thank you. >> i wanted to go back to the senate race with barbara boxer. it has -- where was her compassion when she did not pay her employees from her previous campaign until last year as the run-up to this presidential election and in fact, one gentleman, who waited for years to be compensated, died before she ultimately repaid those former employees. what does that say that they were left hanging all these work that they performed and current campaign manager made a statement to "well, she lost," they didn't deserve to be paid. >> i don't know if that was the correct statement and to be honest, dinot follow her u.s. senate race as closely as you do, but i know in campaigns, sometimes toward the end, there is difficult situations and loose ends that need to be tied and it does take time unfortunately, sometimes bill dos accumulate without the candidate knowing. i would know this, my husband has ran for office 6789 my husband been upfront and paid his bills, but i know that sometime its takes time to make sure all the reasons are met. >> this has been nea

xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source we have slightly higher levels of money for the 56 year period very, of course, have there's more work to do to have the long-term funning for the country we've heard the act will include $30 million for the moyer u bower that was expected in the transportation bill some other changes the return of a competitive bus and bus pallets program two new freight and transit signal starts program that benefits the brt we must not repeat uncertainty over the past decade but as we advocate for a dedicated trust fund we'll have stated and local resources for transportation with connects with bart and local measures including the local vehicle license fee to deliver more projects from the streetscape projects which we celebrated earlier this month and i was pleased to join supervisor avalos and supervisor cowen at that 23e7b9 that included the mcallister park and staff from the rec and park department publi

the ability in the highway bill, the best of which is later in congress but he had a partner, barbara boxer on the house side. we need more of that. >> there was a growth rate agreement in the house and even on the divisive issues they are very confrontational. >> that is one thing we advocate is always picking the places that people have a huge battle. think of places where there is a need that such a good can be done and when you get the result it's the a result it's the ability to get more results and they quit doing that. >> during the time that you're innocent and i was in the house, you don't talk about the vision and the buck but we were back during that time looking about research and development to deal with some of the ails of america that we were dealing with in the health arena. we were talking about opportunities and for businesses to grow and create more jobs. i do not watch if of current affairs shows. watching current affairs shows is like watching a soap opera. you can't watch it for six months and then you tune in for about ten minutes and realize all of the talking points

the bill is sponsored by nevada senators dean and california senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. boxer says not only will the bill help the environment... it will be good for the local economy. "lake tahoe, if you haven't been there, it's one of our most magnificent treasures and it's emblematic of the natural beauty of california, one of the defining characteristics of our state. it's a huge tourist attraction." about 80 percent of the land in the tahoe basin, is owned by the federal government. ### he's a young man with big dreams for his future. in tonight's have a heart, we meet 6-year- old paul who hopes to find a forever family to help him achieve those dreams. so what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we will have a closer look at our forecast...and what you can expect in the days to come...right after the break. we had a break from the showers today but it's gonna be cold out there tomorrow morning. for a look at just how cold it is tune into good morning reno starting at 4:30 am. announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 news now at 6:30, w

eleanor: senator barbara boxer and barbara mikulski. two women who were trailblazers. they announced again they won't run again in 2016. tom: the u.s. military personnel who died this year in combat operations but also those who lost their lives due to mental health issues. clarence: i'm sorry to see john boehner go the way that he did go. it was noble for him to try to set things up so we wouldn't have to worry about government shutdowns for a while as he headed out the door. but it was really more of a result of the chaos in the house than the productivity of it. john: boehner was a class act. clarence: he was a class act but not a class act on capitol hill. john: sorry to see you go. cecil the lion. who was killed by a trophy hunter. the u.s. dentist walter palmer. he's back hunting in zimbabwe. his wife gave him full chance -- full -- his wife gave him a -- tom: well, i'd leave it like that. let's go to the next one. john: well, i kind of like it. you're taking over the show now? clarence: yeah. john: gave him full clearance to go. she's the daughter of rob -- of f

sponsored by nevada senators dean heller and harry reid, and california senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. boxer says the bill will aslo benefit the local economy. "lake tahoe, if you haven't been there, it's one of our most magnificent treasures and it's emblematic of the natural beauty of california, one of the defining characteristics of our state. it's a huge tourist attraction." the federal government manages land in the tahoe basin. turning now to two deadly avalanches. a skier and a snowboarder -- trapped under mountains of snow in montana and wyoming. seven deaths have now been blamed on avalanches this winter. abc's clayton sandell shows us how onesnowboarder was lucky to escape an avalanche at sugar bowl. script: nats - mares / ready? just seven seconds into snowboarder christian michael mares downhill run? an avalanche. nats - friend / christian! narrowly missing trees? nats - tumbling, "bleep", etc. ?tumbling downhill? shaken? but alive. nats - mares: so that happened. across the west conditions are ripe for avalanches. two people have been killed just this week, bringing the

but he had a partner, barbara boxer on the house side. we need more of that. >> there was a growth rate agreement that was important for important, 21st century cures in the house committee companion bill in the senate. so there are divisive issues that have been very confrontational and there are opportunities. >> instead of always taking the places that there will be a huge battle, think of places there is a need and something good can be done and when you get the result, it begins the ability to get up results and they've quit doing that. interesting in 1995 during the time you offer in over in the senate and i was in the house, talk about vision and the buck to beat -- in the book. we talked about research and development to deal with america and some of the things we were dealing with in the health arena. we were talking about opportunities and for businesses to grow and create more jobs we were thinking futuristically it seems again i do not watch a lot of current affairs shows. watching current affairs shows is like watching a soap

sponsored by nevada senators dean heller and harry reid, and california senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. boxer says not only will the bill help the environment... it will be good for the local economy. "lake tahoe, if you haven't been there, it's one of our most magnificent treasures and it's emblematic of the natural beauty of california, one of the defining characteristics of our state. it's a huge tourist attraction." government manages about 80-percent of the land in the tahoe basin. ### new homes will be added to the verdi area... but some are worried that the influx of people will add more stress to schools. reno land developing company is building 273 new homes in verdi... and is giving 200 thousand dollars to verdi elementary... billinghurst middle school and mcqueen high to help with capital improvements. the school district says any funding will help... but it won't be enough to fix overcrowding throughout the district. pete: we don't have a choice. when the students come, we have to educate the students. that's our mission, that's who we are. we are facing some overcrowding i

. >> jim and barbara boxer our total opposites but they got it resolved. you've got some good legislators on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capital that do have the ability. sherman schuster of the house who did the highway bill, he had a partner in barbara boxer. we need more of that. we have a companion bill in the senate. we have issues that have been very confrontational. that's one thing we advocate, pick the places where there is a deed where something good can be done. >> in 1995, during a time where we were in the senate and i was in the house, you all talk about vision in the book. in the house, during that time, we were talking about research and development to deal with some of the eels of america. some of the things we were dealing with in the health arena. we were talking about opportunities for businesses to grow and create more job funding. we were thinking futuristic lee. i literally do not watch a lot of current event shows. that's like watching a show soap opera. you cannot watch it for six months and go back and tune in fo

the bill is sponsored by nevada senators dean heller and harry reid, dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. boxer says not only will the bill help the environment... it will be good for the local economy. about 80 percent of the land in the tahoe basin is owned by the federal government.## the annual homeless youth count takes place next week. not only does it give us an idea of how many youth are on our streets, but it gets them the help they need. and, recycling in sparks just got a lot easier. what you need to know if you have one of the new bins at your home. "you're watching kolo 8 news now at 4:30 with sarah johns and weather with meteorologist jeff thompson homeless youth count; a 24-hour outreach to connect young adults with critical services to help get them off the streets. event organizers from the "nevada youth empowerment project" say each year they count anywhere from 75-to-100 homeless between 18 and 24 years old. the count is mandatory, but monica dupea from the n-y-e-p says it's also critical in helping end the homeless cycle. "86% of them say they would accept housing tod

the bill is sponsored by feinstein and barbara boxer of california and harry reid and dean heller of nevada. it authorizes 415-million dollars to be spent on the tahoe basin over the next decade. boxer says not only will the bill help the environment... it'll be good for the local economy. "when you save the environment, you bring tourists. there's nothing tourists want to see more than god's creation unspoiled. and that's what we have there." about 80-percent of the land in the tahoe basin, is owned by the federal government. ### both of nevada's senators released statments praising the committee's action. heller says: "today's committee passage is a big step toward come-batting combating the numerous and reid says: "this bill focuses our investments by making science a priority, calls for better management of our public lands in the lake tahoe basin "...and better public access to those lands."### the mayor of flint michigan keeps pushing for help, with the water crisis facing her city. karen weaver is in the nation's capital-- lobbying for help. kolo 8 news now washington bureau c

xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source we have slightly higher levels of money for the 56 year period very, of course, have there's more work to do to have the long-term funning for the country we've heard the act will include $30 million for the moyer u bower that was expected in the transportation bill some other changes the return of a competitive bus and bus pallets program two new freight and transit signal starts program that benefits the brt we must not repeat uncertainty over the past decade but as we advocate for a dedicated trust fund we'll have stated and local resources for transportation with connects with bart and local measures including the local vehicle license fee to deliver more projects from the streetscape projects which we celebrated earlier this month and i was pleased to join supervisor avalos and supervisor cowen at that 23e7b9 that included the mcallister park and staff from the rec and park department publi

sponsored by nevada senators dean heller and harry reid, and california senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. boxer says the bill will aslo benefit the local economy. "lake tahoe, if you haven't been there, it's one of our most magnificent treasures and it's emblematic of the natural beauty of california, one of the defining characteristics of our state. it's a huge tourist attraction." the federal government manages about 80-percent of the land in the tahoe basin. turning now to two deadly avalanches. a skier and a snowboarder -- trapped under mountains of snow in montana and wyoming. seven deaths have now been blamed on avalanches this winter. abc's clayton sandell shows us how onesnowboarder was lucky to escape an avalanche at sugar bowl. script: nats - mares / ready? just seven seconds into snowboarder christian michael mares downhill run? an avalanche. nats - friend / christian! narrowly missing trees? nats - tumbling, "bleep", etc. ?tumbling downhill? shaken? but alive. nats - mares: so that happened. across the west conditions are ripe for avalanches. two people have been killed just

. >> barbara boxer is like -- >> the girls aren't the only ones having fun.s of the gop are up to their own brand of tom foolery. the super pack released this lighthearted ad gently ribbing young marco. >> i know have i a debate, but i need to get this fantasy football thing right. >> no more fantasy football. cruz isn't the only one firing off missiles. you thought i was in the race. >> ted cruz is wonderful at reading children's fairy tales on the senate floor. >> sam i am. >> rick santorum spent his time in the senate a little differently. eight years on the senate armed services committee hoping to modernize today's army to better be prepared for today's threats. you want someone for a bedtime story? ed it -- ted cruz is your guy. >> that is what i want. >> it took me until halfway through the commercial to realize it was a pro-santorum ad. he came off looking like the bad guy. >> that's horrible messaging. there is nothing about that commercial that makes you think rick santorum, why have i been pointing all of my chips on ted cruz. i always bet on black

an exclusive poll shows 44% of likely voters still don't have a preference in who succeeds barbara boxerthe attorney general has 27% of the vote and the lead among voters who have decided. loretta sanchez is next with 15%. then rocky chavez and two other republicans, they follow with single digits. >>> now to a story out of north korea. there is international condemnation and skepticism after they claimed it test aid hydrogen bomb. according to the u.s. gs, seismic activity was detected. something big did explode there, the white house says it shows it's not consistent with a hydrogen bomb test. still, u.s. officials say precautions are being taken. the u.n. security council increased sanctions against north korea today. if the test did occur, experts say it would be troubling proof that the country's nuclear goals are far more advanced than anyone thought. >>> all that action in north korea had an impact on wall street. huge losses again. the dow down more than 250 points. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 both reported losses. slowdown in china has investors rattled. 2016 has been a rough sta

xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source we have slightly higher levels of money for the 56 year period very, of course, have there's more work to do to have the long-term funning for the country we've heard the act will include $30 million for the moyer u bower that was expected in the transportation bill some other changes the return of a competitive bus and bus pallets program two new freight and transit signal starts program that benefits the brt we must not repeat uncertainty over the past decade but as we advocate for a dedicated trust fund we'll have stated and local resources for transportation with connects with bart and local measures including the local vehicle license fee to deliver more projects from the streetscape projects which we celebrated earlier this month and i was pleased to join supervisor avalos and supervisor cowen at that 23e7b9 that included the mcallister park and staff from the rec and park department publi

senator against barbara boxer. >> after chemotherapy, for bra boxer is not scary. >> but being a politicalutsider set the stage today. >> ours was built to be a citizen government so citizens, let's take it back. >> former hewlett-packard ceo going on the record. >> nice to see you. >> great to be with you. thank you for having me. >> so what do you think is the reason that the outsiders in this whole political contest, in the g.o.p., which includes you, donald trump, and dr. ben carson -- why are the three of you doing so well? number of you is a politician. >> because 75% of the american people now think the federal government is corrupt, because 82% of the american people now think we have a professional political class that is more concerned with the preservation of its own power, position and privilege, than on getting the people's work done because people are angry and frustrated with festering problems that never get resolved. whatever your issue, whatever your cause, wblem you hope will be resolved by now the political class failed you. >> do you see this as almost like the tea par

it was called on by people like barbara boxer in the senate. did that have any traction? >> democrats feed on that particular bill as a potential solution in the aftermath of these terrorist attacks that also were gun massacres. way for democrats to tie the terror debate into a debate about gun control. >> mr. president when i woke up this morning, i'd hope that yesterday's tragedy in san bernardino was just an unimaginable nightmare. then as i usually do in the morning, i go through the clips from my state. i read the headlines. blood bath in san bernardino. 14 slain at california office party. carnage in california. shooting rampage sow terror in california. at least 14 dead in mass shooting. deadly rampage at holiday party. a day of horror. horror hits home. horrific, just one word. mass, mass murder. these are from papers all over my state and a couple of national headlines. my heart is broken after this rampage that led to the tragic loss of life. so many injuries, so much trauma and pain for the people of san bernardino. i want to thank the medical personnel who are

. >>> joining me now, california democratic senator barbara boxer.o talk about the state of the union. if i may, though, since you're on the foreign relations committee, let me ask you about what we're just learning now, that the pentagon says that it briefly lost contact with two navy vessels in the persian gulf. the iranians apparently took the people that were on those ships into custody, but now as jim miklaszewski was just reporting it would appear they're going to release them back to the united states. what do you make of that? >> well, as you know, i'm hearing this breaking news from you and my staff at the same time. so let me just be clear of what i know. it's basically that there was some type of mechanical problem and they weren't planning to be anywhere near iran-claimed territory. it sounds like diplomacy is working and, look, it's not over till it's over. so we hope that your point is well taken, that we have some better diplomacy going with iran right now, and hopefully this will be resolved and it won't be an issue we'll be talking a

senator barbara boxer who introduced the bill saying in a statement "this legislation will give tuleational recognition it deserves while honoring the tens of thousands of japanese americans interned." activist george takei, he and his family were held there in the second world war. he stars in "allegiance" inspired by his own family's experience in the camps. george, thanks for being here with us today. >> good to be here, but with all respect, sir, i'd like to correct what you said about the japanese internment camps. they were american internment camps. we were not imprisoned by the japanese so i'd like to get that once and forever established. they were japanese-american internment camps and yes, the establishment of tule lake camp as a national site managed by the national parks system is very important, because tule lake is probably the most significant of all of the ten internment camps. it was also the largest internment camp housing at its peak 18,000 people, but it was also selected to be the segregation center a year into internment, because of a loyalty questionnaire. >>

on wednesday, california senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer asked federal officials to investigatehe leak and see if there's a faster way to contain it. the los angeles city attorney and los angeles county have filed a lawsuit against socal gas. amy: methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that accelerates climate change 86 times more than carbon dioxide. at its peak, the leak has spewed the equivalent pollution of 4.5 million cars each day. on top of impact to surrounding communities, the porter ranch leak has raised concns about similar incidents across the state and around the country. there are 14 such natural gas storage facilities in california and more than 400 across the u.s. critics say they are plagued by ailing infrastructure and a lack of adequate regulation. for more we are joined by two guests. tim o'connor is director, california oil and gas, at the environmental defense fund. and david balen is president of the renaissance homeowners association, located just outside of the well site. he's also a member of the porter ranch neighborhood council and board member of the p

supports matching alternate housing trust fund funding for recipients in our community and urge barbara boxernd dianne feinstein to support this with revenue this is really about insure that is sfrefl with local match components so the clearly the housing crisis effecting our communities and the lacks of affordable housing is a durable for our city to address so make sure our san franciscans are housed we have to have more from the sate and frequenting the federal government cut back their tupdz for homelessness has recommits to affordable housing in san francisco the ami in 2015 for a single person is 71 thousand plus co-authors to the amounts so thank you to sophie hayward for being here and supportive, however, your families are considered quote = i or low income and e l i madam director 30's percent of ami and el household in san francisco makes $23,783 or less those are people living on loneliness 24 thousands a year and lower-income households makes 50 percent of ami and household equal to less than 35 thousands of hundred plus a year fair market rent as you may know in a two bedroom is

supports matching alternate housing trust fund funding for recipients in our community and urge barbara boxernd dianne feinstein to support this with revenue this is really about insure that is sfrefl with local match components so the clearly the housing crisis effecting our communities and the lacks of affordable housing is a durable for our city to address so make sure our san franciscans are housed we have to have more from the sate and frequenting the federal government cut back their tupdz for homelessness has recommits to affordable housing in san francisco the ami in 2015 for a single person is 71 thousand plus co-authors to the amounts so thank you to sophie hayward for being here and supportive, however, your families are considered quote = i or low income and e l i madam director 30's percent of ami and el household in san francisco makes $23,783 or less those are people living on loneliness 24 thousands a year and lower-income households makes 50 percent of ami and household equal to less than 35 thousands of hundred plus a year fair market rent as you may know in a two bedroom is

he said because he treated barbara boxer with respect, when it came to author the iranian security actnsor. santorum can bring us together. >> as you know, foster, rick santorum isn't doiso well in th polls. some say it's time to drop out so voters can coalesce about a candidate who is doing okay, like marco rubio. do you think that it's time for candidates with low percentages to drop out? >> if they're at 2%, at least they're tied with low fat milk. that's a start. who cares about the polls? the polls last time he was 5% in the polls nine days before he won iowa. what does that say, and matt devin was down 4% in the kentucky race and won by 9 %. the polls are, like, 360 people. you have a possibility far surprise. you go to these little events, people love rick santorum's warmth. they love his temperament and the fact that he can sit down and explain what is the threat of isis? he authored the iranian sanctions and he named the enemy as fundamental of islam. d why do people not name the enemy? >> all right. i have to leave it there. foster freeze, thank you for being with me this mor

it was also the last one for senator barbara boxer of california. she's retiring when her term ends after this year. she joins us now. senator, you won 24 years in the united states senate. you've never changed an inch. you've never buckled to popular opinion. you are a progressive. used to call you a liberal in the old days. 24 years in the senate. what did you make of the speech at any time tonight? >> my 34th straight speech that i heard, i frankly have to say it was a no o nostalgic moment as a watched the president doing his last speech up there. i was very touched by the speech. i was touched by the speech because i think what the president tried to do was conversational. and he tried to basically state some facts for the people. number one, look at what we've done. in the last seven years, you know, inheriting the worst recession since the great depression. i stood on that senate floor and held my head like this 700,000 jobs a month being lost. the housing crisis, deficits skyrocket package. now we've gone from 10% to 5% unemployment. 14 mill

supports matching alternate housing trust fund funding for recipients in our community and urge barbara boxernd dianne feinstein to support this with revenue this is really about insure that is sfrefl with local match components so the clearly the housing crisis effecting our communities and the lacks of affordable housing is a durable for our city to address so make sure our san franciscans are housed we have to have more from the sate and frequenting the federal government cut back their tupdz for homelessness has recommits to affordable housing in san francisco the ami in 2015 for a single person is 71 thousand plus co-authors to the amounts so thank you to sophie hayward for being here and supportive, however, your families are considered quote = i or low income and e l i madam director 30's percent of ami and el household in san francisco makes $23,783 or less those are people living on loneliness 24 thousands a year and lower-income households makes 50 percent of ami and household equal to less than 35 thousands of hundred plus a year fair market rent as you may know in a two bedroom is

i really do. >> senator barbara boxer, again, tonight as we heard, your 34th state of the union and the sitting senator. thank you so much. it great to see you. >> thank you. >> we have much more ahead with our continuing coverage of the state of the union. we're going to be hearing from ted cruz, we're going to be hearing from steve kornacki. we're going to be hearing from a number of other people we haven't brought on yet tonight. lots more still to come. stay with us. >> i will keep pushing for progress on the work that i believe still needs to be done. fixing a broken immigration system. protecting our kids from gun violence. equal pay for equal work. paid leave. raising the minimum wage. all these things -- all these things still matter to hard working families. they're still the right thing to do, and i won't let up until they get done. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls, and you break into your happy dance. if you si

supports matching alternate housing trust fund funding for recipients in our community and urge barbara boxernd dianne feinstein to support this with revenue this is really about insure that is sfrefl with local match components so the clearly the housing crisis effecting our communities and the lacks of affordable housing is a durable for our city to address so make sure our san franciscans are housed we have to have more from the sate and frequenting the federal government cut back their tupdz for homelessness has recommits to affordable housing in san francisco the ami in 2015 for a single person is 71 thousand plus co-authors to the amounts so thank you to sophie hayward for being here and supportive, however, your families are considered quote = i or low income and e l i madam director 30's percent of ami and el household in san francisco makes $23,783 or less those are people living on loneliness 24 thousands a year and lower-income households makes 50 percent of ami and household equal to less than 35 thousands of hundred plus a year fair market rent as you may know in a two bedroom is

xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source we have slightly higher levels of money for the 56 year period very, of course, have there's more work to do to have the long-term funning for the country we've heard the act will include $30 million for the moyer u bower that was expected in the transportation bill some other changes the return of a competitive bus and bus pallets program two new freight and transit signal starts program that benefits the brt we must not repeat uncertainty over the past decade but as we advocate for a dedicated trust fund we'll have stated and local resources for transportation with connects with bart and local measures including the local vehicle license fee to deliver more projects from the streetscape projects which we celebrated earlier this month and i was pleased to join supervisor avalos and supervisor cowen at that 23e7b9 that included the mcallister park and staff from the rec and park department publi

. >> i wanted to go back to the senate race with barbara boxer. it has -- where was her compassion when she did not pay her employees from her previous