thank you very much ruth >> thank you leader nancy pelosi. i think your remarks talk about what this symbolize. it symbolize the history of the united states. it's from our fantastic mayor ed lee and the fact that this building represents a significant partnership between the federal government and the city to yield on incredible result. what can happen in washington as from the recovery investment act. making investment that you the american people have paid for we can return or return the productivity to utilities. that has the other impact of being in partnership with the city to create economic opportunities within a community such as this combined with the courthouse and the amazing new federal office building we have the gun to contributed in a way that defines the history positive history of this part of the community. it also represents a partnership too the general administration and the people we have the pleasure inform to work with like the architect and the artists who have made in beautiful. i can't go much further without thank

and so it is not just nancy pelosi.people like john boehner said they have an unproductive shut down. >> it is open season not just nancy pelosi saying this. the leader of the house republicans think that the tea party has no credibility and going no where. >> the other thing she was asked about obama care. it was like crickets in the room. watch. >> we are going to set up a health care website that is an exchange and people come to it. why is it so hard to get a company to execute that competently? >> i don't know. and as one. on on >> no, and that is my question. >> let me get the house minority leader, i can ask her. what dow mean you don't know. >> it is not my responsibility. >> what a moment. i mean, two things in there. you have to give a better answer and you have ten months to find one. >> here is the woman who just a few seconds earlier called the tea party antiscience and shoo is by the way. the government has no spending problem. that is a stickler for that there. she was asked how has this dpn so badly and

i'm privileged to introduce yelp leader our 2kwishd nancy pelosi (clapping.) and what on a honor to be your representative in congress. thank you jeremy. your leadership and your sense of community and for staying in san francisco. i'm honored to join you and your colleagues especially our mayor who has a relationship with this part of the whole city, of course, but this was his baby and he's done a remarkable job. when we cut relishes at another that i have i tip my hat to president obama for helping to make business grow in this part of town. it's great to see you again jeremy. he brought some of the enthusiasm to washington for yelpless recently. and erica congratulations on our work here. lisa and matt congratulations on our awards how wonderful. but it's a principle for me to be here as your representative in congress to the new headquarters but a building of great tradition and that's in our city. this whole faith is built on technology and really save in community because community is what yelp is all about. yelps success is living proof that american b

nancy pelosi said we should keep on building thanks or things that inspire and endure. thank you (clapping.) thank you cliff i'm sure everyone will agree it is a wonderful particulars. today you've heard about the objectives and goals but we wouldn't have been successful without the contractors i want to acknowledge the architects and the art and architecture design of cliff garden studio and the cliff management that team led i mr. robert. and noting folks and the xhiths firms. at this time i'll to take a brief moment to recognize the g s a team which are directly involved for the public building service region 89 (clapping) regional 7, 8, 9 project sponsor patricia that were recreational chief aektd larry (clapping.) recreational recovery act executive matt. and others. (clapping.) >> project executive andrew and his predecessor kim wong. project director. fabulous job. this is the baby and it's a beautiful baby. and cathy author fabulous job. jason and others (clapping.) and san francisco service center mark and all the other g s a members it's done if record time re

but i'm happy to be here and join nancy pelosi and congratulating he yemen they're new home. yelp is special they're starting here and staying here that i i love coming here it is now 8 hundred the numbers changed. i visited a few weeks we looked at the building restroom for a thousand. i want to join leader pelosi it is a happy day. i love to see companies succeed and the collaborating and sharing ideas this is what yelp has done. and then to do something special in the what happened in san francisco because companies that are here and start here they follow in the tradition like the charles swabbings and the fisher's and the hell man's they discover the resources and want others to grow with them. that's why to recognize 3 outstanding nonprofits you've columbian but even if company like yelp now, it's yelp and yelp foundation. i love that because i got it, it's sales force and sales force foundation the technology companies are taking up that social responsibility like no others and i love seeing that because that's been the values of san franciscans. we've shared in our su

my guest house minority leader nancy pelosi will be joining us of the united state congress. [cheers and applause] that's honestly the only applause the united states congress has gotten in -- [laughter] -- god knows how long. first we've seen a lot of reaction to tuesday's state of the union address. perhaps the most alarming reaction came from senator lindsey graham who told "roll call" that the world is literally about to blow up. i wish it had been on camera. i can't help but wonder what it must have sounded like when lindsey graham said that. how would that sound if lindsey graham would say hello governor -- no that won't be it. the world is literally about to blow up. no new york city. hey what are you gonna do the world -- no, no, not it. i, senator graham do believe -- i do declare that this vessel which we inhabit is about to just explode and me just here all along in my sitting room surrounded by sweet tea and just my figurines. [ laughter ] i didn't take graham seriously, you know, that the world is about to blow up. you know how excitable southerners can get -- [l

it was harry reid, nancy pelosi, barack obama. since there were any for public -- any republican and fingerprints putting in place, give the republicans opportunity to put something implants -- fingerprints on something that will empower families and doctors, empower nurses, and no longer shackle us to a health care system that is unaffordable because the affordable care act has proven to be anything but. that is why it is important. [applause] that we do not take no for an answer. i think about the $431 billion in last year complying with the tax code. it did produce a thing except paper. and some accounting bills. $431 billion last her was the cost that it took for americans to comply with the tax code. i know not everyone here is a strong proponent as i am of the fair tax. it would limit -- it would tax or consumption. i realize it is a hard sell. it is a long slog. i believe that we need a fundamental change. we do not need to tweak the tax code. we need to fundamentally undo the mess that has been created and start over with

- as city college of san francisco continues to fight for accreditation, house minority leader nancy pelosi delivered a message of support today. she said efforts to cut back on spending will cost the nation more in the long run. nancy pelosi urged the students to sign up for classes and stay focused on studies. >> never beena complaint about the education -- never been a complaint about the education. >> last july the commission found the school failed to improve financial and over sight problems. the judge granted a injunction allowing city college of san francisco to keep its accreditation till a trial can be held. >>> police arrested a employee on embezzlement charges. the 21-year-old worked at dick's sporting goods and he would let friends take merchandise without paying. they say he stole $300 at a time and there were 45 incidences of theft. >>> yahoo users may have been targeted in a malware attack. thousands of users who go to yahoo.com were infected with malware through the advertising service. it could leave your computer vulnerable to hackers. they are blocking the infected adver

it was harry reid, nancy pelosi, barack obama. since there were any for public and fingerprints putting in place, give the republicans opportunity to put something implants -- fingerprints on something that will empower families and doctors, empower nurses, and no longer shackle us to a health care system that is unaffordable because the affordable care act has proven to be anything but. that is why it is important. that we do not take no for an answer. i think about the $431 billion in last year complying with the tax code. it did produce a thing except paper. and some accounting bills. $431 billion last her was the cost that it took for americans to comply with the tax code. i know not everyone here is a strong proponent as i am of the fair tax. it would limit -- it would tax or consumption. i realize it is a hard sell. it is a long slog. i believe that we need a fundamental change. we do not need to tweak the tax code. we need to fundamentally undo the mess that has been created and start over with something that will help buil

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house minority leader nancy pelosi said efforts to cut back on school spending is a false economy thatl end up costing the nation more in the long run. >> nothing brings more money to the treasury, the public treasury than the education of the american people. >> she said the government would be taking a long look at the independent accreditation process and called the removal of accreditation unusual. >>> the deadline to pay the first premium for the health exchange has now been extended till january 15. in the last two weeks of december the volume of enrollment for covered california increased. the decision to extend the deadline was made because of the increased enrollment and the time it takes to process applications. >>> a senator filed a lawsuit over how it treats members of congress and the staff. obama care could remain a hot issue into the new year. >>> new lawsuit was filed against obama care. expect the criticism to continue. >> it could be the gift that keeps on giving for republicans. >> the same strategy. attack obama care early and often. he is filing suit against the ob

she will be joined by nancy pelosi. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> mrs. linda marie macdonald is your realtime captioner. >>> good morning, everyone. it's friday, january 31. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00. the weekend is nearly here. we need to know what's going on weather-wise. here's lawrence. >> showers moving through again overnight if you are just getting up. still the roadways may be wet in spots. otherwise the system moving east. the showers beginning to slide out of town. so we are going to see some drier weather on friday, breezy too. out the door partly cloudy skies, temperatures cooler this morning. 49 in san francisco. 45 in concord. 49 san jose. toward the afternoon, it will be breezy and cool along the coastline temperatures in the mid-50s there. we'll find some mid-50s and some 60s inside the bay. >>> let's check with liza battalones and traffic. >>

perhaps nancy pelosi could win the gavel back.eople viewed this as a nonpresidential party meaning a republican year. let's look at 2014. most house seats and house districts are safe. we've assigned the seats to the parties. the 50 most competitive districts you see on the map. the blue are democratic, red are republican. if you take them out, john boehner needs only 8 of 50. look how easy it would be. just winning 8 of those 50 and john boehner keeps the speaker's gavel. republicans think they'll do better. here is why the hill is so steep for the democrats and nancy pelosi. of the 50 districts, she would need to win 43. a lot of those districts are red republican districts in what shapes up to be a republican year. the wisdom now in washington is forget about the government shutdown, it is a republican year at the moment. democrats will tell you privately they expect democrats to make single digit gangs. van and s.e.? >> i like that map. >> thanks to john king or should i say, no thanks. >> don't blame the messenger. >> exactly

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anyway, nancy pelosi really done care for the name, but dr.on says that's all you need to know. to be fair, doctor, she never called it that and i don't know whether that's an ego thing or whatever, been claiming she is responsible for a lot of what is in there, not just the president. leaving that aside, whatever you call it, to me it looks like disaster. >> if i have a short tree and i tell you to call it a tall tree, you probably going to have trouble calling it a tall tree for a while, and if you have an act that is not affordable and you want to call it affordable, you may have trouble with that, too. it's his signature accomplishment. reagan had something called reaganomics. bush's war, even though both parties sanctioned it, this is nothing special. >> pelosi makes a point. there are lot of ways to attach her way to it, pelosi-see you later. but i digress. no matter how they're looking at rebranding it or reselling it or repackaging it, both the super bowl and the olympics, they're going to be selling the heck out of it. you have to hav

we'll hear from nancy pelosi. the atlantic a woman's nation organization and the center for american progress co-hosted this forum on the latest findings of the shriver report on women. >> today we'll be discussing >> today we will be discussing those issues with the foundation. we will hear from maria shriver and others as we talk about the fundamental question. why are millions of working women in america more economically vulnerable than ever before, and what can we as a nation do about that? i would like to extend a special thank you for you all for joining us at the museum. hopefully the fog will lift and we can see the capital outside. i would also like to thank you joining us online. i give a special welcome to c- span viewers who are with us today. many thanks for those who organized the shriver report. our gathering today is made possible by the generous support of our underwriters. i would like to give them a special thanks as well. many thanks to them for helping make this gathering possible. as all of

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some speculating nancy pelosi might be next, although she's said she will be running again. si is losing, though, very close allies with eight decades of collective experience. two, who would have been key in pelosi's fight for democrats to retake the house. waxman had this to say about partisan animosity on the hill as he announced his retirement. take a listen. >> the republicans in the house have been captive by the tea party right wing extremists, who think that compromise is a dirty word and think that working with democrats is like complicity with the enemy, and, of course, that's absurd. >> the democrat insists he's not leaving out of frustration with congress, but his comments show those who want to get stuff done in d.c. may be getting a little tired. joining me now, former congressman barney frank. thank you for joining me today, congressman. what do you think henry waxman was saying when describing the animosity in the house? >> that's accurate. i was proud when i was there when they took a vote of republican as to who was partisan and who was bipartisan in democra

what does it mean for nancy pelosi? she has been the stalwart fundraiser and been the lead are for a long time. george miller, henry waxman, two of the closest allies leaving the speculation on nancy pelosi's future will be turned up now that they are out. no one knows what she's going to do. there's a gentleman from the state where i am right now, steny hoyer, who is looking at this very closely that's wondering, maybe he's going to get a little bit of promotion come november of this year. >> we can say affect natalie he's been the prince charles of democratic house politics. >> indeed. >> chris cillizza, at the risk of putting your voice to a real test here -- >> it's okay, it just sounds bad. >> but the other thing is the president out on the road today. trying to generate excitement on his post state of the union agenda and in wisconsin, an important state met by scott walker. i have to tell you, after all of chris christie's problems, when you talk to big republican money people, they are now looking very hard at s

joining me, president of the aflclo as guest of nancy pelosi.anks for having me on. >> the president has announced he'll increase the minimum wage for federal workers to $10.10 an hour. what do you think of this particular news? >> well, i think it's very, very good news. it shows that he's serious about addressing some of the issues of income inequality. i hope he remembers there are government employees making between $7.25 and $10.10 and actual government employees shouldn't be left behind either. their wages should be increased to a minimum of $10.10, as well. >> what they want to hear from the president, they said pass immigration reform, jobs, inequality, increasing social security, more funding for public schools, veterans need jobs. what's the one thing if you were going to extract something that you want to hear from the president tonight? >> well, first of all, brian, look, the president is going to give his state of the union address amidst some very critical challenges for the majority of americans. there's falling wages, there's the

but first she will join nancy pelosi for a women's lunch at the fairmont. and security is tight.ay a bomb-sniffing dog was part of a security sweep at a fancy san francisco restaurant. a huge motorcade pulled up near catania restaurant but mrs. obama was nowhere in sight. during his state of the union address this week, the president called attention to the first lady for setting a good example. and now many are calling attention to the first lady's dress that night. that's because she broke tradition and went with a non- american designer. the forest green dress was made by a paris-based designer. >>> a san francisco internet cafe is going to close and the owner promises not to open a similar business in the city for another 5 years. the city says net stop in the excelsior had become a magnet for criminals and illegal gambling. first year was open police responded to more than 200 calls at net stop. >> there were definitely people there at 2 a.m. yelling, getting in fights, like i can't tell you how many times i have seen police out here. >> san francisco city attorney's office

and we run the risk of seeing nancy pelosi back in the speaker's chair.epublicans, my audience doesn't like that too much! but republicans shouldn't allow the parties process hijacked by advertising campaigns. provide weapons so that conservative can slice other conservative to pieces? those who blame the te party they are misguided. the tea party is a movement and not a structured organization. and as such, the tea party helped the republicans refocused on the perils of spending money we don't have and borrowing money we don't have. it is the in- fighting and back biting and the wounds of those who are ought to be our friends. when republicans spend time and money to tear down other republicans why do people vote for us? people want to vote for someone who is going somewhere and not someone who is sorry he's been. we ask you to offer your thoughts on facebook and twitter on how the republican should go forward. many of you d. to be honest with you. i would like to see the term outlawed. the term rh ino. republicans in name only. it is a term that questio

gerri: gerri: remember when nancy pelosi walked up the capitol steps hold the a gavel to visa the democratsbamacare? that is rather responsibilities for the disastrous rollout ended. >> we will set up a health care web site that is the exchange to people will come to it. why is it so hard to get a company to do that competently? >> i don't know. [laughter] that is my question. gerri: i have the majority leader here. but we ask her. [laughter] >> it is not my responsibility. gerri: not my responsibility? what did you make of this? >> just legislation it is a sherlock holmes mystery. hhs botched the rollout did not manage it well and set up to fail and the white house let politics. gerri: plate. we are letting her off the hook because you say her job is just to pass legislation but she was an advocate convincing americans every day this was a program to make a difference but now now, now, now when it doesn't work she says it is not my fault. >> she needs to take responsibility you cannot he end of that ridiculous undertaking to say it is not my problem. but to say i screwed this up but she sa

we run the risk of seeing nancy pelosi back in the speaker's chair. my audience doesn't like that too much. those who blame the tea party, well, i think they're misguided because the tea party is a movement, not a structured organization. as such, the tea party has rightfully helped the republican party refocus on the perils of spending money we don't have.s back biting, and the wounds from those that ought to be our friends that hurt us the most. when republicans spend time and money to tear down other republicans rather than to build up the country, why do we expect people to vote for us? people want to vote for somebody who looks like he's going somewhere. we ask you to offer your thoughts on facebook and twitter as to how the republican party should go forward. you surely did. many of you used a term to be honest with you i'd like to see it outlawed from the vernacular of the party. rhino. somebody said, get ride of the all the rhinos, including you. to imply she's more pure a republican than someone else, is to assert that one has taken the role

and protecting and defending them means we must reduce gun violence. >> nancy pelosi chatted one-on-onealmed for immigration reform. tomorrow, d.c. lawmakers get back to work after a long poll lay recess. on monday, the senate will be able to take up a bill to resume long-term jobless benefits, cut off to more than a million americans last week. republicans say they would consider extending those benefits as long as the cost was offset by spending cuts. you should also watch for a confirmation vote for a former u.s. business professor janet yellen, which would make her the next chairman of the federal resef reser reserve. >>> president obama is back at the white house this week following a 15-day vacation in hawaii. he has a long list of priorities as congress returns this week. nbc's christin welker reports. >>> back from sunny huh hi, president obama returned to a much colder washington, d.c. this morning. a fitting backdrop as he gears up for the first fight in 2014 -- tengsding unemployment benefit which is expired in december for 1.3 million americans who have been out of work for

nancy. take that bracelet back because joe montana was number 16. as for that current qb, colin kaepernick, pelosi quite a fan. >> we love our quarterbacks. we like the tattoos, the big arm. the whole deal. >> i wonder if nancy is getting tattoos herself. dana, let's turn to our sports expert here. give us your guess on who is going to win these two games, what is your prediction? >> i'm not going to presetend t be a sports analyst. i love denver. i was young when the elway years were dig, and i love that, and them being at home will be a terrific advantage for them. >> you're picking denver. how about the seahawks and 49ers? >> the seahawks because of scott stanzel, my friend. >> let's go to our next resident expert on sports, greg. >> it's got to be the 49ers because tom brady and i went to sarah high school in san mateo so you have to stick together. also, pelosi, the only sport she knows is co-ed botox. >> did you really go to a school named sarah? >> unipero sarah. did i pronounce it right? >> tom brady. that would be the patriots. >> she knows nothing about the sport. andrea, what are your p

it was harry reid, nancy pelosi, barack obama. and since there weren't any republican fingerprints on putting it in place, why not give the republicans an opportunity to put some fingerprints on a plan to replace it, repeal it and get something that will actually help empower families, empower doctors, empower nurses and no longer shackle us to a health care system that is unaffordable because the affordable care act has proven to be anything but. and that's why it's important -- [applause] that we don't take no for an answer. [applause] i think about the $431 billion spent last year just complying with the tax code. didn't produce a thing, except be paper and some accounting bills. $431 billion last year was the cost that it took for americans to comply with the tax code. now, i know not everyone here is a strong proponent, as i am, of the fair tax which would eliminate the tax op our productivity, we would tax our consumption. i realize it's a hard sell, it's a long slog, but with i'm still believing that we need a fundamental c

nan nancy pelosi said we will know what it is after we pass it. we need to remind them at election time this year that it wasn't the republicans who hoisted this massive monster on the people of america. it was harry reid, nancy pelosi, the president and why not give the republicans an opportunity to put finger prints on a plan to replace, repeal and get something that will actually help empower families and empower doctors and empower nurses and no longer shackle us to a health care system that is unaffordable because the affordable care act is proven to be anything but. [ applause ] >> that is why it is important we don't take no for an answer. i think about the 431 billion spent last year just complying with the tax code. didn't produce a thing except paper and accounting bills. $431 billion was the cost it took for americans to comply with the tax code. i know not everyone agrees with the strong tax where we would tax our consumption. it is hard sell. butt i am believing we need a fundamental change. we don't need to tweak the code. we need to

in 2013 thanks to the leadership you have nancy pelosi and president obama it came through the country of the affordable health care. icon convenience had he been e health and business to study the laws it's laws are old to insure no one falls through the cracks not our senior citizens or workers or immigrants. it's all our jobs to make sure every person is evenly revolted to cover a healthy san francisco (clapping) and if we want our families to stay and groeb grow here employers to stay here we must strife for the by the evidence public schools. i know that supervisor yee and the rest of the board share the values. we're no longer incomplete with other cities for the jobs and today, the students will have to complementing pet with the rest of the children. i choose to send my daughters to the san francisco unified school district and today, i'm thrilled that everyday more and more families are going the same. we're in the midst of a renaissance in our public scalds we have the top performing schools. by partnering with the schools we'll prepare our young people. for example, looking

we would like to recognize a few of the friends of this event from the office of congress woman nancy pelosiity commissioners please stand. gregory chow and rodney and steven lee and leo and irene riling and julie sue, my good friend right there please stand and cindy wu please give them a round of applause and other cities are celebrated the year of the hours from our sister city we have a representative and vietnam and the office of vietnam trade. there we are thank you. a special friend who's the president of the academy of art university. (clapping.) now, it's my pleasure to honor a chinese gentleman it's the oldest chinese embassy we have the association to thank please join me in welcoming the gentleman mr. toy > >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) happy new year. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) thank you very much doctor doctor toy ou

in the opposition to the park services plan and our federal representative democratic leader, nancy pelosi recently sent a letter to the park service asking the park service to extend the public comment period which it subsequently did and also take into account the recreational needs of dog walker's and dog owners at the g gnra. mr. mayor, do you agree that the ggnra plan goes too far in restricting dog access? will you work with the board of supervisors and our federal representative to encourage the national park service to alter the plan, to take into account of the needs of dog owners and dog walker's to use these properties? mayor edwin m. lee: supervisor wiener thank you for the questions. the parks managed by the ggnra include you the city's crown tools, al alcatraz and others. the center had over 17 million visitors. the visitors alike enjoy the ggnra in other ways. biking and relaxing and for many includes walking their dogs. the ggnra revised the plan with dog owners and habitat even in an urban area. the city faces some of these same challenges in our own park system and balanc