congresswoman speier, can you so much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> what do you think is behind the repeated federal anti-abortion bills over and over and over again in the house you that referred to in that speech? is that a top priority for the republican majority now? >> think is a top priority for the republican majority in that they have done it already seven times this year on the house floor. it is a way of spiring up the base and i think a way of generating campaign contributions. call me cynical, but this particular bill on the house floor today it was over the top, across the line. and says to pregnant women in this country miscarrying, 31 -- 30 million miscarriages a year, anywhere from 6 to 9 million women who need a procedure because they are miscarrying and women that show up at an emergency room are not getting elective abortions. they are coming to the emergency room because they are hemorrhaging, because they have an infection. and in those situations, we are talk anything where from 600,000 to 900,00

. >> so congresswoman speier called your bill mosogonistic. sir, what is your response to that? >> she said if hi to go, who knows. this is all hypothetical, in my opinion. absolutely wrong. the doctors clearly refuted this. talk to the doctors who have been practicing for 30, 35 years, delivered thousands of babies, have treated these kinds of situations many times. they will tell you, this is an outrageous interpretation. they are merely -- what we voted on was merely the same conscious protections that they have enjoyed for the last decade or however many years that this law has been on the books. this doesn't change a thing. this is the same law that was passed in the house overwhelmingly overwhelmingly bipartisanly, when we considered the pelosi version of health care. we had 53 democrats support the pro-life provisions and it was passed by the house. >> congressman pitts, i appreciate it. i want to talk to the lawyer or senior legal analyst, jeff toobin. jeff, i want to begin with the charge that we just heard from congresswoman speier that is an anti abortion bill. is tha

. >> and jackie speier says libya will need protection during the transition. >> there is still reason the to be concerned about the terrorist cells that are out there. >> but young libyans still can't wait to get there. >> it's going to be an amazing trip back home for all of us. >> tonight we are hearing for the first time the 911 tapes from the cupertino cement plant shooting that left three people dead and six injured. an employee stormed into the plant and opened fire two weeks ago. one of the calls came from an emotional man who batched the whole thing unfold. listen. >> in the cement plant, at the quarry, somebody shoot everybody. >> how many people are shot? >> five or six. it's in the quarry. >> and everybody is on their way. hold on just a second. >> people will die. >> hold on. >> the shooter was disgruntled worker. authorities say he took his own life as police closed in on him a day after the shooting. >> san francisco's recreation and park commission has approved the naming of the park. san francisco native was the first person to report the hijacking calling to the groun

[laughter] speier which is like to know what is the term clinical machine mean?> well, so this is the time and machine politics are incredibly incredibly corrupt and power mongering. rosco conkling was sort of the pinnacle example of that kind of corruption. i'm sure you have heard of loss tweet, so that really -- in the gilded age and mark twain and where that comes from. it was a time of rampant corruption bullying and the spoils system so you know, things obviously are not perfect now. >> when you are doing your research are you able to use the diaries and stuff like that and how do you go about obtaining that? is that out there for the public or did you get permission from the family or is it where the documents are? >> a lot of the garfield papers were found in a presidential papers at the library of congress and anybody can see them. you just need a driver's license and you go down a get a reader i.d. card that i will say that they are very very strict with their rules, which they obviously should be. these are national treasures, but for instance, i will g

congress woman jackie speier wants all natural gas operators to remoist old plastic pipe. and is calls on transportation secretary to take action at the federal level. pg&e announced plans to replace 1200 miles here in california. >> and fall on the job brought a bart worker within inches of coming into contact with a high volt third rail today. dateors surveyed this scene about 11:00 in the morning. the worker landed on a cover above the thifrd rail. and way e.was alert and taken to the hospital. that third rail carries up to a thousand volts of electricity and can kill anyone who touches it. >> israeli officials criticizing an egyptian television station with an interview of a man minutes after release. shaleet crossed into egypt this morning after spending five years in a hamas presidenton. it's the first time he's been sing publicly other than in videos. owe fishls say he appeared uncomfortable and could barely speak. friends are just glad he's tomorrow. -- home. >> to achieve peace between palestinian and israeli sitd autos we've been waiting for this more than five y

. >> and jackie speier says libya will need protection during the transition. >> there is still reason the to be concerned about the terrorist cells that are out there. >> but young libyans still can't wait to get there. >> it's going to be an amazing trip back home for all of us. >> tonight we are hearing for the first time the 911 tapes from the cupertino cement plant shooting that left three people dead and six injured. an employee stormed into the plant and opened fire two weeks ago. one of the calls came from an emotional man who batched the whole thing unfold. listen. >> in the cement plant, at the quarry, somebody shoot everybody. >> how many people are shot? >> five or six. it's in the quarry. >> and everybody is on their way. hold on just a second. >> people will die. >> hold on. >> the shooter was disgruntled worker. authorities say he took his own life as police closed in on him a day after the shooting. >> san francisco's recreation and park commission has approved the naming of the park. san francisco native was the first person to report the hijacking calling to the groun

speier: i thank the gentlelady from wisconsin. madam speaker, i think this bill goes to the farthest extreme in trying to take women down, not just a peg, but take them in shackles to some cave somewhere. 25 years ago, this body passed empala a bill that says anyone that shows up with an emergency room would access health care no questions asked. now, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to amend that law and basically say, oh, except for a woman who is in need of an abortion, or except for a woman who is bleeding to death who happens to be pregnapt. or except for a woman who is miscarrying. basically, what this bill would do is say that any hospital could decline to provide services to one class of people in this country and that one class of people are pregnant women. now let me tell you something. my story is pretty well known now. but i was pregnant, i was miscarrying, i was bleeding. if i had to go from one hospital to the next trying to find one emergency room that would take me in, who knows if i would even be

lidia's the siege city of syria after a two day truce or a lot of civilians leave the battlefield speier nato warplanes have carried out strikes while revolutionary fighters in their offensive against the find could be loyalists on the eastern front lines the cities facing a humanitarian crisis with people being driven from their homes by fierce fighting and a lack it was central supplies aid agencies say those trapped are in desperate need of medical help. pakistan a strongly denied afghan claims that a state spy agency was involved in d.s.s. nation of kabul's envoy for a taliban peace talks called the allegations baseless and said the negotiators are former president rabbani was pakistan's friend rabbani was killed in a suicide bombing last month afghan officials suspect islamabad is behind a murder and claimed they have already provided pakistan with supporting evidence. palestinian bid for statehood is being considered now in the un security council a total of nine out of fifteen votes are needed to push through meanwhile us the fan secretary leon panetta on his trip to the middle ea

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democrat jackie speier says protestors are angry and demanding justice. she thinks people are outraged no one from wall street has gone to jail. >> when enron occurred and when savings and loan occurred lots of people went to jail. and more than a thousand were actually tried. nothing happened so far. i think people are deeply disturbed. we have to remember that we're in this mess today because wall street got greedy. >> the protests began three weeks ago and spread to dozens of cities including san francisco this, is amateur video received from you reports. of the encampment outside of the federal reserve. >> the transportation security administration is apologizing to a san francisco-bound breast cancer survivor for a pat down she called humiliating. she went through a full body scanner in kennedy airport and it detected metal tissue expanders implanted after her mastectomy. a tsa agent refused to let her get out her medical card which has information. the tsa says that card would not have spared her the pat down but it would have been done privately. >

i was thomas jefferson in 1776 and it was cool because i thought i was at the royal shakes speier festivalwas getting paid and i was a professional actor and i took it very seriously. i dropped my fork -- did you like that anything salad? i didn't care for that. >> jimmy: how many people would be at this dinner theater? >> a hundred. a few hundred, like 500 maybe. little tables, little lights and you get liquored up and you could hear the glasses clanking and stuff. >> jimmy: the ideal work environment. >> i'm hip. let me out there. >> jimmy: and did the waiters know to keep everyone quiet? >> yeah. they were pretty respectful. there were starved for entertainment, jimmy. >> jimmy: i guess so. and this new movie, where did you shoot this? >> up in the mountains -- >> jimmy: it doesn't matter. in the mountains somewhere. and this is a horror movie, right? >> it starts out like a teenage boner movie. with kids going to a trailer park thinking they're going to get some and they get kidnapped and it turns into a fanatical religious movie and then a horror movie and then i get into the politica

member of the subcommittee on counterterrorism intelligence, be gentlelady from california, miss speier. >> i would like to congratulate the people of libya for ending the rain of muammar gadhafi last week. it is time for the libyan people to begin the long process of rebuilding their country and regaining libya's standing in the international community. i would like to commend president obama on another national security victory. for hoping to assemble the coalition that supported the libyan and opposing the dictator without placing any of our forces in harm's way. those developments in north africa should hold relevance for today's topic as well because another example that it is our increasingly interconnected world through the most brutal regimes cannot continue to press their citizens' desire for freedom and democracy. i want to thank our distinguished witnesses for being with us today to discuss the iranian threat. this is a discussion that has grown in significance following the plot to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states by an iranian american man alleg

this morning jackie speier says romney calls it class war fair i call it democracy. the federal reserve chief has reacted. >> and they're dissatisfied with policy response here in washington. on some level i can't blame them. >> as with most causes people are ready to make a buck item was the message are being sold on ebay. and luke says she's inspired with what they've seen. >> it's the young and they're fighting for it. i wish i could have rest them a better one so. >> and we must ensure our streets and walks remain safe and accessible for everyone. abc 7 news. >> thank you. leanne. >> and east bay family survived a harrowing ordeal. a truck they were riding in was struck by lightning this afternoon around 2:00 in pleasant hill. it struck the pick up and possibly a trance former. and leaving wiring fried. occupants say they were shocked. >> it was an eerie scene for those driving by and left traffic lights at that intersection lit up as you can see there. >> this is spooky. >> no kidding. >> it's that kind of weather. >> and this i think spencer christian will tell

>> you can hardly not agree with congresswoman speiers when you see the assault on women's health we've congress. i mean, they've tried to cut women's right to full reproductive choice, they've tried to cut funding for birth control and for cervical and breast cancer screening, and on and on and on. so the whole anti-women's health agenda is a misogynist agenda. >> but why, when the nation, as we've already discussed, has 14 million americans out of work, why, when poverty levels are at their highest since the 1950s, the early 1950s, you know all these statistics. >> yes. >> they know all these statistics. and yet they spend this time on this specific issue. which individual is going to get a job out of this? who's going to actually get any opportunities to come out of a university and find employment as a result of what's ahappenin on the floor now? tell me. >> nobody. and that's what the the problem is. the problem is, they are catering to the far extreme right. they have passed this bill several times this congress, and even worse bills. they've died in the senate. and why don't they

speier allen malawi as the chairman and ceo of ford motor company and his wife there are.orrow president oh -- obama and lee will be in detroit and they will be touring the general motors plant. >> mrs. alene shuster and mr. gerald shuster. [inaudible conversations] mr. david cam and mrs. mente. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] mr. scott a. nathan and ms. laura dibona's. mr. mark nichols and ms. jane keonna. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] mr. peter kwan and ms. jeannie kwon. ms. candy crowley and mr. michael roselli. dr. robert marchant. senator richard lugar and ms. deb lugar. senator lugar is the ranking republican on the foreign affairs, foreign relations committee. mr. chris courts and mr. andrew courts. mr. peter krause and mrs. lisa krause. senator max baucus and miss melody haynes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ambassador armalon revere and philip revere. the honorable timothy geithner and mrs. geithner

this is market street right near first and speier. the tv cruiser. this is this the -- this is in the vicinity of -- right now we're not doing so poorly. there is supposed to be a march from the foot of market street and that our newschopper2 is there watching that. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see westbound traffic is going to be backed up. it looks like it's now at a standstill. a lot of times it's moving through. is there something on the bridge. i do not see anything from the chp. it doesn't mean nothing is there. they may not know about it. and the morning commute in hayward, union city in fremont still looking good with a little bit of slowing. but in fremont it's moderately heavy. slow in antioch and bay point. >>> let's go to steve. here we go. the big harvest moon and mostly chair. mostly because there's higher clouds an also very, very thick fog so far. the humidity was through the roof. well, that drops. the lows have cooled off. some patchy fog, a few upper 40s. it will be warmer today with 70s and 80s. in fact

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise once again to talk about the epidemic of rape in the military. this is the ninth time that i stood on the floor of this house to speak about the unspeakable. each of these military members have served proudly for their country. each of them has been raped. and each has been revictimized by a system of justice that protects perpetrators and punishes victims. i will continue to share these stories until something changes. survivors can email me at stopmilitaryrape@mail d.o.t. house.gov if they would like to -- stopmilitaryrape@mail.house.gov . one's job was an explosive ordnance disposal technician. in other words, she was responsible for disposing i.e.d.'s before they went off so she took on one of the toughest jobs in the military. yet during basic training she heard her commanders equated being female of being weak or incompetent. they used terms to describe women that cannot be repeated on this floor. commanders required sergeant and her colleagues to attend classes reg

speier: thank you to my colleague and thank you to the gentleman, mr. green, for hosting this special order on domestic violence. mr. speaker, and i also want to pay my respects to congressman poe for his participation as well. imagine that you were beaten at the hands of your boyfriend or husband. maybe a friend of your child. as you call the police your attacker fled. he doesn't get far before the police catch him and throw him in jail. but days later he is set free. not on bail but with a clean record. and he's angry. more so because he first beat you and now he wants to get revenge because you caused him to be arrested. no, this isn't a scene from a horror movie. it is instead a dose of reality from topeka, kansas, where the city council voted earlier this month to repeal the city law against misdemeanor domestic battery. the council claimed that budget woes required this act of public policy cowardess. by repealing this law, topeka sent a clear message to the women, your safety is not a priority. we will not protect you. if you are victimized we wi

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: mr. speaker, i rise today as i have risen nine times before to speak about the unspeakable. rape in the military. 19,000 soldiers, women and men, each year, are raped in the military. and what is congress doing about it? what is the department of defense doing about it? not much. this the 10th time i'm standing on this floor to share the story of a victim. each of these soldiers proudly served their country. each was raped. and each was subjected to a system of justice that protects the perpetrator not the victim. this is a problem we can fix. we just have to want to. i will to share these stories until something changes. so email me at stopmilitaryrape at mail.house.gov if they would like to speak up. today i want to share the story of sergeant mayla haider. sergeant haider served in the army from 1994 to 1999 and again there november, 2000, until october, 2005. when sergeant haider entered the army, she planned on being a career service member. in 2002 she was raped. while she was worki

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speier for a closing comment. >> i would like to associate myself with the comments made by my chair. i also want to say thank you again for your presentation. i want to underscore the fact that many of you in further questioning recognize that military action, immediate military action is not what we should be looking at. but it's very clear that anything we do look at needs to be multilateral, that our vigilance needs to be heightened, and that we need to do everything we can to nurture the arab spring that is percolating within iran as well. so i thank you again for your testimony. >> mr. chairman, may i -- >> it is getting late spent the i put a question on the record? >> put it on the record and. >> you might not answered and i appreciate that, but i think one of our difficulties for those of us who have engaged with the iranian resistance here in united states and in europe is that we need to delineate and declare whether this group can move forward in a non-terrorist label. they may be, in fact, individuals i can encourage the democratic movement in iran, and they have been in

speier. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, again, to all of our witnesses and i can't think -- i don't think we can say often enough to the colonel and general the great services you provided to our country. it is very commendable. let me sta with you, doctor. you testified about a few things the sanction programs have achieved. can you describe the u.s. sanction programs that are designed to strip iran's access to global financial systems? >> last june the u.n. security council adopted its tougher set of sanctions. the u.s., e.u., australia, japan, norway and korea followed up with sanctions of their own and the goal is to restrict iran's access to the global financial system especially major backs. there are provisions in the resolution that prohibit any financial services, meaning banker, insurance, reinsurance to iran if there's reason to believe those services could assist iran's nuclear firms. these sanctions have been very powerful. i think more powerful than most people expect it -- expected. and that's why