and now it's time for the good the bad in the very very seriously ugly good congresswoman barbara lee lee has introduced the state's medical marijuana property rights protection act yack would stop the department of justice from going after and threatening medical marijuana dispensary landlords threw acid poor for forfeiture and laws the jays thread have already caused the closure of four hundred medical marijuana dispensaries in california alone it's time to stop punishing sick people who are using one of the most effective medicines on the planet and time to end nixon's drug war that places profit over morality well done congresswoman the bad fox news. yes rather than praise olympic gymnast gabby douglas the talking heads at fox decided to question her patriotism guest host allison camerata brought up how some folks had noticed a lack of famous flag styled outfits among america's athletes yes david webb replied with this. you know gabby had that great moment everybody was so excited and she's in hot pink and that's her prerogative and but there is a they also in gym this also adjust

now, barbara lee spoke out in berkeley about ryan's plan to replace the system with vouchers. lee says the ryan plan would increase costs for seniors by as much as $6400 a year. >> the truth is ryan aplan would do nothing to lower overall healthcare costs. instead, it would simply shift costs to seniors. >> under ryan aplan seniors would be given vouchers to purchase private health insurance or remain on medicare at a lower level of coverage. lee says it will force many into paying more for private insurance and better coverage. she's encouraging people to stand behind president obama's health reform plan. >>> missouri congressman todd aiken is under pressure to step out of the senate race. today, is an important deadline. controversial comments about rape have created an uproar on both sides. campaign trail. gop leaders want him to step aside by tonight so the missouri central committee can easily replace him. after tonight's deadline, it will take a court order to remove his name from the ballot. aiken has made it clear, he plans to remain on the ticket. >>> federal regulator

. >> east bay congresswoman barbara lee has written a new bill to protect medical marijuana clubs. the act would stop the seas seas size seizure of property. >> finally good news in the fall out from the hidden money found in a special fund for state parks. new, rob roth is live in berkeley with the findings avenue i statewide audit to s >> reporter: they investigated all 560 special funds, including the special fund for recycling. while they found in hidden stock piles of cash many folks questioning how do of the state spends the money the funds generate. they found hundreds of millions of dollars in problems but no evidence that anyone other than state parks official has under reported the amount of money in special funds. >> we have gone through 560 funds and not found other instances like that. we have -- we have differences, there are real reason. . >> reporter: after revelations the parks department has $54 million in special funds while proposing special parks -- the governor ordered the audit of all special funds. >> every single department ld should be honest and clear abo

barbara lee introduce introduced the legislation yesterday. it would align federal law to state's laws and allow for safe access to medical marijuana for patients. >> the introduction comes less than a month after the u.s. justice department served an asset for tight tour lawsuit against a medical marijuana dispense sear. >> bar -- dispensary. >> for the first time bicycles are being allowed on trains during the morning and evening commute. this is part of an experiment that is happening on fridays. alex save veg tells us how it -- alex savidge tells us how it went. >> it is. >> we need to reduce the footprint and riding my bike and parking my car is the way to go. if you want us to do this more often, they have to allow it. >> reporter: bart employees passed out a number of passes. they had information on the bike friendly pilot program. every friday in august. they are allowed to carry their bikes with them even during rush hour. >> i hope it continues. >> reporter: he rides his bike and takes bart to get to work in berkeley. the current rul

representative barbara lee and oakland mayor gene kwan made the announcement. it will had pair with museums around the world. at the science center they will pair with others. >> they will launch an innovative planetarium project with the hong kong space museum called the digital sky student partnership. >> the science program is set to launch in the fall. >>> after a cooler weekend, we had the tropical clouds and we had a pretty big fog bank and it didn't last nearly as long. there is is a teeny bit around pacifica and the points lighthouse. they are good to go and temperatures are warming up. we have blew skies and fog will be back tonight. it is getting shallower. and it is come being back along the coast. we have seep this so many times. started in may. happened in june, july. high pressure in the middle of the country slides back to the west. intense warm up and they stay in the 60s and 70s. there is the fog around pacifica. and that's it. they have sunshine. pretty good sea breeze out towards travis. up to 28 miles an hour. and it is 10. decreasing some o

congresswoman barbara lee is also vowing to fight that plan but is a sign of the times. >> incrediblevideo from inside the cockpit as a small airplane crashes in the mountains >> how a bay area firefighters put is real life training to the test. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> skies are mostly clear with mild temperatures and a couple of patches of fog at the coastline. >> clear along the golden gate bridge and the san mateo bridge. details in just a few minutes. >> amazing video of a crash landing from inside the cockpit. the single-engine aircraft was flying a group of hikers in idaho last month. the plane clipped several trees before crash landing on its roof but luckily everybody on board escaped only with minor injuries. >> nasa has released more images from mars and scientists say they are simply awesome. one photo from the curiosity rover shows a panoramic view of the landscape. scientists also say photos revealed gouge marks in the land when the rovers rockets when it landed. they say this is just the opening act and we should see 360 degree color pictures in just the next few days. this

at this morning's forum and wants to go to law school to help other immigrants she sat next to barbara lee saying this is just the beginning. >> congress still needs to act. we need to pass a dream act that addresses our needs. >> this tea party member told me it's unfair. >> i have in law that's waited through the legal process for years and been to the philippines. and they are still waiting. >> he says young people ought to have to get in line behind everybody else waiting around the world. and there is a spokeswoman told me those people who are waiting in line are going to be out of luck and says all applications will have to be filled out and mailed in. bay area offices will not be accepting april politics delivered in person. there is an estimate of how many people are eligible. it's a big number. more than 50,000. >> that safe big number, thank you very much. police in san jose identified a man they have in custody for stabbing a homeless woman to death with a sword. here is the picture. a 37-year-old marcus reynolds taken into custody monday night outside of a walgreens store. pros

. >> these students help mayor jean quan and barbara lee launch the partnership today.ether they will study western and chinese astronomy. they will also create community presentations using a inflatable planetarium. >> i am interested in seeing how atronomy functions on a global scale, how it is researched and how the sky is different from here to dollar -- from here to there. funding for the partnership comes from the non-profit museum connect and the u.s. state department. >>> men who do weight training may reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes. men who lifted weights 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week reduced their risk. it may be an alternative for men who have difficult with aerobics. >>> a teaspoon of honey may help children with a cough. parents who gave their children honey reported less coughing and better sleep. it could help fight an infection. dark honey has more of the antioxidants. >>> coming up, a quiet neighborhood gets a taste of hollywood, we will take you to the set of woody allen's new film. >> a casino closes its doors, but employees are not folding. t

bracing for an onslaught of applications in oakland, applicants crowded in, and congress woman barbara lee telling them this is an important day. >> the day we've been waiting for for a long time. >> and she says her hope is that this will be the first step towards immigration reform. >> this is an influx of new talent, ideas and new people. who have so much to offer and share with their new homes. >> in the front row is 18-year-old lilamolina who just graduated high school ik drive without fear of oh, my gosh they're going to pull me over. i might end up in ice or something. you know? >> she tells me she was three when her mom carried her across the rio grand river. >> i got really lucky with my parents. >> the teenager has her sights set on law school and a career helping other immigrants. and getting legal status mean that's is more possible. >> it's just a big deal. >> today other applicants waited in line for documents like pass ports that will show they came in before their 15th birthday. they must be between ages 15-30 in, high sool or with a diploma and a clean record. they can be

. >>> and barbara lee denounced a plan by a vice-president dental dan date and with crouchers. it would increase costs on seniors by as much as $6,400 a year. >> ryan's plan would do nothing to overall cost overhaul healthcare -- overhaul healthcare costs. >> representative lee is encouraging people to stand behind president barack obama's healthcare reform. >>> the electricity is back on for most were left without power. the first outage hit 9:00 a.m. an affected almost 2000 homes and businesses off of middle field road. bust just about another area caused problems. this provides power to the area and they are working on an underground cable. >>> they are playing another do or die game. >>> they would advance to the semifiles on thunder day,en it looks like you are there tonight. >> and we go inside and i want to bring it to you live, the game just got underway and let's take a look here. the team is hoping and all he wanted to do was make contact and he snapped off a walk off in the 8-4 victory, that he had good night also and their paper threw a no hitter as it came 2- 0. an

. >>> barbara lee spoke out today against the romney-ryan campaign, saying the republican's plan for medicare would hurt senior citizen. >> a plan like this would cost seniors as much as $6400 a year. $6400 a year. and i don't know many seniors who can afford that. >>> and illegal immigrants are grappling with the licensing problems at the dmv. the agency said it would issue driver's licenses to eligible immigrants, but then just days later they made an abrupt change and said they wouldn't. >> reporter: 19-year-old edith is an open resident and a new mother. >> my parents brought me here when i was a baby. >> reporter: she's also an illegal immigrant and an unlicensed driver. >> i got jumped for a little 30- day bus pass. that happened to me with my daughter. so that's why i need the license to drive. >> reporter: we rode with her today to talk about the push to allow people like her to obtain their licenses. the obama administration decided that young immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children should get a deportation reprieve. last week, dmv said it would issue people suc

. >>> barbara lee spoke out today against the romney-ryan campaign, saying the republican's plan foredicare would hurt senior citizen. >> a plan like this would cost seniors as much as $6400 a year. $6400 a year. and i don't know many seniors who can afford that. >>> and illegal immigrants are grappling with the licensing problems at the dmv. the agency said it would issue driver's licenses to eligible immigrants, but then just days later they made an abrupt change and said they wouldn't. >> reporter: 19-year-old edith is an open resident and a new mother. >> my parents brought me here when i was a baby. >> reporter: she's also an illegal immigrant and an unlicensed driver. >> i got jumped for a little 30- day bus pass. that happened to me with my daughter. so that's why i need the license to drive. >> reporter: we rode with her today to talk about the push to allow people like her to obtain their licenses. the obama administration decided that young immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children should get a deportation reprieve. last week, dmv said it would issue people such

>> take a look at barbara lee of oakland. one of a handful of congressional members to vote against going to war in iraq. very few did that. she opposes capital punishment, supports gay rights, favoring strong gun control. look at her district. it's 99.9% urban. very diverse. 25% african-american, 15% asia-american, 9% latino. she scores well in the district in which she has a very safe place. she had 37% more votes for her district than barack obama populared himself in the state. so even overwhelmingly democratic districts you see the same kind of thing. >> here's the bottom line, whether it's way to the left, way to the right, one-sided districts give enormous power to incumbents. that's what we have to walk away with. they're able to say things that are sometimes very few from the mainstream of society. >> we'll see how it all plays out at the ballot box. >>> still to come at 6:00, meals from celebrity chefs and snappy service. the food deal for the 49ers new stadium in santa clara >> find out how mark zuckerberg's barbec

she sat next to congress woman barbara lee who told the audience of 150 this is just the beginning. >> congress still needs to act. we need to pass a dream act and comprehensive immigration reform that addresses our 21st century economic and security needs. >> but in pleasanton tea party member jim freeman told me the deferred action policy is unfair. >> i have inlaws who have waited through the legal process for years in the philippines. those are inlaws of mean and they are still waiting. >> freeman i says young people applying for legal status ought to have to get in line behind everybody else waiting all over the world. a spokes woman for immigration told me those people waiting in line outside of immigration offenses going to be out of luck. she says all applications have to be filled out and mailed in. bay area immigration offenses will not be accepting applications delivered in person. the census department broke down its estimate of how many people are eligible for the deferred action program. in the bay area it is a big number. more than 50,000. in the newsroom, mark matthews

. >> i am deputy chief of staff at the afl-cio. , barbara lee, ninth congressional district of california. >> michael nutter, mayor of the city of philadelphia. >> i am the secretary of the democratic national committee. >> i had the privilege of serving in congress from the state of florida and currently serve as president of the center for middle east peace. the'm a senior fellow at center of transatlantic relations, johns hopkins university. >> i'm heather miller. >> patrice taylor. >> and i am helping to write the platform. >> and i am ted strickland, former governor of ohio. it is my pleasure to serve with such remarkable people, and i am certain that your expertise will be invaluable as we proceed with this important task. there are members who were not able to join us today. tony coelho, governor patrick -- governor deval patrick, the chair of the 2008 platform committee, and we know that the governor is a leading voice for making the country better place to live, work, and raise a family. then there is congressman barney frank, who was unable to join us at this time, congressman f

in the last decade, and i say we, but it goes to barbara lee's leadership, when i was on the foreignservice committee with her, which her mentor should, working with others, we helped change the course of diseases that threaten global stability. in 2002, 300,000 people in developing countries where receiving aids treatment. the u.s. responded with an unprecedented need a commitment to confront hiv aids. and as a result of the actions taken by the american people, 8 million people in the developing world now have access to aids treatment. looking ahead, the goal of the -- we now have a goal of an aids-free generation, and it is possible. a world without aids is within our grasp. success is the best answer to anyone who doubts that value of effected foreign assistance. another area of global leadership the u.s. is taking the lead on is the transparency the global extract this industry. that thought-franc act requires companies listed on the stock exchange -- to the securities and exchange commission. this law will allow us to fight corruption, to remote good governance in other countri

. >> i am deputy chief of staff at the afl-cio. , barbara lee, ninth congressional district of california. >> michael nutter, mayor of the city of philadelphia. >> i am the secretary of the democratic national committee. >> i had the privilege of serving in congress from the state of florida and currently serve as president of the center for middle east peace. the'm a senior fellow at center of transatlantic relations, johns hopkins university. >> i'm heather miller. >> patrice taylor. >> and i am helping to write the platform. >> and i am ted strickland, former governor of ohio. it is my pleasure to serve with such remarkable people, and i am certain that your expertise will be invaluable as we proceed with this important task. there are members who were not able to join us today. tony coelho, governor patrick -- governor deval patrick, the chair of the 2008 platform committee, and we know that the governor is a leading voice for making the country better place to live, work, and raise a family. then there is congressman barney frank, who was unable to join us at this time, congressman f

>mayor lee: thank you, barbara. good afternoon, everyone. this says "sweet." scott has his on. dennis is looking for an orange 1. i want to reiterate my thanks to everyone on the stage and in the audience. the team effort is really going on your. that is also effective in our economy does -- that is picking up. it is akin to attitude of the p.w. -- the can-do attitude of dpw. in everything that we're doing, there's a positive result if we all work together. that is the message here. if i can add to this, two things. i want to continue thinking our san francisco general hospital founda.

from democratic leaders such as bill clinton, kathleen sebelius, hillary clinton, nancy pelosi, barbara lee, and other senior officials. the pursuit of an aids for a generation is the official policy. president obama posted organizers and activists on thursday at the white house. he reiterated his determination to usher an end to the aids crisis. while we still lack a vaccine, u.s. research has transformed the landscape for those with access to powerful medications that literally are lifesaving. the medication can render an hiv-positive person virtually unaffected. the medications are part of our prevention strategies to help hiv negative individuals avoid infection. u.s.-led research is pursuing novel ways to eradicate hiv from those affected and support long- term suppression. i have not always been optimistic. in 1994, the year i was diagnosed, there were no effective treatment. 40,000 americans died of aids that year. 50,000 the following year. i was 25 years old. recombination of therapy i was initially reluctant. i feared the medications would not be affected or that they would result

the four years that i served as speaker of the house to work with congresswoman you know loewy, barbara lee, advocates on the outside like mono. listen to this, to double the funding of global else from 4 billion to $8 billion per year . 4 billion. [applause] to make far reaching progress and turn the tide action was needed, required for parliament worldwide. on behalf of members of congress i want to welcome the many parliamentarians who were with us at this conference. thank you for joining us. because, for our country to be able to act our legislative bodies must make a decision to move forward, and many have. even in these difficult fiscal times to my opening addresses, cutting back on our hiv/aids investments is of false economy that cost us more in the future in lives and in resources. hiv is still adapting and so much to turn the tide together. george bernard shaw once said, the sign of a truly intelligent person is that he, i would add, or she, is moved by statistics. clearly everyone in this room meets that standard. most of us, though, would also move individual stories. one patie

years i served as the speaker of the house to work within the congress on many have to work with barbara lee and at tickets on the outside, bono, listen to this, to double the funding for global health from 4 billion to $8 billion per year. 4 billion to 8 billion. [applause] to make far-reaching progress and turn the tide, action was needed, required from parliament worldwide. on behalf of members of congress who want to welcome the many parliamentarians who were with us at this conference. thank you for joining us. cause for our country to be able to act, our legislative bodies must make the decision to move forward and many have. even in these difficult fiscal times cutting back on our hiv/aids investment is a false economy that costs us more in the future in lives and resources. hiv is still adapting in so much to turn the tide together. george bernard shaw said the sign of a truly intelligent person is that he or she is moved by the statistics. clearly everyone in this room mix that standard. most of us though were also moved by individual stories. one patient, one person at a time that

. >> congresswoman barbara lee. ninth congressional district of california. >> michael nutter. mayor of philadelphia. >> susan ness. senior fellow at the site center for transatlantic relations at john hopkins university, former fcc commissioner. >> senior staff attorney at the native american rights fund. >> director party affairs. >> karen kornbluh. i am helping to draft the platform. >> ted strickland, former governor of the great state of ohio. thank you, all. it has come to the time where we aren't going to draft platform. we are fortunate to have karen with us. karen drafted the 2008 platform. she was the principal author and is doing the same for the 2012 platform. karen is well versed in the extensive range of policy issues that are central to our democratic party. the draft that she had prepared it is a starting point for us and i would like to proceed today by asking karen to give us an overview of the draft for our discussion. before karen does that, does anyone have any questions? thank you. karen, we would ask if you would at this time lead us through the platform.

. >> congresswoman barbara lee. ninth congressional district of california. >> michael nutter. mayor of philadelphia. >> susan ness. senior fellow at the site center for transatlantic relations at john hopkins university, former fcc commissioner. >> senior staff attorney at the native american rights fund. >> director party affairs. >> karen kwan blue. i am helping to draft a platform. >> ted strickland, former governor of the great state of ohio. thank you, all. it has come to the time where we aren't going to draft platform. we are fortunate to have karen with us. karen drafted the 2008 platform. she was the principal author and is doing the same for the 2012 platform. karen is well versed in the extensive range of policy issues that are central to our democratic party. the draft that she had prepared it is a starting point for us and i would like to proceed today by asking karen to give us an overview of the draft for our discussion. before karen does that, does anyone have any questions? thank you. karen, we would ask if you would at this time lead us through the platform.

spike lee visited our studio this morning and talked to barbara harrison. >> it's about this kid growingn atlanta, sent to spend the summer with his grandfather who he's never met before who's a baptist preacher. >> tell us about the baptist preacher. why did you choose that role? i know that's an important role in the black community. >> well, i'd done it before with ozzie davis' character, the good reverend doctor in "jungle fever," and the black bishop, preacher, deacon has a special place, and as you said before, the african-american community, even today. >> "red hook summer" opens in theaters here in washington august 24th. >>> let's get the word on the weather. the weekend weather at that. chuck, how about it? >> well, you at least have a movie and a book ready to go. if it were raining tomorrow, what movie would you want to go see? be asking yourself that question now so that tomorrow if the rain lingers a little bit, you'll already know what you're going to do. 90 degrees right now in manassas, 91 in washington, 73 in martinsburg and winchester where the rain has been coming dow

then we have jimerson from a university of california santa barbara, and a high lee claimed and frequently honored researcher has an amazing background. if you have 15 minutes on the material in your folder. then finally, mary flores the 11th seed was the implementation foundation for excellence in education. wheat or intent on having someone from florida because florida has done so much in this area so we are really glad that you could become and be part of the panel. our format each speaker will have eight minutes for an opening statement a will get from their share that i'm going to ask questions and then the audience will have a chance to ask questions. we will begin with karen schimke. >> good morning. as i was anticipating getting ready for this discussion, i was reminded of my own experience with reading proficiency. my transistor and i were in the first grade in a small rural town of western nebraska, and i don't think our teacher really understood that there were two of us. [laughter] so, one night my mom pulled out a book and said okay, we are going to read tonight. it's probably

preocupacion por es estado de salud de barbara bermudo, y vio el sol cuando los medicos buscaban la causa de su mal, vamos a ver los mensajes en twitter, y le aseguramos que leeegan en una cruz para recibir bendiciones, al regresar y mucho más acá en primer impacto, al regresar. aumentan vigilancia de templos sikh.acusan a diplomatico venezolano de asesinato en kenia.a ritmo de mariachi despiden a chavela vargas. buenas tardes, les habla maria elena salinas.tras la matanza en un templo sikh cerca a milwaukee, las autoridades en nueva york aumentaron la vigilancia en dichos templos como medida de precaucion.el primer secretario de la embajada venezolana en kenia es sospechoso del asesinato de la recien nombrada representante de venezuela ante ese pais.los restos de la popular cantante chavela vargas fueron trasladados a la emblematica plaza garibaldi en ciudad de mexico. asi lo queria la interprete, segun allegados.mas en noticiero univision. >> una severa tormenta sorprendio a los prsentes en una carrera de nascar, una persona murió y la otra se encuentra en estado critico. >> los vientos siguen provocando incendios en oklahoma, obligando a 500 residentes a e

barbara. >> thanks. >> that's blood territory over there. >> i don't want y' all here no more, right? you should know letting him here without instructions. >> i want to go home. >> spike leees us back to brooklyn in his film red hook summer. a boy is sent to the red hook prongs to spent the summer with his grandfather. spike lee joins us with more on the movie and other upcoming projects. >> glad to be here. >> tell us about the movie first. i know you grew up in brooklyn, is this a little bit of a auto biography? >> not at all. i think there's -- there are auto biograph cal moments from the film but more from the screen writer, james mcbride. this kid is being sent to spend a summer with his grandfather who he has never met before who is also a baptist peacher. >> tell ugs about the baptist preacher. why did you choose that role? i know that's an important role in the black community? >> i had done it before with oz y davis character in jungle fever. the black bishop preacher deacon has a special place in the african-american community, even today. >> can you tell us a little bit about what he says, what he does? does he change the life of the boy? >> from the very first

permanent co-chair be guam, harryof bom barber of mississippi, barbara comstock of virginia, john davidson of ohio, becky hill of montana, governor bob leend temporary officers whose names have been injured into the records of the convention be made the permanent officers of this convention. mr. chairman, i move the adoption of the report of the committee on permanent organization. >> thank you. without objection, the previous question is ordered. all those in favor, signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, they ayes haven't and the motion is agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair of points the following individuals who have been named as the escort committee to the permanent chairman. tom coughlin of arkansas, maggie brooks of new york, ricky deal of california, ted yoho of florida, united states representative shelley capito of west virginia, and the illinois representative. everybody please give a very warm welcome to the speaker of the house of representatives and permanent chairman of the convention, john boehner of ohio. [cheers and applause] >> the chair