please welcome to the stage senator dianne feinstein. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much mayor lee, leader pelosi, jackie spear, david chiu. most importantly i think the finest secretary of transportation we have had, and nancy said what he has done for san francisco. i can tell you this is a secretary for california as well. [applause] whether it's riverside county, whether it's los angeles, whether it's the central valley, whether it's the san francisco bay area secretary lahood has been responsible. he's been available for phone calls. he's listened to the reasons for projects and he has moved ahead. would you give him a big round of applause please. [applause] >> well, it's time to say a prayer. it's bottom of the ninth. they have two on and one out, so everybody -- if the giants win this i think they can win the series but they need to win this so let it happen please. i can't tell you how important i feel this project is. i also can't tell you how hard it is to build anything

we'll cover a lot of ground when we sit down with two leading senators: democrat dianne feinstein andepublican lindsay graham. also th 2012 in the rearview mirror we look ahead to 2013. our sunday panel weighs in on what we'll be talking about in the coming year. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and hello, again from fox news in washington. well, it turns out the fiscal cliff is going to be a cliff-hanger. with less than two days until the new year, senate leaders are still trying to work out a deal, to avoid tax increases on almost every american. but, any compromise will do close to nothing about our debt problem. joining us now, to discuss what kind of deal they will and won't vote for, are two key senators, democrat dianne feinstein and republican lindsey graham. senators, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> chris: senator graham, a couple of days ago you said you thought we were going to go over the fiscal cliff and now we are in the midst of a lot of last-ditch bargaining between the senate leaders, reid and mcconnell, what are the c

hats off to the president, he won. >> chris: quick follow-up, before we turn to senator feinstein, youd you don't think your conservative colleagues in the senate will filibuster or set up a procedural roadblock, they'll vote to avoid going over the cliff. >> if mcconnell can't get 60% of us to vote for the deal it will be hard for boehner to get through the house and i will want to vote for it, though i don't like it them. country has a lot to the stake here. >> chris: senator feinstein, is senator graham right, will we get a deal. >> he's partially right. yesterday, 2.1 million americans lost extended unemployment insurance. and, from this point on, it is lose-lose. my big worry, is, a contraction of the economy. the loss of jobs, which could be well over 2 million in addition to the people already on unemployment. i think, contraction in the economy really would be just terrible for this nation. i think we need a deal, we should do a deal, if lindsey and i could sit down, i think we could put the deal together. the leadership is now working. it will probably be an immediate deal. in

amendment because there's nowhere in the feinstein amendment and i'm reading directly from a copy of it that says that chris hedges or any other journalist would be entitled to a trial by jury another words it could be it could be interpreted as simply a trial which could be a military trial a trial before a military tribunal which is not a jury trial and that would be unconstitutional secondly the to the extent that it gets to two thousand and thirteen n.d.a. is not lost but till the president signs it and he's threatened to veto it it is not law so the hedges case is still alive we are in the midst of writing our brief in the second circuit will hear it so let's talk a little bigger picture here according to the a.c.l.u. the twenty sartain and here i might look like a sex because of the finds him on that but it breaks things up further talk about what this would change yes that's right this legislation gives with the gives with one hand and takes away with the other hand because what this legislation does is it even though it appears and there is a lot of cabinets that even though

great women senators are out there in front on this issue so we're we're standing behind senator feinstein on her her call for e instituting the assault weapons ban so so you know a lot of this is talking to parents about how to keep their kids safe so we think that you know there's a big place for women in this discussion even though they're not the ones that are perpetrating these horrific crimes it's and speaking of. josh. josh i'm sorry yes speaking of. dianne feinstein it was i mean she was in it wasn't george moscone administration when he was assassinated by he and harvey you know he and harvey milk were assassinated in a white as i recall and it's been it's been a lot of years when she was actually in the office and i think that's been a formative part of her legislative advocacy and you know she's been a champion for so many years but what's really exciting about this moment always brought by tragedy but still it's an important thing is that there are now all sorts of other people joining her and saying this is you know and so it's not just dianne feinstein or chuck schumer we hav

citizens and senator dianne feinstein a democrat from california tried to fix that getting what's now known as the feinstein amendment inserted into the bill now it states that it authorization to use military force a declaration of war or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the united states apprehended in the united states unless an act of congress expressly authorizes such detention now for those who have been fighting to get u.s. citizens removed from this indefinite detention clause this is like a victory but now several are coming forward and saying this doesn't not just not make things better it actually makes things worse i spoke earlier with karl mayer an attorney for the mayor group who has also been representing american journalist chris hedges in the lawsuit over and da as a journalist who just was concerned that the n.d.a. could affect him directly since he's been in contact with people in the past considered to have. taliban ties and i asked karl if his client still has a case with t

dianne feinstein it was i mean she was in wasn't george moscone administration when he was assassinated. he and harvey. milk were assassinated in a white as i recall and it's been it's been a lot of years when she was actually in the office and i think that's going to form of part of her legislative advocacy and you know she's been a champion for so many years but what's really exciting about this moment always brought by tragedy but still it's an important thing is that there are now all sorts of other people joining her and saying this is you know and so it's not just dianne feinstein or chuck schumer we have now you know across the political spectrum people are saying enough is enough it's time to time to get something done and you know that and that and that's going to be hard work what do you do how do you can you know you talked about movement earlier in the show and sister. i mean this over time is what's is what's going to be difficult because the n.r.a. won't be quiet forever they will come back with some type of advocacy campaign and we need all the people who are interested a

that was senator feinstein's idea and senator feinstein and i took the amber alert for affected children nationwide which has accounted for rescuing document almost 600 children since its passage. i remember when senator hillary clinton stopped by with her chief of staff to wish me happy birthday the first year she was in the senate. was just a few months after she had arrived and my staff was surprised and a bit starstruck to see the former first lady walked into the room. we went on to work together in vital voices, a global partnership dedicated to supporting and empower women leaders and social on to poors in emerging economies. we also teamed up with senators mikulski and collins to assure public schools had the option to offer single-sex schools and classes. after i visited with secretary of education rod page the young women's leadership academy in the harlem area of new york city, one of the first and most successful pilot project for girls, public schools with which i know the presiding officer is very familiar. and i remember the time i invited senator barbara mikulski to texas

connecticut, presentar un proyecto de ley para prohibir las armas de asalto en el pas take vo ---feinsteina presentar la enmienda en enero ante el congreso y la camara de representant es ---segn las autoridades, el autor de la masacre, adam lanza, utiliz dos pistolas automaticas y un fusil de asalto para perpetrar el ataque ---los fusiles de asalto permiten expulsar muchas balas de manera casi instantanea ---su prohibicion habia sido votada bajo la administracion de bill clinton, en los aÑos 90, pero la ley expir en el 2004. topvo - blanca ---por su parte, el presidente obama reconoci ante las familias de las victimas de la matanza que el pas est fracasando en su trabajo de proteger a los niÑos. take vo ---en una ceremonia para recordar a las 26 victimas del tiroteo en newtown, obama mencion que utilizar todos los poderes que le confiere su mandato para evitar otra tragedia como la ocurrida el viernes pasado. ---aunque el presidente no hizo referencias explcitas a la ley de armas durante su discurso, la senadora dianne feinstein dice que cree que obama dara su apoyo a la iniciativa. stop o

well there were some unfortunately so many things wrong with it i think feinstein meant well but she should have consulted that strong civil liberties attorney prior to the writing about him i maxed out why it was highly discriminatory and only provided a legit coverage to u.s. citizens not residents or tourists or other foreign nationals it also did not circulate any difference between a military tribunal and it's not going to civilian trial so although they were having the fact that it allows people to have a trial but it does give you a different that would mean in the military tribunals which means maybe it's really is the only thing that is available to people who are indefinite indefinitely the team and as we've seen in one con about that can take five hairpin year you can rot away and presidents will only have us really it's not enough not constitutional so tender and we're almost out of time but it is indefinite detention just a wartime strategy or do you anticipate that it'll do go beyond the war in afghanistan and in fact the war on terror well the war on terror have the ge

or our towns >> ifill: finally, senator feinstein, we have been here before. the president, as he said last night, has spoken at four different memorial services for shooting victims since he's been president. each time there's been discussion that this is the moment especially after a congresswoman was shot, this is the moment when everything will change. why is this the moment? >> well, this is the moment because i think people have had it. they have had it in fear. you know, look at aurora. that man came in with 100-round clip, excuse me, drum. if that drum hadn't jammed he would have killed many more people. look at virginia tech. look at jones town. look at jonesboro, rather. looks at columbine. look at what's been happening. it's got to stop. our schools have to be safe places. these guns are the guns that the grievance killer, the gangs that people who want to do real damage look for and find very easy to obtain in our society. we need to change that. that's what i'm trying to do. >> ifill: senator dianne feinstein, democrat of california, thank you >>

dianne feinstein. >> mr. speaker, nancy pelosi, mrs. bush, harry reid, leader mcconnell, secretary of state hillary clinton and my colleagues in government this is a special day to honor a special person in a special place. for many years i have followed tragedies and victories of this uncommonly courageous and persistent woman. in 1988 she quickly rose to be the voice of democracy in burma creating the lead for democracy, elections followed in 1990 when her party won 80% but that joy turned to tragedy and the the military junta and aung san suu kyi spent 3 decades under house arrest unable to visit her dying husband. in 1996 i recall senator bill cohen approaching with senator mccain to sponsor a burma sanction bill, sanctions were put in place in 1997 and only loosened in july of this year. senator mcconnell became one of aung san suu kyi's chief advocates and we continue to work on behalf of the people of burma. in 2003 following an assassination attempt senator mcconnell and i worked to pass an important man the remains in place tod

but just yesterday lawmakers in both the house and the senate dropped the ban also known as the feinstein amendment during their negotiations for the new defense authorization bill so is this the end of indefinite detention as we know it or as the discussion of it anyway earlier today i was joined by tangerine bolen she is a founder and director of revolution truth and also one of the plaintiffs in the case against the measure and joined me earlier to answer that question unfortunately today's developments surprising but not necessarily if you was not the most ideal amendments that were not used and we were going to wear one on this intentionally and one of the lawyers representing you karl mayor he had put he had said to the business insider yesterday i want to re a quote from you really quickly he was upset about the congress' decision to nix the indefinite detention ban he said as president abraham lincoln who so many of these politicians profess to admire said you can fool some of the all some of the all of the time you can fool all of the people some of the time but you can't fool al

you had dianne feinstein saying there will be 900 exceptions.hat do you think -- since you've looked at our laws in the u.s. as well, what do think new thinking could bring? and the fact the politicians and the nra have gone silent, at least publicly, are people thinking in a new way? are they going to move forward or simply get what they think they can conceivably get perhaps the day before sandy hook? >> it does seem to be different. something seems to have changed -- i hope something has changed in the u.s. i suppose what people all over the world are asking, if the u.s. cannot do something about guns now when a tragedy like this has occurred, it is difficult to imagine in what circumstances it could. the ban on assault weapons is one of the most important changes that is needed in the u.s.. i have not seen the list of guns that are exempted, so i don't know how that will be defined. 900 does sound like a lot of weapons to exempt, so i hope that it will be genuine assault weapons ban. but the other thing that -- the other fundamental problem

>> california senator dianne feinstein who wrote the assault weapons ban which was signed by president clinton in his first term and expired under president bush announced on "meet the press" yesterday that she will introduce a new version of that bill on day one of the new congress. >> it's a first day bill i'm going to introduce in the senate and the same bill will be introduced in the house, a bill to ban assault weapons. it will ban the sale, the transfer, the importation, and the possession not retroactively, but perspectively, and it will ban the same for big clips, drums, or strips of more than ten bullets, so there will be a bill -- >> today senator feinstein told andrea mitchell that in 1993 when she introduced her bill, the politics were difficult then, and everyone thought passing that bill was impossible. >> i came here. we set about writing a bill. i talked to senator biden about it. he was then chairman of the judiciary committee, and he laughed at me, and he said, diane, you're new here. wait until the gunners get hold of you. i said, joe, i'm going to do this as an amen

the last words of senator feinstein. >> i will read the legislation very closely when it is out. i have to say i am skeptical. the 1994 so-called assault weapons ban was one of the most porous, any effective pieces of legislation i personally have ever had the opportunity to study. it was shot through with loopholes. it had no applicability to weapons that were made and sold on the day before enactment. and the fact it was coming for many years gave gun manufacturers an opportunity to run their factories overtime and build up huge stockpiles of the weapons. so we will see. but if congress is not proposing to ban weapons that are already out there, then that leaves millions and millions of weapons already out there. >> how many are we looking at? it is believed 300 million? >> hand guns, shotguns, tear hunting rifles and his military-style assault weapons. they're a good millions of these military-style assault weapons sold in the last few years. they are not going away unless someone is proposing a confiscation law, which so far i have not heard anyone propose. there are states,

dianne feinstein had her ban and columbine happened. we have a mental health system in this country that's completely collapsed. we have no national database of these lunatics. 23 states -- how long ago was virginia tech? 23 states are still putting on a small number of records into the system and a lot of states are putting none. so when they go through the national instant check system and they go to try to screen out one of those lunatics, the record are not even in the system. i talked to a police officer the other day, he said, wayne, every police officer walking the street knows some lunatic out there, some mentally disturbed person that ought to be in an institution is out walking the street because they dealt with the institutional side, they didn't want mentally ill in institutions so they put them all back on the street and nobody thought what happens when you put all these mentally ill people back on the streets and what happens when they start taking their medicine? we have a completely cracked mentally ill system that's got

as kyla campbell reports dianne feinstein is is leading the way. >> reporter: pam, senator feinstein took to the sunday morning tv shows vowing to ban assault weapons. now that we have learned the shooter in friday's deadly attack had an assault rifle, feinstein says it's her top priority in the new year and plans to reintroduce a bill next month. senator feinstein led the charge back in 1994 when president clinton signed a ban on assault rifles but that expired in 2004 and they have not been able to renew the ban. >> is this the way we want america to go? in other words the rights of the fur overcome -- of the few overcome the safety of the majority. >> president obama signaled he would support a change but some lawmakers say gun rights are vital to americans. more on that in my next update. live in washington kyla campbell. >> stay with us here for continuing coverage of the connecticut school shooting. we will bring you the latest details as they emerge on air and online. >>> time is 5:14. the port of oakland is making reforms following the ktvu investigation of questionable spend

senator feinstein is leading the charge on banning assault weapons. >> reporter: dave, senator feinstein says she will reintroduce a bill in january. the shooter in friday's deadly attack had an assault rifle now feinstein and other lawmakers want to reintroduce a ban that expired eight years ago. many republicans have not signed on in fact some are pushing for more people to be armed. texas congressman lou wee was on fox news sunday he said things might have been different if the principal had a weapon. >> when she heard gunfire she pulls it out and she didn't have to lung heroicically with nothing in her hands but takes him out. takes her head off before he could kill those kids. >> reporter: senator feinstein believes she will get much needed spot from president obama. what he said last night when i see you next. live in washington kyla campbell. >>> the suspect shot by a sunnyvale police officer over the weekend has died. police were called to a home at about 6:00 saturday night. officers say the man was assaulting his mother and that when two officers arrived on the scene the man ch

senator dianne feinstein has been leading the charge for decades and joins me now.enator, as you know better than anyone, this was actually one of the issues that propelled you into the limelight tragically as the mayor of san francisco through the shootings there, and then the series of mass killings, the 101, the stockton, california, all of the assault weapon issues that arose in california made you the first advocate really. tell me about the history and what happened when you first went to the senate. >> it's a little bit more than being an advocate. we actually wrote that assault weapons bill. i came here. we set about writing a bill. i talked to senator biden about it. he was then chairman of the judiciary committee, and he laughed at me, and he said, diane, you're new here. wait until the gunners get hold of you. i said, joe, i'm going to do this as an amendment on your crime bill. i did. it wasn't -- there was no -- it was debated. there was a motion to table. we won the motion to table. chuck schumer did the bill in the house. both bills went through uname

feinstein: thank you very much. i would just point out the wyden -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mrs. feinstein: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: madam president, i note the wyden ality has not s not yet been called up. someone may wish to do so. i just want to comment, first of all, the ranking -- the vice chairman isn't here but he said some very nice things and i just want him to know that one of the best experiences of my senate career has been the ability to work in a bipartisan way in this committee, to really put things together between both sides, to have staffs working together on both sides. sometimes that isn't possible but most of the time it is. and i think it's the way the intelligence committee was supposed to function. and the fact that it does function that way i think is real testimony to vice chairman chambliss and the work that we have done together. i find this particular amendment very frustrating because i ha

dianne feinstein says she will introduce a new law on gun control. some say the better idea is to arm teachers. >> so when she heard gunfire she pulls it out and she didn't have to lung heroicically with nothing in her hands. >> just the way we want america to go. in other words the rights of the few overcome the safety of the majority. i don't think so. >> feinstein successfully pushed through an assault weapons back back in 1994 but expired ten years later. democrats have tried several times since then to renew the ban without success. students at sandy hook elementary will return to class but if they do they will go to an unused school. that school will be ready by wednesday but no date has been set for the children to resume class. and police will be stationed outside that school. one official says he doubts students will ever attend sandy hook elementary again. >>> a local church is planning an interface service tonight to reflect on last weeks mass killings. the service will be at 7:00 at first presbyterian church in burlingame. local religious

senator feinstein who doesn't often call me, but when she does i pay attention, and four years ago when i went to see her about a number of issues this project was number one on her list. we need to get it done. we need to get a full funding grant agreement. she has been a champion for this project from the beginning going back -- i am sure she will tell you, i don't know how far. speaker pelosi, a champion for this project. [applause] speaker pelosi doesn't call me very often, but when she does it's always important. four years ago when i took this job i went to see the speaker. this was number one on her list. how do we get this project done? jackie spear a strong advocate for this project. you have three great champions, and i will also tell you that in working with senator boxer on the transportation bill this project was always at the top of her list. [applause] so i am delighted to be here. i don't know of another place i would rather be, and i know that all of you are so thrilled with the opportunity that this will create. every one of you sitting out there deserves credit. you'v

california senator kye ann feinstein is -- dianne feinstein is leading the way. our report has more. >> reporter: senator feinstein says she will be reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons. vancouvers confirm the shooter in friday's attack used an assault rifle. senator feinstein was a big player in a national ban on assault weapons that went into effect in 1994 but it -- but it expired in 2004. since then, democrats have been rushing -- pushing to reinstate the ban with you with no luck. but with friday's deadly school shooting -- but with no luck. but with friday's deadly school shooting -- >> we can't tolerate this anymore. these tragedies must end. we must change. >> reporter: some republicans who didn't support that ban are now changing their tune. more on that in my next update. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 7:17. once again, we want to bring you updated on some developing news that we're following from connecticut. right now, all schools in the town of ridgefield, connecticut have been put on lockdown because of reports of a suspicious person. ri

: senator feinstein plans to introduce her bill to ban the sale or manufacture of assault weapons on the first day of the new congress in january. that's expected to trigger mother flurry of gun buying. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >>> it's a heavy-hearted christmas in newtown, connecticut. 26 candles were lit on monday night, one for each shooting victim. they burned all christmas day. volunteers alternated in three-hour shifts to make sure the mramz never went out. the candles burned on a sidewalk memorial filled with teddy bears, flowers, and posters. >>> coming up on "the morning news" prayers for peace. pope benedict calls for an end to violence in the middle east in his annual address. this is "the cbs morning news." it just wouldn't go away. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can plan my days