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've all played a role in this in some way or another. this is not about you. it's about the people. it's also about the next generation of transportation for the next generation for san francisco. that's what this is about. this is your vision. it's a clear vision, and so i am delighted, and very proud to announce today $942 million to the san francisco -- [applause] for the san francisco mta to extend the central subway light rail system from the downtown business district to chinatown. thousands of people will be enabled with good transportation as a result of this project. now, i have a lon

please welcome congress woman jackie spear. >> thank you mr. mayor. thank you secretary lahood. thank you to the incredible leadership, senator feinstein, nancy pelosi and mayor lee and the board of supervisors to chairman nol an from the sfmta. i am on pins and needles. do we have anything else to report? it's still at the same point we think they're in commercials. i am reminded from the song from "top gun" "take my breath away" and $942 million takes my breath away and i think to mayor lee for that amount i think we should get a leather flight jacket to thank mr. lahood for the great gift to our great city. the new money that is going to be used here is going to create 1,000 new jobs before the end of the year with many more jobs to come after that. that is something to applaud. thank you again secretary lahood for that. this is one point 7 miles very similar to the length of the golden gate bridge when 75 years ago that was going to be built and little did we know what that bridge would bring to the economy of san francisco and marin and as we look ahead for 75 years it's in

. >> sure, commissioner, and i were part of a panel with congress woman jackie spear, leader nancy pelosi, and mike the chair of the new committee to figure out what is the most practical approach to reducing guns, he is a big gun owner himself. but he spoke to the fact that assault rifles are not something, weapons of war is not something that he would be in favor of but more in controls and national registries and background checks and psych protiles and on and on. and mayor lee, who obviously is pretty much the local leader on this kind of thing and myself, and... >> and congress woman jackie spear too. >> she has been and just took 700 guns off of a buy back of their own. and somatao county sheriff was represented and it was a great cross section of people on both sides of the issue in the crowd. some people had been victim of gun violence, i know that we have a month thougher who lost her child here with us tonight and we never have to have that happen again tonight that is what consensus is that we can figure it out and what happened in newtown, obviously took the nation's conscious

and if one, if one of those 580 guns that jackie spear helped get off the street and the sheriff helped get off the street, if one of those would have otherwise been used in a shooting or a murder, that buy back was more than 100 percent worth it. so we've got to work together, we've got it figured out and i know we can do it in a way that makes our community safe and protects the second amendment. so speaker pelosi, thank you very much for inviting me. (applause). >> she's very smart. leader pelosi and congresswoman spear are very smart because when we're in their districts they represent the san francisco area so they chose me to pick the people to ask. i'd first like to, the way it's going to work, i'm going to call on you if you have a question. there's some microphones out there and you can get up and ask your question, you can address it to whomever you want or i'll pick who should answer it. the first one is minda finkelstein. >> i was hoping you would call me first. first of all, thank you so much for being here and for inviting me to come today. i sincerely appreciate it. i wan

congresswoman jackie spear from california.'s get right into it here. >> sure >> bill: dan and we will save the full court press maybe. >> for another day. >> bill: the president -- this is at least three different weeks he talked about education. he talked about universal pre-school. he talked about affordability for college education and he talked about high school students graduating with a set of skills to enable them to get jobs in this high-tec economy. let's start with this challenge on universal pre-school. here he is. >> i propose working with states to make high-quality pre-school available to every single child in america. [applause.] >> bill: is that realistic? and is it important? and is it doable? >> absolutely all three, yes. you know there is an owed adage that the best time to plant appear shade tree is 20 years ago and the second best time is today. >> that's how i feel about pre-school. it's the most important investment we can make as a nation. there is no research that doesn't demonstrate the power of that

. >> congresswoman jackie spear said nothing will get in the way of new legislation. >> the time has come for us to not let the nra leadership, and other gun organizations, dictate what the american people want. reporter: police expected the program, which began at 10:00 a.m., to last four hours, but after two and a half hours the $52,000 was all gone. that left dozens of disappointed people holding on to their guns. >> i have a rifle and a shot gun i just want to get rid of. i don't need it. reporter: in addition to the $52,000 provided, police say they pitched in an extra $4,000 from grant money they had, to provide purchase money for all 355 weapons in palo alto, abc7 news. >> ama: police in palo alto are investigating whether an attempted robbery is related to a series of robberies in the area. happenedder in the webster parking garage around 8:30. the victim says a man rolled up on a bike, pulled a gun, and demand end money. the victim briefly fought with the attacker, and ran away. the police are still looking for the suspect. >> rapper mc hammer claims an insulting question fr

representatives george miller and jackie spear both are with us today.ur delegation has the pleasure of entering into the permanent record the life, service, legacy of ambassador stevens. additionally, a flag has been flown over the capitol by democratic leader nancy pelosi, represented by her daughter christine pelosi. this flag has been presented to the family. in celebration of ambassador stevens life and in honor of his tremendous legacy. as i mentioned, we entered into the congressional record our testimony honoring the life of ambassador john christopher stevens. in the interest of time i

representatives george miller and jackie spear both are with us today.ur delegation has the pleasure of entering into the permanent record the life, service, legacy of ambassador stevens. additionally, a flag has been flown over the capitol by democratic leader nancy pelosi, represented by her daughter christine pelosi. this flag has been presented to the family. in celebration of ambassador stevens life and in honor of his tremendous legacy. as i mentioned, we entered into the congressional record our testimony honoring the life of ambassador john christopher stevens. in the interest of time i won't read the entire congressional record but only an excerpt. it said mr. speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevens. a son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity, amba

we're also using those dollars to improve the quality of life, and as jackie spear pointed out plan for the future and economic prosperity of this whole area. when this subway extension opens as senator feinstein pointed out there will be 44,000 people using this light rail line. what she didn't point out that will make it the second or third busiest light rail in the united states. this is an environment that needs to be made and once it's built are gone the days when we have senior citizens watching the drive by and waiting for a bus that won't stop and then they have to stand on the bus and that bus has to crawl through the same traffic as the cars and get there in way too long period of time. means we will get into a elevator and on the rail and get to your destination in as little as eight minutes. for transit to succeed in the country it needs to be reliable and viable and we need it in the bay area reliable. muni has its challenges and bart is running the oldest rail cars in the united states right now. >> is it over? >> it's over. [applause] >> congratulations san francisco. i t

jackie spear talked about 100 shot magazine. nancy pelosi said that i call them assault magazines. i don't know what else to call them. 30 shots? it's an assault magazine, that's all that it can possibly be. and there's no law against it in most states. on december 14th, a day that will be burned into our memory forever, you can probably, when somebody says where were you when sandy hook tragedy happened, you probably know. i was duck hunting. i told you i'm a hunter. i was duck hunting in the yolo bypass, 3 shots in my shotgun. federal law limits me to 3 shots in my shotgun. yet they sell assault magazines, 100 rounds, 30 rounds. it's absolutely ridiculous. california has some of the toughest laws in the country. folks will tell you a member who said you got to watch out for the slippery slope, we hear it time and time again, pretty soon we're not going to have any guns. california has the toughest laws in the land, some of the toughest laws. no assault weapons, you can't have a 10 shot magazine -- only 10 shots in your magazine, you have to go through a licensed dealer to sell a

sently in the congress of the united states and is a respected voice on the subject, congress woman jackie spears. >> thank you for your leadership and your powerful comments this afternoon and dr. marshal for hosting us to my great colleague and friend and sharer of the chairmanship of the task force who is walking a very delicate line but doing so very ably and effectively, to our great mayor of our great city, thank you and to our great police chief who i really enjoy the opportunity to work with. i am pleased to be here. i am honored to be here. i tell you that this is personal for me, it's also professional for me. i realized after new town that in many ways i had failed. i had failed to do my part. we all failed to do our part when there is yet another homicide that takes place. and it's no longer good enough to say, well, that's someone else's problem. it's really our collective problem. and i think the tragedy, the unspeakable tragedy that occurred in new town, has awakened in americans across this great country that we have not -- we have to do so much more; that we have allowed the laws

congresswoman jackie spear of san mateo echoed president obama's state of the union call for a vote inhe feels confident a vote. at least on background checks. could pass. we are going to have to rise up organically in communities across this country, telling the congress of the united states that we demand a vote. >> i'm very optimistic that we are going to have a vote on the gun issues. i think there is growing recognition in the republican party, people on both sides of the aisle, their constituents, ninety per cent of the constituents that live in their communities want to have a universal background check. >> congresswoman spear cited the success of recent gun buyback programs as evidence of the increasing public demand that something be done about gun violence. and on the other side of the issue. a motorcycle shop in florida is hoping the lure of a free handgun is enough to get customers to buy a new chopper. but as ashley jeffery shows us, it isn't just sales that are driving this promotion. >> harley davidson, cowboy sasaki:softie. >> power sports. >> now, when you get this you

congresswoman jackie spear of san mateo echoed president obama's state of the union call for a vote inshe felt confident a vote. at least on background checks. could pass. >> we are going to have to rise up organically in communities across this country, telling the congress of the united stat a vote. i'm very optimistic that we are going to have a vote on the gun issues. i think there is growing recognition in the republican party, people on both sides of the aisle, their constituents, ninety per cent of the constituents that live in their communities want to have a universal background check. >> congresswoman spear cited the success of recent gun buy programs as evidence of the increasing public demand that something be done about gun violence. >> oakland police investigating an overnight shooting that targetted an a-c transit bus. the incident that happened near the intersection of 55th avenue and international boulevard. a total of five shots were fired at the bus, shattering its back window. police say the four of the nine passengers on board suffered minor injuries and were transpor

jackie spear will be among a number of speakers. >>> today's events come a day after a day of action to end gun violence. dozens of people part paided in a vigil to remember victims of gun violence. that event was part of a national movement to pressure congress for action on new gun control laws. >> new this morning in his weekly address the president said congress must act now before automatic budget cuts kick in on march first. >> once the cuts take effect, thousands of teachers will be laid off and tens of thousands of parent also have to rush to find child care for their kids. >> the president accuses republicans of failing to meet him halfway. he is calling for tax reform and moderate spending cuts. gop leaders say spending must be pulled into prevent a larger deficit. the president said the deep cuts will impact airport security, slow down medical research and put in danger national defense. >>> the most contaminated nuclear site in the country is leaking toxic waste. at least six tanks are leaking at the hanford nuclear reservation in southeast washington state. there is no i

peninsula congresswoman jackie spear told the crowd today that this is the moment for what she callsation. spear said an average of 32 americans die each day in gun violence. >> that's the equivalent of a mass killing going on every single day in this country. the gun violence has so taken over this country and we don't even comprehend it. >> the congresswoman says she supports renewing the federal ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, as well as universal background checks. >>> continuing our coverage on that fiery crash on the las vegas strip that left three people dead, including an east bay rapper. tonight, las vegas police are still looking for that black range rover sport. they say someone inside the suv opened fire on a mass ratty, killing the driver, who was identified as oakland rapper kenneth cherry, jr. cherry's car then slammed into a taxi cab, killing a tourist from washington state and the driver. now the driver's brother is speaking out. >> he and his passenger were victims of something senseless. >> so far, there is no word on funeral arrangements for an