shield law has now it is snagged and it's hit that snag because establishment democrats like california senator dianne feinstein don't think bloggers and tweeters should have the same first amendment rights as reporters who work for big corporate outlets like fox or the new york times and its current form the senate's media shield law requires the justice department to give any journalist forty five days as up when they want to snow. a journalist according to the pending bill is anyone who has a primary intent to investigate events and procure material sounds pretty simple right well not for dianne feinstein of california senator told mcclatchy that she's worried that the word journalist is so vague that the proposed media shield law could provide special privileges to those who are not reporters at all in senator feinstein's opinion and yes this is her real opinion real reporters have salaries in other words they have to work for official news agencies acceptable to the washington establishment senator feinstein wants to make sure that the media shield law. doesn't save wiki leaks from prosecu

it has passed the state assembly currently in the california senate. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> and it is blamed for nearly half the suspensions in california. in 2011-2012 school year that is. >>> therapy aimed at turning gay teenagers straight is now banned in new jersey. governor chris christie signed legislation today outlawing the gay conversion therapy. new jersey is only the second state after california to make it illegal. >>> san diego's mayor a no show at work again today. bob filner stayed behind closed doors reportedly in mediation to settle all claims that he made unwanted sexual advances towards at least 16 women. the attorney gloria is representing several of the alleged victims between the mediation and demands for his recall. filner's career may be over. >>> a tearful oscar pistorius appeared in a south african courtroom today as he was indicted for premeditated murder. prosecutors outlined claims that they heard screams before pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend. he fired through a door thinking that she was an intruder.

the latest from california senator barbara boxer wrote bob, you have hurt so many people and you should step down immediately. allegations against him first surfaced when his communications director went public last month. >> i was placed in a filner headlock and moved around as a rag doll while he whispered sexual comments in my ear. >> over a dozen women came if order with similar charges including an admiral. >> he ran his finger up my check and whispered do you have a man in your life. >> a college dean. >> he held me which was inappropriate. the hand on the knee that lasted too long. >> last week new victims allege he harassed them while working with a female veterans group. >> we trusted him to come into an organization like that. it is supposed to be a safe place to heal. >> both senators and nancy pelosi and everyday residents of san diego seem to have had enough. >> we lost confidence in his leadership completely. this man needs to resign immediately. >> the fact that someone thinks they can go to rehab for two weeks and change when it has been a pattern is ridiculous. >> and f

. >>> california senators have approved a new internet privacy bill that would force websites that collectersonal information to disclose whether they honor do not track signals from users. the measure would also require the sites to share whether other parties have access to that information. it now heads to the assembly chambers. >>> and the debate over internet privacy is shaping up at the national level with the nsa in some hot water again. a ruling from the secret court in 2011 came down on the nsa for collecting and storing thousands of emails from fellow americans. those messages were not related to terrorism. our political insider phil matier sat down with nate car doe so from the electronic frontier foundation. we asked him if the nsa was still reading our emails right now. >> so it's our understanding that, yes, there is a computer looking for the keywords. however, if it finds the keywords and an actual person reads it, if it doesn't, they are storing it any way for up to five years. >> so big brother is watching. we'll have extended interview on the online privacy debate sunday

it has passed the state assembly and is currently in the california senate. len ramirez kpix in san jose. >> willful defiance accounted for nearly half of the 710,000 suspensions issued in california in the 2011-2012 school year. >>> this, thank goodness, is not something we see everyday. dozens of marine biologist performing an extensive necropsy on a 40-foot fin whale that washed ashore early this morning. authorities trying to figure out what caused it to die a couple hours later. marine biologist say it is rare this whale was alive when he was beach. kpix 5's linda yee with more from a dramatic day. >> it is an endangered mammal that was spotted around 7:00 this morning. it was thrashing and struggling on shore. >> it was alive. it was on its side. it was breathe and moving. >> their first guess, it's a young male calf under a year old. it quickly became a big attraction for beach-goers. >> this is my first time i have had a live whale wash up on the beach in the 49 years i have been out here. i have had whales wash up before when they used to be hunted ar

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. >> california senator dianne feinstein said the new information should stir the conscious of the world and she hopes the international community will take appropriate action. president obama emphasizes any attack would not be about regime change, but retribution for the chemical weapons atrocities >> a supreme court justice set to make history tomorrow by being the first from the high court to officiate a same sex wedding. justice ruth ginsberg plans to preside over the wedding of the kennedy centers president. the ceremony up cans twoent months after the supreme court's historic decision to expand recognition of same sex marriage. >> >> doctors say this eight nearly natasha payton was gradually growing blind due to a degenerative disease. an anonymous donor found out about her problem and arranged for a beverly hills doctor to perform the surgery. she had been seeing double, but right after the surgery, key to she could see normally the doctor says cases like natasha ill straight the importance of early eye exams. >>> oakland shows its pride with the bridge closed festival organizers

. >>> and one california senator heads to the white house today. they're there are concerns about the spy programs next. >>> this morning edward snowden has finally left the airport in moscow. his lawyer said that he has officially entered russia. the government run media reports he received papers granting him a one-year temporary asylum in russia. he's been hiding out at the airport in moss cow for more than a month. >>> senator dianne feinstein will be meeting at the white house about the nsa surveillance. we're live in the news room now with more on the meeting today and news of another secret program. >> reporter: dave, the same reporter who releasing specifics on another program. the guardian's glen greenwald said that with the xkeyscore it collects as much activity as it can and search teams used on the internet. the nsa assured lawmakers that are tiny fraction are looked at by officials. and the chairman of the judiciary committee determined whether the patriot act allows this. >> based on the secret interpretation every statute that does n

maybe 50 bucks an hour is not ideal but will you settle for 10, california senator barbara boxer saidhat is a pretty good minimum wage to start with for now, julie agrees, and jedediah said sure, if you want to kill jobs. neil: you say now is not the time to talk minimum wage. >> right. what is going to happen when companies decide we'll shift tte full time workers to part time, because now we can't pay for healthcare benefits for people. so, you can look at old clips of milton mea friedman, analyzing t saying this increases poverty. neil: do you look at it, every time, businesses whine. life goes on business continues, really the end of the world? >> the price can get passed on to the consumer as well, do people want to go to managed. mcdonald's. >> there is always the argument. >> have you record profit of businesses, they're sitting on piles of cash, let's not pretend it will be passed on to consumers. neil: they are making profit cutting cost. if you have people waking above minimum wage today they will hopefully be out of the cycle of poverty. >> you will recognize that jedediah,

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he and a southern california state senator say the drugmaker has a list of 1800 doctors across the country show signs of dangerous prescribing. only 154 of those names have been turned over to police. >>> an east bay city known more for wineries is gaining fame for its breweries. the city's first brewery altamont beer works, is already a popular spot and the first street ale house in downtown livermore reportedly orders 50 kegs of beer a week. >>> a berkeley couple is hoping to find the owners of a dog found swimming in the middle of the bay. a woman brought the dog in to see if there was a microchip. they found nothing. the dog is well-fed, healthy, with a nice collar and looks like she belongs to someone. her husband commutes in san francisco by boat and found the dog with a group of windsurfers. >> there were four of them. they had their sails down. they had this puppy on board trying to keep her out of the water and she was found paddling in the middle of the day. >> groden said she and her husband may wind up adopting the dog but they would rather find the owner. >>> tonight on ktvu c

california dreaming. that's the real deal. with us tonight is the senator barbara boxer, a california senator.ve you back with us here on the ed show". i appreciate your time. thank you. >> well, great that you're back. i mean, this was crazy and now i'm glad the world is right again. you're back. >> thank you. >> well, it is such a positive story. how often do we see such a drastic economic turn around. your thoughts on what has happened to the seventh largest economy in the world when the wealthiest residents pay their fair share. >> well, it's very clear, jerry brown had a vision. he shared it with the people when he ran. as did president obama. the difference is that jerry has a very strong legislature, democrats run the place. they run all three branches. with strong majorities. and we know because we look back when bill clinton was the president working with us, we got that budget balanced. i think the biggest mith out there, ed, is that democrats don't know how to balance bugs when he we're the ones who do because we do ask everyone to pay their fair share and we are tough on spending t

under the same business model and same format bit attorneys of the i've been working on a bill california senateill 610, and hoping to go to the as somably and governor later o and it simply asks to have ood faith and fair dealing eered in the franchise relations act but there are only three states in the country who have that. melissa: yeah. >> so, if a corporation is not required to act in good faith and fair dealing and make sure the business model is successful for the franchise sore and franchisee, i think it's a long shot somebody will be happy as a franchisee. there i think is a lot you can earn but i would recommend independent businesses. >> catherine, thanks so much. that is great advice. we appreciate your time and good luck in your fight. >> thank you, very, very much. melissa: coming up on "money," the epa make as stunning admission. its ethanol mandate is not working. who knew. that's with we've been sing all along. is reversal of the policy an end in the all-mighty ethanol industry? we have a hot debate you don't want toiss. >>> while cbs and time warner duke it out, the competiti

. >>> california senator brash box sir asking san dag open mayor to quit.te an open letter to bob filner under fire for inappropriate behavior towards women writing you have betrayed the trust of the women you have victimized. the san diegans you represent and the people you woshd with throughout the decades in public life. and nancy pelosi as well has not specifically called for filner job yet. the mayor has denied sexual harassment allegations but apologized for what he calls improper and wrong behavior. senator majority leader harry reid hopes republicans are opposing president obama on substance not because of his race. reid made that statement during a radio interview today. the communications director of the national republican senatorial committee called that comment insensitive and insane. republican lawmakers are once again going after the internal revenue service over the targeting of conservative groups. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us what touched off the latest outrage. >> reporter: three months after the internal revenu

. >> california senator dianne feinstein said the new information should stir the conscious of the worldhe hopes the international community will take appropriate action. president obama emphasizes any attack would not be about regime change, but retribution for the chemical weapons atrocities >> a supreme court justice set to make history tomorrow by being the first from the high court to officiate a same sex wedding. justice ruth ginsberg plans to preside over the wedding of the kennedy centers president. the ceremony up cans twoent months after the supreme court's historic decision to expand recognition of same sex marriage. >> >> doctors say this eight nearly natasha payton was gradually growing blind due to a degenerative disease. an anonymous donor found out about her problem and arranged for a beverly hills doctor to perform the surgery. she had been seeing double, but right after the surgery, key to she could see normally the doctor says cases like natasha ill straight the importance of early eye exams. >>> oakland shows its pride with the bridge closed festival organizers counti

. >> reporter: california senator feinstein said new evidence of those attacks should stir the conscience of the world and that she hopes the international community will take appropriate action. coming up at 7:00, you'll hear from a middle east expert about the likelihood that an attack will happen. >> talk of action against syria sent stocks lower today. the dow and s and p 500 recorded their worst months since may of last year. >>> the bay bridge closure affecting commuters this holiday weekend. >> i avoided bart or the train at all because i knew that would be packed. >> the routes they're taking to get around during the closure. >>> and an east bay teenager almost blind gets a second chance to see clearly. the procedure she received today and the letter her mom wrote that made it all possible. up next, new information on the double homicide in the east bay. what we're learning about the victims and the relationship to the man police say killed them. >>> we'll talk about the holiday weekend. it's going to get cooler and in some parts of the area, there is a chance for a pinnacle. spri

california senator dianne fine stain chairs the committee.ion to the latest developments on nsa overreach coming up at 6:15. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the website of the washington post was hacked which supports the president of syria. the syrian electronic army hacked one of the contest providers. some of the posts were redirected to the website of the syrian electronic army. >>> san diego mayor bob filner is done with his two weeks of therapy. a volunteer city worker is the latest. 16 women have come forward saying that he made inappropriate advances. nancy -- saying he should step down and spare san diego the pain and expense of a recall collection. governor brown vetoed a previous -- saying it was too brad. it has since been amended to spell out the types of crimes that would require police to turn people over to immigration authorities. >>> ten-year-old hunter killborn of martinez who was attacked by two pit bulls last sunday he is recovering from another surgery this morning. here's a new photo of hunter

events and procure material sounds pretty simple right well known not for dianne feinstein of california senator told her colleagues earlier this month that she's worried that the word journalist is so vague that the proposed media shield law could provide special privileges to those who are not reporters all in senator feinstein's opinion really reporters have salaries in other words they work for official news agencies recognized by the washington establishment senator feinstein wants to make sure that the senate's media shield law doesn't save wiki leaks from prosecution but if congress were to limit media shield protections only to aid journalists that would leave any number of bloggers tweeters and independent citizen journalists open to prosecution by the federal government just because they don't take home a paycheck and that is just plain wrong journalism is not a profession or a person can argue that it includes those but really it's an act anyone who comments on the news anyone who cultivates sources anyone who breaks stories about government or corporate corruption that person is enga

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earlier this year, california state senator mark leno introduced legislation that would revise the penalty for simple drug possession under the state law, making drug possession laws that punish as a felony would now be punished as a misdemeanor. the new legislation, sb-1506, does not apply to anybody involved in selling or manufacturing drugs. the stated purpose of the bill is that it would help alleviate overcrowding in state prisons and county jails, and ease pressure on california's court system and result in millions of dollars in annual savings for both state and local governments. senator mark leno who couldn't join us today as been quoted as saying, quote, there's been no evidence to suggest long prison sentences deter or limit people from abusing drugs. in fact, time behind bars and felony records often have horrible, unintended consequences for people trying to overcome addiction because they are unlikely to receive drug treatment in prison and have few job prospects and educational opportunities when they leave. this legislation will help implement public safety realignment and

california senator barbara boxer made a personal appeal to the mayor in an open letter that reads int "we've known each other for a long time. so i'm speaking to you now on a personal and professional level and asking you to step down as mayor and get the help you need as a private citizen." the latest woman to come forward, peggy shannon, a great grandmother who works at the senior citizens service desk at the san diego city hall accused mayor filner of sexual harassment. joins me with her attorney gloria allred. mrs. shannon, give us the context in which the mayor told you that he could, quote/unquote, go eight hours. >> well, i came up to the desk and leaned over the desk and took my hands and says, i think i could go eight hours. and i looked at him and said, are you kidding? and he says no. i'm sure i can go eight hours. i was appalled. it was very shocking to me that he would think that he could say something like that to me. >> and there had been bad behavior on his part prior to this? >> correct. he had -- >> i'm sorry? >> he had come up to me many times and taken my hand and

today, california senator barbara boxer wrote a personal letter to the mayor, urging him to resign. >>> now our second story "outfront," damage control. the president today, for the first time, saying what he really thinks of edward snowden. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> that was pretty direct. and it was the first time he talked about it like that. i want to bring in chad sweet, "outfront," former cia and dhs official, and founder of the heritage foundation. chad, always lake having you on. let me just also say, the president talked about this surveillance, and i actually liked the way that he addressed it. he said, people think i'm willy-nilly watching, but it's not really like that. here's how he said it. >> and a general impression has, i think, taken hold, not only among the american public, but also around the world, that somehow, we're out there, willy-nilly, just sucking in information on everybody and doing what we please with it. now, that's not the case. >> now, he says that's not the case, chad, but this week there were more revelations this time that

the entire city council and california senator barbara boxer have already asked him to step down. >>f the people who really matter and the people will say you are not welcomed back to san diego. >> over the weekend, he left an intense therapy program earlier. he's taking this week off to continueer thispy as an out-- yowrkt packet. >>> the prime minister of norway played a little trick on another weeken citizens. he impersonated a taxi driver. he drove a taxi for this unusual campaign stunt. it took some of the passengers longer than others to figure out who was driving. norway's election is scepted for september 9th. >>> the family of a man detained in north korea says he's in a hospital after losing more than 50 pounds. kenneth bye from washington state was working as a tour guide in china. he's accused of smuggling anti- government documents into north korea while in the country feeding orfins and per performing other charity work. he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. his sister says his health is fading and she wants him to come home. >>> one person is dead in a party bus

patricia no town halls in california senators. robert writes or ignores us. says my and one senator has. some of you told us going and not giving the answers you wanted but at least there were some town pal halls there is a-million-dollar lotto winner out there in new york city. the owner of the power ball winning ticket has not come forward. the ticket was sold play land ticket in new york. no one claims the prize, the money will go back into the lottery prize pool to be claimed by future winner. check your tickets. that's it for us here in washington. fund is up "fox news sunday" is next. you won't want to miss their discussion. i'm shannon bream thanks so much for watching fox news where we remain proud and fearless. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. claims gas attack one year after president obama issued this warning. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. >> chris: the u.n. calls for an investigation while the obama administration hedges about

patricia no town halls in california senators. robert writes or ignores us. says my and one senator has. some of you told us going and not giving the answers you wanted but at least there were some town pal halls there is a-million-dollar lotto winner out there in new york city. the owner of the power ball winning ticket has not come forward. the ticket was sold play land ticket in new york. no one claims the prize, the money will go back into the lottery prize pool to be claimed by future winner. check your tickets. that's it for us here in washington. fund is up "fox news sunday" is next. you won't want to miss their discussion. i'm shannon bream thanks so much for watching fox news where we remain proud and fearless.

all nine members of the city council and both california senators have told filner to resign.havioral therapy but did just one. the mayor did not return our calls. now, a recall effort has been launched. its website states that filner staying in office, quote, puts the city at risk from lawsuits compromises the ability to get city business done and makes san diego the brunt of jokes on late night tv. >> the details are a little disturbing. if you have children in the room, they are about to grow up real quick. >> reporter: michael palomeri is one of the organizers. >> the mayor has refused to resign. do you believe there is any way for him to be effective as the mayor of san diego? >> that's one of the reasons i am recalling him. the answer is, no. if you think about the concept that they won't allow women to come into his office alone, how can you be effective as a mayor of the eighth largest city? >> reporter: late monday mayor filner issued a statement to be included in the recall petition. he outlined his accomplishments saying, now is not the time to go backwards. as your

yesterday california senator barbara boxer penned an open letter calling for him to resign saying "theegarding your behavior toward women recovering from sexual assault, women who desperately need our help, have shaken me to my core. bob, you've already hurt so many people. to avoid hurting your victims and the people of san diego more than you already have, you should step down immediately." and former congressman anthony weiner continues his bid for new york city mayor despite personal tru troubles of his own. weiner continues to be premsed on his relationship with his wife as witnessed during this exchange in brooklyn friday with voters and reporters. z>> is your wife still with you? backing you up? >> you bet. >> all right, guys, let's go out. >> what role will your wife play in the weiner administration? >> amazing first lady of the city of new york. >>> all eyes are on iowa with big named democrats and republicans flocking to the hawkeye state. yesterday in des moines, emily's list hosted a form uhm for prominent democrats. they talked about women in politics. today in ames, cons

by population, so a resident of wyoming has of 6 times the influence that a person in california does in the senatees. if it feels like 80% of the u.s. population, all the city dwellers, if it feels like they're not getting a fair shake right now, there is ample evidence to show they are not. the bailout that they are actively trying to block is nonexistent. joining us now, pastor bullock. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> all right, so nobody knew that the obama administration was offering to bailout detroit, should we be thinking of bailing out detroit? should americans care more about what happens in a big city? >> indeed, america should care about detroit. america should care about all the cities in the country if they're not struggling with pension liabilities and health care liabilities, we believe that detroit is ground zero with the question of how the government should respond to cities in financial crisis. we must care about detroit. >> there is an issue going on here that all of the things that helped to hollow out detroit and make it difficult for detroit to have

california state senator joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> wow. that's something.'re trying to claw back and get five years of back taxes after you gave them something. >> that's right. thousands of investors who helped start small businesses received a financial shock of their lives when they opened their mail and saw retroactive tax bills ranging from the tens of thousands of dollars to over half a million dollars. even though the taxpayers followed the law as it was written at the time. >> yeah. the law was written in 1993. they've been creating businesses, creating jobs and then now california's wisdom says we want that money but can only go back five years because of the statute of limitations. someone said it was unconstitutional to do this, right? >> that's right. that's why i've introduced legislation to stop that from happening. keep in mind, it's the legislature that made the mistake. the legislature wrote a law found to be unconstitutional. we should own up to the mistakes and not punish the taxpayers for following the law. >> this is so messed up. it's

and the senator of california joins lawmakers heading to the white house n four hours they will speak with the president about the nsa's program. a senate staffer said the white house initiated the meeting and invited the republicans and democrats from the house and senate. the president's national security team says the programs are needed to protect americans. and they pointed to 2012 records saying that it did not attract millions of -- track numbers. >> those reports contained less than 500 numbers. not millions. less than 500. >>> all this happening as details on yet another nsa program are revealed. i'll explain that one to you when i see you next hour. live in washington. >>> 5:17. new this morning a lawyer representing the mayor of san diego ignited the latest controversy in the mayor's sexual harassment scandal. the city should pay the mayor's legal bills as he defends himself against a sexual harassment lawsuit. that's because the mayor never received state required sexual harassment training. now the attorney's request came before the council voted to deny the mayor any mon

he and other southern california state senators says the drugmaker has a list of 1800 doctors around who show signs of dangerous prescribing. only 154 names have been turned over to the police. >>> and cbs drugstores have a new -- cvs drugstores have a new policy. if you want to buy nail polish remove, bring your i.d. and be at least 18 years old. customers are limbed to how many they can by at the store. they say this is in response to the regulations requiring retailers to record the sales of acetone. acetone can be used to make methamphetamine. >>> 7:40. napa county may test a program called cal card. those are state-sponsored credit cards that employees could use for work-related business instead of their own credit cards. the cards are programmed to block charges from lottery orders, pawnshops, massage parlors. one auditor said this would allow the county to qualify for quarterly rebate programs. >>> a recent amber alert suspect had a troubled past. apparently, james dimaggio's father reportedly committed a crime with a 16-year-old girl. >>> stocks started the day higher after i

california. today, the state senate approved legislation to increase the number of women on their board of directorstion calls on corporations with at least nine directors to include at least three women by december '16. >>> a uc davis study released today found 45% of california's 400 largest publicly held companies have an all male board of directors. just 10% of the directors and highest paid executives in those companies are women. in silicon valley, just over 8% of board members in the study are women. >>> nurse practitioners, certified nurse mid-wives, and physician assistants may soon be able to perform a type of early abortion in california. it now returns to the assembly. authors of the bill say it will be especially helpful to women who live in rural areas of the state and have difficulty traveling to an abortion provider. >>> it appears the curtain will come down for the final time at this year's edition of shakespeare at santa cruz. the dean of arts at the university of california at santa cruz says this will be the final season of the theater company. it's been plagued by financial prob

joining me now senator bob casey of california. good morning, senator. >> good morning, carol.to be with you. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. it seems like some don't want to waste any time. they want a military strike right now. does the united states have to move that fast? >> well, carol, i think to send the right message to the regime that we're not going to tolerate nor will the world, the international community tolerate the use of chemical weapons, i don't think you can allow too much time to go by. i don't think you can allow weeks or months. this, if there is going to be an operation of some kind, a response, it should be done in short order. that doesn't mean in the next two days, necessarily. but it should happen as close to the event as possible after we've consulted with and worked together with our allies and as members of congress have been briefed. and i think that is going to happen. i don't think you'll see the administration waiting until congress goes back into session, which is almost two weeks away. >> why not, though, let u.n. inspect

you know, other states have it and a state senator says it's about time california did, too. if there is a strike on monday, riders know it's going to be painful. >> it's terrible. they need to settle it so we can get to work and not stuck all week next week. >> other cities have avoided chaos by outlawing strikes. it's the law in nork north north, -- -muni workers in san francisco can't strike. >> we have a system here where there is no strike clauses and it's been helpful. >> prohibiting a strike would require a state law. >> everybody loses in a strike. >> the state senator may be the first to offer up a bill as soon as january which prevents bart workers from walking off the job and management from enact >> i'm more convinced this is the action you want to take. >> i'm not unsympathetic with rank and file. i think they need wages and benefits that are g but having said thark this doesn't work. >> not everybody believes sacramento should get involved. >> i am trying to understand where these people are coming from but personally it would make my life easier. >> if they wer

california. today, the state senate approved legislation to increase the number of women on their board of directorstion calls on corporations with at least nine directors to include at least three women by december '16. >>> a uc davis study released today found 45% of california's 400 largest publicly held companies have an all male board of directors. just 10% of the directors and highest paid executives in those companies are women. in silicon valley, just over 8% of board members in the study are women. >>> nurse practitioners, certified nurse mid-wives, and physician assistants may soon be able to perform a type of early abortion in california. it now returns to the assembly. authors of the bill say it will be especially helpful to women who live in rural areas of the state and have difficulty traveling to an abortion provider. >>> it appears the curtain will come down for the final time at this year's edition of shakespeare at santa cruz. the dean of arts at the university of california at santa cruz says this will be the final season of the theater company. it's been plagued by financial prob

. >> let me ask you about a senator from california who wants to redefine what the first amendment says by saying who has free speech rights. >> i think that is wrong to define the first amendment in such a way that it only protects journalists. everyone has first amendment protection. everyone has the right to free speech whether you are a journalist are not. >> she wants to say who is a journalist and who is not a journalist. >> yeah. >> there is a long series of barrages against civil rights. not you. i trust you actually. i do not know why. [laughter] [applause] the white house is bought and paid for. the things they are doing now -- what am i supposed to do when homeland security barges into my house? >> i understand. the culture is changing. on the amash amendment, you have the white house, democratic leadership, republican leadership, the intelligence community, all sorts of high- level officials saying, do not vote for this amendment. it will be a disaster. still, the majority of democrats and nearly half of the republicans voted for the amendment. aims are changing. it will tak