this medical practice recognized in other states such as oregon washington vermont and montana. ed. with fewer than one in five deaths. recent poll show two thirds of californians support this option. last week the senate passed the legislation 23-15 vote. now it goes ton to the assembly where we hope the bill can find support. colleagues i urge your support for this measure as wind's its way to next week's board meeting. i also have been looking for legislation, which i believe is very timely especially considering our city budget. this is an ordinance that would provide some transparency in the use of surveillance technology. last november, i requested the city attorney to draft legislation to create a surveillance accountability ordinance. with rapid expansion of technology the city needs to be proactive and making she's there's public oversight of how these technologies are used. some of these technologies provide public benefit we need to create a public process for reviewing them and approving them as well as implementing policies about how they're regulated. there are a nu

five states, oregon, washington, new mexico and vermont have right to die laws. >>> federal transportation officials will face tough questions on train safety in following last month's deadly crash. the focus. why technology to slow down the trail was not in place. the train was going 106 miles per hour on a curve with a 50 miles per hour speed limit when it derailed. eight passengers were killed and 200 others were hurt. investigators are trial trying to figure out what caused the crash. >>> there is a push to crack down on copper thieves that are targeting our nation's commuter rail ways. you might remember in 2011, thieves removed copper from bart's system in oakland, san francisco and along the peninsula. last week new york city had copper tripped from its rails in the middle of the night and that forced the shutdown of the city's biggest subway line. the new york senator charles shumer is proposing legislation. >>> this morning a pedestrian safety group is wondering why someone took down canisters used to hold crossing flags. organizers say seven of eight canisters used to hold bright

she moved to oregon, one of four states along with montana, vermont, and washington where physicians legally prescribe a fatal dose of medication. she took her own life in november. >> this issue really has to do with people being terrified of dying. if you listen to what brittany maynard had to say, and she's very sincere, we have to ask why is she terrified of dying, and what has made it so terrifying? and can we make dying easier for people. >> there's a difference between alleviating suffering, and eliminating the person who is suffering. >> reporter: this doctor pioneer and author on books about dying is the director of the institute for human caring. >> there were certain limits imposed on the medical profession the first of which is not to kill patients. >> reporter: he says it should be about fighting for better end of life care. >> we will offer an option to quickly and cheaply end their lives. this does not feel like social progress from my perspective. people should be born into the welcoming arms of society and die from the reluctant arms of society. >> reporter: michael

five states, oregon, washington, new mexico, montana and vermont have right to tie laws in -- die lawsx a software problem that gave them false alerts about earthquakes in california over the wskd they say earth sensors in northern california read energy waves from deep earthquakes in alaska and japan and mistakenly identified them as local earthquakes near willits and san simiyon they issued alerts to help emergency responders. they were quickly deleted and the usgs is investigating the problem. >> these earthquakes are on an automatic processing system. >> they say that software is being tweaked now to help make the system more reliable. >> >>> the city of menlo park may consider changing the police camera policy when they meet at the city council tonight. the change would make it possible for people to have videorecordings of themselves deleted. right now the policy requires the police department to keep all video for at least two and a half years. a city councilman and the police chief they've worked out a compromise that would allow people to request video to be deleted if that vi

. >> maynard terminally ill with brain cancer moved to oregon, one of four states along with montana, vermont and washingtonysicians can legally prescribe a fatal dose of medication. she took her own life in november. >> this issue really has to do with people being terrified of dying. if you listen to what britney maynard had to say and she's very sincere, we have to ask why is she terrified of dying and what have we done with modern dieing that has made it so terrifying, and can we make dying easier for people? >> there is a difference between alleveiating a person's suffering and eliminating the person who is suffering. >> dr. ira bayyach pioneer and author on books about dieing is the director of the institute for human caring. >> there were certain limits imposed on the medical profession. the first of those is not to kill patients. >> he says modern medicine has the ability to make patients and their families comfortable until the end of the natural life. >> while we have the capacity to do that and the melanohow to do that, we don't have a social commitment yet to do that. and that's where i'm trying

maryland, michigan, missouri montana nebraska, new york, north dakota oregon, south carolina tennessee, utah vermont, virginia, washington, and west virginia are waiting for the federal government to get out of the way. but because the department of justice refuses to acknowledge what washington and jefferson knew, that hemp is an agricultural commodity and not marijuana, these state laws take a back seat to federal overreach. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment and i now yield one minute to my co-sponsor, mr. massie of kentucky. mr. massie: thank you very much. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. massie: thank you, madam chair. i'm excited to report that thanks to the farm bill amendment that allowed for pilot programs we grew many -- many pilot programs in kentucky last summer and this summer there will be about 1,800 achers of hemp grown in kentucky in pilot programs. we have venture capital coming to kentucky. i met with two companies in kentucky that are investing in hemp but the problem is right now they can only do the pilot programs. yet they're still goi

maynard, terminally ill with brain cancer moved to oregon, one of four states along with montana, vermont and washington when physicians can prescribed lethal medication. she took her own life in november. >> this issue really has to be people terrified of dying. if you listen to what britney maynard had to say and shies very sincere, we have to ask why is she terrified of dying and what have we done with modern dying that makes it so terrifying and can we make it easier for people. >> there's a difference between 1180ing a person's suffering and eliminating the person who is suffering. >> dr. ira a pal i can't tell active pioneer said this. >> the first thing is not to kill patients. >> he is against s.b.128. >> we will simply offer the people who are suffering an option to quickly and cheaply end their lives. this does not feel like social progress from my perspective. people should be born into the welcoming arms of society and die from the reluctant arms of society. >> michael wants the progress to come from his being able to choose to legally end his own life. >> i feel lucky to be able to do this.

oregon law. california has failed with similar proposals in the past. four other states allow for medically assisted dead including montana, new mexico, vermont and washington. two weeks ago the california medical association dropped its opposition. supporters say that action helped but so did the powerful story of brittany maynard the bay area woman with brain cancer. she gained national attention last fall when she moved to portland to take advantage of oregon's law. her husband and mother were in the senate chambers. her mother holding a photo of her daughter who died last november when the final vote was announced. >> the measure passes. >> the senate vote has i feel is an affirmation of what brittany maynard started. >> i'm so proud of the senators who gave it thought and really wrestled in their soul and came up with a yay vote. >> that bill now goes to several committees before the assembly. the family and supporters are hopeful it will pass. governor brown will have to make the final decision. he has not said what he thinks about it. >>> firefighters are mopping up a grass fire in san francisco. you can see from chopper 5 how close the flames came t

oregon pennsylvania, rhode island south carolina, utah, vermont virginia, washington west virginia, wisconsin, all states in the united states of america that recognize same-sex marriage. so mr. speaker i'm honored to present the resolution and i'm honored to do so because i know the importance of having people who were not of african ancestry who supported causes that made it possible for me to be here. and i have a debt that i owe and i hope that tonight i have made a down payment on the retirement of that debt. because somebody suffered so that i could have the opportunity to stand in the congress of the united states of america and make this floor speech. no one could have or would have predicted at my birth that i would have the opportunity to be a member of the congress of the united states of america. for me to be here, somebody had to find out what a 90-pound german shepherd bites like. somebody had to find out what a high-pressure water hoast stings like -- hose stings like. somebody had to -- stings like. somebody had to find out what going to jail feels like. somebody had to find o