jackie speier knows about gun violence firsthand. on the day when we celebrate our independence, she's demanding independence from fear of guns. today she staged a sit-in. what jackie speier wants the rest of the country to do. >> reporter: jessica, on day when downtown redwood city was packed with people celebrating the fourth, right in front of fox theater jackie speier sat down and formed a sit-in. congresswoman jackie speier and others fighting for gun control took a seat at the fox theater in redwood city, not to watch a movie but rather to call on congress to enact stricter gun control laws. >> make sure it's only in the hands of people that should own guns. >> reporter: for spear, the issue is personal. in

. >> seeing him talking to jackie speier -- congresswomen jackie speier -- here is -- is really instrumentaling this fight, but you're in the trenches. you're -- you're living this. what do we do? >> [ sighing ] what do we do? well, um, we keep the conversation going... by sharing with people about the topic. a lot of people still don't realize that this occurs in the military. >> they don't want to believe it. >> they don't want to believe it. they're shocked. they're still making it a gender issue. they're still making it an issue of sexual preference. they're not realizing that this is about a human-rights issue, and it's not about male. it's not about female. and so, what we're trying to do is educate people, educate the civilian world, as well, because when a rapist leaves the military, they go back into the civilian population, and then the heinous crimes continue. so, the main thing is to -- >> so, why now? is that because the outside world, it doesn't prosecute. right now, it's prosecuted in the military, right? >> no, it's not. that's the problem. the problem is, you see there's not

jackie speier and others fightinging for gun took a seat at the fox theatre in redwood city. to watch a movie, but rather the call on congress to enact stricter gun control laws. >> today, declaring our independence from the gun lobby in this country. we're seeing people standing in and sitting in to say enough is enough. >> for speier, the issue is personal. in 1978, she was nearly killed in the jonestown massacre. she was shot five times and left to die while trying to escape the commune built by jim jones. >> i'm the one member of congress that's been the victim of gun violence. i know what it's like to live with that experience. my entire life. this was taken from my body. >> speier brought the bullet that nearly killed her to the house floor in washington two weeks ago where democrats staged a similar sit? . >> it was a very powerful and historic moment in congress. >> but not all passer by agree with her. >> i disagree. doesn't have a problem. other problems besides gun control. >> people should have the right to have a gun and protect themselves, but i don't think it s

city was packed with people celebrating the fourth, right in front of fox theater jackie speier sat down and formed a sit-in. congresswoman jackie speier and others fighting for gun control took a seat at the fox theater in redwood city, not to watch a movie but rather to call on congress to enact stricter gun control laws. >> make sure it's only in the hands of people that should own guns. >> reporter: for spear, the issue is personal. in the jonestown massacre, she was shot five times and left to die. >> i know what it's like to emotionally and physically deal with those wounds. i'm grateful to be alive but i think of the people who died needlessly. >> reporter: speier brought a bullet to washington. >> it was a very powerful moment. >> but not all passersby in redwood city agree with speier. >> people should have a right to have a gun to protect themselves but it shouldn't be easily accessible. reporting arrive from redwood city, laura malpert, nbc bay area news. >>> tonight police and fire fights are going to be out in full force trying to catch the people setting them off. elyc

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. >>> congresswoman jackie speier held a sit in on the fourth of july. >> reporter: at the annual fourthuly festival in redwood city, it was a day of celebration with a message. >> [ chanting ] >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speier held a sit in for gun legislation. the second amendment can still be protected, she said, even as anti-violence advocates fight to disarm hate. >> every gun should be subject to an instant background check in this country. every gun. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: last month democrats had a 25 hour sit in in response to the mass shootings in orlando and elsewhere. republicans call this a publicity stunt. she says she wants people to be free from violence at theaters and nightclubs in schools. >> while we declared our independence centuries ago, we are declaring our independence from the nra and the gun lobbyist that have for too long held -- gone lobbyists that have far too long, held the congress captive. we talk about freedom from fear. orlando was a huge wake-up call. >> reporter: as a prosecutor -- >> as a prosecutor i have watched all the vi

congresswoman jackie speier held a sitting calling for responsible gun legislation. second amendment can still be protected even as advocates fight to disarm. >> every gun should be subject to an instant background check. every gun. >> reporter: last month immigrants held a 25 hour sit in on the house floor in response to the mass shootings in orlando and elsewhere. republicans called it a publicist late -- publicity stunt. she says she wants people to be free from violence at places like nightclubs theater and schools. >> while we declared our independence centuries ago, we are declaring our independence from the nra and gun lobbies who have for too long held the congress hostage in passing same legislation on gun violence prevention. you will see this button that we designed that talks about freedom from fear. orlando was a huge wake-up call. >> is a prosecutor i've spent decades watching the violence the comes from guns. and the people and tragedies that occur. i very much share her views. >> i don't think americans should live in fear of the terrorism we promote

. >>> congresswoman jackie speier is leading a sit in at the fox theater in redwood city. speier was part of the sit in on the house floor. she was nearly killed in the jones town massacre in 1978. members of a cult attacked the delegation, and she was a congressional aide. her boss died in the shooting and speier was shot 5 times. >>> to campaign 2016 and the race for the house. president president obama and hillary clinton will join forces for the first time after being rescheduled since the wake of the orlando attacks. this comes weeks after obama officially endorsed clinton saying he doesn't think anyone was ever so qualified to be president. clinton aides say they are hoping to unify the party before the collection, and in as we learn that clinton's interview with the fbi is one of the final steps into the investigation into her e-mail server. clinton said she was eager to give the volunteer interview. her supporters say that a meeting between bill clinton and attorney general loretta lynch did not affect the probe but clinton's rivals are crying foul. >>> and donald

. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speier introduced a bill to end gender-based discrimination pricing. she calls it a pink tax. >> whreghtser -- whether it's caused by conscious bias or nefarious scheming, it makes no different. >> reporter: it apparently costs more to be a woman when it comes to clothing and services like dry cleaning. >> i compare it to -- i mean there are plenty of gender injustice that exists. >> like washing my hair should be the same as washing my son's hair. >> reporter: the bill would allow the federal trade commission and state attorneys general to crackdown. betty yu, kpix 5. >> last year, a study by the new york city department of consumer affairs found that the average women's produc cost 7% more than men's products. >>> a pregnant woman is lucky to be alive after a van hit her while she was playing pokemon go in missouri on friday. caitlin shelt -- shelton and her boyfriend and sister were playing the game and saw a van flying by. her boyfriend tried to push caitlin out of the way, and the van backed into her. she was induced into labor and despite the in

congresswoman jackie speier held a sit in outside the fox theatre to call for responsible gun legislation, the right to bear arms can still be protected, she said, even as antiviolence advocates fight to disarm hate. >> every gun should be subject to instant background check in this country. every gun. >> [ cheering ] >> reporter: democrats held a 25 hours sit in on the house floor in response to the mass shootings in orlando and elsewhere. republicans called it a publicity stunt. she says on this independence day she wants people to be free, free from violence at places like theaters, nightclubs and schools. >> the message is while we declared our independence many centuries ago, we're declaring our independence from the n.r.a. and the gun lobbies that have for too long held the covers of the united states hostage in passing sane legislation on gun violence prevention. you'll see this button that i'm wearing that we designed that talks about freedom from fear. orlando was a huge wake-up call. >> as a prosecutor i've spent all these decades watching the violence that comes from guns. and

. >> jackie speier will officially announce introduction of the pink tax repeal act taking aim at gender discrimination introducing this last week. some services including dry cleaning and hair cuts cost more for we. prices should be cold bit amount time needed to do the job, not by gender. the bill is announced in city hat at 10:00 a.m. eight california state fair has pokemon phenomenon and now today is a pokemon monday. the winner gets a grand prize in a tournament. and will activate special pokemon apps through the day. it starts at 11:00 a.m. in sacramento. >> fairfield police are joining the pokemon go craze with police activities hosting a tournament of pokemon go for teens in 7th and higher competing in teams and organizers say it is a way on get teens outside. >> the remember i will not have today is the sun glaring off of my phone as i play pokemon go. >> is there pokemon go for the sun or weather? i was in college town last week is i was not here on thursday and friday and i did not see a single kid not playing pokemon go. and 62 at 7:00 for the baseball game, and a red flag wa

today congresswoman jackie speier will introduce legislation on capitol hill. there are 26 states including california that already have laws against revenge porn on the books. operator of a revenge porn website was sentenced to eight years in prison in san diego last year. >>> now to a fiery crash in vallejo last night involving five cars on highway 37 around 6:30. all westbound lanes were shut down for hours. a woman and child were hurt forcing emergency crews to airlift the child to the hospital. we're told that child has major injuries. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> all that snow that we got during the el nino fueled winter months melted faster than ever before. now, that's just not the case here it's the case for the entire northern hemisphere. that information according to climate experts. the snow meltoff happened in the first six months of 12016. scientists say that human-cause global warming is to blame. they had a lack of snow, less drinking water, hotter, for california that could also mean more wildfires. >>> it is a "spar

congresswoman jackie speier led a group of about 50 sitting down inside the fox theater.r said she wants people to declare independence from the gun lobby. she was shot five times in jonestown, guyana back in '87. >> i know what it does to you every day to, your body and emotionally, and we don't want to see any more of this unnecessarily. >> we want to stand up against gang violence. >> a former gang member also suffering the effects of gun violence, today's demonstration lasting over an hour. >>> firefighters saved a driver trapped in our car caught on camera. this car crashed and flipped onto its side on 12th and solano streets in vallejo about 8:30 this morning. crews eventually had to cut open the windshield to free the woman. three people were taken to the hospital. >>> tonight bay area animal activists are fighting to stop a 4th of july tradition, kids chasing after pigs. protesters told our mark kelly the popular event in woodside is nothing more than animal cruelty. >> reporter: it's called the pig scramble, kids under the age of 10 race to be the first one to sn

. >> reporter: that's why congresswoman jackie speier is doing something about it. she introduced a bill to end gender-based discrimination pricing. she calls it a pink tax and wants it repealed. >> whether the gender tax is caused by an unconscious bias or by nefarious scheming really makes no difference. it's unfair and it's unethical. >> reporter: at san francisco city hall today she showed examples of identical products like basketballs bought at target online and razors from safeway. >> women paying 12% more. >> reporter: it apparently costs more to be a woman who it comes to clothing and dry cleaning services. >> i can better display them to plenty of gender injustices that exist in our society. >> we're moving towards a much more unbiased society. we want to treat everyone the same like washing my hair is like washing my son's hair. >> reporter: this would allow the state attorney general and federal trade commission to crack down. >> last year a new york city department of consumer affairs study found the average women's product cost 7% more than similar men

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lorena/take vo --- la congresista ''jackie speier'' presenta una propuesta de ley que hara ilegal laos de personas desnudas que no han autorizado su publicacin... --- la iniciativa considerara una violacin a la privacidad, el compartir estas imgenes... --- la idea es acabar con la pornografa vengativa , asi le llaman cuando se publican fotos de ex parejas... --- la medida busca que los responsables enfrenten cargos federales .. lorena ---en los ltimos dos meses, residentes de mountain view recaudaron firmas para proponer en la boleta electoral una medida que estabilice el control de rentas... take vo ---estas firmas fueron validadas por el registro de votantes del condado de santa clara ---pero esta noche, el concejo est considerando escribir su propia medida, lo que podra crear un conflicto... --- los residentes temen que el contenido sea cambiado por las autoridades si surgen problemas... cesar ---hoy se present en el condado de alameda una resolucin para limitar la colaboracin de la polica con los agentes de inmigracin... take vo ---la medida fue presentada por el supervisor ''ric

control" congresswoman jackie speier led a sit- in yester >>> good morning. 8:25. i'm anne makovec.ght for gun control, congresswoman jackie speier led a sit in yesterday because she wants people to declare independence from gun laws. >>> and today, a vigil for tarishi jain who was killed in the bangladesh terror attack. traffic and weather next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the time is 8:27. i'm sandra osborne in the kpix traffic center. several crashes reported in the bay area. we are learning about one southbound 680 at acosta, and 880, several crashes, one northbound and one southbound. the southbound one causing slowdowns. both vehicles have been pushed off to the shoulder, and you are seeing residual slowdowns. take a look at the bay bridge. we are seeing delays there as well. right now from the carquinas bridge to the maze, 27 minutes and roberta gonzalez, take a look. i can't believe the weather. the fog is completely covering the golden gate bridge. >>> looks like a cold beauty shot, a look at the golden gate bridge. the transamerica pyramid with a lot of drizzle on the camera lens. th

representative jackie speier what she calls >>> california lawmaker wants to make sure that women and men pay the same price as for the same products and services. jackie spirit today announced they pink tax repeal act. she says on average products marketed to women cost 30% more than similar products made for men. one example, a pink women's basketball cost $17. the men's version cost $11. >> the gender tax is caused by an unconscious bias or by the various gaming makes no difference. it is unfair and unethical.>> she says it's more unethical because women do not make as much money as men. >>> the nation's largest system of higher education has a new chancellor. they named elroy oakley. he was appointed to the position by jerry brown and 2014. he will continue to serve in the position. he is the president of long beach city college. he will give up that spot to take on new challenges as chancellor.>> we cannot escape the data in front of us. we have a clear focus on improving outcomes for our students. particularly those who were these represented in our educational system. as well a

before the vote, bay area congresswoman jackie speier will host a sit in at 11:30 this morning. >>> andramatic cell phone video showing a house consumed by fire in fairfax. a massive column of smoke billowing above the home on ridgway road. concern onlookers stopped to watch as it burned. 4 people were displaced by the fire. no word how it started. >>> living at oakland national airport will get a little noisier for a while. the airport is shutting down one of its runways for a week and a half for maintenance work that will require changing a route to the airport so more planes will be flying over the surrounding cities. >>> a little boy in southern california is safe and sound thanks to a beachgoer who found him buried in sand in newport beach. he was stuck under 3 feet of sand for 4 minutes when they lost sight of their son, and they asked for help when one man started digging. >> it was scary to see a little boy that wasn't breathing and blue and pretty much, you know, dead. it's pretty frightening. >> the boy was rushed to the hospital and is expected to be okay. >>> later today, a

congresswoman jackie speier led this group of 50 people at the fox theater in redwood city saying she wants people to declare independence from the gun lobby. in the 1970s, she was shot herself 5 times in the jones town massacre. >>> and 18-year-old anthony nunez was shot and killed by police. it happened along feller avenue and story road yesterday. police found nunez with a self- inflicted gunshot wound. police responded to a welfare check for a potentially suicidal man when they discovered him and after a confrontation, officers shot and killed him. >>> and a protest for the pig scramble at the rodeo sending kids running after piglets. localssay it's harmless fun but some say it's just cruel. they plan to meet in a few weeks to find common ground. >>> the fight for animal rights got intense at pier 39 in san francisco yesterday afternoon. a spokeswoman from pier 39 said that the activists were blocking the tourists' view of a street performer. pier security moved in, and we reached out to san francisco police. they tell us that no one was arrested. >>> a man accused of targeting go

it's one that the republican majority is expected to pass, and before that vote, congresswoman jackie speier will lead that sit in at 11:30 this morning. >>> iraqi officials say that the death toll just went up in a bombing that is now the country's worst terror attack in the last year. ambulances rushed to help the wounded after a truck bomb on the baghdad street turned the sky orange. 142 people were killed in the blast happened around midnight on sunday. dozens of families were eating dinner at the time after fasting for ramadan. many of the victims were children according to police. the islamic state group said they executed the attack. >>> and candles covered sidewalks at dhaka after the terror attack that killed 20 people. three of the victims were enrolled in college here in the united states. >>> and tahishi jain was 1 of those victims. there will be a candlelight vigil held for her tomorrow. the indian national was working as a summer intern in the capitol there. >>> democratic presumptive nominee hillary clinton is breaking her silence after a voluntary 3.5 hour interview with the

. >>> jackie speier will lead the sit-in with the gun violence prevention advocates tomorrow at 11:30m outside of the box theater in redwood city. in part of the sit-in on the house floor, bought -- brought a bullet in the house evidence bag with her, nearly killed in 1978 as members of the cult attacked the delegation she was part of, and her boss and for others died in that shooting. she was shot herself five times. >>> state lawmakers considering a bill that would ensure the local and law enforcement agencies that have responded to the san bernardino attack, and they will fully and reimburse the costs related to that shooting, and responding agencies are only eligible to receive 5% of the cost not covered by federal assistance, and last december for and his wife killed 14 people in san bernardino before they were killed by the police.>>> more bay area news, on tuesday the oakland city council will vote on expanding retro protection, and the act of 2016 will open the current ordinance is to allow landlords to increase the rent, but if it passes it will provide protection, and provid

jackie speier is bringing that fight to redwood city.peier and many others took a seat at the fox theater downtown calling on republican leaders to take action. speier is particularly passionate about no-fly no buy bills to block suspected terrorists from buying guns. >> that we promote the second amendment, the right to own a gun, but at the same time make sure it's only in the hands of people that should own guns and then get rid of the assault weapons. we do not need them in their society. >> for speier the issue is personal. in 1978 speier was nearly killed in the jonestown massacre. she was shot five times and left to die while trying to escape the conn commune built by cu will,t leader jim jones. speier brought that bullet that nearly killed her to the house floor to washington two weeks ago. >>> looking to improve on time performance. the airport commission will discuss that and how to do it during a meeting today. the commission will consider new procedures and technologies to help flights arrive and depart on time. the meeting w

. >> jackie speier will announce her introduction of the pink tax repeal act aiming gender-based ricecrimination introducing the bill last week. some services including dry cleaning and hair cuts cost more for women. prices should be -- by the amount time needed for the job not by gender and announced at 10:00 a.m. this morning. all the state fair in sacramento has succumbed to pokemon go pokemon monday with a card tournament and winner get as grand prize of pokemon and fair gear and the fair will activate modules through the day so you can catch all kinds of different and rare pokemon starting at 11:00 this morning. athey had to start on pokey monday. >> rather than pokey tuesday. >> the police are gin the craze with a pokemon go tournament starting tomorrow on pokemon tuesday. local teens in 7th and higher you will compete in teens, a way to get kids outside and develop team building and problem-solving skills. >> and pokey tuesday does not have the same ring. >> now, sigh, how is 101 looking? >> we have not an official sig-alert but we have a big-rig that is blocking the connection

jackie spear held this -- jackie speier held this city and calling for gun safety laws. >> every gune subject to an instant background check, every gun. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> she returns to washington dc today and has vowed to make gun safety laws a top priority when she gets back to work. >>> almost 2 weeks after the democratic sitting, the did those the republican led house is going to look at two different gun measures. one would keep people on terror watch lists from buying guns. the other one is dealing with mental health issues. republicans -- republican senator susan collins has introduced a scaled-back version of the watch list proposal. >>> a jet safely landed in israel after a bomb threat. the airliner, el al received a bomb threat. it continued on to israel after being checked for bombs. no bombs were found. there is heightened security after the deadly bombing on his stumbles international airport -- istanbul's international airport last week there are many people who have been arrested for those attacks. 30 people in all have been arrested in connection with th

now congresswoman jackie speier is bring that fight to redwood city.ier took a speet at the fox theater downtown. the group is calling on republican leaders to take action. speier is passionate about no-fly, no buy bills to block suspected terrorists from buying guns. >> that we promote the second amendment, the right to own a gun. but at the same time make sure it's only in the hands of people that should own guns and then get rid of the assault weapons. we do not need them in their society. >> for speier the issue is personal. in 1978 speier was nearly killed in the jonestown massacre. she was shot five times m and left to die while trying to the commune built by cult leader jim jones. speier brought the bullet that morely killed her to the house floor in washington two weeks ago. >>> we are just a month away from the rio games. more troubling news out of brazil. we showed you that beautiful picture of the beach this morning. but this is what it looks like at ground level. the venue for polympic sailing s full of trash and debris. the spanish team sa

. >>> congresswoman jackie spier has held a sit in. in the 70s, speier shot 5 times in jones town. >> i know what it's like to live with it every day. >> the demonstration lasted over an hour. congress members are returning from their fourth of july holiday to continue their little. >> reporter: democrats were staging a sit in, and they just got out of town and started the july 4 weekend early. so it's not clear whether the democrats will continue the sit in. republicans said they will vote on gun control. it's not clear how they will vote but it's clear that they will not vote on a gun control bill. the politics are not there. after all the out rain will for orlando and the democratic push, republicans are simply not in favor of it, and it's going to take an outcome in the november election before something significant would happen in washington. >> whatever your position, it sounds like the posturing that americans hate about congress. >> reporter: so a certain amount is necessary for democracy. it's important to get people on the record. there seems t