san mateo kontsdz this regional financing authority was created as part of the city bill 1870 jackie spear to make sure that san francisco is serious again investing in the water system and if san francisco were not to invest in a water system this financing authorize was a was for it to be 23i7bd so although we meet every 6 months no action was taken but an active board so with this reup to the time i'll continue to participate as one of the agencies that is responsible for a 1/3rd of the water use. >> so you said you meet every 6 months no action has been taken no action required to be taken or what is this actual nature of the meetings. >> well that is really in case san francisco doesn't finance it and we've invested over $6.5 million and wholesale customers the rate so if san francisco didn't step forward with the $3.6 million and refused to invest in the infrastructure this financing authority about r will raise the money to do the required repairs. >> thank you so you're already participating in the body only the reappointment and we're happy to make that happen. >> i'm happy to mak

the only people we received responses from was nancy pelosi and jackie spears. out of 275 letters two people responded. nancy pelosi's response was that they had every intention of restoring financial aid to students but we have only had cuts. we realize the moment us battle. we are still trying to education and sending students to department of rehabilitation to try to get their tuition covered through that process, however our experience is 50/50. it depends on the students. we found they have to jump through hurdles and while we recommend it, some

daniel bryan and mandy smithburger has been a god send and representatives hunter and jacky spear stood up for me. i am truly grateful for the opportunity to testify before you. the outpouring of support from fellow service members has been humbling. worst for me is that the cadets i taught at west point now officers rising in the ranks are reaching out to me to see if i am ok. i fear for their safety when they go to war now they fear for my safety in washington. is that the enduring message we want to send? we must not forget, warren weinstein is dead while there are remaining hostages. who is fighting for them? thank you. >> thank you, lieutenant colonel. thank you for your service to our nation. i will point out representative hunter is in the audience here so welcome, sir. our next witness is mrs. taylor johnson. she is a senior special agent

the only people we received responses from was nancy pelosi and jackie spears.out of 275 letters two people responded. nancy pelosi's response was that they had every intention of restoring financial aid to students but we have only had cuts. we realize the moment us battle. we are still trying to education and sending students to department of rehabilitation to try to get their tuition covered through that process, however our experience is 50/50. it depends on the students. we found they have to jump through hurdles and while we recommend it, some students give up. last year we went through all of our sclips -- scholarships for disabled students which was $400000. there are now talks of gpa increases for students to continue receiving financial aid. which would be above the 2.0 limit which is the basic fee. our opinion is getting harder and harder for disabled students to have an education. while we are grateful to the universities for trying to implement policy to continue students getting financial aid, we continue to fight that. we know there are administra

were able to cover the issues in urban and rural areas this is important we - i had meetings with jackie spear and both all of us met with feinstein staff and the boxers staff the one of the most interesting meetings was with the minority pelosi staff we meet with her folks and the person if her local office is here in d.c. we meeting met with the health care person and the person that does the social support side of the office we spent almost an hour covering transitional care and the issues in our various communities to transportation policies that the federal level so it was a really, really interesting conversation we will be doing a followup with them regarding the things we're interested in in terms of feinstein and boxers'ss office we've asked them the american act passed out of committee if they'll consider signing on as to whether this happens and we know that boxer was interested if having an implementation for the adults so we're not sure if they've been taken place the amendments or not appoint but this chance that feinstein and boxer will finalize and go to the house on that side

congresswoman jackie spear introduced a bill forcing detergents to be packaged differently. >>> police trying to get a handle on what's happening in contra costa county where, for the second time in a week, violence near highway 4 has endangered drivers. >>> a live look outside right now. the bay bridge has cracks showing in its rods again. r ots pler this break. u 2 shot 2 box ck wall anchor ots plasma cu 2 shot 2 box near a busy bay area freeway overnight. and the shooter - is no wh >>> breaking news. someone shot near a busy bay area freeway overnight and the shooter, nowhere to be found. >>> simply plagued with problems. new, tiny cracks found on the troubled bay bridge. >>> we'll have one more day of warm temperatures before it just sizzles across the bay. i'll talk more about that coming up in the microclimate forecast. >>> smooth drive across the bay spans but there's a new crash on the san francisco side of the bay bridge. i'll bring you those details in just a second. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining

congresswoman jackie spear presented josh rehnquist with seven military medals and a silver star. he fought in the invasion of nor handet and battle of the bulge. when the war ended he was glad to go home and he never got the medals. >> my uncle had the job and i was only interested in coming home. too much electricity where i was. >> two decades ago, france honored breslin with the medal of liberty. >> it's the image of president obama that is sweeping the internet and it's not with the meetings with some world leader and it's the child of the child of one of the staff members. that is mr. obama playing with ella harper rhodes the daughter of deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. the picture was taken in the oval office yesterday and posted on the white house facebook page. the caption only had one word, rugrat rugrats. >> spencer christian is checking the weather which apparently is heating up quite nicely. >> it is indeed. >> we'll get summerlike heat and here's a look at live doppler 7 hd, but the heat isn't really on yet and speaking of the heat, the thunderstorms are

jackie spear presented him with 7 military medals and a star.f normandy and the battle of the balls. 71 years later he still breaks down remembering what he saw on the battlefield. >> dead bodies. you had to walk over dead germans and you hope you aren't walking over dead americans. >> when the war ended. breslin was just glad to get home so he never sought the medals. the congresswoman finally petitioned for them this year. >>> former perkins partner ellen powell offered to drop the appeal against her if adventure paid her over $2 million. that's after a jury rejected her claim that klineer perkins discriminated against her. the company said they have no intention of accepting the. >>> a federal official said security was increased yesterday afternoon in washington but has since returned to normal. this is the second time in many months they had a lockdown. in may they apprehended a man driving a drone outside the white house and january a drone piloted by off-duty government work he landed on the capitol lawn. washington and some communities a

earlier this year, a bay area congresswoman, jackie spear, introduced a bill forcing those types of detergentsbe packaged differently. >>> update to breaking news. investigators are looking into a shooting along a busy bay area highway, the second on the same highway since saturday. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins is live from the east bay, a live report next. >>> first a live look outside at the bay bridge. traffic moving along nicely. some tiny cracks uncovered in the rods of the bridge, raising questions this morning. that report after the break. =amopen= =kris/vo= breaking news ... bullet-holes, and blood. the latest on the investigation - into an overnight shooting - near >>> breaking news, bullet holes and blood, the latest on the investigation into an overnight shooting near a busy bay area freeway. >>> rescuers looking for a lone whale. why fishes are trying to track down a humpback in monterey bay before it's too late. >>> warm today but hot tomorrow. more on that coming up in the microclimate forecast. >>> look agent bay bridge toll plaza. these folks filled in all of the cash

the project on government over sight have been a godsend and representatived duncan hunter and jackie spearsd up for me where nobody else in congress did until today. i'm grateful for the opportunity to testify before you. the outpouring of support from fellow service members have been humbling. force for me is that the cadets i tout at west point, now officers rising in the ranks are reaching out to me so see if i'm okay. i fear for their safety when they go to war and now they fear for my safety in washington. is that the ending message we want to send? and we must not forget, warren weinstein is dead while colin rutherford, josh boyle, caitlyn coleman and her child remain hostages. who is a fighting for them? thank you. >> thank you. lieutenant colonel thank you for your service to this nation. and i will point out that representative hunter is in the audience. so welcome, sir. next witness is miss johnson. she is a senior special agent under immigrant and customs enforcement. she has raised investigation of risks in eb five to the office of in spector general. miss johnson. >> chairman j

daniel brian and smithburger has been a god send and representatives hunter and jacky spear stood up me. i am truly grateful for the opportunity to testify before you. the outpouring of support from fellow service members has been humbling. worst for me is that the cadets i taught at west point now officers in the ranks are reaching out to me to see if i am ok. i fear for their safety when they go the war and now they fear for my safety in washington. is that the enduring message we want to send? we must not forget, warren weinstein is dead while there are remaining hostages. who is fighting for them? thank you. >> thank you lieutenant colonel. thank you for your service to our nation. i will point out representative hunter is in the audience here so welcome, sir. our next witness is mrs. taylor johnson. she is a senior special agent with homeland investigations, a component for customs enforcement and she raised concerns about national security and criminal risks in the eb5 program to her management and the dhs office of the inspector general. thank you, mrs. johnson. >> chairman jo

daniel brian and smithburger has been a god send and representatives hunter and jacky spear stood up for me. i am truly grateful for the opportunity to testify before you. the outpouring of support from fellow service members has been humbling. worst for me is that the cadets i taught at west point now officers in the ranks are reaching out to me to see if i am ok. i fear for their safety when they go the war and now they fear for my safety in washington. is that the enduring message we want to send? we must not forget, warren weinstein is dead while there are remaining hostages. who is fighting for them? thank you. >> thank you lieutenant colonel. thank you for your service to our nation. i will point out representative hunter is in the audience here so welcome, sir. our next witness is mrs. taylor johnson. she is a senior special agent with homeland investigations, a component for customs enforcement and she raised concerns about national security and criminal risks in the eb5 program to her management and the dhs office of the inspector general. thank you, mrs. johnson. >> chairma