sponsors including like barbara boxer and ron wyden and sure brown saying explicitly if israel attacks iran the united states should support israel militarily and diplomatically which is the opposite of current united states policy so is there still discussion about attacking and you know that means that would mean israel the israeli government having the power to determine when the united states goes to war so not only does this bill go against current u.s. policy but it was centrally give the state of israel the helm of control on whether or not the u.s. goes to war the u.s. chose to back israel on this would potentially jump start world war three and while this bill on its own disturbs me greatly what's perhaps even more troubling to see how eager our representatives are to instantly support a bill. that would encourage death carnage and bloodshed over diplomacy twenty one members are currently signed on with bipartisan support from senators like john mccain barbara boxer most surprisingly ron wyden but there could only be one villain so first sponsoring this bill which is an attemp

like the company cut safety corners to avoid jumping to even more regulatory hurdles exactly now barbara boxer has been very vocal same that the utility company knowingly installed these these steam generators knowing that there are flaws in them now. utility company southern california edison has said that when they saw the design they thought that it was sound and that they would have never installed something that would have put the public in danger but critics say that. mitsubishi and so the california edison were not as forthcoming about possible issues with the new steam generators because they wanted to streamline the regulatory process to really get things going and if they had to address some of the issues with the steam generators it would have led to more lengthy regulatory filings and so that's why barbara boxer and other critics are saying that that there was some cover up before the seam generators were actually installed so how much of the thout is actually costing us and how much will it cost to get a restarted. sure now this is been a very expensive project for southern califo

. >>> barbara boxer questioned whether the military made an error when the u.s. military dropped rape charges. jeremy goulet was a pilot in hawaii when he was court- martialed on rape. but the charges were dropped in exchange for a discharge. barbara boxer said the military needs to recognize rape is a violent crime and those who commit it are capable of further violence. >>> police called off their search today saying a woman is presumed dead. the search started last thursday when she failed to return home. the california highway patrol says surveillance video led investigators to believe that she committed suicide. her husband die offend cancer last year. her family thanked the community and police for their help in the search. >>> police finished a six month sex crimes investigation that divided people in a city. officers say the late teacher did engage in sexual activities with two students. he also made sex videos. investigators say the crimes took place at his home, school and in his car. he was arrested last september, he committed suicide afterwards. >>>

barbara boxer and jeanne shaheen asked him to review recent decision by an air force lieutenant generalsmiss all charges against a field grade officer that had been convicted of sexual assault. they also asked hagel whether he has the authority to overturn dismissal of the case. three days later, secretary hagel responded that under uniform code of military justice, the convening authority's action is a final decision. he cannot overturn that decision, but hagel did promise to review the case and have an independent panel review the process that allows commanders to overrule and dismiss decisions by military courts. tomorrow, the wilkerson case will be one of the cases considered during a senate armed services committee hearing. the first senate hearing on sexual assault in the military in close to ten years. joining me for exclusive interview, two of the women testifying at the hearing tomorrow, rebekah havrilla and anu bhagwati, from the service women action network. rebekah, can you give us a preview of what you will tell the committee tomorrow? >> yes, i'll be focusing on my persona

control legislation. 11 bay area women joined 200 moms to demand achblgts the group met with senator barbara boxer before attending a rally. >> i think if moms in america teamed up in the mid west, south and north and east in the west. we can do this. so much of this battle is going to depend on you. >> the sandy hook school massacre prompted the grass roots group to start organizing. >> city college of san francisco has until friday to prove that it is more financially secure fit cannot, the college could lose it's accreditation and close. tomorrow, students and staff plan to walk out to protest cuts being made by the school. organizers have been handing out flyers and sate school should pursue funding from state and local sources. mayor ed lee says ccsf is just too important to the community to close. >> we've got to keep the economics of city college zbog keep decision making going. this is an incredible institution we have to have a good functioning city chej we've been the best in california. we've got to remain the best. >> the commission that acredits junior colleges will decide on the fate

sponsors including barbara boxer and ron wyden and sure brown saying explicitly if israel attacks iran the united states should support israel militarily and diplomatically which is the opposite of current united states policy so is there still discussion about attacking and you know that means that would mean israel the israeli government having the power to determine when the united states goes to war so is is there still a discussion about attacking iran for israel twenty one senators have already signed a bill and more will in the next week as these thousands of apac activists descend on washington again how many depends if there is a response from the other side but is that part of the discussion no question about it really disturbing facts that you just said and let's talk about aid in general i mean last year the u.s. up its military aid to israel by and just claim today obama's been the most supportive president to the country in the last thirty years at the same time he was just awarded this medal distinction a first for any sitting president taking all this into account why d

you can count barbara boxer, jackie speier and a top official adding voices about how the military handles it's accused sex offenders including jeremy goulet. >> the deputy police chief is asking for more accountability in the way the military punishes sex offenders. >> there is a strong possibility had there been follow through that this individual would have been in custody and would not have had the ability to carry out the crimes. >> detectives butler and baker were gunned down by jeremy goulet, an army veteran with a history of sex offense accusations. after the tragedy it came to light he was twice accused of rape serving in the army n neither case was he put on trial. he served in the military jail before being granted a less than honorable discharge. >> too many military sex offender goes unpunished. >> how now, others are calling on the military to impose stricter penalties. >> what is it going to take? those capable are capable of other crimes, yes. murder. former defense secretary leon panetta is calling for greater transparency from the military. some say it wasn't just the mil

we also saw that barbara boxer was one of chuck hagel's earliest supporters.wish woman who is pro equality and pro choice to support hagel on condition that he fix this issue was very strong, so he owes barbara he owes this country, and he understands that. secretary hagel owes sen tor boxer. but you look at the courage that it took to testify today. imagine that courage if it had been channelled into protecting our country, rather than having to protect themselves. >> michael: we get so excited with the numbers, 20 women in the senate election day, but this is when it matters when you have a hearing on something that you would have not otherwise had a hearing on. so it's more than fanfare and celebration on election day. this is why you're happy about it, when you see things like this. let's go to chuck hagel. last week you were here crying for chuck hagel to do something, in that case where a jury's ruling was overturned on a sexual assault case in the military in the air force. it turns out now secretary hagel is look going this. is this a good step? >> i t

thank you so much. >> thank you, senator barbara boxer for your strong testimony. we are grateful for your leadership. we are now going to welcome the next panel. you can come up and i will read a biography while each of you get settled. we have the executive director and cofounder of the action network. she served as a marine officer from 1999 until 2004. all serving in the military, she witnessed sexual violence. we have bridget mccoy who served in the u.s. army from 1887 until 1991. she was just 18 years old when she signed up. she was sexually assaulted by non-commanding officer. rebecca is a former sergeant in the u.s. army. he she served from 2004 april 2008. she was the only female member of a bomb squad in eastern afghanistan and was attacked by a colleague at the operating base near the pakistani border in 2007. we have brian lewis, and he enlisted in the u.s. navy in june of 1997. he was raped by a sucker noncommissioned officer and i encourage each of you to express your views candidly and tell us what is working and what is not working. help us to under

hagel, just back from visiting afghanistan, sent a letter to barbara boxer. boxer had asked hagel to look into a case where an air force general dismissed the charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault. but in his letter, hagel says he does not have the authority to reverse the general's ruling. >>> 7:15. in about 15 minute minutes from right now, house republicans in washington, d.c. will give details of their budget plan. kye da campbell is in our -- kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with some of the details of the plan. kyla? >> reporter: former vice presidential candidate paul ryan is leading the house republican charge. here are some details of his budget -- he wants to spend $41 trillion over the next decade. that's about 5 trillion less than democrats. congressman ryan also says big savings would come from revealing ma-care but democrats -- obama-care but democrats are against the plan. now, senate democrats plan to fire back with their own plan later this week. we know they want to keep obama- care and raise taxes

he just returned from visiting afghanistan and wrote a letter to barbara boxer, boxer asked him to looka case where an air force general dismissed charges against a lieutenana colonel convicted of sexual assault but in his letter hagel said he doesn't have the authority to reverse the general's ruling. >>> 6:15. 90 minutes from now house republicans in washington will lay out a budget. automatic cuts have forced military to scale back. >> reporter: the marines posted a video online, tells personnel to save every round of ammunition and every gallon of gas and there's a plan unveiled today that doesn't guarantee the automatic spending cuts that went into place on march 1 are coming to an end anytime soon. former vice-presidential candidate paul ryan is leading house republicans. the g.o.p. believes by cutting spending to $41 trillion over the next decade the u.s. economy will grow faster and that will help balance the budget. republicans are not expected to get democratic support on their bug money saver, repealing obama care. >> obama care will increase federal health spending and subsi

hagel back from visiting afghanistan sent a letter to california senator barbara boxer, who had asked hagel to look into a case where an air force general dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault. but in his letter, hagel said he doesn't have the authority to reverse the general's ruling. >>> last week at the memorial service for the two santa cruz police officers killed by a former soldier, former defense secretary panetta acknowledgeeled military sex offenders are not always prosecuted. he said in the case of jeremy goulet, the military looked the other way. the army court martial in 2006 accused of two rapes ended with a plea bargain. had he been convicted, he likely would have landed in a military prison for life. >>> councilwoman jackie spears wants a capitol hill hearing on why the military dropped rape charges against jeremy peter goulet and said goulet faced the possibility of a life sentence if he was court- martialed. the charges whether dropped after he accepted a less than honorable discharge. >>> in two hours, house republicans in washing

these three went to senator barbara boxer of california who said this. >> in the last 50 years only one budget, and that party is the democratic party. bill clinton and the democratic congress. the only party that never balance the budget, suspended the lectures from my friends on the other side of the aisle about how they're the ones that know how to do it. no, they don't. lou: the last five years have not been exactly a classic lesson in this responsibility. according to the "washington post", rewrote history badly. a rewrite that borders on the absurd. it wipes away any republican contribution in the process she forgot to give republicans credit. just yesterday, an economic adviser claimed capital genders will have trouble making ends meet because of the sequestered. by the way, they may lose overtime. it would amount to an average of six and a half dollars per week of overtime if -- they figure they can handle that. up next, a champion of civil liberties find success with an old-fashioned filibuster. civil-rights still matter. civil liberties still matter in our nation's capital. th

. >> reporter: senator barbara boxer and others calling for the military to accuse stricter penaltiesits own who are aused of sexual assault. >> what is it going to take? it as vicious violent crime and they are capable of other crimes, yes, murder. >> reporter: former defense secondary leon panetta calling for greater transparency from the military. some say it wasn't just the military that went light on goulet. in 2007 he was convicted of two misdemeanors but dismissed four felonies he was charged at for peeping at a woman and then firing a gun at the victim's boyfriend. >> it is not just the military courts. a whole lot civilian courts and unfortunately this kind of thing happens all too often in the justice system. >> reporter: this is the memorial here in front of the santa cruz police department. it has been consolidated or reduced a bit since the beginning here the last couple of weeks and it has been a couple of weeks since the tragedies but today we still saw a steady stream of folks coming here wanting to pay their respects or drop fresh flowers. in santa cruz, laura anthony

this was a big issue for some of the key senators who are here, like barbara boxer, claire mccaskill, senators really made this an issue for hagel and he said, look, i am going to make this a priority in terms of looking at whether or not the military justice system needs to be reformed. and now he's got -- now he's got a decision to make because pressure is certainly going to build from this hearing today and legislatively the question will be whether or not hagel and others in the obama administration will put the political -- their political capital on the line to change this system when there's a the a lot of resistance to do just that. >> manu and shira, thank you for being with us. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> mitt romney is expected to reemerge this week with a speech speech at the cpac conference. but he is still being taunted for a comment he made. >> there are 47% of the americans who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i will never convince them to take responsibility and care for

barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies who question their very americanness and we saw that over and over at 9/11 and particularly in the run-up to war. it was a little bit frightening to be against the war as i was. we weren't really singled out and ridiculed, but we were right. they will go down in history as having done the wrong thing. it requires a lot of vigilance to make sure nothing like that happens again. >> given what the congresswoman said earlier, are we still at risk despite their bold and creative witness of a march to war of this magnitude or is there more accountability today? >> we would hope so. joan is absolutely right. there's bipartisan kulpaablety that dates back to the clinton administration. just look at the scorecard and this is where the american we're talking about an extraordinary cost in human lives and resources and at the end of the day, we didn't have to d

the senator from new york has been active on the same issue, senator barbara boxer has for years tooator jillibrand convened a hearing yesterday looking into this very issue, and focusing on the fact that in the year 2010 alone there were 19,000 cases of sexual assault mainly, of course, men taking advantage of women in the military and she had this -- if you saw any video of it, this panel of lawyers from the pentagon all men, all in their dress uniforms sitting in front of her who insists that this -- everything was under control, under the discipline and order of the military. she finds that hard to believe. >> i don't know how you can say that having 19,000 sexual assaults and rapes a year is discipline and order. i do not understand how you can say that of those 19,000 cases to only have approximately 2400 even reported because the victims tell us they are afraid to report because of retaliation is discipline and order, and i really can't understand how 2400 cases only 240 of which go to trial can have you believe that that authority is giving you discipline. >> bill: she was on

. >> meanwhile, democratic senator barbara boxer of california called for special attention to be paidocumented immigrants. >> despite making up more than half the immigrant population, too many immigrant women live in the shadows, deeply in the shadows. they work hard and they contribute so much to our nation. but they often live with their families in poverty. because of their undocumented status, many face exploitation and abuse. >> joining me live, "washington post" national political reporter nia-malika henderson. and columnist jonathan altar. what do you make of him not using explicitly, rand paul, the word citizenship? is he for it or just green card and visas? >> it's hard to know at this point. you think if you think about marco rubio and how he went before the conservative audience and did not even mention immigration reform. he knows that this will be a hard sell to folks in his party. so that's why he is tiptoeing very generally around this issue. as you said, he didn't specifically say citizenship. there is a debate within the conservative movement, within the republican p

one of the first things that i was priveledged and excited to do together with barbara boxer was when i was chairman of the foreign relations committee, establish a new sub committee on global women's issues, from the white house to the state department, to the senate, women and girls across the world have more champions than american government than ever before, and we can be proud of [applause] that. but still everybody here knows we have to do more. political stability, excuse me, peace, and prosperity, all require every one of us to do what we can to advance human rights for everyone regardless of their gender and ours. that will remain a fundamental priority of the department of state and the foreign policy of the united states. today i am proud to announce a new effort to that end. we are launching a full participation fund to support burrows within the state department and beam sis around the globe that develop innovative ways to be able to achieve gender equality in the work that they do. the fund will supply money for new initiatives or expand projects that are already underw

and his negativity to the anointed one and democrats like harry reid and barbara boxer and others were a surprise, and one chimed in and says cusak why he isn't take the liberal response. >> i am liberal that's why i bring this up. and what in the name, i suppose, being branded liberal by nbc or the real thing? i'm not sure, john, but i can tell you that all of this democratic infighting kind of putting a smile on my face, particularly on the day when the future of the g.o.p. boldly stood on principle and the constitution, that's a good day. that's all the time we have let. thanks for participating. let not your heart be troubled. greta is next, see you here tomorrow night. >> greta: tonight, wow, senator rand paul firing back after john mccain takes to the senate floor and calls the filibuster a political stunt. >> when i asked the president can you kill an american on american soil, it should have been an easy answer. i will speak today until the president responds and says, no, we won't kill americans in cafes. enough is enough, mr. president, come clean, come forward and say you wi

for those -- concerning our first -- second panel of witnesses after we will hear from senator barbara boxer who has extraordinary passion and leadership on this issue our second panel will be both men and women who are going to tell their personal stories and i want to salute each and every one of you for having the courage to tell such painful and personal stories. it's my hope and belief by committing the selfless act you are encouraging others to step forward and are also helping prevent crimes going unpunished. we have the duty to you and thousands of victims you represent to examine whether military justice is possible and what is the most effective and fair system that can be. despite some very dedicated j.a.g. officers i do not believe the current systematically meets are standard. that statistic on prosecution rates and sexual assault in the military are devastating. only 240 preceded to trial. nearly 70% of these reports are rape aggregated sexual assault. a system where less than one out of 10 reported perpetrators are taken to trial for their alleged crimes is not a system that i

one of the first things that i was priveledged and excited to do together with barbara boxer was when i was chairman of the foreign relations committee, establish a new sub committee on global women's issues, from the white house to the state department, to the senate, women and girls across the world have more champions than american government than ever before, and we can be proud of [applause] that. but still everybody here knows we have to do more. political stability, excuse me, peace, and prosperity, all require every one of us to do what we can to advance human rights for everyone regardless of their gender and ours. that will remain a fundamental priority of the department of state and the foreign policy of the united states. today i am proud to announce a new effort to that end. we are launching a full participation fund to support burrows within the state department and beam sis around the globe that develop innovative ways to be able to achieve gender equality in the work that they do. the fund will supply money for new initiatives or expand projects that are already underw

but chris you and i hung out with barbara boxer's daughter who did an amazing film about the prevalencemilitary. devalue in utah. >> caller: hi, stephanie. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: thank you for having your show on current tv. i would like to see you guys during the day more. >> stephanie: you mean in person? oh, on tv. >> caller: well >> person too, but i don't think they will let you in the state of utah. >> stephanie: no you are right. [ laughter ] >> caller: that is a special pass port you would have to get. >> caller: go ahead, duval. >> caller: how do we try to hold kids to a standard when our politicians, our religious leaders even school administrators and everybody that is surrounded with that they are supposed to look up to are route with hypocrisy, and senator and congressmen having to leave office because they get caught doing things that they are not supposed to -- >> stephanie: well it's not everybody. it's obviously some adults. >> caller: enough of a majority that the media consistently portray somebody as doing something wrong. on a daily basis we see it. i'm

after ranking members graham makes his opening remarks we'll hear the testimony from senator barbara boxern amendment which prevent any individual who is convicted of felony sexual assault so be issued a waiver to join the military. then we well have witnesses who have been victims of sexual assault or knowledgeable advocates for addressing sexual assault in the military. i will now defer to senator graham to give his opening remarks. >> well, i want to thank senator hillibrand do have the hearing. a large number don't want to come forward because they face reprisal. the purpose of military just is to instill good order and discipline in the unit so when they're called upon to engage the enemy and to train and deploy together, they can do so in a most effective fashion possible. the military's unique place, it's not a democracy. it's a place where you're asked to do extraordinarily difficult things, and you have to count on the people to your right and to your left to be there when you need them and vice versa. in the military, we have ' -- it's a crime for a commander to have a personal r

but she didn't or dianne feinstein for barbara boxer. but they did not. chuck schumer? sure.d paul did. fran is in springfield missouri. hi fran. >> caller: actually, die trust rand paul -- i don't trust rand paul. ever since the atf was practically debunked, no one is mentioning the state militias. they're the ones stockpiling the assault weapons. they're rand paul's friends. >> bill: well, look, i don't want to get into a debate about rand paul. that's beside the point okay. i said he's crazy as a loon but he's right about drones. he is right about the filibuster. the filibuster is a real thing. we should get up and talk as long as you can. that's what it is all about. we as american citizens have to be concerned about this expanded use of drones. you may trust president obama to do the right thing. but he isn't going to be in the white house forever. if we give him this expanded authority to use drones to kill american citizens on american soil, let's say some nut like mitt romney were in the white house. what do you think he would do with that authority? >> announcer: thi

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opening testimony there from senator barbara boxer of california. begin gwen this got under way about 20 minutes ago. >> comments on that to understand how deep this hits us. many in congress, our military, and our nation were stunned to read that the general used his discretion as the convenienting authority to throw out a military jury's guilty verdict. the jury of high ranking military officers, i want to say who was on this jury, four colonels, lieutenant colonel had sentence add lieutenant colonel to a year in prison and dismissal from the air force. that is a jury of his peers for sure. under the uniform code of justice the general's decision to overturn that verdict is final and it cannot be reviewed or changed. the second event because you may not know, it took place in my home state of california. last month an army veteran shot and killed two santa cruz police detectives who were attempting to question him over a sexual assault allegation. in the aftermath of this shooting we learned that even though the former soldier had faced two separa

of the amendment boats in the senate continuing, an amendment now by barbara boxer of california, dealing with the keystone xl pipeline. now -- itdment up would block the xl pipeline. all of the senate over on c- span2. next, remarks from richard cordray who talks about fair lending practices. he spoke earlier today at the national community reinvestment conference in washington, for about 15 minutes. >> we are happy to have richard cordray at our conference. being the distinction of the first person to hold the role of director. he previously served as the head of the enforcement division, and -- was heldficial in bearing hang. we might be known as the poster child for pay date lending, but i think that director's visit has helped us put ordinances in place that limit the number of peyton own establishments. we should give him applause just for that. [applause] we also know under his asdership, the cfpb emerged a strong protector for consumers, from the implementation of dodd-frank, to make sure that consumers are not abused by financial institutions. i thought i would get something on t

this is not from barbara boxer. this is not from bernie sanders. this is not from sheldon whitehouse. this is not from the environment committee. this is from the g.a.o. "the impacts and costliness of weather disasters -- resulting from floods, drought, and/events such as tropical cyclones -- will increase in significance as what are considered 'rare' events become more common and intense due to climate change." you know, when i started in this work, a very long time ago, we talked about the 100-year flood. and we could protect against that 100-year flood. no now as governor cuomo has stated eloquently, we we're seeing thoe hundred-year floods every couple of years. taxpayers are on the hook for events like spoarm sandy and because the federal government owns buildings across the nation, insures property and crops and provides disaster assistance, let's see what else the g.a.o. says. climate change impacts, pose significant financial risks for the federal government which, by the way, means us all, taxpayers. which owns extensive infrastructure, i