. >>> bay area congresswoman jackie spear on veiling a plan today to keep detergent pods out of the hands and mouths of young kids. the colorful packages pack a poisonous punch. >>> "today in the bay," joining us with a look at jackie spear's plans as well. and why the urgency? >> well, you know quirks clearly tell that this is a tide laundry packet because we can read and we're grown-ups but once they're out it could look like a teething toy we would have given to one of our toddlers. kids think they're toishgs sometimes think they're candy and led to deadly consequences. the pod you can toss right into the washing machine or di dishwasher are super convenient but filled with super concentrated detergent. chemicals so toxic they've sent enough children to the hospital. this is alarming. according to the national poison control data system, between 2012 and 2013, a 7-month-old baby died, 769 children hospitalized. someone in tacomaseizures, vomiting blood, heart slowed, some went into respiratory arrest and in addition to that 16,000 other calls to poison control because of these detergen

the woman jackie spears is pushing for legislation that will require child resist accident liquid after thousands of kids have become ill after fighting into the packet. after fighting into a liquid detergent packet. it's popular and convenient. they can look like colorful bite size packages. it will stronger safer packaging that isn't as attractive. >> and then ultimately working to get heard, that i decided -- that i absolutely had to say what had happened to me. >> uc berkeley has come under criticism for hosting the 2 day . >> this conference. >> the former colorado police chief who led the investigation into the death of john benay ramsey is acknowledging they botched the initial handling 0 f the crime scene. he was found dead in the basement of her family's home back on december 26th 1996 after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and ran some note had been found. in an ask me anything session. when he crashed on monday. he was not wearing a helmet. investigators would not release details on the crash but according to denver post he was a senior at the university

jackie spears is introducing legislation tomorrowr to force those types of detergents to be packaged differently. she says that the packets are dangerous, because they deliver chemicals in bite-sized packages and children mistake them for candiment and the packaging will have to be changed within 15 minutes. and now, with the click of a button, you can use facebook to e prevent suicide. if you see a friend post something about harming themselves and you can then re report it, and facebook will has become more user-friendly. >>> for the first time pub lklicly robin williams' daughter has spoke en spoken out. are the good days better than the bad days? >> well, it is not about frequency frequency. literally in the days that you can turn it around. and if i am not doing something fun, i try to do something fun or strange. >> and powerful, because robin williams was found dead in his home last august, and watch that interview tomorrow before the today show and we will have that "today in the bay" beginning at 4:30 in the morning. up next a big day for stephen curry, and president obama.

it was founded more than a quarter of a century ago by congresswoman jackie spear.s joining us with some of the issues -- you just got appointed to the house intelligence committee. >> it's's a heavy load. not only is it a lot to learn. but it's a heavy topic. what we do covertly and overtly through the cia, it's my job to make sure that the right questions are asked and that we don't engage on things like torture which senator feinstein did a fantastic job last year. >> you've been focusing on middle sexual trauma is a key issue for. you. >> the fact that 26,000 men and women will be assaulted in one year is and the military is not taking it seriously and now we're seeing it taken seriously. i just had an experience with two cadets who had a hour rend us experience there and we're holding the academies accountable. >> you've got a bill that you want to close the loophole to track once out of the military. >> so, an interesting point, once you're convicted in the military, you serve your time, you are expected on your own, scout's honor, to register as a sex offende

. >>> jackie spear is pushing for legislation to require safer child resistant liquid detergent packetsnds became ill after biting into the packets. there will be a news conference in washington, d.c. along with a mother whose 8-month-old baby ended up in intensive care after biting into a liquid detergent packet. the legislation would require stronger, safer packaging that's not as attractive to children. >>> the police chief who led the investigation into jon- benet ramsey says they botched the initial investigation. she was found dead in 1996 after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ran some note was found. the former chief said there was a lot of confusion at the scene and he was short staffed because of the christmas holiday. he said the district attorney's office interfered with the investigation. no one has been prosecuted in that case. >>> the truck driver connected to tuesday's train derailment is due in court this afternoon, arrested on a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident. 28 people were injured when the train collided with his truck th

. >>> a peninsula congresswoman jackie spears has a list of democrats not ready to support the president's proposal for the use of military force against isis. she told abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson today the plan president obama recently presented to congress is too broad in scope and needs to be narrowed. >> it would prevent offensive action that is endoouring with boots on the ground. well, how do you define offensive versus defensive and what is not enduring. >> the president says congress draft legislation authorizing the use of military force against isis last week. it asked them to vote specifically to approve a new war for the first time since the controversial 2002 iraq war vote. >>> students at one san francisco school got a jump start on tomorrow's chinese new year celebration. >> kindergartners dressed as dragons. it's a tradition at the school that goes back 20 years. the kindergartners lead the parade and students make noise to ward off evil spirits. there's also a lesson on the dragon legend. >> they wanted to create a new creature that would protect their whole city. s

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congresswoman jackie spear to action introducing the the charge of poisoning in child safety act if it passes the required child was track packages for products like that in 2012 and that's what was said to receive more than 17,000 calls about children get into those packages speer has long been known for effort involving consumer protection. this will result in new tools to ever to reach out to use to might feel suicidal france and slack oppose this just severe depression or suicide including measuring a friend that are contacted other friends are connecting with health experts for advice there was general view the reported post the tech action to reach out for a national suicide prevention lifeline the to lie to you as you the of the next couple of months. >>james: who have more headlines of course and other czech of the weather traffic american just a moment to the quick look at conditions in san jose 53 right now should warmer to about 64 it will be local this afternoon and clouds and when all road and in advance of what weather. --wet weather [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales

and from jackie spear from california, how many more hacks like anthem before we admit the private sector cannot solve this problem by itself? and dan coats says neither industry nor government alone can broadly improve our nations cyber security. this question comes as the "wall street journal" reported yesterday that the debate is deepening over response to cyberattacks. and you heard what the defense secretary nominee had to say. if you want to hear more from him, go to www.c-span.org. and as we told you, this morning in the paper, ellen not a shema from the "washington post" had a story that the executive order is creating a new agency to sniff out cyber threats. she will in making the announcement at 12:45 p.m. eastern time and we will be covering it on c-span two. we are asking all of you to weigh in on this. washington is debating whether or not the u.s. should engage in offensive cyberattacks and wanting to write rules of engagement. what do you all think? the numbers are on the screen. you can also send us a tweet or go to our website -- or you can e-mail us. or you can go to fac