numbers needed or the signatures needed for the petition because it's hard to gauge people. h. people were protesting in the cold and the rain, but there was concern you wouldn't reach it. what do you believe was the driving factor here that people turned it beyond anger at the dinner tape to reaction of signing the petitions? >> i think a few things. they continue to just lie to the people. they continue to say they want to raise taxes and then raise taxes on the poorest individuals in our state, the working poor and senior citizens. they did that as they gave away $2.3 billion in tax cuts to big corporations. it was things like that. individuals getting their paychecks and seeing the legislation and the governor did. the effect it would have on their family and their neighbor. those things, i think, really brought it home to people. i'll tell you the thing that i think continues to do it is the governor continues to show his disregard for the average person and his complete commitment to big corporations over and over again. people are beginning to really understand that he

he tried presenting the petition this afternoon to the city council. it was rejected. bottom line here, i think a vote will happen some time this evening. i think, based on earlier statements, majority of the city council will vote yes for the slightly higher density of development but i think the rejection of the petition may open the door for the courts to intervene in the future. we'll find out. we hope to have an update on tonight's 10:00 news. >> thank you, john >>> just ahead at 6:00 -- >> lucky fans got to meet the x factor finalist. >> i got a picture. >> lucky >> why they were not celebrating his birthday as we continue here on the 6:00. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the b

they say they felt duked and so they gave the city 5,000 petition signatures to get a revote. tonight, several minutes ago, the council voted to reject all those petition signatures. >> ground breaking for the new 49er stadium is set for january 30, but not if debra can help it. >> i guess they do at their own pearl. that's up to them if they want to do that. wasting the taxpayer money is another example of how irresponsible this is. >> must decide what to do about thousands of petition signatures. stan clara plays fair, council members to rescind the $850 stadium deal they voted on last month. >> it's been a bait and switch. this council has been in 100 closed door meetings and now it's time for the citizens to vote on facts. >> the council has options. they could go ahead and rescind the stadium deal, or put the deal before the voters at the ballot box. the city attorney strongly recommended they reject the petition because of a technicality. >> only legislative acts can be ref rended under california law, not administrative. we believe that the petitions are not referendumab

the city attorney strongly recommended they reject the petitions because of a technicality. >> only legislative acts can be referended under california law. we believe they're not

staff, are working 15 hours a day to scan the petition sheets into a database. will be allowed in until all the sheets are scanned. in the meantime, the world can watch through a live web cam. >> we've done a lot of planning on security. we're confident with the help of the capitol police. >> reporter: kevin kennedy is the executive director of the g.a.b. after scanning in the petitions, staff will begin reviewing the signatures, with at least two people looking at every signature. the normal timeline would require them to certify the signatures in 31 days, with governor walker only getting ten days to challenge fraudulent or duplicate signatures. but the g.a.b. will ask a judge to extend their timeline due to the overwhelming number of signatures to check. >> right now, i can't tell you how long the petition review process will take. >> reporter: complicating matters is a recent ruling in waukesha county court, in which a judge ordered the g.a.b. to inspect the petitions for duplicate signatures and obvious fakes, a task previously left to the challenger. that a

see the petition at fox baltimore dot com. look for "stop the gas tax" .. under hot tooics. also on the agenda for the session... governor o'mally wants to spend 370-million public schools... and in the meantime-- create jobs. jobs.he made the annoucement while touring the new "germannown elementary" school in annapolis.the 0- year old school was completely rebuilt using school construction funds.the governor says if the money is approved by lawmakers, it will create over 11-thousand construction jobs. a harford county 16-year old is due in court today.. accused of killing his . father.robbrt richardson the third... is facing first degree murder charges.police responded to this bel air home monday night... after reports of a domestic disturbance. there... they found a trail of blood.after a police chase... the teen was arrested... accused of shooting his father and driving to a relative's house in aberdeen... to dispose of the body.police caught richardson after he crashed into a cinder-block wall. 14:14:30 his dad was very abusive and an alcoholic. i know

three people i spoke to declined to sign the petition. in this sample on our block of 25 residents, almost all of them are opposed to the pool hall. we have a 100-year-old neighborhood and have many residents who lived 30 years or more, all their lives. we have many newer residents. we have many houses on our block that have had extensive restorations and remodeling. new families in the past few years. i hope that the opinions of our neighbors will be more important to the planning commission that the requests of outside business people. president fong: any other speakers in favor? >> i'm not sure about protocol here, but i am the assistant superintendent of the church and the school that is right across the street from 1948, formally 1950. that is the address of the school location. it is 25 feet, simply across the street from the billiard hall proposal. i am speaking for parents and staff members of the school and members of the church. we are very concerned and do not think it is a good idea to have a billiard hall or pull all that coas

the issue is on the agenda for tomorrow night's city council meeting if the petitions are certified by then. the council could decide to repeal the financing commitment, submit the plans for a vote or reject the petitions altogether. >>> the penn state university family continues to mourn the death of joe paterno and his family has scheduled three days of public memorials this week. a private funeral will take place on wednesday but the public service will come thursday. paterno died sunday morning from complications of lung cancer. he was 85. a makeshift memorial around the statue outside the football stadium continues to grow as mourners pay their respects. paterno coached the nittany lions for nearly 46 seasons but was fired back in november in the wake of a child abuse sex allegation filed against former assistant coach jerry sandusky. >>> 30% off their next cruise. that's the offer the owners of that wrecked italian cruise ship are offering to its passengers. one british survivor called the offer, quote, insulting. at the same time, divers recovered two more bodies from the costa

to sign the petition to recall scott walker. oh, but wait, there's more. organizers say they turned in 1.9 million signatures, about a million of those are for the recall of governor scott walker. they also turned in enough signatures to recall four republican state senators, should say four more republican state senators, earlier recall effort took two republican senators out of office in wisconsin. now they say they are going after four more senators including the state senate president. the bulk of the remaining signatures of those 1.9 million signatures, are not just to recall the four senators and scott walker but also to recall the lieutenant governor. wow. for the impressive show of force that today represents for the anti-walker forces in wisconsin, governor scott walker still seems sure of himself. at least he sounded that way this morning. >> we're going to get a chance to do what's never been done before, have a chance to be elected twice in the same term. >> you know, maybe he will be elected twice in the same term. with guys like hank greenberg

a report by county staff says the petition presents a sound education program and balanced budget andetition. >>> and in the next couple of days, the new sheriff could face domestic violence charges. prosecutors will probably file misdemeanor charges against him at the end of this week. there is enough evidence to charge him for an alleged incident during new year's weekend. he grabbed his wife miss lopez with enough force to leave a bruise. the former television star says she has no complaints against her husband and that the incident has been taken out of context. >>> and police say a man was shot just after 9:00 last night on foot hill boulevard. when paramedics arrived a man was pronounced dead at the scene and so far police have not released any suspect information. >>> howard jordan is now rolling out a plan against violent crime. yesterday police were called to the scene of a violent shooting and in that case the victim is said to survive but the same cannot be said for 110 people who lost their lives on the streets last year. he is also implementing a new gang intervention pro

nonetheless here, you have the governor in one place while this is happening with the petitions. oversy regarding the signatures or should at least that part of this run smoothly? >> no, that question is over. it's statistically impossible to challenge the election. the election will happen. for months we've had to listen to republicans whine and cry about the potential for fraud and what not. they can put up or shut up now. there's an opportunity to look at what we've submitted. he's demeaning and belittling to the million which is consonites to sign this had petition to portray them as that. this is all noise. there should be an election. scott walker should stand before the people of wisconsin and see if they support his vision. >> thank you very much, graeme zielinski. we'll see what happens next in your state. it's very key >>> two controversial internet piracy bills are losing support on capitol hill. that tops our look at stories around the news nation. three republicans are no longer supporting the legislation aimed at stopping illegal downloading and streaming. dozens of

the public's support... and started an online petition called "save the baltimore carousel-dot-com." news late edition. ravens playoff fever may be having an impact on baltimore politics. politics.there's word that maaor rawlings-blake took back two skybox tickets to attend this weekend's playoff game she had given toocity council president jack young. young and and the mayor are in a dispute other whether the city to bbing back the grand prix? today young tried to downplay the controversy. 20:45:27"i really want to move forward, i mean we have a lot of important things that we have to do for this city and to talk bout tickets and sky boxes is not something i want to deallwith right now" now" and the mayor isn't commenting either. getting to this week's game could be an expensive proposition for ravens fans. but a charter bus company says it can get you to foxboro stadium and back for 85 dollars. dollars. 'roar-baw's' charter bus serviceeplans to pick up passengers at several locations in the baltimore area... as early as 3 am.... sunday the bus ride each way is nearly eight hours. b

the web site of the secretary of state will post petitions. blican party officials are told to double check names and watch for suspicious handwriting. among those attending the session was the vice chair of the republican party who was shocked by the state's petition scandal. >> it is a travesty. it is very sad to think that this stuff goes on. but it does. isolated. >> there is a desire on the part of both political parties in to and ensure that the process is one that can be relied on. it's consistent and fair and uniform. >> the campaign have until end of the month to file the presidential petition. those here hope the lessons learn from the election fraud allegation means there will be no questions about the integrity of the petition filed the 2012 presidential race. in the port of indiana, i'm eric bollingerici'meric shawn, . >> bret: there is a video purporting to show four marines urinating on the body of taliban. they have not verified the origin or authenticity of the video but it's not consistent with the core values or indicative of

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volunteers collected so many signatures the petitions will be delivered to the government accountabilitytruck. as the milwaukee journal sentinel reports, state election officials are preparing to accept 300,000 pages of petitions, with 1.5 million signatures. governor scott walker acknowledged the recall in an interview with the right wing website the daily caller. >> this is why this -- my election which appears to be a recall election will be such a big deal, i think this is one of those defining moments not only in wisconsin's history but part of the national political hand scape this will be one of defining moments as well. >> two other governors were recalled. let's bring in mike tate and lena taylor, great to have both of you with us tonight. it's an on-going story, you've been at this almost a year now. got to ask you, mike, will can you me journal sent ial is saying 1.5 million signatures, is that number correct? >> that number is not ak rt we're not sure where they got it from, may have gotten it from the accountability board, we aren't saying how many signatures we're handing i

who added his name to the petition if you don't check the signatures you're not following the law the law wasn't followed romney is not qualified for the ballot so you want romney off the ballot i want either everybody off the ballot i want them to follow the law and make sense so either nobody qualified for the ballot the way i see the situation so there we're all have heard about it there should be a republican primary or democratic primary under a strict reading of the law now that's just that doesn't make sense right so let's do you know a lot of us doesn't make sense yet so let's do it over the in the eighty six year old woman who for thirty years have been claiming they got the governor's mansion i believe was in south carolina who can't vote because she was born with a midwife and doesn't have a birth certificate i mean a lot of the stuff you do some common sense exactly let's go back to where we were twenty thirty years ago my mother used to work in lansing michigan she you know as a voter volunteer volunteer and she would check people's name off the list it came out i used to

what will likely happen, the city will just reject the petitions for the referendum.appens, santa clara plays fair, that's the group opposed to using the taxpayer funds for the stadium, vows to sue the city and take them to court to force this back on the ballot. they say when the voters approved the deal there was nothing therein about being on the hook for $850 million. reporting live unsanta clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. this one is a move that could sink preparations for the america's cup competition. today the san francisco board of supervisors will review an appeal to the environmental impact report filed by the sierra club. the group is concerned about pollution in the bay from the installation of a giant floating tv. the environmental study was approved by the city planning commission. the supervisors will decide whether to accept its conclus n conclusions or send it back for revision. if that happens it would set back preparations for the race. >> family, friends and fans get a chance to pay their respect to the joe paterno. a memoria

circumstanceulators to collect the signatures they needed to get on the ballot. >> gathering petitions is a right of free speech under the first amendment. so this should not be any residency requirement for anyone who wants to gather petitions for a political candidate. >> but the judge didn't quite see it that way. now only mitt romney and ron paul will be on the ballot march 6. tonight another plea of guilty in the corruption case that already brought down former d.c. council member, harry thomas. this time it's marshall banks. a howard university professor and founder of a youth organization. according to court documents, thomas steered $400,000 through banks nonprofit. more than 300,000 was kicked back to thomas for personal gain. that money was supposed to be used for a baseball program for kids. >>> we have o 9news now update for you. the protest group occupy d.c. says it's not going anywhere. as we reported last night, the mayor called on the national park service to move the demonstrators from mcpherson square to the encampment. the reasons, public health conditions. tonight o

people's names on the list of petitions to exactly match their addresses listed in the state's voter registration database needed ten thousand signatures got more and eleven thousand and fifteen hundred of them were fraudulent under the new criteria case was similar for rick perry this is what's called voter registration fraud and it's the same thing republicans accuse acorn of back in two thousand and nine and literally used to take down the organization the gingrich claims it was just a mistake. you know we're going to write it down and we hired somebody to turn you know there are. going to return eleven thousand one hundred. fifteen or. twenty who are doesn't it's fraud but when you does it it's a mistake and now there's a lawsuit pending in virginia to get newt's name as well as perry santorum and huntsman's names on the ballot so why the double standard here and why should we trust newt and the others to be president and they can't even organize a campaign to get their names on the ballot in virginia which is new home state by the way right now anyway here to offer his take on t

i'll be in wisconsin tomorrow when the petitions to recall governor scott walker are finally handed overhow many signatures did the democrats get and is he the only one being recalled? stay with us. we're right back. >>> okay, wisconsin, we go into the next phase. tomorrow's the deadline for recall signatures in that state to get rid of the governor. i'll ask democratic party chair mike tate and state senator lina taylor what we can expect. this is a story that makes my blood boil. you want to talk about infrastructure? later in this program, a pennsylvania school district is so much in trouble that their teachers are working for nothing! just to save the kids' education. you can tweet us at ed show using the hashtag ed show. stay with us. >>> volunteers collecting signatures to turn into the governor accountability board. democrats held petition parties over the weekend throughout the state to get those last-minute signatures. >> and on the ed show tonight, well, the deadline for collecting recall signatures is almost here. in fact, i'll be in madison, wisconsin, tomorrow after petition

. >> the petitions were turned in one p day ahead of the deadline. over a 30 day period they collected close do 11,000 signatures. >> it has been a lot of hard work. we had hundreds of volunteers that stepped forward. a lot of people just as passionate about this as we. >>> what they weren't planning on was the niners getting to the playoffs and the team fever that the game is generating. >> walk around and everyone is excited and no one has seen this excitement for the last 8-9 years. >> an offense that will be tough for critics to overcome. >> with everything going on it kind of boosts the emphasis on the stadium to bring it over here, you know, have more fans and everything. >> however, supporters of the grass roots group santa clara plays fair aren't done making their case. the residents should have a second chance to consider the stadium project. >> the next step is for the city council for the stadium authority actually to decide whether they going to recent this or put it out to the voters. we take it one day and one step at a time. >> the big

if the gas tax increase because it's aa appropriations bil"americans ffr prosperity" began a petition proposed increase.see the petition at fox ballimore dot com.llok for "stop the gas tax"... under "hot topics.. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?lauren cook has our traffic edge report. report. 3 paying your bills.../ wiih your ...smart phone. the warnings ....and the growing concerns for app users. 3 he really saved my life." life."rescued from a sinking car...///.the deputy... being hailed a hero.../ pand... the strength... used... to pull the two women... to safety. chhos on a florida interstate.the combination of weathhr conditions that caused drivers to plow into each other. 3 /////////////////tz-- /////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////// 3 ation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation. and that's really the most important part of the reservation-- the holding. anybody can just take them. today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insura

by requiring that citizens circulate the petitions and that you get signatures from all over the state the broad support. what are the next steps? the state is free to go ahead and start printing the ballots which it will do. the republicans can try to appeal to the federal court of appeals, which is also in richmond, but it seems the odds of this are pretty remote. i should point out that from the beginning, in legal sko lcholaro have looked at this lawsuit said it probably won't work for the reason the judge cited today. they waited too long. >> i guess it's a fairly damming criticism of them to properly organize themselves. >> some of them did manage to follow to rules and did get on the primary. what the candidates for those that didn't make it on, perry, huntsman, santorum, gingrich. they say they did what other candidates do. they hired consultants to help them and they got ripped off. that's another matter. the judge says nay knew what the rules were. they accepted them. they tried the play by the rules and when they lost, they challenged the rules and you can't do that. >>> com

see the petition at fox baltimore dot com. look for "stop the gas tax" .. under hot topics. also on the agenda for the session... governor o'mally wants to spend 370-million dollars to build and repair public schools... and in the meantime-- create jobs. jobs.he made the annoucement while touring the new "germantown elementary" school in annapolis.the 40- year old school was completely rebuilt using school construction funds.the governor says if the money is approved by lawmakers, it will create over 11-thousand construction jobs. (governoo) "this investment will support 11,650 jobs of people doing important work that you need that i need that everyone in our state needs in quality schools." schools."baltimore city and maryland counties will compete for some of the money. 3 3 first on fox...parents are outraged about a west baltimore high school's demonstration of "safe sex." sex."it happened at edmondson high school.one parent says a guest speaker used a sex toy and... her mouth... to demonstrate putting a condom on... while performing oral sex.a mother we spoke to has no p