senator barbara boxer is one of many senators mac that go push to the president. we are live in san francisco where the senator laid out her case today. david? >> reporter: barbara boxer and 26 other u.s. senators sent this letter to president obama. they said that the nation's goals in afghanistan have been met. she wants tens of thousands of troops station there had to return home by december 31st. >> this is the longest war in history. it's time to bring it to an end. >> today, senator boxer said that the war has killed more than 1600 u.s. troops and wounded thousands of others. intelligence reports estimate as few as 50,000 other al-qaeda members remain in afghanistan and it's time for the president to bring home 30,000 of the 100,000 troops there by year's end. >> we have a huge debt and deficit to deal with. ending the war in iraq and afghanistan would save $1 trillion over ten years. >> reporter: boxer suggests keeping 10,000 troops overseas to train afghan security forces, protect coalition personnel. >> i am not suggesting that we walk away from afghanist

boxer: thank you. so is there objection to my unanimous consent request that senator thune go right after senator brown for as long as he wishes. ms. snowe: mr. president, reserving the right to object. you've been addressing the senate. so wouldn't it be appropriate for the senator from south dakota now to speak? mrs. boxer: the unanimous consent sthaeuft right to -- is that i have the right to call on senator brown. i can yield to senator brown is my understanding. the presiding officer: you can yield time but not control the floor. mrs. boxer: i was going to yield time to senator brown. the presiding officer: not give senator brown the floor. mrs. boxer: then i will yield to him for some questions. and i can do that under the rules. the presiding officer: that is correct. mrs. boxer: so that's what we'll do, unless my colleagues would rather do it the way we said before. if not, i'll just yield for questions. either way. it's up to you. mr. thune: mr. president, the request was that at the conclusio

barbara boxer is calling for withdrawal of u.s.roops from afghanistan. in a speech to the world affairs council today, boxer asked president obama to withdraw 30,000 troops from afghanistan by the end of the year to return the number of troops on the ground to levels before the 2009 surge. boxer says it is time to shift the focus of u.s. involvement. >> targeted counter-terrorism operations, protection of american and coalition personnel, and the continued training of afghan security forces. so that would be the new military mission. >> boxer is a senior member of the senate foreign relation committee. military leaders are urging the president toward a more gradual exit strategy. >>> today marked the start of a joint effort by the united states and vietnam to clean up environmental damage left by agent orange is. it's going to start on 70 acres around the da nang airport where u.s. troops stored the chemical defoliant during the war. a recent study found the chemical level 400 times higher than allowable limits. the $30million proj

boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mrs. boxer: mr. president, is it in order for me to ask some questions of the distinguished chairman of the foreign relations committee at this time? the presiding officer: without objection, the senators may engage in a colloquy. mrs. boxer: i thank the president very much. i just want to say to my chairman, who i sit next to in the foreign relations committee, how much i admire his work in the whole arena of the foreign policy. what he's really giving up to be, i think, one of the most informed human beings on the planet in terms of the challenges that this country faces. and i want to thank him so much for his hard work on a resolution regarding libya. i are just wanted to -- i just wanted to make sure today by asking him a tkoufpl questions that the -- asking him a couple of questions that the clear intent of this resolution which is s.j. res. number 20 regarding our engagement in libya, that the clear in

. >>> some strong word today from senator barbara boxer to an audience in bay area.son tells us what she is saying about our troops in afghanistan and when they should be brought home. >> reporter: senator barbara boxer today told a san francisco audience the 10-year- old war in afghanistan has killed more than 1,600 u.s. troops and wounded thousands of others. >> this is the longest war in history. it's time to bring it to an end. >> reporter: boxer said intelligence reports estimate as few as 50 al-qaeda members remain in afghanistan and that the time is right for the president to bring home at least 30,000 of the 100,000 u.s. troops there by year's end. >> we have a huge debt and deficit to deal with. ending the war in iraq and afghanistan would save $1 trillion over 10 years. >> reporter: bocker suggests keeping 10,000 troops overseas to train -- boxer suggests keeping 10,000 troops overseas to train coalition forces, protect personnel and run counterterrorism operations. >> i am not suggesting we walk away from afghanistan tomorrow. rather what i am recommending

. >>> some strong word today from senator barbara boxer to an audience in bay area.u's david stevenson tells us what she is saying about our troops in afghanistan and when they should be brought home. >> reporter: senator barbara boxer today told a san francisco audience the 10-year- old war in afghanistan has killed more than 1,600 u.s. troops and wounded thousands of others. >> this is the longest war in history. it's time to bring it to an end. >> reporter: boxer said intelligence reports estimate as few as 50 al-qaeda members remain in afghanistan and that the time is right for the president to bring home at least 30,000 of the 100,000 u.s. troops there by year's end. >> we have a huge debt and deficit to deal with. ending the war in iraq and afghanistan would save $1 trillion over 10 years. >> reporter: bocker suggests keeping 10,000 troops overseas to train -- boxer suggests keeping 10,000 troops overseas to train coalition forces, protect personnel and run counterterrorism operations. >> i am not suggesting we walk away from afghanistan tomorrow. rather what i

police only said that marman's boxers were exposed. marman's attorney said his client had been stereotyped by u.s. airways as a thug and his client has a right to wear his clothes the way that he wants and that they were only asking him to adjust his clothes, because of his color. now, u.s. airways stress that marman had not been removed from the flight because of his clothing but that he had failed to comply with the employee's request.

fighting for it find out how heavyweight boxer nicholai furred against.on the football field later. but let's get started with tennis carline it was an iraqi on the rough have been handed the top seeds of wimbledon while kim clijsters will miss the third grand slam of the season having failed to recover from a foot injury the world number two again hurting her right this time at the unicef open taking place in the netherlands the twice u.s. open winner previously injured her ankle down seeing the rest of her cousin's wedding crashers competed in last month's french open but was not the second. the rest of the contenders continuing preparations and in the back of wedges this action for euro zone who's being seated second wimbledon defeated trina williams three six seven six seven five in round two over there for beating williams and only the american second match since returning to action following a lengthy injury lay off the match a repeat of last year's wimbledon final with vale. the elder williams arena offered better away than state venus needing just

boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mrs. boxer: mr. president, as i understand it, i will have an hour and a half to present our side on the amendment, and senator snowe will have an hour and a half. could you please give me the exact time frames here? the presiding officer: under the order, an hour and 37 minutes for each side. mrs. boxer: thank you very much. i was close. i just want to let senator snowe know what my plan is at this time. it is, first, i'm going to yield some time on another subject but will be used on our time; to senator whitehouse who has something very important pertaining to his state. and then i'm going to come back and take as much time as i might consume -- and it won't be that long. i want to lay out where we are in this debate, why this bill is so important. and i'm going to make some remarks about senator snowe's amendment. i don't know exactly how long it will take, but i will do it as quickly as i can and retain

. >> first senator barbara boxer takes on the president over the war in afghanistan.t had is she calling for. >> looking in the golden gate. we see the marine layer cooling things down the coast. i am spencer christian and i will have your forecast coming senator barbara boxer is calling on the troop to bring the troops home. >> the senator said the president should cut troop strength and shift the mission. they join us live in the news room with the numbers . he is what senator barbara wants a substantial redeployment. never supported the president's surge for afghanistan and time to bring them home. >> and continued deployment for american troop in afghanistan. >> it could bereduced. and significant draw down the u.s. should shift to a different mission. >> target counter terrorism operation. we know it is a dangerous part of the world and protection of american and coalition personnel and continue training of afghan security forces. she knows they are asking them to hold off. president obama went forward with the second surge. and that would allow the united states

senator boxer pointed out this dea bill is about jobs.it's about offering jobs in under-served areas. these are areas which are difficult to create jobs in good times, but in hard times they get hit even harder. the e.d.a. program leverages a small amount of public support for private-sector investment that creates jobs in underserved eamples in my state of maryland, e.d.a. projects have been very successful in bringing jobs to the rural parts of maryland, to western maryland, to our eastern shore. they have leveraged private-sector investment and we maintained and created jobs. yesterday on the floor i gave specific examples of e.d.a. projects in western maryland on the eastern shore of maryland. i talked about an old manufacturing plant that was saved under an e.d.a. grant, leveraged 10 to 1 with private-sector investment saving over 100 jobs and creating another 20. these are jobs that are important for economic growth in our community. we all understand that this recovery has been a very difficult one for us to get moving at the pace

boxer: mr. president, earlier today i was on the floor speaking about the importance of a program called the economic development revitalization. and it's been in place since 1965. the a run out of its authority. and our committee, the environment and public works committee, in a near-unanimous vote, almost unanimous, decided it was really worth making some reforms to the program to make it even work better and to reauthorize it. and i'm going to turn the time over to my wonderful friend, jim inhofe. he and i, as everybody knows, are good friends, and we work really well together. there are issues on which we sharply disagree. i think they would fall into the environmental side. but when it comes to public works, when it comes to building the infrastructure of our country, when it comes to jobs related to the private sector, we are very much joined at the hip. and on this particular issue, we are together because we look at this and we say at a time when there need to be jobs, over a two-year pe

barbara boxer served as the honorary master of the events. open conversation about hiv and aids helps stop the spread of disease. >> people are still afraid to talk about the -- talk about stigma, they're afraid to talk about hiv because it's taboo to talk about sex. i think that in this day and age, we need to be up front and we need to address this issue in order to stop people from dying from hiv and aids. i think it's important and we have to reduce stigma. we have to talk about this issue more and get it back in the forefront of discussions. >> 100% of the funds raised today goes directly to nonprofit organizations that participated in that event. >>> in marin this afternoon, more than 100 people attended a peace rally in downtown san rafael. the focused attention on u.s. policy toward afghanistan. a military draw down is expected to start in less than a month. today's event called for world peace and an end to permanent u.s. warfare. >> we are fed up with perpetual war. we want to bring our troops home. we want a world that's peaceful,

braga boxer chairs this 2.5 hour hearing. -- barbara boxer cheers this 2.5 hour hearing. >> good morning, everybody. the committee will come to order. just to go over the way we are going to operate. will be a lot of questions and we will go back and forth from one side to the other. to it will be like a tennis match. hopefully, it will be as enjoyable as fact and not too contentious. let me begin. it has been over three months since japan was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. it is expected to take additional time before shutdown of all reactors at the foot issue in the power plant will be achieved. the emergency -- focusing on -- we cannot afford to ignore it. if there is one lesson to be learned, and this is the lesson i think is the most important. we must plan for the unexpected as the japanese told us, they planned for the expected, not for the unexpected. i am pleased to see that the nrc is taking initial steps to reevaluate the safety and security of new group -- nuclear power plants in the u.s. and light of what has happened in japan. these are the things that i am pl

sustain an indefinite commitment and did for the afghan what they must do for themselves. >> senator boxer said that the u.s. must focus on targeted counter terrorism operations protecting u.s. and coalition personnel and training afghan forces. >>> calling them a critical bridge, the president is extending the national guard border deployment. the white house is keeping troops on the u.s.-mexico border for at least another three months. the soldiers are there to help the border patrol. it will cost another 35 million- dollar, says the pentagon. >>> a rare sight bringing out a lot of curious folks. a pod of killer whales was found swimming in the area. >> janine de la vega is there. >> i want to give you just how close they came. you can see the restaurant apt boat. we are told that the killer whales came just up to that second buoy. they swam around and checked things out. this home video shows a pod of orcas, a male, two females and a juvenile swimming in the harbor. >> it really was exciting. all the people on the boat were cheering because that may have been the first time that they sa

deshawn marmin boarded the plane with some baggy pants that revealed his boxer shorts. a flight attendant asked him to pull up his pants and when he didn't she called police. the incident is now on youtube. you can hear marmin talking with the pilot and a police officer. >> i paid my fees and i'm ready to go. i didn't do nothing to nobody, sir. i'm just like everybody else on this plane, just so you know. this is your aircraft, but i didn't do nothing to nobody. i didn't break no laws, i didn't touch nobody. they don't need to be here and put their hands on me if i didn't break no lous. >> he says he did pull up his pants as soon as he got to the seat, but after the incident got physical with police. he was arrested. he was released from jail thursday after posting $11,000 bail. prosecutors have not filed charges, they have until july 18th to do so. usairways does have a policy that forbids indecent exposure or inappropriate attire. he plays football for the university of new mexico. >>> in san francisco, police are looking for the driver in a deadly hit and run. a hisp

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. >>> senator barbara boxer says the president should be scaling back operations in afghanistan. she's a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee and is calling on president obama to bring the 100,000 troops in afghanistan home. >> there's simply no justification, none, for the continued deployment of 100,000 american troops in afghanistan. >> boxer says the mission to defeat al qaeda and capture bin laden has been accomplished. she says the 300,000 police and soldiers that have been trained by the u.s. can now take over the fledgling democracy in afghanistan from now on. >>> while push literally came to shove, as spectators waited out the casey anthony trial in orlando in florida today. she's the mom accused of killing her own 2-year-old daughter. [ shouting ] >> the video shows punches being thrown and water bottles being used as weapons. now after authorities broke up the fight, other women argued over who was first in line. people have been staying up overnight for a shot at one of the seats inside the courtroom. this is not the first time spectators have come

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thirty million euros three years ago what does it mean to danny has been crowned russian champion boxer save the way for super cup the russian cup and the russians to pick up. now by the end of this month we'll learn a former russian coach guus hiddink will offer to rule return to english premier league side chelsea the russian i am london club has the analogy just since i can call i'm sure of the last month but the blues are racing to appoint a new boss with the summer transfer window wide open in england and former acting coach hiddink is touted as the front runner for the job with the team's chief executive run goalie saying the time to announce the new coach is nigh as far as the manager is concerned. this is going well. but no religion of the type is ok. for me to call way or the next nobody was going to read. relives things in the usual way. but when the next we go to the beginning position to those who. are good. red bulls formula one champion sebastian vettel has been training with another red bull team this time. the new york soccer side including the former arsenal and barcelo

on fighting fit find out how heavyweight boxer nicole i heard against our show on the football fielda little later. let's get started with tennis carolina wozniacki and rafael little hopping hunted the top seeds of wimbledon while kim clijsters will miss the third grand slam of the season having field to recover from injury the world number two again hurting her right foot this time with unicef open taking place in the netherlands but twice u.s. open open winner previously injured or killed dancing on her cousin's wedding crashers won the first major of the season in history with. the rest of the contenders continuing preparations of pace in eastbourne and the pick of whedon's this auction peter is valerie over who's been on the second seat of wimbledon the feeded string a williams three six seven six seven games to five in the second round zoller you were there for beating williams and only the american second match since returning to action following your long layoff the much repeats of last year's wimbledon final four williams revealed with. the elder williams meanwhile for a bett

. >> senator boxer comes to the bay area and delivers a stern message to president obama about the war in afghanistan. back in two minutes. >>> we want tupdate you on the breaking news story we told you about at the top of the newscast. a 17-year-old swimmer competing at the grand prix has disappeared hours before her race. this is a photo of her. her name is carissa metcalf. friends are handing out that photo of her hoping someone has seen her. this is what we know so far. metcalf was last seen before one of her preliminary races at 10:30 this morning outside of the swimming complex. she's here to swim the 100 meter free style and 200 meter breaststroke. she hasn't been seen since this morning. she is from sacramento. her mother has contacted police, but authorities usually don't get involved until 24 or 48 hours after a person is missing. this is why her friends have stepped in to dlibt photo and are asking anyone who may have seen her to contact them as soon as possible. we'll of course continue to follow the story and let you know if we hear anything. >>> 40 years ago today the war

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barbara boxer has a highway bill. there's an infrastructure bank, and helping green jobs. then we will also look at a payroll tax holiday for employers. that's one of the possible proposals. and what we would say is an employer who hires a new employee, an additional employee gets a payroll tax holiday for a year. that's bringing our republican colleagues along to do something. if they're against a business tax cut to help employment, they've always been for business tax cuts in the past, you have to wonder maybe they don't want the economy to grow. our overall guide post is this. we want to do deficit reduction and we have to. there's a $14 trillion deficit. we should have as a goal, as a guide post for every trillion we cut in the deficit, we should seek to create a million jobs in the short term. we could do both. economists will tell you we need to deal with deficit reduction over the next ten years but we need to deal with job creation now. >> schieffer: you're certainly talking.... >> do both. >> schieffer: you're talking about grandiose plans here when you're talkin

saggy pants and his boxers. [laughter] >> if you saw this man in women's underwear boarding your flight which is say something to the pilot or which you just look at him go about your life? >> i am just going right on with my life. it is not at all my business what people wear. i think that he clearly is not concealing anything dangerous dangerous [laughter] >> i would hate to be the person to do the pat down on that one. we talk with another passenger and she said you would hate to sit on the same seat after he got up, i will have more reaction coming up at 7:30 a.m., including an african- american man that says yes, this is racial discrimination. >> the question that we have been asking this morning is what is the dress code on u.s. airways. we actually founded on a website. we want to show it to everyone right now, they say, we require that all passengers traveling are to dress and casual business attire. u.s. airways gate agents are instructed to enforce this dress code and passengers who fail to dress appro

boxer: i am just very pleased that you took to the floor today to speak to the american people about what you're going through in your state, and i'm not as familiar as you about the condition of your nuclear power plant. i won't even go there. although i do trust my friend's judgment on this, and there are some serious issues raised given the design of the plant and the fact that it's probably very close or identical to the design of the plant in japan that had all these issues. but here's the point i want to support you on, and i was so proud of the way you questioned the commissioners. because i can only ask awe question, i will -- only ask you a question, i will pose a question to you: isn't it true that there's a lot of talk around washington about how states' rights should be protected. that's the first question. mr. sanders: i would tell my good friend from california that day after day, we hear from some of our colleagues how they don't trust the federal government, how they don't want the federal government getting involved in the issues impacting their constituents. so the

the shawmut marlin the employees at his boxers were showing as he was boarding a flight.t was asked to police vans up and he refused. that's when the captain of a plane got involved. he was not cooperative and he was arrested for trespassing battery and resisting arrest. he spent the night in jail his arraignment was thought to be held thursday but was postponed until friday it was released on a thousand dollars bail. that airline dress code does not allow indecent exposure. martin was also held for an outstanding warrant with possession of marijuana. >> is a good kid is respectful this is not dijon i am here to support him anyway i can and all this because of sagging pants i don't think this is a good cause for him to be arrested. i'd think this was very foolish. he was black, with spreads and the jets wanted to create is it the scene. >> his father that's a one he was in a blue dress shirt he will make his first court appearance at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. also you can go to our facebook page and join in the on this discussion. it has caused a very heated debate. you c

. >>> california senator barbara boxer testified today in support of cia director leon peneta. >> to be such a trusted advisor that two presidents have chosen him. >> president obama's choice to replace robert gates who is retiring at the end of the month. president obama said peneta would bring an intelligent perspective. >>> now as gasia just mentioned he's being tapped to lead the security department. californias two senators have nothing but praise for peneta. >> i served in the budget economy and i watched him very carefully, reach out across every kind of line that would divide us. >> barbara boxer said leon peneta would bring a new role. and feinstein said he would have a depth personal touch. he then fielded questions. >> frankly i think there are gains that have been made. we have seen the regime weaken significantly. we have seen the opposition made gains both in the east and the west. i think there are some signs that if we continue to pressure. if we stick with it that ultimately gadhafi will step down. >> reporter: on the war in afghanistan, panetta said u.s. forces have

police said that the boxer shorts were exposed. marman's attorney joel sullivan said his client had been stereotyped by u.s. airways as a thug and the airplane was guilty of racial discrimination because they asked him to adjust his clothing. u.s. airways says, you know, marman had been removed because he failed to comply with the request of a u.s. airways employee. the debate will continue. nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you. this morning, to district mechanics are facing embezzlement charges. they're responsible of taking caltrain train in repair but stole them before putting them back in service. they're accused of taking $40,000. >>> budget cuts will be forcing staffing change for cal fire. this year they will carry three firefighters instead of four because governor brown decided not to extent last year's executive order by governor schwarzenegger which budgeted for the fourth firefighter. call for mutual aid could be problematic, because local budget cut and laughs mean outside agencies may not have the man power to help. >>

we have senator feinstein and senator boxer and others.y have worked so hard to get the system going. i want to implore the officials -- muni officials. look at light rail as an organic entity. also, all of them, they are modern designers. these urban systems are treated almost as living entities. we are just barely able to makee discomfort and dissatisfaction. in these to go beyond. -- they are showing the discomfort and dissatisfaction. it needs to go beyond. say, wow, that is now my job is there. that is out. that is the benchmark. [chime] thank you. these are $2 i did not pay for on the fair coming here. i will make a donation to the treasurer's office. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. well, to wrap up all the public comment and testimony, thank you to mta. thank you for answering questions. although we did not have any members of the public that actually were lined out the door, believe me when i tell you -- and i have the data to prove this -- i hear from residents all the time complaining about their dissatisfaction with serv

barbara boxer and dianne feinstein should be pushing this legislation on the senate side of the congress. we cannot take this anymore. people will be held responsible for the deaths of people. we should help the people of our nation more, start becoming a productive nation again. thank you. >> supervisors. the overhead projector please. we have graffiti. . we took an aggressive action. this kind of falls into the broken window aspect of our neighborhood. this is a broken litter, it collects litter, it collects another broken window.

folks, my guest tonight is the very first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses. personally i would have asked for cash. (laughter) please welcome sugar ray leonard! (cheers and applause) mr. leonard, thanks so much for coming on. my goodness, my goodness, let's just lay it out for the people. let's just... first of all, ding ding. but second of all let's lay it out for the people. you, olympic gold medalist, boxing titles in five different weight classes. you defeated roberto duran, thomas hearns, marvelous marvin haggler. you have a new memoir "sugar ray leonard, the big fight, my life in and out of the ring." do you miss the ring, sir? >> i don't miss getting hit. (laughter). >> stephen: the key is to not get hit. somebody should have told you that. (laughter). >> you know, stephen, i miss the camaraderie, i miss training camp. i miss choreographing the fight in my head. i miss all that action. >> stephen: choreograph, do you tap dance, like all americans do? >> yes. a little bit. >> stephen: a little bit? >> stephen: heel ball change... what do you call that?

barbara boxer said what the united states needs to change its role in afghanistan. world events counted is where she on youd a plan to withdraw combat forces from the region. the senator said what the united states needs to reduce the number of military personnel in afghanistan and focus on counter terrorism efforts instead. flames and thick smoke have been tearing through the army base in arizona. the montana monday -- the fire has been burning through homes and brush. >>> funeral as much as held today for a detroit police officer killed in the line of dutiy. he was hit by a car on june the fifth while he was on street patrol in greek town. he died saturday. hundreds of police officers joined to remember the fallen office. the driver of the vehicle that struck him has been arrested and charged. >>> in florida, a sheriff's deputy escaped serious injury after being dragged by a motorcycle. the officer grabbed him by shoulder and the man took off dragging the deputy a few hundred feet. he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault among other crimes. we will be

he writes about some painful experiences revealing that he was sexually abused as a young boxer by an older man who was one of his trainers. leonard also says it has helped him to talk about that painful chapter of his life. >> my revelations about some of the things that i have dealt with, i've gotten so much more love, additional love. >> sugar ray leonard has the distinction of being the first boxer to win world titles in five different weight classes. more recently, he has been pursuing other careers, including broadcasting. >>> well, fire tears through an east bay elementary school. >> as if a fire weren't bad enough, school board members in one district are worried that a recent fire may have been set intentionally. >> also new details tonight about an accident that injured former . >>> dark smoke poured out of a louisiana plant. no one was hurt. people living near the plant were told to stay indoors and turn off the airconditioner. they make chemicals used in oil field production. firefighters are letting that fire burn itself out. >> that massive wildfire burning in arizona se