congresswoman jackie spear is hoping it will motivate people to continue despite all of the obstacles out there. >> going on two years. >> that's how long this 59-year-old has been out of work. >> it's scary. scary because you start to think maybe i will have to relocate or go to another city and nobody wants to leave the area here if they don't have to. >> for 28 years he worked as a retail clerk at way. finding a similar job is tough since companies are hiring people who can work for less. >> they are forcing me into applying for pension. basically uner is moanuously booting me out. >> he is not giving up. he will be going to the boot camp on wednesday. some of the biggest names in bay area business will be there. more than 25 companies will be hiring including virgin america airlines, target, kaiser, pg&e and citibank. facebook is hiring and so is sfo. they are had looking for staff for restrooms and terminals. >> that are is my task. >> worry unemployment at close to 10% and 8% in san mateo, jackie spear knows people need jobs. >> it's easy when you have been unemployed for a long

. >> can i afford romaine is the question -- >> reporter: all week jackie spear will try to live on food stamps, her budget is $4.50 per day. she is learning what it is like to walk in the shoes of someone living in poverty. >> for so many of us who live comfortably, we have no idea what it is like. all of a sudden i was thinking, how am i going to drink coffee. >> they are planning on cutting food stamps by 20% when 3.5 million americans are living in pompty. >>> -- poverty.$♪. >> john corzine filed it this morning. the credit rating downgraded which sent its stock tumbling. they once again from thed about the problem and the nasdaq was down 52, however this was the market's best month in almost a decade. >>> tony larouche announced he is retiring from baseball. two wins with the oakland a's in 1989. he choked up when he spoke about his wife and daughters and about the sacrifices they made during his time there. >> they saw me come back with few off days and never barred the door and said you have to stay around. >> he said he might return to the game in some capacity. he plans on stayi

jackie spear is six at 12 million dollars. the cut off is nine million dollars according to data by a new york university economics professor. >> today is veterans day. >> one of the main commemorations just getting underway. local events take different tones, all share the same message. terry mcsweeney is live at the head of the parade route in downtown san francisco. >> reporter: i'm here at the head of the route. you get a good idea of the music behind me what is going on. the parade kicked off with pd, chp army group and a band just passed us by. what do you know it is mayor ed lee fresh off an election victory this week. he's saying thank you to everybody here. this is one way to celebrate veterans day san francisco state students coming up behind him this are other ways as there was this morning, across town. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this morning a ceremony for all veterans. 21 seas available and not enough people to fill those -- seats available and not enough people to fill those seats. three vets one from the iraq war one i

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jackie spear is six at 12 million dollars. the cut off is nine million dollars according to data by a new york university economics professor. >> today is veterans day. >> one of the main commemorations just getting underway. local events take different tones, all share the same message. terry mcsweeney is live at the head of the parade route in downtown san francisco. >> reporter: i'm here at the head of the route. you get a good idea of the music behind me what is going on. the parade kicked off with pd, chp army group and a band just passed us by. what do you know it is mayor ed lee fresh off an election victory this week. he's saying thank you to everybody here. this is one way to celebrate veterans day san francisco state students coming up behind him this are other ways as there was this morning, across town. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this morning a ceremony for all veterans. 21 seas available and not enough people to fill those -- seats available and not enough people to fill those seats. three vets one from the iraq war one i

congresswoman jackie spears, san mateo, and barbara lee were among eight lawmakers who took part in the challenge living on a food stamp budget of 4.50 a day. spear says federal food stamp budgets facing a drastic cut and the current allowance is inadequate. >> the message that came home to me was that we can not tolerate this huge gap that is being created. and we cannot become a compassionless society in which we denigrate and demonize the poor. >> spear said she ate a lot of hard boiled eggs and tuna fish and went to bed hungry every night. >>> more fallout at a legendary football program. the developments tonight after an emergency meeting over a sex scandal at penn state. >>> and a delicate rescue operation after a violent crash. how eight passengers and an suv were plucked from a frozen stream. >>> and weekend showers clearing the area even as we speak here. we will look for a little patchy fog with cool temperatures overnight and more rain on the way which we will take a look at coming up in your complete forecast in just a few minutes. ,,,,,,,, it's about building cars in americ

zoe lohgren and jackie spears. thank you for being here. [applause] and we have two distinguished mayors. i want to welcome mayor edwin lee and his wife anita from right here in san francisco. [applause] and mayor gene kwan. thank you for being here. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge a wonderful friend and former chief of protocol, charlotte. thank you, charlotte. [applause] >> now as this summit comes to a close, we will adopt a decoration for the first time in apex history that will affirm this organization and each member economy's commitment to improving women's access to capital and markets, to building women's capacities and skills and supporting the rise of women leaders in both the public and private sectors. it is fitting that this decoration would be adopted here in san francisco because it was just one mile from here in the herbst theater where the united nations charter was signed 66 years ago. in fact, the apex summit which brings you all here is

jackie spear, joining the campaign for bach, who says she would reopen cold cases, and be tough on criminals. >> i am running for district attorney to make sure that the city is accountable. that the most violent and dangerous criminals are locked up, never see daylight again. >> the other candidates are the current district attorney, bill fazio, david oneck and vutrin. voting booths open at city hall for weeks, the election officials opened the polls this weekend. and they will be open again tomorrow from 10-4:00. >>> and it is being called one of the worst traffic accidents in recent memory, the possible cause behind this deadly, massive pile-up in britain. >>> and the pressure is more intense for the greek prime minister over the debt crisis, here what is happening on the international bailout. >>> also the first day in the water for crabbers, just how the fishermen are doing everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is th

we caught up with congress woman jackie spears shopping. representative spears will live on only $4.50. she says she wants to experience for herself the way low income americans are forced to live. >> all of a sudden i was thinking how am i going to drink coffee? how can i drink coffee and stay within my budget? because coffee is expensive. and people who are in poverty are facing those kinds of questions every day. not to mention the real fundamental questions of how do you get the protein you need in your life? how do you sustain yourself? >> she and other house democrats are taking the food stamp challenge to protest potential cuts to food assistance programs. >>> 7 billion and counting. the world continues to grow. the global population hit 7 billion today. a baby girl born in the philippines is symbolically being called the world's 7 billionth person. she was marked with ceremonies around the world. the global population is projected to reach 8 billion in the year 2025. >>> still to come at 5:00, a warning about a certain type of candy

. >> when congresswoman jackie spear urged me to run for san francisco d.a., she said san francisco deserves ada that is a professional prosecutor, that this season and is in it for the duration. that is what i bring you. we're definitely in challenging times. we have over 1000 unsolved murder cases and over 900 unsolved rape cases. we have allegations we are reading about that the problems are not being fixed at all. we have hundreds of cases dismissed due to allegations of police misconduct, and our appointed d.a. has supervised and trained the very police he is now being asked to investigate. our courtrooms are being closed because of a backlog of cases, which means that justice is being delayed, and the clock is running out on some of these cases with the statute of limitations. this is the one crown i can say that term to that knows what i am talking about. we have a state realigned happening where hundreds are being released back to our community, and yet, we are operating in silos. in order to meet these challenges, we need a d.a. that has a track record not just of accountability, no

san francisco representative jackie spear has been trying to live on a food stamp budget since mondayat is $4.50 per day for food. spear said she wanted to experience the way low-income force americans are trying to live. they took on the food stamp challenge to protest potential cuts to food assistant programs. good morning. the dow and nasdaq trading slightly lower. it's group on we want to pay attention to. it has not yet started trading. in for groupon. we were watching andrew mason as he and cofound rs open the nasdaq this morning. we have not seen data from the trading kpaue ining computers. let's talk gadget friday. ever need motivation to go to the gym or walk around the block? this is a cool. this is a new gadget called the the strive. it counts your steps as you walk or run. it has fun features like a reward system that will ding every time you do something cool. select a charity. clean water. every time you walk, the company will donate money to charities of your choice. i chose clean water. the total cost is $100. that's the only cost up front. there's no subscription cost

i did not think i could ever beat extraordinary woman who would run and win, jackie spear. there is no way for me to do the work i want to do all living in the system and having to partake of the thing i think is the current -- problem. it cannot be a congressman without raising money. how could i be picking up a phone: random people asking for checks and sang this is a terrible system -- calling random people and asking for checks and saying this is a terrible system. i decided i would do reform work. i wanted to join citizen politicians. people who do not ever want to go into government as a politician. not because they think it is terrible, i have an enormous respect for people who serve. a man who spent his whole career in congress, a hungarian more born american. we need more people like that. with his integrity, i could not say i was in this for the purpose of changing the system. people always wondering, are you doing this because you are trying to position yourself? >> chapter 9, first page, "in 1974 the total spent -- why? >> a lot of things are happening. the cost

the event is sponsored by congresswoman jackie spears. >>> scott mcgrew says there are a lot more jobters out there. >> the bay area hit with more lay-offs. we're supposed to be in recovery. adobe says it will cut 750 jobs trying to reposition itself moving away from some of its older products towards the cloud. now, ironically adobe has been making plenty of money, expecting to make $1 billion in revenue this quarter. adobe also said it would move away from mobile flash. this may not mean much to you. i'll remind you of that fight between apple's steve jobs and adobe. jobs refusing to put flash on apple products saying it was clunky and a battery drain. in the end, steve jobs won. we saw lay-offs from advanced micro devices as well. as many as 1500 workers will lose their jobs there mostly in texas. bay area not as hard hit. the company is headquartered in sunnyvale. one company still hiring those yelp. bloomberg and the "wall street journal" saying the company will probably start selling to the public as well at the start of next year. the next biggest ipo could be yelp. >>> thank y

congresswoman jackie spear you see there is sponsoring the event. 26 companies including facebook, safeway and kaiser permanente will be there. >>> california is on track to meet a lofty solar goal. an environmental group says the state will have solar panels on about 3 million homes by 2016. the group called environment california says $3.3 billion initiative led to the installation of 800 megawatts of solar power in the last five years. the goal is to be producing 3,000 megawatts by 2016. >>> laura, speaking of solar power, california homes now produce one gigawatt of solar power. scott mcgrew joins us. the educated guess is that's because we're blessed with so much sunshine out here. >> that's half the reason. the other reasonable is the solar panels you see popping up on people's homes. put together they generate the same electricity as two medium size power plants. a report from environment california say it is solar leasing programs do work, solar city where you end up paying less each mother than you would be paying pg&e for electricity make a huge dent in the market. >>> turning to