the bill's author lamar smith decided not to include one of the more controversial provisions.white house. any effort to come back online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity. here's a response by rupert murdoch. so obama has thrown his lot with silicon valley pay masters who threaten all software creators piracy. right now i would like to break in co-founder of read it.com. thank you for joining us. richard, you've been working on this issue for quite a while, in internet terms. >> yes. >> i want you to explain and you're coming from a different place than i am, i think. i want you to explain what do you see as the core issue particularly because we have legislation right now, the dnca that does provide some protection for copyright holders. youtube has to have an employee whose job it is to supervise copyright infringement. >> let's take a big step back what is it we're talking about? we're talking about jobs. we're talking about websites that are wholesale and i repeat the word wholesale devoted to theft. districting illegal counterfeit

hp which ivory homes is proud member supported legal workforce act introduced by former chairman lamar smith. this legislation was an important first step in creating a system that is workable and we hope to see similar elements in any new legislation you consider. the legal workforce act provide ad strong safe harbor to insure that those of us who used system in good faith will not be held liable by the government or by the employers workers for errors in the system. the legislation also maintained current law with regard to the verification of an employer's direct employees. under current law ivory homes like all employers are responsible for verification of the identity and work authorization status of their direct employees only. while we do not verify the employees of subcontractors we are precluded knowingly using unauthorized subcontracted workers as a means of circumventing the law. e-verify can only confirm work authorization based on those documents presented. it can not confirm whether the person presenting those documents is in fact the same person represented in those documents.

accordingly i i tend to move to quash the subpoena, signed sincerely, lamar smith, member of congress. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives that i have received a subpoena issued by the united states district court for the eastern district of california purporting to require certain responses to a questionnaire in connection with a civil case. after consultation with the office of general counsel i have determined under rule 8 that the subpoena seeks information that is not material and relevant and that it is not consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. accordingly, i intend to move to quash the subpoena. signed sincerely, george holding, member of congress. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally ruent to rule 8 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives that i have been issued a subpoena for the eastern district of california purporting to require certain responses to a questionnaire in connec

smith, nbc bay area news. >>> only on nbc bay area, the mother of sierra lamar is speaking to us about her daughter's disappearance one year ago. tomorrow marks the day the 15-year-old never returned to her morgan hill home. marlene tells us it's been a long journey with indescribable pain and anguish. he says her 15-year-old daughter didn't deserve this and still holding onto hope that sierra is still alive. >> there hasn't been anything to indicate that her body hasn't been found. so as far as i'm concerned, i as a parent am not giving up. and there's no real resolution at this point. >> the first event includes a balloon release in morgan hill on tilton road. it gets underway tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. a search for sierra will follow that. then in the afternoon in fremont a fundraiser is planned to help raise money to keep the search efforts going. this is from 1:00 to 5:00 at niles hall on niles boulevard. again, that's in fremont. the man being charged with her killing is yet to enter a plea. his next court date is april 4th. >>> and happening right now the search for a missing scotch valley man is intensi

smith, "today in the bay." >>> tomorrow marks one year since morgan hill teenager, sierra lamar, disappeared on her way to school. two separate events are set to be held in her honor. a balloon release at the sierra lamar search center on tilton road down in morgan hill. a fund-raiser at niles hall in fremont. anton garcia torres has been charged with kidnapping and killing the teenager but her body has not been found. we are set to talk with her mother coming up later in the show. >>> the fate of city college of san francisco is now in the hands of the accreditation panel. today is the day all 14 accreditation deficiencies were supposed to be fixed. not all were but college administrators hope their recent report about how they are going about making those proposed changes will persuade the accrediting commission for junior colleges to try to keep that open. inspectors will now visit ccf earlier next month. the panel has 45 days to make a decision. >>> we have in you video of pope francis at the start of his second full day of the leader of the catholic church. today, the pope addressing the cardinals that elec

we supported the legal work force act introduced by former chairman lamar smith. this legislation was an important first up in creating system that is workable. we hope to see similar elements in any new legislation you consider. the legal work force act provided a strong safe harbor to ensure that those who use the system in good faith will not be held liable by the government or by the employer's workers for errors. the legislation also maintained current law with regard to the verification of an employer's direct employees. under current law, ivory homes responsible for verification of the identity number authorization status of their direct employees only. while we do not verify the employees of subcontractors, we are precluded from knowing -- from using an authorized -- unauthorized workers. the government also must be able to approve the e-verify system by seeking ways to limit or eliminate identity fraud. this is also another reason why it is necessary to have a safe harbor in any legislation. until we can detect cases of fraud, employers should not be held