union official when he was appointed and at some point, his union along with many other unions went out on strike and he recommended the strike that did nothing in his official capacity as airport commissioner. the court held -- held that there was no relationship between his actions and -- as a union official and his actions as an airport commissioner that would be sufficient to merit his removal. when it was emphasizing in office, it was emphasizing the relationship or the connection and the mayor agrees there must be a relationship. that case has absolutely nothing to do with the timing or the misconduct. how does this relate to the government code and to the state removal proceedings? if you look at the government code, you will notice that there were two different procedures for removal. one of which is the procedure that the sheriff has been talking a lot about. it is called removal other than by impeachment. it does have a process for an indictment and the grand jury and the trial. the other set of provisions, however, is about impeachment. those procedures are much more -- what

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union officials are saying they need to do a lot more. jon: well, the dnc has money to spend, right? they could write a big check if they wanted to. >> yeah, well, this is the frustration with democrats on capitol hill too. they want some money to win back the house and retain the senate, and so far the dnc has said not yet. so that also shows some apprehension, i think, about the president's chances for re-election. they want to make sure that the president is in a firm position before they dole out any of that cash, and that has led to some intraparty tension. the one thing that president obama has done well, i think, over the last six months is unify the party and get the unions behind him who were not too crazy about the trade deals he pushed last year. but this is jeopardizing that unity right now. jon: so what would be the downside for him? if he's got such union support, if he has galvanized unions, what's the harm in going to wisconsin and telling unions to get behind the effort to unseat governor walker? >> well, if he loses, if

. >> disappointed >> union officials have backed a french company to build a new real cars. they would build 95% of the cars in the u.s. compared to 66% but the bid was more expensive by $180 million and in the end of the bart board could not be convinced to put the project on hold while bidders formulated new plans around american jobs >> we do need to approve this contract today >> we need the cars and we need the jobs now so i'm very convinced that we should accept this bid >> the tragedy that she says is that the jobs that the contract will create, none of them will be in the bay area >> needed to do more for the bay area and we didn't >> it is a missed opportunity just like we stated with the bay bridge project, with most of the ironwork going to china. >> with that project moving forward, bart estimates the new cars will hit the tracks and about five years. >> fire destroyed a home on bethel island in contra costa county today. david sent us these photos and he tells us the fire was threatening some other homes. when firefighters arrived they called in a second alarm.

union official met yesterday with safe we management and they say he will soon be eare instated with back pais. >> last call few hours way at the gold dust lounge. the institution is closing tonight. it may have a new life. the bar is being evicted from the union carry. they plan to recreate the bar by fisherman's war of. it could reopen in about four months. >>> new development nazi -- sierra la mar case. we'll hear from the cyst. >>> tonight we lend a clang is in the works in time for the holiday weekend. >> i'm still track some gusty winds. coming up the one direction temperatures will be heading and when showers chances can could return to our forecast. >>> and an inside look at some of the preparationings ahead of the bun bar ton bridge closure. it'll be closed out there the weekend. crews will be doing some retro fit work. including the reenforcing the concrete slabs. and installing seismic bearing. the closure begins friday at 10:00 p.m. and continues until 5:00 a.m. tuesday. >>> the prime suspect in the disappearance of sierra la mar is due to be arraigned tomorrow. and tonig

european union officials are urging greek politicians to form a government as soon as possible. they want to ease mounting concerns about the implementation of austerity measures. >> greece must remain a member of the euro, for instance, but everybody has to carry responsibilities here. we can do lots to assist greece, and we are doing so. our member states, our taxpayers in other european member states of the euro area are providing the solidarity. >> eu leaders say they'll continue it to offer emergency financing, but they say the greeks must follow-through on their commit to push through reforms. >>> german chancellor angela merkel and french protection elect francois hollande inauguration. merkel has ruled out any changes to the treaty. the german leader said she still hopes to establish trust with hollande so they can work together. the leaders have different views of europe's growth strategy. hollande wants to use spending, and merkel wants structural reforms and deregulation of labor markets. ai joins us now. what's the reaction? >> the investors have waited for a long ti

union officials have called workers off the job at the plant near frankfurt.he dispute is over alleged plans by management to end the production of the astra model in germany, and that would leave it being produced just in england in poland. opel continues to be plagued by poor sales and high losses. its american honor general motors says its european subsidiary has lost about 10 billion euros over the past decade. >> when we come back, we will be going to the kremlin for a look to the start of the new era of vladimir putin. stay with us. ♪ >> ture a -- true art has a mind of its own, just like beethoven and the artists who entered his work. at the beethoven festival bonn 2012, from september 7 to october 7. order your tickets online. ♪ >> welcome back. thank you for staying with us. it was not only france and germany. there were also elections -- france increase, rather. there were also elections in the federal state of schleswig- holstein. this cd you lost in that ballot. although the cdu won most of the votes as coalition partners, the fdp suffered serious

union officials and schools are supporting brown's measure that would raise taxes to backfill the budget >> this is part of the problem we're seeing around the state. nobody knows what's going to happen in november. especially with the governor's proposal. he's saying, hey, look, we're going to fund schools unless this doesn't pass. what you're seeing around california is districts saying, we can't live like that. a family can't live like that. we might get this money or not. >> the sad reality is that this $80 million cut over the next two years is the best case scenario. if these taxes don't pass, they are going to have to cut a week of school and more. >> yeah. >> belva: just want to get to an important report that came out. ed source. they had statistics on what the effect had been of all of these. were you surprised at the numbers? >> i was surprised at some of the numbers. what they talked about were the stressors that had been on schools. it's not just the education funds and the lack of teachers, but what they're saying is a huge increase in the number of children who are living

. >> union officials backed a french company to build a new rail cars, it would have killed 95 percent of the cars in the united states, compared to 66%. but their bid for the contract was more expensive by $180 million. and in the and the bart board could not be convinced to put the project on hold. we'll bidders formulated new plants around american jobs. >> we do need to approve this contract today. >> we need the cars and we need the jobs right now. so i'm very convinced that we should accept this bid. >> the real tragedy she says, is of the 5000 jobs the contract will create, none will be in the bay area. >> we need to do more for the bay area. and we did not. >> it is a missed opportunity, just like we stated with the bay bridge projects. with most of the ironwork on that same going out to china. >> those new cars are expected to be on the tracks by 2017. that will be just as the bart san jose extension is completed. >> a swimmer since tonight after being rescued from the rocks at lands' end in san fransisco. chopper flies overhead as the rest operation got under way. the swimmer

saying they are not doing enough to help fight republican governor walker in the recall race, one union official very disappointed the dnc has not soon fit to make a dollar investment. another saying "i think they would want their voters energized and motivated for november, to me it is just shortsighted." and a workforce fairness advocate group. what going on? dnc? have the democrats distanced themself as the race is going more and more in governor walker's favor are they pushing back? >>guest: they are trying to cut their losses, making a business decision, limited number of resources, so, it looks like they are cutting their losses and, frankly, we see it all the time, democrats throw the core constituency groups under the bus out of habit thinking they have in place else to go. >>eric: but first of all, you are part of a union or not? >>guest: no, no. >>eric: you do not blame them for not supporting a race they do the this think they can win, do you? >>guest: no, it is a reasonable business decision. actually. so, but it's just kind of par if the course, it is not really a principled decisio

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there are some union officials. done enough to unseat walker. so have big democrats been too quiet in wisconsin? the union basically getting the ball started on all of this, to get the recall election in process, and then, has there been a hands-off approach to seeing it the -- >> no, i think democratic officials are realizing, this is a national fight. and i think they've sent an e-mail that is raising money for the democratic party of wisconsin. chairman wasserman schultz is coming in to raise money for the effort. so i think that the national party is realizing that this is actually a way -- this is a first step to slam the breaks on what's becoming a national fight against working families and working people. >> do you think, though, as i talked about, the recall all started because of the union bargaining rights and scott walker with's stance on them. we saw the, debate over the weekend, turning into more than just that. tom barrett even saying, this is about the middle class. so is he trying to change that issu

. >>> union officials say an air strike has killed one of the most wanted terrorist. 37-year-old man was suspected of playing a key role in the bombing of the "uss cole." 17 american soldiers died when the "cole" was hit by suicide attack while it was refueling. >>> louisville police are investigating a possible homicide at churchill downs just hours after yesterday's kentucky derby. the body of an hispanic man was found near the famous racetrack near a barn early on sunday. detectives won't know the cause of death until an autopsy is finished on monday. >>> george lindsey known best as goober pile on "the andy griffith show" has died. he played the lovable goober on "the andy griffith show" starting in 1946 and later on the she's spinoff "mayberry rfd" and made appearances on shows like "m.a.s.h." "gunsmoke" and "hee haw." it's time now for "no talking points." politicizing is a subject on the right, on the left and everywhere in between. this isn't a new subject for the "no talking points" segment and the closer we get to election day, the more we want to cover it a

there are some union officials. done enough to unseat walker. so have big democrats been too quiet in wisconsin? the union basically getting the ball started on all of this, to get the recall election in process, and then, has there been a hands-off approach to seeing it the -- >> no, i think democratic officials are realizing, this is a national fight. and i think they've sent an e-mail that is raising money for the democratic party of wisconsin. chairman wasserman schultz is coming in to raise money for the effort. so i think that the national party is realizing that this is actually a way -- this is a first step to slam the breaks on what's becoming a national fight against working families and working people. >> do you think, though, as i talked about, the recall all started because of the union bargaining rights and scott walker with's stance on them. we saw the, debate over the weekend, turning into more than just that. tom barrett even saying, this is about the middle class. so is he trying to change that issu

the airport's authority wants to offer incentives to contractors to hire union workers but officialsudoun county say that would be too expensive. they have until july 4th to find common ground. >>> dulles international is near the boom when it comes to customer satisfaction. it ranked seventh worst. dulles lost points for its location and for its staff. new york's laguardia airport ranked the worst. minneapolis was the best. bwi made the best list coming in six. >>> all kinds of wild stuff bouncing around out teller earlier, but not right now. >> not right now. we had heavy hail and rain toward the panhandle of west virginia. now we're on the calm side, although we're on the cool side too. out there right now we have a mixture of cloud cover and we're going to continue to see that throughout the next few hours and in through the night. what we're going to see is a chance of rain increase. for the record today, a high temperature of 74 degrees. didn't real feel like that. only hit the 70s for a very short amount of time but we saw sunshine. all in all we saw mostly cloudy skies. the l

rarely does the european union's top economic's official deliver a message as blunt as the one he gave today -- >> beneath both a genuine, stable culture in the euro zone and its member states, and a much upgraded capacity to contain contagions and to reduce the borrowing costs for its members. and let's be frank. this is the case in we want to avoid a disintegration are or the euro zone. >> that word, disintegration, chose how worried he and others are. others including the head of europe's central bank, now publicly agreeing with the many economists who have been warning for the last decade since the euro was formed that the way the single currency was set up was never going to be able to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. >> that configuration that we had with us by and large for 10 years which was basically considered sustainable, i should say, i should add perhaps myopic way, is being shown to be unsustainable unless further steps are being undertaken. >> both men called for greater integration of the euro zone economies. but it's up to the euro member states to implement such

bahrain faced tear gas as iran calls for demonstrations against the country's plans for an official economic union with saudi arabia. that the syrian regime says al-qaeda militants in the country damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists claims to have in custody. news twenty four seven this is with me rory sushant live in moscow the survival of europe's single currency and the shock waves from his possible break will inevitably dominate a meeting of the world's top eight political heavyweights g. eight leaders are now gathering in the u.s. where they're also discussed the situation in syria and that of pulling out troops from afghanistan the host president obama will also be balancing the small matter of his ongoing election campaign and he said reports. there are several challenges for this year's g. eight summit one is facing its host obama has his hands tied with an election coming up in november a lot of focus for him on trying to stay in the white house so he's going to have to balance domestic and international considerations at this camp david summit something that's never easy but

the authority wants to provide incentive for contractors who use union crews but officials say it wouldl of the parties involved have until july 4th to come up with a compromise. >>> next on news 4 at 5:00 a dubious distinction. why this area ranks among the worst in the country for drivers. >>> a tragic twist of fate. a deadly car accident helps a local fashion designer turn his life around and fulfill >>> d.c. is the ninth worst place to own a car in the nation. according to a new survey from the automotive website as expected our traffic jams contribute to our low ranking. the website says the city roads are confusing and seem to be designed to stop traffic. according to the survey, people in d.c. are bad drivers. san francisco and new york top the list of the worst cities to own a car. >> now to tonight's wednesday's child. tanika is an rotc at her high school and wants to be a navy officer. but she also wants to own a piece of her own bridal salon some day. barbara harrison meets up with the 16-year-old at a bridal shop in northwest washington. >> reporter: 16-year-old tamika wants

union. the strike caught passengers and bridge officials by a surprise.ed, before we came here at the schedule. we thought we were get to go harry we got here has and no luck. >> of workers will be back to work today. >>ysabel: travelers spending the holiday weekend in the sierra got more than they bargained for, and unseasonable winter storm bringing snow and rain with some cold temperatures. >>janu: we're taking a look at satellite radar. the system that brought its rain on friday and snow showers has left a lot of moisture in the area. we're starting more of a mostly quiet conditions. thoughtful tsks tiffs here is a look at current temperatures. seth >>ysabel: the need a coalition is looking into the case that killed thought citizens on saturday to. the deaths of citizens caught in the crossfire of this decade-long war continue to be in your tent in the relationship of the mccall had national partners. >>ysabel: often in the news we report stories of a game violence, but here's the story of a young man who turned his life around things to an organizati

unique about this flag is that it carries the pittsburgh landing battle honor that was the official name recorded by union forces for the battle at shiloh. united states forces had a tendency to name their battles after geographic land points, and in this kashcase, landing b the primary feature here. officially the battle went in as battle of pittsburg landing. newspaper accounts talk about the battle of pittsburg landing. referring to it at the battle of shiloh. the name biblical in connotation meaning "place of peace" or "house of peace" took predominance over the identity of the conflict through time and so it's interesting to see a battle honor for a pittsburg landing on these flags. this was in the possession of lucius d. woodruff of the 21st missouri infantry. a unit that participated in the battle with prentice' division that fought at the hornist the nest. flags underwent rhone vaenovati dark fabric, the lighter fabric filling out what's missing on the flag. same is true for the white stripes as well. you can see that the flag was in tatters. these fabrics, of course, ravages of time, storage, lig

before this interview, obama officially supported civil unions between same-sex couples. his remarks follow comments from vice president joe biden in support of gay marriage. gay rights activists applaud the decision. >> we are absolutely thrilled. it means so incredibly much to have the president of this country to support same-sex couples trite have full equality in all areas of arrives younger voters made a huge difference for president obama in 2000 skate by supporting same-sex marriage, will reinvigorate voters under the age of 30 particular. >> opponents are disappointed in the president's stance. >> i think there was always an inconsistenciesy between president obama's actions and his words on the issue of same-sex marriage. he said that he opposed same-sex marriage but all of his policies were contrary to defense of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. so i think president obama has now brought his words in line with his actions. but unfortunately, in our view, his evolution on this issue has been in the wrong direction. >> so deborah, will the presiden

union. or they blamed government officials for being corrupt. the blame was really never centered on the corporate structure itself i think. >> we didn't find a whiff of antibusiness sentiment at all. i'll say one more thing, that some of the tea party people that i got to know when this remain in touch on e-mail, in particular one gentleman who ended up being the one who helped us visit the peninsula patriots in virginia. he regularly sends me e-mails attacking occupy. it's much more on his mind than anybody i know. and i think that occupy is sort of fun anti-symbol for the tea partiers. they resent it very much, as far as i can tell from my e-mail traffic, that it got a lot of attention for a while, and they also, the list that peter sends the our list of criminal acts in the occupy camps. but there are lists and he sends me less supportable things that obama is doing, and lists of horrible things that the unions and the naacp are good but the principle here is that any organized force proceed to be on the left is really key dawn as an enemy.

unique about this flag is it carries the pittsburgh landing battle honor that was the official name recorded by union a tendency to name their battles after geographic land points. in this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially, the battle went in as battle of pittsburgh landing. newspaper accounts would talk about the battle of pittsburgh landing. confederates referred to it as the battle of shiloh. that shiloh name, biblical in its connotation, meaning place of peace or house of peace, took dominance and predominance over the identity of the conflict through time. and so it's interesting to see a battle honor for a pittsburg landing on these flags. this was in the possession of lucius d. woodruff of the 21st missouri infantry. a unit that participated in the battle with prentiss's division and fought at hornet's nest. flags underwent renovation. you can see the dark fabric backed by the lighter fabric to fill out what's missing on the flag. same is true for the white stripes as well, where you can see that the flag was in tatters. these fabrics, of course, ravages of time, stor

. >> according to the union it was fire department officials to transfer the documents to burn. recruits were out picking up any documents that may have been left behind it. police say they are investigating the matter. a spokesperson said "they are looking to see if any records retention protocols have been violated." the whole matter is under investigation. in the meantime, the unions are livid and they are wondering what this byrne was really all about. >> there are rules about how to dispose of records. >> that was horace homes. funeral plans for chuck brown and are starting to come together. a service will be held on thursday. a venue has not been chosen but it could be the convention center or the horizon center. he died last week at the age of 75. coming up on abc 7 news, a homeless man was shot and killed. >> a child is placed in a washing machine that automatically turn on. see what had to be done to free the little boy. >> a yorkie is stolen >> an airline has done a with one of its family friendly policies. >> united airlines will no longer allow families to preboard.

an official with the d.c. fire union says the victims began to feel ill after responding to where reported drug lab. >> it appears that marion barry is about to make amends with asian business leaders following a series of controversial comments that he made in recent weeks. he is scheduled to meet with asian american officials tomorrow. he was criticized after making disparaging comments about the cleanliness of asian food businesses and expressing concerns about d.c. hospitals hiring filipino nurses. >> turning to an investigation tonight, when you take a taxicab in d.c., we discovered a startling number of attacks on taxi cab passengers at the hands of the road drivers. now one victim says a driver pulled her out of the taxicab by her ankles. the driver is facing assault allegations but some are still picking up passengers. >> it was startling. you don't know what to do in that situation. >> this woman says an early morning taxi ride from dupont lead to a terrifying experience. >> i said can you take me to georgetown,

if you have operators in any school or any state, you will find the opposition from unions and democratic local officials as the reasons for the one charter schools. >> i mean, i think there's really sort sort of a turf going on. you know, the public education system has existed the way that it does now since just after world war i basically. and that is a lot of time and the union really has had a minimum olea or it for that time. you know i can, if you become a teacher in the traditional public school system in new york city, your automatic enrolled in the union and that is a very secure position to have. and they're a business. you know, their job is to protect teachers in charter schools are not required to unionize and so i think that poses a threat. c-span: word of the acorn group come from and what is status of acorn today? >> guest: acorn has dissolved since then. it's restructured itself. >> guest: got a new name, which varies by state. at the time they were a community-based organization that the usg. half a million dollars to protest this charter school in particular, but also expansion in new

supports same-sex marriage comes after north carolina ban same-sex unions and wrote that into their state's constitution. >>> fire officials say they found heavy smoke and fire in a repair shop then it spread to the roof of the building. fortunately no one was hurt and so far there's no word on the cause of the fire. >>> police make an arrest in a deadly stabbing in northwest baltimore. it happened around 2:30 this afternoon on hart heights terrace. a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the chest and later died in the hospital. a possible suspect is in custody being questioned by police right now. >>> several baltimore neighborhoods are on edge tonight. investigators have just released new information about a string of daytime burglaries. >> reporter: in the north har tford area detectives are seeing a trend, home burglaries in the middle of day. >> it's terrible. this is a nice neighborhood. i didn't even know about all of this. thieves struck a home three times and twice on pioneer drive. tonight police are renewing their warning to stay safe. >> lock your doors, lock the windows when you're not at home but more importantly i

union at 6:00. >>> a contra costa park official says ke not keep up with the graffiti that is popular with hikers and climbers. it's too popular with vandals including well-meaning ones. rock city park superintendent sedz earliest dated examples go back to 1974. he says he doesn't have money or personnel to undo damage. the limestone is so soft that it can't be stained by chalk. >> in the south bay now there is a push to hold parents liable if under age party growers gather and drink capital kohl on their property. san jose city council member proposed that measure following several car crashes in her strict. tonight the city council scheduled to put the ordinance to a vote. the mayor is a big supporter. >> this is against the law but we want the parents to be worried as well. they have to be responsible for what happens in their home. >> and the mayor says it's an educational measure. >> and they say there is nothing like a free ride but that is what is being offered to bay bridge commuters. ferry service gets underway on june 4 from alameda or oakland jack london square and those willing to giv

union deal. they have pushed officials to withhold funding until the airports authority which is overseeing the constructiones the incentive. this part of the silver line will go through dulles airport to loudoun county. >>> coming up income we'll go live to fox business network in new york to find out why taring is dropping a popular product -- why target is dropping a popular product. >> the scream sold for nearly $120 million. the piece painted in 195 was purchased by appear undisclosed buyer. buyer. -- an undisclosed buyer. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear

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union contracted expires next month and initiations have stalled. meantime, officials are planning to issue 218 layoff notices by next week's state mandated deadline. >> a report ironed by the internet crime complaint center shows california leads the nation in cyber crime. it has been around for a years. the new trend for scam artists is smart phones. they topped 314,000 complaints nationwide last year. california posted the highest total of internet crime cases with more 34,000 followed by florida and texas. nationwide the average victim filed a complaint was duped out of more than $4,000. they include scams from phony job schemes and identity thefts. >> eric: it's almost friday zbloors we have mother's day forecast. >> good morning to you. let's get you out the door and see a few high clouds coming in. few low clouds along the coast but high pressure will dominate our coast. at 8:00 temperatures much like they are right now. mid 40s up in the north bay valleys with mid-50s for the rest of us. as we head towards noon, watch the clouds evaporate. mid to upper 60s arou

unions. but today in what officials are calling a hastily arranged interview with abc good morning america's robin roberts, the president said he has changed his mind. >> i have just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> shepard: this comes just three days after the vice president said that he is absolutely comfortable with same sex marriage, and just hours after north carolina voters overwhelmingly approved the new constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage in that state. north carolina, of course, a key swing state and the home of this year's democratic national convention. from the republic side, today mitt romney said he still believes marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. ed henry covers the white house for us. is he live there tonight. the president said this is just his personal opinion and he still supports letting the states decide. >> yeah. and what that means is, he still is trying to find some middle ground here. because, on the left, some of his suppor