senator diane feinstein is up for re-election and her campaign challenger the elizabeth empkin. rned to youtube, her goal, forcing feinstein to do a debate, something she has not done before. empkin's campaign used some special camera tricks to look like we are sitting down together. empkin does all the talking but she is hoping the video goes viral. meanwhile the california democrat has spend more than four decades in public service. diane feinstein sat down with us and i asked her since she has been in congress, what has changed the most and what has she noticed has been affected most with change. >> the assaults legislation. was it controversial? absolutely. proposed it in 1993. it became the law in 1994 and lasted until 2004. when it came to the floor and i did it as an amendment to the crime bill -- as a matter of fact bide was can harem of the jew dishiary laughed at me -- as a matter of fact, joe biden cuss the chairman of the judiciary committee. and laughed at me. this was a controversial bill but both sides felt it was important, that we go to the senate and stand up an

senator diane feinstein is up for re-election next month. her republican challenger is elizabeth. the candidate has turned to youtube and her goal is to force feinstein to agree to a debate. she uses camera tricks to make it look like both ladies are sitting down together and she does all the talking and what she hopes to be a viral video. >> well, the california democrat is the state's -- i mean, she has been in the senate as long as just about anyone can remember. she spent decades in public service in both washington and san francisco. we sat down with senator feinstein and asked her since she has been in congress for awhile, what has changed the most and how has she noticed that change affecting the nation's capitol? >> i noticed something big time. as you know i did the assault weapons legislation. was it controversial? absolutely. proposed it in 1993. it became the law in 94 and lasted to 2004. when it came to the floor and i did it as an amendment to the crime bill. as a matter of fact, joe biden who was chairman of the judiciary laug

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. >> reporter: dian feinstein weighed in as well calling for a federal investigation into what she calls malicious trading scheme in the california gas market. however, it's unlikely there is a conspeary going on here by the oil companies. >> what might be going on and still be very difficult to detect is individual companies figuring out if they put a little less gasoline on to the market the prices will be higher. and if that's the case, it is going to be difficult to detect, and even if we did, there's nothing i will heel about that -- illegal about that. >> but what the gaming the system? >> we use a bhend of gas heen that's not used -- blend of gasoline that's not used anywhere else in the country. >> reporter: and while the governor has ordered to allow the winter blend gas to come in is no long term answer to the problem, at this point the public will take any relief they can get. >> it all counts. 22 bucks, huh? not really cool, huh? >> reporter: consumers can expect to see prices drop in the next couple of days. will they drop as fast as they rose? if history is any indication,

also in attendance, libya's ambassador to the united states, senator diane feinstein, and thomas pickering, the person who has been charged with investigating the security surrounding stevens the day he died. ambassador stevens and three other americans were killed during a september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and libya. yesterday his former boss, secretary of state hillary clinton, took responsibility for the security lapse, possibly in an attempt to shield her boss, the president, from further criticism, especially since he has a second debate tonight with governor mitt romney. secretary clinton points out that security is a state department responsibility, not an issue that would fall directly under the purview of the white house. >> i don't think we want to get into any blame game. i think what we want to do is get to the bottom of what happened, figure out what we're going to do to protect people and prevent it from happening again and then track down whoever did it and bring them to justice. >> that service, memorial service for ambassador christopher stevens again

diane feinstein who has fine fashion taste, early in her career had a really tough time getting people to think that shed any understanding whatsoever of the problems that the disadvantaged experienced in san francisco because her at higher screen that she was from a wealthy part of the city. her attire was sending a message that got in her way. >> what are some of the other key differences that winning seek high office space other than men seeking high office? >> there are so many. we were talking about is a little bit at dinnertime, the fact that a woman needs credentials that are the highest caliber, where as as i mentioned earlier, a man you just comes onto the national scene who is perhaps just elected senator can run for president, or be seen as presidential. were as the woman needs foreign affairs experience. you know, she needs to preferably be a governor, and that some of the work barbara lee has done with keys to the governors mentioned, the idea that it wouldn't be acceptable for a woman to just get elected president from a senate position. she would need more than that. the

senator diane feinstein. her greatest accomplishments on capitol hill and she talks ability her regrets, on eyewitness news this morning starting at 7:30 a.m. >>> and time for the last look at the weather. pretty nice, a lot of people will be dressing up this weekend. big halloween party weekend. >> i guess that's true, yeah. i'll go as a weatherman. and i will be able to tell people it will be a beautiful day today with temperatures mostly in the 70s. lots of sun. a little low cloudiness around the shore line to move back in tonight. otherwise, things look nice. extended forecast will thick 10 plot and the clouds by mid week with rain possible on wednesday. and then thursday, and it will continue, but by next weekend, we'll be back into the sunshine again. a couple of wet days ahead, but meantime, sunshine. have a great saturday. >> a lot of kids will be trick or treating on wednesday. >> oh, yeah. not good. >> well maybe things will change. you know how that happens with the weather sometimes. >> really? >>

there is legislation going ahead with diane feinstein with a-d-a. that should also help out for businesses making less than $3.5 million a year. so, things are happening. i just want to let you know about that. >> thank you. >>> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> i'm carl. i just want to add kind of a moment that i received yesterday. i was in a little coffee shop on 18th street. its was the owner's last day. about five years ago he purchased this restaurant and he went to the city building inspectors. he looked it over. he remodeled a bathroom to make it handicap accessible but they forgot to mention a two-inch lip. so, a year ago he was sued. he had to sell his business [speaker not understood]. the sad part about it is his two little kids he's trying to support and a family. so, i just wanted to kind of let you know this is a personal matter for people. and anything that you can do to help the small businesses without deterring people that are handicapped, if it's your power, do so. thank you. >> thank you. >>> good morning, commission, [

. >> reporter: diane feinstein is at the trade commission to investigate the skyrocketing pain at the pump. she said despite the pipeline and refinery shut down the -- it was almost as high as a year ago and stock piles of gas and blending parts combined were equal to this time last year. >> i think it's a good question. i would like to know why myself other than instability in the middle east and the usual things. >> reporter: it's difficult to look at from the data what there is actually some sort of -- uncompetitive behavior going on. >> reporter: gas stations can charge whatever they want for a gallon ever gas and they could make as little or as much as they want. >> over the weekend the governor said i'm directing the air resources board to take whatever steps necessary to blend to winter gas blend. >> the claim is -- from the governor's office that it'll -- if that's right, that will cause a drastic drop in gas. >> it doesn't matter. it's fine. >> reporter: the san francisco gas is at a record $4.74 a gallon but just a penny higher than sunday. a week ago just as the spike was s

but today senator diane feinstein called for an investigation. says that publicly available data appears to confirm that market fundamentals are not to blame for rising gas prices in california. she's asking the federal trade commission to start monitoring the gas market for fraud or illegal manipulation of the whole market. like, i don't know maybe speaking hypothetically here, main some random broker accidentally buying -- buying, most of the global market in oil futures and causing a spike in oil prices because he was super drunk? look, broken broker. on june 30, 2009. a very drunk young man in england who also happened to be a commodities broker gradually bought 69% of the global market of oil futures. on the morning of the 30th an administrative clerk called him to ask why he had bought 7 million barrels of crude during the night. he had no recollection and it turned out he had made the trades during a drunken blackout. at 6:30 a.m., presumably sobering up, he sent a message to his boss claiming an unwell relative meant he would not be able

however, today senator diane feinstein ordered a federal investigation because of concerns that marketulation is to blame for this increase. >>> the long road to recovery in henryville, indiana, is getting a big boost this week thanks to habitat for humanity and more than 1,000 volunteers. a week-long building blitz will build ten brand-new homes for people who lost their homes in that tornado back in march. it was an f-4 tornado, part of a massive outbreak that left dozens of people dead across several states. henryville was one of the places that was hit the hardest. this week, though, thanks to about 1,200 volunteers, it's all about to change. >> you see the families, you get a grasp of it. you could watch all the newscasts and youtube videos you want, but until you get here, you just don't know. >> those houses being built this week should be ready by mid-december, just in time for the holidays. >>> carol? >> hi, jim. the washington nationals, they're in st. louis, game two of the nlds. coming up, former red skskins cs cooley will break things down. stay with us, news4 continues ri

. >> reporter: diane feinstein is at the trade commission to investigate the skyrocketing pain at the pump. she said despite the pipeline and refinery shut down the -- it was almost as high as a year ago and stock piles of gas and blending parts combined were equal to this time last year. >> i think it's a good question. i would like to know why myself other than instability in the middle east and the usual things. >> reporter: it's difficult to look at from the data what there is actually some sort of -- uncompetitive behavior going on. >> reporter: gas stations can charge whatever they want for a gallon ever gas and they could make as little or as much as they want. >> over the weekend the governor said i'm directing the air resources board to take whatever steps necessary to blend to winter gas blend. >> the claim is -- from the governor's office that it'll -- if that's right, that will cause a drastic drop in gas. >> it doesn't matter. it's fine. >> reporter: the san francisco gas is at a record $4.74 a gallon but just a penny higher than sunday. a week ago just as the spike was s

also in attendance, libya's ambassador to the united states, senator diane feinstein and thomas pickering of stevens and the person who has been charged with investigate the security surrounding stevens the day he died. that was september 11th of this past year. the ceremony again, the service is at 4:30. there will be a reception afterwards. both are free and open to the public. keep in mind there is security in city hall so you'll want to arrive early to avoid those lines. bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> and we will have continuing coverage of the memorial service as well as a live stream on our website, nbcbayarea.com. that service starts at 4:30 this afternoon. >>> the port of oakland is launching an independent investigation into allegations its maritime director misspent thousands of dollars. the investigation centers around a $4800 expense from back in 2008. it shows maritime director james quan took a dozen or so shipping executives to an upscale strip club in houston. port commissioners held an emergency meeting last night to take action. >> authorizing the retention of outsi

among those in tanned dance under the city rotunda will be diane feinstein. weather forecast. here's lawrence karnow. >> hard to tell, we have a lot of thick fog in many spots. the fog is going to lift and we are looking at mostly sunny skies as we head toward the afternoon. high pressure is building in and the next few days is going to be nice outside. inland, 60s and 70s around the bay. 60s out toward the coast. the offshore wind kicks in, beautiful to the coastline. 70s at the beaches, time saver traffic is coming up next. >> no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> good morning, we have some breaking tuesday in san francisco, it's -- news in san francisco, a specific package at ucf medical center. it's a shoe box with a device and a note. it is having traffic implications. cars are being rerouted on pernasis between 3rd and 4th 4th while police investigate and see whether the package is a haza

now the chair of the senate intelligence committee, senator diane feinstein said putting out those talkingat time. we're told that at the time when susan rice came out and said this was a spontaneous attack, that the intelligence was shifting underneath her at that time, but not to the point where they would revise a report to give to her to change that overall assessment. i know it sounds confusing, but basically, there was some initial intelligence that was shifting as she made that rea mark. the intelligence would have caught up and changed the narrative a bit. >> chris, you saw that article in the "new york times" today saying one of the key people behind the attack is in plain sight in benghazi, what do you know about him? >> well, reporters on the scene there in libya spoke with him in plain sight at a coffee shop. he seemed very relaxed, showed no fear about, you know, possibly being apprehended or targeted by libyan or u.s. authorities. he is reportedly in some reports been linked to the group. that is suspected of having something to do with the attack on ambassador stevens, but h