>> the u.s. >> jackie speier walked off to find jim jones. in the last hours of her life. speier confronted jones with the defectors. >> he became agitated, tried to talk with them. he was sweating, beads of sweat on his face. >> jerry's youngest daughter tracy parks was confronted by jones' wife marceline. >> first off i thought this was the day i was going to die. >> marceline left her an opening to rejoin her family. >> i said, if you take me to them, i'll talk them out of it. >> jerry parks faced down jim jones. >> i said, what the hell has he done for me beside hold my family prisoner here for seven and a half months? >> as jerry parks turned away -- >> i look over there. he's sitting on the bench and he's sitting there, a dejected, beaten man. >> yet, another confrontation awaited jim jones when he sat down with nbc reporter don harris for an interview. >> last night, someone came and passed me this note. >> harris gave him vern gosney's note asking for help to go home. >> that's who we're talking about. he's going to leave his son here

student organizations teamed up with jackie speier last night to host a congressional summit on sexualer is working on national ledgelation about how colleges handle sexual assault cam -- legislation about how colleges handle sexual assaults. >> rape happens here, sexual assaults happen here and stanford needs to own up to that. >> some complain there is a lack of justice with administrators handling hearings. >>> republicans will neat tonight for a presidential debate. tonight's forum in milwaukee, wisconsin will feature the top eight gop contenders. according to recent polls, the planned focus is the economy. four candidates take part in the undercard debate prior to the debate. >>> the obama administration has launched an effort about retirement. >> jill slesenger has more. >> tell us what is this all about. >> well, these are retirement accounts for those folks who do not have access to an employer- sponsored retirement plan and also for people who have just a small amount of money to start their retirement savings. the good news, no fees or setup charges at all. in fact, savers ca

student organize -- organizations teamed up with jackie speier last night.he's working on national legislation to change how all colleges handle sexual assault cases. >> we have sweeps issues like this and i think the students have really -- sweeping issues like this and i think the students have really come forward and i think they have the power and they can assert it. >> rapes happen here and sexual assaults happen here. stanford needs to own up to that. >>> changes are coming to the university of missouri. this after a week-long protest movement over how school leaders are dealing with racism on the campus. yesterday, the university's president and school's chancellor both resigned. the system is now planning to implement several initiatives over the next three months aimed at improving the rain am atmosphere -- racial atmosphere on the campuses. >>> today a san francisco city task force is expected to call for stricter enforcement on apartment buildings for fire alarms. the group is not expected to call for a requirement that all older buildings install

. >> reporter: student organizations teamed under with jackie speier po host what they call a congressional -- to host what they call a congressional summit. >> i think the students have really come forward. i think they have the power and they can assert it. >> reporter: the congresswoman talked about halts, a new legislation that would change how schools handle sexual assault cases and crack down harder on those that violate the rules. >> it was hard to survive. >> reporter: former stanford student lea francis spoke. last year, she put stanford on blast after her ex-boyfriend was found guilty of rape bun he was not ex-- of rape but i was not expelled. the university has since changed its pollcy. anyone found guilty of -- policy. anyone found guilty of rape will be expelled. stanford has only expelled one person for sexual assault. back to you. >>> walnut creek police are investigating an accident that killed a pedestrian. 56-year-old individual was hit by a van yesterday morning while trying to cross treat boulevard. it appears the van ran a red light. the man died at john muir medical ce

. >> jackie speier addressed this introducing legislation called "halt." >> it requires a climate survey on every campus in the country that receives federal funds. it would be a survey that would be exactly the same so it can be evaluated. >> the stanford president are standing behind the survey and say in a letter that the results show clearly we have much more work to do in battling sexual assault and sexual misconduct at stanford. i am katie marzullo for abc7 news. >> you could find it tough to catch a taxi in san jose because cab drivers are on strike as the consider l city considered eliminating restrictions for uber and lyft. cab drivers refused to pick up fares and will expand the strike citywide today. according to the "mercury news," upset the city council is deciding whether to loosen up restrictions on uber and lyft drivers. cab drivers stay they have strict background checks and so should ondemand drivers. >> san jose city websites are back to normal after a hack yesterday. the cyber attack affected the san jose police department home page among others. officials say it is c

we just had jackie speier, congresswoman from california, told me, i'm not sure if i can support this saying that. >> and that's unusual, because we've seen this mostly along a political divide, kate. just take the presidential candidates, for example, and that adds a whole another layer of politics to it. but the republicans are by and large against it. it's almost no down side for them. because it really hits on two things that really appeal to republican voters. one is, they're concerned about the threat of islamic extremism, but their absolute belief is the problem is president obama and he's not been tough on terror. on the other hand, the democrats are exactly the opposite and hillary clinton has been tweeting her support for syrian refugees. >> when you hear all these governors and members of congress raising some questions, legally speaking, can a state like michigan say, we're simply not going to accept refugees and go against what the obama administration policy is? >> the answer is no, kate. states don't have that power. this is exclusively federal power. we spoke to folks

. >> reporter: student organizations teamed up with jackie speier to host what they called a congressionalummit on sexual assault. >> we have a culture of sweeping issues like this under the proverbial rug and i think the students have come forward and i think they have the power and then can asaturday it -- they are assert it. >> reporter: she talked about a new legislation that would change how the schools handle sexual assault cases and crack down harder on those who violate the rules. >> it was really hard to survive. >> reporter: this student also spoke. last year, she put stanford on blast after the university found her ex-boyfriend guilty of rape but didn't expel him. >> the process that i underwent was almost as traumatic as the rape itself. >> reporter: the university has since changed its policy now. anyone found guilty of rape will be expelled. in case you are wondering, in the history, stanford has only expelled one person for sexual assault. in palo alto, back to you. >>> kind of might be tough to find a cab today. drivers could expand a strike they started yesterday at the ai

jackie speier told about a new piece of legislation she introduced called "halt." country that saved federal funds. it would be a survey that with be exactly the same so it can be evaluated. >> stanford president said the university has much more work to do in battleing sexual assault. >> today, you could find it tough to catch a taxi in san jose, cab drivers are on strike as the city considers eliminating regulations for uber and lyft companies. cab drivers refuse to pick up fares yesterday at the airport and will expand the strike today. according to our media partner they are upset that the city council in san jose is weeing whether to lossen restrictions on uber and lyft drivers such as mandatory fingerprinting. cab drivers say they are required to have strict background checks and on-demand drivers should face the same. >> and do you have extra weight around your midsection? a if you wanting could have you hitting the gym before you though work. >> best booster seats for keeping your kids safe in the car. >> traffic on 680 through walnut creek you can see the

the mayor ed lee and jackie speier and nancy pelosi will be there to celebrate.bookmark zuckerberg and his wife donated money to the center. the ceremony begins at 11:00 this morning. also happening today it's the first celebration of service on the people mover between the coliseum station and the oakland international airport. it takes 8 miles to carry riders more than 3 miles on an elevated track. bart officials say ridership has gone up since the debut of the trains. it serves more than 3,000 passengers a day. they expect to have their 1 millionth passenger this weekend. >>> new street markings and traffic lights are making san francisco a little safer. yesterdayed mayor ed lee announced all 24 vision zero campaign projects are finished three months ahead of schedule. the goal is to eliminate pedestrian and bike fatalities. the mayor also addressed last friday's tour bus crash that hurt 20 people near union scare. he wants every bus in the city to go through a state-mandated inspection. >> it should be 100% and we are immediately demanding that as part of our

and congresswoman jackie speier said there is a new piece of legislation she introduced call "halt."ery campus in the country that receives federal funds. it would be a survey that would be exactly the same so it can be evaluated. >> stand for president said the university has more work to do in belting sexual assault and misconduct. >> you could find it tough to catch a taxi in san jose today. cab drivers are on strike as the city considered eliminating regulation for ondemand car companies like uber and lyft. cab drivers refused to pick up fares yesterday and will, expand the strike today. according to media partner, they are upset the city council is weighing whether to lossen up restrictions on uber and lyft drivers, such as mandatory fingerprinting. cab drivers say they are required to have strict back grand checks and on demand drivers should face the same criteria. >> there can be more room for your student to get into a university of california campus much the board will vote on a plan to increase enrollment by 10,000 in-state undergraduates the next three years. if approve,

. >> congresswoman jackie speier, thank you so much for your time. as mentioned, the intense lockdown in brussels enters its third day. authorities are still hunting for one of the suspected. paris attackers, salah abdelslam, while also trying to prevent what they describe as an imminent threat of another coordinated attack. hundreds of troops and armored vehicles continue to patrol the streets of brussels at levels not seen since world war ii. overnight police carried out 29 raids in belgium with 21 people taken into custody. nbc's claudio lavanga joins me now from brussels. the city remains on its highest terror alert. as we understand it, public transportation, schools, all shut down at this point. >> reporter: actually i'm standing right in front of the central train station in brussels. right behind me to my left a heavily armored military vehicle. there is a lot of soldiers here, there is a lot of police. the trains are running so people can get here to the center of brussels. the problem is how they going to move around after that because the

committee, from judiciary, jerry nadler and susan delbene, and from reform, bonnie watson coleman and jackie speier of california. those are the three committees of jurisdiction. they bring a great wealth of knowledge, staff, intellectual resources and the rest to this. it's a funny thing. well, we'll see what their agenda is as they go forward. i do believe that hardworking families deserve better than wasting taxpayers' money on select committees that diminish women's health possibilities. in terms of women's health, tomorrow, sunday, sunday marks the start of the affordable care act, third open enrollment period. uninsured americans across the country will be able to visit the health insurance marketplace, enroll in quality, affordable coverage for them and their families. it's pretty exciting. it's really exciting to say that thanks to this historic law, nearly 18 million previously underinsured -- uninsured, 18 million previously uninsured americans now have quality, affordable health coverage. again, young adults can stay on their parents' health insurance until 26, no longer will insurers be