as a member of the lgbt community, she is the first openly bisexual member of congress. but despite the attention, she says her sexual orientation doesn't matter. >> i've been out for many, many years. just nobody cares. i've served in arizona state legislature for about seven years and this is just not really an issue. i think people are most concerned about whether or not i'm serving their interests in my community as a public servant and so they want to know that i'm voting in their best economic interest and i'm taking action to help protect them and their families and taking action for the future and they're just not interested in any of the social stuff. >> and her personal diversity represents the vast diversity of this new arizona district. >> it's an incredibly diverse district home to arizona state university, the largest university in the country which i'm honored and privileged to teach at as well. but also home to sunnyslope which is a community that i worked at when i was a social worker for nearly a decade. one of the most low-income communities in our com

the first is the movement for rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, lbgt people, something that's been become a part of the sports world in a pretty fundamental way. the sec thing we've seen take place, which really hasn't been talked about nearly enough in this regard, is the economic crisis. the massive economic crisis in 2008, the largest in 70 years, i mean, it's had a massive ripple effect in the world of sports. you just referenced a sporting event in the lead up to the interview talking about the unrest in egypt, the starting point of that was a soccer riot, a soccer riot that involved a soccer club that i spent a whole chapter talking about in the book, a fundamental central player to the egyptian revolution that overthrew hosni mubarak, and their response to the port say yesterday soccer riot is a very interesting part of what's taking place right there. the focus on the police as opposed to going after other souk soccer clubs and the third thing, and i don't think once again this has been talked about nearly enough, has been the historic -- no matter wh

. >> well, technically it's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersexed and ale full acronym. >> right. >> i intended to come out as an lgbt and not say either bisexual or gay or straight because i feel like those are the labels of the past, and especially in modern times when people are really questioning who they like and what they like, i think that saying i'm bisexual, it could change in the future. i could be exclusively for one sex or the other, so i think that putting it in a more general term like lgbt is extraordinarily appropriate even though i'm not a lesbian or a transgender. >> well, we appreciate you explaining that to us, but congratulations to you, and best of luck in the future to you. hopefully berkeley is out there paying attention. jacob rudolph, thanks so much. that's going to wrap things up for me today. thanks for your time. now with alex wagner is coming up next. what's coming up? >> so many things, thomas. happy friday. >> happy friday to you too. >> vice president joe biden is quarterbacking the drive for gun safety while lawmakers try

a bisexual singer on it in that mural wiped out. nothing remains. and multiracial mural that also honored women working gone without a trace, resumable to give the fund raising opportunities to a group that keeps collecting 80 percent of what it has collected in fundraising. >> the last time i was here i requested the board of supervisors to give us our three minutes. talking about muni, this and that because they have the time but what can you do? now, in district 10, in a school named after doctor martin luther king we have a principal to punish a child the principal sat on this child. the san francisco board knows about it. some of you know about it. they will have a press conference a few days from now and address the situation. i was here the last meeting where it two women from each chamber, each were talking and talking, appointing one another to be president. in the end they withdrew that because it was a farce. and you think the world is not looking at it. what type of process do we have in this chamber? what type of process? you reviewed y

a bisexual singer on it in that mural wiped out. nothing remains. and multiracial mural that also honored women working gone without a trace, resumable to give the fund raising opportunities to a group that keeps collecting 80 percent of what it has collected in fundraising. >> the last time i was here i requested the board of supervisors to give us our three minutes. talking about muni, this and that because they have the time but what can you do? now, in district 10, in a school named after doctor martin luther king we have a principal to punish a child the principal sat on this child.

cathedral is among the first episcopal churches to officiate the marriages for the gay, lerp warp, bisexual and transgender members. the reverend hall joins us now. good to see you. >> good afternoon. >> and this is a change from previous thinking. hasn't it gone on and said it will perform blessings? why the change? >> two things happened. and it approved a right for same-six blessings and authorized them where same-sex marriage is illegal and that is in all parts of the diocese in the district and maryland and so, the bishop in consullation with each other and the new right and law and have felt it's time to take a step forward and offer same-sex marriage as l. >> and that is quite a step and considered america's church by many of the faith and is this a signal? >> is&there is a consensus about the same-sex blessing and where marriage is legal and because it goes beyond the episcopal church, we're trying to spoke out to the christian and inner faith community, we stand for marriage equality and with lgbt people. >> slu backlash? >> and we have had some, but from people in our community. t

. >> a new study suggests straight men are more stressed out than men who are gay or bisexual. the canadian study sets out to measure whether gays and lesbians experience less overall anxiety after coming out of the closet. in general, straight men were found to be more stressed and depressed than their gay counterparts. >> stephen: of course, they're less stressed-- they don't have to deal with women! [ laughter ] who are great. [ laughter ] this study was published in the journal "psychosomatic medicine," which is a wonderful publication. there's a print version and an online version, or if you're on the go, try the version that's all in your head. [ laughter ] now, the research took place in canada, so we still have to wait for a study involving human subjects. [ laughter ] but i totally buy it. because as an incredibly straight man, i am incredibly stressed out-- i'm a ticking time bomb! that's why every time i accidentally wander into a gay bar and see all those happy people, i shout, "i'm ready to blow!" [ laughter ] meanwhile, the good news keeps coming for the gays. rec

folks until the community and combining your land use knowledge and person experience as a latina bisexual woman here in san francisco and when i was a member at the school word board, i often looked at two thing two quality that people had and one of them was, of course, on their intelligence and their mind and the second was their heard and compassion and sometimes you meet people who don't have either and then you wonder why they are in city service and government and then you meet those with a lot of heart but all of the other things are -- not there and so i really view you as someone who has both and i supported you and advocated for you to be here and i feel like you actually exceeded my expectations i know how hard it is to come onto this board as a member and your understanding of policy from day one was astounding for someone who's -- on of the board and i know a lot of that comes from your experience have a planning commission and activist and so i want to thank you for serve things past year and i know that this relationship doesn't end. and it's been an honor to work with you

it includes the first hindu congresswoman, the first openly gay senator and the first openly bisexualr from either chamber. john boehner was just elected from -- re-elected as house speaker john boehner. nancy pelosi is expected to be re-elected as well. the agenda for the new session is expected to focus largely on issues that re-emerged over the last few -- last few weeks, there are still fiscal issues to tackle after the 11th-hour drama surrounding the fiscal cliff. the debt ceiling and tax code issues are priorities on that front. >>> san francisco police are searching for five armed men wanted in a home invasion robbery early this morning. it happened on 40th avenue in the city's richmond district. claudine wong tells us about the very specific item the robbers demanded from their victims. >> reporter: san francisco police stood outside this building for hours this morning. we watched as they confiscated a kitchen knife left in a planter that residents say was used by one of the suspects in this home invasion. >> i've never had a gun in my face before. >> reporter: the victims di

among them is the first buddhist to join the senate, as well as the first hindu and the first openly bisexual woman in the house. secretary of state hillary clinton heading back to work after being released from a new york city hospital following treatment for a blood clot. many lawmakers demanding clinton testify about the terror attack in benghazi before voting on her potential successor, nominee senator john kerry. google chairman eric schmidt and former new mexico governor bill richardson arriving in north korea. his visit drawing criticism from the state department because it comes only weeks after a controversial north korean rocket launch. the delegation defends its trip to the communist nation. >> this is a private humanitarian visit. we're here as individual american citizens, looking at the humanitarian situation. we're gonna ask about the american detainee who's here. we're interested in the economic and political situation. >> schmidt is the highest-profile u.s. executive to visit north korea, a country with notoriously restrictive online policies since young leader kim jong-un to

that there are gay, bisexual and transgender "questioning" boy scouts and they deserve the same opportunity to participate. >> lifting the national ban would not give gay scouts automatic acceptance. instead individual troops would be able to make their own policies. >>> new information that can help women facing breast cancer. which is more successful a mastectomy or lumpectomy? >> we all know homes in the bay area are pricy. but wait until you see the one that sold for $117 million! >>> weather time. we had mainly sunny skies today but it was not warm outside. as we look live over the south bay, find out when we will make it back into the 60s. that's coming up in your forecast in about 10 minutes. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ this is how mommy learned... ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the study shows how less >>> new research suggests less may be more when it comes to treating breast cancer. >> the study shows how le

doesn't care, heterosexual, you're perfect, bisexual, you're greedy, life is a buffet for you every day. i'll take one of him, two of her and all that big fella, come on! barbecue in my back yard, let's go! so i step over to the special screening area and the kid comes over because the senior security guy says you go frisk him and he went -- first thought, wrong. i know i have leverage here. humor will make awkward turn into experience. now, the danger is humor is a bighammer. i'm not funny all day. because at some point if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. it's the wrong tool for the right way to do something, so try to balance it. but i was out of sorts, hadn't had my coffee and was a little tired. he comes over and said i have to give you a special patdown with the back of my hand. i said use all 10 fingers, i'll buy you breakfast. checkpoint, security, two. i survived the situation, got on the plane. the point is this, that what's in my head i've never had to apologize for. first thought wrong properly filtered was some kind of rehabilitation or education or pa

among the first episcopal congregations to implement a new rite every marriage for gays, lesbians, bisexualsnsgender members. they will announce the policy today. the cathedral has been used for presidential inaugural prayer services and state funeral services for president reagan and ford also held there. >>> book signing events are a dime a dozen these days but one local author went to great lengths to make sure his was noticed. he swam to the book signing from treasure island to mainland san francisco. he says he had no concerns in the water but his destination was a little fearful. his book, the fear project, is a collection of information about fear gathered from various experts on the topic and i guess he conquered one of his fears. i imagine he is a little bit cold doing that. >> i was going to say. if he was really meaningful he would have done it without a wet suit. >> no kidding. >> no fear there. good for him. 4:55. >>> a valuable artifact snatched out of a bay area museum. >> the $800,000 piece of history that's missing and what a mayor will do this morning hoping to get it back.

advocates that you talked about determined that it was critical to include protections for lesbian gay bisexual and transgender survivors of violence and those protections were modest in three places in the bill the first was that l g b t survivors would be characterized as under-served populations that is survivors of violence that have not traditionally been. included in much of the response that the country has to domestic and sexual violence the second is actually not that the federal government would discriminate but that service providers who received funding under the violence against women act would not discriminate in discriminate in providing services to survivors of violence so they would have to provide services whether they were l g b t or whether they were non l g b t and the third is that l g b t people would be considered a specific purpose area and what is called the stop provision which is a specific provision for funding to states to allow states to respond to domestic and sexual violence there and another thing i know you can't get into specifics here but also this bill that

to pass a controversy antigay bill, banning the dissemination of information of the lesbian, gay, bisexuald transgender to minors. it it passes it go to president putin for signing. >>> hackers claiming to be from the group anonymous hacked a website in response to the death of aaron swartz. >> two weeks ago today. >> hackers imbedded this video statement on the home page of the u.s. sentencing commission. the line that that they say was crossed reefer refers to the suicide of swartz. friends and family say he killed himself because he was facing federal hacking charges; he was accused of hacking into the mit system and providing documents free of charge on internet. >>> two baltimore raven fans are planning to get married super bowl sunday, but they got an unexpected walk down the aisle at the super bowl dome. >> oh, my gosh! >> no way! >> daisy sudano and jerry clark were surprised to get tickets to the big game thanks to a ravens player. their time has come and ravens center gino gradkowski heard their story and got the tickets. >> it's always good to do something back for them. >> case

and its first openly elected bisexual: kysten sinema of arizona. >>> sinema is also the first representativeeligion as "none." overall, the new congress includes three buddhists, two muslims and 15 mormons. >>> mexican americans are by far the biggest hispanic population in the country. but they are not representated in the senate. all three latino members of the upper house are cuban american. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords will visit newtown, connecticut tomorrow. the scene of last month's grade school shooting. students went back to class today - in a neighboring community. giffords is still recovering after being shot in the head at a campaign event a year ago. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is resting at home, after being released from a new york hospital yesterday. she was there for three days - being treated for a blood clot in her head. a state department spokesman had an update today. >> she's sounding terrific, upbeat, raring to go. she's looking forward to getting back to the office. she is very much planning to do so next week and we'll have further preci

yet more diverse. 98 women, 43 african americans, 31 latinos, 12 asians and seven gay or bisexual. >>it's good to see congress starting to look more like the rest of america. >> reporter: one day down, two years left to see if looking like more of america helps end the gridlock in congress. rita williams, ktvu news. >> more details, there are now more women than ever before. today the democratic women of the house posed for a class photo on the steps of the capital. in all there are 79 women in the house and 20 in the senate. that is five more than the previous congress. >>> a councilman elect is in a coma tonight and is likely to miss the city's swearing in ceremony. gary bell is hospitalized following two neurosurgeries for swelling on his brain. bell's family released a statement today saying a severe bacterial sinus infection was detected. >> how the generosity of a bay area girl inspired many others. >> another chilly night, the temperature change you can expect in the morning and when showers will return to the bay area forecast. >>> new video tonight of a water main break in th

it includes the first hindu congresswoman, and first openly bisexual members. despite grumbling in his own party, republican john boehner was elected to a two-year term as house speaker. >>> u.s. troops are now at the turkey/syria border. defense secretary signed the orders along with $500 million in aid to the more than 150,000 syrian refugees who have fled into turkey and jordan. the u.n. estimates more than 60,000 people have died since the uprising nearly two years ago. >>> back here at home, u.s. lawmakers have accused the cia of lying to the makers of the movie "zero dark 30". according to the movie, harsh interrogating techniques were crucial. but a senate investigation says such methods produce no useful intelligence. >>> there will be a special visit visitor for the sandy hook elementary school. gabby giffords will visit the families today. the former arizona congresswoman will attend a meeting in newtown. the plan is for her to meet at a private home with families of the 20 children killed last month. yesterday was the first day back for the surviving

in a perfect world for president obama, the ideal job would be running lesbian, gay, bisexual transgenderedbiodegradable bicycles. >> dana: and tofu. >> andrea: shaved ice. >> greg: but anything working for industry or the man is wrong. >> dana: this is what i believe -- >> eric: parallel lines never meet and they met four times. >> andrea: they don't even like doing their own job. >> dana: bob, this is what i thought was amazing. in the press office, i don't know if they heard about it last night or what point they did but yesterday the gdp numbers came out. surprise contraction of the fourth quarter to be explained away. but still, a contraction. if i had heard about that. i would have poured gasoline on my head and threat on the light a match if they didn't say we were shutting down the jobs council the next day. >> bob: time is rebrettable but two-year deal and funded by the congress. if they reup it -- >> dana: why do you need funding to meet four times a year? >> bob: the council has to have funding. the other thing to make a point about this group is they gave 60 proposals to the whi

100, add that to the approximately 43 african-americans, 31 latinos, 12 asians, and seven gay and bisexual politicians, and many have taken notice. >> it means we reflect america more. the district i come from is very diverse. and it is good to see congress starting to look like the rest of america. >> reporter: but some things will stay the same on capitol hill. john boehner survived the gop defections to remain the speaker of the house. he welled up in tears. >> the american dream is in p i peril, so long as its name sake is weighed down by this anchor of debt. break it's hold, and we begin to set our economy free. >> reporter: that will be new easy task, with so many moderates gone from the senate. >> here is the first woman. >> reporter: in some of their places, more partisans, like democrats, elizabeth warren. >> do you think both sides can work together here? >> i hope so i really do. >> reporter: the senate banki i senator is on the committee. >> there are many people who would do anything to stop her and fight the protections she was fighting for. and now, she is a colleague. >> re

yet more diverse. 98 women, 43 african americans, 31 latinos, 12 asians and seven gay or bisexual. >>it's good to see congress starting to look more like the rest of america. >> reporter: one day down, two years left to see if looking like more of america helps end the gridlock in congress. rita williams, ktvu news. >> more details, there are now more women than ever before. today the democratic women of the house posed for a class photo on the steps of the capital. in all there are 79 women in the house and 20 in the senate. that is five more than the previous congress. >>> a councilman elect is in a coma tonight and is likely to miss the city's swearing in ceremony. gary bell is hospitalized following two neurosurgeries for swelling on his brain. bell's family released a statement today saying a severe bacterial sinus infection was detected. >> how >>> new video tonight of a water main break in the east bay. started about 3:40 in berkeley on dwight way. an east bay mud person said a water main ruptured. workers shut down the main about 6:30 tonight affecting about 15 homes. >>> ther

house is getting its first hindu member, it's first female combat members and it's first openly bisexualresentative. the question is will john boehner be the house speaker again after today. >>> it's also a big day for sandy hook elementary students. in just a few hours they will return to class for the first time since the shootings in newtown, connecticut. 20 of their schoolmates and six educators were killed. that was less than three weeks ago. the kids will be in class at a converted middle school just a few miles away from there. >>> a record number of screenings for gun buyers. the fbi says it ran nearly three million background checks for gun purchases last month. the bureau says that's a record and that 2012 on the whole set a record with more than 19 million checks. we don't count how many guns are sold in america so that's kind of the only real indicator of gun sales. >>> and it's good news for the father of molalla youssef. he has a new job. he's working in the education office. her family is with her where she is recovering from gunshot wounds. she was shot in the head by the

not on the record on climate change, i don't want to not be on the record about the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender issue. i want to be on the record. i'm a man who stood with the future, not with the past of this country. >> one of the things he said, the way it was interesting he said it, was to kind of throw down the gauntlet to the republicans, and yet to say, we're all in this together. so it was a really neat trick that he was sort of weaving around. this is what i want, this is what i want, but you're all going to come in with me together. >> absolutism was the principle, sort of the line that breaks through. if i can take a moment, quickly, a moment on him reflecting on that prrb for a lot of us who were part of the campaign when he was senator ideal, and it was a fun time, we sat around the table and said, if we could come in a close third in iowa, we could keep this thing going. to step back and look at sort of what this has become and what this has meant and understand that for people like me in this profession, i will never work on anything as historically significant as ele