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we have to of representatives from congresswoman woolsey's office and jackie spear's office.

we have to of representatives from congresswoman woolsey's office and jackie spear's office. we want to welcome you. [applause] we have supervisors here today representing the board of supervisors from our six golden gate counties, and we extend our warmest welcome to all of you. [applause] today, the six counties that put up everything they had to build this bridge. we certainly honor you today. as we stand in the great city of san francisco, we want to offer a special welcome to the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, mr. david chiu. [applause] david, we welcome your colleagues as well. of course, we are honored to have with us so many of our transportation partners at the federal, state, regional, and county levels. thank you very much. there are a lot of people to think. today, we officially open in amazing collection of gives made in honor of the anniversary. the british pavilion, as you can see behind me, is our new welcome place an interpretation. the enlarged josef strauss plaza is a place for visitors to gather. the renovated round house visitor prog

. >>> sexual assault victims met with jackie spear in washington today asking for help. these four women support the stop act written by spear. it would set up a new way of investigating violent crimes in the military. some were discharged after they reported a rape and that their attackers were promoted. the bill would take sexual assault investigations out of the hands of the military's normal chain of command. >> it is not an independent third party at arm's length to determining whether to move forward independently. >> in support of the stop act, the women delivered letters signed by 200 victims. >>> leaders in congress have a tentative two year deal to fund highway programs, they are due to expire on saturday. house republicans dropped a requirement that government approval of the keystone oil pipeline be included. the president said he would veto the bill if the pipe line was in it. republicans were also blocking the government from regulating toxic ash from coal plant. congressional leaders working on the highway's bill final language. >>> some men were given mor

jackie spear calling for new hearings on what she calls abuse of power. this morning, she's in the newsroom. >>> and hot, hot, hot. the summer sizzler in full effect this morning. dangerously high heat and humidity making it feel as hot as 110 degrees from virginia all the way to southern maine. so sit back, get out the fan, stay cool. newsroom starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we do start with this breaking news. for the first time, we're seeing video of george zimmerman describing the play-by-play of what happened the night he shotted trayvon martin. overnight, his defense attorneys released several police interrogation tapes. in one of them, zimmerman is re-enacting the fight for investigators just a day after the shooting in february showing how he says trayvon martin repeatedly slammed his head into the sidewalk. in one tape, you can see the back of zimmerman's head is bandaged. the new tapes are shedding a lot of new light in this case. and they are fascinating to listen to. and horrible at the same time. martin savidge

still one member of congress, california democratic congresswoman jackie spear, wants congress to investigate military is unable to police itself on matters of rape and sexual assault. i called for a hearing into lackland scandal because we need to know once and for all why instructors have been permit to do abuse powers so freely and we need to know from top brass that the phrase zero tolerance for sexual assault in the military is a fact. not a talking point. >> air force leaders say they will reexamine the training process for instructors of whom only 11% are female. arthel. >> arthel: molly henneberg, thank you very much for that report. >> rick: the u.s. anti-doping agency now filing formal charges against cyclist lance armstrong, accusing the tour defrance champion of using performance enhancing drugs throughout most of his career. they claim to have witnesses involving him and five of his former teammates. if found guilty, he could be stripped of all the titles he won from 1999 to 2005. he denies the charges, calling them, quote, wrong, and baseless. >>> two men reunited reunited wr fa

we did ask a democratic lawmaker, california congresswoman jackie spear to come by. she is not there. she has walked off the vote and hasn't come back. we're back with the panel. if she does come back, we'll bring you her thoughts. a.b., you heard congressman mica there. your thoughts? >> well, he is right. somebody has died. tucker is right, there is a real story here. it was a bone-headed operation. and the attorney general has revealed himself that he wasn't straight and honest about when he knew about this. the "associated press" is reporting today e-mails from february and march of 2011, in which he and deputy attorney general james cole went back and forth. he was saying we can't, we need real answers. no defensive b.s., we need real answers. and when is up boardnants were exchanging -- su subordinates were saying do they know we didn't run guns for sure? it was forwarded to eric holder who said do they really know? do they really, really know? it wasn't that it was his operation. but he wasn't totally accountable for when he knew and what was revealed. the fig

. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill, like california representative jackie spear, want to furthernvestigate the matter with a hearing of their own. >> congress has known about this problem in the military for 25 years. we've had lots of hearings, lots of reports. but are we willing to step up and do the right thing by taking it out of the chain of command so the victims really have the frooet freedom to report these crimes and feel they are not going to be margin allized and dismissed from the military. >> reporter: this could be the worst sexual misconduct scandal to hit the military since a similar case involving the army occurred in aberdeen, maryland, back in 1996. today, survivors of military sexual assaults will be lobbying with members of congress on capitol hill, trying to encourage them to pass legislation sponsored by spear, called the stop act. that bill would take these investigations, the handling and allegations of investigations, away from the military and put them in the hands of a separate military unit. take them away from the chain of command. charlie and erica?

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congresswoman jackie spear has introduced legislation to put a stop to the way this is handled.he numbers are shocking. >> aren't they? it's more than shocking. i mean, it really is a huge stain on the military and on the u.s. congress for not having addressed this issue sooner. >> so you're trying to address this. you're going to introduce a bill to try to change the culture or atmosphere in the military. how are you -- how will your bill do that? >> my bill provides that rather than report it to your commander, as you are required to do now, you report it to a separate office within the military that will objectively look at the case and determine whether or not to prosecute. right now, by reporting to your commander, what happens if your commander is the assailant or the best friend of your assailant? i mean, there is a fear that if you do report, you're not going to be treated fairly. and that if you do report, you will more than likely be discharged from the military, labeled with a personality disorder, and your career is ruined. so that's why the actual reporting is so lo

congresswoman, jackie spear, a good friend from california will join us and we will talk to the headion about the big con fab they have and laura setrakian will join us from the middle east to talk about the latest in syria but first: >> this is the full court press. >> here is what's making news. this ought to serve me right for all of my gloating. the streak is over for the san antonio spurs. >> oh. >> yeah, the oklahoma city thunder broke their 20-game winning streak and destroyed them. 102 to 82 last night. >> oh, my god. >> brings the series to two games to 1. the spurs are up. the sireries picks up saturday evening in oklahoma. this is the first time the spurs have lost in the playoffs. >> that's right? yeah, in the playoffs. but 20 in a row. right? >> 20 games in a row. >> man. >> pretty good. >> they had to lose at some point. >> yeah. >> in the final chapter of the history-making space drama, the space x cargo ship completed it's flight to the international space station with a splash off of the jaja starting routine missions this year. the dragon capsule will be shipped to