feds investigating several active duty marines for allegedly threatening local congresswoman jackie speargh social media. spear has been outspoken about overhauling how the military handles sexual assault. the threats are rough in nature. >>> more than 100 santa clara county residents are boarded buses right now to talk to state legislators about education funding. how money generated through sales and income taxes will be given to schools and colleges. >>> disneyland reopens after an explosion in its toon town area. investigators reviewing surveillance video to find out what happened. the blast was likely caused by dry ice in a water bottle left in a trash can. luckily, no one was hurt. >> moving on now to business. apple has been under fire for years for its environmental practices. >> now the person who protected the environment as head of the epa will work for apple. scott mcgrew, pretty bold move. >> it is. you know you're a big company when you need an environmental expert and hiren: the former he of the environmental protection agency. before this cook, she reported directly to pre

. >>> online congresswoman jackie spear is accused of posting a facebook page and spear said she expects a fair amount of abuse against her friend mwent from free speech to hate speed. >>> they are considering raising the minimum wage from 80s per hour -- $8 per hour to $10 per hour. some people say some people can't survive on $8 an hour but they have not taken a position on this latest proposal. >>> they are considering to battle the latest with 13 feet high. it has now punch burned more than 200 acres. firefighters have been called in throughout the region and right now it is only 10% contained. >>> a train derailed after -- exploded after it derailed. four cars derailed after collided with a -- colliding with a garage truck. the fire was put out at night might. . >>> republican minnesota michelle bachman announce had her decision just a few hours ago. she said 8 years in congress was enough and her loss last fall did not affect her decision. >>> she will be in boston to attend a democratic fundraiser. and the white house has not given locations on the areas she will have you today. >

from activists and advertisers, and you may remember bay area congresswoman jackie spear alerted military brass about the marine facebook pages, making fun of sexual assault. now social media pages are targeting her. >> it's ball doing the right thing. and i don't think that's the right thing. so, i think that the military has a big job ahead of itself, cleaning up a very distort ed function that's been allowed to last for a decade. >> reporter: spear says as long as they're not using taxpayer dollars they have a right to freedom of expression but is concerned that military personnel would be expressing gender discrimination attitude that is have no place in today's military. facebook said it is making a commitment to process more of these complaints and, if an egregious post gets through their system, they're saying that women's advocacy groups will have a direct line to facebook to alert them. reporting live in menlo park. >>> buses carrying more than 100 parents, teachers and students will take off from the south bay headed toward our state capital. their goal? to ask lawmakers for mor

it's a cause jackie spear has taken on. she said today hagel's acknowledgment of the issue is powerful. >> sending a strong message to another generation of military leaders and i can tell you as long as i'm in congress, will be on this issue. >> ama: says fighting sexual assault in the military has been the toughest battle she ever engaged in as a congresswoman. >> an investigation is underway after two freight trains collided in missouri. happened this morning at an overpass south of st. louis, at least seven people were injured. the fire department took this photos. the overpat collapsed when one train struck a pillar. most of the victims were treated and released from hospitals. >> for the next week federal investigators will study the bridge that collapsed north of seattle. a portion of the skagit river bridge fell thursday after a big regular ran into the bridge's framework. investigators will look at the part that failed and compare it to similar bridges acrossnatione same fault. >> a familiar voice in the bay area i

. >>> congresswoman who outed a marine on facebook pages, jackie spear alerted military brass about marine facebook pages that made fun of sexual assaults but says she's undeterred by these online threats allegedly made by active duty marines. >> it's all about doing the right thing. and i don't think that's the right -- so i think that the military has a big job ahead of us, cleaning up a very distorted culture that has been allowed for decades. >> she says as long as they're not using taxpayer dollars, they have the right to expression, but she feels that if they are expressing racial attitude it has no play in today's military. meanwhile, facebook is taking a stand of its own. in a statement, the social media network says it's cracking down on posts that make light of sexual abuse of women. >>> 4:34. 55-year-old man on the peninsula is in jail this morning, accused of attacking his landlord with bear repellant. police say he attacked the man at a belmont complex. plummer hit the landlord and then used stronger than normal tear gas used as bear repellant. >>> remaining docked after thiev

it was started by jackie spear several years ago. sandberg was named as number eight of the 100 most powerful women in the world and asked the audience if they were ready to be a ceo or had ever said it out loud. most said no and she had this advice. >> don't worry if you think you are fully qualified. you are, raise your hand and say it with confidence. don't wait until you meet 100% of the criteria. you will learn on the job. sit at the table. next time someone asks you, do you have the skills to be ceo, your answer is yes. because you do. >> women still hold very few positions on boards or ceo positions, whether it's in congress where only 17% of the house of representatives is made of up women. we still have much to do. >> reporter: other speakers included rita moreno and jennifer granholm. it was completely sold out. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> general motors says the brand-new chevy spark will be among the most inexpensive electric cars on the market. the spark starts at just over $27

jackie spear told nbc bay area also needs to be addressed by the military. >> it's about being able to present power and to place power over someone. and that is just unconshunable. >> we actually worked very efficiently to come to this understanding that we would figure out you to best train people that they would review their guidelines regarding hate speech. it's precedence for how companies can better address issues related to gender. >> reporter: facebook says it will work harder to screen out photos like this in the future. we reached out to facebook today, but the company declined to comment. jessica? >> thank you very much, scott. >>> developing news now. investigators are still on the scene in oakland after officers opened fire on a suspect killing him. it began when they spotted a car at 90th and plymouth carrying three men armed with guns. the officers chased those suspects to 77th and bancroft when the three inside the car got out and ran in different directions. one of the men confronted police and was shot and died at a hospital. police see a hand gun was found in the are

earlier this month congresswoman jackie spear alerted military brass about marine facebook pages that made fun of sexual assaults. but she says she is undeterred by threats made by active duty marines. >> it's supposed to be about doing the right thing. i don't think that's the right thing. i think the military has a big job ahead of itself cleaning up a very distorted culture that's been allowed to persist for decades. >> spears says as long as they are not using tax paid dollars they have first amendment rights to free expression. but she's concerned if they are expressing sexist and racist attitudes, which she says have no place in today's military. meanwhile facebook made a stand of its own. the social network said it's bearing down on posts that make light of rape and violence against women. it will train its review staff with help of women's groups and legal experts. if there's egregious material posted, then women's advocacy groups will have a direct link to the social network to take down the posts as soon as possible. >>> a 55-year-old man on the peninsula is in jail today ac

among featured speakers cheryl sandberg. 24 years ago, jackie spear came up with a way to bring professional women together. >> i started to get people together to talk about what is going on and what some challenges were. >> that gathering is now called the premier conference for women in business. a must do event for women trying to achieve gender equality at work. >> following marie lease of a book lien in, cheryl sandberg will be one of the guest speakers. from that book a web site created called lien in.org supports and gives advice to professional women on how to achieve goals. >> and it's been wonderful. >> encouraging women to join lien in circles. >> it's like a book club but instead of talking about the book you talk about how you can help each other. >> rachel thomas is a president and one of the founders acknowledging most work places have not adapted to the needs of working mothers so far, thomas says that number stands only 14%. >> if with you we move that to the top we believe that will bring change. >> 4,000 women will be attending in hopes of learning how to push for change.

congresswoman jackie spear pointed to his mug shot as the face that should launch real change in dealingwith a long- festering problem. >> it's an indictment of everything we have done on this issue. and congress is as culpable as the military in not addressing it. because we've known about this issue for 25 years. >> reporter: he has not been convicted of anything yet. but the man who headed the air force office for prevention of sexual assault stands accused of that very crime for allegedly groping a woman. his arrest hung over defense secretary hagel as he outlined an eight-point plan to combat sexual assault. >> we're all outraged and disgusted over these very troubling allegations. no one in this building is happy about what happened. we're disappointed. but that doesn't fix the problem. >> reporter: here's the problem. the estimated number of sexual assaults among servicemen and- women increased from 19,300 in 2010 to 26,000 last year. >> this department may be nearing a stage where the frequency of this crime and the perception that there is tolerance of it. it could very well und

among featured speakers cheryl sandberg. 24 years ago, jackie spear came up with a way to bring professionalether. >> i started to get people together to talk about what is going on and what some challenges were. >> that gathering is now called the premier conference for women in business. a must do event for women trying to achieve gender equality at work. >> following marie lease of a book lien in, cheryl sandberg will be one of the guest speakers. from that book a web site created called lien in.org supports and gives advice to professional women on how to achieve goals. >> and it's been wonderful. >> encouraging women to join lien in circles. >> it's like a book club but instead of talking about the book you talk about how you can help each other. >> rachel thomas is a president and one of the founders acknowledging most work places have not adapted to the needs of working mothers so far, thomas says that number stands only 14%. >> if with you we move that to the top we believe that will bring change. >> 4,000 women will be attending in hopes of learning how to push for change. >> and ag

. >>> jackie spear is demanding they take action that shows den immigration of women in the military. she was tipped off to a website that den great female -- den great female marines. she is confirmed it is being updated by active duty military. >> they should be discharged with dishonorable discharges immediately. >> this is aimed at form -- handling rape cases. they estimate 26,000 assaults in the military last year and a 3 5% increase from two years ago. >>> later today, a senate committee would dramatically change the immigration system which puts them illegally on the path to u.s. citizenship. it is designed to change visa programs so a track highly skilled jobs and retail jobs. >>> more people are gearing up to hop on their bikes and head to work, tara moriarty is talking to organizers about how they are biking to work and how they are making it easier for people to participate. >> pam, grab your helmet and span desk. >> reporter: you will need it for this bike to work event. this is a really nice bike and it belongs to the head of the area, head of the coalition and tell us mo

. >>> jackie spear and the rest of the u.s. house oversight committee will question the woman in charge of the irs tax exempt position. but as kyla campbell reports learner's attorney say there is is no guarantee she will testify. kyla. >> reporter: her attorney says she must testify before the house over sight immediate but we have will -- but so far the irs and inspector general say there is no any laws were broken. the committee chairman accused learner of giving false and misleading information to congress. the fifth amendment gives people protection against self- incrimination. doug is slated to testify thousands morning. that will be the second time in two days. congresswoman spear and the rest of the house oversight committee will get that started in just 15 minutes. we'll have the latest tom for you next hour. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jodi arias pleads with the jury to save her life saying she can still make a contribution to society. she will be able to help other women if she is senten

. >> reporter: peninsula congresswoman jackie spear said the facebook page turned her stomach.aid it is just one of several defaming marines. spears says she has confirmed this page was being updated by active duty military. >> should be discharged with a dishonorable discharge immediately. >> reporter: she has authored three bills recently, aimed at reforming the military's handling of rape cases. >> sexual assault is a despicable crime and one of the most serious challenges facing this department. >> reporter: the annual report shows sexual assaults in the military rose to 3,374 last year. but that's only the reported incidents. the pentagon says many more troops have suffered sexual abuse. it estimates 26,000 sex crimes occurred last year. that's a jump of 35%. defense secretary hagel is ordering changes. >> lots of great lip service. call it an epidemic, zero tolerance, but nothing ever changes. >> reporter: spear told me tonights the marine corps inspector general has been monitoring this particular site for three years, but has yet to take action. reporting live in the ne

. >> reporter: peninsula congresswoman jackie spear said the facebook page turned her stomach. she said it is just one of several defaming marines. spears says she has confirmed this page was being updated by active duty military. >> should be discharged with a dishonorable discharge immediately. >> reporter: she has authored three bills recently, aimed at reforming the military's handling of rape cases. >> sexual assault is a despicable crime and one of the most serious challenges facing this department. >> reporter: the annual report shows sexual assaults in the military rose to 3,374 last year. but that's only the reported incidents. the pentagon says many more troops have suffered sexual abuse. it estimates 26,000 sex crimes occurred last year. that's a jump of 35%. defense secretary hagel is ordering changes. >> lots of great lip service. call it an epidemic, zero tolerance, but nothing ever changes. >> reporter: spear told me tonights the marine corps inspector general has been monitoring this particular site for three years, but has yet to take action. reporting live in

there will also be a special ceremony with congresswoman jackie spear in just a little more than an hour. this is a tradition they've been doing for many years. it is a nice reminder about what the holiday is about. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," the record breaking ceremony. >>> here's the deal across the golden gate bridge this morning. we've got sunshine and cool temperatures to kick things off this weekend. the numbers are going to be running even cooler approaching memorial day-month-old. >>> looking live at san rafael this morning. a lot more traffic than we usually see this time of day. if you're sticking around, make sure you stay warm. san francisco state will make history today. more than 20,000 people will be on hand to celebrate the large et graduating class in the history of the university. more than 8,700 students are graduating at this year's 112th commencement ceremony. delivering the commencement speech is the ceo of the san francisco giants. >>> this weekend celebrating the largest multicultural festival on the west coast. it's happening in the mission district.

. >>> jacki spear will talk to us about an oh situation that keeps getting worse by the week.n you think about the white house and the media the phrase no love loss comes to mind. a relationship that is being seriously tested right now. and later real life cartoon villain the koch brothers want to take control of the media. it's "the war room" on a thursday, and we will be right back. the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. >> michael: the military is being rocked by sexual assault epidemic. today kristin gillibrand said she would move a bill take a look. >> when a person in charge preventing sexual assault in the regs is himself arrested on alleged sexual assault clearly we have a strategy in place that is not working. twice in just one week this has happened. when any single victim of sexual assault is forced to salute her attacker clearly our system is broken. >> michael: that is powerful. on tuesday it was revealed the army is now investigating a sergeant first class over allegations of sexual misconduct and forcing one s

san mateo congresswoman jackie spear complained to the pentagon and said it is an example of the militaryards sexual harassment. the pentagon claims it knew about the web page for years and today facebook took down the page for violating policy. >>> reports say a breakdown in overall discipline led the air force to suspend 17 officers at one of the services most important bases. the officers work at minot air force base in north dakota. 150 nuclear tipped intercan't mental ballistic missiles are kept there. the unit received a d rating during inspections in march. an internal remail obtained by the associated press and confirmed by the air force describes it as a crisis. >>> the captain of a cargo ship under investigation for plan slaughter after his stress super bowl slam inside a dock slammed into the dock and toppled the control tower. possible causes include cable malfunction. >>> 31 people in three countries are in custody accused of taking part in $50 million diamond heist in belgium last february. heavily armed robbers drove on to the tarmac at the brussels airport, overtook the gu

first is jackie spear. thank you. oft to me is a mug shot someone who has been charged with sexual assault. geoffrey mug shot of a lieutenant colonel in the air force. his job is to work at the oftagon as the chief officer the sexual assault and prevention office within the air force. this man is charged with the responsibility of preventing and reporting sexual assault in the military. , in the air force. just this last weekend, he was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot. the best and brightest the air force has to offer to run this office and he is a sexual predatory? r? is that what we are talking about? this is an indictment of the sapro office that is supposed to be the solution for military rape and assault. it is an indictment of our procedures. it is an indictment of everything we have done on this issue. and congress is as culpable as the military in not addressing this. we have known about this issue for 25 years. we are big on holding hearings and beating our chests and saying this has

is it the debate over jillibrand's legislation which i believe jackie spear is carrying in the house as well. >> that's going to be the issue, is whether or not to take this karl levin has been strong on this issue. >> it looks like legislation has gotten a ton of traffic. i spoke with representative spear out of california after she introduces the house version. it is likely to be the big vehicle. it is important it should change the military code to come to the national authorization act and supposed to work through that process near the end of that month. it has been a bi-partisan push both chambers, the leaders of both defense committees are serious on cracking down on this. they have crossed the aisle and said this has to stop. we have to help the military fix this >> bill: on a related issue in terms of dealing with the military. a former official from tripoli is going to say that he requested fighter jets from the pentagon once he heard about this, the problems in benghazi and the pentagon refused to provide flighter jet coverage. if they had, they might have prevented the peo

. >> joining me now is california congresswoman, jackie spear. it's good to have you.we go once again. seems like we're a broken record. >> bad movie. >> two weeks, two unthinkable cases of military members in charge of protecting and preventing sexual abuse being violators, accused of that themselves. and defense secretary hague eel ordered all personnel be rescreened. that is a good first step, but it's not enough. >> the sad part of all this is that they already go through 80 hours of training and a background check, so we now i guess are looking at doing a psychological evaluation because what i think we're going to start to find out is that those who gravitate to these posts, gravitate to them because then they can be praying on victims. >> when we talk about the fact that there are now five women in the senate armed services committee, among them, kristen gillibrand who released a statement last night calling for the removal of the chain of command in criminal cases like this. we also know that leon panetta, after seeing the academy award documentary, the invisib

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. >> congresswoman jackie spear is joining us now. i'm thrilled to have you, congresswoman.ntry, i'm so glad chris is doing this, because i think many in the country think we threw a sequestration and nobody came. in other words, we heard the cry but really has there been any impact? we've just exhibited how there, indeed, will be a serious impact. >> well, indeed. in fact, my colleagues on the republican side spent a couple of hearings that i was on on government reform, there was nothing wrong. and two weeks later we were passing the faa sequestration fix. so, yes, they're real cuts. and, you know, losing the majority in the house has had real consequences. and it's important for americans that think that, you know, our values should include providing services to victims of domestic violence. many shelters will close now. many people won't access domestic domestic violence services because of these cuts. i mean, it goes to every single program in the federal government. >> and the cuts, the sequestration cuts are taking a toll on programs from sexual assault victims in the

feds are investigating several active duty marines for allegely threatening congresswoman jackie spear. she has been outspoken about overhauling how the military handles sexual assaults. facebook taking a stand of its own. in a statement, the social network says it is cracking down on posts that make light of rape and violence against women. facebook says in the future it will block them. >>> a new problem on the yet-to-be-opened span of the bay bridge. hundreds of bolts used to attach the railing for the bike path broke because they weren't installed properly. they're calling it a basic mistake. the caps have been removed and bolts replaced. the latest mishap comes as the metropolitan transportation commission holds a special meeting in oakland today. >>> more than 100 teachers, parents and students from the south bay on a bus to sacramento this morning to discuss education funding with the state. the annual trip is spearheaded by the silicon valley education foundation and santa clara county supervisor dave cortese. >>> meteorologist christina loren, it's a cloudy start. >> it is. le

made worse, says california congresswoman jackie spear, by the fact that commanding officers have broado prevent prosecution within their units and often do. >> the result is that we have about a third of the women who serve in the military now that sometime in their career will be sexually assaulted or raped. >> reporter: 122 lawmakers are pushing legislation that would allow sexual assault cases to be investigated and prosecuted outside the chain of command. meanwhile, krusinski has been removed from his job as head of sexual assault prevention for the air force until the investigation is completed. charlie, norah? >> david, thank you. >>> governor chris christie is in the middle of a re-election campaign in new jersey but this morning news of his weight loss surgery is turning the conversation toward a white house. cbs news political director john dickerson is with us from washington. good morning. what's your take on this? >> well, in talking to governor's staff this morning, they say this is about him turning 50 and doctors said this will catch up with you some day. he wants to be

and also with me is democratic congresswoman jackie spear of california's 14th district.swoman. >> great to be with you, melissa. this report drew a sharp rebuke from president obama. i want to listen to it for a home and then have you respond. >> i expect consequences. so i don't be want more speeches or awareness programs or training but ultimately folks look the other way. if we find out somebody is engaging in this stuff, they got to be held accountable. prosecutors tripped of their positions. court-martial fired, dishonorably discharged, period. it's not acceptable. >> congressman s this the turning point? >> i sure hope so, melissa. but we've had plenty of turning points before and nothing seems to change. the military will do a lot of training and prevention, but we're really not going to change anything. and unless we take the cases out of the chain of command, we're not going to see much in terms of the convictions that we need to have. >> i started with with the notion that these guys protect us. they must be lying about the sexual assaults. we hear this over an

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but i think it's very interesting that the women in the senate and in the house, jackie spears in thehe authority -- put the authority with prosecutors to decide what cases to take forward, but that it is the women who are taking the lead here and like others we need to have more leadership in the military that can't happen as long as women were not considered 100% warriors. they were prohibited from the kinds of assignments in combat that would enable it home to have a full career. so there's lots that the political community has to do, needs to do, and that's where some of the solutions have to come. >> and you mentioned claire mccaskill. i want to talk specifically about what she's trying to now not just with the legislation but a hold she placed on a nomination and i want to talk about that after this. you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluti

something we talked about a lot last week is the sexual assault in the military, and we talked to jackie spear, congress woman from california last week. she's leading an effort to fix that problem. tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran was on cnn's state of the union with candy crawowley and said the military is not capable. >> the military shows it's not capable of fixing this problem. i would support the independent investigator option where our victims had a chance to go somewhere. when i was serving in the military or civilian. >> in the military. it would be in the military different military independent investigator they could go to. my experience with this is that oftentimes in my batallion, i was the only female officer. other units would ask me to come in if there were issues and i could be that independent person that women could talk to. >> from the sunday shows, mark sanford made his first sunday show appearance as the newly elected representative from south carolina where chris wallace wanted to hit him on the fact he had his fiancee, he brought her on stage after his win. chris w

. >> the other issue that senator jillibrand has been stressing and jackie spear is that these sexualssault cases have to be taken out of the chain of command so that they are dealt with, you know, with a judge and a jury and that whatever verdict that they are guilty, then they have to pay the punishment. they can't be -- that verdict can't be overturned by a commanding officer. right? >> right. we hear this time and time again under even when they do report it, if they begin an action against the perpetrator, it ends up, there being no actual punishment. you see that over and over and over again. i think it is one way to make sure there is actual punishment if you are found guilty of sexually assaulting someone a fellow military member. >> the president, himself, had a meeting on this issue last friday, a week ago with secretary of defense chuck hagel. so do you think it's finally because of these stories you have mentioned recently do you think it's finally reached the point where the pentagon, no matter what they say, you know, will actually crack down on this and will see some ch