senator jackie speier is our guest. she spent six years on the san ma teo county board of supervisors. the first call up for her is gary in makan, missouri, on our independent line. go ahead. caller: yes. i'd like to ask this lady if -- and i'm sure she knows about an article i see on abc about -- it's been a few months ago, and the only report i and nobody has reported but the chinese are building this bridge with chinese labor and chinese steel and chinese labor and nobody is talking about this bridge, where the money come from, and you know, it's said to be the biggest -- largest self--anchored suspension bridge in the world. host: what is this bridge? guest: the bridge as a result of the 1989 earthquake had to be changed. had to be removed. so this is a bridge that's going replace the bridge that has been there since the 1930's. the bridge being built by u.s. contractors and u.s. employees. the steel, however, is from china, and when the bid was put for consideration, there was no citizenshiplation that it had to be

jackie speier, what is this bridge? guest: the oakland bay bridge as a result of the 1989 earthquake had to be changed. had to be removed. so this is a bridge that's going to replace the bridge that has been there since the 1930's. the bridge being built by u.s. contractors and by u.s. employees, the steel, however, is from china. and when the bid was put for consideration, there was no stipulation that it had to be u.s.-only steel. so that's why as a cost to the taxpayers it was cheaper to buy steel from china than to buy it from the united states. host: next call for jackie speier comes from hermantown, minnesota, bob on our democrats line. you are on the "washington journal," bob. caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. guest: good morning, bob. caller: i do think that the people that are receiving any help from the government as far as being under water on their home loans deserve it because the banks got a bailout, a.i.g. got bailed out. and a.i.g. literally fleeced the money that they were supposed to be

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. >> congresswoman jackie speier fired back. >> shame on you for being the hat monger you are, shame only you for being missongistic and shame on you for calling the went of this country sluts and prostitutes. >> . >> he mentioneds a parent of two daughters he hoped i would tell my parents that they should be proud of me. >> both republicans and democrats had condemnedd limbaugh's remarks. >> don, thank you. >>> if you are flighting united this weekend you may want to head to the airport a little early. some passengers today waited at the check-in counter for hours because of the computer glitch that was caused by the merge of between united and continental. >> the computers weren't work and by the time we got to our agent, it was too late. >> i knew there was something wrong immediately, because there were a lot of people with grim looks on their faces and long lines. he wass like uh-oh. >> there is an old addage about idesle idyll idle hands. >> for these teenagers it's the chance at their first summer job. >> so i can stop depending on my parents. for this person it's the opposite

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tomorrow morning, we'll discuss the president's housing relief program with senior democratic whip jackie speier from california. the executive editor of "the weekly standard" fred barnes will take your question about the 2012 campaign. and we'll joined by michael riley to look at the recent arrests of hackers with the group anonymous. and what risks hackers may pose to a national security. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. well, it is that time of year again where we announce our student cam winners for 2012. for the past few months, students from across the country have been working on their documentaries for this year's contest. 75 winning videos have been chosen. here's a clip of our grand prize winner's documentary. >> the war relocation and relished the idea of taking men, women and children from their homes, their shops and their farms. so the li yagss determined to do the job as a democracy should, with real consideration for the people involved. >> you know, they didn't call us citizens. because it's illegal to imprison citizens without due process. >>

representative jackie speier. newsweek has named the san mateo congresswoman "fearless."lso praised discussing her own abortion. >>> other women who made the list include jennifer seibel newsom, the wife of the lt. governor gavin newsom, recognized for her documentary "miss representation," which tackles the issue of women and girls and body image. syrian human rights activist, razan chakraborty is helping former young prostitutes reintegrate into society. reuter's tehran bureau chief parisa. >>> people are taking part in a world war environmental clean rup. may be members of were out in oakland cleaning up the martin luther king regional shoreline, all meant to raise awareness of environmental issues ahead of the passover. church says 150 countries are taking part in the effort, which ends on the passover, april 5th. >>> well, the military has a newspaper weapon in its arsenal and coming up next we'll show you how it works and why the military says it's totally harmless. >>> it may be a wet ahead. channel 2 meteorologist mark tamayo will be here with when and where rain

san francisco district attorney kamala harris, jennifer newsom, facebook's sheryl sandberg and jackie speier. >> san francisco mayor ed lee wants to make sure his city stays tech savvy. he announced a grant to train or retrain about 1700 workers for tech jobs. san francisco's already home to companies like zynga and twitter. the new program will ensure residents have the skills to qualify for future jobs. >> people play fantasy sports but why not fantasy politics. a tech start-up called fantasy politics unjailed an on line game for political junkies. just like in fantasy sports you get to draft real life politicians. each member has a card. the site has developed a way to measure power rafrnings with power numbers, facebook and so on. the game will officially go on line in a week or two. >> 5:55. disney goes to mars with its latest. out in theaters today. >> when i saw you, i believed. i come into this world. >> john carter tells the story of a civil war captain who winds up in a different war when he wakes up on mars and as to help save inhabit tants. >> eddie murphy nearly talks himself to

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host: we were talking with the earlier guest, jackie speier, about the social discussion in this country. is it beneficial to republicans? guest: not the way it has turned out. if it is a debate about religious liberty, when the catholic church thinks they have to provide services against their beliefs, that she turns up well for republicans, but if the issue is on whether we should have contraceptives or not, or what rush limbaugh said about the young woman who testified before congress, that is a loser, and i think we've gotten into the latter category. it does not help republicans. host:, earlier we were talking about potential u.s. intervention in syria. guest: i do not think that is going to happen. i think the response of the obama administration and other countries has been minimal, and certainly not successful. to get together in tunisia and issue a statement, that is not much. what is going on in syria is a blood bath, and people who want some kind of representative government are being slaughtered in city-after-city, and the response by the obama administration and the nato cou

speier is hosting a free job hunters' boot camp. tara moriarty is live there with more. any chance people could see a job opening? >> reporter: well, jackie speers is here and people signed up to get a crack at brushing up their interview skills. about 40 companies, including home depot, comcast and target have set up booths here and are actively hiring. >> there's so many people still unem.ed -- unemployed. you can hear it from the people who have gotten the education who want the jobs. >> reporter: the majority of job seekers are over the age of 45. some older workers who, perhaps, should be retiring but say they don't have anything to retire on. so they are looking for a job. >> i was a restaurant manager. i had been a chef for 15 years. but i've worked in both the front of the house, the back of the house, and i'm open to change. i will start at the bottom and work my way up again. [ laughter ] >> reporter: speers says the job market is improving. many job seekers we spoke to say the high cost of gas has made their job search even tougher. for a complete list of those companies hiring, go to ktvu.com. we do have a link to the informat