sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator."plause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause] and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put this event together. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, i would like to introduce the driving force behind this program, and award- winning, internationally known storyteller, recording artist, and educator. she is a truth teller and an artist for social change. she has made it her life's work to tell history through the words of its off forgotten witnesses. zero two one-women shows -- she wrote two one-women shows. she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott through the eyes of four women. please help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was a w

. >> eric: and dianne feinstein convenes a hearing on the nation's nuclear safety. >> kristen: caught on camera, a snowboarder's near death experience of being buried alive. >>> coming up 4:48 on this wednesday. you can see a lot of the wet weather that hanging around and ready to head up the eastern seaboard. could have delays developing around charlotte and d.c., flight arrival delays in atlanta and severe weather in miami. check out flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> eric: this morning multiple agencies are investigating another controller mishap that caused a scary moment in the skies. a controller sent a jam packed jet on an unplanned side trip. rob nelson has details. >> reporter: another air traffic controller suspended for sending a jet on a dangerous mission. southwest 737 with more than a 140 people on board. flight 821 from phoenix was preparing to land in orlando. a private plane that had been out of radio contract. the supervisor asked the southwest crew to fly to avoid the plane, they reported two people in the cockpit. the problem the planes were too close. the head of

that's a quote from dianne feinstein.ed a lot about pg&e's dealings with the public utilities commission. that is a state agency. and our local, state representatives have been pressuring them to crack down on some of these pg&e practices but this is a major move we are seeing on the federal side. >> thank you, anne makovec in san bruno. >>> it is 5:39. a federal judge ruled prosecutors cannot use 11 voicemail messages against barry bonds in his perjury trial. the allegedly threatening voicemail messages were left for his mistress. prosecutors hoped the intensity of the messages showed bonds was suffering from riod rage but the judge said the messages were marginal at best. prosecutors argued bonds lied when he said he never knowingly received steroids or any injections from his trainer. >>> in contra costa county the district attorney's office plans to drop a dozen drug cases involving arrests by the county's central narcotics task force. a former commander of the task force facing felony drug charges now accused of cons

dianne feinstein takes aim at in defense of the marriage act. she says it's time to repeal. >> it and live in san francisco, the trial for barry bonds starts on monday but today potential jurors will be showing up and filling out the form. in it over 60 yes questions. i'll tell you what some of the questions are coming up in a live report. >> and international pressure mounts on japan to stop the looming meltdown at a crippled nuclear power plant. >> check out the temperatures across the country, coolest weather around seattle and portland. 76 in st. louis, 84 in dallas. that is pretty warm for this time of the year. you think maybe some spring storms but everything is quiet. no delays at our major airports. our flight3q my busy family, the family with thousands of odors. like boomer, our boxer. our leftovers... from last night. and then there's phil. oh phil. but for every odor, our new air wick odor detect uses the latest smart odor sensor technology. the first air freshener that detects thousands of odors then automatically releases a burst o

the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lieutenant governor. >> i put myself up as a candidate for the tenant governor, won, thanks to the overwhelming support of the city. >> that is when we try to look for someone to take over his final year of the mayoral term. >> it is clear we have to do something in san francisco. we have to pick a mayor. that job was not up to the voters but the board of supervisors. by a majority vote, supervisors are able to choose the interim mayor. that is when the fun began in city hall. who would he be? >> we needed to protect -- perfect the process so that once the board asked us for that process, we could actually have something in place that was well tested that we could provide to them. >> mayor newsom would be sworn in as lieutenant governor in early january. so the board of supervisors

his career as a catholic school teacher, and after moving to san francisco, he volunteered on dianne feinstein's citywide campaign for supervisor, and he joins her in city hall as an aide after the election. peter was the first openly gay aid to any member of the san francisco board of supervisors, and we can thank senator feinstein for that. his presence in city hall as an openly gay man was important to the developing lgbt movement in san francisco. he helped to change city hall to a place where lgbt people, whether aides or supervisors or otherwise, could be heard. after the assassinations of assassinationsmosconi -- the assassinations of mayor mosconi and supervisor mill, he worked with the budget analyst. he worked as deputy director of public affairs, often appearing at city hall to testify on the air for its behalf. this is -- since i learned of peter's death last week, i have talked to a number of people. he was a really popular guy, and for good reason. i know he will be missed by an awful lot of people, so i asked that we adjourn the meeting in his memory. i am also introducing a resol

and senator dianne feinstein has a concern about sham universities, she says it's a matter of nationality. here's a cure for the drab weather. we go to brazil for the carnival celebration in the streets of rio. thousands dressed up for the parade which turns the city into one big party for the next three days. musicians, dancers and performers packedded the streets to celebrate the festival. far

assembly of that task force was a supervisor from san francisco who went on to other things, dianne feinstein. i would like to think about intergovernmental cooperation. several more mentions korea -- were mentions. -- mentioned. i think several are very well positioned and very nearby to actually increase the amount of diversion by intergovernmental county cooperation. on the back of it, there is the position, which is opposition to the use of the facility outside of the bay area. we are for sustainability, and that means within the bay area. there is such abundant landfill capacity, particularly in santa clara county and alan lee county -- alameda county. it could be barged to. but we urge you to take another look at the procurement process that you have right now, which is considering only about two of the seven or eight disposal options. i just 1 mid to upper stated that might be something the supervisors would do well to look at -- i just wanted to state that might be something the supervisors would do well to look at. commissioner: thank you. >> commissioners, i am barbara cummings,. a

. >>> senator dianne feinstein and three other u.s. senators are asking immigration officials for an immediate crack dowb -- crackdown on the use of illegal visas by sham universities. it allows terrorists to illegal enter the united states. one university in pleasant ton, more than 1500 students enrolled. she says the schools are a clear and immediate threat to our national security. >>> up next, we're not out of the clouds just yet. leigh glaser coming up to tell us more about our forecast. rick: coming up in sports, tim lincecum was on the mound. we show you how he did. >> alan: the space shuttleshutle has bid farewell to the international space station for the final time. it was the last voyage into spas. the two crews said goodbye after more than a week together. discovery is set to land on wednesday and then will be retired and sent to its permanent home in the signature -- smithsonian. a earthquake erupted off the coast of humboldt county. the quake was centered 70 miles southwest of eureka. no reports of damages, and the police

democrats hold a positive view of five term senator dianne feinstein. among registered democrats, 68% say they approve of the job she's doing, 17% disapprove. >>> back now to our storm watch coverage were all of this rain and snow has eased fears of a drought or are we seeing too much of a good thing? tom vacar reports. >> reporter: every few seconds they release enough water to fill to gasoline truck. >> are reservoirs would be refilled at the end of this spring and we would start next year i'll full. >> reporter: the water is so high is beginning to come over the humps of the spillways. operators have to strike a critical the complex balance between retaining enough water but not releasing too much to create flood hazards downstream. >> balancing those two between reservoirs. >> reporter: it continues at the bay area's five reservoirs. >> some of them are 1-foot away from being full elevation wise people you're expecting a big storm on thursday. >> reporter: this will be fed by a massive the sierra snowpack. >> we see snow levels 150% of historical av

we need you to call dianne feinstein today. 866-251-40444. tell her not to cut social security.ty was created 70 years ago, and it does not affect the budget in this country. about the smartest thing they ever did was put savings bonds in social security. money should not be cut back on people to save the budget. on april 4, which is the day that martin luther king was shot in memphis, tennessee, we will be at 555 california at the world bank of america, at 4555 to say save social security, 78 years later. we are asking the public to come out on april 4 at 4:45 at 555 california and call senator feinstein that 8666-251-40444 today only to say do not cut social security because it is a big lie about that money affecting our government. thank you very much. we will be back to see you later. >> supervisors, i was not here earlier when you spoke on the ordinance. supervisor chiu: we do not speak about matters which have already taken public comment on, but if you to speak generally, your welcome to do that. >> i just want to say i support. there is an issue with the corridor. there

two power plants in california sit on fault lines next to the ocean and senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer are demanding that the regulatory commission reinspect the safety of the reactors immediately. >>> let's check in with christina and a rainy weekend ahead. good morning. >> good morning. yes. we are going to see two very powerful storms as we head through the next 72 hours one is pushing in now and another one on sunday. we will not have a lot of time dry out in between systems we are tracking thunderstorms this morning. take a look at the system into northern california you see the realtime lightning strikes. that's headed our way. the front has not even arrive and look at the action pushing on shore. you see the pockets of yellow and red. if you get caught up with one, you could see heavy downpours and thunderstorms. heavy downpours as well as 53-sized hail and gusty winds you want to plan on leaving early. take a look at what's headed our way. this is the front. it arrives by 9:00 a.m. we will tell you what we are expecting besides a lot of rain coming up. you have to

and dianne feinstein and barbara boxer want them to be required to make that federal report.y sent a letter to the u.s. pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration saying, quote, we urge you to issue this order immediately under your existing emergency authority to protect public safety. and we have been hearing a lot about their dealings with the public utilities commission, which is the state regulatory agency over utilities and some of our local representatives at the state level have been pressuring the public utilities commission. this is a significant move if it transpires on the federal level and it could happen quickly because we're talking about an emergency order. frank and sydnie? >> okay, anne makovec live at san bruno, thank you very much. >>> our time now 6:15. fourth graders getting sick from cocaine. we'll tell you how it got into their classroom. >> and sent to work nearly 7 years ago, the first its kind spacecraft orbiting mercury and what we could learn from this historic mission when we come back. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is

. >> senator dianne feinstein and three other senators are asking for an immediate crackdown of studentisas by what she calls sham universities. it allows foreigners to illegally enter the u.s. it cites tri-valley university where 1500 students are enrolled -- were enrolled, rather. the school rose in january after complaints surfaced that the school was a fraud. these schools are a clear threat to national security because some allowed in could be terrorists. >> a danville officer arrested on drug and gun offenses could be arraigned as early as today. steven tinaba the third person arrested after being investigated by the task force. it was meant to tarnish images of men going through messy court proceedings. they got them drunk at this wine bar. when the men drop away, the deputy was reportedly right there to arrest them for drunk driving. anonymous law enforcement forces said he was hired by private investigator butler. butler was hired by the exwives. the allegations proved true, the dui cases against the men could be dismissed. >> you got a bribery, a conspiracy. you've got a fraud

. >>> barbara boxer and dianne feinstein are asking for immediate inspections of california's two power plants. feinstein appeared exacerbated as she grilled the head of the regulatory commission. she was concerned about the diablo canyon and san onofre plants and wanted to know why they didn't do a safety inspection. >> i have two plants with millions of people within 50 miles that were designed in the 70s. new information about earthquakes and i need you to take a look at it. >> abc news took an in depth look at earthquake safety at the nuclear plants. how ready are we? continuing coverage of the disaster in the pacific is coming up after this newscast on "nightline" at 11:35. hope you can stay tuned for that. >>> we will move to other news. coming up next, an experienced surfer drowned at mavericks. we will have that story. and the questions faced by potential jurors in barry bonds' trial. and a muslim student who was removed from a flight to san jose all because of what a flight attendant thought she heard. and the trouble that will keep and the trouble that will keep highway 1 shut

state senators, dianne feinstein and barbara boxer, of course, national senators, demanding that the nuclear regulatory commission reinspect the safety of reactors immediately. >> there was a 9.0 earthquake in a place where they never, ever thought. wouldn't you immediately say, as the lead person with all the american people behind you, guess what? i'm independent. i represent the american people, and i want to make sure. and i'm going to go back to every plant that's on -- and not wait two years. find out now. >> senator boxer says that she will not reapprove recertification of the plant in the new nrc cannot prove that the plants can withstand a strong quake and tsunami. >>> more than 7 million people live in close proximity to those plants. some bay area restaurants feeling the effects of the disaster. items they import for the menu not available. >> we get a good amount of our fish from japan for the seafood market menu. specials on the weekends, saturday night. and that will be impacted by the earthquake and tsunami. >> the owners of this restaurant from san francisco say one o

francisco had its own scare today after a suspicious backpack was found in a garbage can near center diann feinstein's home. it was discovered near the intersection of argua boulevard and washington street. people were asked to head to the back of their homes while the bomb squad investigated. they found only personal items inside. police have not specified exactly why the backpack was deemed suspicious. >>> as we mentioned earlier, more extreme weather is headed for the bay area. we have meteorologist nick o'kelley to explain what to expect next. >> we can expect a little bit of everything, marla. today, a little break in the action, at times for some of us. here's a look at the doppler radar system. the east bay getting a much-needed break after the hail stones came down this morning. you can see the rain is filling back in across the peninsula and it's starting to increase in intensity. there is another round of heavy rain and very strong winds heading our way tonight, into tomorrow. warnings, watches, flags are flying. we've got winter storm warnings for the lake tahoe area above 7,000 feet. we're

. >> former gubernatorial candidate, meg whitman is not planning to campaign to unseat dianne feinstein. she spent $44 million of her own money in an unsuccessful bid. the forme ebay chief tells the wall street journal she wants to shape public policy and support mitt romney's presidential bid. >> sheriff says a levy break no longer poses a danger. the levee began leaking yesterday morning just north of clear lake in land that will be restored as wetland. eight homes in the area could have been flooded. however, state prison inmates working with the department of public works successfully sured up that levee this morning. >> state has agreed to battle a nonnative plant in discovery bay after pressure from local leaders. a plant used in home aquariums has clogged the waters for over a decade. next month, the department of boating and waterways will apply a pesticide that state officials say will control, but won't kill the weed. the cost, $2,000 an acre per year. >>> well we have a lot to talk about when it comes to the weather. over to bill martin for what we can expect tonight. bill. >