national organization for women, his actions speak louder than words.hey are still supporting him. they are not condemning him. we know brown's record, we know whitman's record the choice is clear we urge california women to vote for jerry brown. >> are you suggesting once again that the national organization for women does not have women's best interests at heart? are you suggesting they did -- they do nothing but promote abortion rights? >> sean: i cannot imagine any instance besides this one where a woman is call a whore and they say we are behind you 100%. >> they would not care if sarah palin, i, christine o'donnell were call the "c" word, forget the "w" wore. i think most people know they are nothing more than abortion rights fun group. >> sean: democrats are desperate. they can run on their record. republicans are coming on. stays nobody thought were in -- states that nobody thought were in play are now play. >> the future of the nation is at stake. if republicans did not do well, this election, two years from now, and elect chris christie presid

national organization for women, his actions speak louder than words. they are not condemning him. we know brown's record, we know whitman's record the choice is clear we urge california women to vote for jerry brown. >> are you suggesting once again that the national organization for women does not have women's best interests at heart? are you suggesting they did -- they do nothing but promote abortion rights? >> sean: i cannot imagine any instance besides this one where a woman is call a whore and they say we are behind you 100%. >> they would not care if sarah palin, i, christine o'donnell were call the "c" word, forget the "w" wore. i think most people know they are nothing more than abortion rights fun group. >> sean: democrats are desperate. they can run on their record. republicans are coming on. stays nobody thought were in -- states that nobody thought were in play are now play. >> the future of the nation is at stake. if republicans did not do well, this election, two years from now, and elect chris christie president -- >> sean: you are wrong

but the idea she would use the same word and representative of the national organization of women is astounding to me. what do you think? e-mail us at foxnews.com. >> we were talking earlier in the prod, should n.o.w. change their name? are they really the national association of women? on its face, you would think the national association of women would endorse the woman for the organization for women for the office. but not only did they not do that, they're using that kind of language. >> they don't endorse conservative women, though. >> that's exactly right. maybe it should be nod. the national organization of democrats because literally that's what it is. >> that would be a good transition. wwe was once the wwf, they made a transition. maybe they might make that move. so hey, at 9 minutes after the hour, if you go out to california you know both sides agree on one thing, jerry browne and meg whitman don't want to be arnold schwarzenegger. they run ads against the republican governor. not a surprise that arnold schwarzenegger has not endorsed either candidate. >> i think that's su

many national organizations in support of this.veryone recognizes that this ordinance is a groundbreaking step for the nail salon community, and will be a great model for other cities to replicate. i will now turn it over to panama. --pam. -- pam. "t"4"4"t"t i am the environmental health q to supervise mirkarimi and elsbernd because supervisor chiu sponsored it. californians are over exposed to toxic chemicals. there are more than 80,000 chemicals in the stream of commerce. we only have safety measures for about 2000 of them. fortunately, we have information about these three chemicals. we know they are toxic. consumers do not want toxic chemicals in everyday products. california's green chemistry initiative should be taken care of problem like this, but until the state moves forward with a program that allows quick action on these chemicals, it is up to cities like san francisco to step forward. this ordinance is an easier way to make nail salons safe. a manager is a luxury and nobody wants to indulge themselves in a manicure at t

women and men and when a major organization like now, national organization of women, decides to endorse if at all, not to lead the witness that jerry browne is getting the endorsement of now in california for the gubernatorial race over meg whitman? >> you could have knocked me over with a feather! look, they should be -- i'm not surprised. very rarely, if ever, does the national organization for women endorse a republican or conservative candidate even if their policies align with their priority. >> why? >> well, because, i think -- here, this is why i think. the national organization of liberals and some women, ok, i'm going to take you back on a little history. connie moreli was a congresswoman from maryland, had been -- had had the endorsement of national organization of women for years. and then chris van holland challenged -- was going to win, i think it was in 2004. i might not have the date right and now, who had endorsed her for years, decided to go with her instead. the reasoning, they said at the time as i recall was they thought that having a democrats in the majority would

somebody in this campaign, refers to meg whitman the republican rival as a whore, and now the national organization of women that would have called for the republicans to be fired and crucified. >> and castrated, too. >> and say it was a teachable moment. >> jon: tom brokaw moderated a debate in california. let's play a clip of that and then your reaction. >> we've heard no outrage by you about the use of that kind of language which to many women is equivalent to calling an african-american the n-word. have you been in charge of the investigation of your campaign to find out who was responsible for using that phrase. >> i don't agree with that comparison, number one. and number two, this is a five week old, private conversation. >> oh. >> picked up on cell phone with a garbled transmission, very hard to detect who it is, this is not-- i don't want to get into the term how it's used, but i will say the campaign apologized promptly and i affirm that apology tonight. >> jon: well, how did jerry do with that one in the media? >> you know, that's one you can never win, trying to explain why you called s

. >> the national organization of women were endorsing him. all he had to do is step up and start with an affirmation of the apology. he started out by defending we couldn't understand the word. the worst most least convincing argument i've heard. >> sean: you have to wonder how women in california and around the country are going to react to the idea, i apologize we just used salty language. can you imagine if there was any republican conservative that made that statement, any talk show host, fox news host, radio host what would the reaction be? >> the national organization of women called for a boycott of glenn beck's show when he allegedly called senator landrieu a prostitute for accepting that louisiana sweetheart deal. they endorsed democrats who have this kind of language. alan grayson called an aide to bernanke, called her a prostitute. they went and endorsed him too. they have a history of being hypocritical. i think the voters see through this. if brown is not going to accept responsibility now, wait until god forbid he's elected. >>

especially as we start to look past 2010 and look to 2012, when a lot of the national organizers thating to harness the power of this grassroots movement will want to have an impact on republican primary contests and states as that season opens in a little more than a year. i think that the open question, though, is whether that power can be harnessed because there's obviously great division and ambivalence amongst these members about who they see as their natural leaders. >> accusations of racism or extremism among the tea party members, how much is that going to pose a problem for them in terms of going anywhere close to being mainstream? >> well, it's interesting. one of our findings when we asked leaders of these local groups to sort of rate various issues according to importance, 11% of the people we contacted said that president obama's race, religion and ethnic background are of -- are very important or somewhat important. 11% is a significant number. and, so, you know, the idea that race is a part of the narrative of the tea party is hard to refute when you see a number like t

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the national organization for women has been getting involved in this race. critics say they have flip flopped their position in recent days. where does the group really stand on all of this? we'll have a debate coming up. martha: the campaigner in chief hitting the trail in the state of delaware. president obama and vice president biden back in his home state. this race has been one of the most closely watched in the nation featuring democrat chris coons. the latest fox news polls showing kunz with a sizable double digit lead over o'donnell. go to foxnews.com and get all the app download details. it's the daily check of what's going on in american politics. take advantage of it. it's the ruling that's giving hope to 20 states trying to fight off the healthcare bill. when a judge calls a law unpress don't and novel you can bet it's going to stir things up. gregg: she says america is at the tipping point. sarah palin southwest running up support for her party. president obama was taking tough questions from young voters. >> my question to you is why should we

the national organization for women is now asking democrat jerry brown to fire that aide who called meg whitman a whore. phil matier here with the latest twist in a race that's getting increasingly personal. >> reporter: well, so far the brown camp has not issued a statement regard national organization for women president asking for the firing of the aide. >> reporter: on the day after the final debate, republican gubernatorial candidate meg whitman rolled down to los angeles where she met with voters in a restaurant with cameras in tow. meanwhile, her democratic rival jerry brown rolled out yet another tv ad. this one rebutting whitman's attacks and hitting her with a few of his own. >> jerry brown has some $30 million. ms. whitman just dropped 20 million yesterday and has about 11 million more to drop over the next three weeks so we are going to be overwhelmed with these attack ads. >> reporter: welcome to the final round of california's gubernatorial match where even the voters are starting to feel beat up. >> i'm just sick of seeing the ads on tv from meg whitman and jerry brown. >

joining me now is terry o'neil, president of the national organization of women.ry, good to have you with us tonight. >> hi, ed. >> are these serious radical positions in your opinion, that if a woman is raped and pregnant, she has to have the baby? and also is she weak on domestic violence issues? what do you think? >> sharron angle is one of the biggest disasters for women. among all of the conservative women running for office, frankly. the notion that a rape victim could be forced to bear the child of rape -- understand that the most -- most rape victims who become impregnated by their rapist, that's incest. these are incest victims, and the rapists would then have access, continuing access to the victim for the rest of that victim's life or for the rest of the rapist's life. can you imagine? >> yeah, how concerned are you about her position on domestic violence? has she not been tough enough? >> no, she's -- look, anyone who says that we need -- that we can't get protective orders, that does not, in fact, support, at least doubling the amount of money that we

. >> reporter: just 24 hours after the tape went public, the national organization of women endorsedwn, and a local representative shockingly inferred that whitman has politically prostituted herself to gain endorsements. >> that meg whitman was willing to sell out californians for that endorsement was whorey behavior. >> reporter: whitman, the former c.e.o. of e-bay, has now spent nearly $120 million of her own money on her campaign, yet in a recent poll, she is still trailing brown, who has 50% of the vote among likely voters. >> we're choosing a governor. shouldn't character matter? >> reporter: yet brown has campaigned on character and the whore comment is way off message. however, it's a boon to whitman who has been dogged for a week now by the revelation that she employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper and then fired her. this as both campaigns compete for latinos, who many expect to decide this tight and increasingly nasty contest. ben tracy, cbs news, los angel angeles. >> glor: just ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, the retirement age may be going up, and for many,

brown picked up an endorsement from the california branch of the national organization for women announced it is supporting brown saying he is a strong advocate for women's equality and abortion rights. these also blasted whitman for her failure to support women's rights to choose. >>> after an all nighter a lot of people wake up with a hangover. california woke up with a budget. it is 100 days left. they worked all night on it. $187billion. a billion more than last year. the government praised it for reforming the state pension system and not raising any new taxes. to get the deal passed the governor, legislature agreed to defer $2 billion to education until the next fiscal year. >>> relief for many on the brink of losing their homes. tomorrow bank of america is suspending foreclosures nationwide. robert lyles shows us the bank's business practices are under fire. >> reporter: dana, if you have a bank of america mortgage and it is slated for foreclosure sales tomorrow, october 9 or later i need you to pay very close attention because the bank has temporarily halted foreclosure sales at le

we are a national organization but we are based in san francisco and we focus on breast cancer preventiontifying and advocating for the elimination of the environmental causes of breast cancer. we're also a founding member of the campaign for sit cosmetics. in 2007, california passed a law to require cosmetic manufacturers to list the chemicals used and their products. we also began a campaign against product manufacturers to take out the toxic trio of their products. while these campaigns have been successful, they have been successful only up to a point. product testing shows that the toxic trio is still in many different products and even if they are in some products and not others, the consumer has no way to know what is safe and what is not. i am expecting mother. i love to get pedicures. it is one of the few joys you have as you are pregnant. i would love to know that the product being used on maine are safe, especially considering the health affects associated with these chemicals. what we found at the breast cancer fund over our research in the past 15 years is that a little toxic

the national organization for women endorsed him for afternoon. the president of the california chapter of now wrote jerry brown is the only california candidate for governor to protect a woman's right to choose. actions speak louder than words. ugly words that seem to be doing little damage. >> i'm not a jerry brown fan but i think i'd rather see meg win on the issues, not on the fact that somebody in his campaign called her a name. >> going to vote for meg whitman no matter what they call her and it was a stupid thing to do and they should have apologized. >> reporter: whitman's campaign beleaguered, after the accusations of hiring an undocumented housekeeper, called it a smear. >> we call it a political smear that a politician like jerry brown has engaged in too long. >> reporter: they called their language salta. in oakland, pria david clemmons, ktvu. >>> she turned the macy manufacturing corporation and long time secretary gary loft. fox's republican opponent, ceo carle fio rinna is campaigning along whitman tonight at an engagement in southe

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think of the national organization for women during the clinton years or any woman who supported teddyblind spot? she writes this column a week after meg whitman was called a whore. after the california,000 chief said that word as an -- california n.o.w. chief said this was an apt description. how calling a lady the "w" read but sharron angle asking harry reid to

one to sports the boarish jocks, the national organization of women during the clinton years or any womanho submitted teddy, and wrote this a week after meg whitman was called a whore and after someone said it was an apt description. none of that made her column, odd. whose is calling the woman a w word

. >> the brown campaign today announced the endorsement of the california chapter of the national organization of women. >>> governor schwarzenegger signed the new state budget today. it was a record 100 days past due. before signing it, the governor vetoed $1 billion in additional spending. most was related to social service programs such as child care. the new budget includes $7.5 billion in cuts. and there was an op nistic revenue assumption so the next governor will face a similar crisis next year. >>> still to come on abc7, hundreds strong to end an epidemic in the lbgt community. and it could be a matter of days when this equipment will be used to rescue 33 men who have been trapped underground for months. and a six-month-old mystery solved at that richmond sinkhole. and then later terry moran hosts "nightline." >> coming up next on "nightline" e bay turns 15. we go inside the on-line auction site to look at how mom and pop on trough fro inures are use -- entrepreneurs are using it. and hisself can a smartphone be its own guardian angel ? can it keep an eye out for itself, literally show

. >>> the california branch of the national organization for women announced support for brown sayinge is a strong candidate for women's rights and abortion rights. and said whitman failed to support a woman's right to choose. >>> california woke up to a budget this morning. one that is 100 days late. state legislatures voted on the last pieces about 8:30 a.m. this morning after working all night. the deal is worth 87.5 billion. and that's about $1 billion more than last year. governor arnold schwarzenegger praised the deal for reforming the state pension system and not raising taxes. now to get the deal passed the governor and legislature agreed to defer $2 billion to education until the next fiscal year. >>> other headlines around the bay area tonight. a fire destroyed a well known restaurant along the oakland waterfront. flames were first reported at tiki tom's just after 11:00 p.m. last night. that restaurant was closed at the time. nobody was injured. and no cause has been disclosed. >>> three people accused of torturing a teenage boy agreed to a plea bargain today. the three all

history on the same day that it's reported that jerry brown's camp calls her a blank, the national organizationf women endorses him. it's official now is a partisan organization. >> this is a word that has a hateful tinge to it. it takes a lot to use this word. jerry brown called it, we used a little bit of salty language. it's a sexist slur with a mean spirited undertone to it. and it's about women. you only use this about women. >> i'm asking you, is it different if it's a woman who used it? >> i'll tell you certainly different if it's a man. more sexist if a man used that word. >> yes, here is what i think is interesting. it's different if a woman used it which is convenient they say the one woman who might be on the campaign or in the room might have used. that's why i don't think it's necessarily been proven to be true. >> fascinating. you know, the october surprises keep unfolding and hem out there with a comfortable lead and this happens. and e-mail us what you think about all of this, friends@foxnews.com. >> democrats crying foul, that republicans are outspending them, leading into the

but tonight, one national organization is taking the matter very eriously. dave schwarrz is director of the maryland chapter of americans for froes prosperity and he and %-the maryland ddmocratic party. started to harass members. >> alleged harassment,ú intimidation, and schwartz said -t is all on camera. >> five individuals, including chuck cook, the man with the beard, that is a democratic staff employee. >> how much are you getting paid to do this. >> and another man dressee 93 chicken suit. your guy is dressed up as a chicken. and your party tried to drrve all the chings, chicken industry out of maryland. -> the confrontatiin happened thursday at a restaurant in salisbury. where afp organizers held a rally to, ii their words, educate attendees, on frank kratovil's record before the rematch with his republican challenger, state senator andy harris.ú at the rally, the issues. >> a heated debate with a man, dressed as a chicken. the silly season of an election. still, schwartz wants his apology. that's what makks america great. but we will not deal with int

>> i am here on behalf of various organizations, including the national parks conservation organization and the sierra club. we are concerned about the protection of endangered species. we will not discuss the specifics of the recycled water project. we are concerned that the department -- we know through citizen scrutiny that the course of substantial to of, unresolved economic and a garment of problems. we recently learned the overall water project has nearly 80% of the recycled water dedicated to sharp park, contrary to the way the general manager has been discussing it with the public. it is been said the golf course is a small portion of the project. the commission should be fully briefed before taking action. this project has the potential to be a big waste of federal stimulus dollars. the general manager notified members of organizations that the project can be rerouted if the courts were to be changed to another land use. the sf puc staff contradicted this, stating it would be difficult and expensive. this project that was sold as viable is a lemon. we are thankful that the chai

. >> he organized the nation's first ever bullying summit. even he admits it's a baby step. experts can't agree on how to define bullying. is it physical? electronic? psychological? nonverbal? or all of the above? >> when might something happen? when might the federal government act and say these are the guidelines we want to put in place, do it? >> i think it's taken us a long time to develop a bullying problem. it's going to take us a long time to solve it. >> it's why there are no guidelines schools must follow to deal with bullying. they're on their own. in smalley's own state of oklahoma, each school district deals with bullying in different ways. it's something else that infuriates smalley. >> a lot of schools in the country, their answer to bullying is they let the victim leave a little bit early. they let them go home early to get a head start on the bully. this child that's been picked on, you're singling him out now. >> real solutions will come too late for ty. but kirk smalley is on that mission. >> we've kept this alive through the summer. >> it's why he organize

the national organization operation hope held a forum. their message is that people can get ahead if they understand the language of money. john o'bryant is the founder and advisor. >> it's a big one in oakland. if i don't have a purpose in my life, it will make my life a living hell. it will give them projects. where there is no jobs, create a jobs. >> and they released the results of a survey to find one-third students no longer believe in the american dream. >>> if you are planning to drive the bay bridge, don't be distracted by the work on the second tower. it shows the work to be done, starting tomorrow, four sections will be hoisted 30 stories into the air and bolted into place. the work will be visible to commuters headed westbound into san francisco and caltrans warns there could be some delays. the work is expected to wrap up on sunday. >> wow, that is some project. still coming up, new at 6:30, the california governor's race. >> we need to dismantle the bureaucracy in sacramento. >> side by side. >> and n.f.l.'s crackdown on hel

the nongovernmental organizations who are serving the people because we have to keep in mind that our conflict is not with the citizens, the private citizens of these rogue nations. they're with certain... certain leadership, certain terrorist organizations that are bred and potentially hostile countries, so if we work with the ngos on the ground to empower the local people who are hungry for freedom, who grave democracy, we can help create an ally in the middle-east. we have to keep in mind that under president musharraf's rule, pakistan was a great ally for us in the war on terror. so we have to help them to get back to what they once were when they were a strong ally. >> how about afghanistan? president karzai has been described by a lot of people as being corrupt. he's our partner. >> right, right. well, afghanistan is crucial because of its positioning to india and the fact that its neighbors do have nuclear weapons. so again, what i propose to do in afghanistan is to work with the local groups so that they can have a stable democracy because afghanistan is strategeically position in the heart of the middle-east, right around the countries who have nuclear

or join me to discuss it in studio is allen st pierre executive director of normal the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws and from our studio in los angeles is chief kim raney police chief of covina california jam and i want to thank you both for joining me now alan i'll start with you since you're right here in the studio tell me what that would mean if we'd really was just legalize across the board in california would we have just everyone running around stoned all the time well as you set it up no more so than they already are in california after seventy four years of prohibition that's a stereotype. you know there's always a kernel of truth time's going to california so i can make fun of my own. one it would do is stop the arrest of seventy thousand californians every year for using marijuana it would bring in some needed tax dollars and we get police to prioritize crimes that the public really cares about arresting people for marijuana is not one of them now in los angeles you are a police chief you are part of the law and there's been so. much criticism over the way

unbother that the -- unbotherred that the campaign is getting millions of dollars coming in from national organizations i think what it suggests is they are just gonna do some more ads that are outrageous and nasty. >> reporter: the ads from both sides keep coming. >> for 28 cease, barbara boxer has been bad with our money. >> carly fiorina, you laid off 38,000 employees. >> reporter: outsiders are spending big with the help of the website opensecrets .org, carly fiorina seems to be benefiting the most. >> republicans smell blood. >> reporter: the chamber of commerce $4.6 million, the national rifle association and the national association for marriage are spending thousands of more looking to unseed the determined incumbent. >> the conservative groups have an incentive to come in because their team is on the upswing and spend a lot of money. >> reporter: and the spend something a reaching a fever switch. >> national republicans believe that the california race is still competitive, that fee reason gnaw may be a down a point or -- fiorina may be down a point or two only. >> the last get out the vote ph

despite the controversy, the california chapter of the national organization for women endorsed brown for governor and said in part actions speak louder than words. with a vote and stroke of a pen california got a new budget, but does it end the financial crisis? a lot of analysts say it will only postpone things. as did the man he replaced, grey davis. our political editor talked to grey davis in los angeles. >> he's an attorney now for a prominent law firm. we met with former governor grey davis. >> i know people have budget- deficit fatigue. we've been in a hole for a long time. >> reporter: voters booted davis from office 7 years ago, the energy crisis, accusations davis did favors to campaign donors, and, of course, looming budget deficits under his watch. but the deficits under davis' replacement have at times been deeper and the delays in signing them, even longer. >> it's just impossible to make the choices now confronting the governor legislation. when i was there, there was low- hanging fruit, now there are not good and bad choices, just terrible choices. >> reporter: no fat

despite the controversy, the california chapter of the national organization for women endorsed brown for governor and said in part actions speak louder than words. with a vote and stroke of a pen california got a new budget, but does it end the financial crisis? a lot of analysts say it will only postpone things. as did the man he replaced, grey davis. our political editor talked to grey davis in los angeles. >> he's an attorney now for a prominent law firm. we met with former governor grey davis. >> i know people have budget- deficit fatigue. we've been in a hole for a long time. >> reporter: voters booted davis from office 7 years ago, the energy crisis, accusations davis did favors to campaign donors, and, of course, looming budget deficits under his watch. but the deficits under davis' replacement have at times been deeper and the delays in signing them, even longer. >> it's just impossible to make the choices now confronting the governor legislation. when i was there, there was low- hanging fruit, now there are not good and bad choices, just terrible choices. >> reporter: no fat