there was an aviation bill being championed by barbara boxer. >> reporter: the u.s. senate decided to tackle a bill that was a slam-dunk before. funding the aviation commission that passed the senate 93-0 last year but ran into roadblocks, now a second chance to approve legislation that upgrades air traffic control operations from 1960s radar to a gps based system allowing planes to fly closer together and land more frequently. >> by doing this, the faa will be able to make our aviation system more safe and efficient. >> reporter: the bill also contains a provision championed by senator barbara boxer, rights that limit times that planes could be on the runway with passengers trapped board. >> we held heard about planes with overflowing toilets and crying babies. >> reporter: lawmakers debated ... >> healthcare. >> reporter: after republicans tacked on an amendment to repeal and democrats are fighting back. >> it is disheartning that this bill is hijacked by a political debate and not ever bill has to become political. >> reporter: consumer groups say that health care

senator barbara boxer, who chairs the most powerful committee of the environment and public works; our governor, arnold schwarzenegger, who is a leader in reducing green house emissions, and our legislator don perada and gerald huffman who you will hear from later on in the program, and of course our mayor, gavin newsom. gavin newsom has been a leader of the environment before it was the sexy thing to do. he has been responsible for putting solar power at moscone center; responsible for putting power at san francisco international airport; responsible for putting solar power at the waste water facility in the bayview hunter's point. he will be responsible for putting power on our libraries, on our schools, and everywhere possible in the city and county of san francisco. we're very fortunate that this mayor has been the first mayor to create a climate action plan that will reduce the green house emissions by 20 percent by the year 2012. this mayor has also been a leader and innovation and we're looking at creating -- in harnessing paddle power below the golden gate bridge and that will

. >> reporter: now senator barbara boxer is. she added an amendment to her faa reauthorization act. it's called no child left unbuckled. >> i cried tears of joy because i was so grateful. >> reporter: the amendment requires airlines to post information about what size safety seats fit on each aircraft. while it doesn't guarantee parents can now fly worry free, bradley says it's a big step in the right direction. the bill passed the senate and now moves on to the house. the faa is still investigating two complaints filed by bradley. and if the airlines are found to be at fault, they could be fined. reporting at sfo, jean elie, bay area news. >>> well, is it a case of murder or madness? >> you just can't explain, you know, the physical evidence. >> accusations of mental illness, sex crimes, and the priesthood. tonight, a south bay family demanding answers. >>> and talk about a headache. the man who had no idea he had this stuck in his brain. how is it even possible? we'll explain. >>> and what really happened at the high-tech summit with president obama last night? next, the first com

. >> now senator barbara boxer is. a staff member called bradley to tell her she added an amendment to her faa reauthorization act. it's called no child left unbuckled. >> i cried tears of joy because i was so grateful. >> the amendment requires airlines to post information about what size safety seats fit on each aircraft. while it doesn't guarantee parents can now fly worry free, bradley says it's a big step in the right direction. >> the bill passed is senate and now moves on to the house. the faa is still investigating two complaints filed by bradley and if the airlines are found to be at fault, they could be fined. >>> if you thought your last fillup was expensive, it's not your imagination. the average is now $3.55 for a gallon of gas, the highest average ever for february. in some spots folks are paying more than $4 a gallon. experts blame political unrest in the middle east along with state refineries that are operating below capacity. here are some of the prices we found. in the east bay gas is $3.59 a gallon.

barbara boxer proposed the president make official his timeline for withdrawalling troops, to start doingo in july. barbara lee is pushing for a faster, full withdrawal of troops and larger savings. >> we have to end the war in afghanistan if we really are going to start to reduce the deficit and bring the young men and women home. >> reporter: to which one responded. >> the deficit is a huge concern and an argument for cutting spending including parts of the pentagon but it's not an argument for risking a return of afghanistan to a country that is i safe haven for terrorists again. >> reporter: the president's budget will be officially release washington if two weeks. scott mcfarland. >> and there is much more ahead. the news at six is next. we have new information we just got on the developing story in east oakland where a school was justle release from lockdown. we know where the threatening phone call came from. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. . >>

obama was called the most liberal member of the senate left to barbara boxer, ted kennedy, you name it. i'm thinking when i woke up morning of wednesday 2008, i'm finally going to see a change. 40% liberal, 20% -- because it's got to be. 40, 20. again. so you had this incredible situation where a self-identifying and self-professing conservative electorate goes in and decisively votes for president, a man the national journal ranked the most liberal member in the senate of 2007. it's quite unprecedented. how did that happen? you got to go into the reasons why bush lost, why people didn't like bush, or why john mccain lost. many ways the vote against mccain was a vote against bush. i think a lot of people were taken by the concept of change. what this change means? but the progressives for obama people, they already thrilled with this. the american public finally voted the way that tom hayden and jane fonda and mark rudd and these folks have wanted them to vote. the same people who, by the way, in 1968, targeted the democratic national convention, not the republican, the democratic conv

shows there is a disconnect between the will of the people and government authority, however, barbara boxer today says that the decision is a major step forward for fairness and equality for all americans. >> okay, thank you. now, the president's announce want throws the spotlight obviously back on the couples who sueded to overturn prop 8. it's a gay couple from pasadena and a lesbian couple from berkeley. they filed for a new appeal today to lift the legal stay barring the resumption of gay marriage. legal experts doubt what happened today will open any doors. >> it's my guess they will be unlikely to lift the stay because there will be a cloud over any marriages performed now in california while the case is on appeal. if ultimately the two gay couples that are challenging prop 8 lose, then any marriages that were performed while this case was on appeal, they might in theabio boue t effect and that's the kind of uncertainty the courts like to try to avoid. but who knows what would happen. >> and while the president's position doesn't actually impact prop 8 directly, experts say today's an

senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer from california have jointly introduced a bill that would set limits on the amount of chromium 6 in the nation's drinking water. it's thought to cause cancer, it has caused cancer in laboratory animals, recently found in drinking water right mere in san jose and not just san jose but 31 out of 35 american cities that had the water tested. so about 89% of those cities where drinking water was tested for chromium 6, it showed up in fairly low levels but it's still there. this morning on capitol hill, there is a hearing that's been called chaired by senator boxer to look at chromium 6 and what to do about it. we talked to ted smith the former president of the silicon valley toxics coalition. he said just having a standard for chromium 6 is not nearly enough. >> the polluting companies get involved in standard setting and try to persuade the epa to set a weaker standard, people who are concerned about the health in drinking water need to be involved and watchdogging that kind of a process. >> reporter: as i said the process does get under way th

california senators barbara boxer and feinstein joined 12 others to vote against that act back in 1996fines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. >>> another year, another toll hike for the golden gate transit agency. the examiner reports fairs could rise for those who ride the transit buses and ferries. one-way fares increase for 10 cents a year for buss passengers going to mill valley and 55 cents for those coming from santa rosa. a one-way ticket on the ferry goes up by a dollar this year and 50 cents each year for the next five years. a one-way ticket from larskpur would increase by $1 a year. those hikes could into in effect by july 1st. >>> it is a beautiful, clear morning out there. it feels cool again. >> it is cool, and the clear conditions, unfortunately, won't last for long. we have rain on the way today. so grab a jacket and your umbrella when you walk out the front door today. you won't need the umbrella until the second half of the day. 40 degrees right now in livermore. novato, 41. san francisco, 46 degrees. temperatures today are going to struggle to breach tha

all these incredible -- it's hosted by hillary clinton and i was with my mom and we sat next to barbara boxeron was at a table next to us with paul mccartney. i noticed he kept looking over at my direction and i thought he was looking at one of these other artists. >> jimmy: or maybe a lady at another table. >> i got my boy's back. >> jimmy: who were you there with? >> my mom. >> jimmy: could have been that. >> then i thought maybe he thinks i'm part of his security detail or something. and then when it was over my mom and i split i think because we were so glad coming from spring texas, we didn't break any china at the white house and we left and the next day the guy who is the head of it is like hey, man, where did you go last night? bill was looking for you. i thought i was in trouble. i thought i was late to rehearsal. i was like bill who. bill clinton. he told us no matter where he goes in the world he always hulus your show. what? you can't tell me that. only my grandma watches the show. now every time i do a take i'm going to think, this better be bill. >> jimmy: you have to impress pr

senator barbara boxer, chairman of the environment and public works committee said the senate has the vote to delay the epa carbon regulations. guest: we will see. we don't know but we do have a president of the white house with a veto pen, and if that is what it takes, fine. the american public would support it, if necessary, a veto. the reason is americans of all stripes, they share one thing in common. we like to breed. and when you make breathing more difficult for our children -- would like to breathe, and when you make breathing difficult for our children, it is not a good idea. i will admit there are lobbyists from major fossil fuel industries in washington, d.c., and they do have some sway in the aisles of power. when you go out on main street and ask people do you want your congressman to remove the ability of the environmental protection to protect the health of your child, i don't think it plays well. maybe it does in the lobbying community for the fossil fuel industry but not on main street. i hope people will start to think about this. host: republicans point to the last

mary's college hosted last year's senate de bit between barbara boxer and carly fiorina. newspaper to it's trying to host a presidential debate in 2012. st. mary's must convince the commission it's ready. >> it would mean a lot for the bay area, for us to get a presidential debate here. we think that it will shine a lloyd on how get the bay area is, how great st. mary's is and what an asset we are to the country. >> march 31st is the deadline to apply. the finalists will be announced in april and the host of the debate around thanksgiving st. mary's estimate it could cost $4 million to put on such a large event. >>> less than a week until a possible government shutdown and now this morning, president obama is calling for a temporary spending plan to keep the government running. >> it won't be easy. they'll be plenty debates and disagreements. and neither party will get everything it wants. both sides had have to compromise. >> the president made the call for the temporary spending plan in his weekly online video address. the current budget expires on friday. if lawmakers

senator barbara boxer, and i'll francolin their old in a press conference talking about opposition toegislation being pushed by house republicans they say will endanger women's health by severely limiting their access to affordable health care. just a quick lesson. >> >> lousiais not about money, j's not about people's feeling secure. >> darya: is difficult to here with the microphones we will monitor it. and give that to you later. >> james: that flew like illness that broke out last week apparently it turns out it was brought in by infected students not the result of conditions that the school. official says it's the neural virus. that apparently is to blame for nearly 70 students and adults getting sick at walker's creek. they tested the water, the food storage areas. everything came back clean up back here is no problems. the ranch is closed this week. >> darya: the chancellors of the university of california and california state university systems said monday that they don't plan to seek student fees increases this year, despite a state budget proposal that calls for more than $1

but frankly barbara boxer and on behalf of the vertically challenged decided to form a caucus so we canp for the rights and interests of those who come up short every time they stand. and you know, just as an aside, if you are short and happen to become a person in how well, somehow people think you have an napoleonic complex. i don't know why this. it interferes with my important work like the invade russia act, which didn't pass this time but i will try again next winter. as some of you know i just drove back up from charlottesville where the democrats are in retreat, i'm sorry, i read that wrong. [laughter] where the democrats are at a retreat. but i really wanted to be here. i thought it was important to be here because if i learned anything from the exit poll of the election in my state of delaware it said that there are thousands and thousands who really wanted a senator who would see lots of laughable things. [laughter] my opponent was, after all, magic. and if you read the news today, apparently she was the president's number one opponent as well, which is why there were so many

california democratic senator barbara boxer chaired the hearing. >> good morning, everybody. the committee will come to order. we have called us into data focus on a public health issue that touches every family and every community across the country. the quality of our nation's drinking water. congress passed the safe drinking water act in 1974 to protect public health by creating consistent and strong safeguards for the nation's public drinking water supply. the words that president ford spoke when he signed this legislation into law are as true today as they were then. so i'm going to quote him. he said nothing is more essential to the life of every single american then clean air, pure food, and safe drinking water. and he went on to say, there have been strong national programs to improve the quality of our air, and the purity of our food. this bill, meaning the water bill, will provide us with the protection we need for drinking water. so president ford i believe had it right, and i think we need to live up to the spirit of this law and the letter of this law. congress l

from politico, at barbara boxer is commenting on the short-term spending bill passed last week and a republican-controlled house. the continuing resolution calls for $61 billion in spending cuts to programs like the epa's clean air act, planned parenthood, and the corporation for public broadcasting. the chairwoman said this is no time for political vendettas. the cost is just too highs. she went on to say they have up as a reduction as an excuse to carry out vendettas. seating livingston reports that texas congressman ron paul is distributing free books by his son. the book's publisher confirms that volunteers from the campaign for liberty organization plan to give all 535 members a copy of his book, "the tea party goes to washington." those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> if you are watching c-span, a preview politics and public affairs. -- you are watching c-span, a preview of politics and public affairs. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see the signature interview programs. on saturday, "the communicators." on sunday the prime mini

but frankly barbara boxer and on behalf of the vertically challenged decided to form a caucus so we can stand up for the rights and interests of those who come up short every time they stand. and you know, just as an aside, if you are short and happen to become a person in how well, somehow people think you have an napoleonic complex. i don't know why this. it interferes with my important work like the invade russia act, which didn't pass this time but i will try again next winter. as some of you know i just drove back up from charlottesville where the democrats are in retreat, i'm sorry, i read that wrong. [laughter] where the democrats are at a retreat. but i really wanted to be here. i thought it was important to be here because if i learned anything from the exit poll of the election in my state of delaware it said that there are thousands and thousands who really wanted a senator who would see lots of laughable things. [laughter] my opponent was, after all, magic. and if you read the news today, apparently she was the president's number one opponent as well, which is why there were