voter opinion of senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer also has slipped. 41% of voters said they disapprove of senator feinstein's job performance. that's down from 48%. senator barbara boxer won approval from 39% of voters compared to 42% back in march. >>> shares of los gatos shares slipped today. they plan to lose 100 million more subscribers than originally thought. the news sent netflix stock plunging. >>> some of the bay area's biggest tech companies are also the best places for working mothers. cisco, dell, hp and intel made working mother magazine best companies. they looked at paid maternity leave and flexible time off. >>> three years into the housing crisis, foreclosures are still ravages bay area neighborhoods. the organization says from 2008 to 2012 san jose is projected to lose $22 billion in home values and 43,000 homes will have been foreclosed on. >> these banks have to defer some loans. that's the way to do it. defer part of the loan until things get better. >> reporter: the decline in property tax revenue also affects residents who wind up having to pay more fo

joining me now, senator barbara boxer, democrat from california. senator boxer, thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> it's great to be on your show. >> republicans called president obama's plan class warfare. that's their usual cry. will it work this time, senator? >> oh, absolutely not. if we're smart enough to call them on it, and i just came from the senate floor where about a half hour ago i just said i think i'm going to send a box of kleenex tissues to the republican leadership so they can have tissues when they cry for the millionaires and billion airs. the fact is it isn't class warfare when you suggest that someone earning $1 million or more pay the same effectively tax rate as their secretary or as a fire fighter or a nurse. that is only fairness. it's actually, i think, moral. so i think we're on high moral ground, and, reverend, i have to compliment you when you show the way that bill clinton led this nation. he had a vision. his vision was this, that we don't spend on wasteful spending. we spend on important investments in our pe

it would become the responsibility of governments. >> barbara boxer septa letter -- sent a letter askingo support the proposal. >>> coming up in 90 seconds, new details about the driver who hit and killed a six-year- old girl in east palo alto. also, a campus meeting at a college, why this comic strip sparked so much anger. >>> praying, you know, that she make it. >> shock and disbelief as a girl is struck and killed on her way to school. the new information we learned about the driver involved in that crash. >>> cartoon controversy that is no jock. the anger at a student newspaper's decision. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> i am ken wayne. frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie h. a student -- julie haener. a student newspaper. ktvu's john sasaki joins us now where the outrage spilled over today. john? >> reporter: this is the school newspaper, and on the most recent page 2, this comic strip was the topic of a heated campus meeting. >> reporter: it was quit today but not inside the campus theater. the school held a meeti

i want to thank nancy pelosi, senator dianne feinstein, and senator barbara boxer. i would also like to thank and acknowledge our mayor, mayor ed lee, who is here with us today. since mayor lee's early days in city hall, he has been a strong supporter of the transbay project and everything that the transbay represents. housing, improve air quality, the alleviation of congestion, and a better quality of life for all bay area san franciscans. i would also like to add that since coming into office, we have created over 1000 jobs for this project. so, thank you, mr. lee. in addition, i want to thank our border directors. jane kim is here today. you will be hearing from her. i do not know if mayer brown is here, but it is important to it knowledge him. after all, he started the project many years ago. you will be hearing more about that in a moment. it will include thousands of new residential units, parks, open space, shops, retail, restaurant, and so forth. you will be hearing a lot about that from the mayor and jane. in addition, the men and women working on our const

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frequency, get ahold of the offices and there are san francisco offices for barbara boxer, dianne feinstein, nancy pelosi, and bring your petitions to them. thank you. president olague: commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: well, in response to some of the comments, i don't know that you can necessarily judge the adequacy of a signal by testing your cell phones. we have a huge increase in media transmission and that will continue and that is why we're seeing so many more installations and it is not just the number but

frequency, get ahold of the offices and there are san francisco offices for barbara boxer, dianne feinstein, nancy pelosi, and bring your petitions to them. thank you. president olague: commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: well, in response to some of the comments, i don't know that you can necessarily judge the adequacy of a signal by testing your cell phones. we have a huge increase in media transmission and that will continue and that is why we're seeing so many more installations and it is not just the number but the usage and the price you are paying is to have more antennas and most of the time you can't tell they are there unless you are educated to spot what is and what isn't an antenna and i go around and many times surprised to see that something is an antenna and unless the buyer knows it and if you are looking to be to buy a home or not have any antennas, you will be looking for a hard place to find because with the growth of the antennas, they will be close to where they live. and those who have control over the r.f. levels and at a federal level, talk to them if you w

course not all flotations have the same price tag california's barbara boxer is the priciest senator at two point three million dollars followed by harry reid john mccain and tea party darling marco rubio i come from a hardworking and humble family. one that was neither wealthy nor connected who's raked in twenty one point seven million as a freshman senator. thank you you know house michele bachmann leads with thirteen point five million dollars budget which comes from big oil which may explain her stance and drilling whether that is if they ever do so whether that is the support for the whether there is a noise to call back to you to go over the ocean lives and when corporations pay big but those of us who can afford to write a twenty thousand dollars check were left out in the cold kitchen out to buy a congressman full time why not rent him for hearing when american investors shelled out twenty four hundred dollars deli angles. twenty four hundred dollars to get in bergen county mack at five hundred dollars a mr oscar mr asker cerner. sorana and made his cement company the center

excuse me to protect social security senator bernie sanders congressman peter de fazio senator barbara boxer and senator sheldon whitehouse they put the keep our social security promises act on the table house and the senate and of course republicans seem hell bent on destroying social security or at least privatizing trying to hand over the bankers here's a quick montage of republican parts on this topic. we also need to know that for those who are not yet on the system the system simply has to be reformed in order for it to work i agree that social security is broke and we spent all the money and it's on its last legs unless we do something i believe in the chilean model where you give a personal retirement account option so we can move this from an entitlement society to an empowerment since i think the funding program of social security is not working and congress has been raiding the dollars from social security would pay for annual government expenditures that's wrong it is a monstrous lie. it is a cons he skied to tell monstrous lie ponzi scheme broke the social security administratio

it's the good the bad of the very very aaron aisha's lee oddly the good california senator barbara boxer acted in president obama's decision last week to delay new regulations kerby pollution until two thousand and thirteen boxer encouraged environmental groups to sue the administration she told reporters yesterday i disagree strongly with the administration's decision and i hope billy's sued in court and i hope the court can stand by the clean air act clean air isn't something that we should be waiting around for and it's time for the president keep this campaign promise to heal the planet so if it takes lawsuits as senator boxer is suggesting for the bad alabama senator richard shelby shelby has been one of the most outspoken critics of the newly created consumer financial protection bureau that works to make sure the middle class isn't screwed over by banks toure's again like goldman sachs even wrote an op ed in the wall street journal back in july in which he called the new consumer protection bureau dangerous well as the public campaign action fund discovered this week we now know w

senator barbara boxer urged all commercial flights to have the same protection as an aircraft.d cost one million for each plan to install the system. >> president obama flew out of the bay area taking with him millions in campaign cash. and money raised from a small group of big donors. but with the reelection effort in trouble pace of fund raising has slowed dramatically. here's what is happening. >> this friday is the reporting deadline for the third quarter of fund raising and the president sent out an e-mail asking for small do nadingses. >> the e-mail suggested a contribution of three dollars or more outside of the oakland campaign headquarters. we asked supporters if they contributed. >> adam inteds to give. anita white will donate more. >> but like the maul donors they have yet to write a check. fund raising numbers show a slow down n spring he had 86 million raised. but the third quarter goal is 30 million less. >> look it is a disaster summer for barack obama. the political analyst said it is slow before a election year but this summer is particularly bad with the job

barbara boxer announced her bill for transportation spending. boxer came to the bay area to lobby for the measure. she appeared at the construction site for the 4th tunnel and at the oakland airport where a new air traffic control l tower is being built. said it would save 1.8 million u.s. jobs. >>> reports of a wild fire burning in the gold country. we first brought you these pictures yesterday. now fire officials say these flames are about 60% contained. the fire came very close to several homes in the area, but fortunately firefighters were able to keep the flames away. crews say there is cause for concern in the coming days and coming up at 5:30 rondes a explains why they are gearing up for what could be a busy weekend. >>> was talking about the fire danger. let's talk about that warm up you're talking about. >> yesterday was one of the hottest days and then today cooled off. you notice that tomorrow heats up again. we have a weather watch and a red flag warning for the mountainous area. remember, i had the -- that's a deeper marine layer, a

last february as americans faced the possibility of a government shutdown, senator barbara boxer hadif the government is forced to shut down, members of congress and the president should be treated the same way as all other federal employees. we should not be paid. >> well, the government didn't shut down so i guess congress got a pass on that one. but seriously, if law mmakers tk a pay cut or raised their retirement age, dare i say it, would that be patriotic, responsible, moral? we would like to hear it from you. our question this morning, what would it say to you if congress took a pay cut? facebook.com/americanmorning. i will read your comments later this hour. >> $100 million over ten years. that's like -- when you talk about money they are trying to save. that would be easy. just do it. >> in fairness, although many of our lawmakers millionaires, some are not. they have to keep homes in two different states. >> we have to be careful not to eliminate the possibility of those people who are not independently wealthy but maybe really smart? maybe want to compromise, don't run for

. >> senator barbara boxer applauded the end of don't ask, don't tell.he said today after nearly two decades of discrimination and injustice, the don't ask, don't tell policy has come to an end. when the policy was put into effect it was plain unamerican. i'm so glad that it's one over and our nation will be stronger for it. >>> well, an incredible survival story now. a south bay man who went out for a hike last weekended up getting injured and then spent four days trapped in a santa clara county park. police say the man went out for a hike last tuesday to the quick silver county park off of hicks route in south san jose. he fell and hurt himself badly enough that he couldn't get out of the park on his own. it took four days before someone heard his call for help and rescuers hiked into the park and helped him get out. luckily he's doing just fun. >>> alum rock park was closed today due to extreme fire danger. the emergency closure was due to this heatwave that we're experiencing. if the park is not at a fire safe level, it could close again tomorrow and

i sat last time with barbara boxer, we have done bipartisan hearings.e have got to get this resolved because people are counting on us and we can't play games, particularly on our nation's infrastructure. >> congressman mica, appreciate the time to talk with us tonight. i hope you know that i mean it earnestly the eyes of the nation are upon you in terms of trying to turn all of this talk into something moving through the congress. thank you for speaking with us, sir. >> thank you so much. >> we will be right back. sam higgins? you have frequent heartburn, right? yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. effective political tools democrats had in campaigns was the promise to protect programs like social security and medicare, which they invented and voted for and protect, and which republicans have sort of had a chain saw out for quite some time. the guy in charge of electing a democratic majori

i sat last time with barbara boxer, we have done bipartisan hearings.o get this resolved because people are counting on us and we can't play games, particularly on our nation's infrastructure. >> congressman mica, appreciate the time to talk with us tonight. i hope you know that i mean it earnestly the eyes of the nation are upon you in terms of trying to turn all of this talk into something moving through the congress. thank you for speaking with us, sir. >> thank you so much. >> we will be right back. [ female announcer ] kiss everything you know about cookies goodbye. new newtons fruit thins. real cranberries and cranberry citrus oat... crispy whole grain. newtons fruit thins, one unique cookie. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i'v

i sat last time with barbara boxer, we have done bipartisan hearings. got to get this resolved because people are counting on us and we can't play games, particularly on our nation's infrastructure. >> congressman mica, appreciate the time to talk with us tonight. i hope you know that i mean it earnestly the eyes of the nation are upon you in terms of trying to turn all of this talk into something moving through the congress. thank you for speaking with us, sir. >> thank you so much. >> we will be right back. effective political tools democrats had in campaigns was the promise to protect programs like social security and medicare, which they invented and voted for and protect, and which republicans have sort of had a chain saw out for quite some time. the guy in charge of electing a democratic majority to the house of representatives in the next election said in may that his strategy for electing a democratic majority in the house in the next election was a three part strategy. the three parts were medicare, medicare, and medicare. >> that is the defini

that concern is prompting senator barbara boxer of california to ask that commercial airliners be equippede talking about? >> what senator boxer is talking about is today she issued a call for the pentagon and the department of homeland security to come up with a program, a technology program to protect commercial airliners from shoulder-fired missiles. let's walk through a couple of points here. as you say the issue on the table, frankly, is libya. you remember the pictures from cnn's ben weedman several weeks ago when he was taken through facilities in libya that showed. these shoulder-fired missiles, open boxes, empty boxes, all kinds of missile paraphernalia in disarray. there had been an estimate up to 20,000 shoulder-fired missiles in libya and quite frankly officials tell us they're not sure what's there, what's not there, what's under control, that may have left the country. that is what is prompting boxer's call. what is the technology solution? interestingly, some aerospace companies like northrup grumman we want to show you a simulation in animation come up with a technology whe

. >> john micah in the house, barbara boxer in the senate, both support increasing the loan program forportation projects from $122 million to $1 billion a year. it's a great way to get people to work now without putting a lot of money up on the part of the federal government. and those are the kind of innovative ideas that we put together in our common sense agenda for jobs that the mayors across the nation has put together. >> let's talk about jobs and something that new york mayor michael bloomberg said. i'm sure you're aware of this. he said there could be riots in the streets if young men remain unemployed. do you think that's right? can you see that happening here in los angeles? >> i think the poverty rate is higher than at any time since 1993. one of the highest poverty rates that we've had in decades. the unemployment rate at 14.5% here in l.a., some places as high as 20% in south los angeles. we have to put people back to work. i don't want to focus on what happened if we don't. because i don't think we should be in that position. the federal government has the wherewithal to

last february, as americans faced the possibility of a government shutdown, senator barbara boxer had a dandy idea. >> if they are forced to shut down, members of congress should be treated the same way as other employees. we should not be paid. >> the government did not shut down, so they got a pass on that. seriously, if they took a pay cut or raised their retirement age, would that be patriotic? responsible? moral. we would like to hear from you. what would it say to you if congress took a pay cut? facebook.com/carol cnn. i'll read your responses later this hour. >> we look forward to that. people are going to be fired up. >> yes. >> all right. thanks so much. here is what's ahead on the rundown. the white house is being criticized for giving millions to a company that went under just months later. and we show you how an art school in l.a. is helping kids excel in math and science. she went from a size 16 to a size zero. i'll talk to jennifer hudson in her fight to end obesity as well as hunger. also, the exclusive look at libyan rebels learning to use weapons right before they hav

remember several years ago when barbara boxer said that she wanted every airline, every passenger plane to be equipped with anti-missile technology but it turned out to be a million bucks a plane, too expensive? keep this in mind, since 1975 40 civil planes have been shot at by these shoulder rocket missiles, 28 have crashed, 800 people have died, megyn, and now tens of thousands of these things are unaccounted for in libya. megyn: wow. trace gallagher, thank you. >>> well, brand new developments in the fast and furious gun trafficking scandal. fox news just obtained new documents showing your money was used to buy some of the weapons associated with that operation. an operation held partially responsible for the death of border patrol agent brian terry. william la jeunesse is live in our west coast bureau with more on this one. william? >> reporter: well, megyn, now we have not one, but two cases where guns were put into the hands of criminals deliberately. this tactic was not used in this fast and furious, but in another case where instead of just aiding the middleman, the u.s. govern