-week resolution or longer. these committees are preparing options they want to have something ready and they could come back on monday if it looks like there's going to be a proattracted fight, or if there's an appetite for house republicans to deliver that $5 billion in a separate bill. right now that's not the plan, they're not clear if they would have the votes to do that given the number of absences in the house recently. leader mccarthy left the house open and

. >> she didn't text me. which is really odd because she texted me every morning. >> reporter: nicole decides to try her in person. she knows the code to the front door. >> what happened when you get to the house? >> i couldn't get in. it was locked from the inside. and then i called chris. asked if he knew where shannan was. and he said she went on a play date. and i said, chris, her car's in the garage. how could she have gone on a play date? >> reporter: nicole becomes concerned and calls the police. >> my name's nicole and i'm calling because i'm concerned about a friend of mine. she's not answering the door. she's not responding to text messages, phone calls. there's no movement in the house whatsoever. >> reporter: as nicole impatiently waits for the cops, shannan's husband, chris watts, who's at work, calls her friend cassie rosenberg to see what's going on. >> he called me. you need to get to the house, nikki's calling the police so they can breakdown the door. he said, no, don't call the police, i do

the texts for taxes on your phones.. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, they say some wireless carriers assess surcharges for texting. other carriers don't. this proceeding seeks to clarify the rules on whether texting revenues are surchargeable or not. they say the money needs to come from somewhere. if it doesn't come in the form of a text tax, you may see higher charges elsewhere. the fcc is expected to meet today on the issue. they say the proposal will go to vote january 10th. >> nobody wants more taxes. >> no. >>> all right. so here's the thing. steph's moon landing doubts, they had nasa talking. also got the attention of dance mom. >> it's a trick. steph, don't do it. they want you to go to the moon. >> it's lebron's idea. >> yeah. >> you need to hear her take on this whole thing. >> soak up the sun. fs a beautiful view. >>> "sesame street" is breaking new ground again. the program is reintroducing the puppet, lily, as its first homeless character. she first appeared in 2011 as food insecure. the creators decided t

the bible was an accessible and authoritative text, perhaps the most accessible text for 18th century americans, and so it's not going to surprise us that effective communicators like politicians and pol emicists in an effort to connect with their audiences. now let's be very clear here, the mere fact that a founder quoted the bible does not indicate whether that individual was a believer or a skeptic. both, including some who doubted the bible's divine origins and some of the central claims of christianity appealed frequently to scripture in their political discourse and here i might point to someone like thomas payne in the common sense draws very much on biblical arguments and biblical narratives in advancing his own case in that famous pamphlet. in an often-cited study published in the american political science review, on the sources referenced by the founding generation in their political late rach you a political literature, it was cited more frequently than any european writer or any european school of thought such as the enlightenment. the bible accounted for approximately on

. >> text messages surcharge. regulators looking at plan to tax your text to pay for mobile phones for low income customers. >> who is pushing back against the proposal. >> from ktvu news, this is the 4. >> a woman facing deporstation sanctuary laws by tipping off agents. a woman set to be leased from arrested by federal immigration agents. her attorneys say it was sheriff's deputies who alerted i.c.e. officials and violated the sanctuary law. henry lee is live to explain more about what happened. >> reporter: this woman has been released but she still faces possible deportation after i.c.e. agents arrested her here at the jail. an undocument immigrant arrested for having heroin. she told sheriff's deputies the drugs belonged to the father of her daughter. the charges were eventually dismissed but she is still face deposition because of -- deportation because of what happened. a judge released her on bail but instead an i.c.e. agent arrested her. the attorney blames the sheriff's office for tipping off i.c.e. >> a

i asked have that set racist text message sending officers has been disciplined. i never got a clear answer on that. i urge you as a citizen as a taxpayer and as someone who cares very much about employment discrimination and dedicates my career to ending discrimination to terminate these officers and to come clear to the public about whether officers who engageengagedengaged in sendingm messages still remain in the department. if they are, we need to know that. thank you. >> vice president mazzucco: good evening, welcome back. >> good evening commissioners and chief scott. my name is tammy brian. last week the examiner reported that the court ruled that the police commission can go forward with disciplinary action against officers who exchanged text messages. it's about time. justify delayed is justice denied. the people of san francisco deserves justice. as a san franciscan, i do not want these officers on the job. they cannot protect and serve when they are filled with hateful and racist views. i do not feel safe, how can the black citizens of san francisco fee

it will extend the tax to text messages, if more revenue comes from texting less will come from voice serviceles. the surcharge is less than %. it would cost you 7 cents, the tax could charge wireless customers 44 million a year. we asked people their thoughts on the proposal. >> i'm okay with paying taxes because i'm a u.s. citizen, however, i need to know that my taxes are being used for good purposes, which i don't always agree that they are. >> i think if people want to help low income families, it's their option, but without consent, i don't think you should do that. >> as long as it was equitable and spread to businesses as well as to personal, perhaps leaning towards business, i wouldn't have an issue with it. >> the california chamber of commerce is against the proposal, the chamber with the backing of various california organizations calls the proposed decision unnecessary and the public purpose program are well funded and would hurt low income wireless users forcing some to pay the new tax. >> texting is not a telecommunications service that can be regulated, it's an e- mail

we can not take the idea of the church text what we have in germany no and put it on islam this is not possible. we should take a sing about new models and my opinion won't be oh my will be to sing about a kind you know we have the five pillars and one of the pillars the social text so we should name it different maybe than the public can understand better so thank you so much for talking with us today pleasure twenty eighteen was a year of sporting success for many german athletes cabo won the u.s. open in the men's ice hockey team took home silver from the winter olympics but there were also bitter defeats and tragic moments olympic track cyclist christina fogle was critically injured in june when she collided with a fellow cyclist during a training exercise she's now paralyzed from the waist but is determined to regain as much mobility as possible. this berlin hospital has been casino for goes home for the past six months it's where she was operated on to have to crash and it is where she has begun to prepare for a new life in a wheelchair. something stand working email as the thing

the last text was just a little past midnight? it read, where are you darlin'?en dead for almost four hours. >> until we clear him and rule him out we do consider someone like daniel hopkins person of interest. >> dan hopkins wasn't the only person texting with brooke. who else had brooke been texting with? >> shawn smoot. >> what did you learn about him? >> we found out he ran an allstate office there in west knoxville. >> married, children? >> children. no longer married at that point in time. >> what were you impressions of shawn? >> seem like a nice enough person, outgoing. typical sales, easy to get along with. >> shawn smoot, the name ring a bell with brooke's family and friends. not long after brooke's divorce, shawn had hired brooke as an assistant in the office. >> i remember the day that she had the interview, we had lunch right before and she was so excited, you know. >> it was a real job. and i said, there's going to be so much potential for you to move up in this company, you know. i was really proud of her. >> did you feel like this was kind of a f

we cannot take the idea of the church text what we have in germany know and put it on islam this is not possible so we should take it as saying about new models and my opinion would be oh my four will be talking about a kind of you know we have the five pillars of islam and one of the pillar is the social text so we should name it different maybe then the public can understand it better so thank you so much for talking with us today pleasure. and just for we go a reminder of the top story that we're following for you here today on t.v. news indonesia has raised the alert level from the erupting. and warned aircraft to steer clear of the volcanic area it's also told the public to stay away from the devastated coast nearby in case more if any triggers another is you know. you're watching news we'll have more for you at the top of the next hour and of course you get all the latest news and information. on our website that's at d w dot com thanks for watching. nico he's in germany to learn german. language from the. why not learn with him online on your mobile and free from the w e lear

we have got these two categories of text messages.messages the doj had or the fbi had back when page and strzok were not members of the mueller special counsel team, and there was a gaffe in terms of capturing those text messages. there were about 19,000 then they go work for mueller's operation. they get removed because of these text messages that think were sending around talking about insurance policies against trump and being pro-hillary and ig asked for their phone because he wants to look at more of these text messages.ee and their phones had been wiped. had been re-set. unrecoverable. we don't know how many text messages were erased by the mueller special counsel operation.th they removed him from -- remove strzok specifically for misconduct and bias that was found in his text messages, but no one looks at his text messages from the time he was in the mueller special counsel operation, the most sensitive operation the justice department has been involved n decades. unbelievable.he >> tucker: investigations, by definition, are s

message, an incoming text message, from a lady by the name of deanna james. >> ping, up comes a text that's correct. >> the message read, did you make it home okay? keith was quick to point out his relationship with deanna was completely platonic. >> she's more like a guy friend. >> no big deal? nothing sexual. >> no big deal. that's right. >> after that, keith was released to go and grieve with his family. detective carter, meanwhile, set out to verify keith's story. >> he had a receipt where he'd stayed. >> so that puts him three hours away from this house fire. >> correct. >> and the death of his wife. >> right. it showed his check-in time and check-out time. >> a quick check of keith's gun showed he was telling the truth about it, as well. the gun looked as though it had never been fired. so maybe he's not the guy? >> he may not be. >> so then, who was? >>> coming up, the detective sits down with deanna. was she really like a guy friend to keith? >> you could say, what, maybe she's driving events here? maybe she wants to get rid of the wife? >> that's correct. >> when "dateline c

. >>> backing off a plan to tax your texts. state lawmakers want to make sure that never comes back. >>> oh, that four letter word, tuly. in the san joaquin valley through today. less than auarter me luncho. after that, low to upper 70s with high clouds and surbment you can see the clouds from your storm making it down to fresno, santa barbara this afternoon. monterey, fresno, 60. best chance of rain, eureka, chico and redding. tomorrow snow showers in the sierra. getting there saturday and sunday okay. light to moderate snow monday. moderate to light snow tuesday. could be up to a foot of snow. we'll keep an eye on that. what a gorgeous christmas eve and christmas day. >> mike, thank you. chp had to rescue a man from the mud in the north bay after he got stuck running from police. it happened near sonoma raceway yesterday. chp said he led officers on a high-speed chase and crashed his car and ran into a marsh. it closed part ofpe highw i wantaf he was pulled from the mud. >>> for now we no longer face a tax on our text message

oh, i got 12 texts from mary. >> mary i've already text my husband four times this morning. >> we had to relocate buddy the elf. just wanted to make sure that got done. >>> all right. very important is you getting ti ands not too bad this morning just your usual hot spots as you work your way out of morgan hill. a 20 minute ride to go 12 miles into morgan hill. which is pretty typical this time in the morning. so bearable. overall the south bay looks good. we're only seeing some minor delays. northbound 101 really starts to bunch up at that 280, 680 connector. pretty light. if you want to skip 101 and just use 280 instead. north 280 all the way to the peninsula looks great. elsewhere we are starting to see slight delays. speeds down to 30 miles per hour. 32 miles per hour in some spots as well. so again no crashes just a little sluggish as you head through there. let's get a look at the area of the peninsula. we are getting reports of a minor accident. it is over to the shoulder. metering lights right now traffic is stacking up as you head out of oakland into san francisco. had a coup

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the last thing we need to do is start taxing texts. texting is an integral form of modern communication, especially for young people, and it should remain tax-free. >> california lawmakers say they plan to formally introduce a measure prohibiting such a tax once the legislature reconvenes in january. >>> the heavy surf pounding northern california beaches is less intense as the week wears on, but the power of these brutal and strong waves and wipeouts, including this one at pillar point monday, is still having an effect on people who just love the beach. the survivor is doing just fine this evening, we're glad to tell you. he spoke with abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman about his misadventure on the water. >> reporter: he's kind of an odd case, the surfer who finds himself best known for the wave he didn't finish, the wave that nearly finished him instead. >> it's like being in an uncomfortable position that you just can't get out of. mavericks when a 50-foot surf alert, vicarious thrill seekers who came to watch and world class surfe

that delivered the end was a text that delivered the termination clause as it is laid out there.orted on, did that ever go to cabinet for consideration?” reported on, did that ever go to cabinet for consideration? i don't think, if i may say so i think it should allow myself to be governed by the normal convention, i can certainly assure you as i hope the secretary of state will back me up is that ministers have had advice on the full range of options and what was tabled was a ministerial decision. you said it was tested on european counterparts so we can infer they pushed back strongly on that, that draft of the termination clause with a unilateral mechanism. i think what has been clear is there can‘t be a deal without a backstop, which ever, and we may come on to the other deals colleagues have been exploring, a clear narrative. i have only been at two cabinets, i wouldn‘t have been at the cabinet where that may or may not have been discussed, the point what has always been clear is that which ever deal is entered into, there will need to bea is entered into, there will need to

a state agency has floated the idea of charging a new tax on cell phone texting. ( james ) but kron4'roposal may have been delivered a setback by the f-c-c. (nats ) that ping of a new text message...is sounding like a ching ching to the california public ultilties commission....which has proposed taxing those electronic missives....to help pay for a program that makes phone services more accessible to the poor. there's already a surcharge on voice calls for that purpose....which is one reason why the bay area council thinks this is a bad idea. what's strange though the program that they have is already flush with $1 billion in funding and that is almost doubled over the last three or four years so we're really kind of scratching her head about why this text is even necessarywe think taxes like this also discourage innovation and discourage people from wanting to be in california with the high-level of taxes that we already have so just continuing to add a new taxes like this that don't seem to have a strong purpose is misguidedbut the cpuc has said this proposal could allow them to ta

this time it's a tax for text messages.ee to the phone bill of anybody who texts and it would go towards funding phone service for low-income residents. critics say the public program doesn't even need the money. joining me, kurt schlichter. are you ready for the text tax? >> i have a radical new departure. an insane and innovative idea that can turn this discussion around. this is my cell phone. i pay for it myself. if i don't have the money for things i want, i don't buy them. i don't expect other people to subsidize the things i want like my cell phone and like my car and like my dog. but california, being the state that is the drunk that never quite hits bottom sees it differently. david: when is the tipping point going to arrive, the movie "network" where the guy says i'm madder than hell and i'm not going to take it anymore. isn't there a point where that will happen in california? >> i'm not sure anymore. in "network" it was peter finch. now all the peter finches have moved to arizona and texas. you have really poor

text m essa 9 es after text messages, lewd text m essa g es of after text messages, lewd text messagesrom his constituency. they leaked. the other was the dover mp charlie elphicke was the dover mp charlie elphicke was suspended in november last year and has since been interviewed under caution by police for alleged sexual offences. charlie elphicke has denied wrongdoing and said yesterday that he remains as confident as ever of clearing his name. 0ne mp who was very angry about the fact that the two suspended mps had the whip restored so they could vote in that no—confidence vote last night was a labourmp no—confidence vote last night was a labour mp jess phillips and no—confidence vote last night was a labour mpjess phillips and she is how. —— here now. why where you cross ? how. —— here now. why where you cross? when the #metoo movement and the westminster scandal started we we re the westminster scandal started we were told by people like theresa may and andrea leadsom that power and patronage would no longer play a role in this and it didn't matter which political party you were f

or three years earlier when for rise and blocked a voluntary text message program from abortion rights they were all pro-choice america because a rising refused to approve any program that seeks to promote an agenda or distribute content that in its discretion maybe soon as the controversial savory to any of our users relieve arises. a woman's right to choose is an unsavory. unsavory is the chain letter type from my aunt carole that is international nice day send us the twenty people who are nice as are going straight to hell you're not going to last that but if the fight for free and fair internet has taught us anything we know who will get blocked activist groups that rely on short code text messaging services to organize this includes groups like oppenheim wall street who use texting services to communicate with protesters or immigration rights activists who relied on it to advocate for a dream or. if you're one of those people that still believe the f.c.c. was trying to do us a favor consider that if they had left alone wireless carriers like the rise in would still be able to filt

a few minutes later, steven texted christina. >> that means her phone's not on. >> or out of service. it off and drove home late saturday morning. >> i shot her a text and said let me know when you get home and whatever your phone charges. >> three days later on tuesday afternoon, christina's mom johnny, now living in tulsa, oklahoma, got a text from christina's friends. >> asking me if i heard from christina. i said no. why? she sent me back a message. her boss called me and said she never showed up for work. >> she hadn't shown for her shifts on saturday or tuesday. >> i immediately got a feeling in my stomach that i never had before. something's wrong. i sent christina a message on her phone and hunter. >> hunter. >> he never called me back. >> johnny called christina's dad. >> i asked her father if he heard from her. he said no. anna had not heard from her. i said something is wrong. >> mark, his wife, anna and sar sarah, her sister called friends. >> your oldest daughter, sarah, and she says to hunter have you seen christina. he hasn't since friday. >> right. he figured she was w

at the state department richardson, fox news. >> california wants to tax text messaging. california public utilities commission is considering a commission to tax text messages, to help low income californians, losing money so the proposed tax could be retroactive, taxing californians text messages going back five years. illegal immigrants in second until got $300,000 to fight deportation last year. reporting is to be funded program helps provide legal assistance and applied for citizenship to 6000 families. music streaming service spotify breaking its lease over safety concerns. one employee telling the san francisco chronicle, this response to a homeless person and workers felt unsafe because of open drug dealers and visible poverty. the company relocated to the city's financial district, the u.s. navy and missile defense agency shot down intermediate-range ballistic missile tuesday off hawaii, the second consecutive successful intercept of the land-based missile defense system. the city of oakland filing suit on damages from the raiders for the moved to las vegas sets

how many text do you send a day? some california leaders are looking at taxing your messages. >> to have them charge us something else is just dumb. >> reporter: some may think it's dumb but some state regulators think its necessary, the public utilities commission is floating the idea of taxing texting. >> it's a very complicated and complex proposal they put forward. i think there's a lot of questions -- and one of them is the lettingty of retroactively texting texts going back five years. >> one of the questions this proposal raises. he along with several other business groups are against it. >> the tax presumably would support services that the state provides to low income residents, low income consumers but the fund that they have for that is already flush. >> reporter: state regulators say the program is not flush but instead breaking the bank. they say its budget has increased over $300 million in six years. >> i think it's very unfair and especially for the people that can barely pay for their kroef plan alre

but of course her phone kept receiving texts, practically all night. >> her boyfriend started texting asking her, hey, where you at? you being good? hey, you're not contacting me. >> reporter: the next morning the texts continued from kenia's friends, all asking where was she. >> and then there was a dead area, and then the next text that came in was about 7:00 p.m. that night. >> reporter: but this one? this one jumped off the screen, was just plain weird. >> and the message said, "hey, this is travis, the guy in the creepy white van, smiley face. did you get home okay?" >> reporter: travis? who was travis? nobody in kenia's circle of friends and family had ever heard of anybody named travis. >> i kept calling him. i kept leaving these messages. >> reporter: no answer. no calls back. at this point the mysterious travis in the creepy white van was the only possible lead in their daughter's disappearance. they filed a missing persons report. but it was too soon, the police told them, to start an investigation. and so alone, they panicked. >> we were running around like chickens with ou

. >> i started texting her and she did not respond. i kaled her three times, but nothing. >> what janet didn't know is that kenya and the two other girls couldn't get into the club, and the bouncers were not buying their fake i.d. clubs. so they went to a club nearby and even took a few pictures, but they did not tell anyone that they were there. >> i sent her the last message about 11:30, and nothing. >> so when the clubs closed, janet headed home without kenya who she assumed was with some other friends. >> i thought, okay, they are probably having fun, you know, and she is going to call tomorrow. she would always call me in the morning. >> did youer worry about her when she went out like that clubbi clubbing? >> no, she was very smart and everything. >> she would not take chances? >> no. >> let mee see how i look. >> no, because though she loved to party, kenya was known as the responsible one, reliable, ambitious, hard working and not flaky at all. she had recently graduated from one of colorado's top high schools and now consideri

sleep texting israel, says villanova university researchers. sleep texting is a thing.a text while they were asleep. they didn't remember using their phone because sleep texting happen subconsciously. >> jesse: i chose this because i think it's fake news. there's no way you can text while sleeping. >> greg: it's an excuse. >> jesse: it's like sleepwalking. >> greg: someone finds a text and you say may be they did it while they were asleep. >> juan: trump will text at 3:00 in the morning. is he awake or is he asleep? >> dana: text messages may be next to face a california tax. they're going to add a tax and money should be going to making accessibility. >> greg: they would tax the lightning. >> dana: everybody will find a way around it. >> jesse: like michael cohen. >> dana: all right, "one more thing" is up next. oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (v

what the text money could be used for?olden gate bridge looking pretty mighty this morning. we got a check of your morning forecast and your commute coming up right after the break. this little home of mine, ♪ i'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ wan joe is. >>> welcome to wednesday morning. we're already half way through our workweek. let's take a peek outside over looking san francisco, city by the bay this morning. yea. little hazy out there, foggy. not as bad as yesterday. we're used to that fog in the city. good morning to you. i'm laura garcia. you know what? he's laughing because i usually stand on the little box over here and you can see how -- and i'm wearing high heels. let's talk to the camera. >> okay. it's not as foggy this morning and as you're like doing this, what is going on over there. you don't have to worry about doing that while you're driving. we are goi

now they're coming for your tax because the trumpet ministration just killed net neutrality for text messages this classifies your taxes as an information service rather than a telecom service with your messages protected from discrimination and it's the latest abomination from have c.c. chair. a former for rising lawyer who after repealing net neutrality added insult to injury with a video about all the things we can still do online after the appeal rise excuse for this move is that it will give wireless carriers the way the snobs band without fear of breaking the law and this will keep robo attacks from taking over phones the way robo calls have the problem is what kind of tax these wireless carriers consider spam and we only got a few hints when sprint nextel block attempts the voice campaign that would raise money for survivors of the haiti earthquake in twenty ten or three years earlier when verizon blocked the voluntary text message program from abortion rights group in a row pro-choice america because of arise and were used to prove that any program that seeks to promote an ag